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MOVING

Posted by: The Knit Wit on: June 4, 2010

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Ok I know I just got a whole lot of new followers, but I am not a fan of WordPress, and since things are starting to get really exciting on my blog I figured now is the time to move. Please check out: www.theknitwitbyshair.blogspot.com don’t worry if you have entered the smart mom give away I am not moving that over yet. I will post the give away winner on the new blog, but will keep it here.

Sorry for any frustration or confusion this may cause!

It’s a Social Parade!

Posted by: The Knit Wit on: June 3, 2010

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MOVING TO A NEW BLOG CHECK OUT: www.theknitwitbyshair.blogspot.com

I do a blog hop Friday, but who doesn’t love a parade? Be sure to join in! And don’t forget to check out my current give aways on the Giveways list page!

Check out this other contest from Little Dudes and Divas

Posted by: The Knit Wit on: June 2, 2010

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Little Dudes and Divas is having ANOTHER contest! I entered to win a free gift just by being a fan! YEAH! It’s THAT easy! You should enter too! Here’s the link to the event:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127274690631928

Wordless Wednesday – Ouch My Eye Hurts

Posted by: The Knit Wit on: June 2, 2010

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The Journey of a Lifetime

Posted by: The Knit Wit on: May 31, 2010

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When I was a teenager, I had 3 BFFs. They just happened to be members of the same family, 2 brothers and a sister. I moved in with them and their parents when I was 18.

At that point, I started hanging out with their other friends on a regular basis. One of their friends was J. and he was dating my friend Jessica at the time. I was dating B at the time.

Well after B and I broke up, I heard that him and Jessica had broken up at the same time. I thought he was super cute and all, but would never date my friend’s X.

Well one day, Jessica came over and told me that she could tell J thought I was cute, and that I clearly liked him too, so she would set us up. But I told her I couldn’t do that to her, she thought that was silly.

Next thing I know, he was calling me for different things, and we were scheduling youth events, but only if the other was there.

We started dating while I was away working at a summer camp, and it was long distance. Every one kept telling me it wouldn’t last past the summer, because summer romances very rarely do.

We dated for 2 years, and then realized we both had a lot of growing up to do and were in very different places. He was just finished College, and wanting to work on his career, and I hadn’t went to College and really wanted to get married and start a family. We broke up. Although, we were still best friends and hung out all the time when he was home.

After 9 months, we realized we were really still in love, and that eventually we would get married. I just had to be patient…..well it was 7 more years! Boy, do I have patience LOL! We got married on May 31, 2003.

Since getting married, our life has been fairly good although we have had some bad things happen.

One such event was 2005, when we decided to try to have our first baby. We got pregnant right away, but miscarried at 9 weeks. That was a really rough time for us, as no one in our families had ever been through it at that point, so we didn’t know how to handle it, neither did they. We fought quite a bit at that time, and I wondered if we would get through it. Well we did, and not 3 months later we were pregnant with Jack. Since then, 2 more boys would follow.

We will both be 35 this year, and although our life is not exactly as I “saw” it when I was 18, it is an adventure that I am enjoying. I couldn’t imagine sharing my life with anyone else.

Smart Mom Review and Giveaway!

Posted by: The Knit Wit on: May 31, 2010

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My boys have always been earlier teethers, and it is nearly impossible to find a product that they can hold on to and chew. Jack started teething at 2 1/2 months, and got his first tooth at 4 1/2 months. Wesley had a tooth at 3 1/2 months, and Justin certainly doesn’t want to be out done, and has started teething in the last 2 weeks.

Also at such young ages, they don’t like anything too cold. So finding a teething product that works for us, is an ongoing battle.

I recently received a Teething Bling necklace from SmartMom. They offer several different products in their online store: Tween Bling in various shapes and colours with scented items coming!, Teething Bling in different shapes, and colours both solids and patterns, gift sets, coordinated bangles, even Teething Bling Keychains! And just in case, that wasn’t enough for you, they even have gift cards, so you can let your Mommy friend pick out her own gift!

I received the Blue Camo Donut Teething Bling. I really wasn’t sure how it would work for us, as I really haven’t had much luck until the boys are much older. Justin isn’t really all that interested in my Mommy Necklace at this point, so wasn’t sure he would be that interested with this one either.

