*We began behavior charts, trying to calm down the whiny one (Tater) and impatient one (Bruiser). And I questioned how well Bruiser would understand the process - since he is only 2! Well, Sunday I walked into the kitchen and found him adding stickers to his chart. He had reached up and pulled down the stickers where I had them hanging - supposedly out of his reach! - and decided he had earned stickers all on his own. I asked him why he was putting stickers on the chart and he responded with "I good listener, Momma!" And to top it all off, he was putting the stickers next to the good listener spot!
*Four-year-olds really crack me up! Tater was riding in the car with Daddy on Saturday when all of a sudden she announced, "I'm having a concert in five minutes, Daddy. You had better start singing or you're out!" And what did Daddy do? He started singing!
*Later that day, I told Tater she could go to the grocery store with me if she got dressed. She said to Daddy, "okay, roll over (he was laying on the floor) and I'll scratch your back one time. Then you have to get me dressed." Who needs parents when you have a little mommy!
* Miss Wiggles can be so cute and so bad at the same time! She was cuddling up to me the other night, being super cute!, when all of a sudden she chomped down on my arm! I yelped and told her "NO!" and she promptly burst into tears! She looked so sad that I couldn't possibly stay mad at her!
* Calendars are a good thing until you forget to look at them and double-book yourself! I missed my book club (and well-deserved adult time!) today because I scheduled Bruiser's speech therapy at the same time! Grrrrr!
* We love Tater's new dermatologist! We have lotion (actually more of an oil) that actually stops her itchies and a plan of attack to heal her! If only it hadn't taken so long to get an appointment!
* Everyone says how important it is to get a flu shot but no one tells you how much work it is to actually arrange for them! We have two shots down and four more to go (Miss Wiggles has to get two doses!) - and that's not even counting the H1N1! But the good news was that Bruiser and Miss Wiggles went yesterday and Miss Wiggles' 12 month check-up was scheduled for exactly one month later when she needs her second flu shot - I couldn't have planned it any better!
* The bite of a two-year-old really hurts when its you, but it breaks your heart when his victim his baby sister! Any advise on how to get him to stop? We tried soap in his mouth and he just asked for more!
* There is nothing better at the end of a crazy, stressful day than the hugs and kisses of your little ones!
