wednesday

dr. joey

 i co-oped in malloy's class today. it was cute - i got a sneak peek of next week's christmas concert! rex was practicing too and then had to go back to his classroom. he was devastated that he couldn't stay with me. it broke my heart watching him cry all the way out of the room - his little shoulders we hunched over and he had his hand over his mouth just sobbing. poor bubba! he was absolutely fine when he came into the classroom at the end of the day - i knew he would be!

working on their activity books!

malloy came to me and asked if we could do a craft. and then said  "oh, i have an idea! what if we make masks!" i cut out a mask for her and she decorated it.

 thursday

joey thought the mask looked like fun so he made one for himself and one for rex

being a stinker this morning

sportin' his buzz shirt from auntie elaine

masks!

rex LOVES LOVES LOVES pineapple yogurt and now wegmans makes it!!! hooray! he was so excited today! 

we went to the gym this morning and then went to skyzone! it was a special treat! the kids had a blast. rex is starting to jump so much more!!! malloy made a friend and was following her around - they were running all over the place together, it was cute. she forgot her 'best friend's' name already though :) after skyzone, we went to wegmans for a few things. malloy went in to play at wkids and rex hung out with me. we had quiet time when we got home - the kids are getting so good at being quiet and playing in their rooms for an hour or so! today, malloy spent the entire time working on her activity book. i looked at the book later and found that she had completed most of the book entirely on her own!! 

new car seat!!! yahoo!!

we had a quiet tuesday. our only outing was to wegmans. the kids were very good at the store and just in gerneral today! they played together all day and there was very little fighting, hitting, yelling, etc!!!!! i was astonished by how well they played today while i did dishes, got dinner ready, and started some christmas cookies! 

yesterday we went to the festival of lights. the kids had a great time!! 

our new addition to our family! joey and frosty!

this morning started with rex pooping in the tub. i tried not to let it ruin the whole day!!!  malloy had school and  rex and i went to the gym. he can be such an easy going kid sometimes! malloy napped this afternoon, rex didn't, but i did!! this afternoon, the kids played very nicely together while i did dishes and got dinner together. today was a much much better day as far as behavior goes! phew!!! 

take a picture of me saying cheese

someone got into the candy

their favorite game - it's called "sack"

we made some yummy sugar cookies today! 

taking a walk to see the christmas lights in our neighborhood

the kids had school in the morning. i was putting them in the van after school and rex was breathing funny out  of his nose. i asked if he had boogers and he replied "no. i got a sticker in my nose." so i spent the next 10 minutes digging a sticker out of his nose. later, while i was making lunch, he put a band-aid up his nose. this kid is out of control! he's hitting a lot lately, too. as soon as he's told no, he comes after me to hit me and yell at me. he can be the sweetest funniest boy, but he gets so angry so quickly. i think it's time to look into some different parenting techniques - i don't  know how to handle it! 

we skipped naps today and had quiet time instead. after that, the kids did some art. they were both tired so we played a few rounds of guess who and then they each picked a couch and laid and watched a few christmas shows. 

purple day at school

rex spent a good 45 minutes naked this morning

presents from auntie elaine arrived today! 

making another birthday card for grandma val

guess who

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    someone got ahold of the dry-erase markers! 

we went to walgreens this morning to pick out special bandaids and a toy for doing a great job getting shots at the doctor! we went to the gym and then the doctor. the kids did great with their flu shots! rex did awesome, malloy had a tough time on the ride home. she was whimpering and whining that her arm hurt all the way home. i had to threaten to take her new pig away because it was a toy for doing a great job with her shot! she did calm down. both kids took naps. i had to threaten (sensing a theme for the day??) to stay home with malloy while rex and daddy went to dinner with katie, safina and emery. that worked and she napped (she was visibly exhausted!!). rex was so angry and upset, he was screaming and thrashing. i held him tight and rocked him while singing 'hush little baby" he was still struggling to get free in between his eyes rolling back into his head. he was so extremely tired! he fell asleep with me singing to him. i doubt i have too many of those moments left! 

we went to dinner with katie, emery, and safina. malloy was beyond excited to sit next to safina. she was grinning and giggling the whole time! she loves her friend so much!! then it was home for baths and bed!! 

when i got back home from the gym this morning, the first thing malloy said was, "mom, you need to go find joey and see what he did!" rex chimed in "he made a big mess!" joey made us some snowflakes but left a big mess on the floor! naughty joey!

today i co-oped in rex's class. he was having an ongoing wrestling match with his buddy, sammy, today. they were encouraging each other and giggling the whole time - running around, pushing, wrestling, sitting on each other, you name it. it got to a point where mrs. messina had to take sammy for a walk to separate the two! 

after school, we went to the bank and then to wegmans. the kids love to sit in the cart and eat the deli meat and cheese that i get at the beginning of our shop. whatever works! (and then they've already eaten lunch!!) they both took naps today. malloy was arguing with me "no! not naps! i don't want to take a nap, i'm just gonna play!" i told her that was fine. when i went in 10 minutes later, she was out cold with the light on. rex went down fairly quickly, too. i'm pretty sure he was up at 5am and never went back to sleep!  

after naps, uncle paddy came over for a visit. the kids did a lot of dancing for him. they love the gangnam style song and videos' right now. malloy's getting quite good at the dance! they're so funny to watch!!!  

stacking yogurts

when did he get so big?!  

making cookies