Saturday, January 31, 2009

Mary Evelyn's Birthday

Our adorable cousin Mary Evelyn is 2!
Her birthday party was Saturday and we had a great time. The weather was beautiful and the kids got to play outside which is always fantastic (they sleep better).

The 3 of us were waiting outside for Mom before the party (and I thought they looked really cute) so I wanted to get a cute picture. Really tried. They hate the camera. They are so completely done with me and the camera. It's so sad. I want to take cute pictures of my babies and they want nothing to do with it.
And I really, really want a "big girl" camera. I just want to take better pictures of them. It makes me crazy happy. Must do camera research.















I really like this picture of Iz


3 cute little booties
Birthday Girl


"Unka" Rhett




Gan Gan & Jackson



She wants to ride so bad! Her little legs just aren't long enough yet. :)




M.E. and her "sissy" Catherine


3 Muskateers
Ella




Thursday, January 29, 2009

Ughhhhhhhh!

Like I said, Isabel has been sick (runny nose, cough, fever) and the Triaminic the ped. recommends just wasn't doing it. He gave us a Rx for something stronger and holy crap! This kid literally bounced off the freakin' walls until almost 5:00 this morning. It was mindblowing (and NOT in a good way). Normally I put the kids down at 8:30 give or take 15 min either way. I did this last night and it was after 10 before both kids were asleep. THEN, she woke up at 1:30am wide awake (we put her in bed with us so she wouldn't wake up Jackson) and I kid you not, was wired until almost 5am! She took turns between Kevin and me. She would drive me crazy, poking, talking, trying to jump, then she'd move over to Kevin. When I say we didn't get any sleep I am not exhaggerating. She finally passed out and then Jackson woke up at 5:20 crying for me. I walked my zombie-ass self into the kids room, he wanted a diaper change and asked to go into "Mommy's room". I assured him he didn't want to go in there and I asked if I could sleep with him. He said yes so I curled up on his bed and got 30 minutes of sleep before having to get ready for work. Bad, bad night in the Moore household.
Bright spot: my boss let me go around noon and I dropped in at my Mom's house and took a nap before having to go home to the kids. That nap saved all of our lives. :)

Change of subject: The kids were having their "Spanish lesson" with Diego and the Dinosaurs and Jackson came running in the kitchen and looked up at me and said, "Baby dinosaur fell down, Mommy". Now this won't seem like much to most of you but I realized that it was the first time (I think - It's close anyway) that he said that four words in a row and I understood all of them. I just smiled and gave him a big hug. (And some people don't think a little tv is good for kids ;)
Later Iz came in the kitchen and said, "Mommy, I go watch the tree frog now".
Tree frog. I love that.

Day 2 of Iz in pull-ups:
4 p.p.'s and 1 poopie in the pottie!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

A very "Blah" day

It's Wednesday again, my mid-week off day. Good news is Isabel's bruised little face is getting better evey day. Bad news is she's been sick all week. Not bad sick, we are incrdibly lucky with the health of our kids. They have been (knock on wood) amazingly healthy in their young little lives. This is only the 3rd fever she has had since 9 months old. I really think Jackson has only had a fever twice since 8 months. Not the first ear infection in either (I have heard they are awful). I am truly blessed with my kids.
Anyway, she stayed home with me today (she was home with her Daddy on Monday, her GanGan took her to the Dr. for us on Tues.) but I sent Jackson to school today and we went to pick him up at 1:00. She hadn't had a fever in over 24 hours so I took her in because one of her teachers was having "Isabel withdrawals" and Iz wanted to see her friends. So far, it was a good day. I let her watch Dora & Diego for too long but I was able to get a little cleaning done. (I really appreciate Diego :)
It rained all day and was 30 degrees colder than yesterday. :(
Naptime sucked. Both of them put up a fight. Screaming, crying. They did at least take turns with it. If Jackson was screaming Isabel would say "be quiet Jackson" and Jackson does the same with her. They were incredibly good for a long time with sleep so I'm not trying to complain. Between the loss of Jackson's bottle and Isabel being sick it's just not the recipe for agreeable toddlers at naptime.
They have been driving each other crazy. They know what to do or say to get the other one to cry and come running to me. She has stopped with the biting (thank goodness) but has decided to pinch. Which in turn causes him to cry, then hit her which causes her to cry. This has not been the greatest week. I've been short with the kids and I hate that. But when Kevin is only home for 2 out of the 7 nights in the week I start to feel like a single Mom. And to all you single Mom's out there - my hats off to you. It's SOOOOO hard to do this by yourself! Sometimes I feel like I may lose my mind.
On a positive note, my god, if I don't have the smartest, funniest, most beautiful kids in the world. They amaze me every single day. Isabel's communication skills are growing like crazy. I can really talk to her, almost rationalize with her. She really listens to what you are saying to her.
She wore pull-ups for the first time today and I had no idea how much she would love this! They have princesses and castles on them but she calls them her "mermaid" pants. She even peed in the potty once. I have decided not to go crazy with this potty training thing. I don't really need any more stress right now. I don't think Jackson is anywhere close to being interested in potty training so I'll start with Iz.
Jackson is all smiles (when it's not time to go to sleep). And his eyes truly sparkle. I wish you could all see this. My Mom says his eyes "dance". So incredibly sweet and such a Momma's boy. My little teddy bear.
It's not just naptime that sucks, it's bedtime as well. All week it's been 10 or so before the kids are both asleep. I went from putting them down at 8:30 to having to sit on the edge of one of their beds to stop them from crying. I know it's just a phase but OMG!
Another ramble: My kids LOVE to take medicine. They think it's a treat, like dessert or something. Ella, my neice HATES it. So what about your kids? Love it, hate it, or just tolerate?



This is Isabel taking her medicine this am






At dinner tonight. And, no, it's not that cold in the house.




Doesn't her bruise look better?



Saturday, January 24, 2009

The Kid's Museum

We had a fun Saturday. My Mom got 3 carseats put in her van (we lovingly call it the "Beach Mobile") and we headed about an hour out of town to a Children's Museum. We had been a while back, around the summer I think and I was surprises at how much my kids remembered. Here are "just a few" pic's of our day-





























My little "Thelma & Louise"
Isabel had just turned around and told a little boy to "go away from my truck"

Pumping gas



I wanted to get a pic of both kids in front of the height chart but Jackson ran away :)

He was making a choo train out of legos

GanGan putting on a puppet show for the girls

She loved the Fireman hat!

The Japanese Room

I asked if she was cooking rice and she said no, mac & cheese



Chopsticks & toy sushi

Old schoolhouse

In "Grandma's Attic"

Ella LOVES dress-up



Ella is telling them that they won't be cool if they don't dress-up


The tea party table







On our way home!