Middle Management at the Wardle house...

So apparently my 4 year old thinks he is charge of "baby". Everytime I ask him to do something, he turns around and "delegates" that job to Cameron. What? I asked you to do it... I know.. I don't want to.. lol. Well thanks for trying but please go do that for me... He tells Cameron non-stop, me and mommy and daddy are in charge of you. I was listening to the boys conversation the other day.

Crash (Cameron hitting Kevin with a toy)

Kevin screams "Baby we don't hit"

Cameron yells back "you don't take my toy!"

Kevin screams back, Cameron screams back.... getting no where... I almost intervine here, except I hear Kevin take a deep breath and say (calmly now)

"Cameron come here and sit on the couch, I need to know why you hit me.." ( pause)

Cameron says something about brother stealing car

Kevin says "why did you hit me? we don't hit baby, it hurts, do you want to hurt me? do you like it when I hit you?"

Cameron continues on in his 2 year old mind not paying attention to the logic...

Kevin finally gives up getting a real answer.. after like 5 minutes of asking...

But they did start playing together nicely, and Cameron stopped hitting and Kevin didn't steal that car any more...(at least for a little while)

Have you ever had anyone turn a mirror in your face and not like what was shown you? Apparently my first reaction is to yell and then sit Kevin down and ask him why and explain why that wasn't such a good decision.... lol. ( I am working on not yelling so much) He truly believes he is middle management....

Another Random note...

The other day... this was a conversation between me and Kevin...

Kevin just asked me "why are you eyes looking squished like a mean guy?" (side note, he now has fears of the dark and "mean guys")

I answer back "oh I am just getting tired honey, it's almost bed time"

he answers back "ok, mommy, just take deep breath, mommy, don't get frustrated...." HAHA!

the take a deep breath thing was something I was trying out when he was in the hospital, so that he wouldn't be so hysterical...he so used it on me! Rude!

So yes this 4 year old stage is a blast. He is writing and coloring and working on his school work like crazy, he actually asks for it.. and he has had the sounds down to letters for a while but now he is able to say the sound and figure out what the word starts with and sound out words (not enough to read just to get a few things here and there) I am having a problem with numbers, he can count to 20 but he doesn't really do a one to one thing, he just counts to count, so there may be 9 things there but he counts to ten just to finish to 10... annoying. I think i need to find some dino counting things because I believe that is what has helped him so much with his letters, he colors and shapes are not an issue at all, so really we are just working on numbers and rhyming.

We are enjoying not having any infants around, we can all go for family bike rides, and my panic attacks are much smaller now when I have to take the boys in public. It is just a fun phase. I think this year I might even be able to get the kids help in the garden, we are all very excited for warmer weather and I am planning my garden. Today we moved around the family room, so there is a lot more room for the boys to run and the TV is less central... (seems the tv gets watched a lot more in the winter than the summer) We brought the boys basketball hoop back out and they are enjoying the new soccer ball... of course my boys never sit still. So we are working on honing our skills.

Anyways, this has turned into a very long random post so, thanks for listening to my ramblings (that is if you made it this far) lol

Have I mentioned how excited I am...?

We signed Kevin up for spring Soccer! Chances are I will regret it because it will be so cold that we will all be miserable, but I still can't wait to see how he does. Its only 4 weeks long on Saturdays only, but really for his first thing we have signed him up for (other than swim lessons) I can't wait to see if he is one of the kids that is pushing kids out of the way to get to the ball or if he just stands there playing with his socks.... I am guessing he will be one of the more aggressive players ( who knows maybe he'll stand there roaring like a dinosaur)... have you ever watched a 4 year old soccer game?.. hilarious! The only rule they really enforce is don't use your hands! Anyways, We don't know if he is old enough to play t-ball this summer, or if his birthday is too late, either way I want to see how he does with soccer before we put him in something like t-ball. I can't wait!

