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3 ice blendeds, 1 Starbucks, and lots of ice cream later helped me get through this insane weekend. What I thought was an awesome Saturday with the boys, turned into a nap-less, crazy, tear-filled, screaming, kids hanging off of me Saturday afternoon.

We started out going to this drum circle in North Hollywood. It's free (yay) and the kids got to participate in a big drum circle. The boys were scared at first (it was pretty noisey), but they joined in and had a blast.

I was sure Andrew was going to have a fit when it was over, but he was so good and just walked with me to the car, no problem. Then, we picked up McDonalds and headed to the park. I told him we're eating lunch first, then we can play. That was fine too. He ate his lunch and we played. Last, it's time to leave the park and everything is fine, we leave...no tantrums. whew!

I start heading to Starbucks, but then Andrew says, "Mom, turn around. I'm tired." OK! I'm not going to pass that up.  I thought for sure our busy morning would = an awesome naptime.

Boy was I wrong...

Adam screamed from his crib, and I finally got him down for his nap. But, my lovely little Andrew decided a nap wasn't needed and decided to play and then wake up his brother, awesome.

The rest of the afternoon, through the evening was so much fun, ha! The kids were tired, and moody. We went outside to play, and then to a friends for dinner. The good news was they were so tired they fell right asleep after bathtime.

I can't wait for my husband to come home tomorrow. 

Great Book

Andrew has been getting in a bit of trouble at school lately.

He's hitting when he gets mad because he doesn't want

to start cleaning up or transition to a new activity. 

 We have been working hard on teaching him not to do those things.

I found a great book called, "Hands are Not for Hitting." 

I have been reading it to Andrew the last two nights and he seems to be catching on.

One of the lessons is "hands are not for hitting, they are for helping your brother get dressed or undressed," and what did I see this morning?

Andrew helping Adam put his sock and shoe on. 

A ray of sunshine came through my home.

I hope this new found behavior sticks around. 

Last night was actually a good night too.

The kids behaved, they listened, and they played together...amen!

Tomorrow I think I might be brave and venture out to Malibu with the kids.

It's going to be a great day and I can't stay in the house; we'll go crazy.

Happy Friday.

Had to share this ...

Coffee Bean is having a summer open house today between 4 - 7. You can get a free 12oz ice blended!

I'm already training my little one ...

8 days

My husband left today

For 8 days

 How will I survive?

I can do this, I've done it before,

I don't know why I get so anxious.

I'm preparing myself for tantrums,

tears, fights, crying,

 yelling and secreaming.

However, me and the boys do have fun.

I will make sure there are smiles,

lots of laughs, and big hugs

I need to find some activities for the weekend.

The weekends are the toughest; trying to keep

two little ones occupied. 

I can do this...

Friday, I've been waiting for you...

It's Friday! I'm so happy. It's been a busy week with the kids: tantrums, tears, diapers, consitpation, crying - oh my! Tonight after the kids go to bed, my neighbor is coming over and we're watching New Moon while the husbands play poker.

Tomorrow we're taking the kids to National Train Day at union station. I think it will be fun as Andrew loves trains. Then, Sunday is Mother's Day!  A well deserved day for us hard-working mom's out there. This is the toughest job ever! For example, Andrew woke up this morning in an awful, cranky mood.  He wanted to watch a 30 second commerical about trains (naturally) over and over. Eating breakfast and getting dressed wasn't on Andrew's agenda, so a full on meltdown insued. After about 5 minutes of the meltdown, Raul had to take Andrew to his room for "a talk." That calmed Andrew down and we got dressed, finished breakfast, and then out the door!

Also, this week is Teacher Appreciation Week! The teachers & staff at Andrew's school are awesome! I really love the school, the teachers are so patient and understanding, and the director is fantastic.  I'm so glad I found this gem of a school hidden in West Hills. 

Happy Friday & Happy Mother's Day

Bathroom Words

Lately Andrew has been singing the tune of "I love poop I love poop." I'm assuming this is a boy/kid thing. While my husband and I laughed at it at first, it was our 2 hour drive to Disneyland hearing this over and over that we knew ... we might have a little problem. We then put our laughter aside and told Andrew that we shouldn't say those words because it's not good manners. 

We thought the poop song had gone away, but when I picked up Andrew at school last Thursday his teacher said "he's doing great in class, buuuuuuuuut he keeps talking about bathroom words." Awesome. So, that weekend was reminding Andrew that we don't say those bathroom words at school or at home.

Now Andrew is doing much better, he only said poop once in class on Monday.  Last night Raul said "we have to change adams poopy diaper" Andrew corrected him and told him we don't say poop dada. Ah, all the hard work, constant reminding, and repitition works!

Happy Wednesday.

Things to do with the kids

I'm on a mission to find activities to do with the kids during the summer and on the weekends.

Having boys it's only natural that they love trains! Thomas is a staple in our home. 

On Saturday, May 8th it's National Train Day and we're taking the kids to union station because there's going to be a celebration. I'm really looking forward to this; I think the kids will be so excited.

http://www.nationaltrainday.com/events/la/