Syd's birthday party was so much fun.
We found this new place called Airborne. It is a trampoline extravaganza. Complete with foam pits, Dodge ball and trampolines on the walls.
She was only able to invite a few close friends because, well, her brothers were invited and that takes up a lot of the open spaces when booking a birthday party for 10 :)
I'm certain in years to come that won't fly, but I was glad it did this year.
Pictures were hard to get because everyone was moving 100% of the time.
Here are a few we'd like to remember.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Just send money.
Spencer came running in to the kitchen with Cameron close on his heels.
Mom : "what's going on guys ?"
Cameron : answered clearly upset, "Spencer said that I love flowers"
Mom : Baffled, "don't you like flowers Cam ?"
Cam : "NO ! He said I like flowers and I don't like flowers I like Spiderman."
Mom : "Spiderman likes flowers."
Cam : Defensively "No he doesn't !"
Mom : "Yes he does, he sends them to all of his girlfriends and his mom."
Cam : "He doesn't send his mom flowers. He sends her money."
Mom : "hmm. Flowers are awesome guys. Spiders and bees love flowers. Tree's rock too."
Spencer : "mom, you're funny."
J ordered pizza for dinner last weekend. Cameron requested cinnamon sticks.
He went with her to pick it up and when she returned to the car asked, "Did you get the cinnamon sticks ?"
J told him that she didn't because I told her no.
Cam responded, "Next time, you need to listen to me."
I supppose that's one way of getting those cinnamon sticks. :)
Mom : "what's going on guys ?"
Cameron : answered clearly upset, "Spencer said that I love flowers"
Mom : Baffled, "don't you like flowers Cam ?"
Cam : "NO ! He said I like flowers and I don't like flowers I like Spiderman."
Mom : "Spiderman likes flowers."
Cam : Defensively "No he doesn't !"
Mom : "Yes he does, he sends them to all of his girlfriends and his mom."
Cam : "He doesn't send his mom flowers. He sends her money."
Mom : "hmm. Flowers are awesome guys. Spiders and bees love flowers. Tree's rock too."
Spencer : "mom, you're funny."
J ordered pizza for dinner last weekend. Cameron requested cinnamon sticks.
He went with her to pick it up and when she returned to the car asked, "Did you get the cinnamon sticks ?"
J told him that she didn't because I told her no.
Cam responded, "Next time, you need to listen to me."
I supppose that's one way of getting those cinnamon sticks. :)
Friday, March 18, 2011
Not This moment friday !
{not this moment} - Hopefully not to be a Friday ritual. A couple of photos - with words - capturing a moment from the week. In a second, an instance, this moment happened. A moment I want to pause, rewind and forget.
Yesterday Spencer got some scissors from the kitchen and disappeared downstairs unnoticed. I saw him coming up the stairs and quickly realized what he had done. Relieved that is wasn't as bad as I knew it could be, I took the scissors and gave a now repeated lecture about how scissors are for mom authorized paper only.
Only later when I was trying to get everyone ready for Syd's birthday party did I realize what he had done to his brother. Much worse. but still, not as bad as I could have imagined it. Thank GOODNESS Sydney has never done this.
Yesterday Spencer got some scissors from the kitchen and disappeared downstairs unnoticed. I saw him coming up the stairs and quickly realized what he had done. Relieved that is wasn't as bad as I knew it could be, I took the scissors and gave a now repeated lecture about how scissors are for mom authorized paper only.
Only later when I was trying to get everyone ready for Syd's birthday party did I realize what he had done to his brother. Much worse. but still, not as bad as I could have imagined it. Thank GOODNESS Sydney has never done this.
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| Where ? where is there hair gone mom ? I can't see it. |
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| Seriously buddy. You let your brother cut your hair. What were you thinking ? The bandaid is not from the haircut :) |
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| Needless to say he is now buzzed all over. |
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Lucky number 7 !
There's luck all over this day.
