Some things I don't want to forget:

Truman is so sweet. He's still sleeping a ton but when he is awake, he just looks all around. My favorite thing he does that is so "him?" He lifts his leg up when he is nursing. It cracks me up! He either props it on me, or I hold it for him.

Jack is so sweet with the few words he pronounces incorrectly. My favorite? "Pikeyporn" instead of porcupine.

Summy has been so into Mario...he puts a Frisbee on his head and pretends he in invincible, running around the house. While he runs, he sings the invincibility song. Tonight he was pretending to be "bee Mario" and asked to be excused from the table by buzzing. It made me laugh out loud.

Welcome to boys!

THIS is what happens when you have boys!

Yes, that is all of my boys playing Super Mario Galaxy together. Currently a common occurance here. Please pardon how destroyed our house is.

Awkward family drawing

We went to pick up the boys today from daycare, and found they had drawn a picture of their family. We were admiring Jack's picture which was soooo cute, and then turned to look at Summy's...

There we were, anatomically correct. O.M.G. After googling a bit this evening, I guess I feel better about it, but holy moly. He has never drawn anything like that before, and I asked him "what's this" and he said "my penis, don't worry, look, I drew your 'gina."

*gulp*

best.parent.ever!

The boys were all ready to go swimming...I just had to get my suit on. When I came back, I found this:

This says it all

I am not going to lie, it has been a super stressful week. Jack has been a mess, mainly because he keeps having horrible nosebleeds. Today we find out at the ENT what they can do to help him.

This picture says it all: my three boys in the penalty box at Nationwide Arena.

Imaginary Friends

Apparently our kids have developed imaginary friends in the last week. I have no idea when this phase is supposed to hit, but they frequently refer to them, or ask for things to give them. Often, they tell us what they are doing...

Jack's imaginary friend is a girl named "Lacey," and in true Sumner form, Summy's imaginary friend is named "Sumner." I kid you not. A few days ago Summy said "Sumner has the same last name as me too....and the same birthday!"

I asked him "Well then aren't you and Sumner twins?" and he replied:

"No silly! Jack and I are twins!"

of course!

"feeling" kinda gross

I was in a one person public restroom this evening, and across from me on the wall was a baby changing station, like this, all neatly folded up. On the bottom, I just happened to notice something that REALLY grossed me out.

Instructions in braille.

Am I the only one? I do not think public restroom baby changing station and braille directions right on it mix. Eek.

The great poo misadventure of 2011

Soo...

How do you even follow up a title like that? Summy's been hoarding poo for quite a while now...probably something like 4/5 months. Oh, he'd trick us by taking us for a little ride on his "poo roller coaster:" sometimes he'd go a week before going, other times a few days. Just when I would get super worried, he'd go.

On a side note, sometimes I feel like all I deal with is poo and other body functions...if it isn't scooping cat boxes it's "skid marks" in Summy's underwear, or pee all over the bathroom walls because shooting it in zig zag streams is of course hilarious...I digress. This motherhood thing doesn't pay enough!

Last night Summy woke up crying because it had been a good week since he had last gone. I had given him a little something to get him moving on Saturday, but to no avail.

We were up for HOURS while I rubbed his tummy, etc. etc last night. No fun. And of course, I began to worry.

So I called the pediatrician, and the nurse was indignant with me on the phone: "What do you mean he hasn't gone in a week?" (you horrible mother!) "Are you sure he didn't go an you didn't know about it?" (because clearly you work and that could have happened!)

So after the guilt tripping, I set up an appointment.

Long story short, this is serious. Our kid has serious sensory issues, and a serious poo logjam up in there. And there was only one remedy prescribed.

So we went to no less than 4 locations to find said remedy. (And in the car, Sumner questioned: will the poo medicine go in my mouth? (no) Well how will I get it then?!?) Ok, ok, I'll admit, I might have laughed a little bit at this part, or at least until tears streamed down my face.

