Daddy 24/7

It is way harder to post everyday in the summer!

Well…. maybe just especially this week. Mr Justin has been home ALL WEEK! Lucky for us, Mom and Dad need their roof and siding redone, so Justin has been busy doing that! 

We get to hear him all day pounding on the roof, and he is home for lunch and dinner and snuggles and bedtime and snuggles and bath time and… well you get the idea.

Combine Daddy outside working with sunny wonderful weather we have been outside 24/7!

Both girls got to go on the latter with Daddy. Mommy wasnt so happy about it, but what can ya do?

We had friends over for a play date!

Enjoying frozen yogurt tubes. Sisters share theirs with Brother.

We went to the dump with Daddy and when you leave the dump attendants ask 

"How many helpers do you have?" 

We had 3 little helpers, and Brother was so grumpy and just screaming so to save our ears and give us some peace Mommy gave Brother his first ever sucker. 

He was pretty sticky after!

 The kids and I are busy enjoying our Zoo Pass!!

These rag-a-muffins have been go go go nonstop. We walked over the the hardware store the other day and the girls rode their bikes, I cant believe they are getting old enough to do that! Granted they are still young enough to have a colossal melt down when someone cough A gets passed by sister K and is no longer first, to then which they drop their bike and start to bawl…. Daddy has to carry bike home with Mommy, stroller and bawling A following slowly behind. Ahhh Bliss the life of a Three Year Old.

Brother is SOO close to walking full time. I really need to video him before he stops walking like a dinosaur! Its adorable.

Side note: Have you ever made your own Cafe Chips? I got a chip maker from Pampered Chef… Shut the front door… a-stinking-mazing. Mommy and A love them!!

Puddle Jumping.

All that rain last week- it was saying chanting

Puddle Jumping

Puddle Jumping

Puddle Jumping

The girls had a blast. I looked all over High River for some great puddles, but to be honest we didn't see a whole many.

So we made do with one in a parking lot by our house, and a ditch along the road.
No matter. The girls had just as much fun in the ditch as they would have anywhere else.

They were in such a hurry Mommy could only find 2 right GumBoots. Ya, I sacrifice.

A fell about a dozen times, K a couple times. Oh well, luckily we went at like 6:00 pm and it was +12, So it wasn't too too chilly.

My favorite part was the amount of water the girls poured OUT of their GumBoots!

Snapshots

Talking to Daddy at work

Mommy had a Shoe and Bcharmed Party here. I may or may have snagged those fabulous turquoise wedges in the back, and a pair each of the hot pink and green flats!!

A was so excited for my pink shoes that she put them on my feet while I was still in bed the next morning. A says "so you can wear em soon you get up"!

Little girly girls are the best!

Enjoying the little bit of Sunshine we finally got this week.

This dude is really starting to walk. He will start standing and walk until he falls, then he will crawl to something to pull himself up and start again. He is also sleeping almost through the night!!

We did stuff

Sometimes snappy titles require too much thought.

This weeks craft time has kept the girls pretty busy.

When is craft time? We do a craft or activity after naps. Morning time is all about free play, then lunch, preschool for K and naps for the other 2. So craft time starts at 3 and goes till 4:30 or 5. I find this works the best because the kids are starting to get cranky and bored. If we are doing a craft I get them started usually after a bit I can start on dinner. When we do activity, dinner is usually late- but thats the way the cookie crumbles.. Anyways it works for us.

Baking Soda and Vinegar was a huge hit. 

After the Baking Soda, A wanted to help wash up- that kept her busy for another 45 minutes.

The next day beads kept K busy while I made dinner. This craft is usually a hit but A wasn't feeling it, she didn't participate at all, instead she watched and ate a cinnamon bun.

i CHOOSE to be happy

source

i love this quote

i live this

 at least i try really really hard to

somedays it's harder then others

but everything can be done with a smile or frown

i choose to smile and be happy

6+

My last post on Mister Sir Sir- is radically outdated!

I have stopped Nursing. (I cant believe I just typed Nursing in public! Quick Justin look away! :)


It came to a point, I realized that nursing him 6 plus times a night had to stop. He wouldn't nurse and sleep, so Mommy had to make the decision for him.

By some small miracle he took a bottle for the first time Thursday afternoon. I jumped all over that band wagon and stopped right then.

Friday and Saturday were horrible. Days and nights were crappy (not really a strong enough word but this is a family blog)  for me and brother. Painfully crappy, but he adjusted faster then I did!  But things are looking up! Sunday night he only woke up twice!!! He whimpered and fussed at 10:00 for about 10 mins, then he was up at 2:30 for 5 minutes… My sleeping is all messed up. I kept waking up expecting him to be wanting to eat.

Wanna know something hilarious. When we were in Utah Brother found this toy pink bottle that he loved playing with. He would suck on the tip and he even drank a little milk out it. Once. So our friends said take it with you. After that once he wouldn't do it again till this last Thursday. NOW the only bottle he will drink from is this pink toy bottle! Ha ha ha!!

Giving up his cuddle and personal all to Mommy time has been hard for me, but he needs to learn to sleep. For Mommy giving up nursing is- painful but soon that too shall pass.

I really enjoyed nursing this baby for 11 months- my longest for all three of my babies. I love you Baby Brother!