Kevin's Eye

So last Friday Kevin woke up from nap time with his eye swollen, just about half shut, we put some compresses on it, and watched it but it didn't get any worse so, we sent him to bed... he woke up Saturday morning screaming, he couldn't open his right eye! SO we went into emergency mode, after showing him to our freind Jeromy, a PA off the the ER Tyler and Kevin went. They came back with benadryl and orders for cold compresses. We went through everything trying to figure out what he was allergic too, looked for bugs in his bed, washed everything we possibly could, blankets, pillows, toys, you name it we washed it. Come Saturday night his eye looked the same, so we called the ER and they called in a antibiodic, hoping that would help. Come Monday morning, he could open it but it was larger and moving down his face... so I took him in this doctor and she said that the risk was to high and that he needed to be put onto IV antibiodics and would be staying overnight. CRAP! Tyler was supposed to go to Boise that night for a conference! Me and two kids in the hospital overnight! Yikes! Thank goodness Tyler called and got out of the conference because it was a long two days with him here! Tyler stayed night with him, (that man can sleep through anything, whereas I wouldn't have slept a wink the whole night, and been no good the next day!) while I was there during the day. He got a Ct with contrast (remember the test that i told you makes you fell like you pee your pants... yeah, that one) although they had to put him out for it, he sure is a light weight when it come to anesthesia... he is funny! the test came back that it was anterior cellulitis, and the blood cultures still we clean at the 24 hour mark. So we have no idea why it did it, but it could have been a sinus infection that pushed out his eye? anyways, he is on some extra strength antibiotics at home to make sure we got rid of it all, but he is at home and happy and playing like normal, so I can't complain. Uncle Ken came up and help us Tuesday to Wednesday morning... he was great! the nurses told me he must be the best uncle ever! (its true to!) So that is what is going on here! I will have to upload the pictures of his poor face later!

One Year Apt

So I flew out for my one year apt, had my petct, blood work and doctor apt like normal, although this time, my blood work came back funny, and my scan was not as clean as we would like. My blood work came back with thyroid issues, pretreatment my number was 2.4 normal is 4 and in november my number was 11, and at this apt it was down to 5.8.. what does that all mean you ask.. I have hypothyroidism, not a big deal it runs in my family and the radiation treatment I had can cause it, just usually 30 years later instead of 1. So now I am headed to my doctor hear to figure out the dose of pill I need to take everyday for the rest of my life to get it under control. The hardest part is the sluggishness, I just can't seem to get any energy, Tyler had actually mentioned it before I went to my apt so I know it isn't all in my head... of course as soon as you know something is wrong, and you read the symptoms list, you notice all symptoms.... I now have a reason for gaining all this weight back.. HAHA!
As for the scan, my thymus gland had a high uptake, which could mean a few things, could mean the lymphoma is back, could mean I have thymus cancer, could mean I have a thymus syndrome that can happen in young people, or it could be nothing (among other things it could be I am sure) So I go back in June for another Petct for another look.

Facebook updates that I don't want to forget...

Jan 23:

other kids carry around dolls and wrap them in blankets and want to be doctors, my kids wrap dinosaurs in blankets, and Kevin wants to be Jack Horner... aka a paleontologist...lol

Jan 20:

Kevin walks in the room "Daddy, we need to talk" "why, are you doing drugs?" "no" "did you get someone pregnant?" "no" "are you smokin?" "yea, were smokin, and playin, and rollin".... uproar of laughter.. my husband and my 4 YEAR OLD.. at least we aren't afraid to talk about the hard topics....

Jan 7

Kevin came running in.. "we found creatures, black flying creatures".... we are now watching the birds play in the garden...:)

Dec 31

Cameron is running back and forth from Me and Tyler saying "ticket please" and then punching our tickets, apparently he is the conductor from The Polor Express...:)

Dec 21

Kevin keeps telling me he hears a clatter while looking at the ceiling, tonight he got out of the car, ran out to the curb, looked back at the house and said "nope nothin there".. now where is Santa?

