Boys

This morning Diego came to me with his pockets full of cars and looked at me all innocently and said, "Mommy, I'm not taking any cars to school." Lied right to my face. He is completely positive that he's smarter than me. I said, "Diego, that's a lie and that's not nice. You can't take your cars to school. You can take them in the car, but you need to take them out of your pockets when we get there." He stared thoughtfully at me for a second and then this conversation ensued:
Diego: "You'll forget."
Me: "Forget what?"
Diego: "When we get to school, you'll forget to tell me to take them out of my pockets."

I couldn't hold back my laughter. It was so funny to me that he's smart enough to pick up on the fact that I am quite forgetful. I really would have forgotten. Which is why I made him take the cars out of his pockets right then and there. Who's the smart one now?


Also, I got my first, "I don't like you" from one of my children this morning. As if I even need to say it, it came from Celo. Diego has never said that to me. This morning, Celo was being a grump and a half and kept throwing his trains. He wouldn't listen to me, so I finally took the trains away. He made the meanest face possible and said, "I don't like you." I was appalled. I probably should have given him a nice, calm, "I'm sad that you said that", disappointed kind of talk. But instead I may have firmly forbidden him from ever saying that to me again. Which, I'm sure, won't be effective at all.

Here they are harrassing their sister and pretending to cry like her. She's going to have to be a tough one with these two as her brothers.

Who Wore it Best?

My sister-in-law threw her daughter an adorable "secret agent" birthday party. She did an awesome job with it and the kids had a great time. These glasses were in their goody bags, so we had a little fun with them. I know they look amazing on all of us, but I'm pretty sure if this was a "who wore it best", Eliana would win.

Smiles

This is my new favorite picture of life. It's a love fest between the two of us.

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My Preschoolers

Today was Celo's first day of school ever. He'll be going 3 days a week for 3 hours. He was so so excited. Last year, when he came with me to drop Diego off at school, he always tried to sneak into the classroom. He was so happy that he was finally going to be allowed in! He walked right up to Ms. Denise (or "Mister Niece", as he calls her) and hugged her legs. She said, "Give mommy a kiss." But he couldn't have cared less about saying goodbye to me. He was too excited. The "look at my size...I big" look on his face made me want to cry.



Diego was a little more nervous about school. He'll be going everyday for 3 hours. As soon as we walked into his classroom and he realized that he recognized lots of faces, he calmed down and didn't even blink when I kissed him goodbye. He was too distracted talking to his friends. I talked to his teacher a bit about his allergies and left her with Benadryl and an EpiPen. This year I bought him an allergy shirt instead of making it. I let him pick it out. He really liked this stop sign one. He also loved the wristbands I bought him that say "Allergy Alert".



His teacher seems like she's going to be on top of it to make his school experience a safe one. That really gives me peace of mind!

Three hours flew by. I only made it through a few items on my to-do list. I stopped at the library, dropped something off to my dad, cleaned up my house a bit, made the boys a fun back-to-school snack, fed and changed the baby, and it was time to pick them up.

I love my boys and part of me is really sad that the school year has started, but the other part of me is excited to spend 3 mornings a week hanging out with this little doll:

2 (and a half) months

Every morning when I wake up with the boys, I see this little angel in her signature sleep pose, and every morning I say, "I need to take a picture of this." So here it is. I was sure there was no way I'd get lucky twice with a good newborn sleeper, but I hit the jackpot with her. Celo started sleeping through the night at 6.5 weeks. At 5 weeks, Eliana slept from midnight to 6am, and by the 6th week, she had stretched it another hour. By 8 weeks she was sleeping 9 hours straight. For the past two weeks she's gone to sleep between 9:30 and 10pm, and has woken up at about 7am. She eats and goes back to sleep for another couple of hours, allowing me to make breakfast for the boys and get ready for the day. It's wonderful.

Daytime naps are hit or miss. D batteries are my friends because if she's in the swing, she'll sleep for an hour or two. In the carseat she'll sleep for awhile, too. It's so hard to have set naps for her since we're on the go a lot.

She is sooooooo stinkin' attached to me. As soon as I'm out of her sight, she cries. She just wants me to hold her and stare at her all day. And when she's looking at me with these eyes, how can I resist?


2.5 months old. I wish I had the power to freeze time.