WE HAVE A THIEF!

A food thief that is! ~ROFL~ I had to share this... we were all sitting at the table eating and talking, usually we have Trinity in her high chair but today we let her sit at the table with Tyler. Tyler was talking to Adam and out of the corner of my eye I watch as Trinity checks to see if Tyler is looking then dart her hand to his plate, steal a piece of his chicken and stuff it in her mouth real quick. She did this about three times! Each time she would wait until he was occupied with something and not paying attention and then steal and stuff. She had no idea that after the first piece Adam and I were watching her. We had to "call her out" on it before she choked herself, her mouth was so full but she just kept going for it. I so wish I could have caught that on tape it was the funniest thing I have ever seen!

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My favorite all time, fall time muffin recipe!
These are sooo yummy and moist! Great for the holidays and cold fall/winter mornings! Enjoy!

Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins

1 3/4 cups flour
1 Tsp. Baking Soda
3/4 Tsp. Salt
1/2 Tsp. cinnamon
1/2 Tsp. nutmeg
1/4 Tsp. Ginger
1 1/2 cups suagr
1/2 Cup Vegetable oil
2 Eggs
1 Cup canned Pumpkin
3 Ounces dreied cranberries (I used craisins)
1/4 Cup water
1/4 Cup Orange juice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour muffin pan. Combine all dry ingredients ina bowl and sift together until well mixed. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and add all remaining ingredients. Mix well. Pour into muffin pan filling each 3/4 full. Bake 25-30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Makes 18 muffins!

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Oh the things my children say...

I cannot seem to get enough of my sons not so three year old vocabulary and his imitative behavior. He is very forceful with his words, making sure you know he means business when he is talking. For some time now we have been dealing with hitting issues. He has not fully grasped the idea that hitting hurts people and it is not a nice thing to do. His last attempt got him sent straight to time out. "Tyler, it is not nice to hit people. You hit your sister so you need to go to time out." I said, nice and calmly. He looked at me with these squinted eyes and curled lips (and im pretty sure that two little horns started to grow out of that red hair on his head) and he said in a soft but forceful way "I am not doing this with you, mother." .....What??!!?? I could not believe my three year old son was trying to talk to me like that!! I tried not to laugh but once again it hit me, IT WAS ME, he mimicked me at a time I was not expecting it. I have said that very line (minus the name) in that exact way (minus the horns) when he was throwing a fit. I didn't think between his feet kicking and screaming he was paying attention to how I was handling the situation (which wasn't well), now I know he watches my every move and listens to my every remark, even if it is made under my breath.

One our favorite things that Tyler does now is say opposite of what he means, he has no idea he is saying it in an incorrect way. One of the things my husband is at fault of when warning our son before a punishment is telling him to keep doing what he is doing and see what happens. Tyler, I guess you can say, has twisted that in his own way and now uses it towards us. His favorite line now is "keep doing that." Only he is really meaning to say stop doing that. It is so funny to hear him belt out at the top of his lungs from the other room "Keep doing that Dad!" mid fit while daddy is trying his best to "talk him down" calmly. Not so funny is when he does it in public to a non suspecting passerby who looks at him the wrong way or says something to him when he is being bratty or punished for not listening. I can only imagine what is going through those poor folks heads... (I am sure all thoughts of how adorable he was quickly diminished as soon as they saw those horns he was sprouting!) I am now determined to start getting this child on video, so keep a lookout for video coming soon!

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Men....sigh

After dinner and before dessert tonight I decided the kids were in need of bath time. I asked "daddy" to put Tyler and Trinity in the tub while I picked up dinner and put away the laundry. I put the laundry away upstairs and gathered new laundry to be washed downstairs and placed out P.J.s for the kiddos. Daddy bathed them, got them out and got them dressed. Tyler in his Thomas the tank unders and shorts and Trinity in her monkey nightgown. They were both oh so cute and nice & clean!!

Well, as we sat here daddy on the couch watching TV and mommy at the computer, kids playing right next to me, I hear this god awful long noise. A mini explosion of sorts. I look back to see Trinity standing behind me with this disgusted look on her face which quickly turned into a full pout followed by a bunch of "eh, ahing". Whatever happened sure shook her up. She has been a little loose in the bowel department lately so I was pretty sure she had a huge accident in her diaper, which was enough to leak all over my carpet..ew!

I tell her to go to daddy to avoid her stepping in her "mess". Daddy gets excited and says "WHAT, WHY???" Like mommy was going to make him do all the dirty work.. I grab a ton of diaper wipes and cleaner and start on the floor, practically gagging.. then I move on to Trinity, I begin to lift up her nightgown to change her when....GASP!! Surprise, surprise DADDY got her dressed after her bath but forgot......... a diaper!!!!!!! I looked back at him fuming and with a sly grin his only response was "Oops!" Guess daddy should have been doing the dirty work all along....or maybe mommy should have just done it all....herself!

After a good cleaning and good laugh, I am happy to say Trinity walked away just fine...only daddy was the one to put her diaper on, and it is currently half way up her butt crack, my poor child!....Men!!

Daddies Day!

Just wanted to share what me and Katie Marie did for father's day for Adam! We didn't have a lot of money so we decided to get all of the stuff we know he likes! We bought all his "addictions" and made a lil gift out of them. Using a case of Amp, two packs of cigarettes, lighters, 3 packs of gum and a box of cinnamon struessel cakes we made this.....




He could not stop smiling and laughing! At least we knew it was something he would like!! We just took time to make it a little pretty =). At least we didn't add pink!! We gave him his gifts early as well as his card which screams out the song "You're unbelievable, OH" the kids recorded in it too! We all put in a little help and made daddy biscuts and gravy and bacon, yum! Then we went swimming, it was a great day! Hope everyone else had a wonderful one as well! Happy Father's Day to all the dada's out there!

Amazing!

I don't like to brag, so I wont...but I will say I know very few 3 year olds with a vocabulary like Tyler's. He speaks very well for his age and sometimes the things that come out of his mouth catch me off guard. For instance, I spent most of this past week cleaning for company that will be arriving this weekend. I had just finished upstairs and brought Tyler up to play. He took a couple steps through the gate at the top of the stairs and says "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh mom this is just amazing! It is so nice and clean." It's not so much what he said but how he said it, you would think he just witnessed a miracle! (Although being able to keep this house clean is nothing short of just that!) I thought to myself I don't know of a single 3 year old who would use the words; Oh my, clean and amazing in the same sentence.

Another thing I have noticed is that he is overly observant for his age. He made me realize one morning just how much he does pay attention to his surroundings and the people he is around daily. He opened my kitchen pantry and stood there hand on his hip, he began tapping his index finger on his chin and said "Hmmmm, lets see, lets see, what should I pick, what should I pick." Which was followed by a long sigh. I started laughing immediately because it was like I was looking at a little mini me. He was imitating me to a "T". I do that every so often in the mornings, and would have never thought it was something he would have picked up and done. From time to time I still catch him at the pantry door struggling to decide just what he should have for breakfast. Such a difficult decision for my little guy! That's my little mommas boy!