Just Another Day!

Don't judge me, but sometimes I strap Kyle in the stroller and let the girls push him around SLOWLY while I get the lunch dishes done.  They love it, he loves it.  One time they pushed him into the entry way and left him in there facing the wall and went off and played.

 Adam had his procedure today.  It went well and he says that having his wisdom teeth pulled was way worse.  Kyle enjoyed having dad home to hang out with.  You'll notice that his outfit is unzipped.  Sometimes when he is unhappy, just busting him out of his clothes changes his mood.  He loves hanging out in just a diaper.  You'll also notice his hand in his mouth.  The poor guy is teething and biting EVERYTHING. 

My sweet gang.  Look at all that drool on Kyle's shirt!



Aubrie slipped on my shoes to go get dog food from the garage.  It reminded me of my dad's hush puppies that he left by the back door.  Both my brother and I would slip those things to go do something outside quickly instead of putting our own shoes on.  They were so worn out and he had them for YEARS!

 We've started a chore chart for the girls.  If they get 5 or more stars (out of 8), then they get five cents.  Some of the chores are feeding Petey, washing hands with soap, pick up 6 toys before bed, turn off lights, no whining, and they both have an individual chore.  Aubrie's is to set and clear the table and Emilie's is to use the potty.  Emilie isn't doing well with hers.  She just doesn't care for it.  Aubrie loves doing her chores.  The biggest difference that we have noticed is the no whining.  It took a couple of days of her not getting a star, but now she stops herself and chooses not to whine.  I'm loving it.

 Back when Aubrie was whining or crying about something, Emilie would say, "Don't cry Aubrie.  You're a baby??"  and then when Aubrie would stop crying, she would say, "Good job not crying!!"  She didn't mean for it to be sarcastic, she was being genuine.  She's used to hearing encouragement from Aubrie at the dinner table.  Aubrie used to tell her, "Good job Em!  One more bite!" so Emilie was just re-paying the kind words.  (in her own mind)

One morning I opened our bedroom curtains and blinds and saw a diaper out in the backyard getting rained on.  I wondered how Petey got past us at the back door with a diaper in his mouth.  It's not unusual to find random items in the backyard.  I've looked out and seen a slipper, stuffed animal, a kitchen spatula, the measuring tape.  Heck, he's even tried to take a knife outside.  I was in a graduate class one night and checked my phone and I had 14 missed calls from Adam.  I slipped out to call him and he was freaking out because Petey stabbed himself in the webbing of his paw and was bleeding a lot, but he finally got it to stop bleeding.  Anyways, it turned out that Petey didn't carry the diaper out through the back door.  He was jumping up and grabbing trash out of the garbage bin on the side of the house.  Neat. 

The girls will come ask me to take their picture with Kyle.  They love him so much.  I think they all have the same eyes.  He's really trying to sit up on his own.  He now eats Oatmeal with fruit in the morning and enjoying a vegetable at night.  He's such a big and hungry boy.  He's 22 pounds and Emilie is 27.

We've had some illness in the house.  Kyle had an ear infection and Aubrie got pink eye.  Luckily, my friend told me that breast milk helps so I put breast milk in her eyes and Emilie's until the next day when I could get drops from the doctor.  I think it really helped it from getting bad and gluing shut overnight.  Everyone is doing better.  I've been exhausted and still have moments where I'm overwhelmed with three kids, but they put so many smiles on my face.

At dinner the other night, Aubrie cleared her throat and said, "Ahem.  Is this thing on??  Everybody calm down and listen." before she told us a story.

I was sitting in her chair one morning and she wanted to sit down and asked me to move.  I told her I would move once I finished writing something down and she said, "Come on!  Work with me here!!"

I can't believe she'll be 4 in a couple weeks and I'll be sending her to preschool.  It seems like it was yesterday when she was Kyle's age.  As a matter of fact, it feels like last week I just had Kyle and now he's 5 months old!!  I really hate that I haven't blogged much for my family and friends who enjoy them.  I really wish I had the energy and time to do more.  I promise I still cook.  There's been many things that I have made and thought about taking a picture of and sharing it, but the herd is so hungry by the time it is ready, I don't have time to take pictures.  I just hope I get caught up and on top of things soon.  I'm sure I will.  In the meantime, I'm soaking up my precious family and this time we have together.

I hope everyone else is doing well and staying healthy.  Love to all!!

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