Tiberias tends to not say the "s" at the beginning of "s" words. Stop he pronounces as "top", School is "cool". It's so cute but sometimes makes it hard to understand him. I just have to figure out what he's saying. He has a large vocabulary and isn't shy to speak though.
Sterling and I are so proud of Ty's learning to wear underwear to bed at night. He has had 9 dry nights in a row now.
I am so proud of Luke. He can do so many things on his own. He is helpful and such a big boy.
A few months ago I worried about his whining and throwing fits when he doesn't get what he wants. He will be attending Kindergarten, halfway through the school year, in South Dakota and I don't want him to go there and act like a baby.
But lately he is doing so much better. He doesn't whine or throw fits very often.
I have been homeschooling the boys even though Luke should be in Kindergarten this year. So I am eager to get him into a real school and find out what they are teaching to see where Luke is on their scale. He can read small words and read a whole book "Snug House Bug House" the other day. He can write most of his letters without looking to see how they should be done. He likes writing words when I tell him how to spell them. He has started learning money. He has started doing addition and subtraction problems using counting bears. And he is great at mazes and continuing patterns. He knows the days of the week and I think he knows the seasons. We go over the seasons occasionally but I have not quizzed him about it.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Power Child
The struggles with Tiberias
Tiberias wants to be the boss of himself. He has the hardest time obeying his mother (me).
He thinks he should be given everything he wants at any time. This is not due to being spoiled...this is just how he thinks and feels.
He is three years old. Although not all three year olds are this way, he being a power child (one who seeks to hold the power), and being that age makes him a very difficult child.
I have been adapting as a parent and learning a lot these last few months. Without Sterling to govern and discipline Tiberias I have really tried different parenting/disciplining types.
At the beginning of the Summer I would spank Tiberias often because he disobeyed most of the time. I learned first that spanking him was not helping but only making him angry. Anger. That's what was developing in him and when his dad left for military training for three months Tiberias held on to anger.
I decided not to spank him any more. I tried different disciplining styles: 1. taking away a privilege he enjoys, if he disobeys. That did not work at all...he simply seemed to not care.
2. Telling him it makes me sad when he doesn't listen to mommy.
3. Telling him that I am the boss and he needs to do as I tell him. Then doing what it takes to force him to obey. That does not work on a power child!!!
4. Time out.
Then I decided that spanking once in a while might be the best option. So if he disobeys or ignores me I tell him he will get a spanking if he does not listen. Then if he persists I do spank him. Giving him that warning each time does help...instead of immediately going to spank him. It has reduced spankings a ton! But I find I am getting worn down faster than Ty. I am tired, being in my third trimester of pregnancy and being a keep busy person. So I find myself having a hard time sticking to disciplining him because he fights me all the time.
I do not spank as hard as Sterling does and I have found recently that I don't have to. It's the principle of the thing...not how hard it hurts. Thank goodness.
I have been learning about the Five Love Languages. The class at church I attend teaches not to spank your kids and that a child who has a language of "touch" should not be spanked most of all. Tiberias is a touch child. He loves physical closeness and affection...receiving and giving. But he is also a power child and I have learned that the only thing that remotely works in disciplining him is spankings now and then.
The class teaches to change yourself and your parenting. It teaches to learn your child's love language and make sure you're child is getting what they need.
I am reading the book on Five Love Languages for Children. My goal has been to figure out Tiberias and how I can best parent him. Through this book I learned that each child has an emotional tank to be filled. Once that child has been given all the emotional love he needs he is happier and more willing to cooperate. Just as a child who is sleepy won't be easy until they get what they need.
Am I giving Tiberias all that he needs so he will behave better? Is he physically taken care of; fed, rested, healthy, etc? Yes. Is he given all five love languages from mom? Touch, service, gifts, time and words of Affirmation? Yes. I spend time with the boys teaching them school, which they do not enjoy but I am spending time with them. I come up with fun things for them to do like crafts, cooking together and fun games. I read to them. I teach them to work to earn money and go buy a new toy...or I give them fifty cents for the toy/candy machines at the store...or I take them to the library and McDonald's.
I tell them I love them and tell them things I love about them. I hold them, hug them, kiss them. It's funny because Luke use to be less into the physical affection. If he got hurt and I'd pull him close or put him on my lap he would soon stop crying and try to get away. But in the last few months he is becoming such a touch person! He wants to be hugged and held. Watching tv or at church in Sacrament meeting he wants to lean on me, touch my hand, have my arm around him, etc.
