Lately my days have been filled with quite interesting, amusing, and at times mortifying talk or conversations with and between my children. The girls are both talking very well now so this has made for some crazy verbal diarreaha here at home. So I thought that I would fill you in on a few of their precious conversational wizardry!
1. You may have read the one on facebook already about Liv telling me that she wants me to have another baby, it has to be a girl, she has to be pretty, and we are going to name her Flower. Oh and she ended that conversation with a very firm, matter of fact, "No ugly baby!"
2. Sidney was throwing her snack to the dog, talking all lovingly to him, telling him he's a good boy, etc. etc. Until he decided to lean up and just grab what she has sitting there and then she exclaims to him "NO WIMUS (Linus), bad boy! Ugh, damn dog!" Then quickly returns to her little lovely voice of "here ya go boy."
3. My parents were over one evening and Sidney was of course wearing nothing but a diaper and mom told her in a joking manner to go get some clothes on. Sidney replied "YOU NOT MY MOM! You go time out!"
4. Out of dead silence one evening I hear Liv exclaim to Chase "You stink Chase! You are a stinky stinky boy and I want a different boy for a brother!"
5. Liv: "Mom! Sidney just said Stupid and Damnit! She should not say stupid or damnit! Can you go tell her not to say stupid and damnit!?!?!"
6. Liv: Momma, I think you're pretty~ (awe!) But old people aren't pretty! I don't like old people! Gee, guess I know where I'm going when I get older if she's in charge!
7. Chase: Laughing~ "Mom! Oh my God! Oh my God MOM!! Sidney crapped her pants and shes holding the diaper! EWWWW!!!! Oh my God! Poop just fell on the floor!!!"
8. Liv: "Chase, if you touch my horses again I'm gonna cut your
hair off and smack you with it!!!"
9. Livi, while in the bathroom: "Sidney NO!!! Sidney I can wipe my butt myself!!" Sidney: I help you Wiv, I just help you! Bend over!" Liv: MOMMMMMM!!!!
10. Chase after I got my hair cut shorter than usual. "What did you do to your hair?' Me: I cut it and colored it." Chase: Well the colors good but I do not like the cut." Me: What don't you like about it?" Chase: "I don't like the bangs or the way it flips, pretty much I don't like all of it, don't do that again." Later I put it into a ponytail and he says "Now I like it like that!" Thanks, I'll be sporting a ponytail for the next 3 months!
From the mouths of babes and not just any babes, my babes! They may not be proper but they keep me laughing and as long as I don't get called into school or anywhere else. So be it at home, truly the only place you can just be you!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Empty drawers
If you know me and my girls you know that our biggest battle comes from them continuously emptying out their dresser drawers! Its a battle that has led me to locking them out of their rooms during the day just to save my sanity and time! But, they have been doing well lately, playing nicely together up in their rooms and the only issue is the constant flood of toys that flow into the hallway but thats not that big of a tragedy.
But last night, I walked upstairs to get a pair of pjs out of Sidneys drawer and to my surprise the drawer was empty! Figuring she must have placed them in one of the drawers below I open up the next one. No clothes! No clothes in any of them! And no clothes on the floor either! So I walked to Livs room thinking maybe she decided to take them in there....nope! I'm dumbfounded at this point! I am looking all over the upstairs and I called for the girls and all I got was a typical "I dunno know!" "Sidney did it!" Etc Etc! No one is fessing up and no one is telling me where they are!!! Finally I just shuffled them off to bed!
Then this morning, I went back upstairs to continue my search. Still nothing! So I go get a basket of clean laundry, bring it upstairs and I am racking my brain the whole time! I decided that while I was up there that I would dust. So I am dusting a cabinet that sits in the upstairs hallway and I notice that the doors on it are slightly propped open. I open one and TA-DA!!!!! There is the entire dresser of clothes stuffed into the bottom of the cabinet! Don't know why I didn't think to look there last night!
The best part is that while I'm bending down opening all 3 doors to the cabinet the girls start walking upstairs and they catch sight of me through the banister! They stopped dead in their tracks, turned around and tried to quickly and quietly run back downstairs! The minute I told them to STOP they screamed and took off running all the while Livi yelling "It wasn't me...it was Sidney!" I had to laugh!!! But then they had to help put them all back! Then Liv says, "Momma, I'm sorry for telling Sidney to put those in there! She should not listen to me! " STINKERS!!!!!!
Life is crazy but its always a blessing!
Mom, Momma, Mommy~
But last night, I walked upstairs to get a pair of pjs out of Sidneys drawer and to my surprise the drawer was empty! Figuring she must have placed them in one of the drawers below I open up the next one. No clothes! No clothes in any of them! And no clothes on the floor either! So I walked to Livs room thinking maybe she decided to take them in there....nope! I'm dumbfounded at this point! I am looking all over the upstairs and I called for the girls and all I got was a typical "I dunno know!" "Sidney did it!" Etc Etc! No one is fessing up and no one is telling me where they are!!! Finally I just shuffled them off to bed!
Then this morning, I went back upstairs to continue my search. Still nothing! So I go get a basket of clean laundry, bring it upstairs and I am racking my brain the whole time! I decided that while I was up there that I would dust. So I am dusting a cabinet that sits in the upstairs hallway and I notice that the doors on it are slightly propped open. I open one and TA-DA!!!!! There is the entire dresser of clothes stuffed into the bottom of the cabinet! Don't know why I didn't think to look there last night!
The best part is that while I'm bending down opening all 3 doors to the cabinet the girls start walking upstairs and they catch sight of me through the banister! They stopped dead in their tracks, turned around and tried to quickly and quietly run back downstairs! The minute I told them to STOP they screamed and took off running all the while Livi yelling "It wasn't me...it was Sidney!" I had to laugh!!! But then they had to help put them all back! Then Liv says, "Momma, I'm sorry for telling Sidney to put those in there! She should not listen to me! " STINKERS!!!!!!
Life is crazy but its always a blessing!
Mom, Momma, Mommy~
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Who's Your Plumber Now?!?!
The other morning I was dutifully loading the dishes into the dishwasher and of course I had the garbage disposal going (it is my favorite appliance by the way!) and as I was rinsing and loading I noticed that the disposal had clogged! So....I got out my sink plunger, capped off the drain on the other side of the sink and went to plunging! It took a while but I was oh so proud of myself when I (ALL ON MY OWN) unclogged that sink! Didn't have to say "honey....I'm sorry but I clogged the garbage disposal......AGAIN! Can you fix it for me!?!" Nope did all by myself! Now the only reason I knew what to do was because I clog this thing every couple of months and Scott has to fix it for me so I've watched enough to just do it now! But it made me remember the very first time I clogged it and it is a story that I will never ever forget! Not funny at the time but hilarious now! It goes like this:
One fall night I was peeling and slicing veggies to throw in my crockpot before going to work the next day. As I finished I started the garbage disposal and started stuffing down the peels! Scott looked over and told me that I might be shoving too much in there but my reply was, "its a garbage disposal, this is what its made to do!" Well............it might be made to "dispose" of the extras off our plates but apparently ours isn't industrial strength because it clogged. It clogged good! We plunged it for at least 2 hours with no success which then lead Scott into Lowes to buy some sort of drain snake thing. He got home, wound this "snake" down the pipe and let it eat. Still nothing! At this point I was suggesting that we call my father in law who in fact is a plumber. Scott refused. He kept at it. All the while I'm in his ear still forcing the issue of calling an actual plumber! Then he tells me to go get a bucket, head downstairs to the basement because there is trap of some sort down there that this garbage disposal is connected with. So I do what he says, uncap the drain and sit there with my bucket. I can hear him plunging and using the snake and a little trickle of water would come into my bucket but still nothing. We had been at this for probably 4 hours now. I'm getting irritated, so is he, mostly because I'm now yelling at him to just call a plumber and me because he won't! So sit there waiting for something to happen and then all of a sudden............Scott yells down and says I'm pretty sure I got it, is there water coming out down there? I say yes and he says well hold the bucket up as close as you can to catch the water that drains. So I do...I get right up in front of that drain, I hear the plunger go down, come out and then all of a sudden a flipping tidal wave of water, food pieces, and God knows what else sprays out all over me!!!!!! Scott comes running down and says....."Whos your plumber now baby!?!?!" He knew exactly what was going to happen!!!! So not only had I clogged the sink, now I had to clean the carpets and myself! To this day I do not underestimate my husbands ability to GIT ER DONE!!!!
One fall night I was peeling and slicing veggies to throw in my crockpot before going to work the next day. As I finished I started the garbage disposal and started stuffing down the peels! Scott looked over and told me that I might be shoving too much in there but my reply was, "its a garbage disposal, this is what its made to do!" Well............it might be made to "dispose" of the extras off our plates but apparently ours isn't industrial strength because it clogged. It clogged good! We plunged it for at least 2 hours with no success which then lead Scott into Lowes to buy some sort of drain snake thing. He got home, wound this "snake" down the pipe and let it eat. Still nothing! At this point I was suggesting that we call my father in law who in fact is a plumber. Scott refused. He kept at it. All the while I'm in his ear still forcing the issue of calling an actual plumber! Then he tells me to go get a bucket, head downstairs to the basement because there is trap of some sort down there that this garbage disposal is connected with. So I do what he says, uncap the drain and sit there with my bucket. I can hear him plunging and using the snake and a little trickle of water would come into my bucket but still nothing. We had been at this for probably 4 hours now. I'm getting irritated, so is he, mostly because I'm now yelling at him to just call a plumber and me because he won't! So sit there waiting for something to happen and then all of a sudden............Scott yells down and says I'm pretty sure I got it, is there water coming out down there? I say yes and he says well hold the bucket up as close as you can to catch the water that drains. So I do...I get right up in front of that drain, I hear the plunger go down, come out and then all of a sudden a flipping tidal wave of water, food pieces, and God knows what else sprays out all over me!!!!!! Scott comes running down and says....."Whos your plumber now baby!?!?!" He knew exactly what was going to happen!!!! So not only had I clogged the sink, now I had to clean the carpets and myself! To this day I do not underestimate my husbands ability to GIT ER DONE!!!!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Pee, Poop and Toots
My kids like most kids are all about the bodily functions! They all think its hysterical when they fart, most especially Sidney who will announce it extremely loudly no matter where we are and who has been known to sit on her brother and "try" to do it! Remember she is only 2! But I swear that never did I think that I would be so "up to my ears" so to speak with all of it! I'm either wiping it, changing it, picking it up off the floor, or scolding someone for using improper manners about it!
For example:
Sidney likes to just take off her diaper and go where she stands or announce as soon as she has gone!
Chase likes to talk about it constantly
Sidney and Livi fight when Liv goes to the bathroom because Sidney wants to "help"
They all think its hysterical
Even the dog poops on the floor from time to time
Livi has fed it to the dog
I catch Chase peeing off the front stoop when I'm not fast enough to open the door for him!
The dog fights for a poopy diaper the same way he would fight for a piece of meat! (GROSS I KNOW)
If one of them hasn't gone poop in 24 hours I'm loading them with fiber~ (who would have thought I would even know when they do or don't!)
They have all peed on me during the night at one point or another
And to top it off: The other day I decided to take a bath and of course, couldn't do this on my own. Here comes Liv and hops on in and about 5 minutes later I smell something. Then I had to ask the question "Liv....did you just pee in here?" She looked at me for a minute and said "Nope". Then she looked up again, smiled and said "I did mama, I peed!" YUCK!!!!!!
So if I have learned anything from becoming a mom its that you never, never, ever say that you/your kids/your spouse won't do this and won't do that because I'll put money on it any day of the week that you sure will!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
For example:
Sidney likes to just take off her diaper and go where she stands or announce as soon as she has gone!
Chase likes to talk about it constantly
Sidney and Livi fight when Liv goes to the bathroom because Sidney wants to "help"
They all think its hysterical
Even the dog poops on the floor from time to time
Livi has fed it to the dog
I catch Chase peeing off the front stoop when I'm not fast enough to open the door for him!
The dog fights for a poopy diaper the same way he would fight for a piece of meat! (GROSS I KNOW)
If one of them hasn't gone poop in 24 hours I'm loading them with fiber~ (who would have thought I would even know when they do or don't!)
They have all peed on me during the night at one point or another
And to top it off: The other day I decided to take a bath and of course, couldn't do this on my own. Here comes Liv and hops on in and about 5 minutes later I smell something. Then I had to ask the question "Liv....did you just pee in here?" She looked at me for a minute and said "Nope". Then she looked up again, smiled and said "I did mama, I peed!" YUCK!!!!!!
So if I have learned anything from becoming a mom its that you never, never, ever say that you/your kids/your spouse won't do this and won't do that because I'll put money on it any day of the week that you sure will!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
A Few Things I Never Thought I Would Do When I Became A Mom
Before I had kids I told myself that I would be THE coolest mom. I wouldn't make things up or bribe my kids to get them to do what I want, I wouldn't be the mom who yells and jumps around at my kids sporting events, I would never say "because I said so", and I WOULD NEVER emberrass them! Well I am here to tell you that not only have I done all of those things, I have done them well! Here are a few examples:
1. I couldn't get the girls to come inside one day after coming home and on the other side of the creek in the tree line some kids were yelling. Liv asked me what that noise was so I told her it was the monkeys that live in the trees and if she didn't come inside right now they would come out and start jumping around! She quickly came inside. Now mind you I had been holding my bladder for quite some time when I said this but still.....just wrong!
2. Sidney was wheeling around a plastic shopping cart at Target and I told her to park it because we were leaving. She immediatley began the stand off with a hand on her hip, the other on the cart, and a firm foot stomp while yelling "NO!" To which I said, "if you leave it there we'll get gum!" Problem solved!
3. Liv was misbehaving the other day and I told her that she wasn't going to have a birthday party if she kept acting like that! We all know that she is going to have a party! No matter what I say!
4. I told the girls that if they didn't pick up their toys that I was going to put them in the trash! Liv says "okay, you can throw them away!" AHHHHH!!! Did I......No! But they did go in a trash bag to the Childrens Foundation! HAHA!
5. I told Chase that if he did his chores the other day without complaining that I would buy him his ipod touch! He did his chores and said "Done mom!" When do I get it!" I said " You misunderstood....I told you I would think about buying you the ipod touch." He didn't appreciate that!
