Today is what hot. Hot enough that just walking to get the mail you have to shower. Yuck is an understatement. So I decided to take the kids to the mall so that they could play in the play area. Great idea.
There are 2 areas, one for the crawlers and babies and the other for the rest of the kids. While watching both Logan and beanie who are in their seperate areas.
There are big kids who come into the infant area and play...very dangerous to the little ones in there...aka my son. There were 2 moms who stopped the big kids and told them to leave. WOW! I have never seen other parents step in and take control of kids behaving badly. It made me proud to be a mom. i am usually the one who has to be the bad guy, not today!
Beanie, said hi to everyone she ran into...or that ran into her. She said hi, by and everything in between, she even sang her abc's to someone. That kid rocks. She can put her shoes on...the correct feet, tell you when she has poopies (but not go on the potty) she will even say thank you when you give her something when she asks for it. I don;t know what we did, but this kid is awsome. Scooter has some big shoes to fill as he gets older.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
sounds around the house
Mama water
mom cup
mommy seepn
mommy where doggie?
mommy dada?
NO
NNNOOOOOOOOOOOO
waaaaaaaaaaaawaaaaaaawaaaaaa
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Mommy poopies (we've already discussed how dangerous these words can be)
mommy water?
mommy fish
ehehehehehehehehehehehehe
thus ends a day at the brugger household. I have to admit that with 2 kids, telemarketers don't call anymore. I miss them, someone to talk to...right up until they figure out I'm not intersted in what they have to sell me, then I get the pleasure of talking with the dial tone.
Logan now has 6 teeth. 4 on top (and all on the right) and 2 on the bottom. He is eating solid table food (fish beanie dropped, puffs and cherrios...when he can get them into his mouth faster than beanie can take them away). He is also being moved to a sippy cup, though he still has to lay down to be able to drink milk out of it. Guess it's time to teach him cup up! He is also crawling like a "normal" child. though he still loves to crawl army style, which is a kick to watch.
Beanie is talking more than ever, though when confronted by another person, she all of a sudden has nothing to say, not like me at all. She has also taken to a love hate relationship with her brother. She loves to push him down, sit on him, push him out of the house while he is in his highchair and he...well, he hates it.
Oh, did I mention that the boy climed up the stairs? yup, all by himself. ALONE. NO ADULT SUPERVISION. I was indisposed, came out...and couldn't find the boy ( no i didn't call 911 hysterical about it) I just walked around looking for him. Where did I find him, on the stairs about 3 steps up. HOLLY COW!
He can climb the stairs faster than beanie could at this age and has no fear about falling over, he thinks that part is funny. I think he's trying to escape much like the cat does when beanie is home on tuesdays and thursdays. I can't say I blame either one of them. She's a great kid, very loving and energetic (yeah, that's the word I'd go with) and like a sponge, but when she gets mad, watch out. Yeah I know, just like her mom...I get it. We're working with her about being nice...and me too. No more throwing things when there is no more chocolate to be found ANYWHERE in the house. After all, walgreens is open 24 hours and they do sell chocolate.
Oh, the potty training...going, but S.L.O.W. Beanie still refuses to sit on it, though she does enjoy putting it on her head...close kid, but wrong end. Logan, when he wants to. If there's nothing he needs to do and he gets put on it, he will claw and pull until he gets up. Otherwise, he just sits there happy, though feeding him goldfish helps too!
thus concludes the typical day at the brugger household...the Florida chapter.
mom cup
mommy seepn
mommy where doggie?
mommy dada?
NO
NNNOOOOOOOOOOOO
waaaaaaaaaaaawaaaaaaawaaaaaa
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Mommy poopies (we've already discussed how dangerous these words can be)
mommy water?
mommy fish
ehehehehehehehehehehehehe
thus ends a day at the brugger household. I have to admit that with 2 kids, telemarketers don't call anymore. I miss them, someone to talk to...right up until they figure out I'm not intersted in what they have to sell me, then I get the pleasure of talking with the dial tone.
Logan now has 6 teeth. 4 on top (and all on the right) and 2 on the bottom. He is eating solid table food (fish beanie dropped, puffs and cherrios...when he can get them into his mouth faster than beanie can take them away). He is also being moved to a sippy cup, though he still has to lay down to be able to drink milk out of it. Guess it's time to teach him cup up! He is also crawling like a "normal" child. though he still loves to crawl army style, which is a kick to watch.
