My life as a circus...

Sophia and Noah loving on their new brother Bennett

 Since I've been told how funny my children are, I've decided to start this blog- if for no other reason than a written account of the everyday happenings at my house. With three kids age 4 and under, life can get pretty interesting at times. I've always kept track of the funny things my kids have SAID, but now I can keep track of the funny things they've done as well. I feel as though my life is a three-ring circus and I'm the ring master, trying to keep everything organized- right now I'd settle for keeping them all in the rings!

  Example 1: On Thursday, I was making lunch for the older two kids while they played outside (Sophia is 4 and Noah is 2 1/2). Being the end of April in north eastern North Dakota, it was the first warm day in MONTHS, so the kids were having a great time being out in the sun. My four-month-old Bennett was in his swing in the kitchen playing. I look out the kitchen window to see Noah wearing only his polo shirt. Yep, that boy was walking around the backyard naked from the waist down.
  I decided to go outside and investigate, knowing full-well Sophia was a part of this somehow (she tends to involve her little brother in her schemes, and in doing so, get him in trouble right along with her). I calmly asked: "Noah, where are your pants?"

He replied "In a shed- my poop!"

Sophia chimes in: "Noah's trying to pee and poop outside!"

"Why on earth would he do that? Noah, do you want to go inside and go poop on the potty?" (At this point, I got a little excited, as we have been attempting to potty train him for months now.)

"No Mommy, my poop outside, like Dodie (his version of Sophie)." OHHH- NOW life makes more sense!
 "Sophia, did you poop outside?"

"Yep- right over there, see? I peed outside too!"

We then proceeded to again go over where we should be attempting to go to the bathroom ("In the potty!!"). I then got Noah dressed and into the house I went to finish making lunch. I looked outside again to check on the kids and... really? Again? Noah is missing his pants and now SOPHIA is running around the yard completely naked. Out I go- and in they come. They both ran upstairs- past my husband who is now inquiring about why our children are yet again naked. Of course, he thinks it's hilarious that Sophia pooped in the yard, but he thinks it's even funnier that the dog was trying to eat it. Gross!! Later on, I asked Brandon if he had seen Sophia's gift in the yard. He replied that it was gone- "Sophia said you cleaned it up." I didn't clean it up...where did it go? We looked at each other as we came to the same realization. Nobody let the dog lick them- yuck!!

The rest of the day went off without a hitch- but there's always something going on in this circus I call life!