The problem with trying to fill Ty's tank is that the time I spend with him is not enough. If I spent all day with him then he would think it was enough. But I can't do that.
The book does point out that spending time with your child when you could be doing something that is on your "to do list" is saying to the child "you are more important than my list." And I do spend less time with the boys now, living with family and having Sterling gone. I let other family members give the boys quality time and I need more "me" time. Plus, being pregnant and not having Sterling's help and Ty being so difficult...I start to lose my mind if I don't get stuff done for me or have occasional time away from the boys.
One thing Ty and I have fought over a lot is when he uses the toilet. When the boys are about to hop into bed for the night Ty has refused to go potty. And in the middle of the night when I carry him to the bathroom to pee he throws a fit on the floor instead of standing to pee. This seemed important to me ...something that he should listen for. Something I should not budge on or give into because peeing the bed is bad.
But then I read online an article on how to deal with power seeking children. It suggested avoiding battles. Reducing his chance to disobey. Giving him an option with consequences instead of demanding he do it. If it's not something that will physically harm him, like walking into an area of broken glass while barefoot, then don't give him the opportunity to fight.
So I started doing that. "Tiberias, please use to potty before bed" and he refuses so I say "Alright, you don't have to go potty but that means you have to wear the pee alarm to sleep." So far it's working and he has not peed the bed!
I am halfway through the Love Languages book. It seems to be saying that age five is when you can start seeing a child's love language. But Ty is definitely touch more than anything. He does like to tell me he loves me and hear it too. Whereas Luke enjoys hearing he is loved and hearing praise but he doesn't usually give it back. Luke's primary love language seems to be Time.
I was hoping to figure Tiberias out and have an epiphany on how to raise him and get him to behave better. Today, however, I realize that maybe I cannot change Tiberias. Maybe I just need to learn about him and accept it. Just understanding and knowing I can't change him will help me cope more with these difficult times. I am not sure if it will be a difficult few years or if it will continue until he is grown.
Tereasa, my brother's wife, related to me that both of her two oldest Justin and Autumn were difficult power children. She learned about the love languages and tried different things to get her children to behave better and respect their mother. But only time could change their ways. Autumn is a difficult person and might be for the rest of her life. But Justin has overcome that part of himself. He is a wonderful young man about to head out on his mission.
My mother told me that Eliza was her most difficult child. She was violent. A biter is what mom recalls but I recall her scratches even more. She outgrew that by age 11 I think and became a calm person.
Tiberias was full of anger the first couple months after Sterling left. But lately he's been better. Maybe it's because I've been so focused on helping him get what he needs to be happy and changing myself to better be his parent.
In five days we start our three day journey to be reunited with Sterling. It's so very exciting!!
Hopefully it will be so much easier to fulfill our children's needs and happiness once their family is all together again and in a home of our own while establishing a routine.
Is it mean to record the things that Tiberias is doing that make my life difficult? One day when Ty is grown up I will say to him "You were such a difficult 3 year old!" And when he asks me for specifics I might not remember. This way I can refer back to what these times were like and what I did to try and make them better.
Tiberias wants to be the boss of himself. He has the hardest time obeying his mother (me).
He thinks he should be given everything he wants at any time. This is not due to being spoiled...this is just how he thinks and feels.
He is three years old. Although not all three year olds are this way, he being a power child (one who seeks to hold the power), and being that age makes him a very difficult child.
I have been adapting as a parent and learning a lot these last few months. Without Sterling to govern and discipline Tiberias I have really tried different parenting/disciplining types.
At the beginning of the Summer I would spank Tiberias often because he disobeyed most of the time. I learned first that spanking him was not helping but only making him angry. Anger. That's what was developing in him and when his dad left for military training for three months Tiberias held on to anger.
I decided not to spank him any more. I tried different disciplining styles: 1. taking away a privilege he enjoys, if he disobeys. That did not work at all...he simply seemed to not care.
2. Telling him it makes me sad when he doesn't listen to mommy.
3. Telling him that I am the boss and he needs to do as I tell him. Then doing what it takes to force him to obey. That does not work on a power child!!!
4. Time out.
Then I decided that spanking once in a while might be the best option. So if he disobeys or ignores me I tell him he will get a spanking if he does not listen. Then if he persists I do spank him. Giving him that warning each time does help...instead of immediately going to spank him. It has reduced spankings a ton! But I find I am getting worn down faster than Ty. I am tired, being in my third trimester of pregnancy and being a keep busy person. So I find myself having a hard time sticking to disciplining him because he fights me all the time.
