Chistmas has come and gone...

Wow it seems like I spent forever wrapping and getting ready for Christmas and in an instant it was over.....=-( The boys had a great time and got so many gifts from out extended family. They got way way too much. I have been opening and putting away toys and clothes for 2 days now and have many many more to go. We had to load the back of Josh's SUV twice to get it all home. That does not even count what Santa got them. I hope they are very grateful to have a Christmas like this......
So now we are moving towards 2010. I am hoping to have a wonderful year. Last year was quite busy with a newborn. I am hoping this year slows down a little bit and gives us more time to enjoy the boys. They truly are wonderful people. We are blessed daily to have them in our lives.........
Well the baby is trying to eat Mason's toy..... So I am off to get him....=-)
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday....

December 19th

Well Christmas is in 6 days and the cold cold weather is officially upon us here.
Burrrrrrrrrr

I am so cold.

So I am no where near ready for Christmas . I do not have a thing wrapped. Not even for the party that we are going to tonight. The baby has been sick. He has double ear infections. A temp of 103.7 and then an allergic reaction to penicillian. So to say the least it has been a cray 2 weeks. I have not even finished shopping and am not even sure what I have and what I need. I think I need to spend the day doing that today. Figuring it all out.........

He turned one....=-(

I tried to keep it from happening.. actually tried not thinking about it and thought maybe it would not happen. I was wrong and it did . On Nov. 30th 2009.... My baby MY LAST baby turned one..... What a big boy. He is trying to walk every where. Luckily he is still using toys and such. Not walking on his own just yet. Where did that last year go? Man..... It brings me to tears.
He had a huge birthday party on Saturday He had a total of 56 people there. It was so fun and he got many many nice things......

Well the big boy is fussing in his pack N play as I type because he does not like being contained any more. I will write more later....
Pictures to come soon.

Thanksgiving Break

Wow. I did it again!!! That thing where I tell myself I am not going to let a lot of time go by before blogging again and before I know it. It has been over a month.
Life is busy and each day is a struggle to keep up. I would not have it any other way though. I look into the eyes of my boys everyday and know that they are truly a blessing.....
Will is going to be 1 a week from today. Man does fly. He is such a sweet curious and lately sometimes naughty little guy. He is precious and def. plays his role as the baby of the family accordingly. He is just a breath of fresh air to me everyday.

Dylan is home for the week. It is Thanks giving break. I never got a whole week off when I was little. Lucky kid. A busy week in some ways and a relaxing week in other. I have so much to do around the house and maybe get the Christmas decorations out on Saturday. The boys always love that. Last year with the baby being in the NICU I was unable to participate in the decorating of the house and that was hard. SO I am going to do twice as much this year and REALLY celebrate.

Mason is getting so independent. I often wonder where my baby has gone. He will be 4 in march.... This is my last year being home with him full time. Next year he will go to preschool a few mornings a week and that breaks my heart. It will be really good for him though......

Well I am off to clean up, stop he fighting and feed the baby. Never a dull moment here...

October 5th, 2009

October is here. My favorite month of the year. It is filled with pretty colors and perfect weather. I love October..... dread what comes next but love October. Today is the typical Sunday morning. Dylan and Mason are at Sunday school and William is napping. I should be cleaning but I am sitting here. William turned 10 months old a few days ago. Looking back I can not even imagine where the last year has gone. Mason has turned 3 1/2 and Dylan will turn 9 1/2. I wish some days that I could slow down the clock. However that is not possible so I just need to learn to keep up and try not to miss a thing. I think we may try to go to the pumpkin place today and get the boys a pumpkin. I would like to find one large enough to take Will's picture inside of since this is the only year that it would work. So cute.
Dylan has practice at 4 and Josh has a football game at 1pm. So we will see how my plans work into their day. They usually do not.... =-) It is a cold damp dreary day and I kind of wish Soccer would be canceled. I know it will not though because it was canceled yesterday. So we will just make the best of it and smile.....=-)

Fall is officially here...