6. Mom, this isn't making any noise! Its not working! Fix it!!! "Oh I'm sorry honey, the batteries must be bad and we don't have any more. We'll have to get some at the store next time we go." But what really happened is that I have taken the batteries out and I did just buy a new pack! TERRIBLE!
And the worst for the month.......................................................
Chase had his first football game the other day and during the game he snapped the ball and took off running! 2 guys were on him, I thought they had him, they didn't and he kept going with 2 more on his heels. I couldn't see because people were all along the sidelines so I started to shuffle my way down the sideline to get a better look but he was running and running fast and I got so excited that I just started running along the side with him right to the end zone!! Then I proceeded to jump up and down!!!! ALOT!!!! How embarrassing for my poor kid!!!! And me!!!!! But then again, Oh well! My kid made a touchdown! A 70 yard touchdown! And it was his first one! So, I will still get excited but I did promise to not do that again! Afterall he wants it to be his touchdown not his and his moms!!!!
So, this is just a few of the things that I have done this month! This doesn't account at all for the rest of my motherly career. And I have to say that if you are reading this and laughing then you have at least done one of these! I still have a lifetime to go! My kids are screwed!!!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
1. I couldn't get the girls to come inside one day after coming home and on the other side of the creek in the tree line some kids were yelling. Liv asked me what that noise was so I told her it was the monkeys that live in the trees and if she didn't come inside right now they would come out and start jumping around! She quickly came inside. Now mind you I had been holding my bladder for quite some time when I said this but still.....just wrong!
2. Sidney was wheeling around a plastic shopping cart at Target and I told her to park it because we were leaving. She immediatley began the stand off with a hand on her hip, the other on the cart, and a firm foot stomp while yelling "NO!" To which I said, "if you leave it there we'll get gum!" Problem solved!
3. Liv was misbehaving the other day and I told her that she wasn't going to have a birthday party if she kept acting like that! We all know that she is going to have a party! No matter what I say!
4. I told the girls that if they didn't pick up their toys that I was going to put them in the trash! Liv says "okay, you can throw them away!" AHHHHH!!! Did I......No! But they did go in a trash bag to the Childrens Foundation! HAHA!
5. I told Chase that if he did his chores the other day without complaining that I would buy him his ipod touch! He did his chores and said "Done mom!" When do I get it!" I said " You misunderstood....I told you I would think about buying you the ipod touch." He didn't appreciate that!
6. Mom, this isn't making any noise! Its not working! Fix it!!! "Oh I'm sorry honey, the batteries must be bad and we don't have any more. We'll have to get some at the store next time we go." But what really happened is that I have taken the batteries out and I did just buy a new pack! TERRIBLE!
And the worst for the month.......................................................
Chase had his first football game the other day and during the game he snapped the ball and took off running! 2 guys were on him, I thought they had him, they didn't and he kept going with 2 more on his heels. I couldn't see because people were all along the sidelines so I started to shuffle my way down the sideline to get a better look but he was running and running fast and I got so excited that I just started running along the side with him right to the end zone!! Then I proceeded to jump up and down!!!! ALOT!!!! How embarrassing for my poor kid!!!! And me!!!!! But then again, Oh well! My kid made a touchdown! A 70 yard touchdown! And it was his first one! So, I will still get excited but I did promise to not do that again! Afterall he wants it to be his touchdown not his and his moms!!!!
So, this is just a few of the things that I have done this month! This doesn't account at all for the rest of my motherly career. And I have to say that if you are reading this and laughing then you have at least done one of these! I still have a lifetime to go! My kids are screwed!!!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Monday, August 22, 2011
Cannot Believe These Words Come Out of My Mouth!!!
In the course of one morning I have said the following to the girls.........
~Don't eat the cat food!!!!
~We DO NOT put poopy diapers there!!!
~PLEASE stop playing in the toilet water!!!
~Your sister can wipe her own butt!
~Don't fling your oatmeal!
~Don't smear the oatmeal on the dog!
~Don't eat stamps!!!!!
We have only been up 3 hours!!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
~Don't eat the cat food!!!!
~We DO NOT put poopy diapers there!!!
~PLEASE stop playing in the toilet water!!!
~Your sister can wipe her own butt!
~Don't fling your oatmeal!
~Don't smear the oatmeal on the dog!
~Don't eat stamps!!!!!
We have only been up 3 hours!!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Thursday, August 18, 2011
So kids really do think that appliances are magical.........
Last night Chase went wading in the pond with some friends and when he came home he asked if he could put his shoes in the dryer so that they would be dry for school in the morning. Of course I said yes, but told him that he needed to get a laundry basket to put the load I recently put in into. He did all of this.....did it well. Or so I thought until this morning when he went to pull them out and he said, "their still wet!" To which I said..."did you turn the dryer on after you put them in there?" The response............................................................................."I didn't know I had to turn it on! I thought it automatically dried the clothes!!!!" HMmmmmmmmm??? Really???? Some lessons are tuff......he went to school with wet shoes~ bet he doesn't forget to turn it on next time!
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Summer 2011 Recap
Well summer is quickly coming to a close with school starting back up in less than 2 weeks so I thought that I would take some time to recall some of the wild and crazy moments that each child had over the last few months~
We will begin with Chase: Chase was on the move all summer long which means that I was also on the move all summer long! He had an excellent baseball season and now we are moving into football and looking foward to that! He has really grown it seems in the past few months and I don't just mean in size just in personality. He is really growing up to be an excellent little man even though he decided that he was a bit big for his britches a few times! A good ol' fashioned attitude from a 9 yr old is just a sign of change and growth I suppose not only for him but for the parents as well! He is getting ready for another big change and that is his best friend moving away. This is a boy that I have pretty much seen every day for the past 5 years! So I'm sure he'll adjust fine but he's going to miss his buddy! Now he is off to the 4th grade!
Liv~ Well lets just say that she has also really begun to come into her own little self over the summer! I'm talking COLLASAL ATTITUDE!!!!! She has been in trouble more this summer than ever before! In fact one afternoon we were driving down the road and I had been listening to her whine and scream all day long! So without even thinking I took the bottle of water that I had and splashed her with it! She stopped! Just needed a little cool down! On the other side, she is just turning into a little girl and coming out of the toddler stage. She is full of stories, sings all the time and tries like hell to mother her baby sister who won't have any part of it! She also doesn't hesitate to tell anyone that they don't match or that they look FABULOUS!! DIVAS........What are you gonna do??? She is looking forward to going back to school in a month and I think she's ready!
Sidney~ Sidney is in a league of her own!!! She's sweet, loving, dances and sings all the time just like her sister, but you can NEVER NEVER EVER leave her alone! Not for long!!! She will get her hands on everything and anything that does not belong to her and it will be DESTROYED!!!!! This is not an exaggeration by any stretch either! DESTROYED!!!! But she is also losing her baby girlness too , she moved into a big girl bed in her new big girl room and now I don't have any more kids in cribs and this makes me very sad but also glad and excited to be moving on to new things with them! And no matter what they will always be my babies and I will tell them that everyday even though they will hate it! HAHA!!
We also ventured out into camping this summer~ I eased my way into it but its not horrible, but it is alot of work! But the deal is that if I camp we have to go somewhere of my choice at least once a year so in September Scott and I are headed for the beach!!!! WOOHOO!!! And next years plan is NYC for the Macys Day Parade!!!!
The kids swam a ton this summer too and the girls loved it! They started jumping off the sides of the pool and floating around in their little rings! It has been so much fun! I'm excited for school to start and for fall to begin so that we can do all those fun activities! So only a few weeks left of "mom can I go here? Can you take us here? I'm bored..., she/he hit me, looked at me, breathed on me!" ;-) I'll also be missing my children running around out in the yard laughing and playing and looking out to find them running around buck naked because they decided that swim suits weren't necessary! The neighbors probably look forward to the cooler weather as well so that they don't have to be exposed to the hijinks that come with any Ditchen you encounter!
I love them all and I'm looking forward to all the new things that they are going to do to make me crazy and happy all at the same time!!
Lovin' Every Minute~
Mom, Momma, Mommy
We will begin with Chase: Chase was on the move all summer long which means that I was also on the move all summer long! He had an excellent baseball season and now we are moving into football and looking foward to that! He has really grown it seems in the past few months and I don't just mean in size just in personality. He is really growing up to be an excellent little man even though he decided that he was a bit big for his britches a few times! A good ol' fashioned attitude from a 9 yr old is just a sign of change and growth I suppose not only for him but for the parents as well! He is getting ready for another big change and that is his best friend moving away. This is a boy that I have pretty much seen every day for the past 5 years! So I'm sure he'll adjust fine but he's going to miss his buddy! Now he is off to the 4th grade!
Liv~ Well lets just say that she has also really begun to come into her own little self over the summer! I'm talking COLLASAL ATTITUDE!!!!! She has been in trouble more this summer than ever before! In fact one afternoon we were driving down the road and I had been listening to her whine and scream all day long! So without even thinking I took the bottle of water that I had and splashed her with it! She stopped! Just needed a little cool down! On the other side, she is just turning into a little girl and coming out of the toddler stage. She is full of stories, sings all the time and tries like hell to mother her baby sister who won't have any part of it! She also doesn't hesitate to tell anyone that they don't match or that they look FABULOUS!! DIVAS........What are you gonna do??? She is looking forward to going back to school in a month and I think she's ready!
Sidney~ Sidney is in a league of her own!!! She's sweet, loving, dances and sings all the time just like her sister, but you can NEVER NEVER EVER leave her alone! Not for long!!! She will get her hands on everything and anything that does not belong to her and it will be DESTROYED!!!!! This is not an exaggeration by any stretch either! DESTROYED!!!! But she is also losing her baby girlness too , she moved into a big girl bed in her new big girl room and now I don't have any more kids in cribs and this makes me very sad but also glad and excited to be moving on to new things with them! And no matter what they will always be my babies and I will tell them that everyday even though they will hate it! HAHA!!
We also ventured out into camping this summer~ I eased my way into it but its not horrible, but it is alot of work! But the deal is that if I camp we have to go somewhere of my choice at least once a year so in September Scott and I are headed for the beach!!!! WOOHOO!!! And next years plan is NYC for the Macys Day Parade!!!!
The kids swam a ton this summer too and the girls loved it! They started jumping off the sides of the pool and floating around in their little rings! It has been so much fun! I'm excited for school to start and for fall to begin so that we can do all those fun activities! So only a few weeks left of "mom can I go here? Can you take us here? I'm bored..., she/he hit me, looked at me, breathed on me!" ;-) I'll also be missing my children running around out in the yard laughing and playing and looking out to find them running around buck naked because they decided that swim suits weren't necessary! The neighbors probably look forward to the cooler weather as well so that they don't have to be exposed to the hijinks that come with any Ditchen you encounter!
I love them all and I'm looking forward to all the new things that they are going to do to make me crazy and happy all at the same time!!
Lovin' Every Minute~
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Camping
I am not the girl that will raise her hand and volunteer to go camping.....EVER! But my husband loves it, so does my son, and I decided that Scott does so much for me that I would give him this one thing and dive into the whole camping experience with our family of 5. The closer that we got to the weekend adventure the more I actually became excited. Just thinking about trying to relax at home and knowing that "relaxing" at home is not actually relaxing because there is just always something to do or something going on. So I thought that this would be great for "unplugging" so to speak.
Now I will also tell you that I cannot at all say that I "roughed" it really because we took my in-laws RV so I had conveniences but still its not home or a hotel with a pool boy bringing you drinks nor does it have room services or housekeeping. Actually its alot like being at home just that your not. You still have to do the campfire cooking and clean up after everyone.
The first evening we got to the campground we set up our site and cooked out (obviously). Scott fell asleep in the tent at 10:00 (he actually had to get up and go to work the next morning). I took the kiddos into the RV and we popped in a movie and all snuggled up in our AC RV in the same bed. They did not fall asleep until after 2 a.m.!!!!!! Rolling on one another, fighting over covers, kicking at whoever just touched them with their toe! Scott woke up to head to work and said "How'd ya sleep? Man I slept great out in that tent!" No kidding?!?! So off to work he went, the kids actually slept utnil 9:00 and when they woke up I had to get them ready to head back home because we had some things to tend to. ( I showered, changed my clothes, and picked up the house a bit is what that means!) Before leaving the site though, Liv was flinging a glow stick in front of her face that had a hole in it, I can only imagine that it was because her sister probably bit through it at some point the night before, and it shoots straight into her eyes! OMG! Blood curdling screaming, she won't open her eyes so I'm trying to calm her down and rinse her eyes out when she takes off running from me with her eyes closed, trips over a bag and falls flat in the rocks! EVEN MORE SCREAMING!!! So I load her up in the car while she is still a mess and we head for home. After a LONG car ride home she is fine after Chase offers up some gum he is refusing to give away.
We get our stuff done at the house and go back up to the campground to head to the beach! YEA! This is what I have been looking forward to! Scott was going to meet us there, the kids were excited to swim and I had some good magazines. I was ready to get some sun!!! Well, Chase heads right into the water (lake water of course), Livi is flipping out because there are SHARKS in there and Sidney is putting sand into her suit and trying to fling herself out into the water without any floaties! And poor Scott was late and got to swim for 15 minutes. Poor guy. Anywho~ we head back to grill some burgers and while the boys are getting dinner ready the girls hop in the RV shower to rinse off. Now these aren't big showers but they do serve a purpose. Well, Liv trips in the shower and takes down the curtain and rod and is freaking out because "Is Papa and grama going to have a talk with me about that!??!" Because they are so scary!! Then we finally get situated, eat some good food and play some games.
Chase was in charge of keeping the fire going and he was putting hedgewood on the fire. I would have no idea that there is a difference in wood but apparently hedgewood not only burns really hot but it shoots out sparks! Like a small fireworks show! He thinks it great so he keeps piling it on which was fine, I was tired and I was ready to sleep. So Scott again fell asleep in the tent by himself and the kids and I again piled into the RV. They were much more tired so getting them to sleep wasn't too hard with a good movie in. I did make Liv a smore's in the microwave because the hedgewood was still splattering into the air and when Chase realized what I did he informed me that I AM NOT A CAMPER! To which I replied......"We all knew that!" But then after they fell asleep I laid in bed with them and played Angry Birds on my IPod!!! I'm addicted like the rest of the world! Then up this morning, breakfast and on the road!! Again, you have to unload and wash everything!!! Ugh! By the way.... Scott wakes up at 6 a.m. because he again...slept great! This is only in my mind because he slept alone and not with 3 kids piled on him! HAHA!
