Pop Cans and Coffee Cups

Spencer has something of a little obsession with pop cans and coffee cups. Which is very funny to see but also makes you want to rip your hair out as he chases you around the house screaming at you to give him the cup that is in your hands. He will have a total meltdown, wig out, temper tantrum until he gets the can or cup from you and once he has it he's as happy as can be!  So now I have to put my coffee in a  regular mug just so he can have the paper cup to chew on and carry around. I thought I would try the other day to give him his own plastic cup to have instead but man oh man that made it even worst. He just threw the plastic cup on the floor and came after me trying to claw up my leg to get at the beautiful brown Tim Horton's cup.  He is a funny character and it's great to see his personality shine through more and more each day!

Busy Weekend at the Beach

We've been having some really great times at the Auntie Laura's cottage or as Jackson calls it Auntie Laura's old house but not the one at the beach he says.  The water and sand this year so far has been amazing; the water has been clear and warm and I have really enjoyed going and getting wet. Now that Jackson is more confident in his swimming abilities he's having a great time in the water too. It's nice that it's been shallow enough for him to enjoy.

Even Spencer is enjoying the beach, he doesn't care much to be in the water but loves to dig in the sand. He will head into the water once he's comfortable with the idea but would much rather play with the bucket and shovel.  We hung out on the sand bar as it was completely showing on Saturday which we all thought was a great novelty to being at the beach!

Pinecone Bird Feeders and Playdough

Yesterday was one of those days that was busy from the time your eyes opened until your head hit the pillow but did the kids have a ton of fun or what!

I decided to take the kids over to OEYC for some play time! They love it there as there is so much for them to do and see! They also love interacting with other children other than the daycare kids.

So once we got there the place was a buzz with all the ECE students finishing up their assignments for their placements so that meant lots of extra activities and crafts going on!

Jackson came home with a pinecone bird feeder along with helping make playdough and helping plant sunflowers and pumpkins. He also was in his glory as he got to water the garden and he loves watering the garden!

He's also super excited that he can go and check on the garden every time he goes to the center and see how his pumpkins and sunflowers are growing!

Scooters Away!

Today I decided to head over to GL Armstrong for playgroup and family tunes! Jackson decided if he was going to go he had to take his scooter! Well part of me was excited to see if he could accomplish such a task but the other part of me was oh no what am I getting myself into! Is he going to listen, is he going to get tried, is he going to hurt himself! Best way to find out the answers to these questions would be to let him go for it. SO I DID! Well was I ever surprised! He made it about 75% of the way there with no problems. He really was enjoying himself too! I just love seeing the confidence radiate from him when he's proud of himself for accomplishing such a great task as that!  There was no complaining or anything. Jackson is becoming such an independent little boy and part of me is happy but also sad at the same time. As it means he is growing up.

Here we Come!

Jackson can make me laugh and smile sometimes with the things he says!

Today we were on our way to Auntie Laura's and as we were pulling in the driveway of her house. Jackson yells from the backseat.

"Hey it's Auntie Laura's House! Auntie Laura's house here we come!

It was so funny and cute! Had me chuckling for the whole day!

Accident at the Library!

Today we decided to visit Ms. Lisa at the Early Years Center run out of G.L Armstrong. We unfortunately got there late so the kids didn't really get to play but we were able to join in for family tales and tunes. I was a little worried that Jackson would freak and not want to stay and sing but he actually quite enjoyed it. I think it helped that Evan was there so he had a friend to sit with.
Spencer loved listening to everyone sing as he crawled around visiting with everyone. 

So I decided afterwards that I would take the kids over to the library to pick out some new books and to let Jackson get some play time in as he missed it over at the OEYC. We get into the library and I let him run ahead while I return some books and also grab a book for myself. I finally get to the back of the library to the kids section and low and behold what do I see but a bare bum that belongs to my son! Jackson has peed his pants and decided to take them off so he can continue to play on the computer! I rush over and ask what happened and he nonchalantly tells me he's peed his pants or in his words "me peed" Did he ever! There was a puddle on the carpet, his pants were just dripping wet and so were his shoes.Well because I was only running into the library for a quick minute, guess where my diaper bag was? You got it, in the car! Well poor Spencer is asleep in the car seat so I have to ask a nice mom who was playing with her son at the train table if she could keep on eye on my sleeping baby while I rush out to the car to get dry clothes for Jackson. So off I head out of the library but guess who wants to follow; JACKSON. He goes racing out of the library bare bum and all as we reach the door he beats me out of it and in doing so he jumps out right in front of a little old lady and her walker shocking and surprising her all at once! (I don't think she expected to see a half naked boy come barrelling out of the library on her trip down the street). I apologise for my son, head to the car and get some dry clothes and all is well. So back into the library we go for run two!
Ah the life of having a potty training toddler!

So here I am again apologizing for not writing. This is definitely something that needs to stop! I need to write on a more consistent basis and I will, this time no excuses. It must be done.

Let's see if I can get you caught up on what's going on with the boys.

Spencer is now 9 months old and I can't believe it. He's crawling and standing and moving around pretty good. He is such a funny little baby. I love every minute of the day I have with him, he makes me smile and laugh and really shows me what life as a mom is all about.