Fall hit us head on with a bad cold virus. Josh has been sick for 2 weeks. Mason has started a runny nose this week. Dylan has started a bad cough. Baby Will has started a runny nose and an ear infection which has kept him uncomfortable most of the week. Poor kid. Just when I think he may be getting better his nose starts pouring again. I hate seeing the kids sick. It scares me especially with everything that is going around lately. None of them have had their flu shots yet, due to odd policy at our doctors office. I am getting really tired of the flu shot policy every year at that office. Besides that I love that office.......

You can tell by looking around the house that the kids have been sick and that the house has been crazy. There is enough house work and laundry here to keep me going non stop for a week. I guess I should get to it...

Falls Days

Fall in Maine is really a great time of year.... The weather is perfect and the leaves start to change. Pretty soon the ground will be covered with bright colored leaves and the kids will have a ball in them........

Things have been good here. As busy as ever. Dylan is playing soccer three times a week and it is really busy in our house during the week. Sometimes I realize that Josh and I have not had a real conversation that did not consist of diapers and baths in days........

Life is filled with diapers, groceries, running from soccer, to doctor appointments. Some days between kids and chores I do not stop... however I would not change our life for anything. There is so much to do all the time that sometimes my head spins, but there is also so much love in this house that my heart is always full.

Well sorry to go all sentimental on you....
but looking around this morning at my three boys in their pajamas getting ready to start another day .. I have never been so thankful...

Tuesday September 8th 2009

Well the long weekend is over. Not quite the weekend we had in mind but it was okay. Josh and I are still sick with this cold, but he is better and back to work after taking Thursday and Friday off. Poor guy. Not exactly the weekend he had planned.

Mason is informing me that I am boring and that he would like to go do something today...when asked what he just stated? How am I suppose to know? LOL

Will is sitting in his highchair trying to fight off being tired, from his lack of sleep last night. He must be teething he woke up fussing every hour or so. Poor guy. Poor mom.

Mason and I are about getting ready to do a morning project.. It should be interesting today....

I am going to try to upload some new pictures from the playground of the boys.

Labor Day weekend...

So usually during LD weekend we do something fun.. Not this year. Josh and I are both sick with terrible colds. The kids do not have it yet but I guessing it is just a matter of time unfortunately.....
We have been right in each others faces as hard as we have tried not to. Yuck...

The baby is sitting in his highchair right now eating gerber puffs. It is showing me just how fast time has gone by. 9 months ago he had not even come home from the hospital yet and now here he is.

Something about him being my last baby is just breaking my heart. I know we really do not want any more and can not have any more, but something about it is really hard on me lately. Maybe it is because we can not and I no longer feel we have a choice. Not that I think I could handle 4 kids anyway. LOL I get by with three okay, but no way could I 4. I congratulate those of you who can.......

Well I think he wants more than just puffs right now. Off to get him breakfast..

August 31, 2009

Wow Summer is offically coming to an end here. I can already feel the fall weather setting in. I really do love fall though. The only thing I do not like about fall is that Winter is right around the corner and here that means SNOW SNOW SNOW. I am not fan. Winters seem to drag by around here. I feel trapped in the house....

Things are going good. I got Will's room finally cleaned out and ready for his crib to be moved in. Yes he is still in our room. LOL I Love having him in there and like to know he is close by, however When it is officially fall I think it is time to move him down to his own room. He is waking up a lot at night right now leaving me to wonder if it is us waking him with our shuffling.

well Dylan is home from school. Off to help with homework...

Jess

Yikes... August 29th....

Well I am officialy a BLOG liar. I promised to write more and once again the business of life took over.

Dylan is not officially a 4th grader as of last week. He thinks it is great and loves his teacher. She is the best teacher in the whole school according to him. I think he has said this every year. He is playing soccer and seems to love it....

The baby will be 9 months old tomorrow and is getting around the house just fine with his fancy army crawl and getting into anything he can get his hands on ..

