Our weeks go so fast here… where is my pause button?
It seems like yesterday that I was in my twenties with no-kid freedom. All of a sudden, I am 34 and am the mama to 3. 34? Really? Mav tried to tell mom and Joe that I was 43, but thankfully they corrected him. I love having 3 kids. It is crazy-nuts, in a busy, tired, constant buzz fun kind of way. I just don’t know where the past 5, or 10 years has went?
There is a sign in our pediatricians office that says, “when raising kids, the years go fast, but the days go slow”… so true. There has been days where I could not wait for Neil to come home to give me some RELIEF. Or anxiously awaiting the kids’ bedtime after a challenging day. Or night after night of waking up every couple hours with the boys…. those were some LONG nights. And then I wonder, where did that little boy go, with the long red curls and the obsession for bowling and the moon? OK he still likes bowling, but the moon is not quite as interesting to a toddler as it was to a preschooler.
The boys waiting for the strike.
So here I am, wondering – - how do I make time go slower? How do I make the most out of every moment? How do I make room for everything that is important to my family? Maybe 3 more hours in my day? One more day a week? Less sleep? Less work?
Here are some of the latest happenings in our house:
-Mav is proud to be in the “zipper club” at preschool. Only about half the kids in his class can zip their coat by themselves. He is learning so much, telling stories and jokes, and has a great sense of humor. I am so proud to see my little boy be able to write out new words and learn sounds for letters.
This is what it's like living with 2 older brothers...
-Charlotte is such a sweetheart. Smiley and mellow as can be. She is still squeaky and we are going back to the ENT specialist in a month or so. Hopefully it will clear up on its own. She is still very small (in weight) for her age, but seems to be growing consistently. When I weighed her today (at home), she was 12 lbs. 8 oz. She is starting to vocalize more and showing signs of wanting to roll over soon. Brody especially adores his little sister.
-We have been using rewards charts for the boys to encourage good behavior (Brody on the potty, Mav being nice to his bro, cleaning up, etc.) They have been working pretty good. Ironic to me though, that out of a whole “treasure chest” of dollar store toys, coins, and candy, they pick the candy! Really?! I also found Brody’s little dude form his chart (Brody has a pirate going to a pirate ship, Mav has an astronaut going to his spaceship) in strange places. He put it in CJ’s diaper pail once. I got these charts on supernanny.com if anyone is interested.
Brody in his big boy bed.
-Brody has been sleeping in the daybed in his room for about a week. He always wants us to lay by him, and then he just wants to lay there and play. Sometimes he gets up and turns his light on. But overall he is learning what how big boys sleep. Eventually he will move into Mav’s room.
-Brody’s vocabulary is growing so much. His favorite words used to be “dis” (this) and “no”. But now he is talking about colors and body parts and people and sports. It is a great feeling to make a connection with him, when you actually understand what he is saying! Tonite, he kept saying “pit!” which ended up being the word “spit”. He demonstrated the word spit for me, and I was able to figure it out rather quickly!
