Is it something in their nature that makes them like sports? Taigan was obsessed with hockey during hockey season, and now is obsessed with baseball. Everything more than a couple of inches long is a bat, and he hits anything he can. When he hits it, he says "cores!" haha, he can't say score quite right yet! Does he like them because other people like them? Daddy loves hockey and Nana loves baseball. Is it because they watch that he likes to watch? What if they watched ice skating or cheerleading, would he like them, too? Grandma watches QVC all the time, but I don't think he likes to shop...yet. Seriously, is it almost set that most boys will like sports. Nature vs. Nurture, I guess. Probably a little a both.
On Father's Day we went to an Elmira Pioneers game. Everybody went. Nana and Pop-pop, G-ma, Eric, all 3 kids, and myself. It was a lot of fun. I think he really had fun. I know my dad did! We went again last night. Nana and Pop-pop, Eric, Taigan, Evan, and I. Brendan stayed at home. Sitting for 5 minutes is hard when you are 23 months old. haha. First thing this morning he asked me if we could go again next week.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Saturday
I remember as a kid that every Saturday morning my dad would make waffles. It was always really special because back then, Dad never cooked. This was the extent of it. Well, this morning, I made the boys pancakes...from scratch. They were a success and the boys love them, well...that was the second batch! I have to admit that the first batch is now being digested by Calyx (the dog!). I burned them. It was a combination of me not knowing how long to let them cook on the first side, and the heat being too high. He enjoyed them. I asked the boys if they wanted pancakes for breakfast and Brendan's eyes lit up..."Cake!" haha
Update on cloth dipes: I can't believe it took me this long to start doing it. I feel sorry for Taigan's butt, that it never got to experience the softness of cloth diapers. It is becoming an addiction that I can't feed. I want more, and can't afford them right now. We are about 20 diapers and 3 covers away from being able to do it 100% of the time. We chose to put Brendan in them all the time right now because we didn't have any disposables left for him. We have a couple of packages that people gave us for Evan after he was born. Brendan was breaking into bad diaper rashes a lot and his little heiny has been, well..."as smooth as a baby's bottom" since we started him with cloth. And it is not nearly as gross as I had anticipated. I am so happy I have made this decision! Next step...clothes line. I really want to start hanging the diapers out to dry. The sun will help me with any bacteria and stains.
Evan has starting laughing. Anyone who knows Brendan, knows that we have always said that he has the best laugh. I think Evan may eventually compete with that. The fact that at this early age he is laughing from the belly when he is tickled is amazing to me. It is so cute. Big, gummy smiles! He also has reached the point when he doesn't want to sit. I am continuously holding him in a standing position. You sit him down, he stands up. He does not like to lay down either. When he is on his belly, he is trying to move. Both the other boys crawled at 6 months. We will see with Evan.
I thank the Lord every day for giving me 3 strong, healthy, active, smart, beautiful boys. They are so special and different in their own ways and I am so glad that I get to know them.
Update on cloth dipes: I can't believe it took me this long to start doing it. I feel sorry for Taigan's butt, that it never got to experience the softness of cloth diapers. It is becoming an addiction that I can't feed. I want more, and can't afford them right now. We are about 20 diapers and 3 covers away from being able to do it 100% of the time. We chose to put Brendan in them all the time right now because we didn't have any disposables left for him. We have a couple of packages that people gave us for Evan after he was born. Brendan was breaking into bad diaper rashes a lot and his little heiny has been, well..."as smooth as a baby's bottom" since we started him with cloth. And it is not nearly as gross as I had anticipated. I am so happy I have made this decision! Next step...clothes line. I really want to start hanging the diapers out to dry. The sun will help me with any bacteria and stains.
Evan has starting laughing. Anyone who knows Brendan, knows that we have always said that he has the best laugh. I think Evan may eventually compete with that. The fact that at this early age he is laughing from the belly when he is tickled is amazing to me. It is so cute. Big, gummy smiles! He also has reached the point when he doesn't want to sit. I am continuously holding him in a standing position. You sit him down, he stands up. He does not like to lay down either. When he is on his belly, he is trying to move. Both the other boys crawled at 6 months. We will see with Evan.
I thank the Lord every day for giving me 3 strong, healthy, active, smart, beautiful boys. They are so special and different in their own ways and I am so glad that I get to know them.
