Okay my camera disappeared for the last few weeks so I have no pictures to show. We had a fun New Years with some friends and had pizza, cinnamon rolls, fondue and various other treats. When I asked Michael what he wanted to drink and listed 7up, root beer, lemonade, etc. He just said "soda!" We had the kids get balloons and stand on the balcony overlooking the family room and then did a countdown around 7:00 and they "dropped the ball" at zero and made noise with the noisemakers and fun toys. Jim and I also made a bunch of New Years resolutions and it has been so fun implementing the goals we have for the kids. My singing time with Michael has been a treasure (anyone seen "Barney and the Choir"?) and Nicole loves her personal scripture study time (gets to stay up after the boys go to bed!) and she loves the highlighter we gave her to mark words that are special and give her a good feeling in her heart. So cute! She went through 70 pages of the Old Testament last night and I told her she could stop anytime, but she just kept going! Jacob loves my storytime with him after family scripture study, and Michael and Jim were having a blast making towers in their one on one time after scripture study at night.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
If you give a three year old a cookie...
Today has been interesting so far.
This morning Nicole was doing a piano worksheet when Michael came over and was distracting her. She said, "Don't play by here, I'm consecrating!"
After lunch, Michael needed to completely change his outfit. He disrobed, but then ran up to his room for quiet time without getting dressed again! So I went up to the other bedroom where his clothes are (Jacob's room where he was having quiet time). That room has the door handle switched so the lock is on the outside. I unlocked the door and went in, closing it behind me so Jacob would think he couldn't go back out. After retrieving some clothes, I went to open the door but it was locked! I banged on the door calling for Michael in the room next door. After yelling his name and banging the door- nothing. I went to the wall connecting the rooms and banged on the wall, yelling to Michael that I was locked in Jacob's room and needed help. Again and again and again. And the worst part was I could hear him joyfully playing-completely naked-with his cars and airplane. "whoosh, wheee, oh wow" and all kinds of other sound effects. And nothing I did could get him to come or even acknowledge me. Nicole was downstairs watching a movie and had no way of hearing me at all. I called Jim only to get voice mail. And just when I thought this was going to be a long afternoon, inspiration hit. I went back to the wall and knocked again telling Michael I would give him a cookie. Seconds later he came out of his room to unlock my door. I am not kidding. What a three year old I have!
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"I'm consecrating"... hahaha. Awesome. Good thinking on the cookie thing. I would have just started threatening spankings or something. But cookies are probably a better way of doing it. :)
LOVE this! the funny thing is the same thing happened to me the other day, I was putting ez down for bed and had the door shut so sam couldn't come barging in and wake him up just as I put him down..anyway, sam was banging on the door while I was in the process but then stopped, figured he joined other kids in the playroom, tiptoeing out of room only to find I'm locked in (the lock is reversed in Ani/Ez's room too- Sam must have locked it with all his banging)!! I didn't want to bang loud for the kids and wake ez up, they were in the playroom with the door shut and probably wouldn't hear me and I didn't have my phone to call my neighbor! After a quick prayer, I realized I could pick the lock! I carefully turned on the closet light to see if there was something in there I could use to pick it- and a bobby pin was on the floor!!! Prayer was answered and I was out 30 seconds later! Of course the kids thought it was hilarious that I had just been locked IN to Ani/Ezra's room :-) anyway, you're in good company! got to love it!
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