I've been trying to liquidate the ridiculous amount of toys we have accumulated the past four years. After Logan turned four this month, it seemed especially urgent that I do this, so I thought I would collect and bag up the toys that were seldom used. The boys would never notice, right? I had grand visions of making a killing by having a yard sale early this summer.
Of course, Logan broke into the storage last week and emptied all of my work onto the basement floor. "These toys are great!" he says. Ah, the novelty of it all...Days later I managed to pack up the toys again. Two toys make annoying noises; amazingly, their batteries haven't run down and I see no way to shut them off. If you hit them a certain way, one of them makes a snoring noise, one sounds like a dump truck. My parents are visiting this weekend, and I could see they were a little concerned with the piles of things that have accumulated in our laundry room. Among the accumulated piles are the toys...and, of course, the perpetual piles of, duh, laundry that always has to be done. Anyway, my mom and I were talking in the laundry room where I had left the toys, and the snoring toy kept going off. We asked Logan which toy made the snoring noise. "That's Papa George!" he said. Pretty funny.
And the question remains, should I have a yard sale, or should I just stop kidding myself, take those bags of toys to Goodwill and be done with it!?
Daddy is Home...well, sorta.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Go, Karate Kid! And other miscellaneous updates...
Last week the boys and I went to visit one of my college roommates and her little girl. Claudia, my friend's daughter, is three months older than Auden, but as an only child and a particularly petite one at that, she is still a little hesitant to navigate new territories. The new territory in her living room was a toddler slide. It was maybe three-feet tall, had a little platform at the top of the stairs. Of course, the boys were all over it after we had had our dinner. Both of them climbed up onto the platform and Auden, sitting at the top of the slide, allowed Logan to go by just so he could push him down the slide. The two were cackling like a couple of maniacs. It was just a matter of time for Claudia to get in on the action, really. My friend was complaining that she always has to pick Claudia up, place her on the slide, and help her down. "Just give her time," I said. "I think the boys will show her how it's done." Lo and behold, she made her first trip up the ladder and down the slide on her own. She clapped her hands and said, "Yay!" So we all cheered along with her. "Yay, Claudia!" But for Logan, it became, "Yay, Karate Kid!"
Since I'm making a post and I have several things to update, I'll just start with another story from three weeks ago. Eric signed up to do the Warrior Dash in Lake Geneva, WI. We hopped in the car to stay in a nice hotel with a fantastic water park that was adjacent to the resort where we stayed. When Logan saw the massive waterpalooza, he was a little at a loss for words. He just kept saying, "Oh my gosh!" There was a splash park, complete with three slides and kiddie swings; a lazy river; two huge water slides; an indoor-outdoor hot tub; a 5' pool with an obstacle course, slide, and basketball hoops. All in all, it was pretty cool. Logan and Auden both enjoyed the splash park, though it was a little cold, but he had a blast going down the big water slide. He could go down it if we used these two-seater tubes. Before we launched ourselves down the slide, I was thinking it would be a fairly tame ride, but tame it was not. We were hurtling through the twisting, dark tunnels at mock speed, while Logan, who had already gone twice with Daddy, was squealing and giggling like a little girl. As soon as we splashed into the pool, Logan turned and said, "Let's go again!" I can see swim lessons are going to be a necessity this year, as Logan almost leapt into the deep pool without his floaty belt. I think he's getting a little over-confident around the water. Hopefully this year, he'll learn to swim more independently.
Auden loved the water, too. We took him down the kiddy slides, which he loved, and he had fun splashing around. We also took him down the lazy river, which was a nice, relaxing trip. We were thinking the pool time would wear the boys out and they would sleep like babies...Unfortunately, that's not how it worked out. Both of them woke several times through the night and I was a little crabby the next day, not really in the best of spirits to lug the boys through the Warrior course.
Eric trudged through fake snow, mud, water, and more mud to complete his race. Of course, he didn't train all that much but still finished the race looking like he had just taken a jog--a wet, muddy jog--around the block. Eric's parents were with me--thank goodness! And helped wrangle the boys. They both did well at first, but then they tuckered out and became little beasties. Auden started screaming and flailing each time I tried to pick him up. We ended up at the bounce gym and slide, which made their time at the race (and mine) much more enjoyable.