Two boxes of pediatric enema later, Sumner gave birth. Now, we must give him medicine to force him to poo daily, for months, possibly upwards of years.

I told my husband in the car: this is the stuff marriages are built on. One day we will look back and say, "these were the best days of our lives!"

Or something like that.

laugh out loud

I'm sorry, but this made my day today. I had to go to urgent care, and Jack went in to use the bathroom. On the door were two signs: a no smoking sign, and this one. (My kids have been obsessed lately with the "no" signs.) Jack pointed to the first one and said: "Look mommy! No smoking!" Then, and only in a music teacher's house would your kids say this, he pointed to this sign and said:

"Look mommy! No trombones!"

counting to 30...

...Summy style:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, ,22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.

A belated Christmas extravaganza..you'll laugh your santa beard right off!

First, in a set of pictures only a SPD mother can love, I present to you the Santa picture. Everything was going great until the lady behind the camera decided she needed to ring a set of jingle bells very loudly at my auditory-hypersensitive child. He was shouting "no" at the camera lady. I explained he had sensory issues and asked her to stop, but by then it was too late. I still see it as hilarious. The people gave us the copy for free because they said "they'd never had a child react like that before." Santa picture people, meet Jack:

The only "calmer" picture we could get:

The boys also helped me make cookies a few days before Christmas. Jack was really into it, but Summy freaked out with the dough. He was able to cut one with a cookie cutter, as long as he didn't have to touch it, and after a brief "hug" session and some time in his tension vest, was able to come back and put sprinkles on a cookie or two. Jack decided to sample cookie at whim which cracked me up.

my favorite cookie. Jack dumped an entire container of star sprinkles on it:



Some Christmas morning pics. Santa's big gift was a "pwano"

The boys with their great grandfather:

Last, as we were sitting in church on Christmas Eve, Summy really honed in on the words being said. During one prayer they said the word "humanity." Summy looked at me and said "Yeah, Manatees! Like at the zoo!"

Who knew Jesus had manatees attending to him in the manger?

Kids say the darndest things!

My kids say so many dear things, it's so hard to keep track of them all. I thought I'd take a chance to document some recent good ones:

"ear hats" (Summy) headphones
"penis water" (Summy) pee, or urine. (Sorry if TMI, but it makes sense, and cracks me up)
" mowing the carpet" (Summy) vacuuming
"train screaming" (Jack) the sound of the train whistle. To which Jack replies, "TRAIN! Stop screaming!"
"turning on the dark" (Summy) what Summy calls turning the lights off sometimes.
"flying in the water" (Summy) swimming

We were all on the big chair and a half in the living room and the boys had pulled my shirt up and Jack was blowing raspberries on my belly. I was laughing and then they both took turns doing it, all of us really hysterical over how funny it was. Jack blew a raspberry and looked up, deadpan, and said, "Mama, I hear thunder!" I thought I was going to pee myself.

Jack in a box

This is so fabulous, I had to share

THIS makes my Friday!

Summer has begun!

Today's post is brought to you by two of our favorite foods. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves, and trust me, dear readers, they speak volumes.

Favorite food #1: Cheese!




Favorite food #2: Suckers!




Few things bring joy to my children like cheese and suckers. Also high on the list: balloons, elmo/cookie socks, loveys and pacis when we are tired, and the ice cream truck. (Also known in our house as the "sucker truck.")

Thursday's visit went well with our new EI Teacher and Case Worker. A full scale assessment will be next Thursday and the visit a few days ago was primarily for paperwork to get us "into the system" and so they could re-write a new IFSP for the boys (like an IEP for kids younger than school age.) All went well and we look forward to more insight on Thursday.

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Happy mothers day to all the moms of multiples and mothers out there! Today was a really lovely day for me: the boys woke me up with cards, my husband made a lovely breakfast, and we spent the morning and early afternoon at the zoo. Then, I got a nap! Best mother's day ever! My husband and the boys got me a beautiful hanging basket as a gift.

