I'm slacking

It's been about a month since we started Chantix. It's working! Yay.

Not so crazy dreams and no depression (thank goodness).

Anyways, my absence is explainable. Jovyn started going to occupational therapy for Sensory processing disorder. She has been in the OT program for 4 weeks, and is doing pretty well. She shut down today and refused to do anything her OT asked, so she got to spend some quality time with the corner.

Anyways, over the past few weeks, I have spent some time thinking about things no one prepared me for, when it comes down to kids. Thanks Mom and Dad, I'm sure this was a joke on me for your amusement. I believe that more and more everytime I call my mother and she laughs at me.

So here is my list of things I was never prepared for with my kids.

~Poop flies- When my oldest was a few weeks old, I was changing her diaper... I'm sure you know where this is going. She projectile pooped... in my face. Not lovely.

~Kids do not like to wear clothes- again... this was my oldest daughter. Even now at 3 years old, she strips her clothes off whenever she thinks she can get away with it.

~They are monkies and you are their jungle gym- Self explanatory I think.

~They can and will sniff out any candy in the house- Steve had shoulder surgery a while back and my brother came into town to watch Jovyn while I was hanging out in the hospital with a doped up husband who didn't know up from down. Anyways, I went home to sleep and woke up to Jovyn in my face and my brother at my bedroom door. Nothing weird right? Yeah... except her face was covered in a bright red sugary substance and the biggest grin you will ever see.

~If you make it a game kids will do it- Back to when Donny(my brother) was here. We had a big tub of popcorn, the holiday one, and Donny was snacking on it... only he didn't lift a finger, he had Jovyn throwing it into his mouth....

~Kids are perfect angels.... when the grandparents are around- I have never seen my oldest so well behaved as when she is around either set of grandparents.

~They have endless energy- The last visit to my moms house was in March for early Easter, My Step-dad had Jovyn running laps... well more like she just chased him for 20 minutes or so chanting "gotta save myself, gotta save myself"

~They don't like sleep as much as mommy and daddy- They will regret this one day and that is what gets me through the nap time refusal and midnight wake ups.

~Bottomless pits- They NEVER stop eating, at least my kids don't. This applies to both of my children. Jovyn will eat all day long (thankfully he idea of a snack is fruit so I don't mind) and she just doesn't gain weight, I'm a little jealous of my 3 year old. Coryn will keep eating if you let her, and that is why she is my chunky munch. Just rolls on rolls and I love it.

~Whatever you say can and will be used against you- I have noticed Jovyn saying things that I have said to her when my patience is worn thin, such as "I don't have time for this" and "are you insane?!" It's probably the only time I will laugh at some of those phrases.

I'm sure there are more things that my kids have done and will do that will end up on this list eventually. But for now this is all I can think of. I think it's cartoon time.