September brings School, Toddler Days and 8 Months old

Happy September!

With seasons change also does a new part of our journey as parents. Miss E has officially started JK!! Woot woot!!! Lots of fun and exciting things have been happening in our household.

K is 8 months Crikey:
Here we are at 8 months old already! Can you believe it cause I can certainly not. Every new child we have I swear time goes by faster than the last. So much is learned from other siblings good or bad.

K is a eating champ. Not this past week but that is due to us all catching a fall cold during E's first week of school. We made it there 3 out of the 5 days due to the cold. We even had to beg her not togo so she could get better. Side tracked a little there lol.
So K is onto some mashed and chunky. We are being a little easy on him during this cold he is pretty congested. Plus his body decided we needed to have 7 teeth come through at the same time. The teething started just before the sickness and keeps on trucking on by.

Some days our temperament is not great but easily fixed with food or Tylenol. We have also mastered the Army crawl stage and attempting to full on crawl by rocking and sometimes moving his arms forward but goes back down to his tummy.

Dog food and paper are good fiber and a regular chase. We love to share our siblings snacks. Especially when O is willing to share his crispy minis with K. Thank goodness he has had margarine, rice and they melt.

We are bubble city. Mamamas and daddaadada. He sometimes says hi and bye mostly repeating. We also one day heard k say "I did it". This is something O is big on saying lately.


We can not sit up with small assistance or support for small periods of time. He always looks so proud. He loves to make others smile and laugh with him. He also is a great mopper of spit up. He will spit up on the floor and plow right through it for me .. I also get K fingerprint on the floor. He does wonderful pieces. Stop in sometime to see his Gallery!

O:
Oh twos..... Good thing I just died my hair! I love him to bits and he gets excessive amounts of one on one time  since E started school. He got lots of attention before but now he is also jealous of his sister getting different attention as well as K. We act out and it leads to time outs. Just today we got in trouble twice for hurting his brother as he lifted him into the air dropping him to the floor.. Because of course he can not lift him long.

I do not know who brought in the WWF into my house since school stated but apparently there is a toddler belt championship I am not aware of. I am see pins on his siblings, sitting on top of people, throw downs. I personally can not wait until the language comes Along a bit more . Between hitting and repeatedly saying sorry. O says I am sorry so much k heard him pretending to apologize to K using E's baby in the playroom after lunch. " I am so sorry for hitting you again K, (big hugs) I love you".

We are having lots of fun goofing around in the morning while K still has his morning nap. We make  faces and go outside, watch cartoons, play with trains, bowling etc. O also loves to help with housework like laundry,  sweeping, vacuuming etc. it may take 10' times as long but it's all learning. I would like to think he will grow up and be a team in his marriage later in life like his daddy is in our house. Even if it is not always done the same way or pace he helps and we love that he is so involved.

Miss E:
Here we are 3 and in Jk! She loves loves loves school! She will not always tell us about her day. It is like coaxing out a. Top secret spy mission. She is sooo excited to ride the bus, see her friends. We are working on eating our lunch better (probably taking hahah) 20 min timeframe. We are also working on remembering to use their bathroom and not waiting all day to go. We had only 1 accident the first day since two of them were trying to go at the Same time. The teachers are using gentle reminders. Everything takes time.

We are in someways so independent. We have to carry out backpack and help clear the table. Other ways we still need lots of reminders and help.

She is growing like a weed! Her speech is improving drastically and we have started to help her read with the small books from school. Yesterday I received her first piece of artwork and a library book.

She loves her class and teacher and can not wait to go back each day. However it's a long day and we may still randomly pull her she is zonked. It's so much for her age. she is sooo tired we are crying about nothing at night. We are asleep minutes after we leave the room.

This week we got to visit with my aunt and uncle from Nova Scotia which was nice!

I will post new pics shortly.
Hope your first Couple weeks of school went awesome.
Xoxoxo The Brants

Where did the Summer Go?

Hey Y'all

Sitting here thinking I should probably sit and write up that blog I have been forgetting about in the blur of summer ending...our crazy busy fun life we live and getting ready for E to start school in the upcoming weeks.

