Swim Lessons Again

My youngest has recently started swim lessons. He is doing great; however, he is not afraid of the water at all. If he had his way we would let him loose in the water. He forgets that he has not idea how to swim. I am hoping this class teachers him how to be safe in the water, but I do not think he is paying attention enough to understand the teacher. He is so busy during the whole class trying to get out of our hands and do his own thing. He will learn eventually...I hope!!
My oldest has started private lessons because I did not think she was learning too much in group lessons. She is doing great and really learning how to swim. The techniques she has learned in just a few weeks are great. She is even practicing outside of the water. This is her 6th swim class, but the first one where she is one on one with the teacher and I think it makes all of the difference. I will definitely sign my youngest up for private sessions when he is 3. I think by that age kids are ready to learn and need more than just games to get comfortable in the water.

The summer of broken plans

I am not sure why this is, but for some reason this summer everyone makes plans with my kids and than never follow through. I actually stopped telling them what plans we had because my 3 year old would get so disappointed when the other person would not show up. It started right in the beginning of summer with someone inviting us to Longwood and the day of cancelled. Than there was the person who invited us over to swim and never followed through, which was followed by the person who asked us to meet at a park for a play date and never followed through. The final one was someone inviting us to a museum and than again NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH!!! What is the deal with people? I always try to keep my appointments in order not to disappoint the other adults children, but it seems no one has trouble disappointing my kids!! Here is the crazy thing, they were the ones inviting us! Why invite us somewhere and than not follow through? Whatever. My kids and I still have a great time together. We tend not to invite people along because I am sure they WOULD NEVER SHOW UP!!!

Sometimes life is busy

The kids are getting big. The baby is going to be one next week. We are so busy with two kids that life is flying right by us. This year has flown by us and we are in amazement that he is going to be one already. It seems like yesterday I was bringing him home from the hospital. I can say it has been an busy, but enjoyable, year for us!
Recently I have noticed that the kids, especially Kiki's, schedule/s are filling up and things we would have been able to do before, such as attend events for family members, take a backseat to the kids activities. Their activities have to come first since we pay so much money to have them in them and more importantly they enjoy them so much. Life is getting to be so busy.
I hope that the kids never get too overbooked, but I think that is sure to happen. Recently, for example, Kiki was invited to three different parties on the same day and we already accepted tickets to an event. I RSVP to one event and then had to call the mom back up to let her know that we would not be able to make it because we already accepted tickets to an event. I need to keep up with my daily planner so I do not over accept invites again.
Wish me luck as they get older and more involved in activities. I am going to need all the luck I can get.

TIME

So here I am blogging on a Friday night. Time is such an issue for me these days. I am so busy now that I am back at work. Working as a mother of two kids is much harder then it was with one kid. At the same time, life with two kids is so much fun. Kiki and baby K are so funny together. Kiki will do anything to make baby K laugh. It is really rather cute. Anyway, getting back to time. Life with two is great, but time is not something that I have to myself anymore. I go to work early, spend my morning catching up on paperwork, teach all day, pick up the kids, spend time with them, cook dinner, get the kids ready for bed and by then I am ready to crash so I go to bed. Time is something I need to find in order to keep up with the house, get ahead of myself at work, and relax. I guess I will have some time in about eighteen to twenty years, right? In the whole scheme of things, all the things can wait because the time I am spending with my kids is time I can never get back. =)

BIG GIRL NOW!!!

