You never know what little things you will see or have to do. We finally cleaned under the sofas- who knew that you would have to do that when you have kids- and we found 1/3 of all the toys that they have owned in their lifetime. It was like a Little People graveyard with a few food items thrown in.
We have also noticed that their little personalities have really come out over the past few months.
Jack is The Entertainer- He will put on a show and then Bow (twice) and say Tank You! Tank You! Seriously where in the world do they learn these things??? He is also the one who will get to and figure out anything electronic. He was the first one to be fascinated with cell phones and any toy that makes noise.
Pauley is The Muscle- He was the first to sit up, the first to crawl, the first to walk. The first to give his brother a Horsey Ride down the hallway. I mean come on... what other 2 year old could do that? The first to do a chin up- yup that was our son at about 18 months old. I think that was the day before he pulled- not pushed- the heavy ass train table that we have in the living room. Dude, I really hope that boy is good at sports, otherwise his wife is not going to be able to afford to feed him.
Harper is The Mommy- She looks after her brothers and makes sure that everyone does as they are told. It is so cute, for now at least, to hear her say "No, Pauley, no take off shoes." or "Jack, I need toy Jack." She will tell them what they need to do or repeat what we tell them. She has not quite gotten the hang of LISTENING, but we are confident that will come in time.
One other thing that people do not quite think about is we have three children. What worked for you with ONE or maybe even TWO, may not work for us with three. I totally understand that they mean well, but let me tell you, a "tip" from someone who had one child (who apparently was completely perfect) does not always make me want to rush home and try it.
We do things a little differently, even if my mother would wish otherwise, and we find that for the most part they work for us. Some of our unique qualities are:
We feed the children in the living room. I know, I know - we are breaking every child rule that has ever existed. BUT- it works for us and we do not have to fight them when they are ready to get out of their chair and no one else is done. We also do not feel that it is necessary to be even with the children. Our philosophy is that it will all even out in the wash. Sometimes Harper needs a little more love or attention, or Jack needs for us to spend one on one time with him. Pauley may need for us to cuddle him a little before nap or we may let him get up early and just chill with us. We strongly feel that life is not going to be fair to them- they are not all going to be treated equally by everyone, so we want to help them understand now that that is not always a bad thing.
That's my little sidewalk of life right now, come join us as we skip over the next crack~