Beanie is talking more than ever, though when confronted by another person, she all of a sudden has nothing to say, not like me at all. She has also taken to a love hate relationship with her brother. She loves to push him down, sit on him, push him out of the house while he is in his highchair and he...well, he hates it.
Oh, did I mention that the boy climed up the stairs? yup, all by himself. ALONE. NO ADULT SUPERVISION. I was indisposed, came out...and couldn't find the boy ( no i didn't call 911 hysterical about it) I just walked around looking for him. Where did I find him, on the stairs about 3 steps up. HOLLY COW!
He can climb the stairs faster than beanie could at this age and has no fear about falling over, he thinks that part is funny. I think he's trying to escape much like the cat does when beanie is home on tuesdays and thursdays. I can't say I blame either one of them. She's a great kid, very loving and energetic (yeah, that's the word I'd go with) and like a sponge, but when she gets mad, watch out. Yeah I know, just like her mom...I get it. We're working with her about being nice...and me too. No more throwing things when there is no more chocolate to be found ANYWHERE in the house. After all, walgreens is open 24 hours and they do sell chocolate.
Oh, the potty training...going, but S.L.O.W. Beanie still refuses to sit on it, though she does enjoy putting it on her head...close kid, but wrong end. Logan, when he wants to. If there's nothing he needs to do and he gets put on it, he will claw and pull until he gets up. Otherwise, he just sits there happy, though feeding him goldfish helps too!
thus concludes the typical day at the brugger household...the Florida chapter.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
2 words you dread hearing
Mommy poopies!
over and over again. i don't think that Michael and I could have gotten up any faster today.
After going to a wedding last night, we were very tired. So we got up, had breakfast and by noon we were all ready for a nap, or so we thought. Scooter went down quickly, so did Michael and I...Beanie was another story. The dog got up and walked out of the room, so Michael got up to go see where she had gotten off to (she likes to eat EVERYTHING, she is after all, a beagle). I hear "mommy poopies" from the other room and I know that can't be good. I hear Michael yell for me...yup, bad.
I go in...she's standing there with her diaper in her hand and poop.all.over.the.floor. Beanie...covered in it. On her hands, her shirt her legs, the floor, her feet. gross. So Michael takes her into our shower to hose her off while I tackle her room.
Vacuum cleaner...check
antibacterial gloves...check
floor cleaner....what, no check? UH OH.
Our little green machine is missing a part that is vital to cleaning. It's the "duckbill" for the fill capture tank. So in other words, you can suck up dirty water all day long, just don't move the machine, cause as soon as you do, you will find all the dirty water you've just sucked up. UGH.
Bottom line, NEVER EVER leave beanie alone with a diaper she can take off. Yes, we have invested in the duck tape stock, cause we'll be buying plenty of it, that and shampoo and body wash.
Watch out Bissel...make sure your carpet cleaning solution is in full stock and ready to go...she's taking off her diaper and running wild!
over and over again. i don't think that Michael and I could have gotten up any faster today.
After going to a wedding last night, we were very tired. So we got up, had breakfast and by noon we were all ready for a nap, or so we thought. Scooter went down quickly, so did Michael and I...Beanie was another story. The dog got up and walked out of the room, so Michael got up to go see where she had gotten off to (she likes to eat EVERYTHING, she is after all, a beagle). I hear "mommy poopies" from the other room and I know that can't be good. I hear Michael yell for me...yup, bad.
I go in...she's standing there with her diaper in her hand and poop.all.over.the.floor. Beanie...covered in it. On her hands, her shirt her legs, the floor, her feet. gross. So Michael takes her into our shower to hose her off while I tackle her room.
Vacuum cleaner...check
antibacterial gloves...check
floor cleaner....what, no check? UH OH.
Our little green machine is missing a part that is vital to cleaning. It's the "duckbill" for the fill capture tank. So in other words, you can suck up dirty water all day long, just don't move the machine, cause as soon as you do, you will find all the dirty water you've just sucked up. UGH.
Bottom line, NEVER EVER leave beanie alone with a diaper she can take off. Yes, we have invested in the duck tape stock, cause we'll be buying plenty of it, that and shampoo and body wash.
Watch out Bissel...make sure your carpet cleaning solution is in full stock and ready to go...she's taking off her diaper and running wild!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Potty training or mommy training?
so, here we are about 2-3 weeks into trying to potty train BOTH kids. Logan, well, you give him a toy and he will sit there for hours. Beanie...yeah, she sits, she laughs, then goes running off, diaper be damned.