Dec 4

Kevin even talks about dinosaurs in his sleep...lol

Nov 30

its true, I confess: i gave my kids the option of pumpkin pie or apple pie for dinner tonight...

Nov 29

mental note:5 pies is too many, and if you use colored marshmellows in the yams, they taste fine but don't look so appitizing...lol

Nov 8

listening to Kevin tell daddy what her grew in his garden (the one he grew in the family room this morning) This is the corn and this is the peppers and this is the apples don't forget the tomatoes... but the funny part was.. i swear he said and this is the carnivors!

Nov 7

prefect night... my babes "dancing" around the family room to Christmas music, ok, so really they are spinning around in circles getting reall dizzy and falling down but whatever! :)

Nov 6

So Kevin's new thing is his brain, where is it, how big is it, what does it do, he just asked me if he could pull it out of his eyes... I don't know how to put it into 4 year old terms... that would not be good.

Oct 20

Kevin is now using his straw to eat his applesauce so he "can be an elephant"... never ending imagination...

Oct 16

Kevin is watching Ice Age 3. He points at the sceen and says "look its Momma, just like you, when you were a Tyranosaurs Rex".. not only is he a dinosaur but apparently I was too!

Oct 14

so while I was in the garage cleaning up the kids last mess (too embarassing to post here) Kevin was in the house covering his little brother in pam cooking spray... yes you heard me right.. i can't even believe him.. where does this stuff come from?

Oct 14

kids, diaper rash cream, hair, may never come out...yeah for 4 year olds...

Oct 13

just found Cameron standing on the kitchen counter digging into my cabenet, the same cabinet that holds my kitchen knives on the tops shelf, I got lucky that the stuff on the bottom shelf was more interesting.. is it possible to glue stools to the floor, so the kids can't push them around?

Oct 8

are my kids the only ones who really don't want to eat anything for a few weeeks, an then go on an eating rampage and eat anything and everything they can get thier hands on?

Oct 8

Magic Erasure use number 547... sharpie on the van passenger side door and window.

Oct 6

I have decided one of my favorite daily activities is... cuddling with my munchkins. ya can't beat that.. especially when one is sleeping.. cuddly and quiet and warm! :)

Oct 3

you know the guy who envented the magic eraser is a genius, they saved the day and my sons life!

Sept 22

Kevin just ate 7 pieces of gum and told me it was becuase he stomache was hungry...(this is why we don't keep gum around the house)

Sept 12

Looking forward to whatever comes out of Kevin's mouth tomorrow at his first Primary program! "what is your favorite part of being part of your family..." Kevin can fill the blank in a million different ways...most of them have to do with a red dinosaur... not exactly what the primary presidency was expecting....

Sept 2

as I walk out of the room after my workout I say to Tyler "tell me my butt looks three sizes smaller" he without hesiation says... I was thinking four.." I have him trained quite well!

Aug 31

Kevin is telling me about his first day of preschool, the girls yelled at him becuase he cut on their papers...and he has so much fun with the green fish and the yellow dinosaur... it must have been a busy day! He is so excited!

Aug 30

Cameron climbed out of his crib tonight... ya wanna know why?.. Tyler asked him to...crazy!

Kevin prayed for us "to be safe from dragons" tonight.... The dragon slayers can have a good night sleep tonight!

Aug 28

Kevin was horrible at his "getting to know your teacher" for preschool.. he is making me second guess even putting him in preschool...

Aug 24

Got out of bed this morning to find my children each reading a book, sitting on the couch... I love quiet moments!

Aug 13

I was so impressed that my kids cleaned up all the toys in the family room when I asked them to this morning, I assumed they were putting them where they go, silly me,.. I found where all the toys went when I went to put the kids down for nap, they put all the toys in the crib...!

why my kids find weird stuff funny i don't know... they are taking turns running around the house with their hamper upside down over their heads... giggling wildly the whole time!

July 1

serious tears people.. grandma and grandpa just took both my kids.. I don't don't know what to do!

