Scoopy

We have an Elf on the Shelf.  He's great. I noticed a few years ago that some of my friends were posting these weird things on facebook with this elf around Christmas.  For some reason, it's caught on and now Reid has his own Elf on a Shelf.  His name is Scoopy.  Santa sent him from the North Pole to watch over Reid and Nolan.  Every night he goes back to see Santa and report on the boys behavior.  When he comes back the next day, he's alway in a different spot.  It must be magic...  Reid loves it.  Finding Scoopy (Reid named him) is the highlight of his day.  He's so consumed with the magic of Christmas that this is just adding to it.  I love it.  Scoopy has left Reid a few presents cause of his behavior.  Usually when Reid does a really good job on the potty he'll get some sort of recognition from Scoopy and Santa.  Where will he be tomorrow???

The End of Paternity Leave

Christien went back to work yesterday. That was a quick, and fun 6 weeks. Yesterday was kinda hard. Trying to get ourselves into a routine with just me and two kidlets is a bit intimidating. Some days will be better then others. Happy to say that today was a good day. Potty training and all. Yes, that's right. Potty training Reid. I'm not totally sure how it's going. Christien took the reigns on this one. I'm too consumed with baby Nolan. So they did the whole potty day a few weeks ago. Timer on for every 15 minutes, and to the potty whether he liked it or not. Lots of sugary treats for rewards. We really have to stay on top of it cause it we don't ask or take him to the potty, the we are bound to have an accident. I'm so overwhelmed with doing this by myself that I had him in pull ups today. Too many accidents over the last few days. After school he went back into underwear and o accidents. Plus he even asked/told me he needed to go. That's huge. Although I think he was just wanting the chocolates I was letting him have after each pee. Oh well. I'm just taking this all one day at a time. I remember when Christien went back to work after Reid was born. He was only 10 days old and I was beyond overwhelmed. Everyday I would wake up and make a little tick on the white board counting down the days till Christien got home. I definitely feel better this time. Although it's a very different story with two munchkins,

Santa Baby!!

The boys went to see Santa this week.  Super cute.  And super hilarious.  Reid was very serious with Santa and didn't look him in the eye ever (probably cause he knew he was lying about being a good boy, lol).  It was pretty cool to see Santa and Reid interact.  They talked about Nolan and what he wanted for Christmas and what Reid wanted for Christmas, and when they were ready for the photo we popped Nolan onto Santa's shoulder (he's obviously done this before) and voila.  Perfection :) Love my boys even though they offer me little sleep and a chaotic household.  I joke with Christien that I'm going to get him therapy for Christmas so that he can learn to deal with the mess, and the toys, and the creativeness...