more snow.

another snow day. Kevin had yesterday off for a teachers workshop and now today for snow we have no room for. I wish I would have kept track of the days off so far. we're paying for Cameron's preschool, I think we should get a rebate!
they'll be in school year round at this point!

small Nick funny...when he falls, someone always says "are you ok?!". yesterday though, he fell a little bit, and I guess I wasn't paying full attention, so he gets up going "uhhh...........OK!??!......OK!??!!" I realized the problem and said "Oh, are you ok!?" and he says "yup". I love that he makes sure we're polite.

Nick.

The child puts everything in his mouth. Everything. Kevin and Cameron never did this, so its brand new, and super annoying. He does it on purpose, he'll come over with something, anything, and say "Yuck!", and then stick it in his mouth, and run off laughing.
He's grown so much recently. He seems so much taller, and even Kevin noticed today, he said "Oh, Nick is so skinny!"
He cracks me up every day.

*little side note, LOST is coming back, and I cant freakin wait.

7 days until Christmas...

and I am almost done shopping. I need 2 more presents for Cameron, 2 more for Nick, and to start and finish Mike (him for me too) and our parents.

I cannot believe how fast this year has gone. Not long after the new year, I will have a 7 year old, not long after that, a 5 year old (again), and a not long after that, a 2 year old (again, again).

Another Nick post..

He is now an official part time walker! He still gets around faster by crawling, but soon he'll be a full timer! lol

Nick and walking..

he finally took 2 steps on monday. and probably would have done more, but he saw me looking at him, grinning like an idiot, literally rolled his eyes at me, and got down.

and I wish I was kidding about the eye rolling, because sadly, I am not.

Nick and Cam...

Nick loves getting his picture taken. As long as it's not professionally. Cause you know, thats different. Anyway, if he sees a camera, he needs his picture taken. It's so cute! The other night, he was sitting with me, and Cam had the camera, he put his face on my face and said "cheese!". Thankfully we got the picture, cause it was pretty cute.

Cameron and Nick are so funny together now. Nick is at an age where Cameron thinks he's cool and they play together. I love watching them :) I'm sad that Nick is getting older, but I love that's he's becoming a little man.

Crying it out...

Never thought I'd do it to one of my precious angels, but after last night, and Nick thinking he was staying up to party tonight, it had to be done (according to Mike). He just stopped crying and I'm assuming is sleeping. I am waiting until I can go in there to cover him up safely, without waking him up.

I have to say, it was horrible. I cant stand to hear my kids upset, but this was different. He was crying, for me, or someone to save him, and no one came. He cried so much for someone to save him, it wore him out. His last thought before falling asleep, was that I didn't come. Daddy didnt come. He was alone. Upset, and no one made it better. It was all I could do not to get him. I didn't want to ruin it in the middle, but now I wish I would have just gotten him in the beginning like I wanted to. He is an awful sleeper. I wish we would have learned our lesson after the biggens, and put him to sleep awake when he was a baby. Then this never would have had to happen.

I feel so mean. I hope he doesn't remember this in the morning. :(

Last night...

was not lovely. Bed time is 8pm here. Nick didn't go to sleep until 930. I fell asleep at 10ish, and he woke us up at 1130. He was acting like his belly hurt, couldn't get comfortable, tight stomach, crying. Not good times. This went on until about 130. I tried rocking him in the rocking chair, putting the TV on to get his mind off of it, snuggling, whatever. Mike tried everything I tried, still didn't work. At 130, he must have been sooo over tired, he got way too happy. He was tickling us, wrestling, screaming in delight, standing on the bed, and purposely falling down. Until 245. When he finally went to sleep at 3. I, of course could not go to sleep. Mike fell asleep, and was snoring, so that kept me up. When I finally fell asleep, Cameron woke me up. That was at 4. Then I must have dozed off when Mikes warning alarm went off at 5. Then his second warning alarm, at 520. He decided to get up at 530, and woke me up to see if I wanted to shower with him then. I did. not. He turned the closet light on. Left it on. Turned it off after I nicely ( ;) ) asked him to. Fell asleep again, until my real alarm went off at 6. I got up, decided to get in the shower and use the conditioner I bought last night. I have 4 million bottles of shampoo, and a teeny bit of conditioner. I grab the conditioner off of the bathroom counter, and realize it is not conditioner. Shampoo. More shampoo. Good thing I have enough conditioner for one more shower, or I probably would have shaved my head right then. Nick got up at 630, and was not pleasant.

I am so not bright eyed and bushy tailed today. Oh and I have super supreme cramps today.

The brightest part of the day, Kevin always kisses and hugs me before he gets on the bus, in front of everyone. But, once he gets on the bus, he forgets that I'm standing there, waving. I have waved everyday, because someday he might look and I want to make sure he sees me waving to him. Today he looked. And waved back. He has no idea that that teeny wave was just what I needed to make all the pissiness go away. I love him.

Nick...

Because he isn't in school, he didn't get his own post. So I figured I'd do one for him.

He is spoiled and high maintenance. He has started hitting, and scowling, and yelling and kicking. He doesn't sleep well, therefore we don't sleep well. He is stubborn and will. not. do anything if he doesn't want to. He has a short list of people he likes, and doesn't add to the list often. Buuuuuuut, he is adorable and funny. He loves watching the biggens play the wii. He loves playing pass with a ball, bottle, wipe, diaper, kitten, stuffed animal, my keys, the phone, a sock, some pants, a dryer sheet, a shoe, gold fish crackers, a crayon, a pen, and the remote. He talks up a storm, when he wants to. He stands up, and looks like he's gonna walk, and then sits down. He gives real kisses, blows kisses and hugs, when he wants to. He fights diaper changes. He loves the bath. He loves Blues Clues and Nemo. He has favorite blankies. He throws his food to the dogs. He's a picky eater.