My baby is 7.
ope. there I go. the water works.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME ?! (rhetorical)
I'm FINE. I'm fine that you are a year older and that your tantrums are turning into attitude and that your ears are pierced and that your permanant teeth are coming in and it's making your fa-hay-hace look older. I'm fi-hi-hine with that. aaaaaah haaaaaa haaa.
Ok, so I'm a blubbering mess and I didn't expect it and so I forbid you to turn 7 !
That's it, it's been forbidden ! You are 6 !
What will I do if you keep growing up Syd ?
I love you honey. Happy Birthday.
Love mom,
My baby is 7.
ope. there I go. the water works.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME ?! (rhetorical)
I'm FINE. I'm fine that you are a year older and that your tantrums are turning into attitude and that your ears are pierced and that your permanant teeth are coming in and it's making your fa-hay-hace look older. I'm fi-hi-hine with that. aaaaaah haaaaaa haaa.
Ok, so I'm a blubbering mess and I didn't expect it and so I forbid you to turn 7 !
That's it, it's been forbidden ! You are 6 !
What will I do if you keep growing up Syd ?
I love you honey. Happy Birthday.
Love mom,
Friday, March 11, 2011
This moment Friday
{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember
Monday, March 7, 2011
When life becomes more than you can stand
and you have 70 degree weather and a 3 day weekend within reach and approximately 4 hr drive.
You pack your bags, book a last minute 3 bedroom 2 bath condo at an extremely discounted rate and hit the road.
We got there, settled in, Spencer came in to tell me to roll his stomach at about midnight. at about 2 am he threw up for the first time. He continued acting perfectly swell all except for the puking episodes and that pesky diarrhea and that kept a pull up on him for the entire weekend.
J and I played catch with a football we found at the playground. We also pitched tennis balls through a 6 inch hole in the tennis pitching fence (the one that was closed for the season and was left completely open with no one around and hundreds of balls to keep our family of 7 happy and busy for over an hour:).....for $100,000.00 a ball that actually went through the hole. Had the balls been $100,000.00 per nearly missing a childs head we would both be MILLIONAIRS. luckily no one was harmed.
Today I can't wipe my own butt. It SERIOUSLY hurts oh so much to twist to the right. Even the slightest movement can knock the wind out of me and send my back/rib cage into a sudden spasm for several minutes.
We've both decided it's time to start working out more regularly. Apparently caring for 5 little people....including all of the turning, standing, squatting, lifting, carrying that is involved....is not keeping us fit. AT. ALL.
I did take my camera. I took exactly 2 pictures at the condo. 98 at the pool. and 2 of the babies peeing outside of the van for the first time on a road trip.
Without further ado.
You pack your bags, book a last minute 3 bedroom 2 bath condo at an extremely discounted rate and hit the road.
We got there, settled in, Spencer came in to tell me to roll his stomach at about midnight. at about 2 am he threw up for the first time. He continued acting perfectly swell all except for the puking episodes and that pesky diarrhea and that kept a pull up on him for the entire weekend.
J and I played catch with a football we found at the playground. We also pitched tennis balls through a 6 inch hole in the tennis pitching fence (the one that was closed for the season and was left completely open with no one around and hundreds of balls to keep our family of 7 happy and busy for over an hour:).....for $100,000.00 a ball that actually went through the hole. Had the balls been $100,000.00 per nearly missing a childs head we would both be MILLIONAIRS. luckily no one was harmed.
Today I can't wipe my own butt. It SERIOUSLY hurts oh so much to twist to the right. Even the slightest movement can knock the wind out of me and send my back/rib cage into a sudden spasm for several minutes.
We've both decided it's time to start working out more regularly. Apparently caring for 5 little people....including all of the turning, standing, squatting, lifting, carrying that is involved....is not keeping us fit. AT. ALL.
I did take my camera. I took exactly 2 pictures at the condo. 98 at the pool. and 2 of the babies peeing outside of the van for the first time on a road trip.
Without further ado.
