Liam is a HUGE handful these days, as he has taken climbing to a whole new level. He has always joined me in the bathroom within 3 seconds of me arriving there, but now he knows how to climb up on the stool (currently there to block him from getting to the toilet paper, trash can and toilet brush) and reach all of those things (he loves getting into the trash can), as well as playing with anything he can find on the sink (the toothpaste, the soap, the candles we have up there...anything). It's lovely.
It is his LIFE MISSION to get behind the couch, where we have our big furniture stored. He does it about 50 times in a 10 minute period. There is no distracting this kid... if I were to take him down and put him in front of all of his toys, a mile away, he would navigate that mile back to the couch in approximately 2 seconds. It's very, very frustrating.
His other LIFE MISSION is to get everything he can into the kitty litter box. He likes throwing all of his toys there, and today I found him PLAYING in it. Lovely. Looovely.
Eli has taken to reading books about hospitals. Today I had to operate on his alligator injuries (he kept jumping in the river where the alligators bit various parts of his body). We read a book about how Grover went to the hospital to get his tonsils out, so now Eli is constantly telling me that he has "Throats" and needs to go to the hospital. It's hysterical.
Everything these days is super hero related with Eli. Today I was Dr. Doom, Electro, Juggernaut, the Green Goblin, etc.... over and over again. At one point, he became Dr. Octopus and wrapped his octopus arms around me to trap me, and then proceeded to call the spider friends on his imaginary phone to have them come rescue me. Cutest conversation ever: "Hello? Um, hi. Yeah, Mommy is trapped by Dr. Octopus and needs someone to come rescue her. Will you come? Ok. See you soon!" lol. Very cute.
Eli continues to take everything Liam is holding away from him, and then Liam lets out bloody murder shrieking. It's lovely.
Ok... I'm being summoned to read Eli's favorite book... Bert and Ernie's "don't forget the oatmeal!"
Friday, July 27, 2012
No more Target
So the three of us (me, eli and liam) go to Target about once a week, mainly because it's the perfect place for us to go while we are waiting for the street cleaning hour and a half to be up. On the days when I have to be out of our spot by 8am, there are virtually no spots available til close to 9:30. So we head off to Target (less than a mile away) and try our best to be out of there by 9, so we can be back in time to get a prime spot in front of our building.
As I got the boys out of the car in the Target parking lot this morning, I painfully remembered that our trip last week was awful, thanks to Liam's new practice of "I will absolutely not sit in the cart, no matter how tight you make that strap. I must stand at all times." I sucked it up, because we were already there, and hoped for the best.
The best was not to come. Liam again refused to sit down, standing up approximately 43,000 times during our trip. He's too heavy for me to carry him the whole time, especially since he doesn't want to be carried and squirms and squirms and squirms to be let down to walk. Thank you, Target of NY, for not having shopping carts where two boys can sit, so Eli has to usually go in the back. This means that he either disrupts the items in the cart, throws them at liam, or stands up in an attempt to grab things from the aisles or harm his brother in some way. Today, we tried with him standing on the back of the cart holding on, but this was a disaster, because every time he saw something he wanted (every 5 seconds), he would jump off and run toward it, or jump off so that I partially ran over him. Lovely. That ended quick.
I was the crazy mom yelling at her children every 20 seconds in Target this morning.
My highlight, of the morning, however, was when I handed Eli a bag of M&Ms (we decided to make M&M cookies, and they were on sale...perfect). About 5 minutes later, I looked in the back and saw brown drool everywhere. On his mouth, on the bag, on the other items in our cart. Yes, Eli had EATEN THROUGH THE BAG and was eating the M&Ms. You can imagine how happy I was to discover that, and how happy I was to have to explain to the cashier why the bag looked the way it did.
Long story short... there will be no more trips to Target for Mommy and the boys in the near future. No siree. Nope.
As I got the boys out of the car in the Target parking lot this morning, I painfully remembered that our trip last week was awful, thanks to Liam's new practice of "I will absolutely not sit in the cart, no matter how tight you make that strap. I must stand at all times." I sucked it up, because we were already there, and hoped for the best.
The best was not to come. Liam again refused to sit down, standing up approximately 43,000 times during our trip. He's too heavy for me to carry him the whole time, especially since he doesn't want to be carried and squirms and squirms and squirms to be let down to walk. Thank you, Target of NY, for not having shopping carts where two boys can sit, so Eli has to usually go in the back. This means that he either disrupts the items in the cart, throws them at liam, or stands up in an attempt to grab things from the aisles or harm his brother in some way. Today, we tried with him standing on the back of the cart holding on, but this was a disaster, because every time he saw something he wanted (every 5 seconds), he would jump off and run toward it, or jump off so that I partially ran over him. Lovely. That ended quick.
I was the crazy mom yelling at her children every 20 seconds in Target this morning.
My highlight, of the morning, however, was when I handed Eli a bag of M&Ms (we decided to make M&M cookies, and they were on sale...perfect). About 5 minutes later, I looked in the back and saw brown drool everywhere. On his mouth, on the bag, on the other items in our cart. Yes, Eli had EATEN THROUGH THE BAG and was eating the M&Ms. You can imagine how happy I was to discover that, and how happy I was to have to explain to the cashier why the bag looked the way it did.
Long story short... there will be no more trips to Target for Mommy and the boys in the near future. No siree. Nope.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Eli quotes
Here are a few Eli quotes from a few days ago:
I told him it was time to change his diaper, to which he replied: "No, I don't want to change my diaper. Sorry, but I can't." He then continued playing.
Later that day, I asked him:
"Are you going to be a good boy?"
