3 year olds and 4 year olds

Yesterday we were at my mom's house, she was watching Gabe while Dani was at work so I took the kids up there so Jax and Gabe could play. They had been playing outside when Jaxson came in the house with a very distressed look on his face, and Gabe trailing behind him. He looked at my mom and I and said...

"Gabe and I are going to have a little talk about 3 year olds and 4 year olds. Gabey just threw a TENTER tantrum, and he even GROWLED at me. So, we are gonna go upstairs to da playroom and we are gonna have a little talk."

I followed them up to the playroom to hear this little talk....

"Gabe, im 4 and you are 3, and 4 year olds are da boss of 3 year olds Gabe. We dont bite, and we dont hit, we dont scratch and we dont take toys away from each other. OK GABE!"

Little shopper

I am so very proud of my little girl! Not only is she learning to say a few words such as Dada, Mama, brother, munchie (the name of her favorite teddy bear) night night, and her new favorite NO NO. But she has also started walking behind her toy shopping cart, I am proud of this for two reasons, the first is obviously because she can stand herself up to it and walk while holding the handle, and the second reason is because I now know that she is officially my daughter (not that there was any question before) because just like her mommy, she likes to shop. However, lack of money has prevented me from doing much shopping lately, which is probably a good thing, but that doesn't change the fact that if given the chance and the money obviously, I find great pleasure in shopping. However I do not find grocery shopping overly enjoyable, that is more like a chore for me, unless I have the rare opportunity to go grocery shopping without my two beautiful children, then it becomes a chance for me to listen to my music in the car at a much louder volume than if my munchkins are in the car with me. Now I know that Ella is not actually shopping when she pushes her grocery cart, but she shows great shopping potential, and that makes a mommy proud. Although im not sure what Nick and I are going to do when she really does want to shop, we may have to sell our house in order for her to shop... OH WAIT!! It's not our house to sell! I guess we will have to figure that out when the time comes, which hopefully wont be too soon, I don't want her growing up faster than she already is.

Abra cadabra!

Jax: Hey Mama, I got a great idea!
Me: Oh really, what is your great idea?
Jax: I want to have a bowl of cereal, and I want to pour da cereal in da bowl, and pour da milk into da bowl. Mama, if I spill it's OK because ACCIDENTS HAPPEN AND DATS OK!
Me: Ok buddy, but I need to help you a little bit with the milk
Jax: Ok Mama.
The cereal was poured into the bowl successfully, as was the milk. However, after the milk and cereal were in the bowl, Jax accidentally bumped the bowl....
Jax: OOPS! Uh Mama, I spilled a little bit but remember, accidents happen and dats OKAAAAY!
Me: It's ok, it's just a little spill and we can wipe it up.
Jax: Hey mom, wanna come see my magic trick!?!
Me: I would love to!
Jax: Ok, see how da milk in da cereal is white right now mama? Now watch dis! ABRA CADABRA! What color will we get today? (this is all while stirring the cereal around with his wand/spoon) TADA!!! See how da milk is pink now?
Me: I do! How did you that?
Jax: (huge grin) Cause im MAGIC mama!! Isn't dat cool?!?

First haircut

Princess Ella had her very first haircut today! Keep in mind she doesn't have a lot of hair to begin with, but the very back was getting a little long, and it didn't match with the rest of her hair. When she was born the back of her hair was thicker than the rest, and now that her hair is starting to grow more mommy decided it was time to even it up a bit. She was a very big girl during her haircut, although it only took a total of about 2 minutes to cut. But sitting still for 2 whole minutes is a really big deal for a 13 month old! Unfortunately for our ever decreasing bank account, this new client of mine doesn't pay me actual money, but what she doesn't give me in money, she makes up for in kisses and snuggles. Her big brother did a great job of keeping her entertained while daddy held her still and mommy cut her hair, and she even smiled pretty for the camera.
Look mom! I found my belly button!!

