I am the parent of THAT kid

So you know that kid you see in the stores that is always in trouble, or just misbehaving and you think to yourself.. sheesh I would never let my kid get away with that? well "I AM THE PARENT OF THAT KID" No I am not bragging, quit the opposite actually, These past 2 days have been the worst. Seriously I have not had days like this since Joe was overseas and Logan was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
SO yesterday at Walgreen's My child is walking by as I hold his hand trying to knock things off the shelves, as I pull him away, scolding him he yells OWE YOUR HURTING ME" and of course I get the looks from other people wondering if I'm really abusing him. Then we head over to Bed Bath and Beyond.. ok I know what you are thinking.... WHY DID I THINK THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA" And the answer is I DON'T KNOW!
The actual shopping trip was fine, it was when I was putting the bags in the car that I noticed an item I did not pick, or buy... so what my child is thief now?
Well I did what I thought was right, I took my boy by the hand , and marched him back into the store, had him hand the lady the item and tell her he took it with out paying. Ok WHY did these people think that was so cute? Seriously THANK ME for teaching my child RIGHT from wrong, and taking responsibility for what he did... DON'T TELL HIM HOW CUTE HE IS..
As for today.. not too terrible, he went to school, played with his little girlfriend, had a good day... until now. Little Mr. Logan Andrew thought it was a good idea to let the dogs out. all but sweet Ellie. Fudge stayed in the yard, Daisy took off down the street and around the corner, Logan following. So here I am CHASING this 7 lb Chihuahua all over Hell and back, then back up to the main street.. oh and did I mention I was in FREAKING HEALS? thank goodness for the boy across the street and Morgan for grabbing her. So I take Logan by the arm and March his butt back home as he Yells OUCH YOUR HURTING ME.. he is soooo lucky I just put him in his room, where he has been for an hour, I even took his favorite toys away.. SO as for my title "AT LEAST I CAN LAUGH ABOUT IT" I am sooo not laughing right now. But I am sure some of you are!!

I KISSED A GIRL

Logan came home from school ther other day and was so happy because the little girl he has been talking about FINALLY TALKED TO HIM. He got into the car and said "mommy SHE TALKED TO ME" At Circle time Logan said he smiled at her and she smiled back, then she told him she liked his shoes. His new Super Hero shoes that light up when he walks" I asked him what she said to him and he said " she said she Loves me," "SHE DID" I said... "yep" "well what did you say back.. I said I love her back." Wow buddy that is so nice," What does she look like?" Here I am thinking my little almost 4 year old is going to say she has yellow hair, or something to that affect, but NO.. My little charmer say's "SHE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL>'
So today like every Wednesday I go pick Logan up from school, were walking to the car and as usual I say "how was your day" Logan says to me " She talked to me again, and she Kissed me," "she KISSED YOU, Oh My Gosh, where did she kiss you?" "right here" he says putting his finger on his lips." Ok see now here is the part that I'm not sure I believe, I have a hard time believing that these 3 year olds managed this, because whenever I ask Logan if this little girl played with him he says "NO" she plays with her other friends. So is this proof that Men start Embellishing the truth at such an early age, you know "locker room talk?" Just askin...

Routines... GOOD OR BAD. YOU BE THE JUDGE

Ok so every night is the same thing.. EXACTLY the same thing.. times may vary but everything else is clockwork..
When Morgan was a baby we did things totally differently because she was our first baby, and at the time it made things easier.. Instead of putting her to bed in her crib we used to let her fall asleep on the couch and carry her to bed, then of course she'd wake up in the middle of the night and end up in our bed. When I was pregnant with Logan we knew things had to change, otherwise I would go insane. So before Logan came, we managed to "train" Morgan to fall asleep in her own bed. However she was still NOT a good sleeper. By the time Logan came around we were a bit smarter an had him go to bed while awake. So to this day he'll tell me he is ready for bed and go with no problem... I wish I could say the same for Morgan. We still have the same ritual: snuggle on the couch, walk to her room, Daddy says goodnight first, Mommy tucks her in, kiss and hug goodnight, make sure her door is ALL The way open. Then it NEVER fails, as soon as I sit on the couch I hear, "MOMMY!" "what", I say... lets see, its either, her finger hurts, her lip hurts, her door isn't open all the way touching the wall, the TVs too loud, or daddy is talking too loud".. OMG seriously can we have ONE night where we don't go thru this? my guess is NO. So tonight, was the same thing, My day was LESS then easy, well at least the afternoon.. Logan was Pill and went to bed early, he was a mess because I would not let him play with his leapster at bedtime (we had a lesson on Consequences). He learned that if you misbehave and make mommy need a xanex, the consequence is No leapster at bedtime.. we'll try again tomorrow. So Logan is sound asleep and Morgan, of course, goes to bed after we snuggle on the couch.. daddy is putting batteries in her leapster and I have a few things to do, so the routine HAD to change.. Mommy had to say goodnight FIRST. daddy had to go SECOND. Yea well that did NOT go over well... So here is my advice to you all.. STOP THE ROUTINE INSANITY BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. and as usual we sit on the couch and hear "mommmmmy" I send Joe in, the problem was daddy is talking to loud"