BUT~ I will admit that it wasn't bad and it was nice to spend uninterupted time with my husband and kids. I will do it again, I can only assume I'll get better at it. But I still look forward to sitting on the beach and being catered to. Hey...I think I deserve that every now and again!
Here's to rough'n it!!! And here's to coming home!!!!! CHEERS!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Now I will also tell you that I cannot at all say that I "roughed" it really because we took my in-laws RV so I had conveniences but still its not home or a hotel with a pool boy bringing you drinks nor does it have room services or housekeeping. Actually its alot like being at home just that your not. You still have to do the campfire cooking and clean up after everyone.
The first evening we got to the campground we set up our site and cooked out (obviously). Scott fell asleep in the tent at 10:00 (he actually had to get up and go to work the next morning). I took the kiddos into the RV and we popped in a movie and all snuggled up in our AC RV in the same bed. They did not fall asleep until after 2 a.m.!!!!!! Rolling on one another, fighting over covers, kicking at whoever just touched them with their toe! Scott woke up to head to work and said "How'd ya sleep? Man I slept great out in that tent!" No kidding?!?! So off to work he went, the kids actually slept utnil 9:00 and when they woke up I had to get them ready to head back home because we had some things to tend to. ( I showered, changed my clothes, and picked up the house a bit is what that means!) Before leaving the site though, Liv was flinging a glow stick in front of her face that had a hole in it, I can only imagine that it was because her sister probably bit through it at some point the night before, and it shoots straight into her eyes! OMG! Blood curdling screaming, she won't open her eyes so I'm trying to calm her down and rinse her eyes out when she takes off running from me with her eyes closed, trips over a bag and falls flat in the rocks! EVEN MORE SCREAMING!!! So I load her up in the car while she is still a mess and we head for home. After a LONG car ride home she is fine after Chase offers up some gum he is refusing to give away.
We get our stuff done at the house and go back up to the campground to head to the beach! YEA! This is what I have been looking forward to! Scott was going to meet us there, the kids were excited to swim and I had some good magazines. I was ready to get some sun!!! Well, Chase heads right into the water (lake water of course), Livi is flipping out because there are SHARKS in there and Sidney is putting sand into her suit and trying to fling herself out into the water without any floaties! And poor Scott was late and got to swim for 15 minutes. Poor guy. Anywho~ we head back to grill some burgers and while the boys are getting dinner ready the girls hop in the RV shower to rinse off. Now these aren't big showers but they do serve a purpose. Well, Liv trips in the shower and takes down the curtain and rod and is freaking out because "Is Papa and grama going to have a talk with me about that!??!" Because they are so scary!! Then we finally get situated, eat some good food and play some games.
Chase was in charge of keeping the fire going and he was putting hedgewood on the fire. I would have no idea that there is a difference in wood but apparently hedgewood not only burns really hot but it shoots out sparks! Like a small fireworks show! He thinks it great so he keeps piling it on which was fine, I was tired and I was ready to sleep. So Scott again fell asleep in the tent by himself and the kids and I again piled into the RV. They were much more tired so getting them to sleep wasn't too hard with a good movie in. I did make Liv a smore's in the microwave because the hedgewood was still splattering into the air and when Chase realized what I did he informed me that I AM NOT A CAMPER! To which I replied......"We all knew that!" But then after they fell asleep I laid in bed with them and played Angry Birds on my IPod!!! I'm addicted like the rest of the world! Then up this morning, breakfast and on the road!! Again, you have to unload and wash everything!!! Ugh! By the way.... Scott wakes up at 6 a.m. because he again...slept great! This is only in my mind because he slept alone and not with 3 kids piled on him! HAHA!
BUT~ I will admit that it wasn't bad and it was nice to spend uninterupted time with my husband and kids. I will do it again, I can only assume I'll get better at it. But I still look forward to sitting on the beach and being catered to. Hey...I think I deserve that every now and again!
Here's to rough'n it!!! And here's to coming home!!!!! CHEERS!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Sounds of Summer
1) I'm bored (Even though I haven't been home one day of the week until this 1 hour)
2) Can I stay later? Can I stay even later? Can I stay even later please? Can I stay the night?!?!
3) Do I have to come home now? 1 more hour? 30 minutes? 20 minutes? 10? UGH!!!!!
4) AHHHH
5) WHAAAA
6) Mommy, mommy, mommy, momma, mommy, momma, momma, mommy!!!!!!
7) I don't want to go to sleep! Its still light out!
8) Waaaaaa, Chase won't let me have a turn with the hose!
9) She slapped me, pulled my hair, took my toy!!!!! waaaaaa!!!!
10) What are we doing today?!?! What do you mean nothing? We never do anything? (Right, we haven't been home one day the entire week, you are SO deprived)
11) I shouldn't have to do chores, its summer vacation!
12) Mom, Sidneys outside without clothes again!
13) Mowing makes my allergies act up (after 5 minutes? Really?)
14) Can we go to the pool? Can we go to the park? Can we go buy something? Anything?
15) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!
16) Ugh, you don't have to yell! (told to me after the 20th time of me asking nicely)
17) He/she's looking at me momma! waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
18) He/she is barely touching me! waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
19) Sidney took her diaper off again! She's naked AGAIN!!!
20) Mom, you need to spank Chase, Liv, or Sidney (Depends on who's tattling on who is the supposed trouble maker!)
But then you catch them playing in the water or just sitting quietly watching a movie and any nice words or giggles makes it all worth it. Until the next..........WAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!
Ah, summer vacation! How much longer?!?!? ;-)
Here's to hoping everyone is enjoying their summers and especially to those of you who know EXACTLY what I'm talking about!!!!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
2) Can I stay later? Can I stay even later? Can I stay even later please? Can I stay the night?!?!
3) Do I have to come home now? 1 more hour? 30 minutes? 20 minutes? 10? UGH!!!!!
4) AHHHH
5) WHAAAA
6) Mommy, mommy, mommy, momma, mommy, momma, momma, mommy!!!!!!
7) I don't want to go to sleep! Its still light out!
8) Waaaaaa, Chase won't let me have a turn with the hose!
9) She slapped me, pulled my hair, took my toy!!!!! waaaaaa!!!!
10) What are we doing today?!?! What do you mean nothing? We never do anything? (Right, we haven't been home one day the entire week, you are SO deprived)
11) I shouldn't have to do chores, its summer vacation!
12) Mom, Sidneys outside without clothes again!
13) Mowing makes my allergies act up (after 5 minutes? Really?)
14) Can we go to the pool? Can we go to the park? Can we go buy something? Anything?
15) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!
16) Ugh, you don't have to yell! (told to me after the 20th time of me asking nicely)
17) He/she's looking at me momma! waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
18) He/she is barely touching me! waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
19) Sidney took her diaper off again! She's naked AGAIN!!!
20) Mom, you need to spank Chase, Liv, or Sidney (Depends on who's tattling on who is the supposed trouble maker!)
But then you catch them playing in the water or just sitting quietly watching a movie and any nice words or giggles makes it all worth it. Until the next..........WAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!
Ah, summer vacation! How much longer?!?!? ;-)
Here's to hoping everyone is enjoying their summers and especially to those of you who know EXACTLY what I'm talking about!!!!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Who'd have thought that we are the way we are!!??!
This weekend marked the start of the league baseball tournament. I have to say that my kid, and I know that he's mine, but.........he really had an excellent season. He pitched really well, blasted the ball and had some awesome outfield plays! So so proud am I and I cannot wait for next spring to do it all over again and watch him grow even more but we have to get through one week of nothing to do and then we begin the GRUELLING football season!!! Which by the way I CANNOT wait for either!!! The "Boys of Fall" song by Kenny Chesney really rings true to these boys. What I did find out during this season is that I have become one of those parents that I swore that I would never be. You all know the ones that I am talking about, we hoop, we holler and yes, oh yes, we get mad. Especially mad when the adults from the other teams are far worse than the kids and end up making our kids nervous wrecks. I found out finally today, during what became the last few games of our tournament that I really am the parent that is better off taking a seat high up on the bleachers away from everyone else so that I can bitch to myself without anyone hearing and also so that I can keep myself from making my own child a nervous wreck. Yes, I know that many of you who read this will be thinking to yourselves....."Sara, get mad? Sara yell? Sara freak out? HAHAHA!!! Oh little do you all know that secretely I am a very competitive person and I am far more competitive if its my kid out there that you all are trying to distract. Although I have also learned that I am probably far more distracting for my sweet boy than anyone else. He is so awesome at most things he does that I have trouble remembering that he is 9! I fully admit this! Not trying to candy coat on my behalf at all. He knows how I am because he is actually tons like me. ( We won't tell him I said that though!) Gets upset when not doing his best and blames himself for mistakes that aren't even his. This....is me to a tee! BUT......what cracked me up the most is that he hopped in the car and on the way home after being out in the heat and playing back to back games for a total of 5 hours he says......."well mom......that sucked!" But......there's always next year and by the way can we stop at DQ cuz grandpa gave me twenty bucks for doing so well this seaon!" Talk about priorities! Not to mention some good ol' fashioned spirit! Then 5 minutes later, his sister, who I think is asleep in the back rips a HUGE fart....no reaction.....then I hear her start to giggle and the baby sister who I also think is asleep says."EW GROSS....Livi tooted! Then it happens again and they are back there just laughing these big belly laughs and Chase is practically falling over in his seat! All is good in the world people, win or lose as long as you have an excellent point of view and a damn good sense of humor! And.....according to my children and my awesome uncle.....there is nothing funnier and nothing that can make you forget your woes like like letting one rip!!!!
Good Lord! Happy Weekend to Everyone!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Good Lord! Happy Weekend to Everyone!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
My Shout out to All Retailers
I would like to give a shout out to all of the retailers who strategically place crap toys, candy machines, or some sort of ride on money sucker around your stores and throughout the checkout lanes! I would like to applaud you for my childs breakdown when they are told NO they may not have a $20 plastic pig, some sort of bracelet thingy, or other unknown break the bank item that is going to fall apart or be forgotten after its been played with in the car on the way home! BRAVO!!! You got us! Or so you think!
I am not one of those parents who gives in to avoid the fit so when I come through your checkout lanes with a child who is convulsing and screaming because they can't have what you are trying to sell and you look at me like I'm a bad parent because they are behaving that way I am going to set that child on your checkout station and I am going to let them sit there and scream until you pay me!! That's right! You should owe me and every other parent/care giver something, I don't even care if you give me a damn coupon! I understand needing or wanting to make a buck but com'on! You should all be slapped for your own stupidity!
Watch out Old Navy, Kohls, Kmart, TJ Maxx and every other store I frequent........
Mom, Momma, Mommy is coming your way!!!!!
I am not one of those parents who gives in to avoid the fit so when I come through your checkout lanes with a child who is convulsing and screaming because they can't have what you are trying to sell and you look at me like I'm a bad parent because they are behaving that way I am going to set that child on your checkout station and I am going to let them sit there and scream until you pay me!! That's right! You should owe me and every other parent/care giver something, I don't even care if you give me a damn coupon! I understand needing or wanting to make a buck but com'on! You should all be slapped for your own stupidity!
Watch out Old Navy, Kohls, Kmart, TJ Maxx and every other store I frequent........
Mom, Momma, Mommy is coming your way!!!!!
Monday, June 6, 2011
Thats GREAT!!!
My 9.5 year old son had a sleep over this past weekend at his friends house. I decide to call the mother and check in that evening and when she answers she is laughing hysterically and tells me this: "So the boys were all sitting around the table snacking and talking when I hear Chase say, "If I get a girl pregnant when I'm 15 my mom is going to cut off my penis!!" I didn't know what to say to this! First of all, because I never actually told him that, what I told him was one evening when we were watching a movie and the mother said to the son, "If you get a girl pregnant out of wedlock I will drive up here and cut your thingy off!" So I simply told Chase to remember that! He obviously took it to heart! Second of all, what in the world brought this up in the first place!?!?!?! And third, OMG! What people must think we talk about!!!!! And once again, the phrase, "watch what you say around a child" rings true! Its right up there with the time he was in kindergarten and the firemen came to talk to them and they were explaining what you should do when the smoke alarms sound. Chase raised his hand and said "well, when my moms cooking and the smoke alarm goes off she tells us to get a towl and wave it at it til' it stops!"
AND THE MOTHER OF THE YEAR AWARD GOES TO.............FOR THE 100TH TIME SINCE THEIR BIRTH...............Mom, Momma, MomEEEEEE!
AND THE MOTHER OF THE YEAR AWARD GOES TO.............FOR THE 100TH TIME SINCE THEIR BIRTH...............Mom, Momma, MomEEEEEE!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
I Used To:
I used to be able to go into the bathroom all by myself to take a bath, brush my teeth, or use the restroom.
Now: I go the bathroom with an Enterauge with me every time I go in.
I used to make sure I didn't have a hair out of place and my clothes were just right before I went anywhere.
Now: You are lucky if you see me with make up on and my hair washed. Because someone is going to use me as a napkin at some point during the day.
I used to go out with my girl friends and dance and girl talk.
Now: we go out and complain because its too loud and we talk about how excited we are that Kroger has online coupons that you can load to your Kroger card now.
I used to clean the house and it would stay that way for days.
Now: I clean in a circle and I swear that there are mean little fairies that come into every room when I'm not there and trash it. Wait, thats my kids ;-)
I used to go out to eat at nice restaraunts and sit there for a while after eating to talk to whomever I was with.
Now: I go where I think there may not be a whole lot of people and where the kids meal comes with crayons!
I used to know exactly where all of my things were.
Now: I am constantly crawling around on my knees trying to find my things because if they are missing, they are somewhere low to the ground because whoever took it is 3 ft. tall.
I used to play cards and drinking games.
Now: I play chutes and ladders, guitar hero and modern warfare on the Wii/Xbox/PS3 or whatever it is we have.
I used to be ready to go out at 9:00 every night.
Now: I'm ready to go to bed at 9:00 at night or I'm excited to sit and read my new magazine!
I used to like to take my time while I shopped.
Now: I RUN! I RUN FAST!!! Just run and grab is what I say! Run and Grab!!!
