Life With 2 Toddlers

Corban has decided that climbing on chairs is cool...which it is...but scares this Momma that he will fall, especially when he leave the chair to climb on to tables and counter tops. So, in order to help maintain sanity around here, all the chairs reside on their sides unless we are eating in them. Sorry chairs, maybe some day you can sit upright again.

Today (Saturday) was my day to talk to my Mom via Skype. She has a webcam as do we and it's a chance for my boys to see Nanna and for her to watch the boys and talk with them...that is when they cooperate. So, during my almost hour of being on-line with her today I realized that I no longer have the luxury of sitting and simply talking to my Mom. Thank you C1 and C2. The following list are the things that occured during our "time to talk":

• turn on more lights and open curtains b/c it's too dark for my Mom to see us through the webcam
• readjust the camera so she can watch the boys play while we chat
• turn the TV back on b/c C2 turned it off and C1 is throwing a fit
• turn the camera so Mom can watch the action of C2 turning the TV off and instantly looking to C1 for a reaction...stop laughing Nanna.
• turn the TV off b/c the fight over it is out of hand
• wrestle with a climbing Corban
• try and keep C2 from hitting just the right buttons on the keyboard to disconnect us
• no touching the camera C2
• give both boys books in hopes to have a few minutes of "grown up" talk with my mom
• potty break for me, Mom watches the boys while I'm gone
• return to find C2 stuck in a chair that is on it's side, help him out
• pick up C2 and toy that have both fallen over as he tried to climb on it
• kiss hurt part of C1, still don't know exactly what happened, but a kiss always makes it better. He says, "Thanks Momma, that's much better."
  
• hear the boys in the back of the house, so I go to make sure all bathroom doors are closed (C2 likes toilets and shower drains)
  
• meanwhile, I find C2 playing with hangers in the laundry room
• C1 is on the toilet. I wipe his bottom.
• watch C1 closely as he climbs on one of the upside down bar stools, that kid has amazing skills
  
• go in search of why C2 is crying
• discover C1 is on top of a small dresser ready to leap onto his bed where C2 is sitting
• give instructions to C1 that it's his job to make sure C2 doesn't cry and stays safe
• phone rings once. It's Brett, he wants me to call.
• I say goodbye to Mom so I can call Brett.

I don't remember much of the conversation my Mom and I had...but I know she got a kick out of watching and listening to me mother my two toddlers....remembering what it was like herself.

I love my two boys and love that they are so close in age. Is is hard? Yes. Would I change it? No. Do I still want more children? Of course...I'm just not sure I want them in Togo because living here seems to take motherhood and everything else up a knotch. When I have these crazy days, God often reminds me that they are gifts from Him. It's true, I am blessed to spend every day, no matter how insane, with them. It is those nights that I go into their room long after they're asleep and just thank God for my precious boys.