The Wooden Spoon

So the boys have not been listening to me very well lately, they go in phases where they stop listening for a week or two and need to be reminded again. I decided to instill some fear into them and to carry a wooden spoon around with me. They are very scared of the spoon. It's been working well, I thankfully have not had to use it much as when they see it they usually stop right away whatever mischief they were up to. So far here is what's happened:

I put down the spoon the other day to make Dominic a bottle. Collin must have noticed. I was standing at the sink and felt a smack on my bottom. I turned around to find Collin with a mean grin on his face and the spoon in his hand. It definitely stings! Youch!

Aidan keeps telling us that the spoon is garbage. The next day I go to get the spoon and what do you know, it's missing!

So we bought a 3 pack of spoons yesterday, Aidan was not too happy.

My sister Anne gave me some advice, she has a spoon in every room, brilliant!

The wrecking crew at work

I sometimes send the boys downstairs to play in their play room for a little bit, it keeps them from getting the upstairs messy when I'm trying to keep it clean. I try to check on them often and I'll go to the basement door and call down to ask what they are doing. The other day I heard a lot of commotion and as usual and got the normal response of "we're just playing and being good mommy". I went downstairs to check to be sure they were not getting in to trouble and found this mess:

They put every single toy in a huge pile as you can see.
Yes, that's the closet door, they took it off the track, and took off all the shudders, some are even broken now. I did not expect to find a mess to this extent, it was maybe 30 minutes that they were even down there! What energy these boys have!

Collin got a big owie

Aidan & Collin were playing in a big plant & dirt filled ceramic pot on the porch yesterday, I told them a few times to stop playing in the plant. I was turned around holding Domi & heard a crash. The pot fell over and Collin was screaming. There was blood coming out of his leg fast. Luckily Jeff was home, he took care of getting the bad cut to stop bleeding and I took him to Urgent care, we knew right away that it needed stitches. So that was no fun watching the stitches go in and holding him down while the poor guy screamed. The Doctor put a bunch of extra stitches over the first ones because he figured Collin was pretty active. Collin active? He got that right!

I was attacked

So it's kind of long but at the end they attack me! I'm so out numbered.

Happy 2nd Birthday Collin!!!

Collin the climber is 2 today! We had a party last night, he had a blast!

This week

Let's see, what's happened...

We thought Collin got a hold of and ate some 600 mg ibuprofen - spent a few hours in the ER, amazingly he did not eat any.

Collin has been saying his first full sentence he learned from Aidan "I don't Know." he mostly uses it when we ask who did something.

Dominic had his first piece of candy. I found his mouth blue and nearby was a mike & ike's blue candy. Collin decided to share.

I was able to go to Garden Ridge with the kids for a whole hour today, they were so good! I guess I'm going to be able to get out a bit more with them now. Normally I do not take all the kids unless Jeff is with me.

Aidan has been a huge help with the baby, he's always playing with him keeping him happy.

It runs in the family

My sister Lisa has 7 children, her youngest two are twin 2 year olds, Chloe & Calista. I had to share their pictures, it makes me think I'm not alone.