So there we are...."we" being Graham and I ....standing in line at Dillons to pay for formula.  Graham is standing right next to a cooler full of pop and he asks...rather loudly I might add..."Mommy is that daddy's beer?!?!!"
No Graham...that is 7-UP!  I KNEW my grocery store moment was coming soon!  More to come I am sure....and the journey continues.

more pooh from the palace...

I feel so blessed that I have a husband who is ok with letting me stay home during the day with the kids but it is no walk in the park like some people envision.  Mr. Graham Wesley is testing my patience from every possible angle there is.  Kamryn is still a sweetheart but she is definitely starting to show some attitude.  When she doesn't get her way, she grunts and growls at me.  She clenches her teeth and her fist and shakes...and growls.  I can't get mad about that because I did the SAME thing once upon a time!

Graham is doing a terrible job of listening lately.  He cannot stand to not constantly be heard while I am trying to have a conversation with someone else.  Instead of patiently waiting for a lull in the conversation,  he butts right in.  Because of his obsession with drums, EVERYTHING is a drum so he is constantly trying to drum on something or play some other instrument be it real or imaginary. 

Potty training is a work in progress.  We are not forcing the issue because I know he will not do it until HE wants to.  We have been forming a habit of going potty in his big boy body before he gets into his bath.  He has been consistant in going potty!!!  Tonight was epic!  He went before getting into the tub but afterwards after drying off, he went to his room then ran back in saying, "MOMMY, I HAVE TO GO POTTY!"  He ran in and sat down....sure enough he pottied!  Then he got a look on his face like he was trying to pass gas, then PLOP!  It sounded like he pooped but I was not sure.  He got up, stuck his head in the toilet, "LOOK it is a 'rock poop!'  I pooped!  That's so silly!!!"     lol, oh my gosh it was priceless :)

Getting him to sleep whether it is a nap or bedtime....just about takes an act of Congress to do so!  Tonight I fed Kamryn and laid her in her crib then read Graham a couple books.  When I left and told him good night, neither one was asleep but Kamryn is great about putting herself to sleep and Graham, well I knew he wasn't going to sleep immediatley.  I start getting ready for bed and turn the monitor on.  Occassionally, I was hearing a banging noise.  I didn't do anything b/c some times he hits his foot against the bed rail or taps on the head board.  After awhile I thought it sounded a little different.  I walked in the room and thought Kamryn was rolling around so I walked over to her crib and BAM!  Graham grabbed my feet!  Hallejluaia holy crap!  If I didn't about piss my pants...the little @#$* was under her crib!  He had hauled a blanket, his pillow, and some stuffed animals under there like he was going to campout!  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Since that episode, it has been a little quieter but I am waiting to hear/see what happens in a little bit.  Will he come up with something else or actually sleep?

The journey continues.....

Like Butter....

Well I must admit that Graham is cracking me up today even though I feel like he is mocking me.  For instance:

Scene: in the kitchen, I'm making lunch...in walks graham. He is playing with a small tape measure. While trying to pull tape out, he couldn't very well so I helped him pull out the tape and clamped it so it wouldn't go back in. He started pulling hard on the tape to get more out while it was clamped and I said :wait graham, don't do that". About that quick he manages to get more tape pulled out so I said, "nevermind". Graham replies:(in a high pitched but regular tone voice) hey mommy its alright, calm down mommy. Stop acting like a baby, its ok!". .........ok you tell me, was he mocking me?!

 

His little mind is rolling all the time...I voice recorded him today for 8-minutes just listening to him telling stories and such.  He was jumping all over the place between actual events and fiction.

 

Because it is such a gorgeous day, I asked Graham if he would like to walk to the park and feed the ducks??  Graham's comment:  NO! We can't feed the ducks at the park.  That's no fun!  ...........I thought it sounded like a fun idea!  That little stink.

 

Graham:  I'm gonna go be right back and wash my hands.

Me:  "ok"

Graham: (talking to himself...in a high pitch voice)  "Ok, that would be great!"   (again, in my opinion mocking me!)  Once he gets in there he hollers with the water on full blast:  "I'm washing my hands!  I'm washing my hands together, right mommy?"

 

As for Kamryn, she is lying at me feet , on her stomach, kicking her hands and feet like she is a fish out of water...just babbling away with a 100-102 degree temperature.  Actually that is what her temp was this morning.  We have been able to keep it under control with Tylenol and Ibuprofen.  She ate sweet potato puffs for lunch!  That was exciting...usually she spits anything out that touches her tongue but she is slowly adapting to the idea of putting food in her mouth.  She is not drinking much today.  She did drink alot first thing this morning...now she is slowing down a bit.  Hopefully she gets over this cold soon.  Graham is slowly getting over his as well.  We are not used to being sick around here so it's frustrating!

 

Graham is running low to the ground around the house saying, "Spider Graham!".....now he just stopped and sat down, opened his legs so Kamryn could crawl to him and said:  "Come to me little missy!  You wanna play with blocks"  he told me, "she likes blocks"   Graham just told Kamryn:  "Maybe you can have a surprise.  It is called birthday cake.  It's my birthday.  My birthday is August 8.  My birthday is August 8 mommy.  But somebody took my balloons away...."  I could go on and on but this is an example of how random and rambly he is today.

 

Well I suppose I better go, Kamryn is army crawling on the tile floor in her dress and chasing the lego blocks as she throws them out in front of her!  And the journey continues.....

Brief State Tournament review

What a weekend!  This past weekend the McPherson High School girls made it to the state tournament.  We played our first round game verus Girard.  They had a phenomenal point guard who scored 31 points but we have the Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year on our team, Katelyn Loecker.  Kate scored 32 points, had 4 blocked shots, I think 11 rebounds, etc.  Our team played really well giving us the right to advance to the semifinal game as we beat Girard by 18 points.  Friday, we played Bonner Springs.  Both of us were 23-1 going into the game.  It was a tight game all the way through but we won 49-40.  Saturday we played in 4A State Championship game versus the undefeated Holton Wildcats.  They had a 51 game winning streak coming into the game.  Talk about a defensive battle...it was intensely amazing!  Our halftime score was 8-7!  We ended up winning 34-27.  We did not get to shoot any free-throws until 3 minutes to go in the game!  We were 10-11 from the FT line in the final 3 minutes!  We scored almost half our points in the closing minutes to win the game!  It was such an exciting time!  When the buzzer sounded there were tears of joy from almost all of us!  It brought me back to my playing days that's for sure.  Our girls worked so hard and are so deserving of the title.  I told Kamryn..."just wait girl, 15 years from now, this could be you!!!"  And the journey continues....