Smarty Pants

The brilliance kills me. He's a mischievous little devil, yet so clever!

Yesterday Jack was watching Annabelle as she was playing the Super Why game on the computer. Whenever she would get stumped he would shout out the CORRECT answer!

A little while ago he was watching Curious George on PBS when all of a sudden he ran into the kitchen and came back with some magnetic letters from the refrigerator.

This is what I found on the coffee table:

Officially A Big Kid!!

Yesterday, Annabelle decided that she was ready to take the final step in becoming a "big kid" and tossed all of her binkies in the trash!

We had been discussing losing the binky for quite some time... As she used it only at night we weren't in a major rush to get rid of it, but had given her until her fourth birthday to make her peace with the separation. She had agreed that four was too old to use a binky and said she would be willing to give it up then, but I had my doubts. With a little over two weeks to go, I was mentally preparing myself for a battle.

Much to my surprise, she announced yesterday that she was ready. She marched over to the trash bin with a fist full of binkies, tossed them in, and said goodbye. When it was bed time she went straight in... Without even mentioning binky!!

WAH!!!!

The boy has finally discovered that he can climb out of his crib. Not good. I was kind of hoping that he would take after his sister and stay put until he was at least three and a half, but now I'm thinking that's not going to happen. He's a determined little bugger, that one.

This has been a looooooooooong week. I was sick with a pukey stomach thing (no, I am not pregnant), and then Annabelle came down with a coughy thing. The cough is not that bad, just constant... And annoying. She has been waking every hour on the hour at night, as have I, and not napping AT ALL during the day. I fear her napping days may be coming to an end soon and this frightens me... I look forward to my daily nap time "break", as I think it is what keeps me sane(ish).

Anyway, because she has been sick and the weather has been crap, we have been trapped in the house for days. I'm starting to feel a bit crazy. I'm actually looking forward to taking Annabelle to the doctor later, just to get out of the house.

Speaking of feeling crazy, Annabelle has developed a new sound, kind of a cross between a moan and a whine, and she has been making it constantly. Constantly. As in, all day. And night. At 5-7 second intervals. I know she isn't feeling well, but this noise, this awful noise, is making me want to rip my hair out!!

Speaking of wanting to rip my hair out, Jack has become insanely mischievous whilst we have been under quarantine. Every time I turn my back he is into something new... I'm wiping up the 2 gallons of water he has spilled on the floor in the kitchen, he is in the living room playing in the fireplace (filled with ashes). I'm cleaning up the mess from the fireplace, he is pulling Annabelle's hair. I'm consoling Annabelle, he is getting up from his "time out" and putting my coffee pot in the trash bin. That sort of thing.

Life is good.

*update: Back from Annabelle's Dr. visit and I no longer wish to rip out my hair. Despite the fact that neither child napped today, they were both shockingly well behaved at the Doctor's office. As it turns out, Annabelle has double ear infections. She's on meds and seems quite chipper, in fact, she is roller skating around the house at the moment.

Painting Banks

Fun With The Camera

Hey Annabelle, want me to take your picture? OK Jack, I'll sit here.

Oh- no- no- Mommy, you're not allowed to take my picture.

I'll take my own picture!

OUCH... My eyes hurt!!

Motorcycle

Happy New Year!!

Welcome to 2008!
I was thinking about making a new list of things to work on in 2008, but really, there's no point in making a new list when I have a perfectly good list just sitting there waiting to be completed. Sooooo, in lieu of a new list, I will expand upon the old:

• Finish what I start- like the projects on the 2007 list.
• Be more diligent with the recycling.
• Don't buy the kids something every time we go into a shop... No matter how much they whine.
• Try to be more patient.

That's all I've got right now.

Happy New Year!!