June 11

Can't get Kevin to eat a carrot to save his life, but I just pulled one fresh out of the garden and gave it to him and he said "mmmmm, I love carrots!"

April 11

if only everyday could end with two dirty boys.. then a dirty bathtub.... to me that means a beautiful day for the boys to play outside and get as dirty as only boys can get!

Christmas Vacation

Our Christmas vacation was great, we got lots done and enjoyed time with family. We painted our bedroom, something that I thought would never get done, pics later, the paint job is growing on me... we put up a bunch of shelves, so my house is seeming more and more home-ee. We bought the rest of the stuff needed to make my head board, still haven't quite made it yet, but am planning too, bought a freezer for the garage, bought myself a shop vac, (to replace the one we lost in Oklahoma) which means my van is clean, and basically we spent way to much money on the stuff we have been waiting for! lol. Do you know how stressful spending money can be?

Basically, Christmas crept up on me and when it was time for the boys to open their pj's Christmas Eve, they were just coming out of the dryer... My decorations has just barely gotten unpacked and nothing had been rapped. We spent Christmas here, and then drove down to Utah to spend a few days with the Utah clan, and we were back before New Years, The boys got a train set from Santa and plenty of dinosaurs to keep them busy until their birthdays is September, we got a wii and wii fit, and my personal favorite, Jillian Micheals fitness ultimatum... that girl knows how to kick butt!

So all in all we had one great vacation, and have been enjoying some serious family time. I just can't get tired of having Tyler home more.. (of course there are moments that I see the look on his face that says "get me out of here!")

We even had one of my old friends Nicole from high school stop by with her adorable little family, she has three of the cutest little boys ever! I am bummed I forgot to take pictures but it was so fun to see them!

Oh, and here is family pic that we were going to send out with out Christmas letter..lol. (crazy hair and all)

Our Unsent Christmas Letter...

December 2009-

We wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and very Happy New Year. As we look back on the last year and look forward to a new one, we couldn’t feel more blessed.
Tyler is back teaching at Jerome High. Although he misses coaching he is enjoying being back in the classroom teaching technology and night school. He’s working with the young men at church, and is having fun on the campouts.
Catherine ended treatment the beginning of February and has remained in remission ever since. She still gets to “enjoy” check-ups every three months to make sure all is well, but all in all, remission is great news. She ran a couple 5k’s, one in July and one in September and is playing volleyball at the rec center again and is enjoying that. She also stays busy working in the Cub Scouts

Kevin turned four in September and has never ending energy. He is having fun in preschool and astounds us with his knowledge of dinosaurs every day. He is a joy to have around the house and is becoming a real peacemaker.

Cameron turned two in September and is catching up in height and weight to his brother. His speech is coming along so quickly. He is always climbing on something, and shows interests in dinosaurs, cars, and lately, trains. Cameron is showing a little more of the “terrible-twos” every day.

Kevin & Cameron are best friends and we couldn’t ask for more! They keep us on our toes and are our pride and joy!

We wish you a wonderful holiday season and hope the best for you and your family!
The Idaho Wardles

Tyler, Catherine, Kevin, and Cameron

Wahoo!

Why the wahoo? We had a great day in Sacrement meeting yesterday. Kevin sat through the whole thing without screaming or making too much noise, he sat next to me read his book, laid down on the big pile of winter jackets next to him on the bench but never once did anything that made me want to take him out! even when the kid behind him wanted to play with him, he was very quiet, not that I didn't have to remind him that we don't play during church, he was great!.... there is always a catch though...

Cameron is officially two years old! has been for almost 3 months and boy is that a fun stage, he was wiggly and giggly and everything that noise is.... he was easily distracted so I did get to hear most of the meeting but I have to say, the next couple of years are going to be interesting.

And on an even better note, my kids made it through most of the meeting without even a mention of snacks, I am bound and determined to get them to wait until the speakers actually start speaking before they want food, but they made it though 80% of the meeting! Very glad, I haven't been through Sacrament without lugging along snack and a sippy cup in a really long time, I am glad to cut down on that!

