Addison - Trouble - Davis

Being home with three little kids brings a lot of noise and chaos.  

And as much as I wish I could revel in the rare quiet moments, we all know what quiet in a house really means.

Trouble.

 I think we made a terrible mistake in giving Addison the middle name of Belle...I'm pretty sure Trouble would have been a much better fit.  Mischief would be a close second.

Now before you worry that the quiet was because the older girls had put Addison in the kennel, this was all her own doing.  She crawled in, shut the door behind her and took up home on Lizzy's bed...all the while sucking on markers.

My questions are, how did she: 

1. Get Lizzy to stay in there with her.  

2. Get the door shut.

3. Get ahold of markers.

4. Do all this without anyone noticing.

I have no idea.  

She's crafty that one.

You know what else I LOVE (emphasis on being sarcastic) about Addison?  

Bath time.

Every bath night me and Marty start the bargaining.  "If you bathe Addison, I'll bathe the other two girls and put all THREE of the kids to bed!" or "If you bathe Addison, I'll do all the dishes, clean up the family room, take out the trash, bathe the other two girls, put all the kids to bed, give you a foot rub, and go to Dairy Queen to get you a blizzard."

Yes, bathing her is that bad.  Not because she hates her bath, but because she loves it so much and believes she is an Olympic gold medalist in diving/water polo. 

She LITERALLY floods the bathroom floor from all her jumping and splashing no matter how hard we try to contain her or put very little water in the tub.

So last night, we decided to try a little bubble bath.

In a more contained environment.

And it worked GREAT...until the bubbles didn't keep her attention and she realized there was water under the bubbles to splash in.

Life with Addison is most definitely NEVER dull.

Dreaming of Spring

I am SOOOOOOO (that's a lot of O's) ready for spring!

Do you know what I see when I look outside?

WINTER!

Blah...go away winter.  I am ready to be able to spend some more time outside!  And for the weather to be warm enough for my kids to want to be outside for longer than 20 minutes before coming in from frostbite. 

So I've been dreaming about some of these wooden swing sets wishing for warmer weather.  Plus, they have free shipping...which is awesome!  I wonder if I can convince my husband that we must have one of these?!

It's for my own good...I mean, the kids.  

It's for the kids!

The Insanity of Insanity

Do you ever have an INCREDIBLY brilliant idea that quickly turns INCREDIBLY stupid?

Yep...enter my brilliant stupid idea:

Me and Marty are literally going to be going through Insanity for the next 60 days.

Being overly optimistic and full of myself, I jumped out of the starting gates today, ready to begin day one.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that day one was only the fitness test, and that you needed to complete it before beginning the Insanity (duh, duh, duh.....)

H.O.L.Y C.R.A.P.    People.  I almost DIED.  Right there on my living room rug!

I almost had to have my 3 year old draw a chalk outline of me.  

Here lies my mom. 

She died of Insanity.

How in the world did a 25 minute "fitness test" make me want to vomit, pass out and die all at the same time?  I do not know.  But it did.  And it wasn't even the real workout!  

Does anyone else see the HUGE problem with this?

I am starting to feel a little less than confident about what the next 60 days has in store for me.

If you don't hear from me for a while, you may want to send for help.

Kid Funnies + Updated Pictures

 Brielle 

While eating a ring pop:  "Mom, this is not just a treat, it's a plunger of my breath!  When I put it in my mouth, it stops my breath from coming out!"

I bent over to pick something up, and apparently was showing a little cleavage (oops).  Then I heard Brielle: "Ewww...why do you have another bum on your chest?!"  

Eating dinner one night, Brielle burped.  Before we could say anything, she quickly said:  

"Yep, that's a sign the tank is full!"

Claire

 I sometimes wish we could just have a little video camera constantly on her, because you never know what you'll get out of her.

Sitting quietly at lunch one afternoon, Claire looks up from her sandwich:

"If we kick someone in the neck, we would be in super huge trouble!"

Me, a little stunned: "Uh, yeah, you sure would be."

Claire: "So, let's not do that then."

Me: "Good idea."

Sitting at the doctor's office with Addison, the room was quiet while the doctor was typing something.  

Claire taps me on the shoulder:

"Mom, why didn't you choose to name me Gorgeous?"

Another quiet afternoon at lunch:

"Mom, when I'm a teenager, I think I will be able to draw a treasure chest."

Driving in the car after dropping Brielle off at school, Claire can see me in the rear view mirror: 

"Mom, your forehead looks like a bum."

 Addison

A giant stinker in a tiny package.

Her new favorite past-times include:

Dumping out the ENTIRE drawer of hair elastics

Throwing stuff in the toilet while you're distracted picking up the hair elastics

Tackling Claire.

Climbing on the ottoman and couch

Throwing stuff

Climbing...period