I also never thought I would hear myself say:
"When was the last time you pooped?"
"Did you poop your pants?"
"Don't stick your finger in the dogs nose?"
"Don't eat other peoples chewed gum!"
"Get that out of your pants!"
"Don't eat the dog food!"
"Because I said so!"
"Because I'm the boss!"
"Please, please do not play in the toilet!"
"Where are all of your underwear?"
"Don't lick other people!"
"The dog doesn't need detangler!"
"That is poop! Get that out of your hand!"
And there are so many more!
But....I also never had 3 little people making me laugh because they are silly and giggling, I never had little voices say "I love you mommy", I never worried about anything beyond me and now they are all I worry about, and I NEVER NEVER NEVER would have these great stories to black mail them with someday!! HA!
Proud Mom, Momma, Mommy
While we try to teach our children all about life,
Our children teach us what life is all about.
Now: I go the bathroom with an Enterauge with me every time I go in.
I used to make sure I didn't have a hair out of place and my clothes were just right before I went anywhere.
Now: You are lucky if you see me with make up on and my hair washed. Because someone is going to use me as a napkin at some point during the day.
I used to go out with my girl friends and dance and girl talk.
Now: we go out and complain because its too loud and we talk about how excited we are that Kroger has online coupons that you can load to your Kroger card now.
I used to clean the house and it would stay that way for days.
Now: I clean in a circle and I swear that there are mean little fairies that come into every room when I'm not there and trash it. Wait, thats my kids ;-)
I used to go out to eat at nice restaraunts and sit there for a while after eating to talk to whomever I was with.
Now: I go where I think there may not be a whole lot of people and where the kids meal comes with crayons!
I used to know exactly where all of my things were.
Now: I am constantly crawling around on my knees trying to find my things because if they are missing, they are somewhere low to the ground because whoever took it is 3 ft. tall.
I used to play cards and drinking games.
Now: I play chutes and ladders, guitar hero and modern warfare on the Wii/Xbox/PS3 or whatever it is we have.
I used to be ready to go out at 9:00 every night.
Now: I'm ready to go to bed at 9:00 at night or I'm excited to sit and read my new magazine!
I used to like to take my time while I shopped.
Now: I RUN! I RUN FAST!!! Just run and grab is what I say! Run and Grab!!!
I also never thought I would hear myself say:
"When was the last time you pooped?"
"Did you poop your pants?"
"Don't stick your finger in the dogs nose?"
"Don't eat other peoples chewed gum!"
"Get that out of your pants!"
"Don't eat the dog food!"
"Because I said so!"
"Because I'm the boss!"
"Please, please do not play in the toilet!"
"Where are all of your underwear?"
"Don't lick other people!"
"The dog doesn't need detangler!"
"That is poop! Get that out of your hand!"
And there are so many more!
But....I also never had 3 little people making me laugh because they are silly and giggling, I never had little voices say "I love you mommy", I never worried about anything beyond me and now they are all I worry about, and I NEVER NEVER NEVER would have these great stories to black mail them with someday!! HA!
Proud Mom, Momma, Mommy
While we try to teach our children all about life,
Our children teach us what life is all about.
Monday, May 23, 2011
SidVicious!
My husband lovingly nicknamed our youngest daughter, SidVicious~ Being that her name is Sidney and she is the most destructive, tornado of a little girl you have ever seen!!
In fact, only in the course of this day has she thrown eggs onto the floor and swam in them, torn clothes out of her and her sisters dressers and threw them over the balcolny of the staircase. She has spilled her lunch or better threw it to the dogs, and just a while ago, she was calling for Livi to come find her and when Livi came around the corner she jumped at her, tackled her to the ground and would not let her up! She also laughed the entire time! And if you know my Liv you can only guess that her reaction was to scream at the top of her lungs! The worst part is, is that I laughed! I laughed until tears streamed down my face! The only thing I have yet to determine is if it was HaHa kind of laughter or I'm going crazy laughter. May have been a combination! So my pretty, sweet little Sidney AKA "SidVicious" has won this round! But I WILL take the next! Only because I'm going to be strapping her into her carseat shortly! But its still an advantage for mom!!!
Victory will be mine!
Mom, Momma, Mommy~~~
In fact, only in the course of this day has she thrown eggs onto the floor and swam in them, torn clothes out of her and her sisters dressers and threw them over the balcolny of the staircase. She has spilled her lunch or better threw it to the dogs, and just a while ago, she was calling for Livi to come find her and when Livi came around the corner she jumped at her, tackled her to the ground and would not let her up! She also laughed the entire time! And if you know my Liv you can only guess that her reaction was to scream at the top of her lungs! The worst part is, is that I laughed! I laughed until tears streamed down my face! The only thing I have yet to determine is if it was HaHa kind of laughter or I'm going crazy laughter. May have been a combination! So my pretty, sweet little Sidney AKA "SidVicious" has won this round! But I WILL take the next! Only because I'm going to be strapping her into her carseat shortly! But its still an advantage for mom!!!
Victory will be mine!
Mom, Momma, Mommy~~~
Friday, May 13, 2011
God Help Me!!!
So far today my two year old has eaten a half a stick of butter, pooped on my carpet and walked through the house with it on the bottom of her foot and to top it off................I had to take her into Chases school today and while we were there I turned around and she was holding her dress over her head and she was wearing NOTHING UNDERNEATH!!! She took her diaper off in the car and was now flashing a hallway full of elementary students!! All I could think to do was pick her up quickly and run out the door!! I am officially God Blessing Myself!!! This my friends is EXACTLY why I cannot get a damn thing done!! And as frustrating as it is, it really is just funny!! So I say to all of you out there who like to judge that mother whos child is screaming, misbehaving, or flashing you..."You have either forgotten, never been there, or need to just piss off!" These are my kids and I am proud of them even if they do act like apes most of the time!
Signed by the proud Mom, Momma, and Mommy of 3 Little Apes!
Signed by the proud Mom, Momma, and Mommy of 3 Little Apes!
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
And The Mother of the Year Award goes to............................
This morning before taking Chase to school I asked him if he would please let the dogs outside. After I asked him to do this chore I had to stop and giggle to myself as a memory popped into my head that revolved around the same daily chore. Here goes.......
When Chase was almost 6 years old we or I should say "I" decided that he needed to have a dog of his own. After all, every kid should have a dog in my opinion and by gosh he was going to have one! So we ended up with Linus, our massive yellow lab that causes trouble all on his own everyday! Well, thanks to Linus I ended up with one of my all time wonderful mother moments. It started on the first full week of school, Chase was in 1st grade and I had just had Olivia, she was only a few weeks old. That morning after he had gotten dressed and eaten breakfast he was to let Linus out to use the bathroom and then bring him back in. Now he had not wanted much to do with this dog after the first few months. He was great about feeding him and letting him out at first but then it started trickling off and we had to constantly remind him about his new friend. So anyway, that morning he had let him out and hadn't brought him back in yet after I asked him repeatedly to do so. Of course I had let him in and put him in his cage so we could leave but Chase didn't know that. As we went to leave he asked me where Linus was and I asked him if he had let him in. He said no. So I thought that I would use this time as a lesson about responsibility and caring for our pets, yada yada yada. So I said, "do you think he ran away?" After I let him stir for only a few minutes, I told him that I had taken care of it. But then I felt awful because he was almost in tears at the thought of his dog running away from home. Lovely huh?!?! So this gets even better, or worse, depends on how you look at it.
After dropping him off, I came home, let the dogs back outside to play and started feeding Liv and doing things around the house. After 30 minutes or so I let the dogs back inside and a short while later I hear Linus whining. I go find him and I think he has something in his mouth. So I go to grab whatever it is and I realize that there is nothing there but that his jowls are completely swollen, his eyes are almost completely closed, he has huge lumps all over his body and the poor dog can barely walk because his "boys" are so huge from whatever is happening! Not too mention I can tell that his throat was closing because his breathing wasn't right. I'm telling you that he looked like a cartoon! I run and call the vet, I throw Liv into the car with this huge swollen dog (who by the way HATES riding in the car in the 1st place) and I am doing 80 on the interstate to get him to the vet! Turns out he was stung by a wasp!
But as I'm driving I realize that only a few hours ago did I put my child into panick thinking his dog was gone and now the damn dog might die in the car from anaphylaxis!!!!
Needless to say, the dog is fine and still with us but I definitley felt that day that I had hit an all time low in the mothering department!!!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
When Chase was almost 6 years old we or I should say "I" decided that he needed to have a dog of his own. After all, every kid should have a dog in my opinion and by gosh he was going to have one! So we ended up with Linus, our massive yellow lab that causes trouble all on his own everyday! Well, thanks to Linus I ended up with one of my all time wonderful mother moments. It started on the first full week of school, Chase was in 1st grade and I had just had Olivia, she was only a few weeks old. That morning after he had gotten dressed and eaten breakfast he was to let Linus out to use the bathroom and then bring him back in. Now he had not wanted much to do with this dog after the first few months. He was great about feeding him and letting him out at first but then it started trickling off and we had to constantly remind him about his new friend. So anyway, that morning he had let him out and hadn't brought him back in yet after I asked him repeatedly to do so. Of course I had let him in and put him in his cage so we could leave but Chase didn't know that. As we went to leave he asked me where Linus was and I asked him if he had let him in. He said no. So I thought that I would use this time as a lesson about responsibility and caring for our pets, yada yada yada. So I said, "do you think he ran away?" After I let him stir for only a few minutes, I told him that I had taken care of it. But then I felt awful because he was almost in tears at the thought of his dog running away from home. Lovely huh?!?! So this gets even better, or worse, depends on how you look at it.
After dropping him off, I came home, let the dogs back outside to play and started feeding Liv and doing things around the house. After 30 minutes or so I let the dogs back inside and a short while later I hear Linus whining. I go find him and I think he has something in his mouth. So I go to grab whatever it is and I realize that there is nothing there but that his jowls are completely swollen, his eyes are almost completely closed, he has huge lumps all over his body and the poor dog can barely walk because his "boys" are so huge from whatever is happening! Not too mention I can tell that his throat was closing because his breathing wasn't right. I'm telling you that he looked like a cartoon! I run and call the vet, I throw Liv into the car with this huge swollen dog (who by the way HATES riding in the car in the 1st place) and I am doing 80 on the interstate to get him to the vet! Turns out he was stung by a wasp!
But as I'm driving I realize that only a few hours ago did I put my child into panick thinking his dog was gone and now the damn dog might die in the car from anaphylaxis!!!!
Needless to say, the dog is fine and still with us but I definitley felt that day that I had hit an all time low in the mothering department!!!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Easter
Every Easter the Easter Bunny comes to our house bringing with her (I prefer to think of her as a girl) baskets filled with books, movies, candy, and all sorts of wonderful things to rot my kids teeth and make them scream like banchees from their sugar highs! Well this year that silly rabbit took a different approach......and left a trampoline in the back yard!
WOW! This was exciting even for me! 5 years ago we bought one of those blow up bounce houses and I was totally excited to get to jump in this thing as the weight limit was 250 pounds! Family fun right?!?! Well apparently its 250 lbs of dispersed weight because when I hopped in, I sank! So I was very excited about getting on this trampoline and bouncing my day away just like when I was a kid!
Well the kids got up and jumped right on this thing! They were SO SO excited and everyone was all smiles and giggles. Then as the "newness" of it wore off, you know within the first hour we had Liv screaming because Chase was bouncing too much, Sidney was crying because once she got up she couldn't get down, Liv came to tell us that a worm bit her foot as she was getting on and then she came in to tell me that Chase had just broken her wrist (he didn't of course), Sidney was screaming now because she couldn't get the buckle to the net latched and then there were tears because she and Liv had just bumped heads and then........Chase comes in and insists that he has sprained his back and for the rest of the day sported a Bengay patch under his shirt and smelling like an old man!
Thanks Easter Bunny!!!
With love,
Mom, Momma, Mommy!!!
WOW! This was exciting even for me! 5 years ago we bought one of those blow up bounce houses and I was totally excited to get to jump in this thing as the weight limit was 250 pounds! Family fun right?!?! Well apparently its 250 lbs of dispersed weight because when I hopped in, I sank! So I was very excited about getting on this trampoline and bouncing my day away just like when I was a kid!
Well the kids got up and jumped right on this thing! They were SO SO excited and everyone was all smiles and giggles. Then as the "newness" of it wore off, you know within the first hour we had Liv screaming because Chase was bouncing too much, Sidney was crying because once she got up she couldn't get down, Liv came to tell us that a worm bit her foot as she was getting on and then she came in to tell me that Chase had just broken her wrist (he didn't of course), Sidney was screaming now because she couldn't get the buckle to the net latched and then there were tears because she and Liv had just bumped heads and then........Chase comes in and insists that he has sprained his back and for the rest of the day sported a Bengay patch under his shirt and smelling like an old man!
Thanks Easter Bunny!!!
With love,
Mom, Momma, Mommy!!!
Friday, April 22, 2011
My girls
This morning I get up and get the girls fed and dressed, Chase is still asleep of course since there is no school. As I am getting myself ready they are playing in my bathroom, you know, because God forbid they are a foot away from me! But they are being good. In fact Sidney has found her tinkerbell hairbrush and is standing behind Livi brushing her hair. While she is beautifying Liv she keeps saying, "brush Wivs hair" and she keeps talking to Livi in what only sounds to me like she is asking her questions but I can't make out any of it. But Liv can! They are having their own little conversation and have floated off into their own little world. This is great!!!!
Then they move into my bedroom where they are still conversing in their own little way and I hear Liv talking to Sidney and she is using words like "baby, sweety, honey" to her little sister. I am finding this so sweet that I almost tear up! Then.........
I hear "Hey, give me that, its mine!!!" Then I hear the slap, the cry, and now the screaming! Sidney has found a plastic horse and Liv is not about to let her keep it! So the brawl is on...they are both screaminng and crying and not one of them is about to let this thing go and not either of them has the upper hand on the other. They are in a dead lock struggle and now they are on the floor!! So I had to watch just for a second to see how this was going to unfold. I tell you what...they struggled over this thing for a couple of minutes, not one letting go and in the end... No one wanted the damn thing anyway! They just gave up, must have decided it wasn't worth it, you know with the 30 other plastic horses around the house to struggle any longer would just be a waste of time apparently!