Mason is being Mason, I have chosen to call him "Spirited" instead of naughty. LOL

Well we are off to a family function. So I need to go make some brownies. I plan on BBL to update pictures, but we all know how that goes with me...=-)

July 25th 2009

I find myself over here again. Way behind posting as as usual. I am sure when Summer (what we have had for a Summer with all this rain) comes to and end then we will be giving you much much more updates of our family. ( you can't wait right) LOL

So my mom was in the hospital for the better part of last week. They never did find the cause and she is home recovering. So scary.

Will is now finally sitting up and eating every baby food. I am nervous to try him on finger foods so I will prob. wait another months or so. He has the worst gag reflex and can not even do a cracker right now. It kind of scares me! =-)

Dylan is doing good. I think he is hitting the point of Summer where he is almost tired of being home. Although we are always on the go. He does like returning to school and is excited for his new teacher this year.

Mason is Mason and is as crazy as always. He is go go go and then just drops at the end of the day. No more naps for him. Which is too bad. Some days I could really use the hour in the afternoon to get more done.

Well I hope everyone is having a great Summer ... we are trying to enjoy what is left of ours. We took a short trip to NH and the kids had a ball. We stopped at some water falls along the way and Dylan learned some new language in the rest area which he shared with us when he got in the car, but luckily had NO clue what it meant. Oh man was that weird. =-)

July 12th, 2009

Wow.
I def. get the award for not posting for the longest time once again.

I am so sorry. I think I just got busy with Summer and depressed from all the rain.

We have had much better weather the last week. We have not stopped. We did our usual 4th of July into camp and then we went to visit my parents where they were camping. We did that three days last week. The kids had such fun that I think I will book a site for us next year for 3 nights or so.

Not much new here. William is NOW 7 months old.
So crazy how times flies. My last baby is 7 months...... SAD =-(
He can sit up when he feels like it but rarely feels like it. He prefers to drop to the ground and just log roll across the floor. Pretty funny. Still no teeth.

Mason is 3 years and almost 4 months. Same old spunky Mason. He likes to get his way and when he does not LOOK OUT.

Dylan currently 9 years and 2 months......... Still such a good boy. Can have a bit of an attitude.

We are leaving for Santa's Village this week and the kids can not wait....


Well it is Sunday morning and I NEED to get some chores done and the baby down for his nap.....

Monday June 22, 2009

The day began again with more rain.....

I do not think we are do for sun until at least Thursday. So basically it will have rained for over a week. Yikes. The kids are going stir crazy......

I am starting to also. I am trying not to use up all our rainy day Summer fun ideas in one week just because it has rained so much. I would like to go to the museum, the movies, Jokers. Ect... but I want to save those ideas for when it rains once in a week. Not use them all up days in a row.

So not much planned for this rainy week ahead. Dyl. has an appointment tomorrow at 9am and besides that not much going on....

Another Rainy Day

We have had one nice day in the last 5 and the rest of them it rained. I am really getting tired of all the rain. It is Summer. We are suppose to be able to be outside running and playing. Not watching the rain poor down from the windows. I guess it could be worse. They just start to go stir crazy inside here and I do not blame them. I also do.

Yesterday was our first full day of Summer vacation. We went to the boys doctors appointments. They each got their shots. Then we headed to Roy's and went mini golfing and ate lunch. It was a lot of fun to watch them play. Dylan as always took it so seriously and was not impressed the Mason was the exact opposite. =-)

Well not sure what we have in store for this rainy day, but one thing is sure. I have learned that if I can keep them busy. Everything is much smoother.

Off to make blueberry muffins...

Jess

June 17th, 2009 SCHOOLS OUT FOR THE SUMMER

Dylan is officially out of school for the summer as of 12 today. I can not wait. I am sad to see this year end for him. It was a great year and I loved his teacher and was very comfortable with her. However I am very excited to being out Summer. Summer and Fall are my favorite times a year and this is what I have to look forward to for the next few month.

