Andrew really likes fruits and vegetables. He really likes any kind of melon.
Aden LOVES squirt bottles. This one just has water in it. I am trying to teach him to clean windows.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Monday, August 04, 2008
A Typical Day
Today was a regular day for Aden, Andrew and myself. I was thinking it would be fun to describe my typical day. Today I got up around 7:30 a.m. and jumped in the shower to get dressed before Andrew started yelling. I beat him by about 2 or 3 minutes.
Andrew usually is already standing and saying 'up up' or 'jump'. He likes to 'jump' out of bed. Then Aden gets up, usually he plays coy for a bit and won't let me grab him- but he is smiling and laughing and gets up for me to hold him too. We usually sit on the couch in the living room and talk about what we are going to do or what the weather is like or read a book until they squirm off my lap and shoot off in different directions. One of Aden's favorite pasttimes right now is getting dizzy. You can count on it 2 or 3 times a day. Andrew invented the game of fall off the Rockin' Zebra, and Daddy added the touch of 'shooting' him before he falls off. He is quite the stuntman/actor.
After a bit of playing, one of them usually heads to the refrigerator to ask for milk. This past week Andrew has headed right for his high chair to get some breakfast. Then we usually have toast, egg or sausage, cereal, oatmeal or whatever is handy. This meal is a hit or miss. Some mornings they eat like farmhands and others they hardly eat a thing. The thing is that their appetites come right back! After breakfast is sometimes drawing time. We love Winnie the Pooh right now and we did some W the P stickers the other day. Andrew wanted help to peel off each one (and then stuck them in a stack) and Aden peeled the sticker border off and stuck 3 to the table before I even realized what was going on (busy helping Andrew).
Sometimes after this I get lucky and they go off and play. Which is good and bad. Good because they are entertaining themselves. Bad- because usually they are entertaining themselves by emptying a cabinet or a drawer or unrolling the toilet paper or doing a thousand things that are fascinating to a toddler, but a big mess to a mom. Often we go feed Lucy around this time and some days we actually get out of the house and go to the zoo, or the Exploration Place or to a playdate. Today I played with them for most of the morning. We read a few books, played 'Ring Around the Rosie' (Aden likes to play the flying version), chased, did somersaults, and generally played.
Today we ran a quick errand to get milk at Braum's (we go through at least 2 gallons a week). They are good about going in the car- (probably because of the DVD player in the backseat). I started out thinking that it would be a sometimes thing- but now it is a anytime we ride in the car thing. When we got home the boys got out of the car and started exploring. They have a big sand pile up by the house and we inflated a baby pool and put it up in the garage. They love the sand and dirt and couldn't care less about the pool. They are also getting pretty good at running and like to run when they get outside. Thankfully we have a lot of space and I can still catch them if they get too far. And I always have the trump card of 'going inside'. That strikes fear and terror in them. And right now I can still pick them both up and carrying them inside (screaming and crying) if I have to. (They are both over 36" and I swear Andrew weighs about 35 lbs. Aden at least 25 and can go limp like a champ. So I am pretty sure I am carrying around 6' and 55 lbs of writhing, crying, snotty, yelling, whining sweethearts. Today I let them play outside until I knew they were hungry and thirsty and then offered them the delicious treat of icy cold juice. They were putty in my hands then, and no heavy lifting. With our juice we also had a lunch of roast beef, green beans, cherry tomatoes, and chocolate pudding. Wonderfully messy chocolate pudding.
After lunch today we took a bath. Sometimes we just play and goof until nap time at 1:30 p.m. But today we needed to clean up a bit. After the bath we read a book and then lay down in our beds for 'rest time'. At this time I frantically try to clean up the major messes and get the sand out of the shoes and off the floor and clean the kitchen and figure out dinner. And I try to rest a little too. If I am lucky they will sleep until Paul gets home. When they get up from their nap they are usually very grumpy and they get to watch TV. Sometimes Mr. Roger's Neighborhood (they love the 'Land of Make-Believe'), Teletubbies, Blue's Clues or Winnie the Pooh. We try to limit this to 30 minutes, but sometimes it stretches a bit longer. After that it is wrestle/tussle with Dad, maybe a trip outside, and overall wild monkey behavior. Then around 6 we have dinner. Tonight we had green beans and sausage and more chocolate pudding and one more bath. Then play time in their room, read a book and off to bed around 7:30 p.m. Then Mom and Dad get to a)get to work around the house, b)pass out from exhaustion, c)play Wii, d)vegetate in front of the evil television, or e)update the blog. Then off to bed and tomorrow we get to do it all again. And it is a ton of fun.