Cute sayings from the Wardle house...

Grandma and Grandpa Powers came to visit over Thanksgiving, one night Tyler went in to check on the boys, he said "I love you Kevin" Kevin replied back "I love Grandma"...lol

Grandma was talking to Kevin "I love you" Kevin says, Grandma says back "I love you more" Kevin says "I love you enough"....HAHA!

The other night we got up to take Kevin potty about midnight, he must have been dreaming of dinosaurs because he sure was talking about them, "the t-rex, ...just a carnivore, ... cratious period..." we we trying not to wake the boys up so we had to stifle the laughter!

9 months!

9 months and still Cancer free. I flew out early out of Boise yesterday, (by the way early is the way to go, no lines, the bathrooms had just been cleaned, and everything was quiet!) flew in a brand new plane, Horizons new Boise State bright orange plane, very cool, very quiet and a great flight. Then did blood work and a chest x-ray then headed to visit all the nurses in the ITA, very good to see all of them, they all remembered me and my kids and my PhD/teacher husband, that was cool. Then I headed down to see Dr Advani, loooong wait and I am cancer free! I was able to go to Olive Garden with Teri, Ben and the kids, seriously love that soup salad and bread sticks thing, even took two bread sticks for the plane... great choice by the way.. they don't serve snacks anymore, just a drink! Then when I got to the airport the plane was delayed an hour and 15 min... turns out that the plane that was flying from Boise, that we were gonna get on, had to turn around an go back to Boise because a passenger had a seizure about 1/3 of the way through the flight, scary! So it was my first really delayed flight that I can think of.. anyways, after flying home and the two hour drive home I was exhausted!.. the whole driving there in the dark and driving home in the dark made it seem like a really long day! I really wish that it didn't get dark so early, makes the days drag out! But when I asked the Doctor what my chances were, she said about 80%, that is an 80% chance that it won't come back! Wahoo!! love it! O and in February (my one year mark!) i get to have a PetCt.. grrr. o well it is better than a CT with contrast!

P.S. Tyler did a very good job being a "stay at home dad" yesterday, he carpooled a load full of preschoolers to and from preschool, took Cameron to speech, and went shopping and cleaned the house, I think I am gonna keep him! Thanks and Love ya babe!

It's official...

I have turned into my parents... I now get my kids dressed while they are still laying in bed when I have to wake them up for something (my mom did this for me until I was like 12, what it is too cold to get out of bed without your socks on!) When my kids don't want to go to school I tell them that means they have to stay in bed all day, no toys, no tv... its amazing how fast they change their minds and want to go to school... it must be all down hill from here... :)

thought this was worth passing on!

I have been there before, and me and Tyler are happy to say our house is the cleanest it has been since before cancer... we spent Thursday, Friday, and Saturday cleaning, and other than the fact that our carpets need cleaned,(again) we have even been able to keep up with it. It is nice to know that all the clothes are cleaned, folded and where they should be, to know that the floor really is clean enough for the 5 second rule to be pushed to the 10 second rule and that My husband isn't too embarassed for people just to drop by.... it's a great feeling! ( can you tell I just got done with a jog and am still on my runners high?..lol) I need a dose of this happy pill daily I think ;)

It has come full circle...

Thats right, 20 years ago in a small town, there was a father laying in the middle of the family room tickling and wrestling with his two kids, mommy, says to the youngest, "bring me daddy's glasses".. this is when you know the real wrestling is going to start... tonight there was a dad in the middle of the family room floor, tickling and wrestling his two young kids, when mommy said to the youngest, "bring me daddy's glasses".. and the real wrestling began... the only difference was I wasn't the youngest, I was the mommy, and I have to say, both nights are some of my favorites....now I know, all is well!

Seriously?