We are heading off to camp today....

June 16th, 2009

Well tomorrow is Dylan's last day of school and I can not wait. I love having all three of them home with me for the Summer. No real plans. Nothing that has to be done. We do what we choose as it comes to us that day. It is wonderful. I am really planning on having a good Summer and enjoying it to the fullest with my three boys. Dylan has a half day tomorrow and then will be done for the year. I am truly going to miss his teacher. She was wonderful this year.
Let the Summer begin...
Jess

Update

Hi everyone. I finally got a new key board. It is great having to actually be able to type.

It has been an off few weeks here. Mason and the baby have both not been feeling well. Will actually was in the ER the other night with double ear infections. Poor guy was miserable. So we have just pretty much laid low lately and have done lots of walking around with him and rocking. Mason also has the cold part and his nose is like a faucet that does not turn off, but just does a constant little leak just enough to become annoying. Poor kid.
Dylan will be out of school in one week and I can not wait for Summer to begin. We have had rain for the last week and I am really ready for some sun..... it was been chilly and cold and I have even had to run the furnace some. Which is nuts since it is June...burrrr...

Well I am going to try to go off and upload some new pictures...

Hope everyone is well..

Crazy...week...

I..have...been..unable..to..blog...due..to...my...space...bar...being..broken...hope...to..get...a..new...keyboard..soon...


Jess

6 months tomorrow

I can not believe that tomorrow my baby will be 6 months old. It seems like yesterday he was born. Such a bitter sweet time in our lives. Our last baby .....half way to year. He has brought so much joy to us in the last 6 months. I can not wait to see what the next 6 months has in store for all of us.......

Memorial Weekend is here...

I have been looking forward to Memorial weekend for so many weeks now ..... It is finally here and I am trying to figure out what I was so happy about. LOL Just another weekend so far. My cousin is in from Florida so she will be great to see tonight but besides that.. it is really like any old weekend. I have been around the house cleaning. The baby has napped on and off. Mason and Dylan have been outside with Josh....

Sunday and Monday will probably be the same way.....=-)

I guess that is the way it goes...

The weekend...

The weekend is here. Seemed this week as though it was never going to come. It was a long week and I am really not sure why.
I am very much looking forward to Summer and the warmer weather and Dylan being out of school. It really does seem like the most care free time of year. It is my favorite thing about being a SAHM.... SUMMER DAYS~~

Summer days here are filled with camp, and water and fun.
I love it....

It is 10 am on Saturday morning. I have not done a thing to be productive today and I am on why way to try to do something to make me productive. Josh will be home from working out soon and the house is exactly as it was when he left. OOP--- =-)

Dylan had baseball a lot this week. Mason did very well at the games and So did the baby. Dylan seems to love baseball and it seems as though that may be "his" sport.

Well I am off to be productive...... I hope

=-)

I have majorly slacked on blogging

Wow it has been forever since I have sat down here wrote anything. I am truly sorry for those of you that keep up with us. I hope you still check in from time to time. We are good here. Just crazy busy. Dylan plays baseball three nights a week so nights are crazy and days are busy.

Will is now 5 going on 6 months old and he is truly amazing. I really do love him more every time I look at him. He smiles and coos he is too cute.

Mason is Mason, as busy as every. He is trying to give up nap times. I am trying to keep them. He is so funny.

Dyl is as busy as every. Between his friends, school and baseball he is going non stop. He is out of school in a month and I can not wait for Summer.

I should be off trying to fight Mason for a nap, but I will def try to come back daily and post some pictures....

Well today was Dylan's birthday. We went to the movies and then birthday shopping. He had already gotten his lap top from us. He seemed to have a great birthday. I can not believe that he is already 9 years old. I am not sure where the years have gone with him, but he is half away to 18!!! The thought of that makes me want to cry. He is turning into a young man.

I think I need to go cry myself to sleep now. Thinking of the 5 pounds baby I cuddled in my hospital bed 9 years ago...

