Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama to poke a little fun at herself and blog about the things she might typically leave out. You may find it therapeutic to join in and do the same thing!

So please enjoy my very first Not Me! Monday! post:

Let's see...
It was not me who dropped her child off at school this morning and told him on his way out of the car "You need to start putting lotion on your legs. Didn't we discuss that already?" That could not have waited until later and the typical "Love you, Have a great day!" just wasn't good enough for today I guess.

I also did not allow my youngest child to continue pulling himself up to standing on the coffee table in the living room after falling and hitting his head several times before. I most certainly did not take pictures of the above events and think to myself that he's going to have to fall a few times in order to learn...
It couldn't have been my husband who had the same outlook while putting the said child to bed and I highly doubt it was my baby's head hitting the crib rail tonight while my husband said "I was trying to take a picture of him standing because it was so cute."

I did not have my older child come home from school today with a conduct mark.... his very first one EVER. I did not proceed to ask what on earth he was thinking and why he was "excessively talking" in class. And it wasn't my son who said "everybody in class" got a conduct mark today because they were all talking. And I am pretty sure it wasn't my kiddo who had a writing journal assignment for homework today and ended up writing about how his mother was "furious" with him this afternoon about his conduct mark.

What did you NOT do today and this past week? Feel free to tell me in the comments if you're brave enough! :)

Crawling Baby and Soccer Stud

Baby G is on the move!!! He's been physically able to crawl for about a week or so now, but he hadn't figured that out for himself until yesterday. He's in on the secret now though, and there's no stopping him! Well, there's no stopping him unless you are trying to show off his new crawling skills.... then he won't budge! We tried to show off for Daddy this morning (who was at work yesterday until after the little guy went to sleep) and he wasn't about to crawl very far. However, we enticed him with a checkbook (no way would he go for a "real" baby toy) and he shot across the room. And yes, I did let him play with the checkbook for a short minute because that would just be mean if I didn't!!! We went to "Book Babies" later this morning and he crawled a little there, too. Being "social" made the whole experience a little more fun I think. My little guy is growing so fast.... 7 months tomorrow!!!

Big brother is quite active himself! He had two soccer games this past weekend and although he played well at both, the second one was awesome! I believe the score was 6-0 and B scored 3 goals and had 1 assist. He was very proud of himself and it was extra special considering he had his own entourage there to watch him! Grandparents from both sides, Daddy and family, aunts, great aunts, and a family friend were all there. I had given everyone a schedule and they all just happened to show up on the same day. We were calling it "B's Brigade."

GOOOAALLL!!!

Have a wonderful rest of the week!

Yesterday was a PETastrophe!!

What a catastrophe of pets yesterday was!!! Or in B's terms "it was a pet tragedy day!"

We were invited by my sister and her husband to accompany them and their dog (a Great Dane named T) to the dog park today where a "pet adventure" day was being held. There was also supposed to be a carnival for the kids, but unfortunately when we showed up that was non-existant (maybe because of the looming possibility of rain?). The day was going well and Big B enjoyed seeing all the rescue shelter booths, dog costumes, and of course all the hundreds of different dogs! After perusing around the inside part we took the dog (and the kids) to the actual dog park to let her run off some steam. She played with all of her doggie friends and B even posed with her for some pictures because everybody loves to take pictures of the dog that resembles a horse I guess! :)
Eventually many more Great Danes came running through the park gate and they began chasing each other. Much to our dismay they were heading straight in our direction... the direction of my youngest kiddo in his stroller!!! I quickly tried to step in front to guard him so they wouldn't run into him, but I guess I wasn't so quick afterall! T ran me smooth over, throwing me into the air, proceeding to continue running under me, and I landed smack dab on my head (feet in the air and all!). ** Think human bowling pin ** Needless to say- a few hours later I am feeling the effects of my "pet adventure" today!!! That'll teach me not to step in front of a Dane running full speed ahead don't you think??!!

And.... as if that wasn't enough pet problems for one day....
After we got back home I took the kids to the pool. Since Baby G loves it outside and B loves to swim I thought it might be a good way to try to rest until the hubby got home. When we headed back inside B noticed a "cute black cat with food in it's mouth." It seems that a stray cat had found himself a rat. Only, he never got to eat that rat because he ran straight into the street and promptly got hit by a car. Right in front of my kiddo I might add!!! And not only did he get hit, he came running (if you can call it that) back towards us and then started "flopping around like a fish!" I thought he had maybe just broken a leg or something, but he quickly laid down and stopped moving. Needless to say- that poor black cat didn't survive. I checked. (and yes- I called my brother who works for a vet so at least I could feel like I did something). I was terribly worried about what B thought because he is typically very sensitive to things like that. His response.. "at least he had just caught that rat so he was happy." Lovely.

Please keep your pets away from us awhile! ;)

Lots of "S's"

School, Skeeters, Shots, Soccer, Scooting, Sick, no-Sleep, and Snapshots.....

The first few weeks of SCHOOL have gone pretty well. Big brother is loving his teacher and class and is working on getting back into the groove of things. The school work has always come pretty easy for him but the responsibility and organization of being a 3rd grader is something we're working on.

Baby G has been dealing with a lot in the last few weeks as well. He got torn up by the terrible SKEETERS around here during our nightly walks and being out at brother's practices. We've been using his mosquito net on his stroller, but those pesky things seem to get him anyway. Maybe he's just too sweet! We even took him to the doctor after the bumps just kept appearing despite being inside for a few days. We wanted to be sure he didn't have chickenpox or something! Of course he didn't and we just felt silly, but better safe than sorry. I had heard that they looked a little different in infants and wanted to be on the safe side. Silly Momma! Whatcha gonna do?!

Baby G also got his 6 month SHOTS about 2 weeks ago. That little guy and shots just don't mix! He ran a fever for a couple days, was terribly cranky, and had "flu-like" symptoms thanks to his flu shot. Grrr....

SOCCER is going really well. Brother had his first scrimmage the other night and scored 1 of the 2 goals. He has his first 2 games next weekend. He's looking forward to them!

Baby G is very close to crawling. However, right now he is settling for something more like SCOOTING. He starts on his hands and knees, then moves his hands forward, then slides down to his belly, and then gets back up on his hands and knees just to do it all over again. He got the hands part down and the moving his knees forward (or even sometimes his feet like a bear). He resembles an inch worm inching his way across the room. It won't be long, though!

Despite his masterful scooting skills, the little guy can't inch away from getting SICK I guess. He had his first playdate last week and 2 days later he ended up with a cold. I am pretending they are un-related because he thoroughly enjoyed it and I want to continue them. He seems to be feeling a little bit better this morning. Now if he will just let his poor parents catch up on their SLEEP!

Of course I took pictures of almost all of the events above (and have included a couple). What's life without SNAPSHOTS as you go??!