Not much new with us. There’s a cold that’s being passed around at our house. So far Peter and I have had it.
The boys are big into “building houses” lately. Some times with books, but usually with chairs, blankets and the couch cushions.
The boys are going through a no pants phase. I put pants on them every morning but the next time they use the potty they take them off and do not want to put them back on. Jimmy has even started hiding his pants after he takes them off.
The boys have been monkeys the last few days. When we go to the park they climb the trees and make monkey noises.
Over the last few months Jimmy has been big on every thing having a name. Whenever we run into new people at the park, or the store he tells them, “I’m Jimmy, that’s Peter and Mommy, Daddy is at the orange house” (our house is orange). The hotel we stayed at last week was the “house with the chairs” Every now and again I’ll hear the boys arguing over what something is called, Peter- it’s a cute doggy, Jimmy-no, it’s a little dog etc. Or I’ll say something like, thanks sweety and he’ll correct me, “no, I’m Jimmy.” My favorite is when we’re tickling him or Peter is chasing him he’ll put his hands up and say, “I’m Jimmy” as if we thought he was someone else and we need to stop what we’re doing because he’s Jimmy.
This last week we went to the beach in Nicaragua for our visa requirements (we have to leave Costa Rica for 3 days, every 90 days). It’s really fun because we’ve done it so many times that we have a bunch of friends there and know where everything is.
The boys LOVE the beach and the ocean. The week before we left, the boys were constantly asking, “are we going to the ocean today?” And we would tell them, “no, three more days”. One morning we woke up to Jimmy opening our door and yelling, “we’re going to the ocean today, let’s go!” We’re actually thinking of moving near the ocean again.
One thing that the boys got a kick out of was the shower in our hotel room. They showered at least twice a day because they liked it so much. It had nice pressure and it was really warm. There was even a few times that they didn’t even ask me if they could take a shower. They just quietly took their clothes off and hopped in.
We spent a lot of time at the park and the beach, playing and having fun. We brought kites with us, the wind changed to much to get them up though.
There’s a few houses there, where, in the evening they pull out their barbeque and fixings and you can buy really yummy grilled chicken (and other meat). We did that for dinner every night we were there. Even the boys chowed down on the chicken.
The other night I asked Jimmy if what he was eating was good. He looks up at me and in one smooth move winks, nods, clicks his tongue and gives me a thumbs up.
Yesterday I was standing in the kitchen with Peter when the washing machine switched into the spin cycle and was off balance for a second, making a loud noise. Peter jumps back and points at the laundry room door and yells to me, “Mommy, do something!!”
He’s getting so big!
I’m not sure what this look is about, but I thought it was funny that they both have the same expression.
Jimmy and Peter are so funny. It’s 85 degrees and they still want to wear their Backyardigans hoodies.
Peter asked me to put him in the tree, but once he was up there he didn’t like it.
We got a dog last May. We got her from the humane society so we didn’t know how old she was or how big she would get. We thought she was a lot older then she was because she didn’t have that chubby puppy look. But we found out a few weeks later, when we took her to the vet, that she was probably only two months old and that she was going to get a lot bigger than we had anticipated.
But we were having fun with her and didn’t stress about it. For about the first six months she was great. She was small enough that she couldn’t hurt the kids and big enough that she could handle their teasing.
Over the last few months though she got too big. She would jump on the kids and either knock them over or scratch up their chest and back. Her playful nibbling was just too rough. She was also too strong for the kids to take her for a walk, heck, it was even hard for me. Now, I know what you’re thing, why not just teach her not to do those things? Well, I tried that for awhile, and when she was with me she would do pretty well. But when the boys started playing with her and teasing her it all went out the window.
She also started pulling clothes off the line and chewing them up. So I had to start tying her up when I had clothes on the line.
After thinking about it for a long time we decided to give her away. So I emailed the humane society where we originally got her. It was going to be $80 to admit her and $20 to have someone pick her up. I just thanked them and said I’d try to find someone that might want her. I got an email the next day that there was a family that wanted a big dog and they wanted more details about Lluvia and a few pictures. The following day someone came and picked her up. We were all sad to see her go, especially Jimmy.
Our neighbors were in their yard draining their paddle pool when Lluvia was loaded into the truck. So they asked us if we wanted to use it. It was so nice to have something to distract the boys. (Thank you neighbors!!!!)
Jimmy was upset a few times yesterday and today. We told him that maybe we could get a bunny for Easter and that would cheer him up.
It was a fun experience. I think we’ll get a dog again when the boys are a little older.
Bye Lluvia, we’ll miss you.
Peter has been potty trained for awhile now but he still needed a diaper for sleeping. A few days ago we ran out of diapers and I didn’t feel like buying more. So I was careful to limit drinks in the evening and made sure he went potty before going to bed.
To give Peter some credit too, he woke up a few nights on his own because he ‘had to go’.
He woke up dry all week! I think we can truly say goodbye to diapers!