"Yes."
"I don't believe you because you keep hurting your brother."
"Well, I think I'm a good boy. Look at my face!" (cue sweetest smile ever).
I told him it was time to change his diaper, to which he replied: "No, I don't want to change my diaper. Sorry, but I can't." He then continued playing.
Later that day, I asked him:
"Are you going to be a good boy?"
"Yes."
"I don't believe you because you keep hurting your brother."
"Well, I think I'm a good boy. Look at my face!" (cue sweetest smile ever).
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
The Flores Boys in July!
I've been horrible at updating this lately... time just goes by so quickly these days!!!
Here's what the boys are into these days:
Liam:
-looooooves touching his index finger to other people's index fingers (ET style) and noses.... it's his greeting, and if you do it back to him, he bursts into laughter and you are instant friends
-loves grabbing books and bringing them up on the couch to "read." His favorite books are Peek-A-Who, a book about trucks, and a book that has baby faces.
-loves dropping things behind the sofa and LOVES trying to climb over the back of the sofa to get them
-loves pushing his little car all over the place. He refuses to ride it, but loves pushing it around
-fights like CRAAAAZY when it is time to change his diaper or snap his onesies
-is in the bathroom in 2 seconds after I go in there. He loves being in there and throws a FIT if someone goes in and closes the door, locking him out
-wakes up anywhere between 5am and 6:15am every morning
-is still taking 2 naps, though he often gets shortchanged if we have places to go
-screams a high pitched girly scream if he is eating and runs out of food before you give him more.
-screams bloody murder the million times a day eli pushes/kicks/hits/knocks him over
-likes dancing to the dora and diego theme songs
-likes to take his shoes off whenever we are outside or in stores. We've already lost three pairs.
-loves climbing ANYTHING and everything. I look him to the playground this morning and he's getting pretty good at going up and down stairs.
-must stand on top of things (books, boxes, toys) when he is playing.
Eli:
-is super into Dora and Diego these days
-loves watching this Madagascar Christmas special. It's brought Santa back into the picture and when he starts misbehaving, all I have to do sometimes is pretend to go get my phone to tell Santa.
-loves, loves, loves reading. Right now, his favorite books are the If you give a mouse a cookie series, a book called "The Lion's Share" and any books about Batman or Spiderman.
-loves talking about animals (mostly because Diego rescues animals). The other day, he asked me... "do chincillas have eyes that see in the dark?" He then told me what they looked like, sound like and what they eat. (Thanks, Diego).
-takes naps for Grandma and Daddy, but never for mommy
-wakes up several times a night, crying for mommy. Sometimes he is coherent, and sometimes he is not.
-is getting better about brushing his teeth (we had his first dentist appointment 2 weeks ago!.. she told us his teeth are very close together and he will most likely need braces due to crowding. lovely).
-still likes to wear his fire hat all the time
-loves riding his scooter
-makes me tell him a story involving all of the spider friends and all of the bad guys every night before he goes to bed
-loves painting!
Fun times in the Flores house!
Here's what the boys are into these days:
Liam:
-looooooves touching his index finger to other people's index fingers (ET style) and noses.... it's his greeting, and if you do it back to him, he bursts into laughter and you are instant friends
-loves grabbing books and bringing them up on the couch to "read." His favorite books are Peek-A-Who, a book about trucks, and a book that has baby faces.
-loves dropping things behind the sofa and LOVES trying to climb over the back of the sofa to get them
-loves pushing his little car all over the place. He refuses to ride it, but loves pushing it around
-fights like CRAAAAZY when it is time to change his diaper or snap his onesies
-is in the bathroom in 2 seconds after I go in there. He loves being in there and throws a FIT if someone goes in and closes the door, locking him out
-wakes up anywhere between 5am and 6:15am every morning
-is still taking 2 naps, though he often gets shortchanged if we have places to go
-screams a high pitched girly scream if he is eating and runs out of food before you give him more.
-screams bloody murder the million times a day eli pushes/kicks/hits/knocks him over
-likes dancing to the dora and diego theme songs
-likes to take his shoes off whenever we are outside or in stores. We've already lost three pairs.
-loves climbing ANYTHING and everything. I look him to the playground this morning and he's getting pretty good at going up and down stairs.
-must stand on top of things (books, boxes, toys) when he is playing.
Eli:
-is super into Dora and Diego these days
-loves watching this Madagascar Christmas special. It's brought Santa back into the picture and when he starts misbehaving, all I have to do sometimes is pretend to go get my phone to tell Santa.
-loves, loves, loves reading. Right now, his favorite books are the If you give a mouse a cookie series, a book called "The Lion's Share" and any books about Batman or Spiderman.
-loves talking about animals (mostly because Diego rescues animals). The other day, he asked me... "do chincillas have eyes that see in the dark?" He then told me what they looked like, sound like and what they eat. (Thanks, Diego).
-takes naps for Grandma and Daddy, but never for mommy
-wakes up several times a night, crying for mommy. Sometimes he is coherent, and sometimes he is not.
-is getting better about brushing his teeth (we had his first dentist appointment 2 weeks ago!.. she told us his teeth are very close together and he will most likely need braces due to crowding. lovely).
-still likes to wear his fire hat all the time
-loves riding his scooter
-makes me tell him a story involving all of the spider friends and all of the bad guys every night before he goes to bed
-loves painting!
Fun times in the Flores house!
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Sweetness
Tonight, as I was heading out to church, I said goodbye to Eli and gave him a kiss. He then surprised me by saying "I love you, Mommy! Even though you sometimes go to work or church or the grocery store, I love you a lot." VERY cute. :)
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