Happy Birthday Noah!!!

Noah turned 4 and celebrated at Pump It Up. John was very excited, yes I said John.
Everyone had a good time! Thanks Noah for letting us celebrate with you.

lack of sleep....

"People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one". ~Leo J. Burke

I find the creamer in the pantry...hmm I don't remember doing that! I walk into the kitchen and cupboards are open (which is a big pet peeve of mine)....hmm I don't remember doing that either. Well, it was me. John hadn't used the creamer and no one else was home with the cupboard incident. One might think i need sleep...YES! I AGREE.

Here is a typical wake up at the Beaty household. Where am I? well as you can see the KING SIZE bed is taken up by 2 toddlers.... I am either at the end of the bed or hanging off the side since they so generously gave me a sliver of the bed.







A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb

otherwise....

Without enough sleep, we all become tall two-year-olds. ~JoJo Jensen, Dirt Farmer Wisdom, 2002

Elk Feeding Ground

This morning we went to the Elk feeding area. Though the elk were far away Connor loved it...and so did John. :)






Monica, we'll need to take you guys up when you come in the winter.....

ENERGY..........

The energy which makes a child hard to manage is the energy which afterwards makes him a manager of life. Henry Ward Beecher

Sometimes we need to get inventive on ways to expell energy...........

wrestling

All for one and one for all
My brother and my friend
What fun we have
The time we share
Brothers 'til the end.

2 going on 16!

Here I was concerned that I would not survive the why stage.... "why can't i see grandma and grandpa now, why do they live so far away, why can't I find them...why why why........."
Thank you to everyone who gave some advice in stumping his "whys". Now I am on to a 2year old thinking is ready to be a teen....

Connor is learning to follow directions, HOWEVER, he does it with attitude.

Example: "connor time to brush your teeth" Connor says: "K momma, 1 minute, be right there". I say "no connor, not one minute" Connor: "K momma 1 second then"....

Another common response.."I'm busy, 1 second" hmmmm not sure what he is doing but clearly he thinks he is busy!

He is also learning the art of getting someone else to do something so he doesn't get in trouble....I have heard stories at daycare but finally witnessed something similar. He is digging in the pantry looking for "treats". When I ask him what he is doing he says Finn is hungry he wants a succerball" aka sucker. I say no he is too little. His response "how about chocolate...? and me too?"