Cafe Martin

I am pleased to annouce the grand opening of Cafe Martin, here you can enjoy dining on a variety of foods prepared by our wonderful chefs. Chef Jaxson, chef Ella and their sous chef Daddy. The cafe offers a variety of wonderful foods such as homemade donuts, wonderful fresh vegetables and fruits, chicken, pizza, pasta, brownies, and rich creamy ice cream. The service here is excellent, however you may experience an occasional poopy diaper and frequent temper tanrums thrown by both of our head chefs. Fortunately these temper tantrums usually only last a few minutes, and they can sometimes be very entertaining. My favorite item at Cafe Martin is the wonderful brownies, I am a sucker for them and they are delicious. The pricing is very reasonable and they are open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. the restaurant does close at about 1:00 p.m. for around two hours for nap/quiet time. This time is necessary for the head chef's to keep the temper tantrums to a minimum, and for me as their "manager" to maintain some level of sanity. We look forward to serving you.
Warning: anyone with an allergy to plastic should not eat at Cafe Martin due to the fact that the wonderful food served here is plastic.

As you can see our chef's here at Cafe Martin are highly trained and VERY professional.

Cup tower

When I was in Ella's room changing her diaper after her nap, I realized that Jaxson was no longer in the room with us. I could hear him in the bathroom, and I went in to see what he was doing...

Me: What are you doing Jax?

Jax: Im makin a tower with my cups.

Me: Wow! That is a pretty tall tower. What made you decide to get all of them out and make a tower? Your not supposed to stand on the counter Jax.

Jax: But MAMA, I HAVE to make this tower, just look how cool it is!

Me: That is really cool buddy, it's as tall as you are.

Jax:....It is? OH! It really is!

Me: Be careful Jax, I don't want you to fall.

Jax: (eye roll followed by a sigh) I wont MOM.

Me: Smile so I can take your picture next to your tower.

As you can see from this last picture, the tower fell over...

Jax: OH MAN! My tower fell over and now I have to make it AGAIN! HELLO! MOM! ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?

Me: (unable to answer him immediately because I am laughing hysterically) Uh-oh bud, that's ok. Just build the tower again.

Jax: Why are you laughing so hard Mama?

Me: Because you are hilarious buddy.

Jax: (sigh) oh mom...

Yes, I realize that I am a little obsessed with blogging, but my two little monkey children are always making me laugh and I want to remember these things they do, and hopefully in the meantime I can keep everyone entertained.

Munchie

Ella has formed an overnight attatchment to a teddy bear that a friend of ours gave her when she was born. She has never really payed much attention to this particular bear until last night. After I put her in her jammies last night, I handed her the bear to distract her from her dirty diaper that she was fascinated with for some reason. I didn't think she would want anything to do with this bear (dirty diapers are much more fun to play with than a clean teddy bear) however, I was wrong. When I handed her the bear she got a huge grin on her face and took the bear by the ear and started laughing and waving it around. Poor bear didn't even see it coming. We went into the bathroom where daddy was helping brother to brush his teeth for bedtime. She held the bear out with a grin on her face for her daddy and brother to see, again holding it by it's ear. Im not sure how long the bear's ear will last if she keeps this up. When I put her in bed she was still holding the bear. Thirty minutes later when I went back in to her room to get her because she refused to sleep, she was still holding the bear. The bear had to come out of the bed with her to the rocking chair while I tried to get her to calm down and go to sleep. When I went in to get her this morning, she stood up in her crib with a grin on her face and showed me her bear. She even had to take the bear in the car while we took big brother to preschool, and when I went to get her out of the car after dropping Jax off, she started making a noise that I didn't know a one year old little girl could make. Im pretty sure the neighbors heard this noise coming out of my darling little princess. The reason for this noise was because her bear, which her big brother has now named "munchie" had fallen on the floor of the car. As soon as I handed "munchie" back to her, the noise stopped. Thank goodness. I was surprised that she was able to let go of munchies ear long enough to eat breakfast. Munchie came with us to pick brother up from preschool, and munchie took a nap with Ella too. I have a feeling that her new little friend is going to be a permanent fixture in Ella's hand for a while.