Latest Obssessions.....

Brady - anything to get his oral fixation......The binky has been gone for about 3 weeks now and bless this guys heart -he has been doing great, but he has now replaced it with anything he can get his hands on or his mouth around ......We caught him the other day just standing at the cabinets sucking away......poor lil man!

Brooklyn - the "pink" obsession has apparently gone beyond just the love for the pale hue.....She has also become quite taken with the singer PINK (as well as some rock star make-up application) - here is her latest rendition of the pop star.

Shhhhh Don't Tell........

While Brooke accompanied her Dad and Uncle to a hockey game tonight I found myself home alone with my lil man......... and what better to do while Dad is away but have a tea party with my son! I am sure Brady was just pacifying me because he finally got to play with Brooke's "breakable" toys that she is always putting out of his reach! Perhaps this was more my attempt to bring out his inter gentle side - you see when I read through Brady's sheet from school today the teacher had wrote "I have noticed Brady is being a little aggressive" HA! I think that is the nice way to say - umm your kid is the class bully. So tonight we left behind the usual WWF main event that happens every night on our bed - and sat down for a nice distinguished cup o' tea - for tomorrow night I know it will be back to how can I break this tea pot and sugar bowl over my sisters head as I do a leg drop to pin her down!

Cheers my Big Bully!

Nut Jobs!

Just a quick update with some recent videos of the nut jobs we are raising........

Brooke jamming out doing a tap dance routine I told her before she went to bed that she reminded me of Gregory Hines and she goes "good grief mom I was Mumbo from Happy feet" haha.

Again not sure why it is sideways......

And also not sure if Gregory Hines ever busted his moves to "Hot for Teacher"??

Here is Brady getting grilled on his 20 questions - its so fun to finally have him comprehend what we ask him - but I can just imagine he is like "seriously again with the tiger sound....puhleeze give me a challenge folks....you have been asking me that every 15 seconds since I learned it!" I as you can tell we haven't gotten sick of it - hope you don't either.......

DETOX!!

Well we pulled the plug on Brady's crack pipe (aka "Binky") and this was the result! We tried the same system as we did with Brooke - we had a little ceremony where we collected the last soldiers and put them in a Tupperware and said buh bye to them and shrieks of terror is what we got :) We may as well rename our household "Promises Rehab Center" But Listen up Lindsey, Paris and Britney - this isn't a check in for a few days and tell everyone you are cured - this is the long haul we are in it to win it here at the Munson Promise center. So how do you know when you have entered Binky Rehab? Well you will most likely experience the 12 step program as follows:

1. Kid starts to cry for his long lost binky as if he was jones'in for a hit. CHECK.

2. Kid continually gives us the "sign" for binky as big puddles of tears roll down his cheeks CHECK.

3. Kid continues to cry for 30-40 minutes in his crib looking for something to insert into his mouth. CHECK

4. Go in to comfort kid - kid falls asleep on your shoulder in 2.3 seconds - ahhh human comfort CHECK.

5. Lay kid down as he is now snoring on your shoulder and upon hitting the sheets immediately starts crying as his hands tremor in front of his mouth - clearly we are in full withdrawal at this moment if he could have fit my shoulder in his mouth he would have. CHECK.

6. Parents go to bed at the first sign of darkness - knowing it could be a long night. CHECK

7. Kid sleeps through the night (this isn't on the normal 12 step program but we will take it!) DOUBLE CHECK!

8. Kid wakes up crabby and wanting his binky CHECK.

9. Kid takes a 45 minute nap the next day instead of his normal 3 hour snooze CHECK.

10. Parents want to cave about 198 times during the day with a tired kid. CHECK

11. Kid tries to substitute every inanimate object in the house to insert into his mouth for comfort. CHECK.

12. Bed time-- start at step one and repeat. CHECK.

Actually its not that bad - that was how the first night and day went down - but actually we are at day three and not a peep at nap time and back to a three hour nap and only about 1 minute of crying and an extra rub on the back from mom at night. So could it possibly be taking effect? (I know jinxing myself as I even type this right?!)Well we can only hope! So Brady has been clean and sober for about 3 days now and its great because we finally got rid of that stupid piece of plastic that has been attached to his face for 18 months(total second kid syndrome -I would have been freaking out if my first had kept it that long - but whatever works right?) and now we are able to see this a lot more often which is truly worth the few days of work!