Snow Days for Mo Days

Yes, we are having more snow days here. Today and they've already called it for tomorrow. While I know I should be planning something to keep everyone busy, I'm writing here! At least if I get some things done tonight I won't be trying to do them tomorrow!

As I am finding, keeping three kids happy is hard and almost impossible! Both Ryan and Emma have been doing some not so pleasing things to get some attention. For Emma, it's climbing all over me and over kissing the baby. For Ryan, it has become more destructive. On Friday, Ryan pushed over his book shelf (I know we need to tether it). Books were all over the floor, but luckily no one was hurt. I told him he had to clean them up and this time I wasn't helping! Well he still hasn't cleaned them up, but they are no longer in his room also. Eventually, he started ripping books up (which he knew I would be mad about since he had done it the night before with the same response). So all his books were taken away. Then he was told to clean up the mess and given his garbage can. Since it was wicker, he decided to tear it up and then proceeded to get the vacuum cleaner out to clean it up! After I finally sat in his room while he cleaned, it was all picked up. Now he is earning 5 books back a day and hopefully, he'll have them all back by the time we move Nick into his room - since that is where I put them! Of course, he got out the vacuum again today - not sure why - but he figured out quickly that I wasn't happy.

Ok onto funnier things. Friday, the kids were playing in my bathtub - dry -and I asked if they wanted to take a bath later. Ryan's teacher was visiting soon, so we couldn't do it right then. They loved taking a bath in the middle of the day and just being able to sit and play. I have some pics here. In fact, they loved it so much, that they decided to do it themselves yesterday in their bathtub. They forgot one thing - to take their clothes off (and to use warm water)!

As I said, we have snow. Kris took Ryan out to play on Saturday, so after watching it snow today, he really wanted to go out. So after I got Emma and Nick down for naps, we went out and shoveled the driveway and played a little bit. Kris took Ryan and Emma out after he got home from work also, so there was a lot of outside time today. Hopefully, it will wipe them both out and maybe Ryan will sleep past 7:15 tomorrow.

As for Nick. Well he doesn't do too much. Sleep, nurse, poop. What a life. He is pretty good though, with some crabby times. He likes a pacifier, which I was hoping to avoid. If you keep moving him to see new things, he's pretty happy. One month already, where does the time go?