I do not spank as hard as Sterling does and I have found recently that I don't have to. It's the principle of the thing...not how hard it hurts. Thank goodness.
I have been learning about the Five Love Languages. The class at church I attend teaches not to spank your kids and that a child who has a language of "touch" should not be spanked most of all. Tiberias is a touch child. He loves physical closeness and affection...receiving and giving. But he is also a power child and I have learned that the only thing that remotely works in disciplining him is spankings now and then.
The class teaches to change yourself and your parenting. It teaches to learn your child's love language and make sure you're child is getting what they need.
I am reading the book on Five Love Languages for Children. My goal has been to figure out Tiberias and how I can best parent him. Through this book I learned that each child has an emotional tank to be filled. Once that child has been given all the emotional love he needs he is happier and more willing to cooperate. Just as a child who is sleepy won't be easy until they get what they need.
Am I giving Tiberias all that he needs so he will behave better? Is he physically taken care of; fed, rested, healthy, etc? Yes. Is he given all five love languages from mom? Touch, service, gifts, time and words of Affirmation? Yes. I spend time with the boys teaching them school, which they do not enjoy but I am spending time with them. I come up with fun things for them to do like crafts, cooking together and fun games. I read to them. I teach them to work to earn money and go buy a new toy...or I give them fifty cents for the toy/candy machines at the store...or I take them to the library and McDonald's.
I tell them I love them and tell them things I love about them. I hold them, hug them, kiss them. It's funny because Luke use to be less into the physical affection. If he got hurt and I'd pull him close or put him on my lap he would soon stop crying and try to get away. But in the last few months he is becoming such a touch person! He wants to be hugged and held. Watching tv or at church in Sacrament meeting he wants to lean on me, touch my hand, have my arm around him, etc.
The problem with trying to fill Ty's tank is that the time I spend with him is not enough. If I spent all day with him then he would think it was enough. But I can't do that.
The book does point out that spending time with your child when you could be doing something that is on your "to do list" is saying to the child "you are more important than my list." And I do spend less time with the boys now, living with family and having Sterling gone. I let other family members give the boys quality time and I need more "me" time. Plus, being pregnant and not having Sterling's help and Ty being so difficult...I start to lose my mind if I don't get stuff done for me or have occasional time away from the boys.
One thing Ty and I have fought over a lot is when he uses the toilet. When the boys are about to hop into bed for the night Ty has refused to go potty. And in the middle of the night when I carry him to the bathroom to pee he throws a fit on the floor instead of standing to pee. This seemed important to me ...something that he should listen for. Something I should not budge on or give into because peeing the bed is bad.
But then I read online an article on how to deal with power seeking children. It suggested avoiding battles. Reducing his chance to disobey. Giving him an option with consequences instead of demanding he do it. If it's not something that will physically harm him, like walking into an area of broken glass while barefoot, then don't give him the opportunity to fight.
So I started doing that. "Tiberias, please use to potty before bed" and he refuses so I say "Alright, you don't have to go potty but that means you have to wear the pee alarm to sleep." So far it's working and he has not peed the bed!
I am halfway through the Love Languages book. It seems to be saying that age five is when you can start seeing a child's love language. But Ty is definitely touch more than anything. He does like to tell me he loves me and hear it too. Whereas Luke enjoys hearing he is loved and hearing praise but he doesn't usually give it back. Luke's primary love language seems to be Time.
I was hoping to figure Tiberias out and have an epiphany on how to raise him and get him to behave better. Today, however, I realize that maybe I cannot change Tiberias. Maybe I just need to learn about him and accept it. Just understanding and knowing I can't change him will help me cope more with these difficult times. I am not sure if it will be a difficult few years or if it will continue until he is grown.
Tereasa, my brother's wife, related to me that both of her two oldest Justin and Autumn were difficult power children. She learned about the love languages and tried different things to get her children to behave better and respect their mother. But only time could change their ways. Autumn is a difficult person and might be for the rest of her life. But Justin has overcome that part of himself. He is a wonderful young man about to head out on his mission.
My mother told me that Eliza was her most difficult child. She was violent. A biter is what mom recalls but I recall her scratches even more. She outgrew that by age 11 I think and became a calm person.
Tiberias was full of anger the first couple months after Sterling left. But lately he's been better. Maybe it's because I've been so focused on helping him get what he needs to be happy and changing myself to better be his parent.