In March we finished Kiki's BIG GIRL ROOM!!! It was great, and we were so happy to have it finished. At the same time we were not yet ready to move into the room. We moved all of her clothes into the room, put all of her toys in the room, but we still had her sleeping in the nursery. To be honest, we always had some reason for not moving her into her new room. The truth was that she could get out of her BIG GIRL BED and that was an issue. She never attempted to get out of her crib, so by keeping her in the crib we were fine. Well the time has come to move her into her new room. Her baby brother is growing out of the bassinet and ready for the crib and she was getting sick of the crib. So last night we set up the monitors and moved her into her new room. I was so nervous, but she did great. She loves her bed and slept through the night. When she woke up at 8:20 A.M. she simply knocked on her door and said ,"Knock, Knock...Kiki is up now!" So cute. She was so proud of herself for her big accomplishment. We are proud of her as well. I can't believe how quickly she is growing up. It feels like yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital and introducing her to the dog. I remember her first night in her crib and the first time we fed her solids. Now she eats with us in a big girl chair, sleeps in a big girl bed, and is a big sister!! Wow two years have brought a lot of changes for us, but with the changes have come moments of extraordinary pride for our BIG GIRL!!! Love you KIKI!! =)

People Crack Me Up!

People are so funny, really they crack me up. I just love the people who take, take, take, but when you ask for a favor they act like it is a BIG DEAL!! Or how about the people who always throw judgement around about everyone else as if their lives are perfect. Really, your life is perfect... you have made no mistakes? I especially love the parents who kids do no wrong. For example, your child is playing with a toy and their child wants it so the child takes it from your child. When you go over to find out why your child is crying the parent blames your child for hogging a toy, but never addresses the fact that their child just STOLE THE TOY YOUR CHILD HAD!! HELLO, what are you teaching your child that it is okay to just take what you want no matter the consequence. Great Parenting!! Same goes for the parent who goes to play dates and "accidentally" leaves with a toy or two. Really, I have to do inventory before and after you leave my house?! Then the parent wonders why he/she is no longer invited to play dates. DO I REALLY HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU?!?!


Going along with thieves are liers!! I love the people who play favorites but deny it all of the time even though it is so obvious. Everyone sees it, especially when it comes to your own children. You know who you are, you invite people somewhere, or buy things for someone and say "don't tell so and so I did this for you because they would be hurt." Don't you think they will be hurt when they find out you LIED... come on now the truth always comes out!! Oh wait, my favorite people are the ones who tell you how wonderful they are all of the time. You know the ones, they end every story with, "And everyone told me how wonderful the event was", or "people always tell me how great it is to have me around", etc... Lets be honest, no one is that great to have around all of the time, and furthermore no one really thinks you are all that great to have around. These all lead to the person who lies to make themselves look better in front of others. We all tell white lies once in awhile to boost our image, but to do it on a constant basis and to make the stories larger then life is a bit absurd.



Love the self centered people. The ones who feel like the whole world really does revolve around them. I know this person who feels as though if he/she is going through something you need to be there to hold his/her hand (even if it is as simple as the person has a bad day), but you could be going through something serious like your child is sick and this person does not feel the need to even pick up the phone to make sure your child is okay. Or the person who knows you are dealing with a lot and could use a friendly call, but never calls to make sure you are okay or to check in with you to see how you are doing. They of course are offended that you do not call them is whatever free time you may have. When or if you do call them they don't even ask how you are doing. They only talk about themselves and how wonderful they are even though they know you are dealing with some type of issue. GET A CLUE!!! Show some compassion for other human beings. You will be amazed when you open your eyes and realize that you are not the only living person in the world. Like I said, PEOPLE CRACK ME UP!!! =)

Reliability

People can be so unreliable and it really annoys me. I mean come on now, if you say you are going to do something or be somewhere then do it. At this point in my life the reliability of people does not effect me as much as it effects my children and that really annoys me. If someone says they are going to be somewhere and do not show up don't they think my two year old, who expected them, and is now disappointed. I do not expect a lot from people because I am usually disappointed by people, but my daughter is innocent and still expects reliability from people. It hurts me when she is disappointed by people that are supposed to play such an important part in her life. Don't they realize that every time they disappoint her she learns to rely on them less and less. For a two year old that is hard to handle at times and it is hard on me because I am not sure how you explain unreliability to a two year old. Especially when that two year old is crying and hurt by the person. If you cannot make a scheduled appointment I do not think it is too much to ask for the person to just simply call and let me know she/he cannot make it so that I can explain it to my daughter before she gets herself all ready to stand at the door waiting for the person.