It's game time!

Last night Timmy had a soccer game. It was cold and rainy. Did I mention it was COLD. Yeah. If I was the coach, I would have canceled the game. But crazy enough Bo played his own soccer game with the kids on the next field over the whole time Timmy was playing. It was awesome. I wasn’t chasing him so I actually got to see Timmy play. Of course every 3 minutes I would glance over to make sure he was still hanging out, and not off trying to discover some unknown territory in Springport. Well, sometime during the 4th quarter I looked over and he was gone. I then scanned all around the soccer field and even looked into the woods but no sign of Bo. I recruited other parents to help me look at this point in time and then all of a sudden I saw him. He and his soccer ball had made their way over to the field where Timmy and his team were CURRENTLY playing. Amy was so sweet and let him kick it into the goal. Bo then complained that he couldn’t keep playing with the big boys. Crazy kid. I can’t complain though, he did really could on that cold and rainy evening. Oh yeah, did I mention it was COLD.

Shopping wiht 3 boys

Shopping with 3 boys. Need I say more, probably not! I had two hours from the time I picked up the boys from school till the time I had to be back up to the school to pick Kate up from girl scouts. So after you subtract the 50 min. drive round trip, I had 1 hour and 10 min. to accomplish the task at hand, which was to simply find Josh some shorts, and couple of T-shirts, and a pair of shoes if we had time. Seemed almost reasonable, right? Well, first of all “Bo” was with us, so yeah, again, need I say more. Then to make things even more “fun”, Josh was just sooooo “enthused” about trying on clothes. I only make him shop 2 times a year, and every time it seems to put him in excruciating pain. With Josh protesting the whole way, I through a pile of clothes in the cart and we headed to the dressing room. I handed Josh 4, just 4 pairs of shorts to try on. He carried them to the room dragging his feet. You would have thought I sent him in there with 3 encyclopedias and asked him to write a thesis paper. Actually, if I would have sent him in with 3 encyclopedias he would have been content just to sit in there and read. We finally had some shorts to take home. By this time Bo is really done. I put him in the cart for time out, where he began throwing things out. So I put him in the front and bucked him in. He cried, and screamed and pitched a fit for the next ten minutes as we finished up. I didn’t have the time to go and put him in time out in the van, so all of Wal-Mart had to endure it with me. He finally realized I wasn’t going to let him out and settled down. I was 10 min. late picking up Kate, but I did come home with the items I set out to get.

"Bon Appetit!!"

Yesterday, I saw Bo licking his whole hand. Seeing that we were standing in the middle of a gym at the school I had to ask. “Bo, what are you doing, why are you licking your hand.” “I am eating my boogers!” he exclaimed. He thought he was funny, I thought it was disgusting. To be honest, this whole eating boogers thing is all new to me. I know, I have four kids and all, but they weren’t “booger eaters” when they were little. Now, don’t misunderstand me, they were booger pickers, I mean what kid doesn’t pick their nose right?! But they were more of the pick it and wipe it on the wall, or the chair, or what ever they were standing next to at the time. If they did eat them, they did it in secret, not LOUD and PROUD like Bo. Bo seems to think them to be quite a delicacy. And it isn’t cause I don’t feed the kid. I mean sure there are those nights when I am looking at the kids thinking, “Really, do I really have to feed you, can’t you just chase mice or graze in the field.” But even on those days I at least make PBJ for dinner. So it’s not like he is starving to death and his only form of nourishment is served up with a side of mucus. Oh well, I haven’t been able to explain any of my children thus far, I sure don’t know why I would try and start now. All I can say is “Bon appetit”

And you thought Bo was entertaining!!

