So this boy thing

May not be so bad after all. I cried for 2 days when I found out I was having a boy. I KNOW girls. Boys I'm clueless however. Shocking I ever got married. THAT kind of clueless. Boys were always a mystery to me.
I remember showing up at Natalie's in tears. What was I going to do with a boy. I'm all girl. Shopping, pink, all that stuff.
Today one less mystery. I also know he is my child. We went to the mall with Kade. It was the first time we left his stroller at home, too. HE LOVED IT! His favorite was walking ahead of us holding Kylee's hand. We went in stores, checked out the water fountain and ate lunch. Who knew a little boy enjoyed the mall so much? Kylee helped by reeling him back in if he wandered too far. I thought we were going to be stuck at the fairy counter forever. Kade wanted a sticker and fairy dust on his hand just like Ky Ky. He proudly ran to show it to daddy and then wanted to go back for more. I know I have a small window of time where he will like that before its no longer something he's into. But I'll take it!
Now for a recent Kyleeism:
Kylee: mom, I just adore you.
Me: I just adore you too.
Kylee: (thinking it over) mom, what does adore mean?

Today while on phone with Nani, kylee came to surprise me by being dressed and brushing teeth.
Me: wow! Did you get ready?
Kylee: yup!
Me: What a big girl! Did you brush your teeth too?
Kylee: yes! I even brushed my back teeth and my points!

Best lunch date

I had the best lunch date yesterday. They were a bit on the chatty side, though.

Testing the mobile waters

I just set this up so I can post to my blog via my blackberry. Why you ask? Some of my funniest thoughts are usually on the fly. By the time I get a chance to get to a computer, I forget them. Now. Voila! Mobile thoughts! Cool, huh?

I guess it was inevitable

I have always felt like I did when I was 19. I was told that when I got married, I would suddenly feel grown up. Then I was told when I had a child, I would feel grown up. I had two children and still felt 19. I have moved 3 times, bought 3 houses had two children, 3 weddings and still felt like I did when I was 19. I would visit people that had kids, and their teenagers would tell me I wasnt like a grown up. I finally just gave up on it and figured I would just always feel 19 (truth be told, I was actually ok with that, too!)

Sometime in the last two weeks, though, I grew up. There was no one "big" event that caused it. Just a shift of mindset, I guess. I have noticed that even the way some younger people are relating to me are different, too. I am actually seeming 'grown up' to them. I was doing a massage on someone in her mid twenties and we were talking about traveling. I was talking about the one regret I have is to not have traveled in the hostels in Europe in my twenties. By the end of the massage, she was ready to take a 3 month LOA from her job next summer and travel. LOL Last night, I was getting my makeup done by a 20 year old at the MAC counter and I was almost "mommying" him. Not sure how it happened, but somewhere this year, I grew up.

A couple of new things Kade has learned

Its amazing when your just playing around the things that you find out your kids know how to do. Sujoy was sitting with Kade on father's day (I was sick in bed all day...poor guy) and he said "one" so Kade said "two" and Sujoy "three", Kade "four" Sujoy "five", Kade "six", Sujoy "seven", Kade "eight", Sujoy "nine", Kade "ten"! All the way to ten...smiling the whole time as if saying "you didnt know I could do that, huh?"



Later, I tried the same thing singing a bit of the alphabet and he was helping to fill in some of those letters too. Too cute.



He can tell you a cow says "moo", rooster "cockadoodoo", and duck "quack-quack". He can tell you he was bit by Charli at school, he screamed was translated from baby talk as "Kylee where are you?" and when I brought it out yesterday, screamed "playdoh". Yup! I have another talker!



A little Kyleeism:



Kylee was talking to Lena (our old housekeeper and substitute grandma) on the phone. She hasn't seen her in FOREVER. Anyways, she asked Kylee what she was doing on father's day that she might pop over and Kylee's reply?

"great...Father's day it is then!"

Kylee's graduation

Big day yesterday

Yesterday was a really big day yesterday. HUGE actually. I meant to log on yesterday, but I was busy all day. Kylee graduated from preschool yesterday! She looked adorable in her little red cap & gown. They sang songs and she got to walk across the stage and get her diploma. It was really cute. Yes...pictures to come!
During the ceremony, I was holding Kade. He was really into the music. He was bouncing on my lap, would clap, was waving and then finally resorted to singing "e-i-e-i-oh" in Kade talk to keep the music going. What I learned from the experience: Spanx will roll from the top down if you have a toddler jumping around on your lap for too long.

