This is us everyday going to the bus stop. Bay rides in the stroller, Emily pushes her stroller, with various toys, and Tyler walks. We must be a sight for the neighborhood!

Bad Mom Confession

I know this will probably win me the worst mom of the year award - but here it is anyway - right now Bailey's watching TV and I couldn't be more happy! She has never watched a full 30 seconds of TV in her life - try as I might she has never had any interest in TV, and out of my 3 kids she's the one who I'd pick to watch if I had to pick one - she's just so busy all the time! A little 20 minute break would be great once in a while. But she's never given it the time of day. Then today, in a moment of desperation (house like a pig-sty + husband out of town = despertation) I put in a Baby Einstein (we've tried them before but with zero luck) and there she was standing at the TV pointing to the baby walking on the beach! I know there are lots of moms who I'd horrify right now - but here I am confessing that this has could be a positive thing in our life! Well, in the time I've sat down to type this she's come upstairs and is trying to climb (successfully too) into a chair. My happy moment was short-lived wasn't it? But that might be a light I see at the end of our no-interest-in-TV tunnel!

Tyler's Wildest Dreams

Well Tyler has decided what he wants to be when he grows up. He's wanted to be a cowboy for a long time, but he's changed his mind - the ultimate career choice - he wants to be a bus driver. He told me this the other day, adding, "Mom, I won't ever change my mind - I promise." He wants to drive his bus at his elementary, but a different bus number than the one he rides - he's already scouted out his bus. I told him a bus driver was a great idea. A few days later we were talking about how after elementary school you go to middle school, high school and then college. I was telling him how in college you get to pick what kind of classes you take based on what you want to be when you grow up. He asked what kind of classes bus drivers take. I told him he'll need to take some driving classes and also classes on what to do if they encounter road closures. It all sounded good to him. Then tonight Derek took him to the high school state basketball tournament (he'd taken Emily this afternoon where she reaffirmed that she wanted to be a cheerleader when she grows up) and Derek was asking if he wanted to play basketball or be in the band and Tyler said, "Dad, I won't have time, I'm going to be a bus driver". Derek told him that these kids were still in school, so he could do these things before he becomes a bus driver, to which Tyler said, "Dad, I just want to be a bus driver."