To Be or Not to Be Like the Cat

Mayhem has always liked to play in the animal's water.  Why not?  It splashes and makes noise.  It's messy, and a good time all around!  The animals drink it with their tongue... why not?

Really?  That's all I have to say.... Really?

Big Boy Seat

At dinner time, Mischief and Mayhem each have their own seats and they always sit in their respective seats.  However, Mayhem is getting larger and is big enough for a booster seat on a chair, like his sister has.  In fact, he thinks he is hot stuff when he climbs up into her booster seat and does his "work" (i.e. work on his coloring book).  I prefer the highchair because Mayhem cannot get out of it by himself!


Perhaps I need to invest in a big boy booster seat for Mayhem...

The TV War

I am a person who likes my television.  I enjoy picking out my shows, getting addicted to them, and living vicariously through the characters in the show.  I wait all week long to see the new episode, and have my list of shows to watch every day of the week.  Or at least I used to be...

These days, I have to watch a selection of mind numbing (stimulating for the children) kid's shows.  Not occasionally, but every day, by the hour.  I am a believer that children should not watch violence and angry programming, so I give up control of the television.  Shows for children can be very educational and stimulating for the kids, but many of them are violent and actually written for adults.  Therefore, we watch PBS or our movies that we have hand picked and watched previous to the children watching it.

Oh well, one of these days, I will win the television war and get control of my remote!

Spring Breaks rests!

Ah, spring break is finally over, so things can get back to normal.  Mischief went back to school today, and had a blast.  The weather was nice, so they got to go outside too!  

The sad part of the day was when her little brother decided (for the first time) that he needed to go to school.  He started crying saying, "NaNa, go school!" as we were dropping her off.  All afternoon, he keeps crying, "go school."  The poor little man is not happy to find out he has to wait a long time before going to school!

Dinosaur Train

For those of you who are unfamiliar, need to go to pbs and educate yourselves.  There is a show on PBS called Dinosaur Train.  This show is about a pteranadon family who has adopted a t-rex baby.  They travel the world on a dinosaur train learning about different species of dinosaurs.  This is an educational show, as it tells kids about dinosaurs, but I believe the kids are going to be heart broken when the t-rex baby grows up to eat his family.

Anyway, on Dinosaur Train today, they were talking about Einiosaurus.  The Einiosaurus have a strange looking nasal horn, and they were demonstrating/practicing a fight.  Mischief and Mayhem took this as, they can practice fight on me with their nasal horns.  Yes, for the mental image, Mischief AND Mayhem have been headbutting me with their pretend nasal horns.

It has been a long day...

Picture Day

I attempted to get pictures taken of Mischief and Mayhem today, and most of us survived.  The kids actually did really well, except for the sitting still and waiting part.

Mischief allowed the gal to take her hands and place her wherever she wanted her.  Mayhem, however, was a different story.  He could copy his sister and say, "Cheese" then move after two seconds.  Taking the pictures of him went well, but taking pictures of just Mischief was a bit more difficult.  Only because Mayhem continued to run onto the backdrop and yell, "Cheese!" with a giant, goofy, open-mouthed grin on his face.  Even when I was trying to pick out the picture, he ran back into the room, plopped his butt onto the ground and yells, "Cheese!"

All-in-all, we got the pictures taken, and I did not manage to lose either child in JC Penney.  I will post a copy of the pictures once they come back to me.

Heavy Weight

I believe I am raising a heavy weight champion in my household.  As Mayhem gets older, he certainly lives up to his name.  My children fight and argue as most siblings do, but they get along well for the most part.  Today, however, is one of those days.

Today, Mayhem has learned a new trick that works efficiently, and his sister cannot smack him for it.  As he is getting bigger, and weighs within five pounds of what his sister does, Mayhem has learned to squash her.  Not just squash her, but sit on her and lean back, completely pinning her to the ground.  And, if she resists, he puts his feet on her hair.  Yes, her hair.  So much so, I had to take strands of hair out from between his toes.

This is a quite efficient way of controlling his sister if Mischief gets out of line!  You will have to come see Heavy Weight wrestle when he is older.