Parenting, Rule No. 1.......

This week Chris and I learned a lot about parenthood. First Rule? When your kid is quiet, they're up to something! Don't think for one second they're quietly playing in their room, or watching that movie you turned on for them. Nope, you will instead find something like this.....



In case you couldn't tell, Addison decided to open up the fish food and dump it all over her dresser, and the floor...... What a mess. You would have thought we would have learned after that, but we figured a "no" would suffice. We thought we were clever and moved it up higher. Tonight, Addison was quiet and we look in her room. Sure enough, she's dumped the fish food in the trunk of her Dora ride-on toy. I don't know what's worse, the fact that its everywhere or that Roxie (our dog) ate it. Either way.....not fun!

In other news, we've had some interesting conversations with Addison lately. Just this morning, it went something like this:

Addison: Mama, my back hurts.
Megan: Oh no! Are you okay?
Addison: No, I stay home.
Megan: No, you have to go to Jessica's! (daycare)
Addison: No, stay home.
Megan: Do you want Mommy to stay home?
Addison: Yes, mommy stay home.
Megan: Mommy can't, she's got to go to work to help people!
Addison: (with enthusiasm) "I go help people, too!"

We also had a conversation involving the Easter Bunny, which is a daily topic at our house these days. Even though she's scared of it, she's still fascinated. I asked her what she wanted from the Easter Bunny, to which she replied, "Cookies and yay-yays" "Yay-yays" is her term for "Cheerios". Man, the Easter Bunny is getting off cheap this year!

We've also been enjoying the sites and sounds of Spring this year. We have a pond by our house, which is actually labeled a "marsh" because of the duck habitat. It actually has a duck crossing sign! Anyways, Addison calls them "wack-wacks" because they live in water "wa-wa" and they quack. Combined, what do you have? "Wack-wack!". There are four large geese that are always at the marsh. These are not Canadian geese, but country geese like you would see at a farm. Let me tell you, these geese are AGGRESSIVE! We got out of our car and sat on a rock, just watching some smaller ducks swim. These geese booked it across the pond and literally got out of the water and started chasing us! I thought they were going to bite or someting! Not that they have teeth, but you catch my drift. Addison loves to hear them squack and go crazy!

We've had some crasy weather here in Iowa, and of course Mother Nature has reminded us that Winter isn't over. We got about 4 inches of snow last Sunday! Of course, this weird weather has given us plenty of chilly days for cuddling!



Just a little update on Chloe, too. She has now had 5 weeks of crate rest and we are counting down the days until she can roam free again!

Stay tuned for more exciting updates on the Lantz's!