Jackson is 3 now, and we have our days in regards to listening and following instructions but for the most part he is a joy to be around. Just the things he says and does make me howl. I catch myself asking if he was 'born in a barn' because of some of the things he does. He is out of diapers now and it only took a year!

We've had a great couple of days with the weather being really warm. Friday we went to the park and played. Spencer got to sit on the grass for the first time which he didn't really care for so he kept to the blanket.

Saturday we heading to the University of Guelph's College Royale Open House. Always a good time there. Jackson got to operate on Curious George at the Teddy Bear Surgery. He also got to try his hand at juggling and play nerf gun wars which he had a blast at both.

Today he got to go see The Lorax with Daddy at the movie theater which he told me was a lot of fun. After that we enjoyed most of the day outside in the backyard. Jackson helped clean up all the leaves which he thought was great. He also got to go worm hunting, a very fun game for him to play.

Happy Thanksgiving!

What a beautiful sunny warm Thanksgiving weekend we had! Temp was about 22-27 degrees all weekend! We had a great time visiting with my family on Saturday and with Nana and Nanu today!

Hay Ride at the Rutka Farm

We took a trip out to the Rutka Farm one last time before they move for a bbq today and Jackson got to go on a hay ride which he loved! Just the excitement of being up on the wagon when it's moving is something Jackson just loves.

Spencer also went on the wagon ride, don't think he really cared if he was on it or not but it was still fun taking him.

Sad that this was our last trip out to the farm before the Rutka's move!

Spencer rolled today!

What another great day we had! The weather was awesome again today so we headed down to Auntie Laura's for a trip to the park!

Jackson-hold hands
Jackson-I'm hungry

Spencer rolled over today! Wow this little boy is so amazing! I can't believe how quick he is growing! Already rolling over on me! What's next!?

Well here I go again it's been I bit since I last filled you all in on what's been going on in our lives! I definitely need to work on writing our days down!

It has been a blast of a summer, we've been to festivals, and parades and cottages and swimming pools and the list goes on and on.

It's been great watching Jackson grow another day older, listening to him speak full sentences now and question things and also tell you about things. I just cannot believe the leaps and bounds he's made. It's happy but sad moment. Happy he's growing up but sad at the same time!

Today was a great day for the 3 of us. I decided to take the kids to the OEYC at Limeridge and what a great walk we had there. We stopped by the garden over in the townhouse complex around the corner from the house and Jackson pointed out all the bees and flowers and was telling me about the colours and wanting me to smell them. We followed a grasshopper around for a minute or two watching in hop and fly around it was awesome to watch Jackson get so excited over it all!

Tonight we had Dylan and Raina over to play and again another great moment of watching Jackson interact with the kids. He turns into such a little person, asking questions, pointing things out to them. I really enjoy watching him interact with other children now! I mean we still have the melt downs if they have his toy but he actually wants to play with them now which is good to see!

As for Spencer, he is so amazing what a great baby! I couldn't ask for anything better (well maybe that 3rd child that I would love to have) he so laid back and easy going! I hope he keeps that tempermant it would really make me happy! Well he's decided it about time he learnt to roll over! Which he is almost there once he figures out how to get that arm out from under him he'll be off to the races!

Bye my toys

As we are leaving the house yesterday, Jackson turns to his toys and says bye my toys. It was such a cute thing to see! He's putting together sentences now like crazy, he told Irene that he was on his way for a bbq. "Me go to bbq now see you soon" he says. I love it! At the bbq he comes up to me and says " mama the girl no play with me" and I asked him if he had asked her to play and he said no, so I told him to go ask her to play and he did! "You play with me as he takes her hand and leads her to the climbers!


Spencer is awesome too! He has now realized he can play with his toys when he's on his playmat!

So as Jackson let me know first thing this morning when he got up that it was 'not a blue day out' and that it was raining we had a lazy kinda day! We stayed inside and played for most of the day until the rain stopped when daddy got home!

Jackson got to help mommy bake today and what was so amazing was that he counted all the way up to 12 all by himself with no prompting or help from me which I was pretty amazed about.  My little boy is amazing me everyday with the things he is learning!

Well it's Monday and we just got back from Auntie Laura's cottage! What fun did we have! Went spent a day in Port Dover, walking up and down the strip and checking things out. The kids got to eat lunch down on the beach which they enjoyed. We took them out to the end of the pier and they had a blast watching the kids jump off the end. Jackson was also excited to watch a boy and his father catch some fish.

We then took the kids to Selkirk to the annual Gasfest, where they say the annual parade; they got candy from the participates in the parade which was such a highlight for them. They also got to play in a couple of different bouncy castles which they also enjoyed. Jackson really liked the swimming in the water of the boat ride at the end of the day.  It was a really great day for everyone and I can't wait to go back again next year!

