Playroom Complete!

After several days of cleaning and organizing the playroom is officially open for play and the boys are sharing a bedroom! Each day has gotten easier and easier with putting the boys to bed. We decided to put Sutton to bed first and then take Macalan up after he was sleeping. That has helped a lot.

Now if Macalan would just stay asleep all night or at least stay in his bed when he wakes up then things would be even better.
Every night this week he has gotten up in the middle of the night and come to bed with us. Last night I thought I heard his little footsteps walking toward our bedroom, but then he never came in. I assumed I was hearing Walter re-positioning on the floor next to our bed. However, I kept hearing a noise outside our door so I got up to check and discovered Mac laying in the fetal position on the floor in front of our bedroom door. He never really gave a clear reason as to why he didn't just come in. What a silly guy! :)

I tried to capture some pictures of them enjoying their new playroom, but trying to get a decent picture of Sutton is like trying to get Macalan to use the potty! Sutton just can't sit still long enough for a good one. I'm not looking forward to taking their 18 month and 3 year pictures when the weather gets nicer. I will have to pull out all the stops in order to get some good shots. I also had a hard time getting a good picture of the playroom. I had to stand in the closet to get as much of the room as I could. This is a seriously tiny room in our house and sadly, this room is only housing about 1/2 the toys we have for them.

Spring Break

This week I am off work for spring break! I have gotten quite a bit accomplished so far. Lots of rooms have been thoroughly cleaned, closets and drawers have been cleaned out, and I decided to attempt to have the boys start sharing a room. Not sure if that was such a good idea!

We started by setting up the pack-n-play in Macalan's room last night just to see how it would go instead of taking apart the crib and realizing the switch wasn't going to work. Well it took a good 30 minutes for them both to settle down and fall asleep. I think they were both weirded out by the whole thing. For Sutton, he was sleeping in a new place and different bed. For Macalan, he just isn't used to having anyone in his room so the whole thing was strange for both. After a few tears they eventually surrendered to sleep. We didn't hear a peep out of them until 4 this morning when Macalan crawled into our bed. Thankfully it didn't wake Sutton!

The reason for the move is simple...we are running out of space! We only have 2 bedrooms on the main floor and then 2 upstairs. Sutton's current room will make a great play room for them as long as they can handle sharing. I have heard wonderful things about siblings sharing a room. My sister and I did it up until I was in kindergarten or maybe first grade. I can only remember a few times here and there when I got into her Barbies and she wanted to rip my head off. :) Other than the minor disagreements, we had many late night conversations about silly kid stuff and those are some of the fondest memories I have of childhood.

I'm sure the boys will do great. As with anything new, we just need to give them time to figure it out and become comfortable.

I am hoping to get the play room all set up this week along with more cleaning and organizing. Macalan and I had fun painting this morning. Sutton likes to color for about 2 minutes before he attempts to eat the crayons. It is so nice to have time to do fun things with my kids, as well as get things done around the house that I never seem to have time for!

Banana Eye

I meant to post this a long time ago, but forgot about having these pictures. Several weeks ago I was in the kitchen after getting the boys going on eating their dinner. I kept hearing them laughing hysterically at each other and I thought to myself, "How sweet. They love each other so much. How cute it is to hear them laughing together." I should have known something was up! When I walked out into the dining room I discovered why they were having such fun together. It wasn't just the innocent, sweet laughter of childhood. Macalan had decided it would be a good idea to smear his banana, as well as applesauce all over his face, including in his hair. Sutton thought it was just hilarious. When I asked him why he did that he said, "Look mom! I'm Banana Eye!" Whatever that means, I don't know, but needless to say he got a bath that night. Oh the joy of having two silly boys!

I probably sent the message of condoning this behavior by taking a picture, but I just couldn't help it. It was pretty funny.

Lazy mom, crazy kids

I feel as if I was able to find time to blog more often when I had a million things going on! I am finding it hard to adjust to not being super busy all the time. Lately I have just been very lazy. Although, I'm great at making "To Do" lists and then not finishing them! :)

My lack of blogging could be due to the fact that my kids are going crazy! Whoever said that 3 was harder than 2 was absolutely right, unfortunately! Macalan has an angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other and right now it seems as if the angel is about to get pinned! I feel like I'm living in the movie Groundhog Day. Everyday is the same thing. We wake the boys up, Macalan is in a good mood for a good 10 minutes and then he freaks out because his finger hurts or his diaper is too tight, or we looked at him wrong! From there it's pretty much downhill until we can get him strapped in to his car seat. Fortunately for our daycare lady, he is a perfect little angel all day until we come to get him. Most days I feel like I'm going to have to hog tie him to get him in his coat. The car ride home consists of him complaining about an unGodly number of things, including the sun being in his eyes. He keeps telling me to turn it off! :) When we get home it's just on again/off again until bedtime with several brotherly fights sprinkled in between.

Meanwhile Sutton is being a very good boy. I wish I could rewind to that simple age of being a pre-toddler. Things were so easy with Macalan at this age. I know I should cherish each stage because it goes by fast, but seriously my patience is fried! I said a long prayer (half joking/half serious) on my way to work today that social service wouldn't need to be called to my house in the near future!

In all seriousness I know how lucky I am. I have two great kids that are healthy. I know things can always be worse so I do feel blessed that I am even able to have these daily issues with my kids. It's all a part of parenthood. It helps that I have friends and co-workers who are experiencing the same problems right now. I know I'm not alone!

I am looking forward to two more weeks of work and then a whole week off to play and have fun and hopefully mend some of the problems we are having with our little men. However, time outs and a newly introduce job chart have helped somewhat.

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.
James Thurber