In five days we start our three day journey to be reunited with Sterling. It's so very exciting!!
Hopefully it will be so much easier to fulfill our children's needs and happiness once their family is all together again and in a home of our own while establishing a routine.
Is it mean to record the things that Tiberias is doing that make my life difficult? One day when Ty is grown up I will say to him "You were such a difficult 3 year old!" And when he asks me for specifics I might not remember. This way I can refer back to what these times were like and what I did to try and make them better.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
November Begins with Santa, Twin Craving and Night Training
Santa Clause
A few days ago I took Lachoneus and Tiberias to Walmart with me. Santa Clause was there! Walmart was taking free pictures with Santa for the customers which is awesome! But both my boys had a cold and said they did not want to sit on Santa's lap. So we just watched Santa for a minute from a little distance. Then we moved onto our shopping.
Luke asked me "Mom, is Santa real?" I replied after a moment, "Some people believe Santa is real and some people believe he isn't."
Luke thought for a moment then said "I think he's real."
He's five years old so I would hope that would be his answer. He's so cute!
Twins
Last night while enjoying our last night at the Roundy home with Kelly, Denise, Travis, (Hannah was at school/college and Maria had just moved out and gotten married while Abi is on her mission)Trevor and Simone; Luke was sitting by me.I am seven months along in the pregnancy and I have tried many times to get Luke to feel Athena kick from inside my tummy. Every time she does though he claims he can't feel it. She has never kicked him extremely hard but he should have been able to feel it atleast.
Luke said "Mom, I want us to have twins." I explained to him how we know we are not having twins. Luke went with us the first time and saw only one baby in the ultrasound.
He was very disappointed. He said "Well, next time we have a baby we need to have twins. A boy and a girl." He was quiet upset because he wanted to choose how many children are in my tummy and I wasn't giving him the answers he wanted.
Potty Training
About two weeks ago I started night potty training Tiberias. I used the pee alarm we borrowed from Jon and Emily.
When Luke night potty trained, few months ago,he had quite a few accidents in bed! But he learned to get up and walk to the bathroom and go potty in the night. Then he learned to hold it all night. He no longer gets up and goes to the bathroom but does not have any accidents either.
Tiberias is a lot younger learning to stay dry at night. He won't get up and walk to the bathroom. He has said "Leave me alone. Let me sleep" many nights. And he started refusing to stand and pee for a while...he'd fall to the ground whining to go back to bed. So I took him to Toys R Us and let him pick out a brand new toy that he can play with after each cooperative and successful night. That was a good encouragement for him. He picked a blue car that you pull back and let drive.
But now we are to the point where I have to carry him from bed to the bathroom and sometimes struggle to get him to cooperate. Then I carry him back to bed.
Well, last night he did not even want to pee before bed time. So I told him that if he used the toilet before bed I would not wake him in the night. He could sleep the whole night through. I was optimistic that he could go all night without an accident and without a bathroom break. He had a successful night.
I believe it was only two to three nights, at the beginning, that Ty had accidents in bed. With Luke it was soaking the bed for about a week before he learned to hold it.
So now I will stop getting Ty up during the night and see how things go from now on.
A few days ago I took Lachoneus and Tiberias to Walmart with me. Santa Clause was there! Walmart was taking free pictures with Santa for the customers which is awesome! But both my boys had a cold and said they did not want to sit on Santa's lap. So we just watched Santa for a minute from a little distance. Then we moved onto our shopping.
Luke asked me "Mom, is Santa real?" I replied after a moment, "Some people believe Santa is real and some people believe he isn't."
Luke thought for a moment then said "I think he's real."
He's five years old so I would hope that would be his answer. He's so cute!
Twins
Last night while enjoying our last night at the Roundy home with Kelly, Denise, Travis, (Hannah was at school/college and Maria had just moved out and gotten married while Abi is on her mission)Trevor and Simone; Luke was sitting by me.I am seven months along in the pregnancy and I have tried many times to get Luke to feel Athena kick from inside my tummy. Every time she does though he claims he can't feel it. She has never kicked him extremely hard but he should have been able to feel it atleast.
Luke said "Mom, I want us to have twins." I explained to him how we know we are not having twins. Luke went with us the first time and saw only one baby in the ultrasound.
He was very disappointed. He said "Well, next time we have a baby we need to have twins. A boy and a girl." He was quiet upset because he wanted to choose how many children are in my tummy and I wasn't giving him the answers he wanted.
