I've heard of the "terrible 2's" and heard form others that it should really be "terrible 3's". I did agree that the 2's weren't bad and the 3's were definitely.....worse. Well now having a 4 year old for the last 5 weeks I'd go back to the "terrible 2's" or "terrible 3's" cause the (as I call them) "frustrating 4's" aren't treating me so well. I've had people tell me that 4 is a great age, the kids know so much but, not tooooo much. (I think that's the problem) Here is a taste of what its been like lately.....
* "Mommy, you made the WORST supper EVER!"
* "I don't like you anymore, I'm just gonna play with Daddy and Karsyn!"
* "When I get bigger, I'm not gonna marry you I'm gonna marry Daddy cause I'm mad at you!!"
* "I'm mad at you!" "I'm not gonna talk to you anymore!"
* She's also using the phrase "I feel" a lot. "I feel like I want someone to lay with me when I go to bed."
(often times using "i feel" when it doesn't make sense)
* Lying is been a issue also. Blaming Karsyn for EVERYTHING.
......just to name a few. =)
It's kind of funny sometimes and I have to hold back my outburst of laughter but then I think, is she saying that kind of stuff to other kids/people?? I hope not!! When she has these moments I make her take a deep breath and calm down, if that doesn't work she has some quiet time away from the rest of us until she is calm and can use "nice words". Don't get me wrong here, most days are fine, and most of it is normal for a kid her age I'm sure, its just I hate to hear those hurtful words coming out of my sweet girls mouth.
She's also been waking up at night, crying about "bad dreams". The most common one is a ghost chasing her, then one of a dog barking at her. I try and talk about them with her but she says "I don't know". So I'm not sure if she really doesn't remember or if she doesn't want to talk about them. I feel bad cause those would scare the daylights out of me too!
Hopefully the 4's will turn around....soon! =)
Monday, March 28, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
The dentist.....
So last Tuesday I took Sydney in for her dental checkup. She did really well at the last one so I wasn't sweating it a bit. Even brought Karsyn with to let her have a ride in the chair and see what it's all about. I also explained to Syd how she has to show Karsyn how easy it is because next time Karsyn will have a turn. We got there and she did great, let my friend/coworker, Michele, count her teeth and things were going fine. Then Michele asks how old Sydney is and mentions that it would be great if we could get some pictures of her teeth (x-rays). That's where things go a little nuts. Michele takes Sydney to a different chair and I follow with Karsyn. She starts the x-rays and Syd does well on the first couple. I couldn't see Syd's face but I could hear her gagging on the next ones. She wasn't crying or putting up much of a fuss at that point. After that was done we head back to our chair and then Syd loses it. Starts crying and saying she doesn't like the dentist anymore and doesn't want to come back here ever again. While the x-rays are developing Michele cleans her teeth as Sydney is sobbing LOUDLY and making a HUGE fuss. Then after a couple minutes the x-rays are done and we look and one didn't turn out, Syd must have moved it because it was blank, nothing on it. So had to redo it. Great.... So off Sydney went with Michele and did it again, this time I stayed back and let Karsyn have a ride in the chair and check things out. The x-ray was better, she had opened her mouth a bit so it wasn't perfect but they were able to see what they needed. Thank goodness!! Upon reviewing the x-rays with the Dr she discovers, to my surprise, she has a couple "watch spots", the start of a couple cavities in between a couple of her teeth. She goes on to explain that if they stay how they are they won't have to do anything and that if they get worse they'll have to do something about them (fillings or what not). We are very religious brushers at our house and would floss here and there. But now we floss EVERY night and hopefully those "watch spots" stay as they are. ;)
On a different note Karsyn loved the ride in the chair and I had a hard time getting her out of it when it was Sydney's turn again. It was funny she was saying "I dodee, I dodee" (I do it, I do it). Hope that keeps up when its really her turn. :)
On a different note Karsyn loved the ride in the chair and I had a hard time getting her out of it when it was Sydney's turn again. It was funny she was saying "I dodee, I dodee" (I do it, I do it). Hope that keeps up when its really her turn. :)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Funny Things
~ Karsyn was getting dressed the other day and after she gets her pants up she pulls one side down and says "bye bye Dowa!" (she is wearing Dora the Explorer undies) At the same time she is also waving.
