Finally Friends

Tabor has never been mean to Kitt... it was more like he didn't acknowledge her. He would sing to Kitt on occasion, but mostly because he was with Pepper and he copies everything she does. Over the last couple days he will come over (without Pepper) and talk to her. And she will smile at him. Here are pictures of them in my bed way to early this morning.

Wahoo!

There are 4 parks super close to our house and ZERO of them have swings. Okay, one has a baby swing but Pepper has passed that stage. The simply do not go high enough for this wild woman. We have been exploring the trails around our house and discovered a wooden swing. Pepper loves it and shouts wahoo as she swings. Yay for finding a swing nearby!

baby Kitt

Kitt is an angel baby. For the first time I am really enjoying the first 3 months. Kitt is happy in her swing/floor so I can have my hands to fold laundry etc. I talk to her while I do my daily chores and she just smiles and smiles. And since I don't have to constantly hold a crying baby (like I did with Tabor) I have time to pick her up and play with her. When Tabor was this age I would set the poor boy down as soon as he quit crying so I could actually do something. Happy kids makes a happy mom!

diapers for warmth

Pepper is constantly putting dolls/animals to bed. She only has a couple of doll blankets. But don't you worry so wouldn't let her dolls/animals go cold because of lack of blankets. She just uses clothe diapers. They make great pillows as well.

Our Favorite Hairstyle

I love 2 messy buns on Pepper. She looks so cute it kills me :)

Ducks

First Tabor lures the ducks over by throwing bread, then he runs after them. Any ducks brave enough to hang around had to be on their guard because he started throwing rocks. BOYS!

My Kids

What can one say about being a mother of 3 under 3? There are a few moments each day that I think I rock at being a mother of 3. Then there is the rest of the day. The first 2 hours that Pepper and Tabor are awake are wonderful. That is when I do preschool lessons, house cleaning or workout videos. They cooperate during this time. Then the tables turn. I am trying to watch for what makes them turn but so far I am clueless. Pepper starts crying over spilled milk and while I tend to her Tabor runs off to squirt all the shampoo out of the bottle. At least that is what happened this morning. And it continues... in a tantrum Pepper throws the keyboard and it breaks, Tabor is in the pantry de-shelving, Kitt needs fed. So I feed Kitt while Pepper beats on Tabor. Then we all leave a messy house to go to the park. Mostly for sanity reasons. It starts to rain so we don't stay long. That was okay though because everyone was happier when we returned. Pepper pretended Tabor was a dog and had him play fetch, roll over and drink out of a bowl. Then we had PB&J's for lunch and the good moods fell apart again. Luckily after returning Tabor to his room numerous times and getting Pepper a drink and several other requests they are both down for a nap... first naps for them in a week! I just fed Kitt again and she is now sleeping as well. I have time to BLOG! Well I am off to go clean the house but it was nice to relieve myself of all the mumbo jumbo running through my head.

pictures for autumn

Here are a few pictures of the "new house". We are still working on a few un-posted rooms. Pepper & Kitts room did look better before the gate was torn off of the bulletin board and the ivy ripped from the headboard. Oh well, it looked good for a good 3 days before it was wrecked :)

It doesn't snow that often in western Washington, so it was fun to have the kids go out with Robert and play in the snow. I think Robert had more fun building the snowman than the kids because the kids got bored of it and started doing other things. However, they really liked putting the finishing snowman features and now the kids think that we have frosty the snowman in our backyard.

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Adjusting

Last week we had 3 major changes...

#1 had a new addition to our family
#2 moved to Monroe
#3 no longer live with grandpa and grandma

We moved into our new home on Monday. Robert has this week off work to ease us into these changes. Even with two parents around Monday - Wednesday the kids (mostly Tabor) were full of whines and tantrums. Today gave me hope. We went on a walk to the park this morning and then played in the backyard. Lunch. Nap. Played with blocks. Colored pictures. Golfed. Made dinner. Swept (Tabors favorite activity). Pleasant moods all around. I sensed a cry coming so rather then hear it we turned on Super Why. Almost story time & bed. Please... tomorrow be this good!

P.S. Kitt has been a good baby (so far) and Pepper absolutely adores her. Tabor likes her as well and both like to lay down by her and sings songs. (note: the bottom picture)