Potty Training
About two weeks ago I started night potty training Tiberias. I used the pee alarm we borrowed from Jon and Emily.
When Luke night potty trained, few months ago,he had quite a few accidents in bed! But he learned to get up and walk to the bathroom and go potty in the night. Then he learned to hold it all night. He no longer gets up and goes to the bathroom but does not have any accidents either.
Tiberias is a lot younger learning to stay dry at night. He won't get up and walk to the bathroom. He has said "Leave me alone. Let me sleep" many nights. And he started refusing to stand and pee for a while...he'd fall to the ground whining to go back to bed. So I took him to Toys R Us and let him pick out a brand new toy that he can play with after each cooperative and successful night. That was a good encouragement for him. He picked a blue car that you pull back and let drive.
But now we are to the point where I have to carry him from bed to the bathroom and sometimes struggle to get him to cooperate. Then I carry him back to bed.
Well, last night he did not even want to pee before bed time. So I told him that if he used the toilet before bed I would not wake him in the night. He could sleep the whole night through. I was optimistic that he could go all night without an accident and without a bathroom break. He had a successful night.
I believe it was only two to three nights, at the beginning, that Ty had accidents in bed. With Luke it was soaking the bed for about a week before he learned to hold it.
So now I will stop getting Ty up during the night and see how things go from now on.
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Underwear boys
Tiberias is turning 3 in a few weeks...he wears undewear all day now. He only wears diapers to sleep. I kept buying diapers because they are cheaper than pullups. But recently I did buy Ty some Western Family (cheap priced) pullups so he can feel like a big boy.
He does take a nap most days and I will usually put a pullup on him for that.
Lachoneus is now 5 and he is learning to wear underwear all night. We borrowed a wetness alarm from Jon and Emily Roundy. We've used it at night for about a week now. Luke started by really wetting the bed. Then he went to jumping out of bed when he started wetting...getting himself all wet but not his bed. Yet, he couldn't control his urine. I worried that it might remain that way.
However, he is now getting up quickly and keeping from wetting his pants! The alarm goes off from one small drop of urine on his underwear but that's not bad! I am so happy with his progress!
Now we just need to teach him to go to the bathroom on his own and not need us. And once we stop using the alarm we hope he will continue getting up to go use to restroom even though he doesn't hear an alarm telling him to get up.
The alarm sounds are funny, like toys. Like toy guns and things little boys like. I thought it was going to sound like a typical annoying alarm.
And hopefully, when Sterling leaves for training in a few weeks, Luke won't revert back to wetting the bed because he misses his dad.
I think Ty is too young to try and train to keep dry at night. In a year when he's turning 4 maybe we'll buy a wetness alarm.
He does take a nap most days and I will usually put a pullup on him for that.
Lachoneus is now 5 and he is learning to wear underwear all night. We borrowed a wetness alarm from Jon and Emily Roundy. We've used it at night for about a week now. Luke started by really wetting the bed. Then he went to jumping out of bed when he started wetting...getting himself all wet but not his bed. Yet, he couldn't control his urine. I worried that it might remain that way.
However, he is now getting up quickly and keeping from wetting his pants! The alarm goes off from one small drop of urine on his underwear but that's not bad! I am so happy with his progress!
Now we just need to teach him to go to the bathroom on his own and not need us. And once we stop using the alarm we hope he will continue getting up to go use to restroom even though he doesn't hear an alarm telling him to get up.
The alarm sounds are funny, like toys. Like toy guns and things little boys like. I thought it was going to sound like a typical annoying alarm.
And hopefully, when Sterling leaves for training in a few weeks, Luke won't revert back to wetting the bed because he misses his dad.
I think Ty is too young to try and train to keep dry at night. In a year when he's turning 4 maybe we'll buy a wetness alarm.
Luke Learning the Gospel
Luke is 5 years old now. In Sacrament meeting I like to teach Luke about the sacrament. As the bread and water are passed I lean over and whisper reminders of what Luke should be thinking about and what the bread and water represent.
Today when I reminded him that Jesus Christ lived on earth, died and was resurrected. That Christ now lives in Heaven. A minute later Luke leaned over to me and whispered "When Jesus dies in Heaven, does he come back to earth?" Good question. But no. I let him know that in Heaven you don't die. Cute kid.
