Interesting (but funny) conversation...

So the kids and I are going through their bedrooms trying to collect stuff to sell at our yard sale.  Connor is doing awesome looking for things to sell (and donate to Goodwill).  He is breezing through his room stuffing boxes with toys he no longer plays with.  Isabella, on the other hand, is a hoarder like me so she is having a hard time letting go of things and is actually asking Connor if she can take some of the stuff he's willing to let go of. Go figure.  Lol.

Connor decided to donate his blow-up dinosaur he got at the Dollar Tree not too long ago.  He says he never plays with it (which he does by the way) but is willing to let go of it (and just about everything in his room because he "wants to make room for more toys that he will be getting for his birthday in a few weeks").  As he puts it in the box, Isabella picks it up and decides it's now hers.  It's a fun toy, so what the heck, I let her keep it.  Fast forward a few hours later, Isabella's walking around the house, shoving the dino in Connor's face...

I: "Hi, my name is Cutie!"
C: "His name is Dino.  It's a boy."
I: "Well I changed its name to Cutie.  It's a girl now.  I like to snuggle it and it's Cutie!"
C: "Well it's a boy.  It was born that way and you can't change it from boy to girl.  So his name is Dino."
I: "Well it's a girl now."
C: "Nope sorry, but it doesn't have a vagina. It has a penis."
I: "Well I'll just take it off.  Now it's a girl."
C: "You can't just take it off.  It's always been a boy and that's that."
Isabella walks away "Cutie is soooooo snuggly and I looooooove snuggling with her."

Those kids crack me up!

Stop Putting Down Your Kids

I read this great article today titled "Stop Putting Down Your Kids" and it made me realize just how much I really need to think before I speak. Most of the time I forget that when I'm talking to my husband or other people, that my kids are old enough now to be listening to everything that I'm saying.

I like to vent sometimes, especially when I've been having a rough time (usually at the end of my husband's 4-day work week stretch...a time when I feel like a "single mom"). I talk about how my children are being such pains in the butts and how frustrated and irritated I am with them. Then I notice how quiet the kids are being and realize that they had been listening to me talk the whole time.

My husband and I usually don't spend much time together when he's working (since he's working night shifts and is sleeping during the day) so when we finally do have some time together, we kind of just let it all out on the table. We don't think anything of it, we just sit there and chit chat.

But some days, the kids will ask us questions about things, things we didn't realize they even knew about (since we never talked to them - at least not directly - about them). Then it's like an A-HA moment, like whoa, they really are listening to everything we're saying.

I feel bad, knowing my kids have sat there listening to me bitch about them. They must think horrible things about me. They must feel like I don't really like them and for that, I've got to really make some changes for the better. I don't want them growing up thinking I think so negatively about them. They are the love of my lives and can't even imagine how much that hurts hearing me "vent". Thanks for this article Mrs. Wood. It has helped remind me just how important it is to be good role models for our children!

Fun-filled Easter weekend!

We definitely had one fun-filled weekend this Easter. Lots of egg-hunting activities, moments of chocolate bliss and fun with family & friends. It was a lot of fun but mommy is TIRED! :)

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Bath time is fun!

The kids still take baths together and it's so cool seeing them play together and having fun. Some nights they end up fighting a lot more than playing but they are just as cute. They have their own spots in the bath tub (Connor's closest to the faucet) but now that they are older, they lie down together and "float" (which they think is swimming). It's really cute listening to them talk out loud when their ears are under water. How I wish this could last forever...

Ugh, back to reality...

So today I woke up and realized we were back in school again. The kids and I take a Mommy and Me class on Monday mornings and we were about to miss it, if I hadn't remembered like 20 mins before class started (at 9 am). I hate having to wake up, get ready and actually be somewhere before 10 am. I might be a stay at home, but I still enjoy vacation.

Now I'm gonna start working on organizing the house. It's fun being able to do whatever I please to our home. It is just so time-consuming and I'd much rather hop on the computer and rampage through the web. But blah, back to reality. Back to waking up and actually having to be somewhere on time. Yuck.

Snow!

Well kind of. We haven't taken the kids to the snow yet (we plan to soon). Every time I get a huge box filled with styrofoam, I let the kids play with it and they love it. I hate having to clean-up after, but it's so worth watching them break it all apart and throw it all up in the air. It's close to the real thing...without the cold, freezing sensation.

I love my kids...

They are just the most sacred things on this earth. I look at them and wonder how they got to be so smart and so darn cute. Can't help but think that they are just the most beautiful kids in the world. :) I'm not just saying that 'cause I'm their mommy either!