Prankster

So I had to post this up.
First the disclaimer: We do not have any idea where my son got this idea. It is not in any shows that he watches, etc.
My almost 5 year old decides to take a red marker and color all over his hand and fingers. He then goes into the kitchen where my husband is and starts to hold his hand and say, " Daddy! Look at my hand! Ow!!"
My husband has the normal reaction any parent would seeing a red hand, he started freaking out.
My son then starts laughing and says it's okay, it's just marker.
So my question is, when do children learn to be pranksters.. I remember doing such things as a kid but it facinates me when a child can figure it out themselves.
That was a good chuckle..

The Set-up

So it is that time of year for the Christmas and bday season in our household. We have finally set up the decor and are having a party tomorrow for the one turning 2!! Funny how having a second boy turning two makes me wonder what the heck to get him since he gets everything of his brothers anyway! But he did not have a tricycle, so we will see how that goes over. The big one is thinking he will get presents and saw Santa today and even mailed a letter to him! Hopefully he doesn't think Christmas is everyday!

Please sir, can I have some more

I forgot to add this..
So the boys are learning the bedtime routine, and the 2 year old seems to actually understand he can't leave the room. We know this because typically, the older one will stay in bed, and the younger one will come out or open the door and it is the struggle of bedtime.
Well he now knows he can't leave and proved this by standing in the doorway with his cup and proceeded to reach out as far as he could without actually leaving and straining to say "cuuuppp plleeeeeaasee." He looked like a poor prisnor asking for some more. But as soon as I filled it up, he ran off into his bed.
Very cute...

Homemaker- baby maker

So it is surprising how much of a homemaker I am becoming. The homeschooling is going so awesome and I am having a good feeling that it will be okay. I have been hearing about unschooling which sounds neat. Some people think that you shouldn't get limits on TV or games and I can say that is true for a young kid like mine since even today after watching Magic School Bus about the water cycle, he wanted to do school to talk about it. It was great. He also actually wanted to do letters, this week is B. It was so wonderful.
The babymaker note, I have to up the insulin and I see the OB doc every 2 weeks in DEC and every week in JAN. I got lost on the way to the other office today and walked about 45 min looking and was 30 min late but they were okay with it.
Baby is fine, week 30 now, not huge and had non stress test, all is well so far, yay! Just have to take a shot at night...boohoo.

Thanksgiving Flash

Today is a day everyone reflects on what they are most thankful for. I know I will always say my children, mainly because they are a source of entertainment. Today's fond tidbit is brought to us by the Mighty O.
We decided that today was a relax and go with the flow and not really clean too much kind of day. So we had a fort up in the living room and couch cushions for bedding underneath. Played Super Mario Brothers, brought me back to my youthful days.
We had a boneless skinless turkey breast and it was great as usual (kudos to me). Then later we were watching a movie in the living room and the boys were jumping around having fun and we noticed that the Mighty O had shorts on under his sweat pants. So we asked him if he was hot to just take off the pants, so he did. Well I then questioned whether or not he thought those shorts were underwear. He proceeded to inform me that no, they were shorts and he didn't have any underwear. He at the same time showed me by pulling down the front of his pants to show me he wasn't wearing any underwear.
Good giggle for the night.
I am thankful for the crazy memories that my children bring me and for pain relief during labor.

Is it chocolate or is it poop?

Now I am attempting only one blog a day, but I had to share this jewel of a story. It has been yet another busy day for the Codd boys and mom. First school, then baking some cupcakes, then off to the gym to play and walking home, then the dinner adventure (the house was clean, until I had to make dinner and I came out of the kitchen and poof, in 20min it was trashed).
But this gem comes from bedtime. Marshall finished bathing them and got them in their bedroom (they share a room). He found a cup, Marek's of course, and gave it to me and we were looking at this strange mass that was stuck on the cup. It appeared to be part of a white chocolate chip cranberry cookie I made the night before but upon closer inspection (including the hubby sniff test) it was indeed poop. Of course I thought of the movie baby momma with the classic line that is the title, but we actual argued whether it was cookie or poop for about 5 min. Meanwhile Odin is laughing because we are saying poop. I started laughing and it became a very fun moment. Marshall then searched for other signs of poop but none were to be found. Hopefully there isn't any...


I have often wondered if people have kids like mine and feel this exhausted at the end of the day, but I realize at the end of the day when I have had 45 min to myself that my kids will love all this and I will probably block a lot of the tiredness and muscle fatigue out.

Homeschooling take 2

So today was Day 2. Intressting day..
I find that I blow through what we are to cover in like an hour. He wasn't about the letters today, but he liked the Math workbook.
I guess it is strange because I know since it is one on one, we do not have to spend a lot of time on things but it seems so fast. We even drew the seasons and did some "cave drawings" since the history is that early.
I don't have any concerns yet because he is so young and I am just happy that he is intressted in some of it. But today was a short day, that is for sure.
Going to the gym later, I'm sure they will have fun jumping around there.