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| Something that I should remind myself of more often |
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| Remember that one time on our trip that Syd was nice to her brothers. Me too, good thing I had my camera for it :) |
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| Mommy Jaaaaaaaaaay, Mommy Jaaaaaay I haven't convinced myself that she didn't birth this baby boy |
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| of the 98 pictures I took at the pool...I'm pretty sure 39 of them were of Nathan shooting hoops. |
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| Don't look. this may just be my "this moment friday" |
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| Or this one. I can't decide |
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| Nate was either spitting on her |
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| or licking her. either way...as you can see...J wasn't amused. |
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| Poor little Spence man didn't get to play in the pool. but we let him dip his piggys in the hot tub. |
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Spencer Says
We went to an unbirthday Alice in wonderland party at the Treehouse museum. It was lots of fun.
Towards the end we went in to have a tea party with the Mad Hatter and March Hare. We enjoyed eclairs cookies and tea (lemonade) They had some heart shaped chocolate candy's decorating the center of each table.
Spencer grabbed one and asked me if they were real. Thinking that he meant can we eat them or are they decoration, I responded, yes honey...they're real and you can eat them.
He opened his chocolate and with this serious and yet curious look on his face, he turned to me and said, "mom, is this going to make me big ?" aaaah, Alice in Wonderland, I get it.
I still laugh when I think about it.
We were at TJm.axx looking for new bedding for the big boys new rooms a while ago. As we were making our way to the back we passed the displays for blinged out purses, all of the 9 inch heeled shoes, jewelry..etc. Spencer and Cam kind of wandered through it while I kept walking. They caught up to me and I asked Spencer what he was looking at.
his reply, all casual and cool : "oh, just some rockstar stuff"
ooooh, I just LOVE you Spence.
Spencer raised his hand to be in a play at the children's museum I mentioned a while back.
I was so proud of him. I couldn't believe he had the courage to do it. It was on a Saturday and the place was PACKED.
He was picked as the Rabbi. It was a play called, "Too much noise" or something like that translated to the English version. A man, his wife and mother in law, 2 children 1 baby and a bunch of animals.
Synopsis : Man tries to take a nap, his wife and mother keep saying yadda yadda yadda his children (one of which was Syd) chatter, chatter, chatter, the baby cries and cries. So he goes to the Rabbi for advice. The rabbi (Spencer) keeps telling him to bring in more and more animals...which of course makes more and more noise. One of those animals was Cam, who also raised his hand (gasp, I know huh )....he was a swan :) I'm not sure what kind of noise a swan makes exactly. ha ha
Any ways. Spencers part had a lot of lines and he did SO SO GOOD ! He looked amish in the hat and jacket :) ha ha and at one point the drama teacher/narrator said, "and the Rabbi laughed" and Spencer threw his head back and laughed so cute that everyone in the audience busted up. He did such a great job.
Spencer you are 4 1/2 yrs old. You love love love to watch/help/get involved. You are the kid who follows me or your mommy J around and wants to be in the action. You are so sweet and will even say...."I'll just sit here mom...I won't touch anything" ooooh, I just want to kiss you.
If I ever need anything I can ask you and you'll run and get it for me. Whether it's a loaf of bread or milk from the basement freezer or wet wipes from the babies room.
I can always count on you to help me clean up too. Even if it's picking up the toys and not just spraying the furniture polish...you're the most likely to get down and dirty.
The anger that you had for a while. The mad. The frustration. It's almost all but a thing of the past now.
You are much better about verbalizing what it is that is pissing you off and will also work things out. Sometimes you like to do things by yourself and will get frustrated when it's not going as planned. You eventually figure it out or will ask for help.
You are also turning into the teaser. I don't like this new characteristic if you didn't know already. You will copy Cameron like an obnoxious parrot until he's ready to pummel you. You tease whoever is crying....it goes something like....they are sad so you run past them back and forth shouting some made up word or noise....just to bug them. You yell in the ears of the babies, just because you think it's funny. It's not.