April Vacation is here....

The boys have been going strong since Monday morning. They have had there moments of not being nice to one another but over all they are being pretty good. We did the Jokers thing yesterday which was fun. It is amazing that Mason is now old enough to just go into the fun house area thing (with Dylan) and just run and play. It is really amazing how fast they grow and change. Dylan only tried to ditch him in there one time. Some 7 year old girl told Dylan that Mason was cute so Dylan asked her if she wanted to watch him then. Nice huh?? Ditch your little brother to a stranger... I can see them going in and exiting. That is what is nice about it....

Well it is rained a lot this week and I hoping for some sun real soon. They say it is coming by Friday. We are going to the Animal farm Friday and the circus Saturday. So overall I would say they had a good April Vacation.......

Sick boy

Poor Mason is currently battling his first ear infection in almost 2 years. He is so sad about it too. He walks around with his finger in his ear and keeps saying. It hurts when I do this. LOL of course I told him not to keep doing that then, but when your three your minds seems to work in only one way. The way you want it too.

He did however inform me last night that chap stick made his ear feel better. I looked over to find a chap stick in his had .. I said oh goodness.. you did not put that in your ear did you. He looked at me for a few seconds and then said. " Now why in the world would I do that" He then turned around and walked away. Gotta love him!!!!

Attention Oldest Child

Attention Children:

The Bathroom Door is Closed!

Please do not stand here and talk, whine, or ask questions. Wait until I get out.

Yes, it is locked. I want it that way. It is not broken. I am not trapped.

I know I have left it unlocked, and even open at times since you were born, because I was afraid some horrible tragedy might occur while I was in there, but it's been 9 years and I want some PRIVACY.

Do not ask me how long I will be. I will come out when I am done.

Do not bring the phone to the bathroom door.

Do not go running back to the phone yelling: "She's in the BATHROOM!"

Do not begin to fight as soon as I go in.

Do not stick your little fingers under the door and wiggle them. This was only funny when you were two.

Do not slide pennies, Legos, or notes under the door. Even when you were
two, this got a little tiresome.

If you have followed me down the hall talking, and are still talking as you face this closed door, please turn around, walk away and wait for me in another room. I will be glad to listen to you when I am done.

Oh ... And yes, I still love you.

Saturday

Well I realized I have slacked off on writing in here for almost a week now. It was a pretty boring week around here. A few doctors appointments.
Will is now nearly 14 pounds. I can not believe it was just a few months ago I brought my little baby home at less then 6 pounds. TIme sure does fly by.

Tomorrow is Easter. Gotta love the Easter bunny....=-) Gotta love the candy. =-) I am hoping to avoid the candy part of it as far as myself is concerned. We are going to my moms for dinner then who knows where from there. I have still not gotten the boys clothes ready for tomorrow yet. LOL I should add that to my to do list. The list keeps on getting longer today.

Well this has been my most boring blog yet... I apologise for that. Dylan is asking for a snack. Will is fussing and the dog is barking non stop... I guess I should go take care of things!!! =-)

Hopefully I will have some good things to write after Easter!!

4 months old

Baby Will is already 4 months old. It is so sad to think that all these baby moments are my last baby moments. Before long we will be moving on to new stages in our life

I can not believe that he is 4 months old. It seems like yesterday that I was starring at him in Portland praying with everything I had that he would make it through this and come out healthy and strong. Here is is. Only 4 months old and he steals my heart every day. He is a very happy baby. He spends lots of time just sitting watching his brothers and laughing at him. He is truly a joy to have in my life.

He still loves mommy best and wants to sleep right with me at night. =-) I do not have a problem with it. This too shall pass and before long he will be more interested in his friends and his social life then he is me.

Get these germs out of the house......ahhh

I am so ready for the germs to be out of this house. I thought Will was over his cold and considered myself lucky that he just got a mild version. Well last night he started in coughing a bit and sounds a tad congested. I am keeping a very close eye on him now and am so glad he has his 4 month appointment on Friday.

