Dog Snacks

I've been a slacker with my blog, I know. It's been one of those weeks (or has it been two?)--I'm sure you all know!! Peter's been a little sick and has been trying to avoid naps. Andrew has decided that he no longer will wear diapers at night--but he gets me up every time he needs to go 'potty' in the night. I know that it's a good thing, so I'll just live with it for awhile. At least he goes on the toilet, so all I have to do is stand there with my eyes closed while he goes, then put him back in bed. I don't have to change sheets... (knock on wood)

Claire MUST have a tapeworm. We were eating breakfast this morning (they talked me into making pancakes and eggs) and WHILE SHE WAS EATING she asked me if she could have a snack! Ummm, no! You are EATING BREAKFAST!! Oh. "Well, what are we going to have for a snack after breakfast?" Oh, good grief. This goes on most of the time all day long. She starts to beg for food within five minutes of eating. The kid is either hollow or full of parasites. Here, either one is entirely possible. (She really doesn't have a tapeworm...just so you grandma's out there reading this won't freak out. She's just a growing girl, I guess.)

I've been doing some fun reading with Josh. I'm so impressed at how well he doing with reading. I'm really pushing him (he doesn't know it) and he is doing fantastic with it! He's reading second and third grade books! His favorite books to read are the Magic Tree House books--which is a good thing, because I don't think I could stomach reading them aloud any more, and I KNOW Devin dislikes them. We told Josh that if he really wants to read them, he has to do it all by himself. It's not that they're bad books, they're just REALLY basic and somewhat flat as far as storyline. Oh well. They're supposed to be, I suppose, since they're for young kids.

So, we have now discovered our newest FAVORITE music! I usually always have music playing. Most of the time, it's classical/instrumental of some sort. I do have some 'running' music for the kids. There's one that has Romanian music (Devin's mix), a few 'Brite' Janeen Brady cds (See Me Run series), some nice Salsa (My Guatemalan music...), and now: Dog Train! We were first introduced to this by our neighbors before they moved away from us... I got it for Josh for his birthday last year, but never had much of a chance to play it because of Peter's coming and our subsequent trip to the US for way too long (not because I don't love all of you--it's just difficult to live away from your own personal home/space for three months). Well, I pulled it out again a few weeks ago, and it has stayed in the cd player since! It's HILARIOUS!!! There's a song about throwing a tantrum, about needing a nap (sung by Weird Al and Kate Winslet!!!!), a boring song (the kids LOVE this one!!), a penguin's lament (one of my favorites!)...it is just SOOOOOO good!!! I don't mind letting the kids listen to it over and over and over and OVER because I can't help but giggle every time I hear it! It's VERY well done. I HIGHLY recommend it to everyone out there! Go check it out!!