.: We Did It!

Thursday, March 4, 2010

We Did It!

We did it! We finally took the plunge this week and took Noah's dummy away. FOR GOOD, GONE, NO MORE DUMMIES IN THE HOUSE! Noah experienced the expected withdrawl symptoms for about 3 or 4 days (some whining, crying and begging) which was tough on him at nap time and bed time, but he's over that now and is still healthy, strong and living!! Fortunately for Noah he still has his blanket to sleep and rest with so it wasn't all that bad.

It was so much easier breaking him from it than it was with Ashton. In fact, I eventually gave up with Ashton as his strong-willed personality meant relentless begging and pleading for it (and somehow he would end up finding a dummy hiding in some corner of the house). In the end, it was something Ashton needed to give up on his own and that's the way it worked for him. It just goes to show how different each of our children can be, and what works for one, probably doesn't work for the other.

All week I have been telling Noah that he's a big boy now. He has responded every time with; "I'm not a big boy! I want my dummy." On Tuesday and Wednesday I had to drive him around in the car for 5 minutes so he would fall asleep without thinking about his dummy and a couple of nights this week I've had to sit with him at bedtime untill he fell asleep.

I think Noah deserves one of our family trophies this week for growing up. Actually, I sort of think I deserve one too, because it was so tempting and would have been so much easier to give in and say; "Oh, let him have it!"

Hayden and Ashton cleaning the car;

Hayden and Ashton cleaning their bikes. This made me laugh because Ashton was so focused on cleaning his bike tyres instead of the actual bike;

Ashton and Noah still playing with their trains at 11pm!! I had tried over and over to get them to sleep, but they were both wide awake and kept sneaking downstairs to play;

Ashton watching TV wearing his favourite cape;

Every two weeks Hayden is assigned a homework sheet that has 8 tasks on it. Aside from completing reading, spelling and maths, he also has to do things such as housework and exercise everyday. One of the tasks this week was to help Mum do a task at home. Below he helped me make cottage pie for dinner and then cleaned the dishes afterwards;

Ashton has a unique sense of dress at the moment. After he's had a shower he regularly comes downstairs wearing a cape, cap, necklace, a long sleeve shirt in the middle of summer and some sort of a weapon sticking out of his pocket;

I tried to take a nap on Sunday afternoon, but naps are usually cut very short because one of the boys always gets up to something they shouldn't. Last Sunday Ashton decided to tip some icing sugar (powdered sugar) over the carpet so he and Noah could pretend it was snow for their Thomas trains;

Noah's homemade birthday cupcakes that he took to Nursery to share with his friends;

1 comment:

Grandma's Cookie Jar said...: That's a first I've heard, powdered sugar for snow! They usually pour out laundry detergent! That must have been fun to clean up! Your boys are so cute! Hooray for mom on sticking to the plan and getting rid of the dummy! High Fives! I told my kids the 'Pacifier Fairy' needed them for the new babies that were born and they had a shortage so all donations were needed! :o); March 6, 2010 at 11:48 AM

Funny Comments

Ashton walking into the supermarket quietly whispers to himself: "Please can I have macaroni and cheese, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Ashton: "I want to live with Jesus." Mummy: "Why?" Ashton: "Because he be nice to me and he gives me bread and water!"

Mummy, examining Ashton's legs, and thinking: My goodness, what hairy legs. Ashton, unimpressed with Mummy's examination, pulls away: "Don't touch them. I'm growing Daddy legs!"

Hayden gets upset at Ashton: "Right Ashton, that's it! I'm telling Jesus on you!"

Ashton with a cold: "I'm snotty as a piggy."

Hayden: "The sun is burning my eyeballs."

Hayden: "Mummy, how come your penis is missing?"

Hayden: "I get the bigger piece of cake because my skeleton is bigger."

Hayden (3yrs old) sees me get dressed in the morning and stares at my breasts with a confused look..."What thooooose be for???"

Hayden: "I don't want to finish my pizza, it's got blood all over it."

Hayden: "Ashton hit me in the heart."

Hayden learns the planets at Preschool: Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Penus!

Hayden (shopping with me and whining): "My brain hurts forever because you haven't buyed me anything."

QUOTES

Like the changing leaves of fall...My little boy is now a man.
--Author Unknown

Boys are God's way of telling you that your house is too neat!
--Author Unknown

There never has been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between a mother and a son.
--Author Unknown

Boys are found everywhere - on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mothers love them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers tolerate them, adults ignore them and Heaven protects them. A boy is Truth with dirt on its face, Beauty with a cut on its finger, Wisdom with bubble gum in its hair and the Hope of the future with a frog in its pocket.
--Alan Marshall Beck

Something For A Giggle....

I Owe My Mother ....

My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."

My mother taught me RELIGION. "You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL. "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

My mother taught me LOGIC. " Because I said so, that's why."

My mother taught me MORE LOGIC. "If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."

My mother taught me FORESIGHT. "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

My mother taught me IRONY. "Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."

My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS. "Shut your mouth and eat your supper."

My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM. "Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"

My mother taught me about STAMINA. "You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."

My mother taught me about WEATHER. "This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."

My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY. "If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"

My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE. "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. "Stop acting like your father!"

My mother taught me about ENVY. "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."

My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. "Just wait until we get home."

My mother taught me about RECEIVING. "You are going to get it when you get home!"

My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way."

My mother taught me ESP. "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"

My mother taught me HUMOR. "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."

My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT. "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

My mother taught me GENETICS. "You're just like your father."

My mother taught me about my ROOTS. "Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"

My mother taught me WISDOM. "When you get to be my age, you'll understand."

My mother taught me about JUSTICE. "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!