Yep, that's right a Goof Mounder...that's Drew's new word for goof ball. And now we've added knuckle head and pretzel head to the mix. Don't ask me where he gets them, but it's pretty funny to hear what he comes up with. We had a nice, warm Saturday and finally got out and cleaned the windows, now I just need to get the inside of the windows done and maybe we can see out! :) Drew had a blast playing in the hose and making mud in the yard. Mike bought him his own kid sized wheelbarrow so he can help when we get the mulch. And yes, this is why we had to build a shed, everyone having their own tools. Speaking of, I got quite a bit of stuff organized in the garage too, so I was excited about that progress.
Scott took Drew and my little bro, Bill, Saturday night and we picked them up late Sunday a.m. We drove up to Howell to meet up with Julie and did a little shopping while we were there. It got pretty chilly, but on the way home we stopped at the Botanical Gardens and picked up a couple rain barrels. Unfortunately, we didn't get them hooked up cuz today it's raining like mad! Drew was so pooped by the time we got home he just wanted to lay down and watch SpongeBob. He fell asleep around 4:30 and Mike woke him up around 5:30 cuz we didn't want him up all night. He was a bit testy and not really sure he wanted to be up. Just before he fell asleep he was yelling at me from the bedroom. "MOM, I'M HUNGRY!!!! It started out normal toned but ended up at the top of his lungs as I was ignoring his screams. Finally, he hit meltdown mode and started crying as he was yelling about how hungry he was. I told him next time, come find me, I'm not going to deal, but I also understood the child was at a breaking point and I better get him a snack before we were to the point of no return.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Welcome to the world, Troy B!
At least he should be here by now. Our friend Jen went in for her c-section this morning around 5 - yuck! But yay, cuz she should have a beautiful little man in her arms! Welcome to the crew little man!
On top of that, it's a beautiful sunny day, and 99.9% of the snow is gone from the 5+ inches we got on Monday...yes, Monday, as in the 6th of April - urgh! And with the snow came a power outage - but we finally got to use our generator and back fed electrical, so 5 minutes after we woke up to a cold house the heat, and rest of the power, were restored...woohoo!!!! It felt good to finally put to use all the precautions we thought we'd need 3 years ago. So Monday was a stay at home day. Then Tuesday I woke up to find I finally got the cold that Mike, dad and Drew had been fighting off for the last several days...boooo! So I worked for about two hours and went home and crashed. Yesterday I caved and took some nighttime cold meds and felt much, much better. It didn't really make me sleep all that well, but took away the aches and sore throat, which was just fine with me.
Again, I sit here and try to figure out where the last two weeks have gone. I guess we've been outside quite a bit. In one weeks time dad built Drew's play structure and with some help from Mike, our new HUGE 8 x 12 ft shed. It's awesome! Three wide, deep shelfs L across leaving us room for anything else in the blank corner. We still don't have it filled up and everything extra (except the stuff I need to donate) is out of the garage. On Saturday we worked on tearing down the wall between the backroom and the garage so we can actually park Mike's truck in the garage...say it with me now...HALLELUJAH! We still have yet to get up in the attic to figure out what could come down, but we've also added several sheets of plywood to the attic so we've got more storage up there too. Love it!!!! I feel a weeeeee bit like Martha Stewart...things are getting their own spots!
Tomorrow Drew is off and I'm looking at working 1/2 day and hangin' with the little man...not quite sure what we'll do. On Saturday, Domino's Farm has a huge Easter Egg Hunt, so I think we're going to try to hit that if the weather holds out. Speaking of, Drew found two big, fake egg decorations in the garage and we've been using those to practice our hunting. It's funny, he's added himself to the hunt by yelling, "Mom, I'm an egg too, OK?" lol, the things he says.
