ADOPTABLES

I am going to blog fun ideas that I hear that help lighten up motherhood.

Knees in:
At prayer time you kneel in a circle and your knees touch the people next to you. It helps you be close enough to grab the misbehavor and is fun for kids.

Fishy bite:
A song to help children finish the last bite. You put a bite on the spoon, cover you eyes, and wave the bite in front of the child. You also act surprised and look for the fish when you open your eyes.

Fishy, fishy in the lake,
wont you come and bite my bate?
Daddy catch you on a hook,
Mama fry you in a pan,
Baby eat you like a MAN.

Grocery cart:
If more than 1 child, bring a booster seat with straps, set it in the bottom of the cart and strap the child in.

"Spot..Dot":
On the childs back do...

X marks the spot.
Circle and a dot.
Spider clibing up your spine
Touchy here...touchy here.
Cool breeze.
Now you got the shiverys.

CRYING

Okay they did just wake up from naps and are hungry. This cracks me up.

I NEED HELP

I have noticed that alot of mothers comment, when they complain about motherhood, that they are just preaching to the chior when I am around. I admit sometimes I do reminisce and my scewed memories are that raising Brenna was a breeze. Just like how you forget the discomfort of pregnancy and pain of childbirth. But...one is hard too.

Twins with a 20 month old has been consistently hard for me. On a scale of 1-10, it is a constant 5. It is because when it gets any harder than I can handle, I have 1 or 2 people helping me. Someone having twins asked Shane what the hardest stage of twins was, and he told them, "by far the first few months". I stood there is disbelief. Until I realized that I do not need his help like I used to and he gets "free, fun time", which he did not in the beginning. As for me it is consistent work.

Also, when watching my experience with the twins and Ashley with her baby a few months younger...I have to sacrifice in alot of areas. I do not breast feed. I pump and bottle feed. My boys do not get held all the time...actually only mainly when more family is around...which is frequent. Brenna misses out on alot more attention that she might have gotten with only one...we are working on this. I am not super mom, I am super keeper-upper. That is the main reason I work less is to be a more proactive mom and not just one trying to survive. I want to be with, teach and raise my children.

SCARED

Brenna was going to sleep at night great. We would finish with prayers, give hugs and then we wouldnt hear a peep out of her...unless she heard our movie, and wanted to come out. Then she began wanting to sleep with a blanket on her head. She would get so sweaty, so I picked out the lightest blanket that we had and would sneak in after she was asleep and take it off. Shane asked me if maybe she did it because she was scared of the dark. There were no other signs that she was scared so I passed it off.

Then last week she would throw tantrums as soon as the prayer was over. We assumed that it was because she was 2. She would quickly fall asleep. I was then talking with a mother in the ward that said that her age was about the time that her girls became scared of the dark. But still no definate signs that, that was what it was.

Then the other night I came it shortly after she went to bed and she was standing against the wall screaming. It was so sad. I took her and rocked her. As I was rocking her she kept saying that she wanted the blanket on her head. I told her that I would put it on when we are done being "soft". She kept crying for the blanket saying "head, head head" at the same time I noticed that her eyes were scanning the closet behind me. She was totally scared of the dark. It broke my heart. I put a lamp in her room and kept it on all night and she was better.

The last two days when it appears to be close to bedtime, she says over and over that she does not want to go "ni-night". She did that for an hour last night when we were beginning to go home from our parents house, and lasted until she went to sleep. We turned the lamp on and said our prayers and she went to bed with some mild crying. At least no more screaming.

***The solution to this problem turned out to be the combination of a night light plug next to her bed and 5 minutes of being "soft"...aka snuggling...before bedtime.

BRAGGING RIGHTS

Mother 3 children under 20 months old. And they are all still alive and well nourished.

Able to maintain a picked up home... the majority of the day.

Run or workout 3 mornings a week.

Complete crafty projects.

Am a "hot mama" by the time my husband comes home from work each day.

Make it in and out of stores, with 3 children, whole.

Spend "mommy time" with Brenna each day.

Great nurse at least 4 nights a month.

"Rational" 3 weeks out of the month, still working on that darn PMS week.

Going on a year of pumping 8 times a day.

**Sometimes I need to pat myself on my back...and those that help me out. Of course there is still a list of "to do's"...FHE, journaling, better scripture study, temple attendance...I am working on it***

BROKEN NOSE

Jackson can stand up next to furniture but has a hard time getting down. He pulled the piano bench down on top pf him and it landed only on his nose. Instantly I heard the most terrifying cry ever, and blood rushed out his nose like a faucet. He was also having hard time breathing because he was choking on all the blood that was also running down his throat.

The bleeding stopped and the crying eventually stopped but for the rest of the night his nose swelled bigger and bigger and he was not able to breath out of it. He did not sleep or eat anything the rest of that day and most of the next day. He was happy when awake (because of meds) but snorted and gasped whenever he tried to sleep because he could not breath through his nose. I had to hold his mouth open for 10 minute spurts of shut eye.

I went to the doctor and after a 2 minute exam he sent me to another hospital to see a specialist within the hour. Turned out he did not break it, but it looks horrible. Md said nothing that a little Afrin spray, suctioning and time cannot fix.

SPARROW

LOL

By Shane:
Mrs. Dental Hygienist,"How often do you floss?".
Shane, "Never."
Mrs. Dental Hygienist,"????".
Shane, "I have a theory...I never brush or floss because the 'sweater' that you gets around your teeth PROTECTS."

By Heather:
I learned how to lose 20-30 pounds in the matter of minutes.
Stand on the scale.
Freak out.
Step off the scale, put down the child (or children) you were holding.
Restand on the scale.

By Tamara:
Hahaha! Do you remember the first time you came over to our house for dinner? Shane walked in and asked me, " Is there anything I can do to help?" I thought about it for a moment and said, " Guess you could work on the dishes." His reply was, "Wife" with a little snap in the air.

By Shane:
Shane, "Why are you all gung ho this morning?" Me, "This is my routine EVERY morning, you are just home to witness it."