Cubs don’t take sick days!

This last week Corbet, Dylan, Noel and I all got colds, the kind of cold that allows the whole family to stay in their pajamas and watch court T.V guilt free. (Side note I love “In Session”, always have. The Casey Anthony trail is gripping and I am sucker for justice) The saying that Mom’s don’t get a sick day is true but it should also be noted that two year olds work right on through their sick day. I have had no energy and though Dylan has had the same cold as me his energy in more than intact. Somehow in my declining state I missed; him throwing a whole box of infant q-tips down the heater, pumping and pumping and pumping hand sanitizer on his little hands then wiping it in his hair. (Corby thinks I had this one coming with my “so called” excessive use of the best invention ever!) I have also had to stop the dishwasher 3 or 4 times today. If there is a button he will press it. In fact I woke up this morning to the TV blaring and an enthusiastic shout for cars the movie, which is his new obsession. I sure am glad he is sleeping in a toddler bed so he can get out whenever he pleases. It never fails when I go to check on him before I go to bed; I have to remove the twenty trucks he got out of bed to get while he should have been sleeping. It is also really convenient to have my 5 month old and 2 year old sharing a room, especially when he wants to turn the light on and play trucks at 11:00 pm. That and him throwing his blocks in his sister’s crib has made me consider hollowing out a closest and putting his big boy bed in there.


I had to run to the store today even in my broken down state. It was one of those times when you just pray no one you know is there, but everyone you know is there. Every time I saw someone I knew, I wanted to shout “OH hi, I look like I’m dead because I feel like it and my whole family is sick, oh and I have this two year old at home… oh and a baby that woke up all night, Yeah, good to see you too!” Anyway, when I got home from my head hanging shopping experience I noticed that Dylan had specks of black on his lips. I asked Corbet what had happened and it turns out that Dylan was using my mascara as a sucker. Corbet tried to put me at ease by saying “he thinks I will still be able to use it.” Um… have you ever heard of pink eye? No thanks! Dylan loves to get into my make-up (my tools as Corbet calls it) because everything has a lid and he loves to open and close things. Lucky for me my make-up table (my station as Corbet calls it) is just the right size for a two year old.



I have never understood that children’s cold medicine commercial that claims it won’t make your kids drowsy. Am I the only one that is looking for cold meds that in fact make my kid drowsy? All the good medicine your kid has to be four anyway… so instead I gave him a real fruit popsicle and let him play (make a mess) until he grabs his blanket, which is his little white flag that declares “I give up, I need a nap.” Some day’s the terrible two’s are in fact terrible, but I have tried to look at them through our Cub’s eyes. I don’t know what he was thinking with the q-tips or the mascara, but I can see his thought process with the sanitizer and starting the dishwasher and I know when he turned the TV on he expected to see Cars. It is pretty amazing to see our little boy trying to figure things out for himself. I try really hard (really hard) to stand back and allow him to figure things out. Here is what he has figured out recently.

• If he has done something wrong he will come give me a hug because he knows that is my weakness. I’m trying to be strong though.

• If he wants pretty much anything he just has to say please or in his case peez. For now it works, but this won’t last forever.

• He likes to throw trash ( and that is a broad term to him) in the garbage

• If he brings me his shoes and say’s shoes I will put them on him.

• That sister can’t have a bite of his cracker or a drink from his Sippy cup.

• He is doing so well with a fork and spoon!

• He can climb on his toy box and turn on the light. (We are moving the toy box)

• His crayons color more than just paper. (GREAT)

• He knows what side of the car his car seat is on and runs to it.

• If he throws water out of the bath tub, his tub time is OVER!



Gratitude

• I got to see Jessica Jean and her beautiful kids last week!

• Dylan and Noel are over their colds

• Noel has two bottom teeth coming in and she is not even fussy!

• When the kids and I stayed at my mother in-laws she took the kids so I could sleep in!

• Dylan loves brushing his teeth almost as much as I do!