Honestly, he was being a little stinker a couple weeks ago. Little attitude, little talking back, little not listening - more than the absent minded "I'm watching SpongeBob" 4 year old boy not listening. And just about to the wall, I finally realized I needed to pull out the 'step away from the problem arsonal'...duh! Really, I haven't had to use it lately, but after telling Drew 4 times, not to spray the hose near mom, I finally said, "if I have to tell you again, you'll be putting it down for 2 minutes." It did, and then he did. After two minutes he asked me if he could play with the hose again, which I said no to because he asked...waited about 30 more seconds and told him he could with the understanding that it would not happen again and if it did, the hose would be gone for the day. Guess what? Yep, it didn't happen again. He's happy, I'm happy. or is it I'm happy, he's happy!? Both I guess. So back on to remembering that my great little 4 year old isn't perfect, and that boundries work so much better than saying the same thing 4 times and getting frustrated to no avail.
I have to say we've been pretty impressed with grandpa too. He's seeing that doing something for Drew quickly isn't as important as letting him do it for himself even if it takes 10X longer. And that as cute as he is, especially with some of the expressions he makes, doesn't mean that he should get away with something, even if it's as simple as needing to put on a sweatshirt if it's 50 degrees.
Guess that's all for now...Happy Easter weekend!
On top of that, it's a beautiful sunny day, and 99.9% of the snow is gone from the 5+ inches we got on Monday...yes, Monday, as in the 6th of April - urgh! And with the snow came a power outage - but we finally got to use our generator and back fed electrical, so 5 minutes after we woke up to a cold house the heat, and rest of the power, were restored...woohoo!!!! It felt good to finally put to use all the precautions we thought we'd need 3 years ago. So Monday was a stay at home day. Then Tuesday I woke up to find I finally got the cold that Mike, dad and Drew had been fighting off for the last several days...boooo! So I worked for about two hours and went home and crashed. Yesterday I caved and took some nighttime cold meds and felt much, much better. It didn't really make me sleep all that well, but took away the aches and sore throat, which was just fine with me.
Again, I sit here and try to figure out where the last two weeks have gone. I guess we've been outside quite a bit. In one weeks time dad built Drew's play structure and with some help from Mike, our new HUGE 8 x 12 ft shed. It's awesome! Three wide, deep shelfs L across leaving us room for anything else in the blank corner. We still don't have it filled up and everything extra (except the stuff I need to donate) is out of the garage. On Saturday we worked on tearing down the wall between the backroom and the garage so we can actually park Mike's truck in the garage...say it with me now...HALLELUJAH! We still have yet to get up in the attic to figure out what could come down, but we've also added several sheets of plywood to the attic so we've got more storage up there too. Love it!!!! I feel a weeeeee bit like Martha Stewart...things are getting their own spots!
Tomorrow Drew is off and I'm looking at working 1/2 day and hangin' with the little man...not quite sure what we'll do. On Saturday, Domino's Farm has a huge Easter Egg Hunt, so I think we're going to try to hit that if the weather holds out. Speaking of, Drew found two big, fake egg decorations in the garage and we've been using those to practice our hunting. It's funny, he's added himself to the hunt by yelling, "Mom, I'm an egg too, OK?" lol, the things he says.
Honestly, he was being a little stinker a couple weeks ago. Little attitude, little talking back, little not listening - more than the absent minded "I'm watching SpongeBob" 4 year old boy not listening. And just about to the wall, I finally realized I needed to pull out the 'step away from the problem arsonal'...duh! Really, I haven't had to use it lately, but after telling Drew 4 times, not to spray the hose near mom, I finally said, "if I have to tell you again, you'll be putting it down for 2 minutes." It did, and then he did. After two minutes he asked me if he could play with the hose again, which I said no to because he asked...waited about 30 more seconds and told him he could with the understanding that it would not happen again and if it did, the hose would be gone for the day. Guess what? Yep, it didn't happen again. He's happy, I'm happy. or is it I'm happy, he's happy!? Both I guess. So back on to remembering that my great little 4 year old isn't perfect, and that boundries work so much better than saying the same thing 4 times and getting frustrated to no avail.
I have to say we've been pretty impressed with grandpa too. He's seeing that doing something for Drew quickly isn't as important as letting him do it for himself even if it takes 10X longer. And that as cute as he is, especially with some of the expressions he makes, doesn't mean that he should get away with something, even if it's as simple as needing to put on a sweatshirt if it's 50 degrees.
Guess that's all for now...Happy Easter weekend!
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