Day Three.....

It all started out funny and cute, but by Day 3 of Tanner's climbing, I'm ready to build him a cage and put him in it...... seriously.... I think he would like it... LOL.

You see, this is the problem. My table is used all the time. I either have kids eating at it, or coloring, or playing games, somehow my table is in use even if it is just holding the kids drinking cups because they don't get to carry them around with them.

Now Tanner thinks he needs to be right in there for all of it..... actually, more like in the MIDDLE of it all. He is like speed lightning now getting up there too. Which means besides the fear of him falling, he's messing with the other kids' pictures or grabbing their cups and drinking out of them. It's nice.

The bench on that side is very handy to have 3 kids sit at comfortably, and I don't want to get rid of it. It's too long to shove under the table, and if I move it from the table, he just crawls up on it alone which is even easier for him to fall off of.

This is him taking all of Kenzie's left over Froot Loops out of the bowl and spreading them all around.

If anyone has any suggestions for me, I'll be glad to hear them. I designed my house to be one open area and it's not like I can just put up a gate and lock him out. I called my dad today and questioned getting some pig paneling from him to build a pin for him. He thought that was pretty funny!! But I was serious ;) I've tried distracting him, he's got in "trouble" .... he doesn't even care. --- Is it the weekend yet?????

Stay tuned, by next week he could be up on my countertop, I would not be surprised......

Tanner's Adventures.....

I joked with Gina the other night that we need to start to keep a record of all of Tanner's adventures because I thought there were going to be so many of them. Gina showed a couple pictures of his climbing skills, but I have a few more to share.

I want to remind everyone that he isn't even walking yet. And all of us that know Tanner, are just fine with that. Gina is perfectly happy with him being a little less mobile for now..... or so we thought. I have to say, with all the kids I have watched over, I have never had a child that loved to climb like he does. I told Gina that she was in for some trouble and from the stories I have heard about Mike's childhood, she is in for a ride :)


This is Tanner in one of the toys I have. This is pretty normal for all the kids to empty it out and sit in it to play. He was so funny. He just kept laughing and laughing at himself.

This picture is from a few days ago. I found him sitting on the ledge part of the baby walker. How he got up there, I don't know, but by the time I got my camera, he was trying to crawl into the seat of it. And on to yesterday's adventure...... He figured out after snack time that he could get up to the table. I was putting things away in the kitchen and turned to find him standing up at the table. I thought "oh crap" when I saw this. Not only for the fact he could fall and hurt himself, but I was pretty sure he got up there on his own. Look how happy he was is with himself.

After several attempts and much grunting, he figured out how to pull himself up to the table.

He was so happy he could get to his cup all by himself. (don't mind the crazy hair, he just got up from a nap:)

Tanner then figured out he could get on top the the table. That being up there was even better. Notice how tickled Josie is about the whole thing. She just couldn't stop laughing at him. Like that wasn't encouraging him at all.




Tanner decided that since he was up there he might as well clean up the little spaghettio's that were left on the table still from lunch a couple here and there that I hadn't got to yet. That was mighty nice of him, that was until he mistaken a ladybug for a noodle. Oops, that one was a little crunchier than the others were..... LOL. He spit it back out.

So, after about 15 times of getting on the table and me taking him back off and to the living room, it wasn't as funny as it was in the beginning. I'm not real sure what I am going to do with him. It's going to be challenging. I also posted these on the FB and wrote on there that I am going to have to hang a sign saying that I am not responsible for accidents. You know if we wasn't so darn cute, it would be a lot easier for me to get after him. I kept telling him no, no Tanner, and all he'd do is shake his head with me and say NO, NO..... and laugh at me. I'll have to see if I can get a video of this sometime, it's pretty funny!!

So, here is a picture I took of what he did when I moved the bench away from the table. Not much better. He then just thought he could get onto the highchairs instead. After that, Josie was put on "Tanner Watch"..... whew, he is a handful, I am just so thankful at the end of the day I can send him back home!!

