Catch Up

I am a horrible blogger! I admit it and I take no shame in it. Ever since the ear infection back in December, the chaos of the holidays, and stuff that went on with my family we have finally settled back in to a routine and Cameron is taking good naps again. I have some free time back. So, what is going on with us?

Cooper is still doing speech on Mon & Tuesdays. I call these our short days, it starts at 3 so he goes down for an early nap. Thanks to snow days and Christmas break this was the first week he had speech on both days. I was getting frustrated because they hadn't worked on any sounds he struggles with. Finally this week they are. The speech therapist always has good things to say about him. She told me she has never seen a young three year old adapt and listen so well. Just yesterday she told me that she had asked the kids to push in their chairs and Cooper went around and pushed all the chairs in. Granted it's only like 6, but I can still be proud.

I took both kids to Chuck E Cheese by myself today. Well, it was with our church group so I had help there if I needed it. Cooper is still at an age where he needs help with most of the games, it was difficult carrying Cameron and only have one hand to help Cooper but we managed. I didn't tell Cooper where we were going today, you should have seen his excitement when we pulled into the parking lot and he figured it out. I need to do things like more often. It was priceless.

I do have a few pictures from this week, nothing too exciting but still worth sharing.

Check out Mr Joe Cool, isn't he simply adorable? This kid plays a mean game of Candyland. This was the second card he drew. It's the ice cream cone, for those that aren't familiar it's the last picture card before you get to Candyland.

Somehow I caught back up. Cooper had to move back to the beginning a few cards later. Did you know the rules state that when playing with younger children you don't have to make them move backwards on the picture cards. Really? How are you supposed to teach your kids to play fair and be a gracious loser? I ended up winning this game and Cooper was just as excited that I made it to Candyland as he would have been himself. This is where you will find Cameron every evening for about half an hour. I thought he was getting close to giving up his evening nap, he didn't take on Monday night and he slept horribly that night. Just a quick little cat nap to get him through the evening. This is what I get for using the flash. Look who likes their bath now. Like the strategically placed wash cloth? This was right after he doused the mirror. You're not a mom of a boy until you have been peed on.

The sound game gone bad

Cooper likes to play the sound game. You know the game where you make noises with everyday items and the other person has to guess what the sound is. Usually we make the noise and Cooper guesses. He is quite good at it. Today he wanted to make the sounds. The funny thing when he makes the sounds is that he has to ask us to get it for him, then he tells us not to cheat. Okay, I won't look after I give you your battery powered Thomas train. HA! This morning he asked for the macaronni. This is what happened after one good shake.

It was a mess! However, the look on his face when the box popped open and macaronni noodles went flying was priceless. I not only took a picture for the blog I also grabbed my phone and sent a picture to Steve. Some messes are so worth it.

Stir Crazy

I have been going a bit stir crazy lately. I am ready for Spring. Snow really puts a wrinkle in my plans. It seems that since the new year it snows and Jazzercise is cancelled on the mornings we can go. I am in need a good work out. Speaking of working out, my friend Tracey has decided to walk the Triple Crown this year with her sister and some other friends. I have decided to join her. I would love to run this next year so this will be my trial to see the lay of the land. She mentioned possibly walking the mini as well. We will have to see on that. I have heard the mini is easier than the 10 miler. I know I can walk a 5k and 10k with no problems, but I'm going to have to break in some good shoes for the 10 miler. It needs to warm up so I can walk more.

We did get to enjoy some playtime at church on Wednesday. We had an indoor picnic and let the kids ride their bikes and run around the gym. I have a bad mom confession. Cooper cannot ride his tricycle yet. I'm not trying to make excuses for myself, it boils down to the combination of extreme heat and big preggo belly that I just didn't get out there enough with him this past summer. It is one of my first priorities come Spring.

Not many new pictures to post. I did make sausage Friday morning, Cooper could this everyday. He must have thought it was a special day because he has something other than Cheerios.

Pure Cuteness

This isn't the best picture but I had to share this outfit. My my mom bought Cameron this outfit for Christmas. Yes, that is a flannel onsie. It doesn't get much cuter than that.

Memory Verse

As I was dropping Cooper off to his classroom in church today they were preparing to say their memory verse. I knew that he would be doing this soon it just must have slipped my mind. This new class is from 3 and 4 yr olds and there a lot of kids in there and for some reason they send papers home. I thought I would get something letting me know his memory verse but that hasn't happened.

So, I thought would quiz him on the way home. I asked him if he remembered his memory verse and he says:

"Let the children come to me" Luke 18:16

Oh.My.Goodness!!! Probably the proudest moment I have had since becoming a mom. My three year old just quoted scripture to me.

Sample

Baby Dediction is coming up at church in a few weeks so I have been trying to get some good pics of Cameron smiling. Here a couple I took last week. Hopefully he can get over this cold and I can get a few more.

Of course Cooper had to get in on the action and give his brother a kiss.

Duck Duck Goose

I picked Cooper up from his classroom in church yesterday and some of the kids were playing Duck Duck Goose. Cooper was of sitting by himself. I realized we had never played Duck Duck Goose before so we played our own version after lunch. We added George and Mickey to the game. It's a little harder to get up off the ground at 31 than it was at 10.