So I this is the thought that I am left with....."if this is how it is at 2 and 3, what is it going to be like at 12 and 13???" So, I guess I'll just buy a couple of those inflatable boxing gloves and let them have at it! What do you think!?!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Then they move into my bedroom where they are still conversing in their own little way and I hear Liv talking to Sidney and she is using words like "baby, sweety, honey" to her little sister. I am finding this so sweet that I almost tear up! Then.........
I hear "Hey, give me that, its mine!!!" Then I hear the slap, the cry, and now the screaming! Sidney has found a plastic horse and Liv is not about to let her keep it! So the brawl is on...they are both screaminng and crying and not one of them is about to let this thing go and not either of them has the upper hand on the other. They are in a dead lock struggle and now they are on the floor!! So I had to watch just for a second to see how this was going to unfold. I tell you what...they struggled over this thing for a couple of minutes, not one letting go and in the end... No one wanted the damn thing anyway! They just gave up, must have decided it wasn't worth it, you know with the 30 other plastic horses around the house to struggle any longer would just be a waste of time apparently!
So I this is the thought that I am left with....."if this is how it is at 2 and 3, what is it going to be like at 12 and 13???" So, I guess I'll just buy a couple of those inflatable boxing gloves and let them have at it! What do you think!?!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Men.....when will they learn?
Have you ever had one of those weeks where you absolutely cannot get anything done? I'm having one of those this week, actually I have a week like that about 3 weeks out of a month but this has been one of those particularly crazy weeks where things that don't normally come up are coming up. Anywho~
So last night my husband gets home and I had only been home maybe 2 hours all day, I'm cooking dinner, feeding the dogs, and loading the dishwasher and washing machine. And on top of all of that my house looks like a tornado hit (3 to be exact), I was out of dishwasher soap so I had dishes piled from the night before (I'm sorry, but I was just NOT going to do them by hand, worst job ever!) and the laundry is piled high in the laundry room floor and every other bedroom floor in the house. I also have dog hair and remanents of the girls afternoon snack strewn across my carpet because they decided to transfer the popcorn into an old Easter basket, which would have been fine but this particular basket was not made to hold popcorn!!
So my husband goes and sits down at the computer after dinner trying to find the perfect classic old truck while I clean up. Now, this is a great man and a hard working man so this doesn't bother me, in fact I am more than happy to take care of things (although I'm sure others could do it better) and even happier to see him relaxing after a long day. But then.......he turns to me and says..."Hey, how is the dishwasher holding up? Is there something wrong with it? To which I say, "No works great!" Then I get it, there are dishes piled up and he is making fun of me now! By the way he's not being mean just ornery! So I flash him a look and a little laugh and go about my business.
Then, I'm laying in bed and he says...."The washer working alright? How about the vaccuum?" Still he's kidding and I'm laughing but the question I pose to you is........
"How long does it take them to learn that we ladies really do hold the power!?!?!" I mean really!?!?! So go ahead boys, poke all the fun you like, we know where you sleep and where your weakness lies!!!
With love to my most amazing husband!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
So last night my husband gets home and I had only been home maybe 2 hours all day, I'm cooking dinner, feeding the dogs, and loading the dishwasher and washing machine. And on top of all of that my house looks like a tornado hit (3 to be exact), I was out of dishwasher soap so I had dishes piled from the night before (I'm sorry, but I was just NOT going to do them by hand, worst job ever!) and the laundry is piled high in the laundry room floor and every other bedroom floor in the house. I also have dog hair and remanents of the girls afternoon snack strewn across my carpet because they decided to transfer the popcorn into an old Easter basket, which would have been fine but this particular basket was not made to hold popcorn!!
So my husband goes and sits down at the computer after dinner trying to find the perfect classic old truck while I clean up. Now, this is a great man and a hard working man so this doesn't bother me, in fact I am more than happy to take care of things (although I'm sure others could do it better) and even happier to see him relaxing after a long day. But then.......he turns to me and says..."Hey, how is the dishwasher holding up? Is there something wrong with it? To which I say, "No works great!" Then I get it, there are dishes piled up and he is making fun of me now! By the way he's not being mean just ornery! So I flash him a look and a little laugh and go about my business.
Then, I'm laying in bed and he says...."The washer working alright? How about the vaccuum?" Still he's kidding and I'm laughing but the question I pose to you is........
"How long does it take them to learn that we ladies really do hold the power!?!?!" I mean really!?!?! So go ahead boys, poke all the fun you like, we know where you sleep and where your weakness lies!!!
With love to my most amazing husband!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Monday, April 11, 2011
Vacation
Every year my husband and I take the kids somewhere for vacation. This usually includes a trip to the mountains because he thinks hes a mountain man and would probably make a great one....if we lived in the mountains! Well this year we decided to take a family vacation to Tennesee. A WHOLE family vacation! His parents, brothers family and ours. Now I have to say that I was nervous about this trip but it turned out wonderful, we all got along just fine and had a nice time. However, there were my girls!!!!!
On the way to Tennessee Sidney decides that not one person can sit next to her other than me and not only do I have to sit by her I have to touch her!! I did this for hours!!! Plus I had Liv in the backseat who screamed because I wasn't sitting next to her and SHE wanted to sit in my lap. Once we got to the cabin they were glue! I couldn't walk, talk, eat, or go to the bathroom without them right there hanging on my legs. I woke up the next morning with Liv sleeping on my legs and Sidney stretched out on top of me like they were holding me down so that I couldn't run away in the middle of the night!
Then came the day for Dollywood! We were so excited to go,, I was excited that I would actually get to ride the rollercoasters since grammy and papa were there and more than willing to help. I looked forward to getting the girls on rides and seeing them all enjoy themselves. Well I must have been just smacked right out of my head to expect this because we walked in, I stopped at a little booth because I needed a pair of sunglasses and then it happened........."AHHHHHHHHHA, MOMMY, COME BACK, YOU PUSH THE STROLLER, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT!!" Not one person other than myself could push the stroller without a meltdown but they didn't want to walk either, then I get them in line for the Carousel and we are next to get on but Sidney cannot wait that long so she starts screaming and hitting and throwing the biggest temper tantrum I have ever seen!!! I was so mad and not to mention humiliated that I was about in tears and yelling at Scott to give me the keys! By the way, we had not even been there but maybe an hour! So I calm down, the girls are now in lock down in the stroller and we just start walking around hoping that they are so tired that they will just fall asleep. No way! We end up stopping to get a sandwich and this is alright, they are running around chasing these ducks and we are now just sitting watching them and they look to be having a great time and then all of a sudden Chase has done something to Liv and she hauls after him in the middle of the crowd screaming "DAMNIT CHASE!!!!!!" Oh yes, she did. I just sat there, not because I wasnt' going to punish her but at this point, I wasn't claiming them, are you kidding!!!! So I send the boys off to do their thing and grammy Mary and I find a play area with water and that is where we stayed our entire 7 hours at Dollwood! We took one of the most happy places on earth and turned it into somewhere I never want to go back to for fear of them having a photo of me and my children at the front entrance that says, "See this family, please let security know!"
The next day was much better I do have to say, they seemed to settle better, I had beer at this point, they got pony rides and an aquarium so life was good for them. But by the time I relaxed it was time to go. Again about halfway through Sidney required that I hold her hand, leg, foot etc for her but other than that it was good.
But you do have to add the added bonus of driving with my husband and his father who have the exact same smartass gene. My poor father in law felt awful on they way to vacation because he had a cold and on the way back you could tell the meds had kicked in and done their job because he was giving all kinds of hell to me and my mother-in-law. I told her I didn't know how he walked around without at least one black eye a day. By the way, hes innocent in his teasings, just onery! But I made the fatal mistake of taking a wrong exit while they were in back watching TV and ended up in Cinncinati rather than Lexington! I won't be living that down any time soon!!!!
All in all it was a good trip I'm just glad we didn't spend the extra money for Disney this year! Scott and Chase are getting ready to leave for a boys only trip on Memorial Day weekend and he mentioned while we were in Tennessee that he was thinking of taking a trip over Labor Day with just me and him. Little does he know there is no thinking about this...........he's taking me and only me!!!!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
On the way to Tennessee Sidney decides that not one person can sit next to her other than me and not only do I have to sit by her I have to touch her!! I did this for hours!!! Plus I had Liv in the backseat who screamed because I wasn't sitting next to her and SHE wanted to sit in my lap. Once we got to the cabin they were glue! I couldn't walk, talk, eat, or go to the bathroom without them right there hanging on my legs. I woke up the next morning with Liv sleeping on my legs and Sidney stretched out on top of me like they were holding me down so that I couldn't run away in the middle of the night!
Then came the day for Dollywood! We were so excited to go,, I was excited that I would actually get to ride the rollercoasters since grammy and papa were there and more than willing to help. I looked forward to getting the girls on rides and seeing them all enjoy themselves. Well I must have been just smacked right out of my head to expect this because we walked in, I stopped at a little booth because I needed a pair of sunglasses and then it happened........."AHHHHHHHHHA, MOMMY, COME BACK, YOU PUSH THE STROLLER, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT!!" Not one person other than myself could push the stroller without a meltdown but they didn't want to walk either, then I get them in line for the Carousel and we are next to get on but Sidney cannot wait that long so she starts screaming and hitting and throwing the biggest temper tantrum I have ever seen!!! I was so mad and not to mention humiliated that I was about in tears and yelling at Scott to give me the keys! By the way, we had not even been there but maybe an hour! So I calm down, the girls are now in lock down in the stroller and we just start walking around hoping that they are so tired that they will just fall asleep. No way! We end up stopping to get a sandwich and this is alright, they are running around chasing these ducks and we are now just sitting watching them and they look to be having a great time and then all of a sudden Chase has done something to Liv and she hauls after him in the middle of the crowd screaming "DAMNIT CHASE!!!!!!" Oh yes, she did. I just sat there, not because I wasnt' going to punish her but at this point, I wasn't claiming them, are you kidding!!!! So I send the boys off to do their thing and grammy Mary and I find a play area with water and that is where we stayed our entire 7 hours at Dollwood! We took one of the most happy places on earth and turned it into somewhere I never want to go back to for fear of them having a photo of me and my children at the front entrance that says, "See this family, please let security know!"
The next day was much better I do have to say, they seemed to settle better, I had beer at this point, they got pony rides and an aquarium so life was good for them. But by the time I relaxed it was time to go. Again about halfway through Sidney required that I hold her hand, leg, foot etc for her but other than that it was good.
But you do have to add the added bonus of driving with my husband and his father who have the exact same smartass gene. My poor father in law felt awful on they way to vacation because he had a cold and on the way back you could tell the meds had kicked in and done their job because he was giving all kinds of hell to me and my mother-in-law. I told her I didn't know how he walked around without at least one black eye a day. By the way, hes innocent in his teasings, just onery! But I made the fatal mistake of taking a wrong exit while they were in back watching TV and ended up in Cinncinati rather than Lexington! I won't be living that down any time soon!!!!
All in all it was a good trip I'm just glad we didn't spend the extra money for Disney this year! Scott and Chase are getting ready to leave for a boys only trip on Memorial Day weekend and he mentioned while we were in Tennessee that he was thinking of taking a trip over Labor Day with just me and him. Little does he know there is no thinking about this...........he's taking me and only me!!!!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Monday, March 28, 2011
Potty Training
I asked my almost 2 year old if she had to use the potty so I start walking towards the bathroom and notice that she isn't following but instead has taken off her diaper and is looking at me and peeing on the floor. Does this count?
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
No Really Officer........I didn't steal this car!
A year and a half ago my husband and I decided that we needed a bigger vehicle to accomodate our growing family. So after a year of debating on Tahoe or Suburban, New or Used, we finally purchased a pre-owned Suburban. I LOVE this BEAST of a vehicle by the way! Only way to go if you have kids! Anyhow~ This thing has more bells and whistles on it than I have ever seen or had in a vehicle. Almost so many that it was distracting at first to even drive this thing!
Well, this past fall, my girls and I were sitting at one of my sons football practices. My youngest daughter fell asleep and of course my middle daughter is dancing around all over the car from the back to the front and then finally settled on sitting in the front seat.
So I am sitting there reading a book that I had been trying to finish for 6 months and all of a sudden I hear a phone start to ring in the car and it wasn't my cell phone. So I realized that Livi has pushed the on-star emergency button. BUT we did not subscribe to on-star when we bought the vehicle so I just pushed it off. Well about a minute later I hear the same phone ringing and then a voice. I still think nothing of it because this car has all sorts of voice prompts to try to get you to subscribe to this or that. So I just shut it off again and went back to my book.
10 minutes later I have 3 police cars pulling up behind my car and I'm thinking "what is going on here at the park!?!" But they have blocked me in and I now notice that they are heading for me and they are asking if I'm ok and whats going on and I'm thinking "WHAT THE HELL!!! ?? You people have the wrong person!" Then they explain that they recieved an unknown emergency signal from my vehicle through on-star! BUT WE DON'T HAVE ON-STAR!!! But the people who owned it before us did and it was still activated! So of course I apologize but to be safe they have to run my name and plates. Easy enough. No of course not! The on-star is registered to the previous owners of the vehicle and is registered out of Mattoon and of course my name and information don't match up to this so now they are looking at me like they are going to be pulling me out of the car and tazing me any minute! Meanwhile, all the football players have stopped and are looking in my direction along with every parent and my poor son didn't know what to do and looked like a deer in headlights out there on the field! So, it was finally resolved, I apologized profusely and everyone went on there merry ways. Small town though, bet there was alot of theories on that one for awhile!
Embarrassed on a regular basis but lovin' it!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Well, this past fall, my girls and I were sitting at one of my sons football practices. My youngest daughter fell asleep and of course my middle daughter is dancing around all over the car from the back to the front and then finally settled on sitting in the front seat.
So I am sitting there reading a book that I had been trying to finish for 6 months and all of a sudden I hear a phone start to ring in the car and it wasn't my cell phone. So I realized that Livi has pushed the on-star emergency button. BUT we did not subscribe to on-star when we bought the vehicle so I just pushed it off. Well about a minute later I hear the same phone ringing and then a voice. I still think nothing of it because this car has all sorts of voice prompts to try to get you to subscribe to this or that. So I just shut it off again and went back to my book.
