What is it with our kids?

When Micah was about 3, shortly after Joel was born I awoke to hearing him saying "I have poopy on me, I have poopy" Great, another poop accident to clean up. I reluctantly get out of bed to clean him up in the bathroom only to find him at the sink with BLOOD ALL OVER HIS FACE! Apparently, he didn't know what blood was and called it poopy. He had found one of my razors and was attempting to "do like Daddy does" and shave his face.

Well, fast forward about 3 years to tonight. I hear footsteps back and forth upstairs, but quietness. I'm cleaning up the kitchen, so I ignore him because he's quiet. 1st mistake. He is continuing to make noise, Aaron goes upstairs to put him back to bed. I go up a while later after I still hear him running around. Joel runs into the bathroom and he has blood all over his mouth. He had someone found a razor and tried to shave and cut his lip.

Geez, when am I going to learn to lock up my razors?

Random Stories

Ethan came down with a double ear infection yesterday. His fever spiked to 104.5! I'm so glad I had called earlier in the day and scheduled an appointment. Our clinic is open on weekends for urgent care. Its really nice that they have that so you can take your child to see a pediatrician and not some random doc. It also turned out our regular doctor was even working! I love our pediatrician. I love her so much its getting to the point where I might not tell you her name if you live locally. =) It's getting harder to get in to see her. When she examined Ethan she said she hoped he had an ear infection with a fever that high. If he didn't she would want to do more tests--she didn't say it but I suspect spinal tap. Whew, I'm so glad it was just the ears. She had me give him a double dose yesterday evening and by this morning his fever was completely gone! Gotta love Omnicef!

The other day Joel climbed into bed with us in the morning. He was holding Aaron's hand and kissing it. He gave Aaron a big smile. Very sweet moment. Then he reared back and hit Aaron on the mouth as hard as he could! So if you ever come over and Joel wants to wrestle, then you know that he really likes you!

We started a sticker chart for Joel. He is still tantruming and we think he's old enough to be tapering off, especially since his verbal skills are so good. If things don't go how he planned or someone messes with the plan he had in his head he will throw a huge fit. We're working on him verbalizing why he is upset instead of screaming/yelling/crying to get his way. So we told him everyday he didn't throw a fit he would earn a sticker. Once he earned 4 stickers we would have movie night. So tonight we're watching Finding Nemo. I'm sure once we're done with tantrums with Joel it will be just in time for Ethan to start up. Joel started at 15 months.

I just finished You'll Never Nanny in this Town Again by Suzanne Hansen. I found it at the library and thought it looked interesting. Its the memoir of a gal who was a nanny in Hollywood in the late 80s. It was an interesting, quick read but not one that I would recommend. Good for an airplane and you need a mindless book.

Joel-isms

I thought I would document these cute Joel sayings before they go away.

Why-come? "Mama, why-come we are going to the store?"

Goody "The candy is goody for me," or from Veggie Tales, "Pizza Angel, please come to me, sauce and cheese so goody!"

Chuck E. Jesus

This just in...

Joel told me that the saltines I just bought taste like pancakes. Hmmmm.... cheap breakfast?

Happy Birthday Joel!

Happy Birthday Joely Poley!

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My baby is 3. Now he says things like "Stop treating me like a baby". He is definitely a Big Boy now. We were at the store the other day and the clerk called him a "cutey" and Joel thought she was talking to Ethan. The lady told him she was talking to HIM and he frowned and furrowed his brow. " I am NOT a cwetie! I'm a BIG Boy!" Joel is all boy. Baseball, football, basketball, he loves it all. He plays for literally hours on end with his cars and trains, making up stories. It's so fun to listen to him talk to his cars. But he doesn't need toys; He will make airplanes out of sticks and fly them around. Happy Birthday Joel, I love you so much! And just so you know, you'll ALWAYS be my baby!!

Baseball Game

We had a very full, fun weekend. It started on Saturday. A local radio station was having a contest where you submit stories about your father. We won! Aaron's family has loads of good stories and we finally put one to good use! We won 2 tickets to the Mariners game on Saturday, gift certificates to a restarant, a car detail and 4 tickets to a museum.

As we were waiting to turn into parking at the ballpark, someone walked by and asked us if we needed parking. She gave us a voucher for free parking in the garage! Yay! She saved us $25!

We had a great time. Joel now is crazy about baseball. He pretends to swing a bat, then throws a ball, then runs down our wood floor and slides on his belly by the front door. "I a baysebawl pwayer" --Can you translate? Last night he decided his name was now JJ, which is one of the closing pitchers for the Mariners. He also refuses to use the tee to hit the ball. Because that's not what the baseball players do. That kid is sure head-strong! I'm sure it will serve him well later in life, but it makes our life hard right now!

This and That...

We have a strange happeneing here in Seattle today. Reports of a large orange glowing orb in the sky have surfaced. No here knows what it is. Maybe an alien mother ship?


Meanwhile back at the ranch:
While I was nursing yesterday, Joel went to the potty, got off, flushed the potty and washed his hands all by himself! Then he came out naked flying like an airplane saying "I shoot the bathroom, I shoot Ethies room. I'm a shooting plane". He WAS wearing a pilot shirt.

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Wow, 3 kids is alot of work. Its not an additive work relationship; its exponential!

Today was a big day. Joel wore his Lightning McQueen Big Boy Underwear for the first time. He kept them dry the whole day! I am so proud of him. He has a sticker chart and if he fills it up we get to go the Museum of Flight. He is VERY excited about that. "We go to the Airplane Museum, that will be so fun!!" is how he described it.

In other Joel news...
Aaron and the "big" boys went to a birthday party at "Chuck E. Jesus." Yes, you didn't know that the loud kid place with a giant rodent is now holy.

Joel fell face first down the stairs. Aaron came over to help him up to which Joel replied "No!!". He crawled up the stairs so that he could walk down them again by himself and without falling down. This is one tenacious little boy!! "I do it myself" is a constant refrain heard 'round the house.

Aaron is home this month on paternity leave. We are doing lots of home improvement projects including; replacing all the interior doors; replacing baseboards; new vanities and sinks in the bathrooms; and new bathroom floors. Its been so nice to have him home!