Blobsters

This is the first day that I have ever given the girls a bath and dressed them in mis-matched clothing. Averi was feeling sick so I wanted her in sweats, since she was sick I tried giving her Motrin. She hates medicine so she threw it up, from there I gave them a bath and still wanted her in something cozy so she got the other sweatsuit. I felt like I had a good reason but it's been such a pain since! Matt got Piper dressed the other day and I couldn't find the matching shirt, then they were in different clothes again and it's just been a downward spiral. Averi is still just as scared of Piper as she's always been. So lately her favorite thing is to hang out on the couch. She's up high, it's soft and she can look out the window. I think she'd be happy if I left her there all day. Well, now Piper wants to know what the draw is so she's trying to get up all day too. But once she's up she just starts climbing. I was trying to get her to put diaper on her but she just ran as far as she could then climbed up higher!

The kids were taking turns pushing each other around. We finally found something that the girls can do together without Averi getting scared that Piper will hurt her. Well, this and falling into their blankets headfirst, hoping it's a soft landing.

This was the face I got when Piper was done pushing her.

I never take any of Asher. Here he is eating his vegetables. He loves them!

I've been getting so frustrated with Asher lately because he is not listening to anything I say. He just tunes me out and goes on with his day as if I am just there in case of emergency. So I just threaten him all day, saying things like, "Asher get dressed or I'm going to..." (throw away toys, spanking, go in your room, stay home...) It's just so negative, and I hate to say it and I'm sure he hates to hear it. So I've been trying to reward him with money, he just realized that it buys candy. But he still just looks at me when I ask him something and then looks away like, "I heard you, I just don't care what you have to say". So then back to the threats. But they do work, he has this toy turtle that I keep threatening to throw out. But when I head for it he freaks out, then does what I asked.

So I have no solution, but he fell asleep in the car at 6 tonight and the house has been so peaceful! I know the problem is that he's not getting enough sleep but there are so many kids at the park during nap time and it's so nice that it's hard to keep him in the house in bed. We were going to make a sticker chart tonight for Family Night so that when he listens he gets a sticker then eventually a reward. He wants a Green Jeep for his reward, he's so spoiled that I'd totally get him one if he started listening! Well, a blue one because I found a used on KSL for cheap.

On the other hand Asher says way funny things all day. This morning he was playing on the ground and goes, "Mom, are blobsters food?" Then he started asking if I could make him some, and what do they taste like, are they good? I heard him under his breath talking about blobsters for quite a while. Later he came running home from the park and said, "MOM! These kids at the park were totally acting like blobsters and pushed me!" Then in the same breath asked if we could finally eat some blobsters. After about a 30 minute debate he accepted that if you dip a quesadilla in ranch it tastes just like a blobster. Since then I haven't heard another word about them.

I just checked on Asher when I ran upstairs and he woke up and asked me to snuggle with him. He's so sweet and cuddly. Maybe I don't need to be so hard on him, but he also needs to listen, so maybe I can find a happy medium.