~ Karsyn's birthday was March 7th (she turned 2) and we are having her birthday party this weekend. Sydney was talking to my dad yesterday and tells him Karsyn is going to be 3. It took some explaining but after a while she agreed that Karsyn will still be 2 at her birthday party and not 3. She was so certain she was going to be 3. It was cute!
~ We were outside yesterday and Sydney was pretending she was a zookeeper and was naming the animals in her zoo. I asked if she had any deer in her zoo and she said "yup, we have deer in Ninnesota." She also added that at her zoo they make milk out of snow! =)
~ Since Karsyn has had a couple little birthday celebrations (one on her birthday at home and one at daycare), she is understands that there will be cake and blowing out candles. Today we went and bought Karsyn's birthday stuff, cake mix and decorations. Every time she sees the cake box she says "burshday" and pretends to blow out her candle. Then when I try to get her to say "burshday" she pretends to blow out her candle!
~ Today Karsyn is wearing her "meow" outfit (as she calls it). Its a leopard print fleece shirt and pants for those of you who aren't familiar with it. She chooses to wear it whenever its not in the laundry ends up being worn once a week for sure. Well today she was running and she tripped and fell. I was waiting for her reaction....cry....or laugh.....nope she started crawling and meowing like a cat!! What a character!!
~ Karsyn's birthday was March 7th (she turned 2) and we are having her birthday party this weekend. Sydney was talking to my dad yesterday and tells him Karsyn is going to be 3. It took some explaining but after a while she agreed that Karsyn will still be 2 at her birthday party and not 3. She was so certain she was going to be 3. It was cute!
~ We were outside yesterday and Sydney was pretending she was a zookeeper and was naming the animals in her zoo. I asked if she had any deer in her zoo and she said "yup, we have deer in Ninnesota." She also added that at her zoo they make milk out of snow! =)
~ Since Karsyn has had a couple little birthday celebrations (one on her birthday at home and one at daycare), she is understands that there will be cake and blowing out candles. Today we went and bought Karsyn's birthday stuff, cake mix and decorations. Every time she sees the cake box she says "burshday" and pretends to blow out her candle. Then when I try to get her to say "burshday" she pretends to blow out her candle!
~ Today Karsyn is wearing her "meow" outfit (as she calls it). Its a leopard print fleece shirt and pants for those of you who aren't familiar with it. She chooses to wear it whenever its not in the laundry ends up being worn once a week for sure. Well today she was running and she tripped and fell. I was waiting for her reaction....cry....or laugh.....nope she started crawling and meowing like a cat!! What a character!!
~ This one is sad for me but still made me smile. The other day Sydney was looking at a picture of my mom and asked, "is Grandma Liz going to be in heaven forever?" I said "yeah." She says, "What does she do there?" I said, "Whatever she wants." She says, "Does she work there?" I said, "Yeah, she works there as an angel watching over us and helps keep up safe." =)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Check-ups
It's that time of year, after the girls birthdays, time for well child check-ups. I made the appointments a couple weeks ago and after a little debating of taking them together or making separate appointments decided to do them together. Today was the lucky day. I wasn't sure if Karsyn needed any shots or not but remembered at Sydney's 3 yr check-up that they said she was good until kindergarten. So she would be easy and even if Karsyn needed a shot it would be fine to have their appointments together.
I have to always prepare Sydney, so I have been talking about going to the Dr for a couple days now and she asked if she was going to get shots. I said nope but Karsyn might have to get one. She was fine with it and was excited to go. So after Karsyn's class we headed to the clinic. We are talking with the nurse and she starts out by saying Karsyn is due for her Hep A #2 and a finger prick to check for lead. OK, she moves on to Sydney saying she's needing a HIB booster that she was supposed to get last year but they were out of....and a PCV 13 a new one....great. How do I tell my 4 year old that she now has to get TWO shots when I told her she wasn't having ANY. Yikes!!
