We have laughed an awful lot lately about the things the boys say. Emerging language is a beautiful thing and leads to some rather hilarious mispronunciations and sayings. I have been writing some down and thought I would share some of my favorites with you.
Reese is most famous for mispronunciations. He works really hard to say words the right way, it just doesn't always work out. For example if you ask Reese what he is when he's yelling, "roar!", he'll tell you that he is a 'daddysaur'. He will play in the play kitchen for hours and when I ask him what he's doing he'll tell me, "I cut nice.". The first few times he said it I thought he was telling me that he was playing nice. I later realized that nice is actually knife. He's also a real big fan of the 'quackuum'. That, my friends, would be the vacuum. :) He will also hand me his cup when I'm cleaning up from a meal and ask me to put it in the 'washdisher'. His sentence strucuture also makes him sounds a bit like a caveman. If I'm sitting on the couch he'll tell me, "Mom, I climb up. I sit by Mom." My favorite was one day when he told Noah or Aiden to stop doing something. They didn't stop. He sternly said, "3, 4, 5..time out". I normally tell them to do something or stop doing something and when they don't comply I count to 3 and then they go to time out. I guess 3, 4, 5 does the same thing.
Noah has probably the best language skills. Probably because he talks all. day. long. He's most famous for telling us it's his hungry turn or his hungry time. That means it's his turn to eat. I don't have any idea how he came up with that. One morning he was in the bathroom with me (more like every morning) and I took out my hair dryer. He asked me if I was going to "drive hair". :) Noah likes to be the big brother and will help me with Devyn often. He'll talk to her and call her "Dev". It cracks me up.
Aiden is probably the easiest to understand. He he less words that he mispronounces, but among my favorites is bayband (bandaid). He also refers to the microwave as the beep beep. Actually they all do. Aiden repeats everything. We have to be especially careful what we say around him because he will repeat it. He always likes to remind the other 2, "not boss". They are constantly telling each other what to do. Never mind they are also being naughty as they boss someone else around. I tell them that they are not the boss, which Aiden just loves to remind them.
We've decided that this is our favorite age thus far. We would love to just press pause and keep them at this age forever. It certainly comes with challenges, but they are learning so much all the time and are so much fun. We were having a "dance party" the other night after supper. A slow song came on (we had Pandora on) and they were slow dancing with me and Nate was holding up Devyn so they could slow dance with her. My eyes filled with tears because I know that a minute will pass and I'll be seeing this same scene, except at their weddings. It nearly shattered my heart. Can't they just stay little forever?
Friday, November 22, 2013
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Tough decisions
I think one of the hardest parts of being a parent is making decisions. It starts before your kids are even born. There are the big decisions, the small decisions and everything in between. I remember wishing the boys would just come out with a name so that we woulnd't have to decide. After all they have to live with their name for the rest of their life. Then there were the decisions like car seats, cribs, what van to buy and so many other decisions.
The thing that makes the decisions the hardest is that every person you meet has an opinion about what you decide. You chose that car seat? That's not the safest. You let them cry at night? They'll develop psychological issues. It goes on and on. From what you feed them to vaccines and even how you discipline. Don't get me wrong. I often ask for people's opinions and I'm glad to hear them. I just don't really want to be bombarded with opinions every time I log on to facebook or venture out to a store. The truth is that being a parent is hard and we need to support each other, not put each other down. I see far too much of that and quite frankly I'm tired of it. I find myself judging people's decisions about parenting too and I'm trying to control that. Unless someone asks for my opinion on their parenting decision I try keep my mouth shut.
That being said I feel like we've been making some tough decisions lately that are sure to cause people to give me their opinion. We've decided that Devyn won't get any solids until 6 months. Our dr always gives us information on what current research suggests and then leaves it up to us. Nate pretty much left this decision in my hands because I'm the one who has to feed her and get up with her at night. I feel strongly that if I can do anything to avoid or lessen her chance of food allergies I'll do it. Having one child with food allergies is hard enough.
On that same note we are constantly making decisions on what we can and can't do with Noah. People sometimes think we are overreacting when we don't go places, but his safety is more important than going out. We went out to eat Saturday night and he has some hives on his face. We knew that we ordered him something "safe", but the risk for cross-contamination always exists. Our allergist always stresses that any time we go out we take a risk. I was in a panic and asked Nate to watch him (he's much more calm and won't overreact about it). He was fine, but it was a good reminder that we have to be incredibly careful with him. No matter where we go the risk of him touching something that has been contaminated with peanuts or tree nuts exists.
Parenting is hard. I don't care if you have 1 child, 4 children or 10 children. It's hard. You are constantly making decisions that will affect your little people. Some of those decisions, like discipline, will shape them into the individuals they will grow up to be. Some of those decisions, like whether or not to give them a piece of candy, will have less of an impact. Whether big or small the decisions are hard. So, please support each other. Use your words to encourage another parent on the difficult journey that they are on.
The thing that makes the decisions the hardest is that every person you meet has an opinion about what you decide. You chose that car seat? That's not the safest. You let them cry at night? They'll develop psychological issues. It goes on and on. From what you feed them to vaccines and even how you discipline. Don't get me wrong. I often ask for people's opinions and I'm glad to hear them. I just don't really want to be bombarded with opinions every time I log on to facebook or venture out to a store. The truth is that being a parent is hard and we need to support each other, not put each other down. I see far too much of that and quite frankly I'm tired of it. I find myself judging people's decisions about parenting too and I'm trying to control that. Unless someone asks for my opinion on their parenting decision I try keep my mouth shut.