10 minutes later I have 3 police cars pulling up behind my car and I'm thinking "what is going on here at the park!?!" But they have blocked me in and I now notice that they are heading for me and they are asking if I'm ok and whats going on and I'm thinking "WHAT THE HELL!!! ?? You people have the wrong person!" Then they explain that they recieved an unknown emergency signal from my vehicle through on-star! BUT WE DON'T HAVE ON-STAR!!! But the people who owned it before us did and it was still activated! So of course I apologize but to be safe they have to run my name and plates. Easy enough. No of course not! The on-star is registered to the previous owners of the vehicle and is registered out of Mattoon and of course my name and information don't match up to this so now they are looking at me like they are going to be pulling me out of the car and tazing me any minute! Meanwhile, all the football players have stopped and are looking in my direction along with every parent and my poor son didn't know what to do and looked like a deer in headlights out there on the field! So, it was finally resolved, I apologized profusely and everyone went on there merry ways. Small town though, bet there was alot of theories on that one for awhile!
Embarrassed on a regular basis but lovin' it!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Monday, March 14, 2011
Jehovas Witnesses Don't Come Around Here No More~
One Saturday afternoon my doorbell rang and I opened it to find a teenage girl standing on my stoop, holding a Bible in her hands. There was a much older woman with her and it didn't take me long to realize that they were Jehovas Witness. I was of course running around after the kids and trying to get things done and normally would have told them that I didn't have the time but they sent a brace faced 14 year old to my door so naturally I listened as she gave me her speech and talked to them for a while and of course politely accepted the little hand held Bible they were giving out. So they asked me if they could come back to talk to me and of course, I said yes................BECAUSE I'M A SUCKER and because they sent a child to my door! Anywho~
Two weeks later, I am getting ready to go to Chases soccer game. Of course I'm running late, throwing things into a bag, loading up the kids, and caging dogs. The kids are in the car, garage door is shut, and I run back into the house to finish grabbing everything. While I'm doing this I can hear Chase and Liv arguing and yelling at one another in the car and Sidney is SCREAMING because I have left her immediate vision! I am in the kitchen, they are in the garage and I can hear them yelling at each other and it is pure chaos. So while I'm trying to finish grabbing everything I am yelling out the door to the house into the garage trying to find out what is going on out there and why everyone is screaming! FINALLY, I have everything ready and I open the garage door and hear Chase yelling at Sidney to stop crying so now I'm yelling again because they are all STILL yellling and this is just ridiculous!
Shew~ we are in the car and pulling out! BUT...........as I'm backing out here comes the teenage Jehovas witness with her mother and they are walking towards my car away from my front door but they didn't come very close. Now I don't know how long they had been at my door but I guarantee that they heard plenty! The mother looked a little frightened as she said "maybe Saturdays aren't a good time??!?!"
They've never come back, not any of them! I'll stock up on sunscreen for my trip to hell~
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Two weeks later, I am getting ready to go to Chases soccer game. Of course I'm running late, throwing things into a bag, loading up the kids, and caging dogs. The kids are in the car, garage door is shut, and I run back into the house to finish grabbing everything. While I'm doing this I can hear Chase and Liv arguing and yelling at one another in the car and Sidney is SCREAMING because I have left her immediate vision! I am in the kitchen, they are in the garage and I can hear them yelling at each other and it is pure chaos. So while I'm trying to finish grabbing everything I am yelling out the door to the house into the garage trying to find out what is going on out there and why everyone is screaming! FINALLY, I have everything ready and I open the garage door and hear Chase yelling at Sidney to stop crying so now I'm yelling again because they are all STILL yellling and this is just ridiculous!
Shew~ we are in the car and pulling out! BUT...........as I'm backing out here comes the teenage Jehovas witness with her mother and they are walking towards my car away from my front door but they didn't come very close. Now I don't know how long they had been at my door but I guarantee that they heard plenty! The mother looked a little frightened as she said "maybe Saturdays aren't a good time??!?!"
They've never come back, not any of them! I'll stock up on sunscreen for my trip to hell~
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Some things I have learned the past year
So before I started blogging I wrote in a journal almost every night. Just recapping my day or week because it all goes by so quickly and little things that happen or are said can be easily forgotten. After every entry I ended with what my kids had taught me that particular day or week. So I'm going to recap some for you!
Here goes~~~
1.) When your son tells you he wants a brother and you respond with "well if I have another baby I can't promise you it would be a boy" you had better be ready for HIS response. Which was..."I didn't say you had to have a baby mom we can just buy one, I don't care what color you get!" (Chase, when we found out Sidney was a girl).
2) When you think your little boy is little, put him in a football uniform.......you'll want to pick him up and run with him off of the field!
3) A big sister might get annoyed and slap, pinch, poke, bite her little sister but if another kid tries to do it, the gloves are coming off!!! Liv physically removed another girls hand from her sister this past summer! It was a proud moment!
4) Thank goodness for crayola washable markers! They really do wash off, this includes but is not limited to...clothing, tables, floors, refrigerators, tvs and little sisters! Chase tattoed Olivia from head to toe! And yes they were actually playing "tattoo place"
5) Lip gloss really is non-toxic~ I had just bought a tube and Liv found it in the car at one of Chases football practices and proceeded to suck the gloss out of the entire tube! Note to self......no more flavored lip gloss!
6) Wearing a bicycle helmet only helps it to not hurt if you aren't purposely driving your bike into things.........over and over and over again! So weird!
7) Farting truly is the funniest thing ever...........all of my kids laugh and announce it no matter where we are and you really can't help but laugh
8)You know that you are out of touch with style when your $100 pair of shoes are found our your 2 and 3 year olds feet more than yours and they walk better in them!
9) Washable little girls nail polish IS NOT SO WASHABLE. Not unless you see it spilled and get it then but WHO SEE'S IT SPILLED!??!! The makers should be flogged!
10) Little girls can look like Rocky. Next time you see my girls pay attention to thier pretty little chipped front teeth smiles! BOTH OF THEM!
11) Competitevness is inherited and not learned!! Chase on the baseball tournament: "We would have beat them had we not had to play 4 games in a row in this F*%^'ing heat!" I let it slide just that once! He was right!
12) Cursing is never ok but there are times that it just is appropriate. EX: I was taking something from the top of the laundry room closet when a can of stain fell and hit me in the foot. I was jumping up and down, holding my foot and also holding my breath in order to not let the words fly out of my mouth in front of my almost 3 y/o daughter. When she puts her little hand on my arm and says: "Momma......is it a son of a bitch?" Just all concerned. To which I answered.....'Yes sweetie it really is!"
13) When your sons start drenching themselves in Axe body gel, shampoo, and body spray.....thats when you know they have noticed girls!
14)Never, Never, Never, let more than 2 minutes go by when you can't hear your children.. Any more than that just means a mess for you!!
15) Also, NEVER NEVER NEVER show your son how to pick a locked door with a small screwdriver. He will eventually do it to your bedroom door!!!
16.) Don't underestimate the power of the movie Charlottes Web....Kids love it and will sit and watch it over and over. But thank goodness for the real animal version, that cartoon pig is so whiney that you hope he gets turned into bacon!
17) If you don't pick up your house before or after the kids are in bed, your just wasting your time! Again, its like shoveling in a snowstorm, there is absolutely no point! Just let it go no matter how crazy it makes you!
18) It doesn't matter how old they are even the littlest girls get crushes on their older brothers friends. Liv has been IN LOVE with the same boy for 2 years now. He knows who he is!
19) Girls are in fact just as strange if not stranger than little boys. Never did my son, play with his poop, eat whatever he found on the floor, LICK the floor, eat dog food, eat lotion (can we say pica) play in the toilet, stick tampons up his nose, I mean the list goes on and on and my girls have done all of this!
20) Savor evey moment, even though you were told it would go fast you never understand it until you're here!
Here goes~~~
1.) When your son tells you he wants a brother and you respond with "well if I have another baby I can't promise you it would be a boy" you had better be ready for HIS response. Which was..."I didn't say you had to have a baby mom we can just buy one, I don't care what color you get!" (Chase, when we found out Sidney was a girl).
2) When you think your little boy is little, put him in a football uniform.......you'll want to pick him up and run with him off of the field!
3) A big sister might get annoyed and slap, pinch, poke, bite her little sister but if another kid tries to do it, the gloves are coming off!!! Liv physically removed another girls hand from her sister this past summer! It was a proud moment!
4) Thank goodness for crayola washable markers! They really do wash off, this includes but is not limited to...clothing, tables, floors, refrigerators, tvs and little sisters! Chase tattoed Olivia from head to toe! And yes they were actually playing "tattoo place"
5) Lip gloss really is non-toxic~ I had just bought a tube and Liv found it in the car at one of Chases football practices and proceeded to suck the gloss out of the entire tube! Note to self......no more flavored lip gloss!
6) Wearing a bicycle helmet only helps it to not hurt if you aren't purposely driving your bike into things.........over and over and over again! So weird!
7) Farting truly is the funniest thing ever...........all of my kids laugh and announce it no matter where we are and you really can't help but laugh
8)You know that you are out of touch with style when your $100 pair of shoes are found our your 2 and 3 year olds feet more than yours and they walk better in them!
9) Washable little girls nail polish IS NOT SO WASHABLE. Not unless you see it spilled and get it then but WHO SEE'S IT SPILLED!??!! The makers should be flogged!
10) Little girls can look like Rocky. Next time you see my girls pay attention to thier pretty little chipped front teeth smiles! BOTH OF THEM!
11) Competitevness is inherited and not learned!! Chase on the baseball tournament: "We would have beat them had we not had to play 4 games in a row in this F*%^'ing heat!" I let it slide just that once! He was right!
12) Cursing is never ok but there are times that it just is appropriate. EX: I was taking something from the top of the laundry room closet when a can of stain fell and hit me in the foot. I was jumping up and down, holding my foot and also holding my breath in order to not let the words fly out of my mouth in front of my almost 3 y/o daughter. When she puts her little hand on my arm and says: "Momma......is it a son of a bitch?" Just all concerned. To which I answered.....'Yes sweetie it really is!"
13) When your sons start drenching themselves in Axe body gel, shampoo, and body spray.....thats when you know they have noticed girls!
14)Never, Never, Never, let more than 2 minutes go by when you can't hear your children.. Any more than that just means a mess for you!!
15) Also, NEVER NEVER NEVER show your son how to pick a locked door with a small screwdriver. He will eventually do it to your bedroom door!!!
16.) Don't underestimate the power of the movie Charlottes Web....Kids love it and will sit and watch it over and over. But thank goodness for the real animal version, that cartoon pig is so whiney that you hope he gets turned into bacon!
17) If you don't pick up your house before or after the kids are in bed, your just wasting your time! Again, its like shoveling in a snowstorm, there is absolutely no point! Just let it go no matter how crazy it makes you!
18) It doesn't matter how old they are even the littlest girls get crushes on their older brothers friends. Liv has been IN LOVE with the same boy for 2 years now. He knows who he is!
19) Girls are in fact just as strange if not stranger than little boys. Never did my son, play with his poop, eat whatever he found on the floor, LICK the floor, eat dog food, eat lotion (can we say pica) play in the toilet, stick tampons up his nose, I mean the list goes on and on and my girls have done all of this!
20) Savor evey moment, even though you were told it would go fast you never understand it until you're here!
Friday, March 4, 2011
Off for a weekend with the girls and the kids!
So we my 9 and 3 yr olds and I are off for a weekend getaway at Grand Bear Lodge with a group of moms and their kids. It will be a weekend of water/theme parks, playing, gabbing, and a few drinks! I just hope that last year doesn't repeat itself! It was a great trip except for that Saturday.
We had been at the water park the entire night before and got up, had some lunch and headed over to the amusement park! The kids had a great time! But then, my son and his "girlfriend" Tyler decided to ride the Tilt-A-Whirl like 12 times in a row! We are talking getting off and then right back on! So my friend Sarah was riding with them and her youngest and after the last time she says "oh my gosh I can't do that again, so I decide to get on and ride the next few rounds! Well, my son comes off and says "I'm gonna sit this one out, I'll stay with Sarah" Fine. I get on, it starts spinning round and round and all I am catching is quick glimpses of my son bent over puking all over the floor! So I am trying to stop the ride, of course to no prevail. I hop off, he is still bent over, Sarah (not very strong stomached) is patting him on the back while looking away, and then here comes Tyler running towards them ready to go again and she runs straight through the puke! Now she has on flip flops so not only does she run through it, she SLIPS IN IT!!! GROSS!!!! I am telling you!!!! So......there will be limits on the tilt-a whirl this year! And no chicken nuggets before!!!
Wishing you all a good weekend!
Mom, Momma, MommEEEE
We had been at the water park the entire night before and got up, had some lunch and headed over to the amusement park! The kids had a great time! But then, my son and his "girlfriend" Tyler decided to ride the Tilt-A-Whirl like 12 times in a row! We are talking getting off and then right back on! So my friend Sarah was riding with them and her youngest and after the last time she says "oh my gosh I can't do that again, so I decide to get on and ride the next few rounds! Well, my son comes off and says "I'm gonna sit this one out, I'll stay with Sarah" Fine. I get on, it starts spinning round and round and all I am catching is quick glimpses of my son bent over puking all over the floor! So I am trying to stop the ride, of course to no prevail. I hop off, he is still bent over, Sarah (not very strong stomached) is patting him on the back while looking away, and then here comes Tyler running towards them ready to go again and she runs straight through the puke! Now she has on flip flops so not only does she run through it, she SLIPS IN IT!!! GROSS!!!! I am telling you!!!! So......there will be limits on the tilt-a whirl this year! And no chicken nuggets before!!!
Wishing you all a good weekend!
Mom, Momma, MommEEEE
Thursday, March 3, 2011
My Brand New Furniture
Okay, so we FINALLY broke down and bought new living room furniture. Our old stuff was awesome, we had it for 8 years but 8 years of 2 dogs, 3 kids, family, and kids friends had REALLY taken its toll on this stuff! Last year we started looking and we had gone into Lazy Boy and Scott asks me if I see anything I liked. Well of course I did! But I sat down on a beautiful $1500 sofa and looked up at my kids running through the store and then told him that "I have no idea why we are here!?!?" So we left with no furniture. Mostly because I know that had we purchased it, got it home and the dog jumped on it and ripped it or one of the kids spilled something on it....it would end up in 2 pieces out on the curb! So...I took the less expensive route.
