Most days I feel like I am riding an emotional roller
coaster – and frankly I want off.
Admittedly, the kids are a TON of fun right now. As an example, Riley spent the day wearing a
cape and running around the house with a fist in the air saying “Super Riley to
the rescue” BUT when they are “off” they are “OFF.” It can be exhausting. Riley is going to be an amazing soccer
player, she has the flop down like it is her job. Landon can be 3 feet away and she will yell
out that he pushed her and fall to the ground crying. In Landon’s case, if you say anything using
the words “no, don’t, stop” or if your voice takes on a tone he will break down
in tears. If he can’t open his snack, he
will cry. If she can’t find the toy that
is right in front of her, she will cry.
There are a lot of tears in our house on a daily basis – and some days
they aren’t all from the kids. (true story)
Again, I am behind in writing this one… like really late
this time. It feels like I should be
writing the next one already. I just
feel too brain dead to write most of the time.
The kids ask a lot of questions during the day and I answer (almost) all
of them. It is exhausting trying to be
one step ahead of them at all times. I
went to the bathroom the other day and when I came back Riley had eaten the
foil top off a Greek yogurt and was slurping it through the top. I don’t feel like I ever get to rest – unless
I am at work- which is the exact opposite of rest as I am moving the whole
time. My only other excuse for my
tardiness is that we were traveling… and I did some solo parenting… I have been
consumed with my thoughts and worry lately about Rocky… well, it seems like I
have a lot of excuses lately. Enough though, let’s talk about the kids.
Riley is finally getting some of those two year old molars!
Of course, they started on our trip and we had a few rough days as she dealt
with the pain, but we survived. If I had
to pick her future career right now – she will be a veterinarian. She is obsessed with animals! We stayed with
my grandma and Riley followed her little dog everywhere wanting to give her
hugs and kisses. We went to the children’s museum and they had a pretend and
play area for animal boarding/vet clinic and she spent the whole time
there. She is always wanting to know
where Rocky and Jasper are in the house and asking me to take her to see “the
animals” or “the fishy.” She has a
stuffed dog that she is carrying everywhere right now that she gives a bath and
medicine. One of her current favorite
toys is the Little People farm. She
likes to play with all of the animals and move them around to talk to each
other. She is a very busy girl and wants
to help me to do everything around the house – even if it means dipping the
broom in the dog water and rubbing it around on the floor to help. She loves to eat cheese and yogurt and has no
issue getting them out of the fridge herself.
She eats fruit, spaghetti, mac n cheese, grilled cheese… she typically
does not have an issue eating at all. She
weighs just about 30 pounds right now, 2-3 more than Landon depending on the
day. She is also a little bit
taller. She demands to dress “like a
princess” most days which means she wants to wear a skirt so she can twirl
around. She hates to have her hair up
though and that is a battle several times a day as she takes it back down. She may want to be a princess, but she still
loves to get dirty. She is the first to
reach in the pile of dirt or play in the sandbox. She loves to swing and play outside and make
messes in general. She is clearly a
“tomboy” and keeps me on my toes. We
stayed at a hotel recently and took the kids down to the pool. Riley wasted no time in getting in the water
and didn’t want either of us to help her swim either. She got the hang of it pretty quick with the
help of her puddle jumper floatation thing.
Landon is still the overall quiet and observant one. He wants to be next to me or on me all the
time and there was one day I informed him that he was “driving me crazy” and
now that has become his new phrase as he will tell me that I am driving him
crazy. We have had a couple different
scenarios at the park lately where he has needed to walk on sand and he has
refused – so that will make for an interesting beach trip. If I were to pick his future career based on
his current interests, Landon will be a fire fighter. He has several different fire truck toys and
he can spot a fire truck or a fire fighter from a mile away. When my mom was here recently she bought him
a bigger truck and he can be found extending the ladder and rescuing different
toys from the top of the table. He is usually using his Marshall dog from Paw
Patrol and recreating parts from the show.
Curious George and Paw Patrol are their favorite TV shows to watch and
the current favorite movie is Cars. He
got a Mack hauler for Christmas and that toy is by his side constantly as he
also will recreate scenes from the movie as well with Riley “driving” Lightning
McQueen around and chasing after Mack.
Landon is more of a picky eater, in fact lately about the only thing he
will eat is peanut butter jelly, chips, and milk as that is his requested meal
ALL meals of the day. He was sick this
past weekend and would not eat anything – had me a little worried, but it only
lasted about 48 hours and then he was back to normal. He was super lethargic for those days and
that is not like him at all. Lately he
is running and jumping all the time and will catch me off guard jumping on me –
we have had several ineffective talks lately about being careful and not
hurting others.
They did well on the trip back to Illinois. They travel surprisingly well in the car for
a 14 hour car ride. They watch movies,
sleep, and play games on their Leapfrog Epics.
They loved the time playing with Payton and would ask for him in the
morning. The Hubby and I got the chance
to go out to eat and celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary while we were
there – time has flown by. We had the
opportunity to see a lot of family while there and they did pretty good with it
overall. They take some time to warm up,
but I think that is true of most kids their age. My entire family got together to celebrate my
sister graduating from college and they loved seeing everyone and playing. They gave lots of hugs and kisses, which was greatly
appreciated as they don’t get to see everyone very often. Riley even took a much needed little nap on
my aunt who did not hate it. Our next trip is the beach in just two weeks! I am
pretty excited and have already started packing… I hope they love the ocean as
much as I do.
