Midnight Madness

Are these things that only happen in our house? Or do weird things happen in all homes all across the world while people are supposed to be asleep? I swear my children are at their utter strangest from 11:30pm until around 6:45 am.

Joseph is the good sleeper. He generally gets into bed and dosen't get out again until 6 or 7am. Remember I said "generally" he does get up for oddity's some nights and does occasionally wet the bed. But don't let him know I told you that.

The other night Big Daddy and I are fast asleep. Joseph waltz's in around 4am. *taptaptap* on Big Daddy's shoulder (by the way, how is that for well trained that they go to Big Daddy's side of the bed...sweet huh!). Big Daddy is a heavy sleeper so I am sure there was more than one *taptaptap* until he has to hiss a quietly loud "DAD"

Big Daddy finally clues in to someone being there "what"
J - "I umm, lost my pants"
BD - "you WHAT?"
sidenote ~ Big Daddy is about as blind as they come so without his glasses on he can see pretty much nothing!
J - "I lost my pants!"
BD - "Where?" because I guess that matters at 4am?
J - "I dont know, I woke up and they were gone"
BD ~ reaches over not able to see a thing and his hand hits nakedness "WHAT?"
J - "Dad, I LOST my pants!"
BD - "Well, did you wet the bed and forget to put new ones on?"
J - "No"
BD - "well, go put new ones on and go back to bed"
J - "top too?"
BD - "whatever"

What I don't quite understand about all of this is that in the morning Joseph was infact wearing the same top and bottoms I put on him when he went to bed? It's a good thing I don't drink heavily on a daily basis or this could get confusing.

Change of season

Why does it not matter how old I become I still at times don't feel like an adult. Or is it more so to the fact that I don't want to be an adult, the adult?

Big Daddy and I are currently making some life decisions. Hard ones. I think I so much fear making the wrong choice and ending up in a bigger hole. Or maybe I am just so gun-shy because of the choices Big Daddy and I have made thus far at the time seemed wise and the right thing to do, but now looking back maybe not so much?

I know at the end of the day we will survive and make the choices and live with them. But stepping out of my comfort zone is never easy.

I am the type of person to stay at the same job forever not because I like it, but because it is easy. It is there. Maybe that is why I am having such a hard time deciding what I want to do with my life and what I want to do when I grow up. But in all reality I am grown up and I need to get my peas in a pod.

I also wonder why when making substantial life decisions every one's biggest suggestion is "Sleep on it". I don't know about you, but when I have that much on my mind I don't get much sleep.

We just need to make sure these leaps we are about to take are the right ones. But how does one know? As the old saying goes if hindsight were only 20/20.

Pantie Parade

I never was one to get pregnant in the premis that I wanted a girl. Now that I have my girl, I do love her to bits and she definately completes a part of my life. Who knew I could buy so much pink!

Don't get me wrong I love my boys to bits and they too complete important parts of my life. But the other day as life goes with the boys we found ourselves upon a conversation that included gitchies and butt-cracks. Nothing out of the norm for a day at our house. The conversation all started with Joseph asking what "tighty whities" were. Once I explained he mentioned that pretty soon we could get Addie some "tighty pinkies." It was then that it dawned on me that I get to buy panties!! Who would have thought that I would get so excited about something like that. But I am. I have spent the last few years purchasing spiderman, spongebob, Army, dinosaur and blue gitchies. I now for once will get to hit the panty isle.

It makes me almost looking forward to potty training.... almost. Not quite. I want her to stay a baby forever. I don't think that will happen as she has become fairly mobile. It all started with the great swing escape, and it will probably never end.

Cute little laugh

Here is a video of our sweet Addie girl laughing. Sorry about the camera shake... I was shaking my head to make her laugh. I guess I can't shake my head without moving my hands haha.


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Dirty little secret

Do you all remember the time when I dropped 999,999 gumballs on my kitchen floor? If you dont remember, that about a year ago. My dirty little secret is that yesterday I pulled out my stove to clean all around/behind it and I found one!! SICK. There was one little pink gumball resting in the octagon shaped metal foot of the stove...just sitting there with a little grin just waiting to be found.

I know your all thinking, woman don't you clean your house!! And yes, yes I do. I even pull out the drawer on the bottom of my stove and sweep under there quite often. I guess what never dawned on me was that the stove has sides and to get a good clean I had to pull the unit right out. You would also never imagine the yucky gunk that gets slopped between the counter and stove. Also the heap of crumbs that gets squished in there too. I guess the comforting thing is that we quite obviously do not have any mice. Otherwise, I am quite sure they would have take care of those goodies.

It is just one of those "spring cleaning" things you never think about doing. So since I had the umpf to do it...does that mean spring is on the way?

How often do you pull out your appliances and clean behind them?

Sweet Valentine

Some days some things happen that make me so thankful my children are who they are. Joseph has one of the most kind, gentle and generous souls I have ever met. He is so concerned all the time about people's feelings, doing the right thing and loving everyone.

Over the last few month there is a young gal on Joseph's soccer team named Anna. Anna is in Kindergarten. Joseph's friends in his grade one class have been ribbing him a little about Anna being his girlfriend. Joseph was a little upset about this, but I explained to him that Anna is a girl and is his friend, so yes she can be his "girlfriend". I do think Joseph is a bit smitten with Anna, but is just too shy to admit so.

Yesterday, when Joseph got home from school he looked at the calendar to see what was on the agenda for that night. He realized it was February 1st. He came to me proclaiming that it was now February and he needed to get started on his February cards for his valentine's party. Fine by me as we had bought them already. I dug them out and gave him the list and he started independently on his way. Once Joseph finished the list of his classmates he asked what he was to do with the extras. I informed he that he could do whatever he wanted with them. He asked if he could make one for Anna. I said sure. He shyly says to me "Mom, I am going to give this to Anna and ask her to be my first Valentine" while doing a bit of a bow. I said that would really nice and Anna would probably like that. His reply was "yes, that is what gentlemen are supposed to do."

I guess it is starting that soon I won't be the number one gal in Joseph's life. He continually says he is going to live with us forever, but I know that will change as he grows. At that moment watching the sincerity on Joseph's face I was proud, proud that he knows what being a gentleman is about and proud that he is so kind to others.

I think as parents we all at some point conclude that one of the things we all wish most for our children and their future's is that they are good people and have true happiness.