Babysitting at the Weeds

What a week! We had so much fun with the girls..here are a couple highlights: dollar store, Gladiator on the tramp with Rob (Rob would lift the tramp and the girls would try to walk to the other end without putting their hands on the tramp..the girls were in heaven and Clark and I enjoyed wathching from the swings), Fireball Island (another game Rob made up with the girls), Extravagant bed time stories by Rob, finding old letters from pirates, a HUGE treasure hunt with Rob and I which led to Black Beards magic keys (we dug holes all over at the retention basen), walking to golden spoon with Clark and the girls after school, renting movies, going to a movie w/ katie and chloe,pizza mart, rob getting his makeover by the girls,etc. Too much fun, but we, clark included, are happy to be back in our own beds!

I've inherrited 4 kids!

So, my parents are on a cruise for a week and Rob, Clark and I have been holding down the fort at their home with chloe, katie, christy, and carly. Clark is having the time of his life with the girls and wakes up so anxious to see them and anxiously awaits their arrival home from school in the afternoons. Mornings are a bit hectic and today we actually woke up 45 mins late...thank heavens Chloe came in and woke us up. I was amazed that I was actually able to get Katie and Chloe dressed, fed, pack lunches, fix their hair, help Chloe with her shoes, feed Clark, wake Carly up, and get them out the door in just 20 minutes. I think the only reason that was possible is b/c sweet Rob stayed behind to help me herd the girls around the house and watch after Clark. The girls have actually been really good and I think the "tickets" have helped. Every thime they perform a certain task (brush their teeth, put their toys away, chores, homework, bed on time, etc) they get a ticket. I even threw in a "nice sister award" ticket that goes to the sister who was the kindest to the other. Once I introduced this special ticket, Katie immediately asked Chloe if she could massage her feet and Chloe said, "No, but I'll massage your feet?." I even had Chloe secretly puting Katies back pack away for her etc. Towards the end of the day, I think they were so sick of being good b/c they started to let their hair down. I said to Chloe, "Chloe, come sit over here and be sweet little Chloe while we do your reading." and under her breath she said, "I hate being Sweet little Chloe...she's has no fun and can't do anything!" They have been cracking me up! A couple of days ago, Chloe was writing in her journal and rating everyone in the family on niceness. Some people got nice/sometimes mean, so so so so nice (ROB), So so so so mean, mostly nice and then next to mine it said "picky". When Chloe was asked why she put "Picky" nxt to my name she said, "Oh, ya know how she is with Clark. We always have to wash our hands after school, she doesn't let us carry him around the house, and we have to be quiet when he is napping!" Anyway, sorry for the novel, but we have had some good times at the Weeds...I could go on and on with the stories. ROb is finding that wheeling and dealing/negotiating is a family trait among the Weed sisters. They try to make a deal with everything...bed time, afterschool treat (Mom usually let us have as many Kudos bars as we want), computer time, Homework "Ill do my homework if you get me a hot fudge sunday from sonic", "Will you put my shoes away, My legs are growing and I can't go on (Chloe)", "let me just finish this movie and then Ill go to bed (Carly. We said to finish it the next day after school and turned it off. 15 min later we went in and she had turned it back on to finish it)" etc.

Clark's photo shoot with Amy

While Amers was is town, we tried to get Clark and Ivy together for some pictures for their future wedding video, but Ivy thought playing in the fountain was more fun then sitting still for pcitures, so we only got one with both of them. Amy did such a GREAT job on these pictures!! Thanks Amy! im still so mad/sad that you guys moved!!! It was fun killing ourselves in the cycling class at the gym, seeing a late movie, going to dinner and playing! Come back soon!

The Latest w/ Clark

 

 

 

 

Clark has been cracking us up lately...he is just a little man! His new trick is pulling himself up to a standing position using furniture. He doen't like to sit anymore. As soon as I sit him down on the floor, he scoots as fast as he can to the nearest tall thing and pulls himself up. He fist discovered this new trick when we were trying to put him down for the night. To our surprise when we walked in to give him his binki, he was standing up. It kind of scared me at first. It was so cute, but after the first 5 times of going in there to lay him back down and having him roll right over and stand up again...it got old real fast! He wouldn't take naps or go down for the night. I would lay him down and he would stand right back up, so i would let him cry a little and then go back in to lay him down and the cycle would continue. I didn't wat to just leaven him in there standing b/c 1. he didn't know how to get down and the time 2. I was worried about him falling out of his crib. and 3. I didn't want him falling inside of his crib and bumbing his head. This whole cycle continued for a couple of days until We realized we were just going to have to let him figure out how to get down on his own and fall asleep. I am happy to say that he does know how to get down from a standing position now so he is taking naps again (thank heavens) and is doing better in the night..still not sleeping through the night but we are getting closer to that goal! He is just so dang cute. I finally started bathing him in the kitchen sink and it is SO much easier and he LOVES it until he is ready to get out and then he attempts crawling out on his own. OH, what did I do when I wasn't a mom?! Life is SO much better with little Clark in it...more work, but so much better!

2 Years of Bliss

Rob and I celebrated our 2 yr. anniversary on the 28th and what a wonderful 2 years it has been! Rob always keeps me laughing and I love him more and more each day! I am one very lucky girl!