Today when I reminded him that Jesus Christ lived on earth, died and was resurrected. That Christ now lives in Heaven. A minute later Luke leaned over to me and whispered "When Jesus dies in Heaven, does he come back to earth?" Good question. But no. I let him know that in Heaven you don't die. Cute kid.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Babies Wear Diapers/Poor Sick Luke
Ty's Potty Time
Tiberias is potty training. He is doing awesome at it. But I read stories about kids learning in just a few days and it's not that way with my kids. Luke took two years to potty train (I started him before he was truly ready). Ty decided to start himself and does great. But he has a day here and a day there where he is lazy and just wets his pants all day long. I try to get him on the potty often but he doesn't always listen. (That's his problem...obeying parents. He has a sticker chart to help him learn to obey his parents. And if he does good 4 days he gets to open a present.)Two days ago Ty wanted to wear a diaper all day. He was feeling lazy. I wouldn't let him and so it was an accident filled day. But then yesterday when we were leaving the house I wanted to put a diaper on him and he said "No. Babies wear diapers. I'm not a baby anymore." lol He's so cute.
So today I started allowing him to wear underwear out of the house. We went shopping and he wore his underwear. We stopped at the bathroom in the store and he did perfect.
Luke Sick At Night
Two days ago Luke started coughing. I sent him to school the next day even though he was coughing and had a runny nose. It was class picture day at school and I was planning to buy a class photo...his first ever. (He was in a class picture last year but he was so young I did not bother buying one)
Then that night he was much worse. His nose was stuffy and his cough was bad.
That was last night. When I put him to bed he was breathing a little heavy because of his stuffy nose. He does not allow me to give him medicine most of the time. Hates medicine! Even yummy cough drops he won't accept.
At 3:30am I heard someone's little feet walking around. Luke had gotten up to wipe his nose. Ty was laying sideways on the bed, taking up room on Luke's spot. So I moved Ty to his side (usually it's Luke I have to move back to his own side). I put Luke to bed and he started coughing too much. I warned him to be careful or he'd throw up. He has a problem of throwing up...if he gets too upset or coughs a lot. He throws up easily.
As I was ready to leave the room he started throwing up. Only I could tell it wasn't just from coughing. I asked him if his tummy was sick and he said it was. Ty slept through me changing the bed sheets and helping Luke.
I got Luke to eat a Pepto tablet and drink some water. Then I put him to bed and told him he could come wake me up if he needed anything. (Sterling is on a TDY to Spain for most of the month)
I went back to bed. About five minutes later Luke came to me and said "I want a blessing. I'm so sick." I was impressed that he had learned something about the Priesthood. Primary was teaching a lesson on Priesthood this last Sunday (I teach the 7 year olds). Luke is only 4 1/2 years old so I was impressed.
Unfortunately Sterling isn't here to give him a blessing.
So Luke and I knelt and prayed for him to be able to sleep and feel better. Then I allowed him to sleep in my bed with me for the first time since he was a baby. I could not go back to sleep for a while because of Luke's heavy breathing. I couldn't find any breathing cream.
So I lay in bed remembering when Luke was a baby sleeping in my bed. The first few weeks with Luke Sterling and I loved being parents for the first time and loved sleeping with the baby. Sterling soon found he couldn't sleep with a baby breathing or making any noise in the room. So it didn't happen much after that. But sometimes.
Eventually Sterling got use to the sound of a baby in the room....with Tiberias. Ty did not sleep in our bed but slept in a bassinet next to our bed.
This morning Ty is sick too. A really runny nose and a cough starting up. I took both boys to the store anyway...for Vick's Vapor Rub.
Luke stayed home from school today. And this weekend is Stake Conference. At first I was planning to take my little boys and go. I am sure I could have found some friends from our ward to help me watch the kids during the meeting. But then I thought about it...driving up to Venice to the Hotel Russot, trying to get the kids to stay in the seats or allowing them to play of the carpet covered stairs or even up the stairs where they could play but still hear the meeting, having to wear a translator because the talks are in Italian and the kids not understanding the talks. It's just too much. I find it difficult even with Sterling. So this Sunday we are going to stay home. But we will read scriptures, color church coloring pages and have a lesson for Luke and Ty. So much easier. I doubt I would have been able to pay attention to any of the speakers (having two kids distracting me and no husband) if I had decided to go.
Luke is so cute
It was so funny...a few days ago Luke brought me a book and said he was going to read it to me. I was busy cleaning at the time. He started reciting the words he'd memorized and I was talking or something. Luke said "If you're not going to listen then I'm not going to read it!" He was a little upset. That's what I say to him when he wants me to read then he goes away or starts being noisy during it. :)
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