That being said I feel like we've been making some tough decisions lately that are sure to cause people to give me their opinion. We've decided that Devyn won't get any solids until 6 months. Our dr always gives us information on what current research suggests and then leaves it up to us. Nate pretty much left this decision in my hands because I'm the one who has to feed her and get up with her at night. I feel strongly that if I can do anything to avoid or lessen her chance of food allergies I'll do it. Having one child with food allergies is hard enough.
On that same note we are constantly making decisions on what we can and can't do with Noah. People sometimes think we are overreacting when we don't go places, but his safety is more important than going out. We went out to eat Saturday night and he has some hives on his face. We knew that we ordered him something "safe", but the risk for cross-contamination always exists. Our allergist always stresses that any time we go out we take a risk. I was in a panic and asked Nate to watch him (he's much more calm and won't overreact about it). He was fine, but it was a good reminder that we have to be incredibly careful with him. No matter where we go the risk of him touching something that has been contaminated with peanuts or tree nuts exists.
Parenting is hard. I don't care if you have 1 child, 4 children or 10 children. It's hard. You are constantly making decisions that will affect your little people. Some of those decisions, like discipline, will shape them into the individuals they will grow up to be. Some of those decisions, like whether or not to give them a piece of candy, will have less of an impact. Whether big or small the decisions are hard. So, please support each other. Use your words to encourage another parent on the difficult journey that they are on.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
A new age
We seemed to have moved into a "new age" yet again. The boys suddenly seem to be growing up.
For one we have reached that dreaded age where often when we tell Reese to do something or ask him something his response is, "Why?". The first time he said it we just looked at each other in shock. How did our sweet little babies turn into boys who ask, "why", all the time. It's not so bad having just Reese ask why sometimes, but I know that when they all start asking all the time it's going to get old really fast. I'm thankful that they want to grow and learn, but I'm bracing myself for the constant questioning that is coming our way.
We've also reached the age where they want to know about colors and shapes. Just before naptime today we were looking at a book with colors, shapes and categories (kitchen items, a page with clothing, etc) that we were given before they were born (Thanks, Nancy!!). Reese was able to point out red, blue, green and black. It's all because Aiden always has a blue cup, plate and silverware; Noah has green and Reese had red. He knows black because our van is black and my mom and dad both drive black cars. It made me want to cry. Nothing makes a teacher/mom happier than hearing their child learning letters, numbers, shapes, colors, etc. They were able to identify so many things in the book it amazed me. The only shape they know at this point is a triangle. I'm trying to work on circle and square. No luck yet.
They are also taking shorter naps both days. Boo!!! I love naptime. It saves my sanity on the crazy days. Ok. I guess that would be pretty much every day. Yesterday they took a long nap, but today I hear them up already after just over an hour. I guess I have to accept the fact that some day they won't nap. I'm really planning on having them nap or rest until they go to school. It does me good and them good to get away from each other for a while. That's also when I eat lunch!
It's so fun to see them getting older. They can bring their dishes to the kitchen, clean up their spot at the table, put their clothes in the laundry and do so much more. I'm often asked if I miss the baby phase. In short, no. I sometimes wish I could go back and see them when they were little. That's all though. I enjoy the fact that they can do so much more now. Playing with kids who can pretend is so much more fun than a baby who just kind of rolls around and screeches (sorry, Devyn). Every age has it's hard parts and every age is fun.
For one we have reached that dreaded age where often when we tell Reese to do something or ask him something his response is, "Why?". The first time he said it we just looked at each other in shock. How did our sweet little babies turn into boys who ask, "why", all the time. It's not so bad having just Reese ask why sometimes, but I know that when they all start asking all the time it's going to get old really fast. I'm thankful that they want to grow and learn, but I'm bracing myself for the constant questioning that is coming our way.
We've also reached the age where they want to know about colors and shapes. Just before naptime today we were looking at a book with colors, shapes and categories (kitchen items, a page with clothing, etc) that we were given before they were born (Thanks, Nancy!!). Reese was able to point out red, blue, green and black. It's all because Aiden always has a blue cup, plate and silverware; Noah has green and Reese had red. He knows black because our van is black and my mom and dad both drive black cars. It made me want to cry. Nothing makes a teacher/mom happier than hearing their child learning letters, numbers, shapes, colors, etc. They were able to identify so many things in the book it amazed me. The only shape they know at this point is a triangle. I'm trying to work on circle and square. No luck yet.
They are also taking shorter naps both days. Boo!!! I love naptime. It saves my sanity on the crazy days. Ok. I guess that would be pretty much every day. Yesterday they took a long nap, but today I hear them up already after just over an hour. I guess I have to accept the fact that some day they won't nap. I'm really planning on having them nap or rest until they go to school. It does me good and them good to get away from each other for a while. That's also when I eat lunch!
It's so fun to see them getting older. They can bring their dishes to the kitchen, clean up their spot at the table, put their clothes in the laundry and do so much more. I'm often asked if I miss the baby phase. In short, no. I sometimes wish I could go back and see them when they were little. That's all though. I enjoy the fact that they can do so much more now. Playing with kids who can pretend is so much more fun than a baby who just kind of rolls around and screeches (sorry, Devyn). Every age has it's hard parts and every age is fun.
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