2013 highlights

I tried to keep a blog to remember my kids as they grew up, but turns out taking care of three kids doesn't leave much time for blogging... add a full time job and really I don't have time to blink.

To sum it all up this year has been nothing short of amazing. Within the first few days we welcomed Ms. Kaylin Ava into the world and she is our sweet little Bailey Boo. The boys love her and she loves them. They annoy her, and she is just starting to fight them back, she still doesn't walk but she cruises around the furniture and the moment you turn your back she crawls to the kitchen to get the cat food or the bathroom to get the cat's water bowl. Ry went to pre-school for his second year and now knows all his letters and knows how to read. He's so smart and keeps us on our toes. Colton is the sweetest most loving two year old you'll ever meet. He's almost potty trained but his obsession with the ipad can be a major distraction and causes some accidents.

The boys say such funny things every day and I haven't been able to post them in this blog like I originally planned. Luckily I have time to jot down quick quotes in Facebook and through my "get old statuses" app I can get some highlights of the last year

12/27/12- I asked ry to tell auntie Katie what he got for Christmas. He told her he got two bows and arrows. I asked him "what's that big thing in the middle of the living room?" thinking he'd tell her about the jeep. He said "a big mess"

12/30/12- Rex asked Ry "who takes care of you?" Ry said "I take care of myself!" so Rex told him to go to the store buy food, get a job to buy a house or live in a cardboard box. Ry asked why people live in a cardboard box and Rex explained of you don't have money you live in a cardboard box. Ry said "jack in the box's parents don't have money so he lives in a box"

1/30/13-Ry and I are watching tv and he says "I don't like them, I don't HATE them but I just don't like them" I told him that he needs a reason for not liking someone because it will hurt someone's feelings. He said "well the reason is I just don't like them. Is that a good reason?"

2/24/13-I asked Colty today "who's cute and naughty?" he said "Ry-ry!" and Ry's response "NO! I'm just cute"

3/3/13-me: Colty, what do you want for dinner? Colty: dessert

4/4/13-Rex was playing w a pirate and said "arrrrgh I'm a pirate" Colty said "noooo that not pirate, he a nice guy!"

4/30/13-Today I got home from work and heard Ry in his room and a "clink clink clink" I asked him what he was doing, he said "putting money in my piggy bank" I went to the kitchen to do some dishes, and I came out and still heard "clink clink clink" we don't have THAT much change laying around so i went to see what he was doing and saw that he had emptied an entire bank on the floor and was filling his big one, I told him "buddy, you shouldnt play with money it's dirty" he said "I know Mommy, but I'm putting all my money in this bank so I can give it to you and you can buy a new car" what a sweet boy, I DO need a new car

5/4/13-Colty heard the Mexican ice cream cart jingle by, he yelled, "that's tinker bell! I'm gonna go catch it!"

6/19/13-Rylan points to our CO detector and asks what it is, Rex tells him it's a CO detector and Ry asked him "what does it do? tell us when zombies are coming?"

6/24/13-Me: Colty did you poopoo in your diaper? Colty: nooooooo Me: what did I tell you about not lying to Mommy? Colty: I not lying!... I kidding

8/14/13-Ry said, "if tick toc croc didn't swallow the clock, he'd just be croc"

8/21/13-Me: were you good today? Ry: :::nods yes::: Me: do I need to call auntie Melissa and ask her? Ry:... Well... I was halfway good

8/24/13-Watching Alice in Wonderland, Ry says of the white rabbit "he sounds like Mr. Smee!"

9/16/13-Ry: do you know why ghosts are scary? Me: no, why? Ry: how should I know! You're the scientist!!!!

10/5/13-Rex was up on the roof cleaning the gutters. Colty stood on the ground screaming up at him, "don't jump daddy!!"

10/27/13-Colty is STILL awake and he said "My teacher said I don't have to go to bed" I told him I'd ask his teacher and she's going to tell me she didn't say that and he's going to be in trouble... oh yeah he doesn't have a teacher 

11/4/13-I sing "Hush Little Baby" to the kids every night... Ry asked me tonight "why does the mommy keep buying all this broken stuff?"

11/29/13-Ugh. Hid my bag of black Friday Toys R Us purchases in my closet and Ry sounded it out "tooooyyyysss r us, toys r us?! What's in this bag? Is it for me???"

12/31/13- I just made some popcorn and immediately the boys jumped up and asked me for some. I said, "no this is mommy only popcorn!" Colty said, "no mom! This is BOY popcorn, don't eat it! It make you sick!"

Also I'm remembering that this year Ry was naughty again (like always) but Santa didn't put coal in his stocking. (Last year he colored on Mommy and Daddy's bed with a black sharpie on Christmas Eve, Santa filled his stocking with coal and hid his real presents for him to find if he said he was sorry) This year his stocking was filled with toys and Ry said "I TOLD you Santa isn't real!" I said "what do you mean? didn't you get what you wanted?" he said "yeah! he didn't give me coal! and I was a naughty boy!"