piggy back rides and block houses

didnt post the last few days...just been so tired lately by the time the kids go to bed. they seem to get more exhausting the bigger they get! lol! the last few days were a lot of fun with them. everyday is something new. zak seems to be finding new words and sentences every single day. he wakes caycee up in the morning saying "good morning sweet- heart." probably the cutest thing i have ever heard! we have been watching a lot of the show wonderpets on nickelodeon. if you havent seen it, its about a guinea pig, a duckling, and a turtle who save other animals when they are in trouble. well now he hangs over the side of the couch and says "save me mommy, save me like the wonderpets." hahaha so damn cute. hmmm what else? lately hes been asking me to do alot of thngs with him. like the other day, he randomly came up to me and said, "dance with me mommy." and he started dancing in the middle of the floor, without any music on even. so funny. and now we have blocks and he brings them to me and says "build with me mommy." its gotten to the point that i will drop whatever i am doing when he asks me things like that. its just too cute and i know there will come a point in time where he wont want me to do anything with him at all. so i am enjoying every second. like tonite, i spent an hour building and rebuilding a house for his "daddy guy"....who also had a mommy and a daddy. i kept rebuilding it because caycee kept breaking it down and laughing. zak wasnt too thrilled with her let me tell ya

and then theres caycee...she is a holy terror. but the cutest terror ive ever seen. shes catching on to so much and trying so many new words. she understands things and nods her head for yes and no.

justin has been back to work and the kids have been missing him. they ask for him alot while he is gone and are so excited to see him in the morning. zak has been crying lately when he leaves and always asks him to stay home with him. if that were me, id be calling in sick everyday! good thing he has more will power than i do or we would be broke! so when he was home the other day, he played a lot with them. he built some block towers and pyramids and gave them some piggy back rides. zak did fine but caycee didnt understand what holding on meant and boom, she went down, a few times. it brought back memories when my two sisters, brother, and i used to ride around on my dads back way back when. and of course, someone always fell off and bumped a head or bit a tongue. i couldnt help but smile watching them. they mean the world to me.

and finally, my sister and brother will be home in less than a month. i am so excited. this will be the first time we have all been together for any length of time in i cant even tell you how long. they have both been going thru some person stuff and just need some normalcy back at home. and i get to see my nephew again!!! i cannot wait! thats it for tonight tho, gotta finish some laundry.

spaghetti nite!

tonite we had spaghetti for dinner (hence the title of this blog). it was just me and the kids since justin is at work so i figured an easy spaghetti dinner would be no big deal. haha i was so wrong. i dont know why i punish myself everytime but its always a disaster and yet, i keep making it. spaghetti night plus 2 toddlers always equals shirtless kids at the table, a washed floor, and immediate bath! but they love it so i love it. caycee was just a wreck, more so than usual. i sat her in the kitchen sink and cleaned her off as best i could. although i wasnt fast enough, and she grabbed my light blue shirt with her nice sauce filled hands and now i am praying that stain comes out! i even found a few noodles in her diaper (dont ask)!

speaking of caycee, she said another word today. the bag of halloween candy is on the counter in plain sight and the kids know what is inside. i keep telling myself to throw that crap out everyday but of course, i dont remember until they are asking for some. so of course before breakfast, zak is asking to eat candy. i say no, at least not until after you eat breakfast. so breakfast comes and goes and as soon as i get the table cleared, i want canny momma. so i say no, not right now. this is followed with at least a half hour of crying, whining, temper tantruming on the floor, and ended with a please momma. wow kid, you almost got me. i held my ground and still said, no not right now. but i said please momma...but i said please.....ugh. now how do u explain to the little guy that just because he said please, doesnt mean he still gets everything he is asking for? i dont have a clue and i wasnt about to try so i just walked away towards the kitchen knowing he would be following me. yes, i was goin to give in....i walk into the kitchen and i see caycee sitting under the counter where the candy bag is. just sitting there, smiling, like she knew i was coming over there. i ignored her and went the other way and heard her little footsteps followed by zaks pounding steps coming after me. he says please momma, please....and then i hear caycee say, please! it sounded more like peeeezzzeee...but wiht a huge smile and i knew exactly what she was trying to get out. ugh, i was done for. not only did she say a new word but she used it in the right context.....so of course they got their candy and caycee now knows how to melt me....and no, justin wasnt too happy with me!

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So I haven't written nething in what seems like ages. Yes I have been busy with quite a few things happening in the past few months but that wasn't why I didn't write. I just couldn't drag myself away from my husband long enough to do anything alone. For whatever reason, it felt like he was on leave and had to go back within a few days. Even now that he is back to work, I still feel like that once in awhile. The move was great, the house is great...I am just still adjusting. I am not used to the country living. My old house backed up to harlem ave, I fell asleep listening to trucks and horns and crazy people in the apartments rite behind us. And now, I hear nothing. Nada. Except for every tiny and not so tiny creak this new house makes which makes for looong nites and many trips downstairs to make sure no one is breaking in. We have been here two months, when will the madness stop?! We have recently become professional mice killers. It started with one I found in my pantry and after a call to justin at work not resulting in him coming home to catch it, I had to wait. We set up a trap and got him in less than 24hrs. Then I saw another one, and was told I was crazy. But the trap went back up and we have caught 6 as of today. I believe I heard more tonite so we will see. Did I mention I hate hate hate mice?! I am also tryin to potty train a lazy 2 and a half year old. He will tell me after he's gone, "joe got lots of poo poo mama. Change me." He will even get the diaper and wipes for me. So he does all that yet is too lazy to go sit on the potty and do it himself! Can u say a little bit of daddy is in him?! Lol! He is also wanting to do everything himself. I can do it, I wanna do it. Let me do it. Its amazing to see him develop like that but almost a little devastating to my ego.like wait, I used to do that for u. And that. And that. At least I still have one more who needs me. Although she follows her brothers lead and tries everything he does. Including jumping over our couch, falls everytime but keeps doin it. She also found a new hiding spot inside the cabinets and I really can't find her sometimes. And for some odd reason, she is obsessed with climbin in the dishwasher. She's starting to form words and nods her head, and is starrting to understand more each day. But zak is her life and I am only needed when she is hungry, which thankfully is 99 percent of the time. Number 3 is in the works and I cannot wait. I cannot wait to put a kid down somewhere and have it sit still! Lol! All in all, everythings good. Kids are good. Justins good. House is good. Life is good. Haven't been able to say that for a long time!