Better, much better

Boy am I glad that this week has been better for the Quinkster.

Chris won Flames hockey tickets just before Christmas so we decided to put them in Quinten's stocking. The game was last night and we were really hoping for good behavior this week so we didn't have to take the game away. Needless to say he was able to enjoy his first NHL game. He had a blast. It was a late night for him but it was so worth it. Especially to see how beaming he was.

I also think the weather is helping everyone's mood. How can you not feel better when it's above 10 degrees. Not looking forward to more winter that's fo sho.

Anyway I'm off to do more laundry. A certain 3 year old decided to wipe his own bum which resulted in a fail. Which also resulted in poop smears on both boys bedding. Good times!

Going mad

It seems lately I have no patience. Although it seems to be better if the house is organized, which seems to be hardly ever. I made good progress today and then tornado Quinten and tornado Spencer came through. So frustrating.

Today has been a day of laundry followed by playing at the park before picking up Taylor and then more park play while it seemed some one was always screaming. Then if I wasn't going crazy enough I took them to the grocery store to get cupcake supplies. And to top off the evening, which isn't even done yet, Spencer had a giant poop in the tub. Sickarama! Good times! I do love being a stay at home mom but sometimes my patience is definately tested.

On to day 2

Day one of school ended up being a success. It started out rocky. As usual there were tears. I'll let you guess who. Just don't make fun of Chris. I'm only kidding of course. The day ended well. Taylor told me that no sad faces only happy faces were allowed in her classroom. I'm hoping that helps tomorrows drop off.
It was a good day at home as well. The boys and re-organized the bonus room and I only had to deal with a minor poop issue. I love how the poop stuff is now classified in levels. This time it was my own fault. Spencie has a super bad diaper rash and I wanted to let it air out so I figured what would be the harm if he had just pooped to let him run around nudey. Apparently that kid is a pooping machine. Anyway enough about poop. I recently read an article in a Parents magazine that was titled 39 Things Every Mom Should Know. I thought I would share some of the ones that I thought were applicable to me.

-Just throw away poopy underwear. (This one is so applicable to me right now. I'm not sure Quinks has many pairs left after the summer.)
-Don't beat yourself up if you have to use a bribe. (So been there done that.)
-Put band-aids on everything your kids want to. Why not? (Our kids love band-aids. We have a family portrait from when Taylor was 2 and Quinks was a baby and you can see her band-aid that isn't serving any type of purpose. I love it.)
-Know this: That stain won't come out. And it's okay. The sooner you accept this the better. (Good for my messy eaters.)
-Embrace their quirks. (Hard sometimes but I'm learning.)
-Answer this question: What is the worst thing that will happen if your kids sleep in their clothes?
-Never stifle a generous inclination.
-Teach them to pump ASAP. (Boy am I glad they don't need my help. Is it too soon for me to teach Spencer?)
-If your child falls asleep occasionally without brushing her teeth, don't wake her; baby teeth do eventually fall out. (Phew I feel like a bad Mom when we forget and then they fall asleep. Good to know I'm not the only one.)
-Buy kids deodorant before they need it. (I'm not really sure when they need it but I know I'm afraid of smelling and my kids have already started to try out Daddy's deodorant.)
-It's fine to brag about yourself to your kids. (I don't think as parents we do that enough.)
-You're never too old to dress up and decorate your house for Halloween. And it's more fun for everyone if you are into it. It also entitles you to more candy. (And I loves candy!)
-If the school year, new babysitter, or karate class gets off to a rocky start don't totally stress about it. Instead think of the improvement that can be made by the end of the year. (This might just have to be one of our motto's. It will get better.)
-Independence is a wonderful thing. For everyone. So is together time. Make sure you have a healthy dose of both. ( I like to think we have that.)

So there you have it. Just a 'few' out of the list. I hope if your kids have started school that everything is going well and if they haven't yet that the next weeks to come are good ones. Cherish these moments even if they make you cry.

Shoulda knocked on wood

In my last post I said I didn't have a poop issues. I shouldn't have opened my big mouth. Not only has Spencer had 2 leaks today Quinten has diarreha again so had 2 accidents and not small ones at that. Someone out there must have the same issues and as often. Please, please tell me if you do. I'm getting frustrated. I was almost done the camp laundry. I know camp was over almost a week ago but I've been slow with it. I'd rather play with my kids. And now I have mor poop laundry. Will it ever end? (Picture me pulling my hair out whilst saying that.)