So the Dr comes in and after a little small talk I start asking my questions, one about Sydney's paleness lately and that maybe her iron was low or something. He says we can check that with a little finger prick. OK, so now we're up to 2 shots and a finger prick..... So he leaves and the nurse comes in to give the shots and Sydney's finger prick. I decide to have Sydney go first because if she sees Karsyn getting a shot and crying to follow I'm going to have a hard time getting Syd to do anything. The nurse does the finger prick first and Syd did great! (she watched karsyn get her finger prick earlier and with no crying so that was helpful) The actual shots went ok, there was crying and tears for both girls but as soon as the nurse mentioned stickers the crying stopped immediately and you could hear a pin drop! Then there was smiling and giggling, I had a couple of very happy girls. The affects of the shots showed its ugly face the rest of the day mainly for Sydney. Karsyn's reaction being a 3 hour nap (the mild reaction). They gave Sydney her shots in her right arm. BIG mistake!! All day she was complaining of her "shots hurting". She had trouble eating, drinking, going potty, anything she tried doing she needed help with, also very emotional about EVERYTHING. It made for a very long day. I do realise that a lot of the "shots hurting" is in her head she just needed some mommy cuddle time, but I felt and do feel so bad for her (considering she was thinking she wasn't getting any shots). I did question the shots in the arm with the nurse and she said that if they can walk they give the shots in the arm....ok Sydney has been walking since she was 9 1/2 month old and has NEVER had a shot in the arm before. Karsyn can clearly walk and the nurse gave her shot in the leg just after telling me that. Not the end of the world, I just think I'm a little irritated that they made a liar out of me about Syd needing shots. Oh, well......
I have to always prepare Sydney, so I have been talking about going to the Dr for a couple days now and she asked if she was going to get shots. I said nope but Karsyn might have to get one. She was fine with it and was excited to go. So after Karsyn's class we headed to the clinic. We are talking with the nurse and she starts out by saying Karsyn is due for her Hep A #2 and a finger prick to check for lead. OK, she moves on to Sydney saying she's needing a HIB booster that she was supposed to get last year but they were out of....and a PCV 13 a new one....great. How do I tell my 4 year old that she now has to get TWO shots when I told her she wasn't having ANY. Yikes!!
So the Dr comes in and after a little small talk I start asking my questions, one about Sydney's paleness lately and that maybe her iron was low or something. He says we can check that with a little finger prick. OK, so now we're up to 2 shots and a finger prick..... So he leaves and the nurse comes in to give the shots and Sydney's finger prick. I decide to have Sydney go first because if she sees Karsyn getting a shot and crying to follow I'm going to have a hard time getting Syd to do anything. The nurse does the finger prick first and Syd did great! (she watched karsyn get her finger prick earlier and with no crying so that was helpful) The actual shots went ok, there was crying and tears for both girls but as soon as the nurse mentioned stickers the crying stopped immediately and you could hear a pin drop! Then there was smiling and giggling, I had a couple of very happy girls. The affects of the shots showed its ugly face the rest of the day mainly for Sydney. Karsyn's reaction being a 3 hour nap (the mild reaction). They gave Sydney her shots in her right arm. BIG mistake!! All day she was complaining of her "shots hurting". She had trouble eating, drinking, going potty, anything she tried doing she needed help with, also very emotional about EVERYTHING. It made for a very long day. I do realise that a lot of the "shots hurting" is in her head she just needed some mommy cuddle time, but I felt and do feel so bad for her (considering she was thinking she wasn't getting any shots). I did question the shots in the arm with the nurse and she said that if they can walk they give the shots in the arm....ok Sydney has been walking since she was 9 1/2 month old and has NEVER had a shot in the arm before. Karsyn can clearly walk and the nurse gave her shot in the leg just after telling me that. Not the end of the world, I just think I'm a little irritated that they made a liar out of me about Syd needing shots. Oh, well......