K is now 7 1/2 months old!!!! Where did all that time fly to? He is ready to Zoooooom around our house. Let me tell you there is a lot of ground for him to cover and a lot of trouble for him to get into on his own and with the help of his siblings.  He is now army crawling and lift/sliding across the floor. When he does not army crawl he rolls over and stretches out to reach the new objects around him in which he should not have in his hands or mouth....like crayons or paper or older toys etc.

We have moved onto mashes foods..or chunkier..which ever way you grind it up! He is doing great. We sometimes have the lovely gag reflex join in along with us at meal time..we just remind about chewing and all is good. Plus he likes to copy the mouth movements and sounds we are making at him. He is also getting Teeth in! If you were to look inside of K's mouth..you would find his top front and bottom are almost all the way through...along with a mouthful of teeth sitting at the gum line just waiting their turn.

I love the age where we are soooo sooo soooooo happy! He is honestly even happier than O was and we did not think that was humanly possible. Until K came along and proved us wrong. He is sooo loveable..ask his siblings..they maul him with kisses and hug, the occasional finger or fist..you name it. He is always smiling and copying sounds..now we are onto squealing and copying his siblings sounds. K has started to try and make others around him laugh or get attention when not in sight or right beside him.

Not a day goes by where we are bored around K. Starting to sleep better on and off...we are usually fixing but do not always have to stay in the room with him..we do not always wrap him at night either. Occasionally he will hold his own bottle and put his own soother in at nap.

O is getting Tall! He was already a toddler before but now we are the biggest word repeater. He loves to bug his sister and instigate the situation when she is playing alone. He is smart and curious and nothing can be left alone with him for long. We like to help out but also help ourselves into cookies. The other day we were playing hide and seek and O chose the shower...he chose the shower in our bathroom off our bedroom to pump my tresemme all over himself and the shower so he could do the slip and slide.

We practice hiking in our bedroom onto the great mountain change table. We are a firm ground stander in the language NO...but also loves eskimo kisses and rowing across floor oceans in boats. Milk cups are made for throwing and chicken or hot dogs is  a good answer for all meals.

O is beginning to stay in his room if we leave the door open and are not in his room or hall. We usually have to stay close to tell escapees to get back into the bed. We love walks and to dance and baths are simply the best.

Our days are always filled with roller coasters of emotion. If you ask O to help with breakfast he will help you use the toaster. We laugh and we cry, we yell and we shout, sometimes exploring and trying new things is what being 2 is all about!

Miss E is 3 and going on 4!

The summer is ending and it is clear we can see the beginning of the start of our first school Year.

The other day Daddy took E on the Bus rider program to teach her safety and her first bus ride. She got lots of info and was very proud..even if we cried there and back for mama.

We are all very excited for E and a wee bit scared. I am sure after a couple weeks or months the kinks will be worked out. Some days now we are beginning to get dressed with little help...let bathroom fights...more self wiping (BIG DEAL)! She loves the idea of school...but is very concerned about me missing her.

Soon there will come a day where she will not want or need our help in the little things we have been trying to help her with and teach her in the past 3/4 years. I think that makes me a little sad..normal mom feeling..proud but a little sad. She will need me in other ways and is showing me already. We are a very drama filled gal.

She is growing each day into a strong willed but amazing little girl. Taller and stronger and smarter. She loves to tell me stories...sometimes we now are white lying but not understanding we are sneaking or lying..mostly about stickers in her room..small world problem lol.

We are constantly reminding of sharing and turn taking which will be all sorted out in school. She loves to help her little brothers..sometimes too much. The one day she helped me dry the dishes..then she told me she was done and it was my turn..too bad it was not the turn taking we were teaching.

Our days are loud and messy. Our house rarely stays clean. Sometime we are all crying or laughing..but its all in good fun. This is our crazy wonderful life and we would never change it. Embrace the little laughs and cuddles. Join in the dance or row across the Brant floor Ocean. I kiss boo boo's to mend broken hearts and Sing Beatles songs to my 2 year old to get him to drink his milk.
We may not get out much, but we go on a new adventure of imagination and life every single breath taking day!