I confiscated my sisters computer this weekend so I thought I would write a little blog about my little munchkin that just might top her stories about Bo!!
Never thought I would experience some of the things that happen to my friends with their kids. I always see these dramatic kids and thank God mine is not dramatic, or hear my sisters stories about Bo and am thankful my kid isn't as high maintenance. I haven’t learned my lesson yet because every time I get cocky about my well behaved child I start to see a new side of him.
I was washing dishes the other day and in walks my little toe-head! He had a goofy look on his face and I said “Whats up bud?” He put his arm up and attempted to stick his little pointer up towards my nose. “Smell my finger.” Confused and a little grossed out considering I’ve seen the many uses that little finger has I laughed and said “No…Why?” “Smell it” he insisted. “No…what is it?” He got a quirky smile on his face and said “It’s my poop!” The way he said it was almost as thought he was amazed at how that smell could go from his butt to his finger. Then he proceeded to say “See mom…I show you” as he reached around to shove his had down his pants. I stopped him and had the “That’s disgusting” talk and had to laugh as gross as it was. Later that day I was folding laundry and our dog was laying in the floor. I was watching my son hold 3 pennies in his hand. He was adorable the way he carries around his trinkets. Well I saw him look at his pennies and then look at our dogs butt. No sooner did he get 1 penny in his fingers and started for our dogs chocolate starfish and I said “Absolutely not.” I guess we will have to have another discussion about nothing goes in that hole…only out 

Lazy Morning

Bo had a fever this morning, and it was low grade so I waited to give him Tylenol to see if it would run its course. So we were lazy and watched cartoons this morning. It was the most still I have seen him since, well, since the last time he had a fever. But it was nice to soak up the snuggle moments. He may be the prime “suspect” in my blogs, but he is the cutest, little chubby thing I have ever seen. He didn’t want to be in the room alone so I just let the whole morning go, and snuggled with him in the bed. Doing “nothing” is not something that comes naturally to me, when I have literally a million things to do. But it was so sweet hangin with him. And then at about noon he said his head was hurting, so I gave him some Tylenol. And about 15 min. later he popped up off the bed and said. “Ok, I feel better now, let’s go down stair.” And the rest of the day he was back to himself.

Take the time to enjoy your snuggle times, before they are to big to snuggle.

Back to the "Blogging Board" I hope

Well, you may or may not have noticed, but my blogging has been pretty non existent these days. I would like to say it is because Bo has been so well behaved and my life has been so smooth sailing that I have been at a loss as to what to write about. Nope, not quite. Bo has been making strides, I gotta give the kid credit. But he is still Bo. Always on an adventure. As far as my smooth sailing life, well it has been like a white water rafting adventure these days, keeping me so busy that by the end of the day I certainly have stories to tell, but I just flop into my bed and crash. I do have some stories in my head from the past few weeks that I am hoping to get on paper, or on my laptop rather. I mean who writes anything on paper these days. The only thing I write on paper is my grocery list, and I am not even sure why I do that, I leave it at home half the time. Speaking of grocery list, I really need to get some groceries, but I refused to go out today in the snow. Really, snow! When I woke up this morning and looked out my window I was hoping it was all a horrible nightmare and in moments my alarm would wake me up. Nope it was real. Bo was excited though, he asked if he could go sledding. lol Perhaps the snow is my fault. I did take my electric blanket off my bed early this year and I put all the kids snow pants away a couple of weeks ago. I usually don’t do such a thing until I am pretty sure we are in the clear. I don’t know I guess I thought since we were half way through April I was safe. Well, that was a big “I told you so” from mother nature. Anyway I just keep telling myself to get through the next couple of cold days and it is sure to warm up, the problem is I have been telling myself that since mid March. I sure hope Spring shows up soon. Well, I suppose I should quit babbling. I will leave you with a “Tip for Parents.” Have a great week, and I will work on getting back to the writing, for anyone who needs reassurance that they are not the only crazy parent on the planet. I am here to tell you there are at least two of us. Lol

Tip for Parents…

In Value Based Parenting we teach how important it is to establish a rapport with your child. By doing this we strengthen the parent child relationship and our children our more receptive to our teaching, giving us the ability to influence them. This month I encourage you to take little moments every day to cultivate your relationship with your child, whether it be playing catch, dolls, video games, or a simple conversation over dinner asking them about their day. All of these are valuable moments. Each interaction is a deposit into your child’s emotional piggy bank. The more we make these deposits ahead of time, the more our children are willing to let us make “emotional with drawls” later. These “with drawls” may come in the form of encouraging our children to open up and be honest when asking them to share their feelings. Their willingness to do so is a direct result of the foundation you have built by investing in them.