1 month

1 month today Chris, Spencer and I will be heading to Toronto for my baby brother's wedding. I haven't seen him since Christmas and a lot of other family members for a couple of years. It'll be great to catch up and some of them have never met Spencer before. I wish Taylor and Quinten could be coming with us but we just can't afford it. Luckly Spencer is still free.

Do you ever feel drained and all you do is nag your kids? I'm feeling that way this weekend. I'm not sure if it's because we're trying to adjust being back to normal after vacation or if I'm just tired from the lack of running. And the nagging. Man I sound like a bag sometimes. Maybe it's a combo of everything plus having more poop issues with both boys this week. It never ends. Someone told me it probably just seems like it happens all the time but it is probably just this week. My answer to that is nope. Poop is my life. It goes beyond the poopy diapers. I really should have stocks in Bissell carpet cleaner. Maybe this week will be better, with planning for music camp.

Anyway I'm off to find a girly movie to watch seen as Chris is now working again for the day. I won't go into details but he won't be getting a day off anytime soon. I tell you this because I think this plays a part in my nagging of the kids. So I pray that God gives me patience and understanding.

Have a good night and rest of the weekend.

Back Ater

We got back yesterday from a 2 and half weeks vacation. It was a fun, family, screaming, pooped, filled vacation. I just can't seem to get away from people trying to parent us or the poop. Taylor and Spencer had been sick when we left and it continued for the first few days of our trip, at least for Taylor. Quinten then got sick our first night. Let's just say over the last couple of weeks we threw out 7 pairs of underwear and 1 bathing suit. And did multiple loads of laundry.
On our first night Spencer decided that screaming might be fun. At supper a very drunk lady told him to shut up just loud enough for the kids to hear. She then asked us to get him to stop and asked why he was screaming, well Chris being Chris told her we asked him but he didn't answer us, go figure he's 1 1/2. She then told us that we shouldn't go out with him and we should stay home. And that she had 2 one year olds and they never screamed. Well good for you lady go have another. The screaming continued for the whole trip but at least we didn't get parented for it.
It was great to have a week just us a family and then the rest with friends and family in Penticton. Gotta love the close to 40 degree weather. Oh how I miss that.
It is good to be home and getting back into the swing of things. Once I get a good handle on the laundry I'll post pictures

Not much new here

I wish I had something exciting to write like going to see Kenny Chesney, but I don't. I do know lots of people that do get to see Kenny. Luckys. Instead my day and night are filled with packing and that type of stuff that goes with getting ready for a vacation.

It's now 10:15 pm and I started this post awhile ago and am just now getting around to finishing it.

Why is it that when trying to pack a curve ball gets thrown? What is with my kids and their poop issues? Whether it's playing with it or having an accident or a poop explosion while trying to wash the truck. Yep you guessed it. Luckly no poop on the carseat. So one last load of laundry (fingers crossed).

The kids are still awake. I'm thinking they are pretty excited about going camping. Tomorrow, hopefully before noon, the Lobbster Shack will be peeling out of town. Look out open road here we come. I would really like to leave no later than 10am but if you know us we like to sleep in so it could be hard getting everyone going.

Hopefully I'll be able to post while we are away. If I can't please don't forget about me. I'll be back and hopefully with lots of good stories and pictures to match.

Now back to the packing. Phew!

Change that

I sat down to write a post about how I probably won't be winning Mom of the year. And then I saw Spencie walk out with no diaper on. Upon investigation as to where the diaper could be, I was greated with a stinky gross mess. Oh snap. I thought we had gotten past this poop playing fetish. Luckly it was smeared in one area and not all over the room. And thankfully we carry a good stock of Bissell carpet cleaner. So after a bath, re-diapering, supper, soccer, baking cupcakes, I can now finish with what I was going to originally post.

We watched America's Got Talent last night and one of the acts had a guy shoving a metal hook either through his nose to his mouth or vice versa. And then using a drill in his nose. My mom of the year moment is that I let the kids watch this. Taylor was quite disgusted by it but Quinks thought it was pretty cool. Even with Unkie trying to cover his eyes he managed to see what all the fuss was about. I let them both know not to try any of that stuff. Next thing I hear is some gagging and there is Quinks trying to shove the hook part of a hanger down his throat. Note to self hide the drill. Just goes to show that kids are very impressionable.

