BEST Hug EVER!!!

Today I received what I believe to be is the best hug I have EVER had!

It came from this little guy =)

Today, when I picked him up from pre-school I was not greeted by him yelling at me "You don't leave me"  I didn't get hit or pushed. 

I walked into the classroom to him saying with the sweetest little tone "Mummmmmyyyy" and then I got the tightest, best, most perfect hug ever!!!  Really it was AWESOME!!!

I am not sure if its because we have had talks about it; or if it was the book they read in school today (I fear FOR Kyles sake) "Hands are Not for Hitting"

I also LOVE the answers that he gives to his teachers when they ask him something; and I REALLY appreciate that the teachers write it down.

He AMAZES me everyday! 

I think he may be finally adjusting to pre-school =)

That hug was worth the wait!!!!





Seriously?!?!?!

So this morning Kyle knew he was going to school and he was OK with it.  There was no whining, no crying. We got in the car. He was cool, calm and collected.

I asked if he would draw me a picture and he said, " yeah Mom I draw a pogo stick"

I asked if he was excited to see his friends and he said "Yeah Mum, I hang with the guys"

I asked: What are your friends names he answered "The Guys Mum. and Nicholas"

I have heard Nicholas' name a few times from him so I am thinking he has his first official little school friend =)

When we got to school he went in with no hesitation.  Got his name/picture ticket to go into class, and then got a little timid. "You come with me Mum"

Then I hear another little voice say "Look Dad its my friend"  It was Nicholas!  They really are little friends...so cute! 

Miss.Peggy opened the door for school and Nicholas told his Dad "I am going in by myself Dad"  Nicholas doesn't know it, but he was my little angel.  I told Kyle "Go in with Nicholas!  Go on." He did!!  Kyle followed Nicholas into class and turned to me and waved! 

I know, huge win!!  I really wanted to give him a big hug and kiss good-bye but he was doing so well I didn't want to do anything to mess it up.

Hailey and I went on our way.  I had a grip!  I didn't lose my keys, or forget a diaper or feel flustered.

Then we had to pick Kyle up.  Like every other day as soon as he saw me he began to cry and yell "You don't leave me! You don't go in the car without me."  Like the other days he also hit me and pushed me.  Now my instinct is to stop in my tracks,drop to my knees and address him right away but there is a line of other parents behind me trying to get to there children.  Well, today the teach actually picked him up and told him, calmly "oh no no, you don't hit your mommy"  His teacher assured me he had a GREAT day, and that he really does just do this for show.  As soon as I got into the hallway that did not echo, I went to my knees to talk to him and address his hitting me.

I know it will get better eventually, but I don't want his teachers to think I am unfit or that I think his hitting and yelling at me is acceptable.  I don't know why I get so intimidated when it comes to disciplining my children in public.  I do address it, I just address it out of the way of my fellow parents.

I sure hope his anger at pick up fades sooner rather than later.  On the bright side Kyle did make me a picture, and it was of a pogo stick.  AND in class today they read a book about helping others and when Kyle was asked what could he do to be helpful to Mom and Dad he answered "Play with Hailey and be good" =)

Halloween 2011

I am really on my A game this year!! 

The kids costumes came in. It was a beautiful day, and we did not want to waste it! Why not have our halloween photoshoot and make our annual halloween card??



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My Little Red Riding Hood and BIG bad Wolf are adorable!!!

Oooohhhh Santa

Kyle is wanting and asking for just about everything these days.  He wants a pogo stick, a magic wand, a tractor, a busy ball toy (which he already has...the same one he has loved since he was 9 months old).

I find it entertaining that he actually sees things and asks for them now.  Although I think if he asks me for a pogo stick one more time I may scream.

My new response is: lets put it on your list for Santa.  It works, in the very least for a little while.

But, man oh man Santa is in some serious trouble this year.  I have a feeling its only going to get harder as they grow up.  I just smile because it brings me back to being a little kid again =)

Good Luck Kyle.....and Santa =)



Happy B-day Neighbors

I thought Jason and I had it rough with babies 13 months apart.  Our neighbors have kids just under 1 year apart!  Yesterday we got to celebrate there 4th & 5th birthdays.

It was a fun and exhausting day for our little ones.  They were out for the night by 5pm!

Happy Birthday neighbors!!!!  Thanks for letting us help you celebrate your special days!!!



Too Big!

Hailey Rose is growing up and this weekend she has hit a little milestone.

Her little legs are too long to face backward.  She is now forward facing......and loving it!



Slip n' Slide

Friday morning my goal was to clean, scrub and bleach the basement.  I did!  I started in the bathroom came up to check on Kyle and Hailey and they were playing together and watching Disney.

