Sleep Manners

I'm napping in the same bed as Audrey.

She sits up and requests loudly!

' 'scuse me...'scuse me...'scuse me...!'

Yes honey (I said)

'Can you get my...my...my...my...my...my...my...'

Flops over 

Unconscious 

Good for her having good manners in her sleep even saying 'scuse me. Hehe

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