Note: Tomorrow is the last day of school. Bring on the kleenex.

Poop stories are back

So I thought I was on road to no poop issues. Since we put Spencer into a big boy bed we haven't had to use any duct tape or use sleepers. No poop playing. Now for the last week we are having problems with our fully potty trained poop monster #1. He has pooped at least once a day in his pants and I'm starting to get pretty frustrated. I don't know if he gets busy playing and doesn't want to stop or what but I'm sick of the poop smell and the constant laundry. I haven't even finished last weeks laundry because of all the poop laundry. Argh!!!!!! I'm hoping this is just phase that will be ending very soon.
If anyone has any suggestions I'll take them.

No more sickness please

I woke up in the middle of the night feeling like crap. Seriously I just got over the cold I got 2 weeks ago. So today has been a day of feeling achy and cleaning up poop. And the weather, well that certainly doesn't help. When will the poop playing end? One kid was enough but 2, come one.. I think Spencer is even worse than Quinks was. Oh well I guess we will be buying a lot of duct tape.

So that is how our day is going. Hopefully the other lobbsters don't get sick again. And fingers crossed that the snow melts sooner than later.

Oh and church got cancelled because of this said snow.

And the story continues

The poop story that is. We were already to go this morning, everyone was dressed even not just in jammies. I went to grab Spencer and his diaper was half off and poop was spread over his blankets. If it's not one kid it's another. Hopefully it was an accident and we don't have another Quinten poop fascination kid, on our hands.
Other than that our day has been pretty good.

Poop

So normally a title like that would be a cause for concern but it's a yeah for poop. Quinten was dry and no poop in his gaunch. I was pretty excited that he did it in the potty. YEah Quinks! We're so proud of you. Hopefully my poop cleaning up days are over till the next poo crazy kid. Please let Spencer be disgusted by the stuff. Quinten did enough for a bunch of kids.

Have a super hump day tomorrow!

Spoke too Soon

In my last post about poop I mentioned that we hadn't had any trouble with Quinten. That all changed the other day. It was all over the floor, the mattress (which he had peed on earlier so everything was off the mattress). Let me say gross! Then today we were at Wal-Mart Quinten was sitting on the handle/canopy part of the stroller. Next thing I know Taylor is freaking out about having poop on her arm. Quinten had a big time mess. It was coming out of everywhere it seemed. All over him, all over the stroller and a bit on Taylor. And of course I had left the diaper bag at home. Wipes, pull-ups and disposable change pads were added to the purchase. There Quinten was being changed on the tail gate where everyone could see. Poor kid.
So it was an interesting night. Did anything interesting happen to any of you? I'd like to hear some interesting stories.

It's been too long...

since I wrote a post on poop.

Now that we are having some heat in our day the kids wanted to play on the slip and slide. Jacob and Nathan came over to partake. They were having fun till we heard Jacob say look out for the dog poop. Well we don't have a dog. Chris went out to investigate, the next thing I hear Taylor getting in trouble. She comes crying in followed by Chris trying so hard not to laugh. Now with all the poop stories I written you assume it was Quinten involved right? Wrong. Taylor took a crap right in the middle of the backyard. She even wiped. Chris of course was gagging too much so I had to pick up the poop and toilet paper. If she had to come in for the toilet paper why didn't she just go inside. The things that go through a kids head.

This is what we, plus both sets of Grandparents, got the kids for their Birthdays. I know their birthdays aren't till Sept and Oct but now is the time they can play with it. No riding has happened yet but tomorrow is the day. They still had fun playing on it and so did Chris and I. Yes the last picture Chris got a little stuck and of course my purse had to make an appearance.

More poop

I know in my last post I talked about Quinks pooping on the toilet and it wasn't a bad poop post. Well today is different. He is still trying to go on the potty but he also goes in his room, because he can't open the door to go to the bathroom. He then proceeds to play with it. I think Prosolve and I are developing a close relationship. Watch out Chris. So back we went to using duct tape. Quinten goes and gets it for us now. At least he is a fast learner with some things. Hopefully tomorrow will be a poop free day. I'm getting sick of the extra laundry.

