The Mooney Clan

They had a hale bale sitting out for the kids to play on and so they climbed and jumped and rolled around. All the kids had lots of fun on it.

So - I have potty trained or helped to potty train what seems like a zillion kids. I start at 18 months and within a few months they are trained. Caden was a little longer since we moved and had three babies in that period for him. Not to mention it is tougher with your own than with someone elses, BUT, even with daycare - I have never potty trained 3 at once. I am mentally working up to this next project but it seems a little daunting, not to mention time consuming and patience challenging. One day at a time right? Wish me luck!

We have a new nephew! He was born last night and James and Nic are sharing their news and some pictures on their blog if want to take a gander at the cute little guy. Congratulations to you guys!

What a week! Starting last friday - we had a chili supper party for the Riders/Stampeders game. Justin and Caden wore their red but as it turns out, Justin appears to be our good luck charm. He says he's never gone to a rider game or watched one with other people where they didn't win. It was an 'almost' loss but luckily we had people over so Justin's curse held true and the Riders won! I got to go out saturday afternoon and have lunch and do a little shopping with a girlfriend - had a kid break. It was nice. Since my days sort of run together I'll just say that we had my parents down for a night and got to go out for supper with them (thanks to Andrea for watching all 4 boys and at the last minute too!). We had a good showing out at Mom's and Tots this week. We had a soup potluck - YUMMY - and lots of fun to see everyone. I had a coffee night out with some girlfriends - good conversation (oh - how I crave good conversation these days - and no, "...

I'd like to treat the kids the same as I would if there was only one almost 2 year old, instead of three. In the world of crafts (especially painting ) I haven't done that. I'm kinda scared to bring out all that crazy mess making stuff with them but we did it at daycare! So - I am trying to do it more. Coloring with crayons is nice and safe and we decided to do that on one of our many rainy days last week. Dylan was pretty into it and I ended up with a few pictures to put up on the fridge. Evan had more fun playing with and sorting the pencil crayons. Caden has started showing more interest in crafts lately. I'm glad. He was never really into it before but now he wants to make stuff and try things. Liam just played with the crayons for a while and then started chucking them around. If only it would have lasted for more than 10 minutes!

The little kids are so adorable at this age (22 months). Oh my goodness. I can't stop hugging them and I just want to squish them, they are so sweet. Liam dances around all the time. He works out with me in the mornings and does the moves pretty well actually! Evan is so observant. When we sweep he waits and then runs to open the garbage can for us to dump the dust pan. He also gets upset when things aren't the way they should be. He'll stand and point until we respond by putting something where it was supposed to go or other things like that. Dylan seems to be getting bigger faster these days. He's up to Caden's chin already. He's very logical and I can already sort of explain things to him and he seems to get it or to listen. He's also very stubborn and hard headed so there are times when he doesn't want to listen and fights me on something. They love to run and watch their dad come home at the end of the day. He gets quite a greeting fro...

Sweet Potato Soup is Delicious. I got around to making some today and all I can say is YUM!. I can't eat with the kids - it's still too crazy and so I usually eat after but this time I couldn't wait and just ate it early. I savoured every warm comforting bite while standing at the window watching the kids play in the backyard, dressed in their jeans and hoodies and having lots of fun. Fall has its perks. Caden and I also made Zucchini Cake and Zucchini bread today together while the little kids napped. It's been a really nice day. Oh - and it started pretty good too. Last night at 12:30 Caden came into our room and said "I love you guys!" and then just went back to bed. Huh.