Kids...

My kids have been giving me a run for my money lately. I believe they are still adjusting to Michayla being in preschool, but oh man it has been rough around here. Elijah just turned three and from my experience, the threes are worse then the twos. I am not sure where they got the terrible twos from, but around here, it is the terrible threes. He is forever bothering her sister. I am always telling Michayla to "outsmart" him and not let him bother her, but that doesn't work. She whines, he loves it, so he doesn't again. A very vicious cycle for mom.
Then there is Caleb...oh Caleb. He is walking EVERYWHERE. I think we are going to need to get more gates because he either ignores our little spanks for when he tries to go up the steps, or he cries and goes right back at it. (You would think falling down the steps twice would have got his attention, but apparently not.) He is into the wine rack, the tupperware, the pantry...you name it, he is into it. I think Target might be calling my name to get more childproof items around here. On another note, he is semi sleeping through the night. Yes, he is almost a year old and is still not quite there. It is partially my fault because I really have catered to his every need through the night, but he also just really likes to nurse. I mean more than any of my other children. So, as I have started to wean him from nursing, he is crying more and more through the night...but he just gets ignored. Poor little dude...but mama needs sleep BIG time!
So today, I decided that I have one of the funniest little boys ever. Elijah makes me laugh all the time. He is so random. Tonight we were having family time and Kevin was talking to the kids. He was trying to get them to talk about why they are acting out and not listening to mommy through the day. Well, I am sure you can picture how it goes with a three and four year old when you are trying to have such a serious conversation, but today Elijah was just over the top funny that I was crying. If you have never experienced the jolly Elijah laugh...you should. You will cry it will be so funny!