Mason can not seem to kick the cough and runny nose. I have been using his nebulizer and he still is coughing quite ab it..... Poor guy..

Dylan awoke miserable this morning and wanting to stay home. He too has started in with the cough. He wanted to say home today. Something he rarely wants to do. I sent him though. I am afraid he may be worse before better and need that day of rest later in the week.

For now Josh and I are healthy I am sure it is just a matter of time before we also have this cold. I am so ready for warm weather.......

It is April...

It just hit me today that we are already into April and that Dylan will be turning 9 on the 27th of this month. It breaks my heart to think how fast the time has gone by since I had him. He is the oldest out of my boys now and was my baby for so long. He is growing into a little man now. Attitude and all. He is no longer into so much of the stuff he use to love and has now moved on to wanting to go outside and ride his bike and whittle or just watch a movie on HIS OWN DVD PLAYER in his room. He is def. an amazing little man though. When I found out I was pregnant for him over 9 years ago. I thought my life was over. Little did I know it had just begun. I love you Dyl.

Friday night

Well I went out for my sisters 21st birthday on Friday night and all was well out and about the town of Auburn. However, back at my house is where the trouble was brewing. Apparently baby Will had another "target" episode when daddy tried to put him to bed. He cried for me for 1 hour before he gave up from pure exhaustion. My poor baby. It broke my heart knowing my baby was home crying. I did not want to leave and ruin Laurie's birthday since we had my car and all. Josh spent the night rocking him in the recliner non stop. Josh was def. ready to give him back to me when I arrived back home. I felt so bad for the baby. Not so much for my husband. A little bit though I do admit.
So apparently the vote is in and Baby Will is completely spoiled and a total mamma's boy!!!! Gotta love that...

Target

I decided that I would run to target the other night with my mom since I saw a good formula sale there. Well I thought Josh would be fine at home it was 7pm and all was pretty quiet when I left. Apparently that was short lived. The older boys went to bed good. Will I had put to bed before I left. I guess he decided not to sleep. So baby Will cried almost the entire time I was at Target. I called to check on him and his father was none to impressed with his current situation. I felt so bad hearing my baby cry in the background. I hurried home. I asked Josh what was wrong with the baby. Josh stated that he is spoiled rotten. I got him took him and he smiled and never cried again that night. LOL Maybe Josh was right. He is my last baby and will probably continue to be spoiled for a while. We all know Mason still is. =-) These baby days do not last long and maybe he is held a lot but you could never hold him too much. He is just a joy to have in our home. Maybe next time I go to Target I better take the baby with me.

Runny noses

Well Mason and Will both officially have the cold that has been going around and Dylan is next on it's list of victims. I heard him sniffing and coughing in bed this morning.

For some reason it does not seem to matter how many boxes of tissues I place in various rooms of the house. Mason still keeps bringing me a booger on his finger with a look of disgust on his face and cries. GROSS TAKE IT OFF!!! Are you kidding me kid? You think your disgusted by it. At least it is your booger. YUCK. I guess I would rather have him bring it to me then wipe it on different things in the house. Ahhh.

The baby just looks so sad with his little runny nose. Poor guy. I sure hope this cold leaves our house soon.

Lazy Sundays

Sunday has become my favorite day of the week. The mornings usually start off slow and relatively quiet...which is rare for here. It gives us time to sort of ease into the day.

Josh and Dylan leave early for Josh to work out and Dylan to go to Sunday school. Mason just plays around quietly (another rare moment) and Will dozes in and out of sleep in his bouncy seat.

Then Josh returns home with Dylan and the day officially begins for us. It is always a nice day though. No plans. We all hang out at home together.

Today Mason has a cold though. Poor guy. He feels miserable and can not quite get why we do not want him touching the baby. We should of never told him that in the first place or he would not continue to try to do so. We should of told him to touch the baby. Then he would not of even gone near him.

