Anywho. SOO....we figured out it was INDEED roseola. Noah's fever broke on Tuesday night and he promptly broke out in an
We have been starting to look for bunk beds. I know the boys are still too little to put in beds but I just KNOW Noah is going to figure out how to get out of that crib one day soon and it's gonna freak me out so I want to be prepared. Plus Elijah is growing like a weed and is getting too big for his toddler bed. The plan: sell his toddler bed set (are you reading this honey? Did I mention this before? Oops if I didn't), as well as rid our house of all the misc. junk we've been hoarding for the past few years and try to earn enough money for bunk beds. I've been scouring Craigslist. I just am not sure what to get. Jake says metal. I say wood b/c I like the look better and you can get a trundle as well. Then each boy can have his OWN bed. I also want to get a new and bigger dresser. Now that they are getting bigger the boys clothes are taking up a lot more space. There is a nice big one from IKEA that is about $250 that I like. I don't have to be overly picky. I know the boys will probably destroy it. Anyway, I'm thinking the mattresses might actually be the largest expense. I kinda hate to get used ones. I mean, the kids will use them for the next 10-15 years. It's not like we have enough room for them all to have full or queen size beds or something. I know how I feel sleeping on something uncomfortable...I don't want them to
These are examples of what we were looking at. I found some interesting images on google when I looked for pictures to post. Some of them I think would have been AWESOME to have as a kid!
Uh...HELLO?! How sweet is this? And to think all three would still have their own bed. Actually I think the bottom one is a trundle too!
Awesome! Wouldn't fit our wall...unless they were toddler beds...but still...way cool!
Even though we have 9 foot ceilings, I'm not sure how this would fit. I think as teens we may have a problem.
I actually found a guy on Craigslist in the Phoenix area that makes custom beds like these. I thought it was kind of cool. Relatively inexpensive too. I think he wanted $320 for an unfinished bed, $420 for a finished one.
Lots of ideas...too many actually. The boys and I took a trip to IKEA to check out their bunk beds. Elijah found his idea of a perfect room. It was a teenager room. A loft bed with a couch under it and some cabinets with a TV in it. THAT is why it was his "perfect" room. Little stinker. He keeps asking for a TV in his room and I keep telling him NO WAY!! EVER!!
So our trip to IKEA was interesting. Even more interesting was going to eat there. Of course all the signs say LEAVE STROLLERS HERE! I ignored them. What's a girl to do when two of her three children don't walk AND she has to get food. I didn't have any merchandise so I figured no big deal. I got a few looks but hey, they can live in my shoes for awhile and then they will understand. I don't think they'd be trekking to the IKEA diner without a stroller! Afterwards I was REALLY ambitious and took a trip to the mall to let the kids play at the play area. That was...interesting. I found out that Elijah is really compassionate about other kids feelings (a girl started crying and he was immediately at her rescue asking her what was wrong and telling her not to cry) and that my twins are bullies who like to pull older kids hair. I don't think it was intentional but you would have thought that they were killing the kids the way that they were screaming. Seriously? Of course I looked like the mom who couldn't control her 1 year old. Then they all noticed I had two. Wait...three. Then it was ok...I got sympathetic looks.
I think I am getting the hang of "going-out-with-children". I have become creative. I took the kids to chic-fil-a the other day. Again...interesting. I had to immediately put them in the highchairs and wheel them around next to me. Then, of course, Elijah had to go potty. Wasn't prepared for that! What did I do? Wheeled the high chairs next to the bathroom and held the women's bathroom door open the whole time Elijah was in there. I could see his shoes and thankfully there wasn't anyone else in there. Thank God he didn't have to poop! I would have been in trouble. No, he would have because then the whole restaurant would have to see his nakee butt bc I was not about to leave the twins by themselves. I don't know how people with triplets/quads/etc do it. They all deserve a medal.
I nearly forgot to mention our new additions. Did I ever mention we have a snake. I can't remember. We have a snake now. Not my favorite but not the worst either. What is the worst? That we have to have mice IN OUR HOUSE to feed
This is actually not one of them, but has similar coloring. They are pretty cute and as they do not have red beady eyes or tails I am ok holding them. They get nervous though and puke all over your hand. Not too appealing..oh well.
The sad thing. We gave Kitty up. I feel terrible. I just couldn't care for her (and look, here I got more pets). Her fur was just out of control and the boys were getting it all in their mouths and were really starting to torture her. I just couldn't keep them away anymore and she was starting to resent them. I couldn't give her the love she needed. I am very sad though :(
I guess I've babbled enough.
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