"ladybugs are on me"

Camille hates bugs and is so scared of them. She is scared of a lot for as tough as she seems. She also calls all small bugs ladybugs.

We were up for an hour last night. With Camille. The first time we went in there she said, "there is something in my bed." She was pointing at something and since she had recently "spit up" my first thought was she had again. In my sleep haze I was afraid to investigate so I got J to do it. heheheh there was nothing there. We showed her, calmed her down and left. The second time she was still saying something was in her bed. She was pointing to the same spot. So I asked her if she wanted to put her pillow at the other end of her crib and sleep that way. She said yes so that's what we did. She still cried out a few minuets later. That time she said, "there are ladybugs in my bed." heheheh we had to laugh at this. J had went in to her but I heard her from our room. J pulled everything out of her bed to shake it out and show her nothing was there. He got her settled back down and again we got comfy in our bed in hopes that was the end of it. It was not. One more time, "there are ladybugs on me!" I went in there and she was pointing to her pillow. It is a monkey pillow case and it does have black dots on it. So I finally turned it over and put the plain side up and forcefully told her there was nothing in her bed and to go to sleep!!! It would have been soooooo easy to bring her in bed with us and I am sure we would have not spent an hour trying to get her to sleep. I know that would be the end of us though so I resisted. Finally she went back to sleep. Wow what a night. It's neat when they start dreaming but it leads to a whole new sleep world.

crazy mom

I took the kids to the zoo on Wed. It was a beautiful day but it also happened to still be spring break. Wow is the zoo a different place when the masses are off. I am soooooooo lucky I have been able for the last 4 years to stay home part time and now full time. I never realized how wonderful the zoo was on a work day until I went last year on a Saturday with g&pp and then now on spring break. It was so crowded. Basically a nightmare with 3 kids. I was anxious the whole time making sure I didn't lose anyone. Since it was so crowded the girls wanted to ride in the stroller instead of walk which was good bc it made it easier to keep track of them but that meant I had to carry Everett the whole time in my carrier. I got a nice new one for him but he still got heavy and hot. Camille is so used to seeing the zoo her way and on her time and she did not understand why she could not do what she wanted. Usually we find a nice spot and park it there for awhile and let the kids run and play. It was just not possible this time. And the park at the zoo, forget about it. Too crazy. Crazy mom for even thinking the zoo on spring break w 3 kids was a good idea.

fake cough

Everett has learned how to fake cough. He does it all the time. He mimics you doing it too. Pretty cute. He also does it when he's excited about something. That is the funniest. An excited cough. Never thought to cough when I was excited.

"spit up"

We had a BIG 3 days. A lot of excitement, not much sleep and WAY too much junk food. On the way home yesterday Camille said, "my belly hurts." She has never said that before but she does have lots of boo-boos so I didn't really think much of it. She kept lifting up her shirt in her car seat and saying it hurt. She does that when she has a cut she has to life up her clothing so show me. Anyway about 5 miles from home she "spit up" as she called it. It was more like throwing up everywhere. All over herself and her carseat. Nasty!!! After it happened in a pitiful little voice she kept saying, "I spit up momma, I spit up." It was kind of cute. Then she would say, "my shirt dirty, my jeans are dirty." When we got home and cleaned up she was fine. Ran around and ate cereal for dinner. Just too much for her little system.

Cute fam pics

spring break - Indy Children's museum

On Monday we went to the Children's Museum. Again we had a great day. The second pic is C hoarding only the green balls at the water table. She held as many as she possibly could. The girls loved the sand table. We had to drag C away from it. We played and played until Camille fell asleep in the planetarium. She stayed asleep when I put her in the stroller. A big few days for a 2 year old.

The last 2 pics are of Av and Opa and E looking up at the glass celling that is in the 3rd to the last pic.

spring break - train car

The hotel we spent the night in in Indy was a train car. It was part of the old Union Station and trains still actually go through it. We heard 5 of them through out the night. Or should I saw felt them, It think they were right on the other side of the wall from us. Anyway the kids had a blast!!