So, it's official. I am about ready to have one less toddler and a little girl. While I'm excited, I'm sad. I have LOVED toddler age with Kylee (ok...it's kinda like a grown up in a toddler body, but still). I know she will still be my little girl, but it just solidifies that at some point, I'm going to have to let her grow up. I'm not sure I'm ready to let her do that.

Well, way to go mom...didn't even break a sweat!

So yesterday I was getting the kids set down at the table for dinner. We have a tall bistro table for an informal dining area...so they sit there. It's right by 3 windows. So, I set them up and something caught my eye. Out one of the windows was a lizard (nothing really unordinary around here). What had caught my eye is that this lizard's chest made a big orange bubble out and in..and then it would bounce a couple of times. Kylee saw it at the same time I did.

Kylee: Look mommy...a lizard
Me: Yeah...look at the orange thing the way his chest goes out..it makes like a bubble.
Kade: (pointing and screaming) "lilar" (baby for lizard I have learned)
Me: You see it going up and down? Weird.
Kylee: Look mommy! It's two lizards. (my eyes see a much smaller lizard about half foot away from first lizard..also doing same up and down dance)
Me: Yeah...(suddenly, I think I'm realizing something....and I start to think fast as to how to explain what is about to inevitably happen next)

(for those of you who don't know...let me spell it out...
Decorated male+ interesting little dance +second animal=MATING DANCE)

For those of you who really like math....

Percocious 4 year old + 2 animals in mating dance = "oh shit" response in a mommy!
(funny, how good I've gotten at math since having kids..that whole thing was literally about 5 seconds!)

Kylee: (as first big lizard walks up behind small lizard and mounts it) Look mommy...he wants to be friends, huh?
Me: "uh yeah...friends"
Kylee: "see...do you think the other lizard wants to be friends too?"
Me: staring...(never thought I would stare at a couple of lizards mating) Suddenly...little lizard runs away.
Kylee: "what happened?"
Me: "Guess he didn't want to be friends"
Kylee: "oh"

Finally, an update

I have to apologize. I haven't been around. I had all the best intentions of posting alot last week while on vacation...but blew off all responsibility to anything since I was on vacation! Back and getting into the swing of things, I am finally updating.

Things have been really hectic here. Before the vacation, I have basically been running ALL THE TIME! The spa is going well, but we are going into slow season...slightly disconcerting. It's also baseball season...so I tend to be one partner down alot of the time...and will be going into football season in a little over 2 months. That will bring me two partners down for awhile. Fun, huh?

Kylee and Kade are getting so big! I am amazed by Kylee when I look at her. She will start kindergarten this fall and I don't really see any toddler in her anymore. It's bittersweet. Where has the time gone? How did I end up a child that is old enough to be in school already? She is ready for school. I think she will do really well...if I can get her out of bed. NOt a morning child at all!
Kade is a joy like always. He is strong willed and very verbal already (read between the lines...he says "no-no" alot) He is 23 lbs now...which is great. He gained 3 lbs in 4 months...and the throwing up has all but stopped. He came back from our vacation with a cold. I took him into the quick care on Sunday evening. He has pneumonia. His heart rate was 150 and respirations were 42. They gave him a shot of an antibiotic, breathing treatment and sent him home. We had to go back the next day. His hr was down to 72 and respirations were 26. So better, but still pneumonia. He has to be on Augmentin for the next 10 days.

So, this is where I normally do my Kyleeisms. Since Kade is starting to talk, I don't want to do Kyleeisms and Kadeisms. So, I wanted to do something like "heard around the water cooler" (like around work) but for kids. The obvious choice is "heard around the playground" but I was hoping for something alittle more clever. So, I am putting it out there. Anyone come up with something for me? Until then, heard around the playground works....


Heard Around the Playground:

Me: old McDonald had a farm...
kade: E-yo-e-yo-o


Me: Kade...what does a rooster say?
Kade: (use your imagination here) cuck-a dloo loo

Me: (Opening up suitcase from trip)
Kade: (singing in words you can't understand but know the theme song to) clean up, clean up (while taking stuff out of suitcase)


Kylee is learning how to rollerskate. She wanted to have me help her even though I had her learning on just one skate at the time. I was holding her hand and we were going up Natalie's driveway. "This last step is a doozy!" (yup, you saw that right!)