Well it is time for me to get ready to begin another lovely Sunday!!!!

Ready for Warm weather

I awoke this morning to Dylan and Mason already wrestling on the living room rug. 7 am and they were already going at it. That is when I remembered that Dylan had no school today. That is also when I knew what a long day I had ahead of me. If this early they are already wrestling .... I did not even want to know what was in store for the rest of the day.

Well I was right......there was kicking and hitting and toys thrown. There was yelling and screaming and there was crying.. I think that may of been me.
Not sure what the deal is with them two lately but if they are in a room and bored they just harass eachother. If it is not one it is the other. We are def. going to get his figured out before Summer.

So I am ready for he warm weather when I get let them just go out back and run off that boyish energy that they seem to be overflowing with. Maybe then they can act civilized to eachother for atleast a few moments of the day. =-)

Mason

Mason had his three year check up today.

Over all it went pretty well.

He is 35 inches tall and weighs 29 pounds.

He was actually a perfect little gentleman the whole visit at the doctors. Well right up until she asked him
if he still takes naps and he let her know that he hates naps. He also told her he hates brown milk and
that sometimes he pees his pants. ahhh gotta love kids.

THE BIKE

Well we have known for a while now that Dylan is not good with anything with wheels.

It started first with the skateboard incident.

I was in the kitchen making supper. It seemed like the usual night. Mason was chasing the cat with some object that he probably should not of had in the first place. Josh was outback and Dylan was out front with the skateboard. Keep in mind I had no idea he had the skateboard even out of the shed. ( I know bad mother right!) Anyway... I looked up just in time to see him running full speed across the tar driveway. I thought to myself oh my goodness he is going to jump on the skateboard. No helmet no pads..just 48 pounds of skin and bones. So I sprinted to the window and banged on it. TOO LATE. He jumped onto the skateboard at full speed. His skateboard went one way ...unfortunately not the same way as his body. He landed on the ground with a thud. I raced out the door to his side. I said DYLAN what were you thinking. He looked up at me and said. That is what they do on TV..........................................

So I guess when Dylan thought riding his bike up the road was something he was ready to do. I should of known it was a bad idea. We told him before we could let him do that he had to do a driveway test. This meaning that he had to be able to ride around the driveway and be able to be sturdy and keep himself up. I told him I would come out and watch him before making a decision. Keep in mind we live on a dead end dirt road and there is only one other neighbor past us. It is a pretty safe area. None the less. I wanted to make sure he was ready for the challenge.
So once again I am back to the skateboard moment ....... I am sitting here watching him in the window practice riding his bike so he could show us he was ready. Well him telling me he had to practice should of been the first clue that he was not ready.
He ran......jumped on his bike did two pedals wobbled once...wobbled twice... Hit the van... still stayed going.(gotta give him a little credit for that)..took out the wooden post, Lost a boot and then proceeded to smash into the snow bank. Needless to say Dyl will NOT be riding up the road anytime soon.

Lessons Learned.....
The hard way


=-)

Poems about Boys

Boys in my House.....


There are boys in my house – and Spiderman shoes
And 200 shirts in various blues.
There's Bob (he's a builder) and Thomas the Train,
There's a fireman coat to wear in the rain.
They have cars on their shirts and frogs on their hats
There's a glove and a ball and a red plastic bat.
There's dirt on a face and a smudge on a nose;
Grass stains on knees and sand between toes.
There's bathtime at night with bodies to scrub,
And when we're all done there is dirt in the tub!
There's bandaids and bruises and curious bumps,
There's smiles and laughter and sometimes there's grumps.
There's odors most icky; there's boogers so green
There's more yucky things than I'll ever get clean.
There's piles of laundry; there's stories at night;
There's bedtime and bathtime and dinnertime fights.
There's cars and there's trains and there's books about trucks
There's Scoop, Lofty, Dizzy, and Travis, and Muck.
Sometimes there are bugs, and sometimes there are frogs;
Sometimes they are lions, or dinos, or dogs.
There are cute little vests and darling neckties
Dragged right through the mud – oh what a surprise!
There's running and climbing and jumping and falling
And laughing and crying and hugging and brawling
And rolling and losing and finding and creeping
And whining and stealing and sometimes there's sleeping.
There's tantrums and time outs and extra loud noise –
There's love in my house shaped like three little boys.