Poop

Normally when I title a post poop it's a bad thing. Not today. Quinten has been using the potty quite a bit lately and even last week started using it without telling us. Would put the cushiony seat on the toilet and use the tub to climb on. Yesterday he hoped himself up there and pooped. Yeah! Hopefully it continues so I only have to change one set of diapers.
We finally got our Christmas card photo done. What a gong show. Don't 2 year olds know how important these photos are to mommies?:) We're not professionals but we had fun.
We had a great but busy weekend. Hope it was great for everyone too. Now to next week when the fam starts to roll in. Can't wait.

Kids say the darndest things

This morning Taylor came into our bed, too early. She kept saying something stinks. Then she looked at me and said "mommy you have bad breath. Turn your head over there." Kids are so honest. She's lucky I didn't breathe my dragon breath on her.
I got the phone call I've been waiting for, for the last couple of weeks. My family Doctor does not see obstetric patients, but my ob doesn't nornally see his patients till they are about 2o somethings weeks along. That poses a problem. I need to be seen by somebody. I have an appointment set for June with my ob but it took some convincing for him to see me the whole way through. I know he is super busy, but it is nice to not have to switch Doctor's in the middle. Normally it probably wouldn't matter if I saw an ob or not, but because I've had 2 c-sections a 3rd is inevitable. It sucks but what can I do. Nothing. Wow that was a lengthy way to get that out.
I know it has been a week since a poop story. Quinten thought you guys would want another one so he provided that entertainment today. I left the kids with my mom this morning and she thought because he had just pooped he wouldn't poop again anytime soon. So therefore wouldn't need duct tape. Well he did. Luckly I caught him in the early stage of playing so he didn't make as big of a mess. I'll have to post a picture of his super hero belt, as I like to call it. Maybe I should start drawing pictures on it. You never know it could become a new fashion trend.
That's been my day. Chris is off this weekend to a hockey tournament. Hopefully the kids cooperate for me.
On my last post sandra commented about women who eat ice cream have an easier time getting pregnant. I actually heard that too. And we all know how much I love ice cream. I wonder if it really is true. Who knows.
Later!
Peace out!

Houdini

Yesterday I woke to poop. Quint hasn't figured out how to get out of zipper sleepers, or so I thought. He didn't undo it he just slinked his way out. So of course I had a big mess to clean up. Lovely. So for the rest of the day he spent a lot of time with duct tape around his waist keeping the shirt and pants connected. He almost got out of the combo but the duct tape saved the day. Maybe now I can finally finish the regular laundry.

Aargh!

How does one child get into so much trouble in a few days. The other day Taylor decided she didn't want to nap in her bed but the middle drawer of her dresser. Well she broke it so Chris laid it on the floor. Next thing I know she has taken all of her clothes out of that drawer and was fast a sleep. The next day she tried to sleep in the bottom drawer, while it was still in the dresser. Of course it really broke. It is unfixable at the moment. We need to purchase a new bottom. Then yesterday somehow she broke her monster light. Good thing it didn't cost much. She doesn't understand yet that we can't just replace everything if it gets broken. Hopefully today no furniture gets affected by the Tayloranator. Oh and the other day, while I was busy painting, she got into the hand sanitizer. She was using it as glue. She decided to hang up a neon pink piece of paper with this so called glue. Well the color from the paper has now stained the molding around our fireplace. Here comes more paint. And of course to top it all off Quint is still playing with his poop. On Friday was the worst yet. HE was having a good ol' time throwing it around. Good times. Well I'm off to lay down. Not feeling very good today. Hopefully I'm not getting what everybody else seems to have had.

Penticton here we come

Yesterday was the day to book sites at Southbeach gardens. After trying for about 3 1/2 hours one of us got through. While trying to phone, and by that I mean constantly pressing redial, I had some obstacles to face. There is a theme over the last few posts. Yes once again Quinten got his pants off, his diaper shirt undone, and the diaper off. And once again he was playing with his poop. Clean up was the same as all the rest of times. Finally got him cleaned up back into bed when I hear water running in the bathroom. There I found Taylor trying to was out a big hunk of gum from her hair. After awhile of trying and some screaming I decided to cut it out. Luckly it was stuck in her bangs but kind of underneath so you can't even tell where the cut out chunk is from. After that it was a peaceful day. I didn't do much. Didn't even really clean up. I felt like being lazy and so therefor I was.
So far today has been good. My mom came to watch the kids so that I could grocery shop in peace. Thanks mom it made the shopping experience more tolerable. And now we are in the quiet part of our day. Yeah I love quiet time and nap time. I think I'm going to take advantage of the quiet.
Later!
Peace out!