Toddlers can say some cray things!

I think my boys are the funniest people I have ever been around!  I have no idea where they get it from and I especially have no idea where they come up with the things they say.

Lately, Max has been a bit rebellious and he is showing it in the craziest way.  Here is how a dialogue with a rebellious Max:

me- "Hey Max, would you like something to eat?
Max-"Nah.  Lets gobble cookies."
me- "How about lets decided either apples or grapes."
Max-"No mom! Max can't eat grapes-apples no NEVER!"

Everything is "No NEVER!"  This word "never" has just come out of the blue and I don't even remember saying it around him, so I am not sure how he even heard it.  He says it with such conviction that it is pretty humorous and takes everything I have not to crack up laughing...especially when "never" is not even a close to appropriate response to a question or situation.  Such as, anytime Jerry does something Max is not a fan of, Max's response is, "No Jerry NEVER!" and just walks away.  No idea what this "never" is that he is referring to, but as soon as he says it, he is pretty much over it.

"Awe I miss you miss me"
     Translation: I miss you

"But I lobe it"
     Translation: Max really suddenly has an intense love for something, especially if you just told him no about it.

"Awe so happy you me are."
     Translation:  This is a tough one coming from my little Yoda.  Sometimes he means he is so happy and then sometimes he means I should be happy for whatever he just did.  It can also mean he or me will be so happy if we do something.

"I stuck in the gooeys honeys"
    Translation: He means to say, "I'm stuck in the gooey honey." Which he uses when he doesn't want to move or do something I ask.  He is suddenly stuck in honey and can't do what I ask.

*of course Max has a ton of funny phrases, but as I sit down to write this I am forgetting all of them.  I'm sure I will be reminded very very soon.*

Jerry is really stuck on the phrase "Help me!"  He uses it for any and every situation.  He says it really loudly and very determined.  It is impossible to ignore, which is probably his point.  He is also saying "awe its cute" for anything he likes.  Tonight at supper his mashed potatoes was "awe its cute."  And Jerry has a completely fail safe response for everything...he simply repeats the last word you say and then says "right."

me-"Jerry do you want to take a bath."
Jerry-"bath right."

me-"Is it breakfast time?"
Jerry-"Breakfast right."

Who can argue with a response like that?!

Jerry is a man of few words, but he always seems to get his point across.

My Happy Little Man

Max playing "Kitties dress up."

My very brief return to life without children...kinda

  Date nights in our house is basically a very, super special occasion type of thing because my parents are very, very busy, so asking them to babysit for a date night is not something we like to do and we only have 1 babysitter we really trust (and there is no way I am saying who she is because we don't want anyone to steal her lol).  Our favorite, and only, baby sitter is an outstanding student and extremely responsible, so as you can imagine she is involved in basically everything and is very busy most of the time.  So when she is available to watch the boys for us we feel extremely lucky.

 Basically for me, it is toddler time all the time.  So when Reed proposed the idea that we go on an adult only vacation with our friends...his way of saying, "no you can't bring the boys with us!", I was a little frightened about leaving the boys.  Granted, I REALLY needed a break.  Its bad to say, but the boys were getting on my nerves and I'm about 100% positive that I was getting on their nerves too.  I was nervous about leaving because its summer time, so I knew they would probably be swimming without me and I wasn't sure how they would react to me being gone for a long trip (Thursday afternoon to Monday night).  I told Reed that if he really wanted us to go that he has to make all the arrangements ( I was pretty confident he wouldn't put in the time to do that, so I thought I was safe!)  The next thing I know, he has everything all lined out and I can't find a single flaw...so I have no choice but to go, and I have to admit that deep down I did want to go.

Once we got to Destin I was so excited to be there.  I missed my boys terribly, but I knew they were having fun, so I thought I might as well have fun too.  It took some adjustments to get used to a routine that I haven't lived in about 4 years.  We have a very strict routine at home: wake up at 6:45, lunch at 11:30, nap at 12:30, snack at 3, supper at 6:30 and bed time between 8 and 8:
30.  This would definelty not be the type of schedule our friends would be on for their vacation, so we shouldn't be on that schedule either.  So it got me thinking about the things you can't do when you have kids that people without children probably take for granted:

Eating whenever you want and choosing a restaurant on something that is not based on the kids menu, play place facilities, or whether or not its a child friendly environment.

When you get up at our house you hit the ground running because breakfast is the first thing my growing boys start screaming for.  However, on our vacation I didn't even have to eat breakfast if I didn't want to :)

Remembering how restful the beach can be.  With the boys its constant sand castles, running, and swimming.  It was so nice to sit on the beach and just relax with a good book.

Sleeping whenever you want!

Not planning.

I didn't step on a single lego, dinosaur or matchbox car on the way to the bathroom...or ever the whole trip!

Adult conversation topics.  Nothing revolved around Mickey, dinosaurs, or trains.

Not having to answer the question, "why?" "Wheres da pappis?!" and "What's that?"

Nobody cries or decides to lay down in the floor and randomly throw a fit.

My hair, body, and clothes were clean!  Not even a little bit of sticky substance anywhere.  I didn't even have to take a car shirt in case of emergency.  Even though I almost carried one out to the car the first night we went out to eat because I wasn't adjusted yet.

Life without children is soooo much different than life with children.  It actually took some adjustment to just relax and not plan everything.  My body seriously rebelled at the lack of schedule the first day...seriously cranky the first night when supper was past 6:30 lol.  But I loved every minute of the vacation and it was for sure needed.  As much as I missed the boys I think I am a more patient mom now that I had a little break.  So thank you sooo much friends that invited us and let us stay at their beautiful house in Destin.  It really meant the world to us and we can't wait to take a vacation again next year  :)

nap time

Right now it is supposed to be nap time, but I am watching my two rowdy boys (through the video baby monitor) wrestle, talk, laugh, and jump out of bed to get toys to sneak back into bed and play with.  Max is at the age to where if he doesn't want to nap he can usually make it through the day without being too cranky, but he will look forward to bed time and for sure not pass up the nap the next day.  However, if Jerry misses his nap he turns into a completely toddler nightmare!

Not sure how to deal with both boys refusing to nap today.  Usually I can just ignore it and Jerry will get so tired he will just lay down and fall asleep (about 10 mins later) and then Max will get so bored without his brother that he will just fall asleep (about 20 minutes later).

So now I am approaching the deadline of just calling nap time a waste today because its getting too late to nap and their bedtime will be thrown off.  Any ideas for getting little ones to nap that just don't want to?

Max and Jerry playing trucks

Now Max is doing a flip in bed!