And I love all of that and more about him.

eh.

I've got nothing really to talk about.

I lost 6 pounds recently, but I think its back. I'm bloated like a mutha, too much sodium or something. I need me some lipo.

Kids are good, Kevin loves school and Bakugan. Cameron's loving school and Miss Kara. (I'll post a Cameron's first day of preK-3 post tomorrow) Nick is getting used to Sean (my nephew) being around everyday, and needs to sleep for the whole night, not just most of it.

Its fall. It was a crisp fallish day today. Kids wore pants to school. You know its over when the kids start wearing pants. I'm just glad I'll have to shave less. Mike is somewhere cringing at the thought, I'm sure.

anyway, blah.

Sick..

Cameron and I were sick Friday. Cameron with a fever and the blahs. I was making frequent trips to the bathroom.

Saturday, Cam felt better, I was still iffy. Kevin started with a runny nose and the sneezes.

Sunday, Kevin's got a cold, me and Cameron are better.

Today, Kevin is worse, fever and runny nose, and Nick has a fever and the blahs. And now Cameron has the poops.

Fantastic. School has barely started and already the germs are running rampant through the house.

If you're wondering where the picture at the top is from, Mike and the neighbor went on a hike up Mt Chocorua on Sunday. Those are the beautiful NH white mountains! :)

End of Summer...

This was the last official weekend of summer (for Kevin at least), where school starts on Wednesday. so we decided to take the kids to Santa's Village waaaaay up in Jefferson NH. 2.5 hours there, 2.5 hours back.
Mike had the brilliant idea to take his small, 2 door commuter car, where it's so cheap on gas. I wasn't thrilled with the idea, but he figured it'd take a 1/2 a tank in the van (12.5ish gallons) or a half a tank in the little car (4ish gallons). So, being the mathematician I am, I figured out that 4 is much smaller than 12.5, and we took the small commuter car.
now. in the van, Kevin and Nick are in the middle and Cameron is in the way back. Kevin used to be in the way back too, buuuut, that didn't work out so well. Cameron is much better by himself in the back.
Mike's little car doesn't have a way back....that was strike one. the 2.5 hour car ride was strike 2. the "we're so tired from having so much fun and we were in the sun all day" crankiness was strike 3. the ride up wasn't so bad.
we had so much fun! they played Christmas music, and all the rides and stuff are all Santa themed. Santa is even there for pictures. we saw reindeer and elves. mike and Kevin went on the ferris wheel, we all went on the flying sleighs. mike went on the flume ride by himself, and mike Kevin and Cameron went on the roller coaster. we saw shows, and did the Elfabet hunt. it was such a nice way to end the summer.

I was very sad to see that a few trees up in the mountains have leaves that are starting to change already. doesn't seem like it's possible summer is over. I love fall....but loathe winter.

For the 4th ever post...

I thought I'd share pictures of the boys. Sooo.....

Here's Kevin, riding on 2 wheels instead of 4. This was the day we took the training wheels off, so notice the serious expression. He loves taking bike rides, and Mike and I have to work to keep up with him.

Cameron fishing. He loves to fish and on this day, all he did the entire day was cast and reel. Never caught anything, but he worked on it anyway.

And last, but not least, Nick. Saying "cheese". I love him, and he's a goofball.

Day 2...

2 of my 3 boy are picky eaters. Kevin likes only certain things, and usually likes them plain. No ketsup (catch-up) on french fries, nothing on a cheeseburger. He doesn't like to try new things, and our grocery list looks pretty much the same every week. He hates veggies. Or at least he thinks he does. Nick is our other picky eater. He likes a hand full of foods, and that's all he'll put in his mouth. He will always eat pancakes (plain), goldfish, noodles, pb&j, and chicken. If he eats something other than that, its a good day. I'm so sick of grocery shopping. I could probably do it while sleeping. Its always the same aisles, the same stuff. I'm gonna try an experiment. I'll keep this weekends receipt and next weeks, and see how much is the same. I'll report back, where I'm sure you'll be waiting on pins and needles....

Kevin starts school at the end of the month. I am worried about our new schedule once that happens. He will need to be at the bus stop at 7:30am. Not too bad, but I babysit my cousins daughter 3 days a week and not too long after he starts school, I'll be babysitting my nephew as well. The second week of September, Cameron goes back to preschool. Let's run this down...I will be waking up at 6 to shower and get ready. My nephew and cousin will be here around 630, which is when Kevin should be waking up. I need to make sure Nick and Cameron are awake by 7. We'll get Kev to the bus stop and go home and get Cameron ready for school. I'm not sure when I'll work in the babies' breakfast yet. Cam needs to be at school for 845, we'll leave at 830. Come home around 9, and someone, if not all, will need a nap. Definitely my nephew, where he will only be about 8 weeks. My mornings are gonna be busy. To compare what will be, to what is...it's 9am. I haven't showered and my bed isn't made. 2 of my 3 are dressed, and I'm fine with it. I guess maybe I should start practicing my new schedule. At least gets the kids ready for it.