We have tried the "big girl" underwear, those, she thinks are funny. THe pull-ups, yeah, just easier to get off, diapers, ever easier to get off. Wednesday she was home, sick...or so we thought. She took a nap for 3 hours, when she got up I hear "mommy poopies" so I drop everything and go running to see her. She...has already taken off her diaper and pooped ont he floor, right next to the bed. YUCK. though she was very proud of herself for not doing it in her diaper. She greeted me at the gate nude.
Yesterday, she played outside with her brother at the water table that Grandpa and Nonni got her last year. Int he middl eof playing, she tells me she has to go poppy, so in we go. I set Scooter ont he potty and she joins him, only long enough to egt the diaper off and go back outside...with just a shirt on. Well, atlease if she went, it would be easy to clean up!
So far, the boy loves the potty, he cried, we stick him on it, he does what he needs to do, then off we go to play. Beanie...not a chance in the world, She won't even let me change her diaper anymore. So for the moment, it's all scooter. If Beanie sits on the potty, it's a good day. All in all, it's been great. If I had known how easy it was to try this at a younger age, I would have been all over it!!!
and yes, we are nuts for trying this with both kids! but oh so funny to watch, especially when beanie pushes scooter all over the floor while he's ON the potty. He, laughs the entire time and so does she! Go figure!
We have tried the "big girl" underwear, those, she thinks are funny. THe pull-ups, yeah, just easier to get off, diapers, ever easier to get off. Wednesday she was home, sick...or so we thought. She took a nap for 3 hours, when she got up I hear "mommy poopies" so I drop everything and go running to see her. She...has already taken off her diaper and pooped ont he floor, right next to the bed. YUCK. though she was very proud of herself for not doing it in her diaper. She greeted me at the gate nude.
Yesterday, she played outside with her brother at the water table that Grandpa and Nonni got her last year. Int he middl eof playing, she tells me she has to go poppy, so in we go. I set Scooter ont he potty and she joins him, only long enough to egt the diaper off and go back outside...with just a shirt on. Well, atlease if she went, it would be easy to clean up!
So far, the boy loves the potty, he cried, we stick him on it, he does what he needs to do, then off we go to play. Beanie...not a chance in the world, She won't even let me change her diaper anymore. So for the moment, it's all scooter. If Beanie sits on the potty, it's a good day. All in all, it's been great. If I had known how easy it was to try this at a younger age, I would have been all over it!!!
and yes, we are nuts for trying this with both kids! but oh so funny to watch, especially when beanie pushes scooter all over the floor while he's ON the potty. He, laughs the entire time and so does she! Go figure!
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Potty training
Yeah, we are nuts. We/ I am trying to potty train BOTH kids. Yes, you read that right, both kids. I try first thing in the morning and last thing at night for Beanie on the days that she goes to school and all day with scooter.
On Monday 3-2-09, Logan peed and pooped on the potty all day long. I only had 1 dirty diaper to change for him all day. Can you imagine that? I couldn't. He even did a few other amazing things...he pulled himself up onto his feet, and he somewhat walked the couch. Holy Cow. The boy peed and pooped on his first day of trying and it had gome great since.
Beanie...little more trouble. She has no interest in sitting on the potty and when she does, she sits for a few moments, then gives up and goes to play with her toys. She likes to sit with her brother and she will sit fo ra longer time on the big potty, but I guess that's because she can't get up all by herself.
Oh the joys of potty training. so, tell me your stories of potty training...mom, not you, I know you have a lot of embarassing stories of me on the potty..and I'm sure there are some that not even I want to know about! ha ha ha
alright, go ahead, embarass me! come on, I know you want to!
On Monday 3-2-09, Logan peed and pooped on the potty all day long. I only had 1 dirty diaper to change for him all day. Can you imagine that? I couldn't. He even did a few other amazing things...he pulled himself up onto his feet, and he somewhat walked the couch. Holy Cow. The boy peed and pooped on his first day of trying and it had gome great since.
Beanie...little more trouble. She has no interest in sitting on the potty and when she does, she sits for a few moments, then gives up and goes to play with her toys. She likes to sit with her brother and she will sit fo ra longer time on the big potty, but I guess that's because she can't get up all by herself.
Oh the joys of potty training. so, tell me your stories of potty training...mom, not you, I know you have a lot of embarassing stories of me on the potty..and I'm sure there are some that not even I want to know about! ha ha ha
alright, go ahead, embarass me! come on, I know you want to!
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