him, again!

When the boys went down stairs to play after school one day last week, I just thought they were going to play with the little people. Spencer tried to take two butter knives down, but I stopped that.

Little did I know that he had already taken a big Costco size jar of peanut butter down.

Yeah, a BIG jar.

All of a sudden Spencer and Patrick run up and tell me that Landon is getting peanut butter everywhere.

Yup, he sure did.

Good thing this chair is leather and cleaned up quickly. It smelled like peanut butter a while; which is better than smelling like mildew, I guess.

Now getting it off the carpet was another thing.
Here's the culprit....

When on earth will this child stop his mischief.....I guess he will always be in some trouble of one kind...it will just change as he gets older!!

a bit of a predicament

When you send your son up to go to the bathroom and get ready to take a bath, this is not what you expect to see. Landon was screaming like crazy, so I went up to see. Usually sending him up to go to the bathroom is not a problem.

Not tonight.
We had a heck of a time getting this off his head. Darin tried, but Landon screamed so hard he gave up.
This was before I had to just yank the thing off. He was not happy about his ears getting smashed, poor kid. I finally had to just really yank it off. His poor ears. The were red after and I imagine they really hurt.
I was too busy calming him down to get an after shot. His ears were really red and I felt bad for him.

So now we are 3 for 3 with the toilet seats! That's 100%. Not sure it is something we want to be 100% in, nonetheless, we are!

Mommy and daddy's bed is sooo much better!

Mommy and daddy's bed is really much better.

Last night was a bit traumatic for Jordan. She fell at the pumpkin patch the day before. I regret to admit that we probably did not clean it well enough right when it happened. To my credit, I was trying to keep track of a troop of 13 Brownies at the time. A friend of mine offered to help, but Jordan would not let anyone help.

So I noticed she was getting a blood blister. I put the boys in the tub to play and went to work on her knee with peroxide and cotton balls. Holy torture!! I had to call Darin up to calm her and hold her arms so I could at least put some peroxide on it. I could still see dirt, so I was really trying to get it clean. (And this is after a bath last night after it happened)

We got it cleaned up and put on band aids and neosporin. Afterwards I had Darin telling me my nursing skills are lacking. He said he would have held her down and scrubbed it.

Yeah right.

I wish I had a picture of her face anytime I would get near her. So bedtime was traumatic. She insisted in sleeping in her clothes so she wouldn't have to pull her skirt over her boo boo and then have to put pants on over.

Serious drama here.

She fought going to bed, so as the weary parents we so often are after fighting her to go to sleep, Darin authorized her to fall asleep in our bed. We didn't hear from her again.

What we found when we went up to bed.
This is actually the first thing we saw on the door.

Yeah, no thanks to me at all. Darin thoroughly enjoyed this note.
So, the bed thing doesn't end with Jordan. A small creature found his way to our bed about 4:00. Spencer.

He is horrible when he comes to our bed. He insists on kicking the covers off. I keep trying to pull them up, so he then goes to the end of the bed, thus limiting the movement of my legs else I kick him in the head. They he comes close to falling off many times, so I sleep horribly.

Landon joined us between 6:30 and 7:00. At least he slept on Darin's side and didn't interfere with my sleep.

What I found when I got up this morning.

I don't think it will ever end. It's just life-mommy and daddy's bed is much better!!

Seriously

First of all, I laughed hysterically this morning when I saw a mom wearing one of Jordan's dresses!!! I did a double take when I saw it...just weird to see an adult woman wearing it when I am used to my 7 year old wearing it. And she wasn't super tiny, either. It was a bit tight. I know there are some cute things for little girls that some adult women would like, but really....how many women who aren't super tiny really shop in the little girls section? So funny.

Next, I am not impressed with my experience shopping at Aldi today. First of all, it was further down RT. 1 than I thought. Next you have to put a quarter in to get a cart. So if you don't have one, you are either out of luck, or you have to go somewhere to get change, which adds time to your limited schedule. Luckily I found one at the bottom of my bag.

