Ramblings

I realized something today as I was browsing blogs.  I am not a blogger! LOL  As much as I would love to sit down and recount the greatest moments in my life for future laughs, I just can't find the time.  So, I suppose I will just try to make it a point in the coming year to hop on here more often. 

I'd like to sum up the last week or so of our lives in this post.

On Dec. 20th we lost a great man in our family.  Pawpaw passed away and is now home with his Maker.  As much as we all miss him, he is so much better off now.  He is probably running around up there with Bodie (as Kendra and I say), not smoking...though maybe he is...and much better than he was in the last year here on Earth.  While we had his funeral on Thursday, his birthday, we celebrated the fact that he was here and it was good to see everyone.  Though a sad occurence the week of Christmas the one things the event did do was bring all the family home.  Everyone was able to be at our home on Christmas and it even snowed!  Just as we were sitting down to eat, the white stuff started streaming from the heavens.  I'd like to think it was Pawpaw that sent it, but they were calling for that to happen all week. (grin)  I still know he was looking down on us and smiling, smelling the ham and wishing he had some of the buckeyes I made in his honor.  We love you Pawpaw.

As for Christmas with the Kranks...oh, I mean Boyles, it was good.  You wouldn't know the economy had slowed down with all the goodies our kids got this year.  We could have filled up a small toy store.  I was actually able to organize the kids closets yesterday and put some of the new items away.  My mom, dad and grandparents went in together and purchased a trampoline for the kids.  Kendra has asked us everyday to put it together.  We've told her more than 10 times it will be this weekend after the snow melts.  I really don't think kids have any memory when it comes to things their parents say. She'll probably ask 10 more times.  Brady has played with all of his new toys and Carson has just resigned to playing with whatever is available.  It's not that he didn't get any - it's that his brother doesn't allow him to touch anything!  We keep telling Brady that one day Carson will be bigger than him and he will sit upon him. hahaha  He's almost there now!

The new year is bringing great things our way.  My pessimism is moving over and taking a back seat to new and positive thoughts.  Just look around and see how great things are...that's what I tell myself.  2011 will be great.  New adventures to be had...potty training, recreational activities and 3 kids under 6!  Bring it on!

Tis the Season for Chocolate

So, how do I start this post?  I'm  not talking about cooking.  hmmm

So, we were out all morning yesterday with my great friend Amy.  Funny, she thinks that some day she would like to have twin boys.   Read this first girl! LOL  Continuing, I came home and put Brady to bed.  He was tired and said he was ready for nap, but then when it was time he was having none of that.  Well, I  needed a nap and after checking my mail on the computer upstairs decided to go down to my room.  This required me walking past Brady's room.  So, while getting closer (and he was still playing in his room) I started to smell something.  I just sighed knowing I was probably not getting my nap.  Not for the fact that I smelled something but for the fact that is simply was just not going to nap.

Upon opening the door to Brady's room an aroma hit me, and this wasn't a good aroma.  With my initial glance I noticed his diaper as well as his pants were off.  He has begun to take off dirty diapers off - one of the first stages of potty training.  Usually he will take off his diaper if there is poop in it but quite often he plops it out onto the floor.  Yeah, yum right?!  Well, this time the diaper was empty...completely.  OMC!  Where was the poop?

I know you are so enthralled with my daily life by now.  I know you would just love to know exactly what he did with the poop.  By now, if you have read his other adventures, you might even think you know what he did with you poop.  Well, I'm glad to say that he did NOT eat any!  He did, however, think that the radio was a potty.  He thought that Kendra's cabbage patch kid birth certificates were toilet paper and...well, I'll just stop there.  It took me about 40 minutes to thoroughly clean the room.

Later I called my mom to tell her about the daily grind.  I pleaded with her knowing that I was not this bad as a child.  This is not my "payback."  I'm blaming this one on Kevin.  Got to be his.  However, I am the one home during the day enduring the "payback."  Not fair.  Not fair at all!

In addition, he did it again later in the day.  I was downstairs folding clothes when Kendra yelled down that he was taking his diaper off. I went running upstairs but not fast enough (and I was flying!).  He had already plopped the poop on the floor as I jumped into the room.  AGH! 

Side note:  He also flushed his last paci down the toilet three days ago. 

What are the lessons to learn here:  You tell me!

Would You Like Some Eggnog?

Put a fresh pot of water on the stove to heat for tea.  Picked up Carson to take to my room for a diaper change.  Sat down on the floor, unbuttoned his onesie, took the diaper off, cleaned his cute little rump...then realized I heard Brady doing something in the kitchen.  Despite the fact that I have done myself in time after time, I had the notion that I again left the fridge unlocked.  Running as fast as I could the 50 or so feet it is from my bedroom to the kitchen, I find an interesting development awaiting me.  Ahh no, he didn't just sit there.  He couldn't just play with his toys, wooden spoons...forks for all I care.  Noooooo. 

Brady - hahaha - Brady took off the pot of water heating on the stove (yep, gonna have to think about that one for future incidents), took off the lid, poured some water out onto the floor, got the dozen eggs out of the fridge, spilled them as he took it out (my guess), cracked one or two into my pot of water, put the cracked parts into the kitchen sink and that is when I entered.   Ta dah.  Please don't think this is the last event that will happen today.  No, it's only 12:30.  So, now we have two new recipes to add to Brady's cookbook:  Pancakes and Eggnog.

Yes, you read all of that right.  And all of this took place in the matter of 2 minutes.  I seriously think that some of his antics could be placed in the book Ripley's Believe it or Not. 

Until the next interesting development...