I'm Wiped!

It feels like I haven't blogged in forever, even though it has only been a day or two.  I picked the kids up from school yesterday and have been going nonstop since!  I love them to death, but boy am I exhausted!  Yesterday was kind of a chill day since it had been a little rainy, but by mid-afternoon the sun decided to come out and we just walked around my apartment building for awhile and then saw my neighbor feeding some deer. Harrison of course wanted to go touch the deer, but Rissy told him that they kick people in the shins!  I seriously don't know where kids come up with these things, but I wish I had written some of the things down that has come out of their mouths.  My all time favorite- which I don't think I will ever forget- is when Marisah was 3 or 4 and she had put her hands on my boobs and asked me what they were.  I had told her they were my breasts and she then asked if hers were going to be as big as mine when she got older!  Harrison is ever the curious one and is trying to find out all about the world and where everyone fits.  A couple of weeks ago he had asked me if I was his other mother.  I guess they had friends who had stepmothers, and he thought everyone had two moms.  When I told him I wasn't, he then asked me if I was his fairy Godmother!  I said yes to that one, haha!


Today was a long day.  I didn't get much sleep last night because Marisah was extremely restless.  I had fallen asleep on the couch but I heard her in my room moaning loudly.  She looked to have had a nightmare so I rubbed her legs a bit and then tried to go back to sleep on the couch.  A bit later I heard her again!  Finally I decided to sleep in bed with the two of them and I was literally sleeping with one cheek off the bed the entire night.  Not to mention I got kicked in the shins, elbowed in the jaw and a smack on my butt.  She is a pretty violent sleeper, but last night she had something not-so-normal going on.


Harrison is the epitome of stubborn.  The kid doesn't like to try new foods so as soon as dinner started I told him that he had to try the potatoes on his plate.  They were au gratin potatoes so I knew he would like them.  He tried to fill up on his chicken and broccoli but I kept reminding him that he couldn't leave the table until he tried the potatoes.  Two hours later he was still sitting there.  So then I gave him the option of bed or eating the potatoes.  The little monster chose bed.  I went into my room and was trying to reason with him that he was really choosing bed over taking one little bit of potatoes?!  I told him it was his decision and no one else's, but I felt as if he was making a bad decision.  After a little reasoning and rational thinking on his part I finally got him to eat the damn potatoes. He kept trying to bargain with me throughout dinner but I held my ground.  I can be just as stubborn as he is!!


After all was said and done we played some Connect 4 and Trouble and they are now snoring away after begging for some back rubs.  Personally I wish I had gotten the back rub because at 70 lbs, Marisah thinks she can still be carried around like Harrison who weighs about half that!  I love their love so much though, its hard to say no!