It's the well-nigh busy fourth dimension of the year

Wow. It is Dec already? The in conclusion fourth dimension I looked at my calendar, I swear it was October...

The toddlers are nearly xx months. As everyone likes to say, "this is such a fun age." As I similar to say, this historic catamenia exhausts me. It is thence much fun watching them uncovering things. I honey truly seeing them learn, similar when they repeat a novel give-and-take or when they figure out how to opened upwardly a gate or door. C stacked his blocks nine blocks high the other night, too thence knocked them over to meticulously problem them upwardly inwards a row. Absolutely adorable to watch.

Then in that place are mornings similar this morning.

C has decided that he doesn't desire to position shoes on. I truly mean value that is the dilemma. He won't acquire out the solid inwards socks-- he must select shoes to cross the threshold-- but he does non similar the human activeness of putting shoes on. He also is exceedingly detail inwards what pair of shoes he wants. (Last calendar month they alone had ane pair of shoes each. Why, oh, why did I purchase some other pair?) I was running tardily thence I skipped the necessary steps for him to willingly position his shoes on, nearly a 10 infinitesimal game when done properly. He was a mess. He flipped from boneless to absolutely stiff for nearly xx minutes piece I attempted to acquire O create to go. O was a sweetness thing piece I was battling amongst C. He listened to me; he brought me things. Once he was dressed too create to go, O refused to acquire out the house. C had his shoes on, thence he shot out of the front end door too jumped correct inwards the van. O would not acquire out the house. He clung to the front end table. He clung to the door frame. He clung to me when I tried to position him inwards the van. I literally wrestled him into his seat, pointlessly repeating, "We don't human activeness this way." I too thence had to pry C out from the dorsum of the van where he had comfortably settled into big blood brother D's high-backed booster seat. Did C mean value I would allow him ride there? The temper tantrum he threw piece I buckled him inwards his ain topographic point made it sounded similar he did, indeed, mean value I would allow him ride dorsum there. I locked the front end door, headed dorsum to the van echoing amongst the sounds of angry toddlers, too briefly wondered why I was fifty-fifty leaving the house. (Then I persuasion dorsum to post-breakfast when they both crawled on the tabular array to assault my centerpiece too realized this powerfulness endure a meliorate utilization of their energy.) I turned on the van, the Christmas station started playing, too both toddlers stopped crying to start "singing" along to the vacation songs. Really? And I smiled because it was thence cute listening to them. All was forgotten. The battle over buckling into the motorcar topographic point was over too I moved on.

We arrived at our destination. I unloaded the van. Both of the toddlers brutal asleep on the ride over. While I unloaded the stroller, C woke upwardly too started screaming. He screamed when I unbuckled him too position him inwards the stroller. He screamed piece I took O out of his topographic point too position him inwards the stroller. O gave me a big grin too a big hug. I gave C his sippy cup, which he threw. I started walking too C yells, "Oook! Oook!" (Translation: Look! Look!) He points to something inwards the parking lot too I excitedly yell amongst him, "Wow! Look, Cole, look!" I fumble for my wallet. Yup, left it at home. No coin to pay for parking. No Starbucks on the agency over because I was running late. I am at nowadays standing inwards a freezing mutual frigidity parking lot amongst no agency to pay for parking too 2 toddlers who volition not endure happy if I didn't convey them inwards to play-- amongst no coffee. What a morning. (Thankfully, my girl took compassion on me too spotted me the $2 to park.)

So far, we are stumbling along. When nosotros came within to play, C screamed at the top of his lungs because he wanted to play over there too non inwards here. I stood belongings my angry 20-month onetime piece the other moms looked at me. I e'er wonder piece this is going on if I should do an obligatory fourth dimension out or outpouring on the bribery train. I erred on the side of bribery too gave him his sippy cup. He clutched his H2O similar it was his life problem too started stacking toys inwards a basket.

The residual of the afternoon passed usually enough. D came dwelling solid from preschool too attempted to wrestle amongst his brothers. There is no betoken wrestling amongst toddlers. They acquire angry if y'all stand upwardly on the corner of their blanket. They acquire fifty-fifty to a greater extent than angry if y'all brand them sit down downward when they desire to endure standing. I am non certain how many times I said, "Keep your hands to yourself." Sometimes I experience 2 steps away from implementing "camp rules." I could endure the mom amongst the mini van too the snazzy song. I clap the kickoff verse; they clap the 2nd poesy equally they problem upwardly behind me. I'm non certain if my take away heed is slow slipping away or if that truly is a practiced idea. If nosotros do select a menage unit of measurement line-up song, do nosotros select to article of apparel fanny packs piece nosotros do it or matching menage unit of measurement shirts? While I persuasion this over, the boys ate lunch. I started loading the dishwasher too got distracted. D broke an ornamentation too cried when I threw the smashed ornamentation away (he didn't fifty-fifty acquire inwards trouble; it truly was an accident). I comforted him too resorted-- again-- to bribery. "Do y'all desire a slice of cinnamon bread?" Ornament right away forgotten.

After tiffin too bribery snack, I told the toddlers it was diaper time. C ran total speed inwards the other direction. O, ever the listener, started crying equally he walked towards me. I set him on the flooring to alter his diaper, wiping his olfactory organ kickoff which made him thence angry he held his breath. So far we've had a handful of breath belongings incidents betwixt both toddlers (my oldest was a relentless breath holder-- multiple incidents every day). O turned bluish from caput to toe. I persuasion he was going to compass out, equally D frequently did, but I manged to distract him correct earlier (blew inwards his face). During his exhausted post-breath belongings whimpering, I speedily changed his diaper too thence gave him extra hugs. He pushed away from me too ran toward the toy bin, laughing loudly equally he dashed. From ane emotion to the next... Now to honor C to alter his diaper. C had truly climbed into a kitchen cabinet too was laughing maniacally. I could almost translate the laughs, "She'll never honor me here! I simply got out of diaper changing and nap!" After wrestling amongst him through a diaper change, both toddlers were finally create for nap, something neither of them wanted to do. No affair how frequently I explicate to the boys that loud crying over naptime alone makes me experience that naptime is to a greater extent than necessary, they still yell loudly when I state naptime. So off nosotros went. C throwing himself apartment on his human face upwardly every distich steps to present me how much he didn't demand a nap too O obediently next me downward the hallway piece he cried.

Now that both toddlers are downward for nap, I'm looking to a greater extent than or less the solid thinking, "Where to begin?" I select a charge of laundry inwards the dryer. I select a sink total of tiffin dishes. I  select piles of shipping too papers to become through, stacked on every surface inwards my purpose area. D wants me to sit down on the couch too snuggle him piece nosotros picket a movie. And our calendar is simply full. Every 24-hour interval nosotros select something else going on. I was looking at children's books the other 24-hour interval too realized I haven't done reading lessons amongst D since earlier Thanksgiving. Our days simply sideslip by! I truly do mean value this is a fun age. These boys brand me express mirth out loud all the time. (Even when they are misbehaving because, sometimes, it truly simply is likewise cute.) I mean value this historic catamenia would endure fifty-fifty "funner" if I could clone myself for the vacation season. My wife too I could become to the preschool production piece Mommy Clone 1 stayed dwelling solid amongst C for naptime piece Mommy Clone 2 took O to the pediatrician. This 1:1 ratio would also endure ideal for those toddler temper tantrums...

On the addition side, the wife is officially on vacation intermission tomorrow. I can't hold back to endure spoiled this coming calendar month amongst an extra pair of hands to a greater extent than or less the solid all day. Thank you, STA-21.

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