Trials of Threenagers and Teenagers

Me: Are you sleepy, Ds?
D: No!  I am tired, Mama. I am tired.

D: I am mad! (ad nauseum)

D: I need bake-its (biscuits) and jam!

C: Is this the way home?
Me: No, I forgot the way.  We'll just have to live here.
D: Where's the Treehouse?
Me: It moved!  Do you see it? We live here now.
D: The Treehouse moved!  The Treehouse moved!

J: We need to go to Moss Park!
Me: Forest?
J: Yeah, Moss Park!

Dropping kiddos at the gym daycare ~
D: See you tomorrow, Mom!

Looking at the sunset ~
D: The clouds are for sun!
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D: Where the pink clouds go?


(2/10) Work day for Dad and me, and Kathy had the kids.  Kathy is moving, and this is her last week watching the boys.  Thank you so much, Kathy!  We are going to miss you!


(2/11)  Day off for me and work day for Dad.  Grandma met us at the house, and we went to the museum.  We were there all of 10 minutes and had to rush Grandma back to her house for an urgent issue.  I took some very mad boys back to the museum, and Grandma gave them a cupcake to smooth things over. We played at the museum through nap and returned home to grab some grub before heading to get C from school.  The teen joined us and we all went to Grandma's house to celebrate her birthday.  Granddad had an appointment that went pretty late, so we dug into the macaroni she had left for us and went straight to cake once they got back.  Jake & Amber were over with the kids, and it was nice to catch up with them!  


(2/12) Work day for Dad & me, and Sarah had my kids.  I had a meeting at the teenager's school today, so was off early.  The meeting went pretty well, and I dropped the teen off at the park on the way home.  I had an hour to myself before going back to the park to meet Sarah and the boys.  Our plan was to throw food at the boys and then head to the gym.  For some reason the gym was a sauna tonight and we got halfway through Zumba and decided we'd had enough.  The teenager picked then to call... and wasn't home as we discussed.  Sarah and I hit the treadmills for a little more time, and then picked up the kids.  In that time, the teen had called a bunch more times wanting to do other activities.  Yeahhh, no. Fun times at the Treehouse tonight.


(2/13) Work day for me and Dad was off with the kids.  The teen's costume for Comicon arrived.  She is going as Fionna from Adventure Time.  She headed out to show it off while I wrapped up work and Dad got dinner ready for the kids.  We put the twins in bed early and went to a show at Laughs.  The comedian made fun of those of us that get up at 6a (or before) and have "cute" bedtimes.  Dad and I laughed at each other.  It was good to have a night away!

D: My big red beast dudes!  (sunglasses)

We love the "Zeeum"

(2/14) Happy Valentine's Day!  I got everyone some chocolate, which is always a big hit at my house.  The teen had a visit today, and C has the weekend off from hockey.  Yahoo!  Dad went out to grocery shop first thing, since we're out of pretty much everything, and the kids and I spent the morning hanging out in our jammies. Once the littles got up from nap, I took the boys out to the park where we were joined by Sarah and her guys.  We stayed for about an hour before meeting the teenager back at the house so we could go out to dinner.  Dad took us to the buffet as a Valentine's Day treat.  It was packed, but we eventually scored a spot.  The twins ate their weight in fish sticks and C sampled so many things that he had a royal stomach ache on the way home.  He wasn't too full for popcorn, however.  Must be the dessert stomach. We watched Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.  So cute!  And then watched Blended with Adam Sandler and Drew Berrymore.  Also very good.  Dad and I watched TV for a bit afterword, but it was way past my bedtime and I crashed pretty quickly.


(2/15) Lucky C scored a trip to Great Wolf this weekend to celebrate Jor's birthday.  I know he's doing to have a fab time!  I headed out for a run after they left and then came back and took the twinsies to the park.  We came home around lunchtime and then I put them down for a nap afterward.  It took them two full hours to actually decide they wanted to sleep.  Sigh.  I got them up and made dinner.  Then, since I had some more things to do, let them play in the bath, and make a grand mess.  After they went to bed, and then teenager went up, I got to catch up on my TV.


(2/16) Happy President's Day! I am off today and plan to hang with the fam.  It's been so nice out lately that we'll probably hit the park or something later.