Monday, March 7, 2011
Karsyn's 2!!!
So my little stinker turned two today! I had to work today so she spent the day at Tammy & Trevor's (our daycare). They always have a little birthday celebration for each of the kids' birthdays. They have fun games and always have cupcakes for afternoon snack. They get a little present for the birthday boy/girl. Today Karsyn got a puzzle. This morning when I was at work I got a text message from a number I didn't know, (I recieved from a text from an unkown number the other day so I was kind of annoyed) then a pic of Karsyn came up playing bingo and one of her opening her present. It made my day! So after work I ran to target to pick up Karsyn's present, (bean bag chair like her sisters) picked up a Papa Murphy's pizza for supper, then picked up the girls. We had a fun night with just the 3 of us, Patrick was out of town working but got home in time to smooch the girls goodnight. Her birthday party is March 19th so there's more to come!
It's funny how much I thought about what happened two years ago today, how vivid most of the details still are.
March 6, 2009: I went into work a couple hours late that day to rest due to the busy afternoon schedule. I worked until about 4. I called Patrick on the way home and he said he got a call from his friends Bill and Tiffany (who just had a baby a couple weeks before that) to come see their new baby. After a nice visit we decided to head back home and get Sydney to bed about 9:30 or so. On the way home I told Patrick I thought I was having contractions and he didn't believe me at all. So I put Syd to bed and told Patrick I was going to throwsome last minute things in my bag and go to sleep inase this was "real". He continued his internet surfing and didn't think much of what I had just said. So it was about 10pm when I went to sleep. I woke about midnight and the contractions were worse. Patrick had come in the room just as I woke and I told him that it was "real." He said he was just gonna go to bed. Ha! He should have listened!
March 7, 2009: we spent the next couple hours timing contractions and made arragements for someone to stay with Syd. Finally about 3am we headed into the hospital, we were in our room by 3:30 and by (this is where it gets kinda fuzzy) 5 or 6am I got a spinal tap and relaxed for a while with no pain, then it was time to push. About 4-5 pushes later she was out, 7:30am. When she came out they put her on my chest and no one said what she was for a couple minutes. Then they asked me if I knew what "it" was and I said no we haven't looked yet. Then we looked and saw we had another beautiful girl on our hands!!
It's funny how much I thought about what happened two years ago today, how vivid most of the details still are.
March 6, 2009: I went into work a couple hours late that day to rest due to the busy afternoon schedule. I worked until about 4. I called Patrick on the way home and he said he got a call from his friends Bill and Tiffany (who just had a baby a couple weeks before that) to come see their new baby. After a nice visit we decided to head back home and get Sydney to bed about 9:30 or so. On the way home I told Patrick I thought I was having contractions and he didn't believe me at all. So I put Syd to bed and told Patrick I was going to throwsome last minute things in my bag and go to sleep inase this was "real". He continued his internet surfing and didn't think much of what I had just said. So it was about 10pm when I went to sleep. I woke about midnight and the contractions were worse. Patrick had come in the room just as I woke and I told him that it was "real." He said he was just gonna go to bed. Ha! He should have listened!
March 7, 2009: we spent the next couple hours timing contractions and made arragements for someone to stay with Syd. Finally about 3am we headed into the hospital, we were in our room by 3:30 and by (this is where it gets kinda fuzzy) 5 or 6am I got a spinal tap and relaxed for a while with no pain, then it was time to push. About 4-5 pushes later she was out, 7:30am. When she came out they put her on my chest and no one said what she was for a couple minutes. Then they asked me if I knew what "it" was and I said no we haven't looked yet. Then we looked and saw we had another beautiful girl on our hands!!
Catch up
So I realised I haven't blogged for a while and need to catch up on all the things happening with us.