The Blue Camoflage Donut Shaped Pendant hangs on a silky cord with a breakaway clasp. The pendant itself is made out a rubbery teething material, which is perfect for teething babies!

It is very light, comfortable, and fun to wear! The only thing I wasn’t completely in love with was the length. I felt it was a little long on me, however Justin disagrees. Whenever I am nursing him now, or holding him close he grabs onto it, and holds on for all he is worth. He likes to pull on it, and old it. It is thin, so his little fingers can grasp it, as he is only just going to be 3 months. Also, because it is a donut shape his hands will clasp on either side, or I often find him holding it with 2 fingers on either side of the cord. My Mommy Necklace was too high for him unless I bent over. I am starting to really like the length because when he is holding it I am not bent over or constantly taking it off.

The breakaway clasp is durable, but does break away if it is needed. Justin has never broken it away, but I did get it caught under neath him once when he was sleeping and I was putting him down. I pulled back and it came apart for me.

Although Justin has not held it in his mouth on his own yet, I have done it for him a few times when he was biting me and I popped him off.

Amy from SmartMom has generously offered one of my readers a Green Camoflauge donut shaped pendant.

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Counting the Minutes until you come….

Posted by: The Knit Wit on: May 29, 2010

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My In-laws don’t get to see my boys very much as we don’t live too close to them. They like to take them overnight for a sleepover if their work schedules permit.

A couple of weeks ago, we set up a plan where they would come get the boys Wednesday Morning, and then bring them back Thursday in time for us to go to Jack’s orientation. This way they could then watch the younger boys for us, and we could focus on Jack.

I didn’t tell the boys until Tuesday night that Nanny and Papa would be coming to get them tomorrow.

They woke up in the morning and made me pack their suitcases right away. Then they proceeded to misbehave for 3 hours, and by this point I was fed up with them. I was beginning to feel like they shouldn’t get to go, but I knew they were just over excited.

This was the point when Jack looked at me, and says “wanna go!” and I asked him where, he said that he wanted to go with Nanny and Papa. It’s still 3 hours to go, and Mommy’s patience weren’t very good anymore. When I am irritated, I tend to get sarcastic, and after 3 hours of miserable, non-listening kids I was a bit sarcastic. So I look at him and say “What do you want to do Jack, go sit by the front door for 3 hours and wait for him?”

Well….they both smiled, jumped up and down, yelled YES!! and went running to the house. I was a little dumb founded and thought now what??

So I got them 2 chairs, and put them by the front door, and they each held the handle of their suitcases and sat nicely and waited. They waited for a 1/2 hour, before I finally convinced them to go for a walk with me to get the mial. I kept telling them they weren’t in time out and it was going to be a long long wait.

Well when we got back from the mail they sat some more, they would get up and play, but it was in the foyer by the front door, never letting go of their suitcases.

They were so happy and so well behaved, but I kept waiting for Child protective services to come get them for making them sit by the front door for 3 hours!

When Papa came they were sitting on the front step eating their sndwiches waiting. They wanted to run in and get the suitcases I made them leave inside.

When Papa went to put their suitcases and car seats in the car they wanted to go too!! Wesley even started to cry.

Poor boys, they really do love their Nanny and Papa and they don’t get to see them enough.

Dodged a Bullet

Posted by: The Knit Wit on: May 29, 2010

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So Thursday night, Jack, hubby and I went to Jack’s school orientation, and he did really well at all the stations except the scissors. We never let him near ours, and hadn’t went and gotten him a pair of his own, yet.

So hubby worked with him, and he was starting to get the hang of it, by the end of the night.

Wednesday I had cut the boys hair, and Jack loves getting his hair cut.

Well this morning, I was having trouble with my laptop and trying to figure out a problem, and getting my iphone up and running. There was a few minutes where I was just engrossed.

I heard Wesley screaming, and I go out and there Jack is holding the hair cutting scissors perfectly, right at Wesley’s head. Thankfully for me, I had cut his hair and it was too short!!

Tags: haircutting., kids, parenting

Daddy, is that you?