So I got all my shopping done and went to check out only to find that you have to pay a dime for plastic bags and 6 cents for paper!!! Seriously? Ok, would have brought some bags from home if I would have known that part.

Not liking Aldi at this point.

Finally, they only take cash and debit. I didn't see any signs, either. I was really annoyed that I either had to leave the groceries I had taken the time to put in my cart, or use ALL the cash I had in my wallet. Seriously annoying since they used to take checks. Who doesn't at least take checks? Well, I guess when you are in a not so nice part of town, debit and cash are the best bet. And the whole quarter in the cart thing probably does reduce the cart theft.

When you need a lesson on how to shop at a certain store, I'm not sure it's worth it. Don't think I'll hurry back there anytime soon.

"Air and Scare"

On Saturday we went to the Udvar Hazy Air and Space Museum-an extension of the Smithsonian downtown. I had read about it it the paper, but kind of forgot until I heard it on the radio. I talked a very hesitant Darin into taking the kids.

We know it would be crowded, but did not expect to sit in a massive line of cars to get in. It was crazy, and when we left at around 4:45, the line was even longer.

I felt like it was a really fun activity, and wasn't too expensive it you figure that we had our family of 5, plus one of Spencer's friends, we paid the $15 for parking, but the rest was free.

After waiting in line, we finally got in. It was pretty busy, but I did expect that. We went to the floor and did some crafts, pretended to be ghost busters, race against witch balloons, shot air guns, got candy, did robots, had face painting done, and saw Star Wars Characters.
There was a nice alien greeting us as we went in.
Here are the kids aiming the air guns at some ghosts that were hung up. The JROTC would line them up and talked to them like they were on a training mission. Spencer and his friend Gabey got some personal assistance from a nice soldier.


I thought it was great that they had a bunch of face painter. The line moved pretty well. The boys all got face paint. I was pretty happy it was a small picture rather than the whole face kind they got at Silver Diner once.
A dragon for Spencer, or should I say Mario!The kids all really loved the robots. It was pretty funny to see them try to go through the maze. Most of the kids there just controlled it for a while, then gave the controller to the people in line. It was funny because the boys in charge asked me if Landon was Yoshi. I said yes and they one kid said "I told you he was Yoshi" to another one.

Oh and on a related note, I think it would be safe to say that the most repeated costume there was Mario. I kept trying to get Jordan to be Princess Peach, but she did not like the color of the dress. Stinker!
Here's Spencer with his little friend Amelia. Such a cute witch!
The boys with some star wars characters. I tried to get them to stand by Darth Vader, but they weren't

It was really a fun day! If you live here and love Star Wars, you should put it on your calendar for next year:)

A new obsession

It took a little bit to get Jordan into reading, but now she quite frequently has her nose in a book-a certain series of books:

Junie B. Jones.

She was so thrilled on day last week when she found one in her classroom that her teacher let her bring home.

Here she is her own little reading nook. Yes, that is a Costco box.
Landon had to get in on the action as well:)
Why are you bothering me? Can't a girl sit in a box and read her book in peace?
"My name is Jordan and I'm a Junieaholic."


So Junie, I would like to thank you for getting Jordan to read, but is there any way you can suggest anything new to her? Thanks.

Morning playtime with Thomas

Landon and I have lots of time together while the big kids are at school. We have a couple mornings a week we can be lazy and just play. We have so many toys we should never be bored!! Lately Landon has really loved puzzles, but I don't have any pics of that yet. But here's one of our favorites:Thomas the Train

Are you impressed with my track making abilities?

Playing is such hard work!!


What? This is how I make my bridge.

Don't look at me!!


The circus animals have a rest.
Why do you keep taking my picture? Can I just play in peace?
I just need a little rest....


What a fun little playmate I have!! He is a fun little fella and I love every minute with him!!