I started cleaning the laundry room, and I would listen in on them.  They were laughing, there was no fighting. I took it for granted.  I finished cleaning the room came up to check on them and found 2 NAKED babies slipping and sliding across my kitchen floor!!!

I did not lock the water dispenser on the freezer door.  There was a good 1/2 inch of water covering my kitchen floor and 2 soaked babies.  I was so shocked all I could do was laugh, and snap pictures of course.  The pictures are not appropriate for the internet but entertaining for me. 

Ahhhh the things kids do, when they are alone and unsupervised for 20 minutes!!!

LOVE THEM!!

Here We Go!

So its Kyle's 3rd official day of pre school.  He was tired because the day before we went to The Big E.  We had a low key, easy morning and then it was time to leave.  He cried and yelled all morning "I don't want to go to school!  You don't leave me" I stuck to my positive guns and just encouraged and encouraged.  We got in the car and he was a little upset, but as soon as I put the car in reverse to leave he was cool and calm, ready for school.

When we got inside he was still OK.  I brought him into his classroom and he did not cry or yell at me!  YAY!  He went to pre school without crying.

The best part the restof the day was smoot for me.  No major debocles. Yay

When I went to pick him up.....well that still needs some time.  He still cried as soon as he saw me and yelled "You don't leave me"  His teachers assured me its more of a show.  But it still tears me up inside. 

None the less pregress has been made. 

Hopefully this week will be even easier!!

Big E 2011

There is no better way to kick off fall than going to the Big E.  Jay, my sister Katelin and I have gone every year since 2007.  I was hoping this year was going to be an adult only, kid free year with a bunch of friends and family.  It didn't exactly work out the way I had planned it. I guess in a way it was better.  It was the three of us, Kyle and Hailey.  Looking back, I don;t know if The Big E would have been the same without them.

The lines were sooo long this year!

We started with libations =) Happy Big E!

While we were waiting for everyone to catch up Hailey found a little bead stand and picked out beads for everyone.  Green for dada, Pink for mama...=)

We had to get kettle corn for Rhonda.

This was the first year we played games.

Kyle and Hailey kicked game butt!  They each won a tiger and a lion.

This game worker was super nice!  He basically just gave them a prize.  He was impressed with Kyle's determination.

He just thought Hailey was too adorable to NOT win.

Then it was finally time to go down the slide.  Kyle had been asking since the moment we enetered the Big E to go down the slides.  I couldn't believe he remembered them from the year before.  He was only 2!

It was an awesome day.  I can't believe we actually considered NOT going this year.  Awesome memories from Big E 2011.  I am psyched to go again in 2012! =)

Pre-K day 2

After my deboculous first day of pre-K you would think I would have pulled myself together for Kyle's second official day of school.  Heck, I thought I did.

I dropped him of and was strong enough to hold back the tears.  I had no guilt or anxiety.  I was ready to run some errands and spend a little time with Hailey.  It was good.  I got so much done.  I remembered everything, I even had Hailey fully dresses.  I was on my A-game.

At 11am I ran home dropped off and put away some groceries, changed Hailey, and was back out to the car to pick up Kyle........GO ME!

But wait.....my car was locked.  The keys were IN the car!  Yeah I couldn't get IN my car to pick up Kyle. How my car locked is still a mystery to me.  I called Jay in a panic and told him someone had to come unlock my car NOW...I had to leave to pick up Kyle from school 5 minutes ago!

Thank goodness for my neighbor!!!! Thank GOD she was home!!!!  Thank God she has kids!!! I ran over and basically stole her keys.  Don't tell her, but I drove that thing like I was going for first in the Indi. 500. 

I got to the school 2 minutes late and apologized to the teachers profusely for being late.  Thankfully they understood and assured me that I really wasn't late.  This of course is the conversation I am having OVER Kyle crying and yelling "You don't leave me".

Watch out fellow Pre-K mommies.....Mommy of the Year is right here!

Seriously I need to get a grip on this school thing!!!!!

Mommy's Away!!

This past weekend I went away to celebrate my cousins bachelorette party.  It was a party!  I had a BLAST!  But this blog isn't about me and my crazy moments its about my little ones. 

They stayed home with Daddy for the weekend.  I was admittedly very nervous about leaving.  Not that I don't trust my husband with our kids.  Of course I do.  BUT I have never left the 3 of them together for more than a few hours.

I was nervous: will they eat 3 meals? Will they be somewhat healthy?  Will they drive one another NUTS?

I have to say I had NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT!  The kids had a ton of fun with Dad.  The best part the 3 of them are a lot closer.  They want daddy to snuggle with them now, and give them tubbies.  Whats better....he WANTS to do it!