Poo on the potty=ice cream cone

So he finally did it!! Jackson finally pooed on the potty! He's been doing a really great job at telling me when he has to go to the bathroom and an even better job of going outside to pee or for the past couple of days heading to the bathroom and peeing on the toliet but poo has been a different story! He hasn't really wanted anything to do with the potty and pooing he'd rather put a diaper on and go in that. So I have been working with him but with no much luck until today he sat on the toliet for me and tried to go poo which was great as he asked me to take him not me begging him to go sit on it! But nothing happened so I told him that if he did poo he would get an ice cream cone, so after running around the house for about an hour after trying the first time he grabbed daddy and daddy took him to the potty and he finally pooed! I am so proud of the little guy I just hope he keeps it up!

Stoney Creek Early Years

So I decided at the beginning of the summer that I would go around checking out all the different Early Years Centers in the area, just to see if I could meet new people and to give Jackson the opportunity to play with different toys and in different settings! So today we headed down to St David's in Stoney Creek which is the main location for the area and did we ever have a blast! What a great center they have down there. It's big and clean and the staff is really friendly, our friend Linda is there from the Binbrook OYEC. The center is divided into a couple of different rooms which is nice. I find it gives Jackson a wide range of things to do, he doesn't get as bored because he has different rooms to go to.  He had a great time today playing house and with the train table and water table! The best was the fact that he'd rather play in their gathering room with the lights off dancing and jumping around. At one point he found a rubber dog bone that he wanted me to throw at him so he could pick it up in his mouth and pretend he was a dog. This went on for a good 15 mins and he was just loving every minute of it!  Can't wait to go back and visit that location again! I think I may sign up for some of the activities that they offer for Jackson, I think he'd really enjoy that!

A Note for Mama

So we've been having a terrible time trying to get Jackson to bed. My fault for not setting good routines from the start, but let's not get in to that as it's a long story!

I finally get him into bed, read his stories, say good night, go downstairs. 5 Minutes later he's up calling for me Roy goes upstairs gets him back into bed. 10 minutes after that he's calling again this time we leave him, he gets louder and more upset, finally I feel bad and head upstairs to tuck him in once again. The poor kids' got a piece of paper in his hand and says to me through tears "Mama note for you". All the crying was because he had a note he wanted to give me! I thought I was going to burst into tears over the whole thing! I left him crying thinking he would go to sleep and he wanted me to come upstairs so he could give me the paper so he could go to sleep!

Roy says he was trying to play me to get me back upstairs but I don't believe that was the case I think he really wanted to give the note to me so he could go to sleep! Who know's but I tucked him in and off to sleep he went!

Festival of Friends

Today was a great family day! We decided to pack up the kids and head out to the Festival of Friends in it's new location; the Ancaster Fairgrounds! Besides being 38 degrees with the humidex it was a really nice day! Jackson had a great time playing in the Children's area and going on the rides in the Midway. I was really proud of him for listening and following beside the stroller and not trying to take off. Poor Spencer was a little crankey due to the heat and being carried by Mommy all day but everyone just oogled over him when they saw him!

So I know I have said this a number of times but I really am going to try and blog everyday now! I think I was waiting for big stuff to happen each day before I blogged but I think with having both Spencer and Jackson now I will just write what we did each and everyday whether it's big or small. I also want to start putting my accomplishments of the day down also!

So here goes lets see if I can get this rolling! As long as I can do it for 21 days in a row then it becomes a habit and I will have it made!

::Dr. Suess for Nursing Moms::

I came across this poem on mon petie amour's blog  http://www.monpetitamourblog.com/ and thought it was so cute!

This is exactly how I feel when it comes to nursing!





Dr. Seuss for Nursing Moms


Would you nurse her in the park?
Would you nurse him in the dark?
Would you nurse him with a Boppy?
And when your boobs are feeling floppy?

I would nurse him in the park,
I would nurse her in the dark.
I'd nurse with or without a Boppy.
Floppy boobs will never stop me.


Can you nurse with your seat belt on?
Can you nurse from dusk till dawn?
Though she may pinch me, bite me, pull,
I will nurse her `till she's full!

Can you nurse and make some soup?
Can you nurse and feed the group?
It makes her healthy strong and smart,
Mommy's milk is the best start!


Would you nurse him at the game?
Would you nurse her in the rain?
In front of those who dare complain?
I would nurse him at the game.
I would nurse her in the rain.


As for those who protest lactation,
I have the perfect explanation.
Mommy's milk is tailor made
It's the perfect food, you need no aid.


Some may scoff and some may wriggle,
Avert their eyes or even giggle.
To those who can be cruel and rude,
Remind them breast's the perfect food!


I would never scoff or giggle,
Roll my eyes or even wiggle!
I would not be so crass or crude,
I KNOW that this milk's the perfect food!


We make the amount we need
The perfect temp for every feed.
There's no compare to milk from breast-
The perfect food, above the rest.


Those nursing smiles are oh so sweet,
Mommy's milk is such a treat.
Human milk just can't be beat.


I will nurse, in any case,
On the street or in your face.
I will not let my baby cry,
I'll meet her needs, I'll always try.
It's not about what's good for you,
It's best for babies, through and through.


I will nurse her in my home,
I will nurse her when I roam.
Leave me be lads and ma'am.
I will nurse her, Mom I am.




- Anonymous