But a few months ago we were laughing about our torn and stained furniture and then found ourselves once again in Lazy Boy. We made the plunge and bought the furniture. It had to be ordered so it took 7 weeks. In the meantime I found myself telling the dogs to enjoy it for now, telling Chase and Liv to enjoy making their forts with the pull off cushions, let Chase sleep on it for the last few times (he has seriously slept on our couch for years!), etc etc. The day before the furniture arrived Chase and Liv were throwing the cushions to the old couch at each other and I said ENJOY IT because the new furniture cushions don't come off! The reply from Chase was, "You did that on purpose didn't you!?!?!" Well yeah I did!
Then the next day its here! My beautiful new furniture! Which by the way isn't the gorgeous leather sofa that I so desperately wanted but its still pretty, only difference it has ENDURANCE FABRIC! Oh yes people! They make it! And I have since been fighting a hard battle to not give it a test run! I have been hovering over the dogs, following the girls when they have anything such as food, drink, NAILPOLISH etc, and the other day Chase was laying on it and I asked if his socks were clean, then if he had washed his hair that day and then asked him to please not fart on the new furniture! He laughed, I laughed, but deep down...I totally meant it! So I'm really enjoying it!!!
Signed~ Mom, Momma, MommEEEEEEEEEE
P.S.~ Dear Lazy Boy, we shall see how much your so called ENDURANCE fabric really does endure! Cause its in a warzone now! If it survives, I'll purchase furniture from you for the rest of my life!
But a few months ago we were laughing about our torn and stained furniture and then found ourselves once again in Lazy Boy. We made the plunge and bought the furniture. It had to be ordered so it took 7 weeks. In the meantime I found myself telling the dogs to enjoy it for now, telling Chase and Liv to enjoy making their forts with the pull off cushions, let Chase sleep on it for the last few times (he has seriously slept on our couch for years!), etc etc. The day before the furniture arrived Chase and Liv were throwing the cushions to the old couch at each other and I said ENJOY IT because the new furniture cushions don't come off! The reply from Chase was, "You did that on purpose didn't you!?!?!" Well yeah I did!
Then the next day its here! My beautiful new furniture! Which by the way isn't the gorgeous leather sofa that I so desperately wanted but its still pretty, only difference it has ENDURANCE FABRIC! Oh yes people! They make it! And I have since been fighting a hard battle to not give it a test run! I have been hovering over the dogs, following the girls when they have anything such as food, drink, NAILPOLISH etc, and the other day Chase was laying on it and I asked if his socks were clean, then if he had washed his hair that day and then asked him to please not fart on the new furniture! He laughed, I laughed, but deep down...I totally meant it! So I'm really enjoying it!!!
Signed~ Mom, Momma, MommEEEEEEEEEE
P.S.~ Dear Lazy Boy, we shall see how much your so called ENDURANCE fabric really does endure! Cause its in a warzone now! If it survives, I'll purchase furniture from you for the rest of my life!
Sometimes..............
Quote from the movie Date Night:
"Sometimes, I would just like to go to a hotel all by myself, eat room service, watch TV and sleep without interruption!" So I laughed really hard at this part of the movie which made my husband look at me like I was nuts and then it hit him and he says.....:Oh my God! YOU have thought about that!" Well..........duh!! I would come back! But I would need a full 48 hours!
Oh come on! You have thought about it too!!!
Signed, patiently waiting for my spa weekend~
Mom, Momma, MommEEEEEEE
"Sometimes, I would just like to go to a hotel all by myself, eat room service, watch TV and sleep without interruption!" So I laughed really hard at this part of the movie which made my husband look at me like I was nuts and then it hit him and he says.....:Oh my God! YOU have thought about that!" Well..........duh!! I would come back! But I would need a full 48 hours!
Oh come on! You have thought about it too!!!
Signed, patiently waiting for my spa weekend~
Mom, Momma, MommEEEEEEE
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Real Housewives............My A**!
Okay, so I am one of those people who while they are engaged in something such as cleaning, getting ready, etc. that these are the moments when my mind really starts to wander. So I was cleaning the bathroom this morning and I am listening to the television in the background and I keep hearing all about these "Real Houswives of wherever they are from, I mean what have we covered about half of the United States now?!?! Anywho~ these supposedly "Real Housewives" are dressed to the nines with their designer clothes, high heeled shoes, make-up and perfect hair, and they are housewives right?? Well, I will not debate that they stay at home with their children or that they are not good and active mothers but I would like to know what "Real Housewife" has the time for all of this that they do? Including sitting around arguing with each other and what not! I will be the 1st to admit that I have never watched a show, not one, and don't plan to but I have seen enough on entertainment TV, talk shows, and advertisement (by the way this is all in passing because I don't have time to SIT and watch TV) to know that if this is what being a "real housewife" is then sign me up! I will be more than happy to have someone make me over, drive me around, nanny my kids (not saying that they don't take care of their kids), and let someone sit me in a room just to scream and yell because their are days that I would welcome the chance to just sit and scream about nothing just because I need to!
But honestly, if they want to do a show then let them do a REAL HOUSEWIFE show about REAL Housewives. You know, like the ones who hit the floor running in the morning to get everyone ready and shuffled to where they need to be, the ones who are scrubbing the floors and toilets and cleaning the kitchen for th 3rd time that day because that is where the 3 meals per day come out of. The ones who are wiping butts, changing diapers, picking up after 3 kids plus their friends, the ones who are pooper scooping the backyard, mowing the lawn, busting her ass to just get that 8th load of laundry in for the day, taking the recycle, taking out the trash and who are just looking forward to the one hour of quiet that they might get at the end of the day to paint their nails or read a book/magazine. Again, I don't want to slight these women but COME ON!!!! Lets give some credit to those of us who are truly doing it all and not because our husbands don't help but because its how we make it work. And to thos of us who can't wait for a date night or night out with the girls in order to get dressed up because there is no point in doing so during most days because whatever we are wearing is puked on, pooped on or used as a napkin!
Now maybe I would think differently about this if I had millions of dollars, who knows, but I am here to say that wether you are a stay at home mother or a working mother (I have been both), I applaud you! With or without you being on TV!!! BRAVO!!!!!!
Signed With Pride~
Mom, Momma, MommEEE
But honestly, if they want to do a show then let them do a REAL HOUSEWIFE show about REAL Housewives. You know, like the ones who hit the floor running in the morning to get everyone ready and shuffled to where they need to be, the ones who are scrubbing the floors and toilets and cleaning the kitchen for th 3rd time that day because that is where the 3 meals per day come out of. The ones who are wiping butts, changing diapers, picking up after 3 kids plus their friends, the ones who are pooper scooping the backyard, mowing the lawn, busting her ass to just get that 8th load of laundry in for the day, taking the recycle, taking out the trash and who are just looking forward to the one hour of quiet that they might get at the end of the day to paint their nails or read a book/magazine. Again, I don't want to slight these women but COME ON!!!! Lets give some credit to those of us who are truly doing it all and not because our husbands don't help but because its how we make it work. And to thos of us who can't wait for a date night or night out with the girls in order to get dressed up because there is no point in doing so during most days because whatever we are wearing is puked on, pooped on or used as a napkin!
Now maybe I would think differently about this if I had millions of dollars, who knows, but I am here to say that wether you are a stay at home mother or a working mother (I have been both), I applaud you! With or without you being on TV!!! BRAVO!!!!!!
Signed With Pride~
Mom, Momma, MommEEE
Monday, February 28, 2011
Girls are far more strange than boys!
Ya know, sometimes I seriously wonder why my kids do the things that they do! Never in A MILLION years did I think that I would talk about, worry about or laugh about certain things, like poop, fake farting, strange and unusual outbursts etc etc! I was one of those girls and first time mothers who said "my child will never do that!!!" I am here to tell you all that I ate my words and I have eaten them but good!! And mostly with my girls!
Today, I had just gotten the girls out of the shower and they were running around refusing to put their clothes on so I thought, "oh well, I'll just get in the shower and let them get cold!" Well, I get out of the shower, I'm combing my hair, brushing my teeth, blah blah blah when Liv comes running into the bathroom to tell me that Sidney is acting like a bunny! I tell her "thats so funny! Go be a bunny with her while I get dressed and then get your clothes!" So she agreed and I can hear them jumping and running around and Livi is still screaming and laughing about Sidney acting like a bunny! I am thinking...."this is great, they are playing so well together and I am actually getting to get dressed and put myself together a bit." BUT~ as I walk out to go get their clothes I come into the living room to see Livi laughing and squealing, calling Sidney a bunny only to find that the reason she thinks Sidney is acting like a bunny is because she has a huge piece of toilet paper hanging out of her butt!!! Now.....I pose a question to all of you moms out there.....how does a child who is not potty trained running around with toilet paper stuck in her butt!!?!?! I swear!!!!! So at first I just stared and pondered how this happened and then I just had to laugh because since Liv was calling her a bunny she really was hopping like one with this piece of toilet paper floating right behind her with every leap!!!! Still I am baffled and I tell you I could not make this stuff up if I tried! I am truly not that creative!!
By the way~ my daughter just called my son a "FREAKING TURD" for the second time and the word Dammit just flew out of my sons mouth which means that his man must have died in Super Mario Bo.! So....I'm off to scold!!!!
Signed with a sigh......
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Today, I had just gotten the girls out of the shower and they were running around refusing to put their clothes on so I thought, "oh well, I'll just get in the shower and let them get cold!" Well, I get out of the shower, I'm combing my hair, brushing my teeth, blah blah blah when Liv comes running into the bathroom to tell me that Sidney is acting like a bunny! I tell her "thats so funny! Go be a bunny with her while I get dressed and then get your clothes!" So she agreed and I can hear them jumping and running around and Livi is still screaming and laughing about Sidney acting like a bunny! I am thinking...."this is great, they are playing so well together and I am actually getting to get dressed and put myself together a bit." BUT~ as I walk out to go get their clothes I come into the living room to see Livi laughing and squealing, calling Sidney a bunny only to find that the reason she thinks Sidney is acting like a bunny is because she has a huge piece of toilet paper hanging out of her butt!!! Now.....I pose a question to all of you moms out there.....how does a child who is not potty trained running around with toilet paper stuck in her butt!!?!?! I swear!!!!! So at first I just stared and pondered how this happened and then I just had to laugh because since Liv was calling her a bunny she really was hopping like one with this piece of toilet paper floating right behind her with every leap!!!! Still I am baffled and I tell you I could not make this stuff up if I tried! I am truly not that creative!!
By the way~ my daughter just called my son a "FREAKING TURD" for the second time and the word Dammit just flew out of my sons mouth which means that his man must have died in Super Mario Bo.! So....I'm off to scold!!!!
Signed with a sigh......
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Sunday, February 20, 2011
What the .....?????
In between having my first and my middle children I sufferred 3 miscarriages. It was a very difficult time for us but we made it through and didn't give up, thankgoodness, because we now have 3 beautiful children to show for our patience and struggle. I still get sad from time to time when I think about it, but now, after a moment last summer, I have to laugh a little whenever I think about it. So here's the story.........
One evening last summer (summer of 2010) my son and I were watching the movie "Up". Well if you've seen it you will know which part I'm talking about, but if you haven't, there is a part at the beginning of the movie were the little couple is decorating a baby room and then in the next scene she is sitting, crying in the doctors office, only to have no baby. Well, my son asks me why she is crying? So I say to him, "I think she may have lost her baby, you know, kind of like how I lost my 3 babies." Chase says, "I didn't know you lost 3 babies mom." So I ask him if he remembers when I had to go to the hospital and when he asked me where the babies were that were in my tummy, etc etc. To which he seemed to understand then because we ended the conversation with him saying "OH YEAH." Okay, done right? RIGHT!
Two days later, I'm in the garage cleaning some stuff up and Chase and his good buddy Garrett come walking up the driveway from Garretts house and they are dragging a cooler behind them that we had lent to Garretts parents. So I give them usual, "Hey Boys!" Well, Garrett stops dead at the edge of the garage and to my surprise says,"Sara, Chase said that you lost 3 babies." So I confirm it and explain that they were little, blah blah blah, and he is still just kind of staring blankly at me and after a few minutes of silence he looks up and me and says......"But Sara, WHERE DID YOU LEAVE THEM and WHO TAKES CARE OF THEM NOW!?!" He was completely mortified!!! I just bursted out laughing and then had to explain to him how that actually happened! He actually thought that I just decided that I didn't want those 3 so I just left them at the store or something one day!
I came inside and told my husband that I may have to call Garretts parents and do some explaining!
So now, whenever I think about the 3 little angels I lost a small smile comes across my face now! I will never forget that story! It made such a sad time a little less sad somehow.
Outta the mouths of babes~
Mom, Momma, Mommy
One evening last summer (summer of 2010) my son and I were watching the movie "Up". Well if you've seen it you will know which part I'm talking about, but if you haven't, there is a part at the beginning of the movie were the little couple is decorating a baby room and then in the next scene she is sitting, crying in the doctors office, only to have no baby. Well, my son asks me why she is crying? So I say to him, "I think she may have lost her baby, you know, kind of like how I lost my 3 babies." Chase says, "I didn't know you lost 3 babies mom." So I ask him if he remembers when I had to go to the hospital and when he asked me where the babies were that were in my tummy, etc etc. To which he seemed to understand then because we ended the conversation with him saying "OH YEAH." Okay, done right? RIGHT!
Two days later, I'm in the garage cleaning some stuff up and Chase and his good buddy Garrett come walking up the driveway from Garretts house and they are dragging a cooler behind them that we had lent to Garretts parents. So I give them usual, "Hey Boys!" Well, Garrett stops dead at the edge of the garage and to my surprise says,"Sara, Chase said that you lost 3 babies." So I confirm it and explain that they were little, blah blah blah, and he is still just kind of staring blankly at me and after a few minutes of silence he looks up and me and says......"But Sara, WHERE DID YOU LEAVE THEM and WHO TAKES CARE OF THEM NOW!?!" He was completely mortified!!! I just bursted out laughing and then had to explain to him how that actually happened! He actually thought that I just decided that I didn't want those 3 so I just left them at the store or something one day!
I came inside and told my husband that I may have to call Garretts parents and do some explaining!