Summy continues to crack us up with the things he says. Today at the zoo he called the leopard a "circle Humphrey" (Humphrey is our orange tabby) and he was super excited about the carousel at the zoo because he is obsessed with fans and things that spin. However, when he got on to ride he started crying and said he "was scared." I hope he's not a scaredy-cat about rides like me!

Jack has become a little bossy. He loves to tell Summy "no throw food SUMNER." and "No screaming SUMNER!" He always calls him "Sumner" when he reprimands him, which is hilarious. Our new house is fairly close to railroad tracks so we can hear the train whistle. When is toots, Jack says "no screaming, train!"

Our daycare situation that I alluded to last week and asked for prayers for has been resolved. They had decided to try splitting the boys up into different classes because Summy was having an issue with another boy in his class. After a trial run we felt it wasn't working and they moved him back. I'd love ideas from the twin moms out there who read my blog: how you you feel about separating your twins in class?

We have one more day of voting in the cutest multiples contest the boys are in. If you haven't already, please vote! We keep moving between 2nd and 3rd place. Thank you to everyone for passing the word around! The link to vote is: http://multiplesandmore.blogspot.com and voting is in the left sidebar, the boys are #6. Thanks for all your support!

Out of the mouths of babes

I was wearing a sports bra yesterday and sitting on the carpet, when Jack approached me very insistently. He pointed to my chest and told me I was wearing a "bee-boo diaper." I practically passed out.

Painting at the new house is pretty much done. Touch-ups and bashing my head into a wall notwithstanding, it's primarily done. Thank you God!

-isms

My sister in law, Alana, has an awesome blog about the "-isms" my darling niece has a tendency to say from time to time. ( visit her here ) So I thought today I'd share some -isms of the boys the last few days.

Jack has trouble with his "s" sound, so a lot of things that start with an s get changed to starting with an n. This has led to fruit snacks being called "nacks" but more hilariously, Summy, whose name used to sound like "Mun-yah" when Jack said it, has now become "Nummy." Even Summy has started calling himself Nummy. It is so stinkin cute.

Today we were briefly visiting the new house and Summy was going up and down the stairs. (A favorite pastime, as we live in a ranch.) The new carpet that was installed on Friday looks awesome. Summy was so pleased, he told us it was "gorgeous." No idea how he learned that word, but it was too much!

Lots has been happening with the sale of our house and we are at a big turning point today. We should know more by Monday, at least whether it is in contract or not. Say an extra prayer for us. I keep telling myself what is meant to be is meant to be.

"sticker man"

I have to blog about Summy tonight so I can remember the things he did today forever. Summy's been worrying me a lot lately...the OT wants to up his therapy for sensory issues, he's been having issues with biting and tantrums in his classroom...he's just been worrying me all around.

We went to Lowe's to buy paint for the new house and the woman at the customer service desk gave each of the boys a sticker. It was of spiderman. I told Summy and Jack "You have a spiderman sticker." Summy repeated back "spider man" quite a few times on the way to the car.

In the car, Summy became upset because he was afraid he had lost "sticker man." I laughed so hard I cried! Forever now we will call spiderman "sticker man." Almost the entire car ride he kept saying "WOW! Sticker man!"

Summy loves his daycare teacher so much that the whole way home in the car after school, he announces "love you, Kari!" (sounds like Care-wee) in his loudest voice. Today he said "love you Care-wee" all evening.

At Lowe's while he was in the cart, he was trying to get my attention and called out "Meghan! Meghan!" He sometimes makes phone calls to "Meghan-mama" as well.

Finally, in the car on the way home from Lowe's, the All American Rejects song "Give you hell" Came on the radio and to our horror, Summy sang "gives you hell" at just the right time in the song.

Guess we need to change the channel!

Classic baby story of the week

David was in bed yesterday morning and "passed gas" and we were all sitting there and Summy looked at him and blew a raspberry with his mouth. (Sounded just like D's fart.)

I laughed so hard I almost died. I told him "sounds the same buddy, but not quite!"