Don't step on the floor!

One of our bedtime rules is they can chat but can't step on the floor. They know if we hear them step out of their bed they will get in trouble.

How you beat mom & dad

Way #1)

You don't go on the floor. You climb across the furniture. We have full on caught them up on the 'bookcase' trying to crawl across to get into each other's beds

Way #2) 

As pictured above. When you get in trouble crawling across furniture. You take all the books out of your bookcase. You then make a path across the floor so you don't touch the floor when your making your way over and over again to your siblings bed.

Brent and I layed in bed hysterically laughing. Those smart brains and sneaky minds! We are in trouble!

Learning about money

The kids have made piggy banks {from the dollar store} and over the past few weeks they have earned .05 cents everytime they did certain chores.

They counted up their money (aided)

They each had $1.25

I almost felt guilty. They have been working SO hard. They are 3&4 though so they don't really need much more. 

Tonight we took them to the corner store to spend some of their money. They chose the candy. They counted it. They gave the lady the candy and there money. It was quite the learning experience. They both spent around .45 cents.  

Choosing the candy 

Beckham paying 

Audrey paying 

All in all they LOVED it and came home even more eager to do chores!!!

Noisy mornings

Sometimes when I'm making breakfast it takes me a few minutes to catch up mentally. Sometimes I need a few seconds of silence to wake up.

Mornings like that I require pb! Good things my kids love it. Good thing it's sticky enough to give me a few seconds to minutes of silence!

Garden ADD

When I plant seeds even in the first few weeks when I know they won't be showing the excitement feels monumental so I 'check' them 100 times a day. As you can tell that makes me super productive.

Today Audrey and I started some 

Beans

Peas 

Zucchini 

Pumpkin 

Cucumber 

Countdown to summer is ON!!!

Yes I know it's not even February! Ha ha ha!

How Beckham sleeps best

Oh my heart.

I never want to forget these napping days.

Every other day each kid takes a turn napping in my bed. We snuggle and chat and just be together a little before I insist it's time to close their eyes. These are some of my most tender moments in each day.

I'm not perfect.

I actually fail my kids daily. 

Today I felt sick (cold) and Audrey packed her preschool snack, dressed herself, got her booster from our car and sat on the driveway waiting for Uncle Lenin who was going to take her to preschool. 

I felt guilty as I stood at my window watching my independent girl fend for herself. I also felt super proud. This isn't everyday it's actually more of s 0.05% but still. She just sat and waited so perfectly!

These naptime moments are my time in the crazy day to lay down, relax, snuggle, and pour into my child instead of the usual RUSH rush rush we are normally in. We are still. We are quiet. We are chatty. We are whatever we want to be for those few minutes. Even on my worst day. Naptime isn't just my favourite for 'a break' it's my favourite for those quiet tender moments. I know they are going to fade and be few and far between. Until then I will daily look forward and 'slow down' to get those quiet moments in.

Beckham isn't as chatty as Audrey. He is VERY cuddly. He loves touch. He requests 'tuddle mommy' almost everytime. When he's ready to sleep he pushes away and then requests to hold hands while he falls asleep. 

He's got a whole rhythm. It's heaven. Even on days he makes me crazy those moments melt it all away and make everything fresh. I love these moments. 

Age 3&4 

It's heaven 

They are like puppies, sweet, cute and cuddly! If only they could stay 'puppies' forever!

Ego Crusher

I am crying so hard because dinner is so yucky

*this said after attempting to put water from her cup into her dinner thinking that it would make me let her not eat it*

Tough luck, now you're eating soggy dinner an hour later and going straight to bed.

Meanest mommy.

Apparently.

Dinner actually rocked.

She's nuts 

Bugging comes so natural

Haha Beckham has learned how to press Audrey's buttons and I can't deny that I find it hysterical to watch. 

'Hi Audrey, hi Audrey, hi Audrey, hi, hi, hi'

Usually Audrey is the one that tries to bug Beckham but he has seemed to have figured out how to turn the tables. 

Almost finished-kids bedroom redo

How much did I spend?

Gallon of paint $30

Time peeling decals off (grrr)

Paint from kids craft cupboard to paint the sunshine 

$3 for cardstock to print off banner 

$20/bed for bedding (thank you target!)

$1.50 x 4 for picture frames that spell love

$1.25 for blue 'C'

Had all furniture just rearranged it. (Hubby was positive it would look ugly this way! I beg to differ hehe)

If you're wondering about the 'painting in the window' it's instead of blackout blinds. We simply slipped MDF painted white behind there blinds. It was cheap and did the trick but needed some revamping! 

After 

Before 

Halloween 2015 ideas from Audrey

'How about beckham is a pirate, I'm a princess, mommy is a dragon and daddy can be a princess in my princess dress with me.'

Sure Audrey if daddy says yes that sounds like a great idea

Kids bedroom update (again)

finished their window sign!

It's a beautiful day...to play outside (or be enemies)

My kids. They aren't perfect. They are mostly best friends. Sometimes you get s day like today were they are enemies though.

Audrey awoke from her nap with a zest for life and wanting to play outside. I relate to her. When it's sunny my soul sings to the same beat as hers.

Beckham woke up with different plans. Temper tantrum city. Enemies till the end.

Audrey was gracious and forgiving. Sometimes wide eyes and confused by his chaos. She rolled with it.

She went to give him s shovel, he in turn threw it down the stairs (outside on our patio) and said 'that's the wrong one!'

Goodness gracious she was just being kind. 

She apparently found the 'right shovel' 10mins later. Well well well...now they are best friends. He is happy. She has forgotten his chaos. 

If only we as adults could replicate that kind of forgiveness. That kind of 'forgive and forget'. It truly is amazing to watch.

Some may say I 'lazy mom'd it' by sitting by the sidelines and letting them work it out. I think I am training them to be adults. I want them to work it out on their own. I want them to learn to talk, reconcile and forgive naturally. I am sitting close by ready to jump in if they need me but until they do I'm quite proud to watch them work on their relationship on the sidelines. 

'Mommy you wipe my bum'

Every stinking day.

6:45am

A little naked bum appears on my side of the bed.

Sometimes he's bent over grabbing his ankles perhaps anticipating I'm ready to wipe his bum from bed...that would never happen. Either way I wake up with a bum in my face...a poopy bum.

Other days when I don't wake up fast enough he heads to our ensuite and leans against the shower and chants 'wipe my bum, wipe my bum wipe my bum'

I seriously can't help but laugh.

When he is quiet enough to not wake daddy with his chants I try and quietly whisper ask daddy. Sometimes I get away with it. Sometimes I think I just married a wonderful man and he lets me get away with it.

Beckham says

'Daddy, I don't want to go to school I just want to work with you always'

Bedroom redo-another volume.

We got the bedding in the mail today!!! 

Still a few more steps to all come together!

Audrey says

'My favourite part of preschool is snack time I'm so hungry' 

Brent's Christmas gift to me <3

Scary moments

When you're in the basement and you hear 'pitter patter' while you're cleaning. Then you hear the fridge open. Then silence. You just keep cleaning. Audrey's been pretty good about just helping herself to oranges etc. I didn't think anything of it...

She had diced a whole apple. To my horror. Those little fingers. That sharp knife. Oh my lanta. 

We had a long talk.

She now knows knives are only for mommies and daddies 

Why Beckham couldn't sleep

'Mommy, I can't sleep because I had to poop this big'

*See below picture*