A couple weekends ago we went to our nephew Kayden's 4 bday party. It was at the bowling alley in Albany, Sydney was way excited (anything involving Kayden is so exciting). We took the kids bowling, which Sydney and Karsyn enjoyed ALOT!!! I had to tear them away form the alleys. Telling them it was time to have pizza and juice boxes did the trick and both came along with no problem. Later as we walked past the alleys for potty breaks Karsyn would say "I bowbing, I bowbing!" Also, they had a blast playing the arcade type games there. Pretending to drive and who was going faster contests, trading seats, giggling, it was fun to watch them. Oh and thank goodness they don't realise yet that those machines take money to actually play! =) I'm sure they will figure it out sooner or later but for now its great, cheap entertainment!! It was a fun day!
This past weekend we were at Patrick's parents house. His cousin Phil had a fish fry saturday at his farm not far from Patrick's parents house. They had planned a fishing outing in the morning to catch fish for it. Patrick asked me if he should take Sydney with and I said that I had heard Mike and Kayden we going to be coming to Grandpa and Grandma's before fishing so good luck getting out the door without taking her. =) He agreed to take her with (not very excited about it tho). His past outings with just him and her haven't been very successful. She has been know to fall in holes and gets kinda antsy AND we haven't mastered potty breaks out on the ice yet. =) So off they went. Later that morning I hadn't heard anything form them so I text Patrick and asked how syd was doing. He said I assume she's fine...she's been in Mike's house all morning. Sydney had fun and didn't even fall in any holes!! She went again the following morning with Daddy, Grandpa, Uncle Mike and Kayden. I think Patrick is making her his little fishing buddy, which is just fine with me!! Before the fish fry we took the kids on a tour of the farm. Sydney and Karsyn loved seeing all the animals and tried to get the calves to eat some straw. We went in the barn to see some "big cows" and some bunnys. Then Phil hooked up his horses to a sleigh and took all the kiddos on a sleigh ride. Afterwards Syd asked "horses wear shoes?" It was funny!! She looked so confused.
A couple weekends ago we went to our nephew Kayden's 4 bday party. It was at the bowling alley in Albany, Sydney was way excited (anything involving Kayden is so exciting). We took the kids bowling, which Sydney and Karsyn enjoyed ALOT!!! I had to tear them away form the alleys. Telling them it was time to have pizza and juice boxes did the trick and both came along with no problem. Later as we walked past the alleys for potty breaks Karsyn would say "I bowbing, I bowbing!" Also, they had a blast playing the arcade type games there. Pretending to drive and who was going faster contests, trading seats, giggling, it was fun to watch them. Oh and thank goodness they don't realise yet that those machines take money to actually play! =) I'm sure they will figure it out sooner or later but for now its great, cheap entertainment!! It was a fun day!
This past weekend we were at Patrick's parents house. His cousin Phil had a fish fry saturday at his farm not far from Patrick's parents house. They had planned a fishing outing in the morning to catch fish for it. Patrick asked me if he should take Sydney with and I said that I had heard Mike and Kayden we going to be coming to Grandpa and Grandma's before fishing so good luck getting out the door without taking her. =) He agreed to take her with (not very excited about it tho). His past outings with just him and her haven't been very successful. She has been know to fall in holes and gets kinda antsy AND we haven't mastered potty breaks out on the ice yet. =) So off they went. Later that morning I hadn't heard anything form them so I text Patrick and asked how syd was doing. He said I assume she's fine...she's been in Mike's house all morning. Sydney had fun and didn't even fall in any holes!! She went again the following morning with Daddy, Grandpa, Uncle Mike and Kayden. I think Patrick is making her his little fishing buddy, which is just fine with me!! Before the fish fry we took the kids on a tour of the farm. Sydney and Karsyn loved seeing all the animals and tried to get the calves to eat some straw. We went in the barn to see some "big cows" and some bunnys. Then Phil hooked up his horses to a sleigh and took all the kiddos on a sleigh ride. Afterwards Syd asked "horses wear shoes?" It was funny!! She looked so confused.
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