I have to go away more often!  In the very least I have to have a special girls weekend AWAY at least once a year.  I know my family will be OK.  Its good for them to bond and its healthy for me to get away!

Wanna come with me???

1st Day o' Pre K

The day was here: Kyle's first official day of pre-school.

We got in the car and was ready to go.

He led the way, into school.  He seemed so excited.  I was excited, happy, sad, anxious, nervous, scared....pretty much any emotion you could feel I was experiencing.

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He got his picture ticket to go into class.

We hung his raincoat in his locker.

Then we waited for the teacher to open the doors and for school to begin.

It was downhill from there.......

Kyle entered the classroom timidly with me.  He was a little shy, somewhat nervous, and then Hailey bolted out of my arms into the classroom.  I told her to come to me, we had to go and then it got REALLY bad.  Hailey started crying because she wanted to stay and Kyle was crying because he wanted to leave.  It is hard to describe in detail but it was a cluster of a situation and I was stuck in the middle of it, with tears welling up in my eyes and my heart ripping apart.  When Hailey and I finally made it back into the hallway I didn't know what to do.  Do I stay?  Do I leave??  THANKFULLY a fellow mommy stood with me while I cried and told me he would be OK.  She checked to see if he was still crying and then assured me he would be alright and I should go. I am so grateful for that mommy-friend!

I made my way back to my car, took a deep breath put Hailey in her seat and turned my frown upside down.  Instead of being sad Kyle was not with us, I was excited to spend a little one on one time with my baby girl.  Just when I got a grip on myself I got stuck at a red light and fell apart again.

Did I spend enough time with Kyle?  Should I teach him at home?  Did we do enough in his short time we have had together?  Was I a good Mommy to him?  Was I the best mommy I could be?  I was a MESS.  A police officer directing traffic at the intersection stopped me and asked if I was OK.  I had to explain to him that I am just a ridiculous mommy who dropped her baby off at school for the first time.  Thankfully he understood, and allowed me on my way.

I pulled it together again, and Hailey and I were off to the mall.  I had a few things I needed there and what better way to spend some mommy-daughter time but to shop?  We got there before the mall opened but we were still able to get in.  Hailey wanted a snack and Dunkin' Donuts was open so munchkins and water it was!

We rode the escalators a few times and then Hailey remembered the pet shop. She wanted to see the bunnies.  We went down the escalator again (on the other side of the mall) but guess what.....the pet shop was no longer there.  Back up the escalator we went and into Newbury Comics. 

Suddenly I heard "Mom I have to go pee."  Me being the #1 mom on the block responded with "OK hunny you have a diaper on you can pee"  Look, I had things to see and errands to get done a trip to the bathroom was not in the agenda.  Then I hear "Mom I all wet."  I answered with "that's what happens when you pee baby."  Then, I looked at her.  Yup, she is soaked! 

How the bleep is she all wet??  What the @%#^$$???

I swoop my wet baby up go into JC Penny return some merchandise and see the baby section.  I figured I'll get her something cute and throw it on.  To my dismay there wasn't anything there that tickled my fancy so I called "C'mon Buggy" and I hear "Mama I poopin'" 

Pooping??  What do you mean you are pooping??  You already pooped today you don't poop more than 1 time in a day.....I swoop up my bug go outside to realize I am parked on the other side of the mall!  A short walk-run later we are at the car. I pull down Haileys pants to find poop EVERYWHERE!  It was everywhere!  And now it was all over the car too!!

Have you guessed it yet?  I was SO FLUSTERED about Kyle starting school I forgot to put a diaper on Hailey!!!

It gets better.......I look in my diaper bag, no wipes!  I look in my back up bag, no wipes.  That's OK though because I always have some in the car somewhere....oh no, not today!!  Thank goodness we had some water left from Hailey's DD snack.  I used that and some towels that soap up when you wet them to give her a backseat wash down. I changed her, saw the time and realized we had no more time to waste!  We needed to get back in the mall get what we came for and pick up Kyle.  I was so anxious to see him again.

I got to the school 10 minutes early and saw Kyle playing in the playground.  I was so relieved to see him having fun.

When I got inside I saw a little note telling me what Kyle did...I really appreciated it =)

They even posted pictures from the first day.  It assured me that he enjoys school more than he tells me, and that what the teachers tell me are true. That he only gets upset when he sees me, because as soon as I leave he is fine. When I pick him up from school he always cries and yells "You don't leave me!  You don't leave me at school!"  Which of course makes me feel horrible.

To celebrate Kyle's special day,and to maybe hepl encourage him to want to go back to school he got a Mickey spaceship.

It was a rough day, but one that I will never forget!  Laughter, tears, excitement, joy, fear, anxiety, and poop.  I think that makes for a memorable day =)