Perspective

I’m the type of mom who reads every bit of material I can about anything related to kids. Especially stuff on kids around the ages of mine. Ages & stages, health related, food related, bahviour everything, psychological anything… literally- anything that I can get my hands on I read.  I ”know” what the next step is to come but even after having a second child I’m blind sided by these changes happening.  My baby is not a baby anymore and I’m not quite sure when he turned into a fully capable toddler. I feel like I’m running in leaps behind him to catch up to the phase/stage he’s in now.    Cooper is almost 3.5 and I swear some days I have a 13 year old on my hands.  He’s giving up naps which has not been fun and last week I was counting minutes to bed time and pulling my hair out.  But when I sat down and truly thought about what’s been going on his world- he’s bored and wants my attention but in a bit of a new way. He’s ready for the next pre schooler thing. He’s trying to read and asks “why” and “what are you talking about mommy” about a million times a day. He practises writing letters until I make him move onto the next thing. He’s started to stutter that’s how fast his brain his working these days.  How much information their little brains absorbs astounds me. Especially when he comes out with things like this:

looking at a picture of Venice like this one at my mom’s house:

 

He askes “Mommy what is that picture of?”

Me: “Umm… mostly boats”

Him: “Um… no mummy- they’re chondalas”

Me:  “Oh. yes, you’re right. They are gondolas.”

Him: ” Gondolas are a type of boat mummy” with an exasperated sigh at the end like…….. come on mom.. do I have to explain everything to you?.

Which I know he got it form a show he watched but that was months and months ago. It amazes me how much he retains and just spits out in some random moment.

So, now that I have caught onto the fact that both my boys are ready for the next steps, we’re making the adaptions and wow what a difference in moods around here.  I just now feel like I’m starting to catch up to them again. 

Somedays I wonder who learns more from who…. them from me or me from them?

Inspiring Tuesday

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Have a great day all   

And inside

And here’s what’s been keeping me busy inside:

Dress 1:

    

 

Dress #2:

      

 

Dress #3 is very similair to #1 because it’s for sisters and just needs the zipper sewn in.  I’ll post pics of that one when it’s 100% complete.

Also, these monkies have been CRAZY the last little while and I now know what those parents who said the age 3 is worse than 2 meant.  Cooper has morphed into this grumpy, defiant, cries at the drop of a hat- kid who is testing my patience to the very core. By dinner I’m counting the minutes to bed time and once they’re in their rooms and I can breathe again,  I sit back and feel bad for all the fighting and knocking heads that happened that day.  But, it’s in these trying parenting times that you have to hold your ground and not them run the house or you and it’s these difficult times that they need discipline just as much as they need love.  It makes them secure. But man oh man….  is it hard when you’re in the thick of it. Day after day when EVERY little thing becomes a battle of wills or a fight.  I keep telling myself it’s just a phase and it, like every other tough phase so far, will pass and he’ll be my happy, laid back, funny boy that he is. Sooner than later hopefully.

But then at the end of the end of the toughest days when he wraps his arms around me and says “mommy, I need a BIIIIIIGGGG hug and kiss becaue I LOVE YOU SOOOOOOOO much”– it gives me just that little bit extra patience to get through the next day.  Until morning anyway when it all starts again and I’m ready to cry.

There’s a reason why nature makes them cute- 

 

Part 2

Don’t know what happen in the post below…. wouldn’t let me type anything else after I downloaded the pics. Anyway  here’s more…..

A few weeks ago:

      

 

And now:

    

 

And these have been busy flowering and I just noticed the first little bud this morning:

 

In my vegetable patch (the pic below) I have pumpkin, canteloupe, honey dew melon, yellow and green pepper and jalepeno.  I’m also trying from seed- corn, carrots, beans and onions but I’m not sure if it’s too late in the season to start from seed so we’ll see how/if they turn out.

What’s been keeping me busy

It’s Saturday afternoon. Nap time for one boy, movie time for the other boy.  My friedge is clean, the laundry (for the most part) done and I actually have a few minutes to myself.  I’m way behind in keeping things up to date and a lot has been going on.  So here’s a look in pictures of what’s been going on outside that had been keeping me busy. 

The shed about 2 weeks ago:

    My new huge veggie patch:

Inspiring

I just finished watching a bit of a silly show but that an inspiring life story at the end.  The kind that bring tears of happiness to your eyes and that inspires.  It’s so easy to get stuck in a rut. Life can be pretty tough sometimes and it’s easy to join the pity party when everything around you seems gloomy.  But there are those who come through these hard times and inspire those around them.  Those who take every challenge life throws at them and doesn’t let it get them down.  Those who can stay optimistic even in the worst of conditions. So it gave me an idea…   Inspiration comes from things or people that we meet that can pass on that confident optimism.  So since it’s Tuesday night as I type this, I’m going to call it Inspiration Tuesday and every Tuesday from now on, I am going to post one of my favorite inspirational quotes.  Hopefully, I’ll be able to pass on some inspiration.

Here’s the first quote:

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.”
       - Eleanor Roosevelt

Where is the time going?

Last week flew by and before I even realized it, it was the weekend.  Having Canada day in the middle of a work week threw us off I guess.    So lots of catching up to do so I’ll be posting lots this week. 

Despite our efforts- the bloom didn’t make it. Too much damage to the stem. 

Our garden is under going some major renovations and I CAN NOT wait until it’s finished.  Having a big old shed removed and a veggie garden that was twice the size of my old one put in.  We’re trying cantaloupe, pumpkin, honey dew melon, peppers, jalapeno peppers, corn and carrots.  MMMM…  I’ll eb sure to post some pics once it’s all done.