we like to goof around in the backyard after our naps...and by "our" i mean bodie (sometimes) and bobby...getting them to nap at the same time is a very complicated series of events...in which everything must align perfectly...and if there is a chance where i can somehow get them to nap together and lay down myself...i tend to get woken up 10 minutes after the fact by bobby. his naps when there is ever a chance of me napping are ALWAYS 30 minutes long. yesterday he took a 2 hour nap...whatever...not bitter...not at all...
so here are the barnes boys...very different and all very fun in their own ways. bryson's last day of pre-school is wednesday. so sad about it...i was kinda hoping he would never have to start "real" school. bobby is still a sweetheart, he has got some teethers growing in and has not been over the moon about it, but still has a good disposition despite his obvious discomfort...i say its obvious since he grabs my hand and sticks it in his mouth and bites about 10 times a day...and if not my hand, then my arm, leg...whatever he can get. today i watched him gnaw on a rock for 2 minutes.
bodie has been a challenge to me. i love this boy to death, but holy moly is he a handful...he is our little tornado and yesterday he found his limits with me...i thought i could leave a stack of folded towels...wrong...i thought i could leave the detergent on top of the dryer and it would be safe...wrong...i thought he couldnt open the door to the office and get into the permanent marker drawer...wrong (you can see the red stain by his left eye as proof - everywhere on his face)...i thought he would listen after punishing him 30 times not to sit on the cat...wrong...i thought he would be so tired from wreaking havoc all day that he would fall straight to sleep...WRONG...so wrong...2 spanks and 6 times walking into his room wrong. the problem...the biggest problem of them all...is that he is an absolute doll when he is getting into trouble and he makes you laugh...you can't even be mad...he just smiles and hugs you...and manipulates you into not being mad...just like his stinking cute dad! argggghhhhh....so frustrating to want to be mad and then you find yourself laughing...its not funny to have to re-fold towels and spend 3 hours cleaning up spilled laundry detergent all over the garage....but to him he is hilarious...
....breathe carlee and repeat after me....this too shall pass....this too shall pass....this too shall pass...this too shall pass....oh yeah???? then i have to do it all over again with bobby!!! i have a feeling that one is going to be just as bad as his brothers...worse because he will have COACHES! oh man...what did we do?
I love your boys! Thank you for sharing about them so candidly on here! God knew YOU were the mom for them! Maybe you can all join the circus together when they are older.
ReplyDeleteEven though Bodie and Henry are a year apart they are so similar. Problem is, Henry is a year older and is still wreaking havoc! And he too is so damn sweet about it!!! Just washed off red marker (to be exact)and he dumped my folded laundry basket all over his room yesterday! How funny (not really) is that!?!?
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