Posted by: The Knit Wit on: May 28, 2010

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Jack is our 3 1/2 year and our oldest, then there is Wesley who is 2. They love playing together, most of the time.

Jack knows the rules, and most of the time obeys them. He feels like Wesley should too, although Wesley doesn’t always understand the rules, or remember them. I often find Jack yelling at Wesley as to what he should and shouldn’t be doing.

The other day, the boys were playing downstairs, and I always keep an ear out for them. They can’t really get into too much down there, but they do go from loving each other, playing nicely, to all out wars. So all of a sudden I hear Jack yell “No Wesley, that’s Jack’s!”

I head for the stairs, as I am making my descent, I hear Wes start crying.

As I turn the corner, I see Jack with his hand on Wesley’s arm shoving him on the futon, and saying “Now stay there! You are in time out!”

The funny thing is, Wesley did just as he was told. I tried to call him to me, and he didn’t move. He just looked at Jack and kept crying.

I had to go pick up the kid and take him away. But I did explain to Jack he doesn’t get to put anyone in time out.

His response was: “Ummm..how about yes time out?”

Let the good times roll…..

Posted by: The Knit Wit on: May 25, 2010

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This weekend was a long weekend here in Canada. Usually on a long weekend, my hubby has all kinds of jobs he wants to get accomplished, and we do our best to let him get them done. I don’t know if this one he didn’t have plans, or he just didn’t bother to mention them as it has been a long few weeks around here! He did get some things done, but we spent a lot of time hanging 0ut as a family.

It was so nice to sit on our deck with the boys playing in the yard, the baby either gooing, or sleeping, and chatting with DH who was laying on our swing, while I was doing some knitting. It was almost like one of those cheesy hallmark movies.

After Dinner on Sunday and Monday we went for a family walk around the sub-division, and ate some ice cream. Monday night the boys got ice cream from the ice cream truck, which they thoroughly enjoyed, but is probably not going to be pleasant for me now since they know what that truck is! They usually just get excited that the truck comes by playing music.

Here is a pic of them eating their ice cream.

Wesley doesn’t like the ice cream so much as it is too cold. He will take a lick here and there, so hubby kept giving him empty cones to finish eating. This next pic I think is so cute and so funny all at the same time. The look on his face as he looks at the empty cone seems to say “HEY! What the heck…where is my ice cream?” But really hubby just caught him eyeing it for his next bite.

So a pleasant weekend, is setting a good tone for what should be a fun week.

Today, I received a hair clip I won in a give away from Jenni’s Bowtique on facebook. Although I have 3 boys, I have tons of friends who have girls, so I am going to surprise one of them with it on Thursday!

Wednesday, my in-laws are picking up the older boys to take them back to their place for a sleepover. They live about 1 1/2 hours from us, so we don’t get to see them nearly as often as we would like. I am one of the blessed ones who loves their in-laws. The boys go over and get thoroughly spoiled. I stay here and enjoy the break, but miss my boys terribly while they are gone. I think it’s because we are together pretty much 24/7 so when they aren’t here it is quiet and lonely.

Thursday, I will go to my Mommy and Me group with just Justin. Which pretty much means it will be super easy on me. Then in the evening my ILs will bring back the boys, and that night is Jack’s orientation for school. This is a fun thing, but also something that makes me sad. I am sure you will all hear plenty about this over the next 3-4 months. Nanny and Papa will be watching the 2 younger ones, so Jack can go with just Mommy and Daddy. This will be exciting for him, and me. It will be the first time since Justin was born that I have left him at all, that is if I have any milk for him!

Friday, my friend is coming over with her baby girl, I can’t wait to meet her. I have been meaning to go over there, but we had chicken pox in the house, and it is also hard getting over there when I have 3 boys. She wants to get out of the house, and I think also realizes if she ever wants to see me, coming to my house is probably the best idea.

Some time this week, I will hopefully be getting my new iphone! Which I am way too excited about. Also, some of the items that I will be doing as reviews and give aways should be coming this week, and I can’t wait to try them out. Also I can’t wait to be able to post them as giveaways so you can try them. All of the items are so fun, exciting, and funky!

Ok well this is enough rambling for now. I have some cleaning and knitting to do while the boys are napping and hubby is on his way home!

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