Another fall is in full swing and another Thanksgiving was spent on the farm. It's been an interesting season so far with it being nicer than what most of summer was. I love fall, no bugs, nice weather, stunning colours, everything. I did notice this year felt a little off. Boys were kind of out of it, whiney and clingy and sorts, family gatherings feel slightly awkward, but not in a bad way, just different, and I am no longer able to eat gluten products, which as it turns out, means about 50 % of Thanksgiving dinner is off limits to me now :(. Personal note for future, figure out how to make meat pies that are gluten free before Christmas!
I did get a chance to hang out with my FIL though and chat about the progress of the farm they own. It's growing and is amazing to see what they can do with everything. Have to say my son is impressed more and more each day, and it blows me away to see how much he takes in just by observing. He turned 3 last week and received tons of presents, most mainly farm related. You watch him play with them and see him back a truck up to the combine, load the truck, which of course makes a beeping sound as it back up as well, and drive it off to dump in the silo. Then the tractor comes in to bale and the bales get stacked off to the side of the barn. Blows me away that watching it happen with no explaining it enough to imprint on his brain that way.
My little guy is impressing me more everyday too, he's getting amazing with his words and still finds a way to make me feel like I hung the moon in his eyes. The grin on his face when he give you squishes is something that I always want burned into my mind.
It's hard not having my family here, I miss them. Makes me wonder what things would be like if they were able to be around more. I have realized though that I have a lot to be thankful for. It's been a good year for me, even with a few really tough months here and there. For the first time in a long time, I am happy with things. I miss work, and other things, but I'm where I wanted to be with life for the time being. My friends, both new and old, give me a sense of value that I have missed lately. My boys are still the most precious things on the earth, and my husband is pretty high on my list of things to be thankful for too, just dont tell him that... it might go to his head :)
All in all, it's so easy to forget the little things that makes our lives so great. I know at times like this many reflect on what they have to be thankful for, and honestly, this year, I'm just thankful for a life that has SO many things in it to appreciate that if I listed them all, I'd be here till next fall! To all the people that I love and that love me, happy Thanksgiving!
Monday, 10 October 2011
Saturday, 24 September 2011
And it starts....
Ok so I'm not exactly sure how to do this, but worst case I end up some laughing stock on a Facebook comment....
There are a LOT of kids in my life. Besides my two and the 5, soon to be 6 amazing little people that are in my family, have an amazing network of moms with adorable kids through my mom's group. Still, doesn't make my two any more easy to manage sometimes. I've been lucky lately, and the normal 6 am wake ups have turned into 730! Actually looking forward to winter somewhat, no sun until 9 am.... Linc and Tristan have an interesting relationship in the mornings. Tristan would sleep until 10 if allowed, and Linc is an early riser. Normally they will have conversations at night and in the morning when they are up at the same time. I've occasionally even gone in to check (normally leave them until I hear screaming.....) and found Linc curled up in T's bed rubbing his back, and explaining that it's "do-dos" time and to close his eyes. He seems to have stepped into a mommy role with him lately, kid of funny to watch until someone starting screaming, which is often! "You let that go, right NOW" is common lately in this house, but it doesn't come from me! When I ask Linc about it, I get "but it's my turn Mommy" and while I try to explain that Mommy says that because you are fighting over it or it's dangerous, not because it's Mommy's turn, I get "ok mommy, you can have a turn now then" with Linc then proceeding to run after Tristan to rip whatever toy he may have out of his hands so that I can now have a turn. Need to find a way to stop laughing while parenting and explaining, just isn't as effective.
One thing we are still working on Linc with is going by himself to the potty. 9 out of 10 times it's us taking him, removing all of his clothes from the waist down, including socks, peeing and then getting him dressed. While I'm sure his preschool teaching will love the extra 5 minutes it takes to do this, we would really like to get him to be able to go on his own, especially since he's capable when there is motivation like a treat at the end. As usual though, my kids had a surprise for me yesterday. I wake up to T screaming, which is very weird, as he is normally a very happy kid in the AM. Run into his room, and calm him down and all I get is "Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincoln" and him climbing to Linc's bed. Linc as it turns out isn't in there, which makes the heart pound a bit. Lights are all still off, no sign of Linc in the upstairs areas, and I'm about to head downstairs when I hear giggling. Backtracking to the closed bathroom door, I open to find my son, buck naked on the toilet, with Daddy's forgotten Iphone, in the dark, pooping! Must have been on there for a while cause the battery was about 2 minutes from dead and his bum had a ring for hours! But success on independence for the potty, bonus for it being in the AM giving me that precious 2 extra minutes :)
There are a LOT of kids in my life. Besides my two and the 5, soon to be 6 amazing little people that are in my family, have an amazing network of moms with adorable kids through my mom's group. Still, doesn't make my two any more easy to manage sometimes. I've been lucky lately, and the normal 6 am wake ups have turned into 730! Actually looking forward to winter somewhat, no sun until 9 am.... Linc and Tristan have an interesting relationship in the mornings. Tristan would sleep until 10 if allowed, and Linc is an early riser. Normally they will have conversations at night and in the morning when they are up at the same time. I've occasionally even gone in to check (normally leave them until I hear screaming.....) and found Linc curled up in T's bed rubbing his back, and explaining that it's "do-dos" time and to close his eyes. He seems to have stepped into a mommy role with him lately, kid of funny to watch until someone starting screaming, which is often! "You let that go, right NOW" is common lately in this house, but it doesn't come from me! When I ask Linc about it, I get "but it's my turn Mommy" and while I try to explain that Mommy says that because you are fighting over it or it's dangerous, not because it's Mommy's turn, I get "ok mommy, you can have a turn now then" with Linc then proceeding to run after Tristan to rip whatever toy he may have out of his hands so that I can now have a turn. Need to find a way to stop laughing while parenting and explaining, just isn't as effective.
One thing we are still working on Linc with is going by himself to the potty. 9 out of 10 times it's us taking him, removing all of his clothes from the waist down, including socks, peeing and then getting him dressed. While I'm sure his preschool teaching will love the extra 5 minutes it takes to do this, we would really like to get him to be able to go on his own, especially since he's capable when there is motivation like a treat at the end. As usual though, my kids had a surprise for me yesterday. I wake up to T screaming, which is very weird, as he is normally a very happy kid in the AM. Run into his room, and calm him down and all I get is "Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincoln" and him climbing to Linc's bed. Linc as it turns out isn't in there, which makes the heart pound a bit. Lights are all still off, no sign of Linc in the upstairs areas, and I'm about to head downstairs when I hear giggling. Backtracking to the closed bathroom door, I open to find my son, buck naked on the toilet, with Daddy's forgotten Iphone, in the dark, pooping! Must have been on there for a while cause the battery was about 2 minutes from dead and his bum had a ring for hours! But success on independence for the potty, bonus for it being in the AM giving me that precious 2 extra minutes :)
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