JUST SHOOT THE WATER!

So today I actually have a few minutes to spare, Morgan is home sick from school again so both kids are busy watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the one with Johnny Depp. Ok and since I'm on the topic of good ol Johnny, Am I the only one who is totally freaked out about the new Alice and Wonderland Movie? seriously I can't even look at the preview it totally freaks the crap out of me.

SO while the kids are watching the movie and in between fighting I decided its a good time to disinfect the house AGAIN. As usual I do the dreaded bathroom duty, and I just have one question... " IS IT REALLY THAT HARD TO SHOOT THE WATER" ok I know he is not even 4 yet but I would think this would be a pretty easy task, just aim and shoot? am I wrong? I keep finding yellow streaks all the way down and around the toilet. EWE! and yes I have even walked in when he was pretending to be a sprinkler. Do boy ever grow out of this? NO NO NO I am not blaming Joe for any of this.... BUT peeing standing up in the middle of the night in the dark? you never know what could happen..... Just sayin!

Laundry? what Laundry?

Finally Time for a Blog, well Kind of. I mean seriously is there REALLY time for me to be doing this? not really, Its 830pm On thursday night, Morgan is sitting next to me reading a book, Logan just went to bed, Joe is watching cops, and there is a huge pile of laundry just staring at me,screaming to be folded and put away. I however am choosing to ignore it until further notice.
These past few weeks have been busier then normal we have all been sick one after another and you all know that when mommy is sick the whole house falls apart and the earth caves in until mommy is back to normal.
Yesterday I picked up the girls from school (Morgan and Makenna) Usually when they get into the car they are hyper and laughing.This time not so much. Apparantly the whole class got busted for being wild. Although when I asked the girls what happend they refused to tell me. Now these 2 girls are the most well behaved kids in school, seriously I have a hard time seeing them get into trouble, I was trying hard not to laugh. Anyway I never got an answer until 830 that night when Makenna's mom sent me a text asking if Morgan was supposed to write an I'm sorry note to her teacher.. All I found out was the class was wild and Morgan was laughing when she was supposed to be serious.. OYE this is just the begining.

Today Logan was the Red Power Ranger ALL DAY, riding his bike and running down the street as fast as he can trying REALLY hard to get his cape to fly. then ME holding his kite in the street while he is a Power Ranger running down the street trying to get this damn kite to fly WHEN THERE IS NO WIND! AT least he told me I was pretty.

So far this is my most favorite picture of my Morgan, I really don't want those big teeth to come in just yet, I just think she looks so darn cute toothless.


AND of course My little Logan, the cutest little boy just had to get some attention as well.

I don't want to be the first to wave!

Logan started preschool!!! I am thrilled at how easy it was. All I had to do was buy him his very own Spider man backpack. HA, That is all it took. He NEVER takes it off, I'm sure he would sleep with it on if I let him.. He loves school, and I love that he loves school, its only for 2 hours and 45 min 3 days a week, but we can afford it and HE LOVES IT! I can even use it as a threat... " Logan if you don't behave you can't go to preschool" amazing.


So we used to have a friend, a good friend. well things took place and we are no longer friends.. its like that saying " friends for a season" well I guess that season is over.. Anyway today was a sad day for my Morgan, she saw this friend and said to me " mommy, I used to hug her.. I said I know honey, I said you can still wave, I betcha she would wave back" Morgan said but I don't' want to be the first to wave". What is mommy supposed to say to that?" so I just told her its okay, and if you ever feel like you want to then its OK". Morgans response was. " mom I just don't want to talk about it anymore", the sad thing is she is acting like more of an adult then us adults, I guess we should learn something from my almost 7 year old.