56 minutes

That's how long Trey was up last night around the hour of 2am. (and let me add he didn't go to bed until shortly after 10pm....)
He cried and cried. I rocked him, walked with him, snuggled him and held him. Laid him in bed countless times. I was ready to scream myself when I realized that I should be enjoying this moment alone.
Why? Trey is not a cuddler, never has been really which has alway made me sad.
So as I held him last night I realized that he wanted me. ME! Not the balls that were scattered on the floor or the marshmallows in the cupboard. ME, ME, ME!
I held him and loved him even though he was still crying and squirmy and didn't know if he wanted up or down, held towards me or away, I still wrestled with him just so I could hold him which is what I knew he really wanted anyway.
And honestly I feel rested this morning. Strange.
I love my Treyzer.

Lettuce

Maybe Trey was trying to give the rabbits some food. Who knows. All I know is that it was all over my floor and I had to clean it up. Trey was a big helper though and helpled me put it back into the plastic bag. What a nice boy :)
(Pic of lettuce on floor)

Laundry basket ride

The kids had fun in the laundry cart today. I spun them around and raced around the house like we were on a speed track. We were all having fun until Emmry stood up pushing down on the divider and ripped it. Laundry rides came to an abrupt end and kiddos had to get out. Darn. Now I have to sew it up. Ugh.
(Ps. My friend gave me this 3 divider laundry cart because she moved into a smaller place and didn't have room for it. I am loving it!! It really does save me time in doing laundry because I don't have to spend the time sorting it out!)
(Pic kids in laundry cart)

Molasses Cookies

I bought molasses a couple weeks ago wanting to make molasses cookies. I don't think I have ever made molasses cookies before, and my mom rarely made them. But I do remember my cute grandma judd always having either Jessie's raisin cookies, molasses cookies or snicker doodles in her little pig cookie jar.
Well, today I made a batch. Honestly, they didn't smell the way I remember them smelling. Molasses stinks. But I do think they tasted good and the kids seemed to like them too. Ty on the other hand told me that I should never make them again and that they are gross. He threw his in the garbage!
Would I consider them as one of my all time favorite cookies. No. I now know why my mom didn't make them often. It's not the type of cookie I would crave for. This might be a once a year type cookie.

Worth the $12

Since we didn't take Tage to get his hair cut yesterday I decided to cut it myself this morning so he would have a clean cut look for church.
Bad idea.
Tage is super picky and not patient.
I admit, it did take me a lot longer than if we went to Great Clips or somewhere like that, but still, he needed to chill. I didn't want to cut off too much and kept asking him over and over "is that ok?" but apparently that was not the right way to do it. He just kept getting more and more frustrated saying that I didn't know what I was doing. Well I asked that question one too many times and he flipped. Said I am just messing up his hair and threw the clippers on the ground. I hadn't even finished the top part! (where he said I messed up. but really it just wasn't as short as he wanted) So he got in trouble and Tyson told him to go to his room and he will just have to go to church and school the way it was.
After he calmed down a bit Ty did end up going in his room and cutting it a little shorter. But I know that I learned my lesson.....Just take him to get his hair cut!!
(Oh, and a little side note. I was still a little mad at him for being rude and flipping out like he did before I was even done and I said something on the lines of 'you didn't even say thank you....' he responded in a rude sarcastic tone, "Thank you. Even though you messed up" Grrrrrrr. That didn't help with me getting over being mad at him.)

Tooth #5

Those little razor sharp pearly white teeth just keep poppin' though!
A top tooth right next to his left front tooth just came in this afternoon. Oh he looks so cute with his uneven teeth slowly making their appearance. Soon enough he will be loosing his teeth and I will be calling him a jack-o-lantern.

Crafting Day 2

Two days in a row crafting with Miss Emmry during Trey's nap time! Go me!! I'm really going to try harder about spending one on one time with Emmry while Trey is napping. The days get so crazy sometimes and I feel bad that I have just let Emmry play alone all day or she has been glued to the iPad. Those days I DO NOT feel like I earned the Mom of the year award. And I like feeling good about being a good Mom.
Anyway, we started out by tracing each others hand to make a turkey but when it came to the part to cut our hands out it just really turned into a scissor fest and the hands got all chopped up.
Oh well, at least she was having fun and I don't feel guilty that I didn't give her quality time today.
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two. three. six

This is Emmry's answer to most things lately (lately meaning within the past 2 months; I'm just a slacker and just barely writing it down....)

Not lying- this first one has really happened; and not just once, it's practically every morning!!

Me: How did you sleep?
Emmry: 2, 3, 6

Oh how I love my sweet Emmry!!

Me: How old are you?
Emmry: 2, 3, 6

Me: You got lots of horses!
Emmry: Yah, 2, 3, 6

Me: Can you count to 10 with me?
Emmry: 2, 3, 6


At least we won't have a problem with her remembering the numbers two, three and six!

Thankful Turkey

Sometimes I feel like a good Mom. Today was one of them because Emmry and I did a Thanksgiving craft and read a book called Thank You Thanksgiving.
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First on her list of things she is grateful for was Rainbow Dash and immediately after was My Little Pony movie.
Oh, boy do we have a lot of learning on the topic of gratitude. (I'm just glad I made her list. Hahaha)

Tooth #4

Trey's right front tooth finally broke through during the night. It has almost been a month of him being buck tooth. Now I can say he has buck teeth. Hahaha.