I mean this if I had not spotted her she would have drunk the lot as it was she snook up behind me while I was taking photo’s of Lincoln and silently started drinking daddy’s beer but I just happened to turn and catch her in the act.
The summer has been awful but when the sun does shine we get out into the garden and let the kids play and if it’s warm enough we get the paddling pool out but no matter what they could be doing if mommy is out in the garden they want to climb all over her…
Yesterday morning “early” 🙁 Reagan Lincoln and me were having breakfast and the cat walked in and up to the patio doors and Reagan took it upon herself to let the cat out and as she did this Lincoln watching her very closely said “CAT”
I thought it was a fluke or I’d heard it wrong but he then repeated it three or four times as he watched and giggled as Reagan opened and closed the door.
To prove he did it I said to Jamie last night listen to this, and asked Lincoln to say it again and he did so there you go dada and cat are his vocabulary upto now…we need mama very soon or she’ll be upset!
At the moment one or the other or both kids wake up around 6am which isn’t bad considering they go to bed and are asleep by 8pm but this morning it was 05:30 and that may only be half an hour earlier than usual but its just the straw that broke the camels back I think. I am sat here praying they just play together in the living room while I sit smiling through gritted teeth hoping I don’t have to do anything?
I don’t need loads of sleep but if your tired your concentration levels are not as good as they should be and my tolrence levels CERTAINLY takes a dip. How these single moms cope when there is no-one to share the workload with and it must be a factor when these girls keep having babies and bring up a bunch of delinquent shithouses that burden the judicial system their whole lives because rather than parent them they let them do what they like because its easier
Being a parent is hard work and constntly putting Reagan in time out for being naughty or not listening does seem harsh to some but I hope oneday that both our children will know right from wrong and Jamie and me can take them anywhere and be proud of them and their behaviour while we watch the lazy parents chasing around after their kids screaming and shouting when they’re 10 and 12 and beyond…?
For now i am looping 3 episodes of Peppa Pig on Nickjr which is keeping one amused while the other is happily playing with his balls….but thats boys for you!
I may have only realised this today but I think I may have been waiting for this the whole of my life…?
When I had Jack I loved him being around me in the garden being interested in what I do it made me love being out there even more, but the more I look at this photo the more I realise how good it made me feel inside as she wanted to copy everything I was doing and although ‘hindering’ my progress I was happy to allow her to “dig daddy dig” “RAKE”
It reminds me of helping my dad in the garden and how proud I felt, as a small child, that I was helping him in very important and grown up things
I keep having to look at this photo because I love it so much!
What a team!
If you know how our garden looked before you will see the difference, I need to find a good before photo as a comparison!
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…for two reasons
To hear the love and excitement of mommy’s voice as she screeched down the phone “HE TOOK A STEP HE TOOK A STEP!” which filled me with excitement tinged with a little disappointment at not to have been there. Later when I got home mommy said watch this and I watched as Lincoln just stood there in the middle of the living room un aided. Such a proud moment for me I remember having the same feeling when Reagan did it. The best bit was his first step is still there he moves his right foot forward if you ask him to come to you, which he didn’t look like doing before today. I now think it’s in his head and with practice he will be toddling very soon now!
Reason two is I just practically did bedtime on me own while mommy went out. I have really been worried about doing bedtime on my own with both children because I lack the techniques to cope with two of them playing up but I have to say over the last couple of days I have noticed if Lincoln is put in his cot with a bottle and you stay in the room to read Reagan a story and then when you’ve finished stay on in the room afterwards until both are asleep they are easier. Tonight I did this on my own and Lincoln needed a nappy change which was a little flustering because that was not in the plan but I put him straight back in his cot with his bottle and he was interested in Reagan and me sat on the floor reading ‘The Selfish Giant’ but he settled down and was asleep by the time I coaxed Reagan into bed and kissed her good night. It took 15+ minutes for her to go to sleep but she stopped in bed because she knew I was still sat in the room in the chair, what she didn’t know was I ‘may’ say ‘may’ have nodded off and ‘may’ not have realised she had got out of bed anyway lol.
I am proud of Lincoln for standing up and taking his first step I am proud of both of them for making dads first bedtime alone an easy one and feel a bit proud of myself for breaking my bedtime duck and sorting out both of them with mommy’s help. We will see if its a fluke on Friday because she’s off out again…?
I just got off the phone with Jamie who informs me that Lincoln just started standing un-assisted so she called to him and he took his FIRST step…!
More later when he has had his lunch and a sleep but for now it looks like this is his day!
The following video proves that I really do love my children, Reagan really wanted to go on the quad bikes so even though I could see no point or pleasure in getting on them and speeding round leaning into the corners opening up the throttle on the straights and beating the PB’s of all past participants….but just to see the smile on my beautiful daughter face I took one for the team and rode pillion so Reagan could enjoy herself…!
Jamie told me about an incident that happened at a party today and it is quite disturbing…
There was a boy who lives down the road at the same 3rd birthday party as Reagan and Lincoln were attending and all the children were playing and enjoying fun and games when this boy took a “dislike” to Lincoln and ran over to him and first punched Lincoln and then started to to kick the screaming Lincoln. Jamie grabbed him as the boy’s mother grabbed him but as the boy was ‘restrained’ he kept on kicking out at Lincoln with a ferocity that should not be found within a 3 year old child…
Jamie looked into the eyes of his momma and she was genuinely embarrassed as she dragged him away still trying to kick out at a now sobbing Lincoln. After that all calmed down all the children were obliviously playing together again when the boy attacked Lincoln again repeatedly kicking at Lincoln as Jamie protected him and again the boys momma dragged him away saying sorry and explaining that he has ‘issues’?
Wary of the boy now Jamie had one eye out for Reagan and Lincoln and one out for this boy and when he attempted a third attack momma bear “clothes lined” the little fucker knocking him to the floor which she is certainly not proud of but this boy had hate in his eyes and Jamie was doing what EVERY other momma would have done in that situation she was protecting her baby…!
It begs the question how has a 3 year old already got thoughts like he has inside him…?