I won today. I asked
the kids one time if they wanted to take a nap and they walked to their room
and laid down and have been quiet ever since.
If nothing else good happens today, I will focus on this achievement. Ha ha.
Actually we have had a lot of fun today already. I had to run some errands (thank God for
drive thrus as I had 3 kiddos with me today) and I am pretty sure they did not
stop talking for the entire car ride. They
like to make sure I see everything we pass and apparently today one of those
things was a flying dragon in the sky – who knew?! We also inspected 7 rocks, 3 leaves, and the
“broken” road on a walk around the neighborhood.
The above was from when I started the blog on Thursday, it
is now Saturday – and that is how my life goes.
We had a pretty good day today, but I am tired. Sometimes I just feel mentally drained at the
end of the day – as I am sure other moms can relate – and today was one of
those days. It started early and began
with Riley having multiple meltdowns and ended with Landon’s epic meltdown and
luckily there was a lot of fun in the middle.
I have said it before and I will say it again, there is a lot of emotion
wrapped up in these tiny little bodies as well as a lot of growing
independence. I would be rich if I had a
dollar for every time I hear “I do it” during the day.
Riley is very much an independent personality. She takes the initiative at the park to try
the new things and then will encourage Landon to try them behind her. She only refers to him as “buddy” and has
woken up twice lately in tears wanting to know “where’s buddy?” She doesn’t want to go anywhere without him, “come
on buddy” is a phrase I hear a lot. She
loves to sing and dance. I find her
singing all the time, especially in the car – “Baa Baa Black Sheep” or the
alphabet are two of the current favorites.
Riley also loves to pretend to be a dog and will “become” a dog at any
given moment. Now while Riley likes to
get dirty and play, she also loves being dressed like a “princess.” She prefers to wear dresses and sparkly
shoes, will pick a nightgown over pajamas, and has recently developed an
affinity for having a bow in her hair.
She is showing signs of becoming that “threenager” I have been told
about as one of her new favorite words is “never.” I thought I would have a few more years
before I had to hear “I never get to (insert any type of activity here),” but
no such luck. She likes to play with
paint and stickers and the activities involved with our school lessons. Her favorite activity is story time at the
library and today she did great singing along with every song.
Landon has developed a fun imagination. He was working very hard to convince me that
there was a dragon outside of my window on the way to daycare the other
morning. He plays with the dollhouse and
can often be found making the dolls talk to each other. The other day when I was rocking the baby to
sleep he got out his baby doll, sat down in his rocking chair next to me, and
rocked his baby to sleep before laying it down in his bed and covering it
up. He asks me to make him a castle
about every day and I must admit I am getting pretty good at turning our
livingroom into a castle. He loves to
build and play with his cars, making sound effects for each. He loves to climb and laugh and giggle. Unfortunately, he has also developed an
affinity for hitting and attempting to bite – but both he does while laughing
as he thinks it is funny. We are working
on it and I am hoping that it does not become a habit! Landon has already
learned some manipulation in that if I tell him that he can’t have/do something
he will tell me that Spiderman or one of his other toys wants it instead of
him. He likes to do his school work also
and loves to color and paint. His catch
phrase of the moment is “Woo Hoo” and he uses it often causing smiles.
We are loving this weather and that we get to play outside
more often. I try and incorporate some
of our school activities into our time outside.
We practice counting while we play hopscotch. I draw giant shapes on the sidewalk and they
jump from shape to shape. Sometimes we
just talk about what we see while we are outside. Since the trees are in bloom we have been able
to see more butterflies and the kids love them!
This last time we saw one, Landon asked what they ate and I said “flowers”
(not wanting to try and explain too much) so he ran and plucked a flower,
waving it in the air, and yelling “Here butterfly.” This is also his strategy when we feed the
ducks at the boardwalk. He is very much
concerned with the appetite of all animals as I just had to buy bird seed and a
feeder so we could ensure the birds at home are eating as well.
There is honestly never a dull moment in this house and they
keep me busy. We get out as much as
possible and have been to the aquarium, build and grow at Lowes, story time,
went with daddy to Discovery Place kids, an Easter egg hunt, playing at the
park, a birthday party, and bowling just to name some of the places from this
past month. We also stay busy at home
making crafts, playing with cars and dolls, dress up and pretend tea
parties. They grow and change on a daily
basis and I wouldn’t have it any other way…
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| and she is out.... |
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| Blowing bubbles with bike pump |
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| Loves her swing! |