Ok so the kids are testing me... in the last week alone, Kevin has drawn on every surface possible with a sharpie marker, the only places I can't get it off of are the dishwasher and the pantry door (thanks to the magic eraser!- I used a full magic eraser cleaning it off every other surface in my house) Kein and Cameron used a whole bucket of corn meal and sugar as decorations on my ficus tree and carpeting, and while I was cleaning that up Kevin covered his little brother in Pam cooking spray.. I am soooo lucky he didn't get him in the eye!... really? seriously? where does this stuff come from?... grrr. Not to mention that when I went to go get them out of their room, they wanted to "spike there hair", the only thing they had on hand apparently was diaper cream, my kids now have white hair! I have been so busy cleaning up their little messes, I haven't had time to.. I don't know, do the dishes!...yikes! Cameron is now pushing the bar stools around, climbing up on them and getting onto the counter and then looking though my cabinets, lets just say I can't take my eyes off them for second!.. going to the bathroom is stressful! erg!

Is it me ...

or do Kids learn things at school... Good things and bad things... Kevin is doing great in preschool and comes home everyday with a new letter, doing better with his numbers, it is all good! But there is something I have noticed... his vocabulary is growing, by words I wish 4 year old wouldn't say.. things like stupid, shutup, and crap and there are some others that I can't remember right now but shock me every time he says them. The funny part is he goes to preschool at out Young womens president's house, (Miss Lydia) and I know for a fact it isn't her, and 4 of the of 5 kids in the class are in our ward.. so I started to look around and say.. he is learning them form me and Tyler... well Crap (see it snuck in right there).. you mean he is learning his bad habits from me.... now what is a Mom to do.. well the first step is to stop calling the flies, stupid flies and stop telling Tyler to shutup when he gives me attitude.. (I swear there is a smile on my face when it is said) and as for crap, I think he learned that one from Tyler.. but at least I can figure out where the problem is.... ME! Mental note... the 4 year old is listening!

General Conference

So in this mornings sessions my favorite talk was by Elder Bednar (I still call him President Bednar.. and probably always will!) about being Deligent and Concerned at home. He gave us three ways to work on being better at home. Showing our love, sharing our testiomonies and being consistent with the things that matter. All it all, great advice that I hope I can implement... that was a point in his talk, not just learning more but implementing the things we do know... Loved it!

Work out buddies...

So I did the 30 day shred a month or so ago, and enjoyed it and felt stronger, (and have since gained the inches back) so I figured it was time to start again, well we are getting fit as a family so I put my boys to work!.. (actually they were supposed to be in bed, and jumped in so Dad wouldn't make them go back to bed).. What do you think of their form?

P.S. watch the boys.... they are the entertaining part...

Random September-ness

So it has been a busy month and I finally got to unloading my Camera.. here are a few random things for ya to take a gander at…

Garden Harvests….

My new Haircut…reminds me of the news anchor women haircut… only curly, its so much fun!

I hear Cameron yelling “stuck! stuck!” like a thousand times a day but when I turned around to find this, I had to take a picture, Cameron is a climber, and yesterday he found himself on top of the TV, and he was saying “horsey!…stuck!”… :) ( and yes I know you are wondering, where is the Parental supervision in this house?)

I finally got the boys some snow pants…! They are very excited!

Cameron 2 year pictures

So blogger won't let me comment on each picture (random) So I will just mention how much fun he had running around the park on his birthday!... Plus I can go print them out at Costco, and have a hay day decorating my house!

Cameron 2 year checkup

Height: 36 1/4in which is 90%
Weight: 33 lbs 8 oz which is 95%
Head: 19 3/4 in

P.S. the doctor felt to see if he has a pallet problem..
she thinks he has a high arch but no real issues there..
so now we just work on muscle strength...

P.S.S both boys got one shot today... I chose not to give them the flu shot...
(I nor the boys have ever got them) Tyler is not so happy with me...
Do you think I will regret it?
And no.. neither of my boys have had the chicken pox vaccine either...