Whitson's Gone Wild!

Ok so as crazy as my last post was... I think we have stepped it up a notch.:) This week #2 gave Mike a bloody nose. Yay! I'm not glad that he got hurt but I am a little happy that I am not the only one who is being physically abused by our new children.:) This happened on Easter Sunday and sadly I have yet to wash the blood off of the sheets because we have so much laundry now. I swear everyday I am doing laundry. I use to think that you could just do laundry once a week. My reality of this has changed. With #1 potty training and both of the kids bathing themselves daily in the dog bowl outside we are constantly having wet smelly clothes! Lately we have been trying to teach the 2 year old not to drink out of the dog bowl and to not strip and run around naked because she dumps the bowl on her head. I don't feel like that is appropriate even in our own back yard. You just never know who's watching.

So the dogs have become very comfortable with the kids and the kids with them. #1 was quite mortified when Roari stole a carrot out of her hand one day at dinner. Recently the kids have learned to guard there food by yelling NO NO NO! #2 always sticks her pointer finger in the air when she talks (like I have an idea) its really funny because she can not talk in sentences yet.

So since the dogs love meal time so much now the insist on being in the house during breakfast. This is not allowed since the last time I let them remain in Buddy took his morning pee on the upstairs carpet. As though I don't have enough pee to clean up in the mornings! So now the dogs sit outside and look at us through the window. Roari has taken it as far to climb up on a plastic table and chairs we have sitting outside. Needless to say the table is now in the trash because it was not build to hold over a hundred pounds of fur.

So two days ago #2 had a fever of 103.3. This was pretty alarming since she is so little and she had no symptoms. I made an emergency run with her to the doctor and unfortunately when there are no symptoms the Doctor could not tell us much. So she had been on fever reducer and so far we have not had a spike back up in the fever.

Lately #1 had been doing her raunchy dance when we get her out of the bath tub. It makes Mike pretty uncomfortable. The kids do a lot of uncomfortable things, but I guess it is to be expected since they have been exposed to way more then a normal 2 and 3 year old would be.

#1's fits have slowly been settling down. We have started using "Over correction" this is were you make the child repeat their bad behavior until they are tired of it and don't want to anymore. Since nighttime fits were becoming so terrible and destructive we started using this when #1 throws an unnecessary fit. We would bring her downstairs during the fit and tell her to scream. Over and over and over again. On day three she finally got it. The second I said scream she said I'm done mommy. She then went to bed with no problems. Since then we have had one scream session, I figured she would forget at some point. We also had one at Lowes. Overall the over correction has been amazing! (Thanks Ashly!)

Easter was the most recent holiday. #1's big question was if the Easter bunny drives a car? If anyone knows the answer feel free to let her know.;) This was the first time the kids had every gone to church and hunted eggs. Friday we did a pre-egg hunt with some friends and then on Sunday we did a family egg hunt. Since we were at my moms house the "new grandparents" thought they could let #1 cut her food with a Knife and #2 have several pieces of cake. The girls had a blast. At one point #1 was licking the knife with her tongue and holding up a toy gun in her other hand. I wish I would have gotten a picture. However, my dad has now started the trend of #1 asking for a knife every time she eats anything. I guess we should buy some plastic knifes...

So this is week 3 and we are surviving! Week 4 starts on Friday. Every week is seeming to get easier but if anyone ever stops by our house or calls its pretty chaotic. Between the dogs running up and down the stairs chasing the kids and the kids getting into the Refrigerator and hiding food under the couch we are making it. (Yes the Fridge is locked now):}

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”- Galatians 2:20