The next week was Logan's birthday at our house. All of Eric's family, my parents and brothers, and some friends from the block were in attendance. Fortunately, the weather was nice so we could spill out some of the crowd into our backyard. We had an Easter egg hunt for the kids, which was pretty successful. I think I'll make a tradition of that--I'm not that inspired to come up with party games, but an egg hunt is a relatively hassle-free way to entertain the little ones...aside from stuffing the eggs. Thanks, mom, for helping! And thanks, Sue and Jackie, for bringing some! Logan was so intent on finding an egg by our pine tree that he smacked his forehead into the trunk. Auden did really well for himself. He actually found several without too much help, and he didn't look to see what was inside them, so he maintained his focus. That is, until he happened upon a jellybean-filled one that popped open. Then it was time to open the eggs rather than find more.
We went to church the next day and had mom, dad, and Greggie over for some fruit and quiche. And that was our Easter!
Just one final story I didn't witness first-had, but Dawn shared it with me, and I thought it was cute, so here it is: Logan was anxiously waiting for Kaleb to get to Dawn's the other day. Dawn kept telling him to be patient and assured him that "Kaleb will be here any minute." Logan looked at her, sighed in frustration and threw up his hands, saying, "But I just don't know which minute that will be!" Ha.
Since I'm making a post and I have several things to update, I'll just start with another story from three weeks ago. Eric signed up to do the Warrior Dash in Lake Geneva, WI. We hopped in the car to stay in a nice hotel with a fantastic water park that was adjacent to the resort where we stayed. When Logan saw the massive waterpalooza, he was a little at a loss for words. He just kept saying, "Oh my gosh!" There was a splash park, complete with three slides and kiddie swings; a lazy river; two huge water slides; an indoor-outdoor hot tub; a 5' pool with an obstacle course, slide, and basketball hoops. All in all, it was pretty cool. Logan and Auden both enjoyed the splash park, though it was a little cold, but he had a blast going down the big water slide. He could go down it if we used these two-seater tubes. Before we launched ourselves down the slide, I was thinking it would be a fairly tame ride, but tame it was not. We were hurtling through the twisting, dark tunnels at mock speed, while Logan, who had already gone twice with Daddy, was squealing and giggling like a little girl. As soon as we splashed into the pool, Logan turned and said, "Let's go again!" I can see swim lessons are going to be a necessity this year, as Logan almost leapt into the deep pool without his floaty belt. I think he's getting a little over-confident around the water. Hopefully this year, he'll learn to swim more independently.
Auden loved the water, too. We took him down the kiddy slides, which he loved, and he had fun splashing around. We also took him down the lazy river, which was a nice, relaxing trip. We were thinking the pool time would wear the boys out and they would sleep like babies...Unfortunately, that's not how it worked out. Both of them woke several times through the night and I was a little crabby the next day, not really in the best of spirits to lug the boys through the Warrior course.
Eric trudged through fake snow, mud, water, and more mud to complete his race. Of course, he didn't train all that much but still finished the race looking like he had just taken a jog--a wet, muddy jog--around the block. Eric's parents were with me--thank goodness! And helped wrangle the boys. They both did well at first, but then they tuckered out and became little beasties. Auden started screaming and flailing each time I tried to pick him up. We ended up at the bounce gym and slide, which made their time at the race (and mine) much more enjoyable.
The next week was Logan's birthday at our house. All of Eric's family, my parents and brothers, and some friends from the block were in attendance. Fortunately, the weather was nice so we could spill out some of the crowd into our backyard. We had an Easter egg hunt for the kids, which was pretty successful. I think I'll make a tradition of that--I'm not that inspired to come up with party games, but an egg hunt is a relatively hassle-free way to entertain the little ones...aside from stuffing the eggs. Thanks, mom, for helping! And thanks, Sue and Jackie, for bringing some! Logan was so intent on finding an egg by our pine tree that he smacked his forehead into the trunk. Auden did really well for himself. He actually found several without too much help, and he didn't look to see what was inside them, so he maintained his focus. That is, until he happened upon a jellybean-filled one that popped open. Then it was time to open the eggs rather than find more.
We went to church the next day and had mom, dad, and Greggie over for some fruit and quiche. And that was our Easter!
Just one final story I didn't witness first-had, but Dawn shared it with me, and I thought it was cute, so here it is: Logan was anxiously waiting for Kaleb to get to Dawn's the other day. Dawn kept telling him to be patient and assured him that "Kaleb will be here any minute." Logan looked at her, sighed in frustration and threw up his hands, saying, "But I just don't know which minute that will be!" Ha.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Happy birthday, Logan!
You seemed so fragile when you were my teeny tiny baby four years ago. Now you're my super hero cheetah who flies down the sidewalk as fast as a...well, as fast as a cheetah. You're curious and opinionated, caring and hilarious. I'm so very proud of you and thankful you're ours. Happy birthday.
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