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Harrison has been climbing everything in his path. He can maneuver to the top of the kitchen table, the back of both couches, various bed, ladders, and the refrigerator.
Action shot of Harrison on the decline from climbing up to get milk. He’s a regular monkey.
I wonder who teaches him to climb. That certainly doesn’t look like me.
I taught them how to climb trees this afternoon. Look at those beaming faces!
In truth, it is Noah who has inspired Harrison’s recent feats of height. Noah has been found climbing the shelf in the garage that’s about 6 ft up, and climbing the OUTSIDE of the stairwell. I’ve found him climbing to reach things on top of the frig and today he was in the microwave, probably just trying to use it as a foothold to get to the cocoa (see previous post) chocolate chips and mini-marshmallows.
Locks can’t keep Noah confined. He can open each of our doors and the garage door. You all know how fond my boys are of wood sports. Just yesterday Noah unlocked the tool chest to procure the hatchet and mallet used to split wood. As I was wrenching them from his hands, Harrison starts climbing the extension ladder. I toss the hatchet and such on top of the 6 foot shelf to save Harry and turn my back to find Noah nearly at the top of the shelf in a matter about 10 seconds.
Maybe lumberjack is in their future… They have to climb the trees to cut the tops off first, right?
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You are the Dad, the husband, the provider, the adventure leader. It’s rarely about you because you give so much to all of us. Here are the top ten reasons we love you:
- Dado, dado…
- Play Dad Play (and you do, all their favorite games)
- You are patient
- Nothing rattles you, not children climbing ladders nearly to the roof of the garage, not the infamous cocoa incident. How do you stay so calm?
- You are stubborn, more so than Noah and Harrison combined. It’s a good trait!
- You are generous, and people say, “He would give you the shirt off his back”. That’s not too common anymore.
- You are honest and you inspire that in your sons. I can’t even get away with 1 pair of pants over the buget without Noah handing you the reciept. Doh!
- You love the outdoors just as much as me.
- You read to our boys every night, they’re going to be so smart.
- Most of all, I love you because you chose me and gave me Noah and Harrison, to share with you, of course.
Today is your day! Don’t you wish you got a whole month like Noah?
Oh well, live it up, tomorrow will be about the boys again…
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This is the first time the boys have taken a bubble bath. They have such sensitive skin that I never risked it. I visited the new natural beauty products store downtown, Upurea, while I was playing hookey from home on Sunday. I picked up some organic baby wash and they gave me a sample of the bubble bath. The bubbles didn’t last very long because there were no crazy man-made additives, but they sure lasted long enough for the boys to have a blast.
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Noah’s such a good fish daddy to his Hot Dog. He remembers to feed him, and tries to point to the specks of food so Hot Dog can see them. I didn’t even see that Noah was trying to eat the food until I downloaded this picture. At least, I think that’s what he’s doing….
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Noah’s working on potty training. He had a couple of rough days where he didn’t want to try, and so he had to wear diapers instead of Pull Ups. I brought out the M&M’s to use as incentive.
My proposal was 3 M&M’s for a pee in the potty, and 5 for a poo. Noah didn’t take my first offer. He countered with 5 M&M’s for a pee, Rob and I raised our offer to 4. Not good enough. The kid asked for 6. He pressed his luck, and we shook on 4 for a pee and 6 for a poo.
Who knew a 3 year old could bargain??? He’s kinda like his Dad and his Uncle Russ.
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Score: Mom 2: Harrison 450
For the second day in a row, I put Harrison down for his nap in what was always intended to be his room without nursing. He slept 2 hours without waking up. If only this would work at bedtime.
Rob offered my $1000 to spend on anything I want if I could get Harrison sleeping through the night by the time he is 2. He wasn’t kidding. I turned him down because he would try to ”catch” me in a technicality and take a motorcycle tour to Mexico with Roger. I know his ways, and his thought process…
I, selflessly, thought a better plan was to work together to get Harrison sleeping through the night (ie. Rob will have to help because Harrison sees me and thinks miiiiiillllk in the middle of the night). Once successful, whatever the timeline, we’ll take that $1000 and go to Mexico or some other awesome destination sans kids.
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Hands down, the boys would vote for Lisa’s puddle as the coolest place to be after a rain. Thank goodness she doesn’t mind the occasional stomp in her puddle. This morning was no exception. It’s cold, windy and rainy, but the boys NEEDED to be outside, or at least that’s what they told me. I raked sopping wet leaves so they could trudge through them, they used their lawnmowers to zoom through the leaves, and we spent a good 15 minutes in Lisa’s puddle. Splish Splash Zoom Zoom
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We’ve been spending as much time outside as possible. There seems to be something about boys and fresh air. It’s as if they need it to survive. The family that lives directly behind us has 2 girls and 2 boys. I know the boys, they love our dog, we see them everyday. They fancy football and climbing to the top of their “swing set”. I’ve never met their sisters. Wouldn’t know what they looked like. Is that new? I’ve always been an outside junkie.
Raking leaves is the new cool activity of choice.
Yes that would be a binky and pajama pants. We’ve been having 4:30-5am issues since daylight savings came to an end. And I rarely choose clothing as my battle.
Check this out! Noah gets a huge kick out of riding his bike through the leaf piles. He graciously allowed Harrison to take a spin on his beloved bike. Noah insisted on pushing him wheelie-style. Harrison didn’t seem to mind too much. We are so going to end up having to buy another Kettler next year…
Polack Pile after a long day’s work. Believe me, Ranger would have been on that chair too if he could have spied a square foot space free. What is it about little boys and tackling? I could do write a whole other post on the art of tackle. I think it’s their Dad…
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Rob was granted the Polack Fix it Award of the Day for fixing the little do-dad that controls the mirrors in my car. Noah and Harrison also helped to “fix” mom’s car.
We had uncle Rick over to help re-stack the wood, and various other yard projects.
Noah insisted on fixing the obnoxious toy that Rob accidently “broke” by taking out the batteries. Gosh, that kid is smart!
After a long day of being outside, we all headed to chruch for our family fall fest. Noah was a TP mummy, bobbed for apples, painted a pumpkin and ate way too much candy. Harrison fell asleep on Rick’s shoulder.