Andrew usually is already standing and saying 'up up' or 'jump'. He likes to 'jump' out of bed. Then Aden gets up, usually he plays coy for a bit and won't let me grab him- but he is smiling and laughing and gets up for me to hold him too. We usually sit on the couch in the living room and talk about what we are going to do or what the weather is like or read a book until they squirm off my lap and shoot off in different directions. One of Aden's favorite pasttimes right now is getting dizzy. You can count on it 2 or 3 times a day. Andrew invented the game of fall off the Rockin' Zebra, and Daddy added the touch of 'shooting' him before he falls off. He is quite the stuntman/actor.
After a bit of playing, one of them usually heads to the refrigerator to ask for milk. This past week Andrew has headed right for his high chair to get some breakfast. Then we usually have toast, egg or sausage, cereal, oatmeal or whatever is handy. This meal is a hit or miss. Some mornings they eat like farmhands and others they hardly eat a thing. The thing is that their appetites come right back! After breakfast is sometimes drawing time. We love Winnie the Pooh right now and we did some W the P stickers the other day. Andrew wanted help to peel off each one (and then stuck them in a stack) and Aden peeled the sticker border off and stuck 3 to the table before I even realized what was going on (busy helping Andrew).
Sometimes after this I get lucky and they go off and play. Which is good and bad. Good because they are entertaining themselves. Bad- because usually they are entertaining themselves by emptying a cabinet or a drawer or unrolling the toilet paper or doing a thousand things that are fascinating to a toddler, but a big mess to a mom. Often we go feed Lucy around this time and some days we actually get out of the house and go to the zoo, or the Exploration Place or to a playdate. Today I played with them for most of the morning. We read a few books, played 'Ring Around the Rosie' (Aden likes to play the flying version), chased, did somersaults, and generally played.
Today we ran a quick errand to get milk at Braum's (we go through at least 2 gallons a week). They are good about going in the car- (probably because of the DVD player in the backseat). I started out thinking that it would be a sometimes thing- but now it is a anytime we ride in the car thing. When we got home the boys got out of the car and started exploring. They have a big sand pile up by the house and we inflated a baby pool and put it up in the garage. They love the sand and dirt and couldn't care less about the pool. They are also getting pretty good at running and like to run when they get outside. Thankfully we have a lot of space and I can still catch them if they get too far. And I always have the trump card of 'going inside'. That strikes fear and terror in them. And right now I can still pick them both up and carrying them inside (screaming and crying) if I have to. (They are both over 36" and I swear Andrew weighs about 35 lbs. Aden at least 25 and can go limp like a champ. So I am pretty sure I am carrying around 6' and 55 lbs of writhing, crying, snotty, yelling, whining sweethearts. Today I let them play outside until I knew they were hungry and thirsty and then offered them the delicious treat of icy cold juice. They were putty in my hands then, and no heavy lifting. With our juice we also had a lunch of roast beef, green beans, cherry tomatoes, and chocolate pudding. Wonderfully messy chocolate pudding.
After lunch today we took a bath. Sometimes we just play and goof until nap time at 1:30 p.m. But today we needed to clean up a bit. After the bath we read a book and then lay down in our beds for 'rest time'. At this time I frantically try to clean up the major messes and get the sand out of the shoes and off the floor and clean the kitchen and figure out dinner. And I try to rest a little too. If I am lucky they will sleep until Paul gets home. When they get up from their nap they are usually very grumpy and they get to watch TV. Sometimes Mr. Roger's Neighborhood (they love the 'Land of Make-Believe'), Teletubbies, Blue's Clues or Winnie the Pooh. We try to limit this to 30 minutes, but sometimes it stretches a bit longer. After that it is wrestle/tussle with Dad, maybe a trip outside, and overall wild monkey behavior. Then around 6 we have dinner. Tonight we had green beans and sausage and more chocolate pudding and one more bath. Then play time in their room, read a book and off to bed around 7:30 p.m. Then Mom and Dad get to a)get to work around the house, b)pass out from exhaustion, c)play Wii, d)vegetate in front of the evil television, or e)update the blog. Then off to bed and tomorrow we get to do it all again. And it is a ton of fun.
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