Friday, June 19, 2009
He did it!!!
Tuesday morning, I put Evan on the floor (on his back) in the dining room (under the fan, he loves it!) and went into the kitchen to make lunch. When I came back into the dining room, he was on his belly! So at 3 1/2 months old, my baby is no longer a newborn :(. Taigan gets so excited when he starts to roll. He yells, "Ebi is rolling!". It is so cute how much he loves his little baby brothers.
Taigan had his 4 year old checkup at the end of April. Kathy, the nurse practitioner we see, heard a heart murmur and referred us to a pediatric cardiologist in Elmira. He had his appointment yesterday. They did an EKG and an ultrasound of his heart. He was so good. He just laid there and took it all in. The doctor and nurses were so impressed with how well behaved he was, most of their 4 year old patients are not that well behaved. The diagnosis is GREAT! He has a Venous hum, http://www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/Venoushummain.htm, which is considered an innocent murmur and will probably go away at the age of 7 or so. He also noted that his heart looked beautiful on all the testings and he is very healthy. What a relief! And you can imagine how proud I was at my well behaved boy. The last comment the Dr. made was that if all 4 year olds behaved as well as he does, there would be more pediatricians in this world! haha
Taigan had his 4 year old checkup at the end of April. Kathy, the nurse practitioner we see, heard a heart murmur and referred us to a pediatric cardiologist in Elmira. He had his appointment yesterday. They did an EKG and an ultrasound of his heart. He was so good. He just laid there and took it all in. The doctor and nurses were so impressed with how well behaved he was, most of their 4 year old patients are not that well behaved. The diagnosis is GREAT! He has a Venous hum, http://www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/Venoushummain.htm, which is considered an innocent murmur and will probably go away at the age of 7 or so. He also noted that his heart looked beautiful on all the testings and he is very healthy. What a relief! And you can imagine how proud I was at my well behaved boy. The last comment the Dr. made was that if all 4 year olds behaved as well as he does, there would be more pediatricians in this world! haha
Sunday, June 14, 2009
New Diapers
Well, the diapers I bought arrived yesterday. I washed them last night and put them on the boys this morning. So far, so good!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Oh, how they grow!
Evan is trying so hard to roll over. He gets all the way around from his back to tummy, but that darn arm gets in the way! Once he figures out how to move it, he will have succeeded. I can't believe he is not my helpless newborn anymore!!
Brendan is starting to go pee-pee on the potty! Tonight, he actually took his diaper off and sat down on the little potty all by himself. He squeezes so hard, he grunts...and then little drops come out. His eyes get so big, he smiles and you can see the sense of accomplishment written all over his little face. I love it!
He is saying so many words. Sometimes, I have to stop and wonder how he knows a particular word, and then I am reminded that his older brother NEVER stops talking. I remember when I was a little girl, my Nana pointed out to me once that I talked non-stop. I wonder if that is where Taigan gets it from. Anyway, Brendan is talking more and more each day. He is so cute with his little gremlin/munchkin voice. I mean it, one minute he sounds like the sweetest little munchkin and the next the is this sort of growl-grunt to his voice. It is funny because he was a grunting baby. People always thought he was filling his pants, haha, but he was just grunting.
You never realize how difficult it is to grasp the concept of time until you have to explain summer vacation to a 4 year old. Every morning he asks if he is going to school and every morning I say "No, you are on summer vacation." He then asks how much longer summer "cation" is going to be. I tell him a couple of more months, and then he asks the next day.
My Aunt Jane sent the boys a "care-package" the other day in the mail. In it was a pair of Lightning McQueen (The Cars movie) slippers. Brendan has had them on now for about 2 days. He wore them to bed last night. It was 80 degrees out.
They make me laugh every day.
Brendan is starting to go pee-pee on the potty! Tonight, he actually took his diaper off and sat down on the little potty all by himself. He squeezes so hard, he grunts...and then little drops come out. His eyes get so big, he smiles and you can see the sense of accomplishment written all over his little face. I love it!
