Trouble and the gang

Introducing TROUBLE

As our friend would say, "He's a good boy!" And "What do you expect for someone named Daniel?" I'm sure he spends all his free time contemplating ways to complicate our lives.


Daniel's favorite word is "Uh-uh", and that's(above) what he looks like when he says it. He really is a lot of work right now-he's not happy unless one of his siblings are playing with him or I am holding him. If he's being ignored by his siblings he'll wreck the game/toys they're playing with. If I'm ignoring him, he'll open up cupboards, and try anything else he can think of to get that attention (even frustrated mothers are better than ignoring mothers). And yes, it doesn't take a whole lot of thinking for him to succeed!


Just to show off-here are two of my kids sharing peacefully! (They are always like this. ;) )


Matthew's thinking of what sort of trouble he can get into next time he's sitting on the potty...




And a smile-to keep me from going crazy (smiles restore sanity-everyone knows that-especially the kid!)


(Even weird ones count.)

Growing up too fast!

Two firsts this week for Nathan:

One. Lost his first tooth! It came out quite painlessly, to his relief-during naptime when he was bored and fooling around with it.
Two. First bloody nose! (Though it was not a full out gushing one, still, it now looks a lot like it could have been!) It happened when we were sliding on our (small!) hill with crazy carpets. Unfortunately, I left the stroller at the bottom (bad thoughtless Mommy Roze! who watched him ever so slowly-it seemed-get closer and closer until-smash!) and Nathan didn't think to stop, or put his hands up to protect himself. Poor guy! Life is harsh!


And a picture of each kid for all those patiently waiting readers of mine:
(You know who you are.)

Nathan


Melanie


Matthew


Daniel

An explanation

of why we might seem a little preoccupied over here.
(Well, one small reason of what seems like many, anyways.)

Matthew is doing the potty training thing.

"I'm a daddy."

(You are a getting big!)

Packaging

Free toys are the best toys, even though they don't always last very long.

The toy of the hour here is the packaging from a parcel I received.

Melanie really liked the wrapping, but was upset when her brothers went on it, or ripped it.
(Yes, we're working on sharing, but that's a lifelong lesson to learn!)

After the boys tired of teasing their sister,
(Yes, we're working on not bullying, but that's another lifelong lesson to learn.)

they decided the box was more fun anyways.

Matthew and Daniel would fill up the box with blocks, and Nathan would dump it out (like a dump truck) so it could be filled up again.


This left Melanie to contemplate how she could repair what she was left with.
(Would I let her tape it?)

Old pics again

And nothing to say again.