Quitting time

So, I've decided to quite writting on this blog.  Small Town Chyma's was set up as an unsearchable blog, so I thought I could keep it some-what private.  But, Dustin googled me and it popped right up.  I'm going to continue blogging, but I'm starting a new blog that won't include names.  If anyone is interested in the new blog, let me know and I'll get you the address.

It's been fun!

Fridays Five Random Thoughts

I never thought I would say it this soon, but we are potty training Kamden.  Sort of.

Having a big brother means you want to do big boy things too.  I guess this includes pooping on the potty!

I'm not going to push anything at this point, but anytime Kamden wants to sit on the potty he can.  He's even been saying potty. 

I'm sort of in shock.

Karson didn't potty train until just before his 3rd birthday. 

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We're heading to Clear Lake with the family this weekend.  The boys are going to have a blast. 

Just making the list of things to pack is making me excited.  The boys teeny-tiny life jackets, water shoes, hats, sunglasses, sunscreen, not to mention all the treats we're going to take.  Karson has been begging for a juice box ever since I bought them last week.

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Dustin has been making more progress on the house.  All of the downstairs windows should be in this weekend.  The siding will be ordered soon.  We are still going back and forth on which color we will go with.  I just can't find the color I want.  All the vendors around here carry the same brands.  It's so frustrating.  I've always leaned toward green and Dustin has leaned towards a bluish gray (the same color our house is now).  I told Dustin just to pick one of the colors on our "okay" list and order it.  I'm tired of making big decisions that I have to live with for 30 years.

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Tonight we're going to run to Cedar Falls to eat at Old Chicago.  Yum.  Then, we're going to stop at U.S Cellular so my mom and I can switch phones. 

My Mom got a new phone a while back..  I love her phone and decided I wanted the same one.  I've been waiting for it to go on sale.  In the mean time, mom decided she would rather have a regular phone than a smart phone, so I'm buying hers!  She'll use my new phone credit to get what she wants and I'll get hers switched to my number.  Yay!  Be ready for more random pictures on facebook.

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I love daily sale sites!!! 

Yesterday, I got Karson some new Crocs for $12.99 off Zulily. 

Today, I got Dustin and I both a pair of Teva's on The Clymb for $15.  When I signed up I got a $10 credit, then I used code 99centship for $1 shipping.  You can't beat that when Teva's cost at the very least $25 in stores.

Have a great weekend!

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We got started on the porch re-do last weekend.  We weren't going to dig into it just yet, but Dustin jacked up the floor so he could see what exactly need to be done. 

Which lead to a column being knocked out.

Which lead to starting the stone on the columns.

Now, we're going to stop working on the porch and start installing windows.  They just came in and I don't want them to sit around forever.  I don't want a torn apart porch forever either, but I'm hoping the windows go in quickly and we can get back to the porch.

We shall see...

Here's what the porch looked like this winter.

We need to get these projects finished so we can move on to siding. 

I have a feeling with all these projects that need to be done this summer, Fall will come rather quickly.

Disclaimer: This was written last week for Fridays Five Random Thoughts and I never got around to finishing the post.  The living room and dinning room windows are now installed with more to follow this weekend.  The electricians are at the house today doing some rewiring and installing a bathroom fan.

 

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Karson just told me I was "Bugging him in half." 

I love this age when they sound like a foreigner trying to learn the lingo.

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We have suddenly gotten very busy!  Every weekend we have something going on, which isn't very conducive to our remodeling projects.

Our niece and nephews birthday party is on Saturday.  A committee I'm on at church is hosting an appreciation lunch on Sunday.

Next weekend we will spend at Clear Lake.  The weekend after that we will be in Des Moines.  Then, it's Fourth of July. 

I'm tired already.

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Karson starts T-ball on Monday.  I can't imagine they are going to do much with 3 year olds, but we will see.  I know a couple of his friends are signed up as well. 

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Kamden has strep throat.  It all started with a rash on his face.  Then, he ran a fever and was lethargic.  He kind of scared me the way he would just flop on the floor and cry, refusing to walk.

He's on the mend now and causing trouble every time I turn around.  He is even sporting a black eye that he inflicted upon himself with no help from his big brother.  We're not sure exactly what he did, other than we know he hit it on something in the toy room.

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I moved Kamden to his big boy seat today.  He's been rear-facing in a convertable carseat, but at 32 lbs he's getting close the 35 lb rear-face limit of his seat.  I decided yesterday, when he turned 19 months, I would just go ahead and flip him around.  I really wanted to wait until he was two, but he grew to fast.  Plus, I already had a seat to match Karson's for when he was ready to forward face.

I just realized they even have the same sweatshirts on, totally not planned.  I also need to get whatever that is out from under the backseat.

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Our kids hate us...

But we love each other...



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My dad is very brave.  He picked Karson up from daycare, by choice, and took him to a minor league baseball game.  Kernels in the house!  I have no idea where that came from.  They both had a good time.

