2012....A New Year!

So, it is the start of a brand new year--2012.  Everyone always has great intentions for a new "you", a better and more successful year, to do things that they didn't do last year, etc...  What is the point of a new year resolutions if you have no intention of keeping them?  Shouldn't we always strive to be better in everything we do, at all times?  Does one really have to wait until Jan. 1st to do so?  I think not.

I never make a resolution as I make one every time I wake up.......to not kill my child when he wakes up at the butt crack of dawn and screams like a banchi.  Uh, Pierce, do you think we don't hear you, considering that your door is about 2 feet from ours?  Whomever came up with the term "Terrible Two's" was not joking.  It takes all of my strength and patience to not pull all of my hair out.  Boys are a lot of work!  But, I do love him, that's for sure.

So, in my husbands attempt to bring some peace to our household he created a list of rules for our #1 son:

Yeah, I got a kick out of rule #5--so true!  I'll let you all know how these work out for us.  Something tells me that these will last about as long as it took to write them--5 minutes.  But, hey, us parents can dream, right?

On a lighter note, Pierce really is a sweet boy.  Evidence #1:

Pierce is trying to feed Simba some of his dinner.  And, yes, afterwards, he did brush Simba's teeth.  God forbid Simba was to get tooth decay or need a root canal.  Pierce does have Simba sit on the potty to use the restroom too.  Another thing on our list of things to do with the kids: Potty Train.  I'm not looking forward to this and have no idea where to start.  He will sit on his potty seat, but he won't let us take the diaper off.  Baby steps I guess.  I can see why people say boys are harder to train.  Somehow I think I'll be glad when this is over, just in time to potty train the little one......Sigh.

Happy New Year Ya'll!