He is saying so many words. Sometimes, I have to stop and wonder how he knows a particular word, and then I am reminded that his older brother NEVER stops talking. I remember when I was a little girl, my Nana pointed out to me once that I talked non-stop. I wonder if that is where Taigan gets it from. Anyway, Brendan is talking more and more each day. He is so cute with his little gremlin/munchkin voice. I mean it, one minute he sounds like the sweetest little munchkin and the next the is this sort of growl-grunt to his voice. It is funny because he was a grunting baby. People always thought he was filling his pants, haha, but he was just grunting.
You never realize how difficult it is to grasp the concept of time until you have to explain summer vacation to a 4 year old. Every morning he asks if he is going to school and every morning I say "No, you are on summer vacation." He then asks how much longer summer "cation" is going to be. I tell him a couple of more months, and then he asks the next day.
My Aunt Jane sent the boys a "care-package" the other day in the mail. In it was a pair of Lightning McQueen (The Cars movie) slippers. Brendan has had them on now for about 2 days. He wore them to bed last night. It was 80 degrees out.
They make me laugh every day.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
My First Blog
Ok, so I did it. I started a blog. I guess I am doing this for all the people that I do not talk to on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. We all know that kids do things that are worth sharing, and I guess I feel that I need to share. Not to mention the fact that my conversations all day long include words like "I don't know, Taigan, let's look it up," or "One Fish, Two Fish," or "Brendan, where are yours eyes?". This is a way for me to journal and write down my thoughts.
Where to start...I have trying to think of ways to be more "green" lately and in the process come up with lots of new ideas. The first and probably most exciting to me is that we are transitioning to cloth diapers. I know what you are thinking...but they are not like they were in the old days. Here is a picture of one that I bought and am waiting for;
. The only problem that I can see myself having with them, it that I think it will be addicting and will want to buy lots. I am going to have to put a limit on myself because they can get super expensive. They are going to save us SO much money in the long run. This is what I figured:
Evan will be in disposable for maybe another 2.5 years. If he go through an average of 8 diapers a day for 2.5 years it will cost us about $1500 and is that using cheap diapers. Brendan is still not potty trained and will probably be in diapers for at least another 6 months, which is about $350 or more. Those are just estimates, and they are low. Cloth diapers are a one time price of about $500, for a savings of about $1350! That is a lot of money! I am sure I will keep you posted on how it goes!!
Another thing I did was make my own laundry detergent and dishwasher detergent. For the laundry I used a half a bar of Ivory soap and a cup of Baking soda in a gallon of water. It needs to be revamped a bit because I have 2 very messy eaters, but I will just add Borax to the mix. A gallon is going to be costing me less than $1 and has about 16 loads! For the dishwasher detergent, I mixed 1 cup of Borax with 1 cup of baking soda. Also, about 16 loads and costs less than$1. I run vinegar through the rinse cycles to help kill germs and get smells out. It really works well!
Less chemicals, and less money = healthy kids and fatter wallets!
!
Where to start...I have trying to think of ways to be more "green" lately and in the process come up with lots of new ideas. The first and probably most exciting to me is that we are transitioning to cloth diapers. I know what you are thinking...but they are not like they were in the old days. Here is a picture of one that I bought and am waiting for;
. The only problem that I can see myself having with them, it that I think it will be addicting and will want to buy lots. I am going to have to put a limit on myself because they can get super expensive. They are going to save us SO much money in the long run. This is what I figured:Evan will be in disposable for maybe another 2.5 years. If he go through an average of 8 diapers a day for 2.5 years it will cost us about $1500 and is that using cheap diapers. Brendan is still not potty trained and will probably be in diapers for at least another 6 months, which is about $350 or more. Those are just estimates, and they are low. Cloth diapers are a one time price of about $500, for a savings of about $1350! That is a lot of money! I am sure I will keep you posted on how it goes!!
Another thing I did was make my own laundry detergent and dishwasher detergent. For the laundry I used a half a bar of Ivory soap and a cup of Baking soda in a gallon of water. It needs to be revamped a bit because I have 2 very messy eaters, but I will just add Borax to the mix. A gallon is going to be costing me less than $1 and has about 16 loads! For the dishwasher detergent, I mixed 1 cup of Borax with 1 cup of baking soda. Also, about 16 loads and costs less than$1. I run vinegar through the rinse cycles to help kill germs and get smells out. It really works well!
Less chemicals, and less money = healthy kids and fatter wallets!
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