Karson and Grandpa have a love/hate relationship.  Grandpa makes Karson follow the rules.  Karson named him Grandpa No-No.  Then, he went through an opposite phase.  Ever since he has been Grandpa Ya-Ya.  Funny how grandparents get their names.

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This PlasmaCar is the gift that keeps on giving.  Everyone loves it.

Karson and his buddy Braeden (I have so many pictures for when they graduate).

Braeden's brothers Mason and Cooper love the PlasmaCar as well.  Ignore Kamden in the background.

I think I've decided this will never go outside.  We've had way to much fun with it inside.

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Karson and Kamden had so much fun with these darn balloons.  I think I've got about twenty pictures on my camera of all their balloon antics.



Karson's first nightmare

Last night Karson woke up crying.  I rushed into his room. 

K - "Hold me Mom.  Hold me"

Me - "What's the matter?  What happened?"

K - "Hold me."

Me - "Tell me what happened."

K - "You left me at Mary's (the babysitter)!  Sleep with me, don't leave."

I laughed. 

How's that for a first nightmare?  Mom leaves you at daycare forever.

Fridays Five Random Thoughts

So, it looks like this is turning into my ONLY post of the week.  Sad I know.  Moving along...

We're heading up to Minneapolis this weekend.  My cousins daughter has a concert at church. So we will go to that.  Then, my cousin, mom, and I are getting pedicures (Yay for Mothers Day).  There will probably be a Mall of America stop as well.

We're just going to hang out and go with the flow

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Karson has been making me SO mad the last couple of days.

Yesterday morning I asked him to change from his jammies into his clothes.  I've been making it a point to make him do things himself instead of helping him.  He whined and said he didn't know how.

He does.

So I asked him to try and then I would help him.  He took his jammies off and got a funny look on his face.  He says "I'm peeing"

Me "Then get in the bathroom"

K "I don't know how"  <---He most certainly does!

So really he just dribbled a little.  Not a big deal.  I just asked him to please put on his clothes.

More whining.

Then he straight up pees.  Stands up hold his business and pees!  On the only piece of carpet in the entire house!  And on his (stuffed) puppy. 

I grab him and make him sit on the potty for few minutes.  I have no idea whats gotten into him, but it needs to stop!  Then he wanted his puppy.  Sorry Charlie.  You pee'd on it, it must be washed.

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Fast forward to that same night...

Karson - "Someone stinks"

Me - "Did brother poop?  Kamden do you need your diaper changed? Do you stink?"

I check Kamden.  Nope he's good.

Then, I see the look on Karson's face.  "Uh, Karson did you poop?"

K - "No!"

Me - "Let me check"

That lil' turd (pun intended) pooped his pants.  Not fully more like a skid mark, but still.  I again made him sit on the potty.  For five minutes this time.  I was livid.  What on Earth has gotten into this kid? 

I don't know exactly what's going on in that little head of his, but this issue needs to be nipped in the bud.

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A couple of my friends and I don't want to join the local women's club so we are starting our own club.  It's not really a club.  It's more of a lets-go-eat-and-shop-on-the-same-night-as-the-other-womens-club.  Our "club" is going to be so much more fun!

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I had my first Saki Bomb last weekend.  Ever since I've been saying "Ichi Ni San" and slamming my hands on the table.  Bahaha.

It wasn't the best tasting drink, but it was fun. 

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We got a sweet new toy. 

It's called a PlasmaCar. 

You move the steering wheel back and forth to make it go (or make your kids push you).

I got it for 40% off on Zulilly.com.  I love that site!

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Karson and Kamden are taking place in a clinical trial for diabetes.  My dad is diabetic. They (researchers)  are trying to find a marker or gene that puts you at greater risk for developing diabetes.  We went to Iowa City on Monday for this years blood draw. 

We had to put numbing cream on the boys before we got there.  We were in my mom and dad's vehicle that's why the boys are in the way back, side-by-side, and why Kamden is forward-facing.

See their little patches on their arms?

When we left Nashua it was sunny and nice.  When we got to Iowa City it was raining and cold.  We bought the boys matching sweatshirts from the clearance rack in Target.  They love them.

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Dustin finally put the new front door in.  It matches the house for now.  It won't by the end of the summer.  The siding will be a different color.  We thought the door was going to be a darker, more charcoal grey.  If we don't like it when we finish siding the house we will have it painted darker.

I haven't taken any pictures since the install, so this pic will have to do.

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Kamden slept through the night last night!!!  He's come close before, but never has he slept from the time I put him in bed until after I got out of the shower.  On the nights that he has come close to sleeping through the night before, Karson had to go potty in the middle of the night so I had to get up anyway. 

So let's hope this is the first of many good nights sleep for me.

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I'm excited for tonight.  The boys are going to Grandma and Grandpa's house and we are going out!

First we are heading to Sakura (Japanese Steakhouse) to eat.  We are going with two other couples and none of us have been there before. After Sakura we are heading to the firemans dance (basically a grown up kegger).  I definitely need a break from, well, life.  Woo-hoo.