Smiles

Miss Chloe Girl is starting to smile.  Well actually she started last weekend, at only 5 weeks old I kept second guessing what I was seeing.  Here was my attempt to try and capture a smile.  If you could have only seen it.  Me with my big camera, talking really silly, and dancing around attempting for her to smile on command.  I wasn't successful in getting a smile but I think the pictures are pretty dang cute, oh, and she had a super cute outfit on.  Here's my pretty girl.  I will get the smile one of these days.

Mommy Lesson 146

I decided I'm going to start writing about my Mommy lessons I learn as I go.  I have several I will start blogging about.  These are going to be about my adventures with my 3 children.  My pediatrician told me something funny when I was there for Chloe's first appointment...I didn't have to come for a 1 week check because I was an experienced mom.  This makes me laugh because I feel like I learn so many new things every day and when I think I have something figured out, they change it up and throw me for a loop.  I just started this mommy thing 4 years ago, I'm not sure that qualifies me as experienced.
So here it goes...I hope you get a kick out of my mommy mishaps.
Mommy Lesson 146
DON'T GIVE A 2 YEAR OLD SILLY PUTTY UNSUPERVISED, OR AT ALL

Because they will stick it in their hair, and it's not easy to get out!  

Lane wanted to take it in the car with us, I figured there really was no reason he couldn't take it.  Silly Putty is fun to play with, right?  We were getting out of the car and he is a little upset about his hair.  It took me a little to realize it was because he had a huge chunk stuck in the back of his hair.  Not sure what to do, since we were meeting a friend for breakfast and I didn't have any supplies to dissolve silly putty out of hair in my pocket, we left it alone and enjoyed breakfast.  We were headed home and I figured he would fall asleep in the car and if everything worked out he would transfer to his bed (mommy lesson on that one to come).  I didn't want silly putty in his bed too.  So I broke down and cut it out.  I was a little sad, but I learned my lesson...DON'T EVEN BUY SILLY PUTTY.

Work

Today was a big day.  We started off the day with a good friend at The Coffee Shop for some breakfast and coffee.  Then we headed home to meet Nana.  She picked up Zackary for his very first day of work at the hardware store.  This brings back such great memories for me.  I remember running the cash register and selling plants out front when I was about this big.  She brought him a band spankin new TrueValue shirt to put on, I packed his lunch, and he headed out the door for work.  He was so thrilled to go.  His job today was to put all the trucks, tractors, planes etc. on the display shelf.  This is a shelf that Zackary is very fond of every time he goes to the store.  He was paid 1 dollar, a blue tractor, and a snake.  Notice it around his neck.  It looks very real and freaks me out just a little.

This is one proud little hardware man.  Taking after his ever so special Papa.

While Zackary was a work, Lane and I got some much needed one on one time with each other.  We played the elephant game, watched a show, had a snack, then headed outside.  We had a great time just the two of us (Chloe was having a nice little nap during all this).  I love this little rascal.  

2

Look at this little guy, can he get any more delicious?  He is such a good little boy, but man is he giving us a run for our money lately.  Aaron's folks say he is like a little replica of Aaron when he was little.
 So I know where it comes from.

He is 2 going on at least 4.  He is watching and learning everything from his big brother Zackary.  He and we forget that he is only 2.  We tend to expect him to act like a 4 year old and he just isn't.  Us forgetting that he is only 2 is probably most of the problem, because he really is a good kid.  The boys play really well together, we only have our occasional fight over toys, which I expect with siblings.
He has the cutest little eyes and boy does he use them on us when he is in trouble.  Our boys really don't respond to time out, time in, yelling, threats of not going somewhere or getting something.  So tomorrow we are starting a new discipline program.  Hopefully it is his (and Zackary's) "currency" right now.  MONEY!  We will be using dimes.  They will start off with 10 in a jar.  When we see good behavior (sharing, listening) they will earn a dime.  If we see bad behavior (physical, multiple warnings) they will loose dimes, 1 or 2 depending in the offence.  At the end of the week whatever is in their jar they get to give a little, save a little, and spend a little. We will see how this goes, they are both really into coins right now.