Today wasn't any better. He was back and on my table after being here for less than 15 min. this morning. Today he did get in trouble. He hasn't been as bad about it, I tried really hard to keep him distracted. But the days not over yet.

Pictures

This is Josie's group after the awards.

Here they are getting in 1 last practice backstage. They danced to a Micheal Jackson song.

Amberlea at her last game.

Twilight

I almost forgot the real reason that has taken up my every free moment over the last week.

Rachel convinced me to read the Twilight series. I LOVED them!! Some of you may or may not know that I don't read. Pretty much haven't read a book since I was in school. And even those, I didn't really read them, just did what I had to get by in class.

So, this is a HUGE deal for me. I finished a book my sister gave me a few days before I started Twilight (i already had of goal of starting to read some more). I was happy I read that one, it was only a couple hundred pages. It kept my interest enough and I finished it in a week or more. No biggy.

Then I started in on Twilight to see what all the fuss was about. I read the 1st book in less than 24hrs. I couldn't believe it. I was hurting for some sleep, I just couldn't put it down. Rachel has the whole series so it wasn't hard to get the next book. I finished all 4 books in 9 days. I had to make myself put them down to get things done around the house. Tim was a little annoyed with the whole thing. My tivo is also showing the affects of my reading. ha

So, if you haven't taken the time to read the series, I do recommend it. It is easy reading and very entertaining.

So.... I apologize to Rachel for giving her such a hard time about Twilight. I now understand. Not that I will be covering my walls in posters anytime soon...... but I get it. Now I can't wait for the DVD to come out next weekend. Rachel and I willing be having a movie night, NO DOUBT.
She already has plans on getting hers. I can't wait!!

Where's the time gone??

Seems like forever since I have wrote. Not that things haven't been going on, just busy. Several activities have come to an end for now and we are getting ready to start some new ones.

Both Rachel and Amberlea's basketball is finished. Amberlea finished a couple weeks back and Rachel did last weekend. We are very proud of both of them. Amberlea showed much improvement for her first year of playing and learning the game. Rachel also improved. She has become quite the ball player. We had to miss out on her last tournament last weekend because of Josie's dance competition, but from the sounds of it. Rachel did awesome! Lets just say there were 2-3 girls covering her almost the entire time. The Falcons took 1st in the Knights of Columbus tournament and 2nd in the Hopkins tournament last weekend. That's pretty good for missing 2 of their normal players. Way to go Falcons!!

Josie had a dance competition last weekend. It was a long weekend. She danced at 7:40 in the morning Sunday, it was a bit much for a 5 yr old with the time change and all that. She did great though and her group received 3 different awards. We were very proud of her. She was so excited about her trophy she got. It was all she could talk about.

Basketball is over for now and soccer is gearing up to start at the end of the month. I can't believe it. I am hoping for warmer weather soon for the kids to practice and play in. Soccer is always a good time. Tim assists in coaching Amberlea's team and coaches Josie's team. It is a lot of fun being right in there with all the kids. He really enjoys it and so do the girls!!

We have still been going to the Community Center as a family. I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed this time together. It has been nice to get exercise together as a family. All of us have seen improvements. We have really been working at getting healthy as a family.

I have finally started to lose a little more weight. I have been at a stand still for the last 6 weeks. It's been very aggravating, to say the least. Our team is still in 1st for the New Year's Challenge, that's exciting, but I don't know if I will be able to win the challenge like I had hoped for in the beginning. There are only a few weeks left, and things aren't looking good. BUT... I can't complain at all. I'm still moving in the right direction.... just VERY slowly.

I was wanting to post some pictures, but I really haven't taken too many lately beside Josie's dance. We bought a new computer cause our old one was starting to lock up on us and was showing it's age. I have yet to find the software I need to download pictures to my computer, it's hiding some where, I just don't know where?!

So, maybe next time I'll have some pictures of dance, soccer and playing outside with nice green grass. I can only hope and pray.