being two what it is all about

we have been experiencing what i would call extreme 2
being 2 extreme style
what this means is the whining is in an extreme pitch and for extreme amounts of time
what this also means on the flip side is when the hugs and kisses come they are extreme not just one kiss but a flurry of them and hugs so tight they make you melt!
we will survive i know and silas is learning A LOT by watching all the interactions
he has learned about "time outs" and the word "NO" probably way before his time but.....he has been warned
silas is up cruising the furniture crawling super super fast and yes he did stand by himself unassisted for about a minute before he fell on his bucket
sadie has two favorite stuffed animals
dr. lamby and dr. bear bear
last night she was telling me the story of how bear bear was flying through the sky to see mama bear bear and daddy bear bear, dr. bear bear was going home
and when dr. bear bear was tired of flying she would climb onto dr. lamby and dr. lamby was going to take her home
sadie loves reading and loves imaginary play
she falls asleep every night under a pile of "to much books"
currently sadie loves going to potty
the main reason why is after she goes potty she gets a chocolate.....
good thought in theory until.....she figured out that if she sits there all day sooner or later she will go potty in the potty and get a chocolate
so there have been days we have sat on the potty for about an hour ready toy magazines
yes sadie sits on the potty reading a magazine while silas jumps in his jumper that is hooked up to the bathroom door...it is a family activity sadie and the potty
cleveland has gotten some really high winds the last few days
one or two snowflakes and -8 degree (with wind chill)
so of course what happens....the roof that aaron and bumpa put up on the lean too peeled off like a scab....so aaron is up on the roof in 28 degrees reinstalling yet another roof on our poor poor garage
but......the days of not working on the house are coming to an end (i hope)
we are going to try and fast track things so yes we can move in 2 yrs
what does this mean.....
well all those little things will get done
we have curtains for the kitchen (which will hopefully get installed tomorrow) and i will finally finish making ones for sadie's room....this also means all the trim in the house is going to be painted
and yes we bought doors! so all the rooms in the house will have doors
i am a big fan of craigs list and figure we can outfit our house one door at a time
so right now i am looking for an interior glass entry door that is 36' x 80' if you have any thoughts or any laying around let me know
we are going to look at x-mas lights tonight and maybe meet santa not sure though.....i remember thinking the guy in the red suit was scary till i hit about 4 or so.....so who knows......
enjoy the days

what x-mas means to......

silas thinks the ornaments on the tree are for nursing
sadie thinks about all the presents she will give
"daddy is getting the color black"
"sadie is getting the color orange"
"mimi is getting the color green"
what color do you think sadie will get you?
meow meow thinks the ornaments are for her exclusively to play with
and babe thinks the tree is for her to watch meow meow entertain herself with
so by now you can guess we got a tree
a very very little tree so that we can buy big presents to finish filling out the small amount of space in our house that is not already covered with toys
if you are still trying to come up with a gift idea....
sadie can always use toothbrushes and silas likes everything sadie has.....
so
turkey day was relaxing
i got two naps in which was necessary since someone (i will not point fingers) decided it was a good idea to wake up at 4:00 am
this nameless someone has decided to wake up early many mornings so that he may crawl and tell stories
as much as i love to hear a good story i am typically not up for kicking it back at 4 am but so it goes
three more weeks of school and i am done for the semester
the light at the end of this tunnel is so so bright i actually am blinded by the idea of being done that i am not doing much for class
as long as i get a C i will be okay
so far in my masters degree career i have only gotten one B+ everything else has been an A so.....
enjoy the days
i actually saw a snow flake so it is happening it is official winter is here

turkey time

oh yes it is almost that time to sit down and eat and eat and eat
for me i am thinkin' a day off to maybe nap than eat than nap
either and or any way works
so the odd thing is lots of things have been going on and we have been doing lots of things but

• i can not remember most of what we do but i know we did something because i am tired
• none of it is all that interesting so do you really want pictures of me doing laundry?

so this week you get movies (if i can figure out what blogspot did with the video you will get videos)
no stories really
silas is crawling lots! which is causing sadie to hoard her toys and declare "mine" than she starts laughing when baby starts crawling really really fast to follow her and her toys
we have had lots and lots of conversations about sharing but technically the concept is tooooo abstract that supposedly kids don't get it till they are 7

lucky for us we have 5 more years of this
turkey day this year is going to be quiet and mellow with all the going ons, which basically is school, work and life it will be nice to have a quiet day together
this weekend we may try and get a tree
not sure if we will go hunting for a tree this year or not right now it is hard to imagine that since it is like 60 degrees out but.....(the thing that amazes me is there are people who do not believe in global warming)
enjoy the movies and the few pictures i have taken
enjoy my answer to plumbing and yes please enjoy your turkey this year