Working hard or hardly working?

WORKING

Zo has been so busy this year - she goes to preschool 2 days a week, OT 2 days a week and also has taken dance, ice skating, gymnastics and swimming. We just found out thats he was accepted into a horse back riding program for children who have motor planning delays. We are so thrilled that she will get this opportunity. I have been reading up on the benefits of horse back riding for children with balance and coordination issues and I am convinced that this activity will do a world of good for little miss Z!

Here is a link to a great article on therapeutic riding lessons

There are days when I feel like I am pushing Z too much by getting her involved in so many activities and pushing the OT 2 days a week, but then I see somehting like this drawing:

and I know that pushing Zoe to do more is going to be so beneficial to her (not just academically buy socially too!). Before starting OT at the begining of the year Zoe could not even draw a straight line.

HARDLY

Then there is my sweet stubborn Finnegan..... sigh. This kid NEVER talks! Which would be fine, accept -- he can! Finny is so stingy with his words. He likes to keep them hidden (maybe in the pockets of those chubby cheeks) and spits them out when you least expect it. The other day I was making breakfast and asked Finn if he'd like pancakes or french toast, I wasnt really expecting an answer, somethimes I just like to hear myself talk. But then he busts out with "french toast" in his raspy little weird voice of his and I spit out my coffee! He loves saying yes or no and prefers all questions to be asked in a manner that enables him to use either word. We (the rest of us Lametons) need to get better about offering up actual choices so he can stop being so dang lazy.

Big sister just loves this stage of Finn's life though. She likes to ask him things that arent even on the table for discussion just so I'll not only have to deny her but also the cute little guy in the diaper as well. i.e.
at bedtime
Z:"Finny would you like to stay here and watch TV instead of taking a bath?"
Finny -"yesh"
Evil Mommy "no more tv it is bathtime."

at breakfast
Z:  "Finny do you want chocolate for breakfast"

UGH. She also "talks for him"
Z: "Mommy Finny told me I could eat the rest of his cookie"

A lazy picture post

Here's what we've been up to:

A Playhouse under the stairs

We have a closet under the stairs in the basement that I have been wanting to turn into a playhouse. I started draftng up a plan and am really excited to get started on it. Mr. lameton is not quite as excited as I am, for some reason the thought of me and power tools scares him?!!?

But since my Mom took the kids for a whole week Id ecided to come home from work and do this:

I'm hoping to have a big playroom reveal post in a few weeks!

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!

If you know Finnegan, you know he loves mickey. Perhaps the bond was formed when he was a wee bitty 6 month old at Disney world or maybe its because he can relate to being "all ears". Whatever the reason, that boy has loved that mouse for as long as I can remember. Which is why when we went to Disney on Ice a few weeks ago, he was in HEAVEN. Pure joy.

                                                                

                                                                      Star struck!

Zobot on the other hand, was so u nderwhelmed. She was all "been there, done that."

whatever.

I suck.

But I finally found my camera battery charger so tons of pics to come. Meanwhile here is what Miss Z took in to class with her today to give to all of her friends:

Now, you may be asking yourself why my daughter took these in to her class today when Valentine's Day is not until next Tuesday? I asked myself the same question as I was scrambling to put together 18 Valentines at 10 pm last night.

Playing catch up

This weekend was a long weekend and we crammed a lot of fun into it. In the interest of saving myself a lot of time I am combining all days into one mega-super stocked post. Rest assured that I really did take a picture everyday. My camera battery is dead and of course I cant find the charger so for now we'll all have to just deal with crappy cell phone pics. Maybe if you squint while looking the pictures wont be as blurry.


On Friday we spent the entire day in PJs. Well the kids did. I actually got out of bed before they woke up and showered. It was nice to be up and ready before the day officially began. But really I only did it because evaluators from Infants and Toddlers were coming over to evaluate Finny. His lack of speaking is really getting tough to deal with so I was hoping they'd come and wave their magic wand. Apparently, they dont actually have any magic - they confirmed what we already know- Mac Man tests above the 24 month level in all areas including receptive language. Basically he is just smart enough to know that we are going to jump when he tell us to signs for us to.  After the evaluators left we decided it was too cold to leave the house, so we just had a lazy day filled with all things fun.

Zoë taught Finnegan how to make "funny faces"

I worked on sewing a baby gift in my craft room while the kids played in trashed the playroom.

It was spotless 1 hour before these pictures was taken:

Thankfully I was able to get the baby gift finished, I made a wrap carrier and was really happy with how it turned out.

Saturday was another lazy day. Mr. lameton and I took turns entertaining the kids while the other did some cleaning. Then I got to go to IKEA all by myself. I swear, Ikea is my Disneyland!

Poor Finn often gets mistaked for a girl and as I was bathing him this weekend I wondered to myself if maybe he looks like a girl from behind? so I snapped a pic and I still do not think he does.

The rest of the weekend was spent eating pudding

making Chocolate peanut butter bark

and sewing the boy a pair of adorable seersucker pants.

On Monday morning the kids woke up to find that santa left a gift for them that Finny was too sick to appreciate and that quite frankly, Santa was toot ired to put together on Christmas Eve.

Finny needed diapers so Zobot and Mommy decided to go on a "just the girls" trip to Target. We decided to have lunch there and Z ate carrots!

Is she not the cutest Mac N Cheese monster you've ever seen?



yep.

Mommy- (with much enthusiasm) "ok, guys who wants to clean up all the bath toys so we can get into pjs?"

Zoë-(equally enthused) "Finny does!!"