You know, all of the typical brother stuff. :)
You cuddle up with me and will softly stroke my face. Such a sweet kid. You are also good at talking me down from the ledge you guys have chased me to. :)
I can't imagine loving you more Spence. You are so friendly, kind and sensitive. Your sweet sweet smile steals my heart.
Towards the end we went in to have a tea party with the Mad Hatter and March Hare. We enjoyed eclairs cookies and tea (lemonade) They had some heart shaped chocolate candy's decorating the center of each table.
Spencer grabbed one and asked me if they were real. Thinking that he meant can we eat them or are they decoration, I responded, yes honey...they're real and you can eat them.
He opened his chocolate and with this serious and yet curious look on his face, he turned to me and said, "mom, is this going to make me big ?" aaaah, Alice in Wonderland, I get it.
I still laugh when I think about it.
We were at TJm.axx looking for new bedding for the big boys new rooms a while ago. As we were making our way to the back we passed the displays for blinged out purses, all of the 9 inch heeled shoes, jewelry..etc. Spencer and Cam kind of wandered through it while I kept walking. They caught up to me and I asked Spencer what he was looking at.
his reply, all casual and cool : "oh, just some rockstar stuff"
ooooh, I just LOVE you Spence.
Spencer raised his hand to be in a play at the children's museum I mentioned a while back.
I was so proud of him. I couldn't believe he had the courage to do it. It was on a Saturday and the place was PACKED.
He was picked as the Rabbi. It was a play called, "Too much noise" or something like that translated to the English version. A man, his wife and mother in law, 2 children 1 baby and a bunch of animals.
Synopsis : Man tries to take a nap, his wife and mother keep saying yadda yadda yadda his children (one of which was Syd) chatter, chatter, chatter, the baby cries and cries. So he goes to the Rabbi for advice. The rabbi (Spencer) keeps telling him to bring in more and more animals...which of course makes more and more noise. One of those animals was Cam, who also raised his hand (gasp, I know huh )....he was a swan :) I'm not sure what kind of noise a swan makes exactly. ha ha
Any ways. Spencers part had a lot of lines and he did SO SO GOOD ! He looked amish in the hat and jacket :) ha ha and at one point the drama teacher/narrator said, "and the Rabbi laughed" and Spencer threw his head back and laughed so cute that everyone in the audience busted up. He did such a great job.
Spencer you are 4 1/2 yrs old. You love love love to watch/help/get involved. You are the kid who follows me or your mommy J around and wants to be in the action. You are so sweet and will even say...."I'll just sit here mom...I won't touch anything" ooooh, I just want to kiss you.
If I ever need anything I can ask you and you'll run and get it for me. Whether it's a loaf of bread or milk from the basement freezer or wet wipes from the babies room.
I can always count on you to help me clean up too. Even if it's picking up the toys and not just spraying the furniture polish...you're the most likely to get down and dirty.
The anger that you had for a while. The mad. The frustration. It's almost all but a thing of the past now.
You are much better about verbalizing what it is that is pissing you off and will also work things out. Sometimes you like to do things by yourself and will get frustrated when it's not going as planned. You eventually figure it out or will ask for help.
You are also turning into the teaser. I don't like this new characteristic if you didn't know already. You will copy Cameron like an obnoxious parrot until he's ready to pummel you. You tease whoever is crying....it goes something like....they are sad so you run past them back and forth shouting some made up word or noise....just to bug them. You yell in the ears of the babies, just because you think it's funny. It's not.
You know, all of the typical brother stuff. :)
You cuddle up with me and will softly stroke my face. Such a sweet kid. You are also good at talking me down from the ledge you guys have chased me to. :)
I can't imagine loving you more Spence. You are so friendly, kind and sensitive. Your sweet sweet smile steals my heart.
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| Spencer onstage singing with the caterpillar. I do believe that I have 2 kids that enjoy theater and being on stage. |
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| Rabbi Spencer |
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