A little boy needs daddy....

A little boy needs daddy
For many, many things;
Like holding him high off the ground
Where the sunlight sings!

Like being the deep music
That tells him all is right
When he awakens frantic with
The terrors of the night.

Like being the great mountain
That rises in his heart
And shows him how he might get home
When all else falls apart.

Like giving him the love
That is his sea and air,
So diving deep or soaring high
He'll always find him there.


Little Man....


Little Man, just two feet tall,
You're really not a man at all.
And yet you try so hard to be,
Just like the grown-ups that you see.
You want to be like daddy,
and maybe Grandpa too.
You want so, to be big,
And do the things they do.

Well, dream my little man,
and let your mind have wings.
Pretend you are the captain,
of ships and planes and things.
But when the day has ended,
and your make-believe is done.
Come home to where you're loved,
and for awhile just be my son.


Raising Boys.....

I scrub the wall of fingerprints,
Pick up the mounds of clothes.
I sweep the dirt that shoes track in-
Wish I could use a hose!

Meals are served from dawn to dark,
Dirty dishes crowd the sink.
Just when they're washed and put away-
Everyone wants a drink!

The washer pulls the dirty grime
From pants worn thin and patched.
They look so very neat and clean-
Yuck, look what the pockets hatched!

Broken bones and bloody knees,
I should have been a nurse.
I take it all in shaky stride-
Just grateful it's not worse!

Screams and shouts and arguments
Test the keeping of my cool.
They left the faucet on-
See the new front yard pool!

A soothing bath is ecstasy,
A reward at the end of my rope.
Raising boys isn't really bad-
But first I must wash the soap!

A rose can say I Love You,
Orchids can enthrall;
But a weed bouquet in a chubby fist,
Oh my, that says it all!


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Monday Mornings

I have not quite figured out why Monday mornings are always the hardest morning of the week. Maybe it is because we have to get motivated again as far as getting Dylan and Josh off for the day. Whatever it is I really do not know. Mason is a grouch on Monday mornings.
He has not liked me 4 times this morning. He has not liked the cat 5. Hey at least he likes me better then the cat right.
Dylan on the other hand is as happy as can be on Monday mornings usually. He was his same old self this morning trying to go out the door for the bus with his boots probably on the wrong feet and his pants not buttoned. It did not matter to him he said, his shirt covers it anyway. AHHH BOYS!!!! I informed him that no matter the length of the shirt....we must always button our pants. He did not seem to understand this thinking of mine, but I did make sure his pants were buttoned before leaving the house.
So we are officially in the swing of things for another fun filled week. =-)

Another Sunday March 22, 2009

I have finally decided to try my hand at blogging. Our days are so crazy around here that somedays the day is over before I take the time to appreciate it . I am hoping this gives me and others something to look at and see what is going on and remember the moment.

Watch out for his head.

Watch out for his head. I am starting to think those should be words that I should just record and press play and repeat every time Mason is playing near baby Will. Mason has recently decided that he can fly. Well that is what I think he has decided since he jumped off the back of the couch, I mean why else would he do that unless he could fly right? So I found myself saying. " Watch out for his head" instead of the first thing I thing I should of said which should of been. DO NOT JUMP OFF THE COUCH.
Sometimes I think with three boys that nothing they could do could surprise me. Then one of them has a moment and I realize that I am so wrong and they will continue to surprise me daily. So for now We will just keep saying. Watch out for his head. At least this way Will will not get , landed on, hit, kicked , or the occasional superman to the head that Mason has thrown across the room, because he also thinks superman can fly.