So now, whenever I think about the 3 little angels I lost a small smile comes across my face now! I will never forget that story! It made such a sad time a little less sad somehow.
Outta the mouths of babes~
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Poop....Everyone does it....but can YOU handle it?
I am not one of the people who has a weak stomach, I have worked in healthcare since I was 17 years old, I have 3 kids, a husband, and animals. Even at my last job, one of my research studies was studying the effects of opioids on the bowel. I could seriously tell you about almost everyone in the central IL areas poo! I have had it wiped on me, thrown at me, on my walls, on my floors, my dogs have eaten it and not just there own they occasionally like a fresh diaper out of the garbage! So this has no affect on me what so ever. My husband, however, is another story! Now I'm not slighting him in any way people I will be the first to tell you that I have, hands down, the most amazing husband that has ever lived! You could never argue it with me! But he just cannot handle the poop situation!
Here is an example: The other night we get up from the dinner table and our youngest is the only one left at the table. As my husband and I are in the kitchen we hear a sound that should never come out of a little girl so small. And here she is standing there, with this tousled hair hanging in her face, looking up at us with a big grin on her face and she says, "I Stinky!" Then she starts backing up and I now see that the poop is running out of her diaper and dripping on the floor! I turn around and he's gone! GONE! He is now backing out of the kitchen and telling me "You gotta take this one, I-I-I Can't do that!" So.....at least he attempts to help by sending our son in with a towel! Now some women might get really ticked off at this but ya know, I'd much rather him back out of the room then have to clean up after him too if ya know what I mean.
One night after our 2nd was born, she wasn't a very good sleeper, and I was so tired! I think I had maybe slept for an hour and that wasn't even all at one time! So she was up again, had pooped her pants and I am now crying because I am SO tired. But my husband is sawing logs on the other side of the bed. He hears nothing! Now I know that alot of men just say that but this guy really hears nothing! Unless of course its in the middle of the night and I have heard nothing but he thinks someone is breaking in! No one ever is of course! Anywho~ I was so tired and I was so angry at this point that I actually had the poopy diaper in the palm of my hand, open and hovered it over his head because I WAS going to slap him in the face with it! Then, of course, sanity set in and I realized that if I went through with this that I was going to be up even longer cleaning up his puke too! Still to this day he has no idea how close he was that night! But I love him!
Then there is the day that my middle child came into the kitchen as I was cooking dinner and grabbed a spoon (no unusual as she likes to play kitchen) and took it into the living room where she was playing with her sister. About 5 minutes later I peek in to check on them and I see her sitting at the coffee table and the dog is next to her eating off of that spoon she grabbed. I took a little bit of a harder look and asked, "Liv...Where did you find chocolate?" Then I saw that she was scooping the "chocolate" out of her diaper which was laying on the table! The dog is just lapping it right up like he just got fed a milk bone! Now, I really do try to watch my mouth around my kids but the only thing I could say at this point was "THATS SHIT!!!" I ran in and grabbed it up and asked her what she was doing!?!?! She just laughed of course and told me he liked it! I guess I should just be glad that she wasn't feeding it to her sister!
Again, just the tip of the iceberg! I just hope if you are reading this that you aren't also faint of stomach! Kate plus 8.....She's got nothing on this lady who's name is:
Mom, Momma, Mommy~~
Here is an example: The other night we get up from the dinner table and our youngest is the only one left at the table. As my husband and I are in the kitchen we hear a sound that should never come out of a little girl so small. And here she is standing there, with this tousled hair hanging in her face, looking up at us with a big grin on her face and she says, "I Stinky!" Then she starts backing up and I now see that the poop is running out of her diaper and dripping on the floor! I turn around and he's gone! GONE! He is now backing out of the kitchen and telling me "You gotta take this one, I-I-I Can't do that!" So.....at least he attempts to help by sending our son in with a towel! Now some women might get really ticked off at this but ya know, I'd much rather him back out of the room then have to clean up after him too if ya know what I mean.
One night after our 2nd was born, she wasn't a very good sleeper, and I was so tired! I think I had maybe slept for an hour and that wasn't even all at one time! So she was up again, had pooped her pants and I am now crying because I am SO tired. But my husband is sawing logs on the other side of the bed. He hears nothing! Now I know that alot of men just say that but this guy really hears nothing! Unless of course its in the middle of the night and I have heard nothing but he thinks someone is breaking in! No one ever is of course! Anywho~ I was so tired and I was so angry at this point that I actually had the poopy diaper in the palm of my hand, open and hovered it over his head because I WAS going to slap him in the face with it! Then, of course, sanity set in and I realized that if I went through with this that I was going to be up even longer cleaning up his puke too! Still to this day he has no idea how close he was that night! But I love him!
Then there is the day that my middle child came into the kitchen as I was cooking dinner and grabbed a spoon (no unusual as she likes to play kitchen) and took it into the living room where she was playing with her sister. About 5 minutes later I peek in to check on them and I see her sitting at the coffee table and the dog is next to her eating off of that spoon she grabbed. I took a little bit of a harder look and asked, "Liv...Where did you find chocolate?" Then I saw that she was scooping the "chocolate" out of her diaper which was laying on the table! The dog is just lapping it right up like he just got fed a milk bone! Now, I really do try to watch my mouth around my kids but the only thing I could say at this point was "THATS SHIT!!!" I ran in and grabbed it up and asked her what she was doing!?!?! She just laughed of course and told me he liked it! I guess I should just be glad that she wasn't feeding it to her sister!
Again, just the tip of the iceberg! I just hope if you are reading this that you aren't also faint of stomach! Kate plus 8.....She's got nothing on this lady who's name is:
Mom, Momma, Mommy~~
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
SNAKES!!!!!
So I guess you should consider your children creative and imaginative when you find them throwing fresh green beans out of the refrigerator and then jumping up and down yelling "OH NO SNAKES!!!!" Its one of those moments where at first you think, Shit, there goes the green beans that I just bought for dinner tonight! But then you stop yourself and watch them laughing and think, "What the heck, looks like fun!" So.....SNAKES IT IS!!!!!
Look at the world through a childs eyes and you'll find a much more enjoyable view~
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Look at the world through a childs eyes and you'll find a much more enjoyable view~
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Can't even take a shower!
I'm getting out of the shower just a few minutes ago only to hear my 3 year old daughter squealing at the top of her lungs and the sound of the dogs nails running across the hardwood floors!! As I enter the hallway to assess the situation the smell of aftershave gel hits my nose! My yellow lab has just traded his smell of fart for Old Spice! He was covered in it!!! Then I turn into the dinning room only to find that our black lab is now standing on the table (ON ALL FOURS) lapping up the cup of yogurt that one of the kids opened! Yep, this is my world and I only think that I'm in control of it!
By the way.......
When your 2 year old comes and sits on your lap, puts your face in her hands and gives you bunny kisses with her nose, you think......all of the make-up, designer clothes, and painted nails in the world could never make me feel as special as this!
This is how you know you've made the change
So even though my profession was in healthcare before it was "home engineer", I still got to wear comfortable scrubs but still had to maintain appearance. I still got up 3 hours before I went to work and had my hair, make-up, jewelery and clothes just right. I could even make a pony tail look shiek! Anywho~ I realized the other day when I actually had the time to put on "some" make-up, actually straightened my hair and threw on a pair of jeans and shirt, I was getting complimented on how good I looked and "what was I doing, I look great!" I couldn't figure it out, I thought I really did the bare minimum. Then it hit me! All anyone sees me in these days are my yoga pants, a sweatshirt, maybe, MAYBE some foundation, and a ponytail, which by the way was thrown up the moment I rolled myself out of bed to start my day! So I thought to myself....WHERE THE HELL DID I GO!?!?!? My poor husband, God love the man! Here I used to wear nothing but skimpy matching Victoria Secret sets and now I climb into bed in my granny panties and flannel pants. And he still tells me I'm pretty! Which makes him a SAINT in my eyes! I haven't shopped for myself in almost 3 years really and why...because I was pregnant for most of those years! So...I have made myself a pact that this frumpy shlumpy woman who is now me will be no more! I might be known 24 hours a day (and proud to be known) as Mom, Momma, and Mommy..but I'm still me, I'm still young and I've still got it (uh, for the most part!)
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Does it just RAIN toys??!?!
So last year we added a 5th bedroom in our basement which has become the playroom for the time being. And I have to say that room could accomodate a daycare with the amount of toys in there! I cannot believe it! I clean out that room at least every other month and every time I go in there it is like there is more and I don't know where it is all coming from! I mean it! I know what you are thinking here, "Lady quit buying your kids all of those toys!" I know! I would totally think it too but the thing is, is that we don't!! Unless its a b-day or Christmas no new toys come in this house for that very reason!! So what the heck?? I mean is there some sort of toy gnome that sneaks in our house at night and just scatters crap all over that room!?!? A boogy man, a fairy that has just blessed my children by dropping toys from the sky in the night? NO! The source of this problem is the 3 children who live in this house and who scatter toys from room to room. I think that they do this on purpose, ya know, to decieve me into thinking that I have finally conquered the mounds of stuffed animals, baby dolls, action figures, and god forbid the dreaded legos!!! Its like they divide and conquer!!! As if to confuse me! Well............they are winning! I'm headed back down to the basement and if you don't hear from me tomorrow please call for help!
Laughing all the way~
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Laughing all the way~
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
My Tip Jar (HEHE)
So when my husband and I went to file our taxes the government wouldn't allow us to claim our 3 year olds pre-school because I am a stay at home mother. Not that this was a huge deal by any means, it didn't change our return or anything like that but it ran through my head that we stay at home mothers get so little of the respect and recognition that we deserve. And I can speak from both sides being that I worked full time right up until my 3 baby was born. After that, what was my choice? I wasn't making 100's of 1000's of dollars a year, I was making a good living but not enough to make daycare for three worth it! You all know I know you do! I mean it has even been proven that the work of a stay at home mother who has just one child is worth 100,000 a year! I would love to see those men and women sitting in those governing chairs to attempt for just one week what a stay at home mother does!
So...today I was doing laundry and I kept finding change with every load and I had a thought! I went and grabbed a little sparkly container and set it on my dryer and that is now my TIP JAR! Because not only am I doing our government and society a favor by actively raising my children the way most do, I also taxi, cheerlead, coach (in the backyard anyways), cook, clean, sew (not well mind you), fix the ouchies, take care of the animals, referee the fights, and the list goes on and on and on and it doesn't end, not for one minute of any day. And not that I'm not happy to do it, I'm hear by my own free will and I'm blessed to be able to do this. There are many women who would love to be in my shoes. I just don't see any harm in taking in a little bit of profit for my much needed services! However, I think I'll only be tipping myself! But hey, if it makes me feel better, why not!
Loving every bit of life!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
So...today I was doing laundry and I kept finding change with every load and I had a thought! I went and grabbed a little sparkly container and set it on my dryer and that is now my TIP JAR! Because not only am I doing our government and society a favor by actively raising my children the way most do, I also taxi, cheerlead, coach (in the backyard anyways), cook, clean, sew (not well mind you), fix the ouchies, take care of the animals, referee the fights, and the list goes on and on and on and it doesn't end, not for one minute of any day. And not that I'm not happy to do it, I'm hear by my own free will and I'm blessed to be able to do this. There are many women who would love to be in my shoes. I just don't see any harm in taking in a little bit of profit for my much needed services! However, I think I'll only be tipping myself! But hey, if it makes me feel better, why not!
Loving every bit of life!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
Monday, February 7, 2011
The Valentines Cards and the Grocery Store
Had to stop at the grocery store yesterday for what should have been a 5 minute trip. Had all 3 kids and it started out pretty well until the girls saw the candy down the candy isle. Mind you I do everything in my power to not let them look down this isle! So they start jumping up and down yelling "momma, momEE, we want suckers we want suckers!" So they did say please and we get the bag of sucker and they rip into them immediately! Meanwhile my son finds a box of NBA valentine cards and wants a box, so sure, why not. Then my 3 year old wants a box of Barbie cards. Fine. So here we are almost finished and of course I have forgot something. So we book it down that isle and from behind me I hear my 9 and 3 year olds fighting. Don't know what about but all I know is that as I turn around they are now using their oh so needed valentines card boxes as weapons!! Before I can say NO my daughter smacks her brother directly in the face and now its really on! 9...AND.....3! So I grabbed the cards out of both of their hands and told them that no one gets them! To which they protested and they were making such a scene, mostly my daughter that I took the boxes, threw them up over the isle, hopefully not hitting anyone on the other side, and we quickly proceeded to the check out, then to the car, then home where everyone went to their rooms!
By the way, my husband called while all this was going on at the store, only to ask, "how's it going?!?!" God love him!
Mom, momma, mommy
By the way, my husband called while all this was going on at the store, only to ask, "how's it going?!?!" God love him!
Mom, momma, mommy
The one who calls me mommy
Let me tell you a little bit about my youngest. She is the one who calls me mommy or better yet..momEE! She was a bit of a surprise but aren't most! She is sweet, quiet til she's mad or wants the attention and she NEVER EVER STOPS! She has sticky fingers if you know what I mean. Always grabbing what isn't hers and running off. For instance, the other day she ran off with my cell phone and as I went after her she jumped on the couch and spun around falling over the edge breaking my phone! She is the one who will be the first to get me called into school for something and at this point I can't even imagine what it will be! I CANNOT turn my eyes away from this one!
Right now she is sitting here next to me and the second her sister started to come near to sit too she stands up and starts saying "nope, nope!"
Let me just tell you a few of the things she has pulled. By the way once you hear these things the first thing that you will think is where is this mother!?! Its not that she isnt' watched, it is that she is SO sneaky!
First of all she took off with the walking and the talking early, had to keep up with the other 2 I can only imagine. Once in the grocery store she sat in the cart and opened almost every danimals yogurt drink (I'm trying to fly through the store and actually was not paying attention because she was quiet) and dumped them quietly onto the floor. So I had to buy another package of paper towels since I had to use the first to clean up the yogurt.
The other day she kept getting into the refrigerator. We don't have a double door fridge so I can't use the child locks, but she kept getting in there and needless to say the dogs got an entire pack of bacon and whole pound of deli meat! I got her side tracked or so I thought only to find her throwing trehe entire carton of eggs on the floor! I sprinkled it with baking soda, got it all clean only to turn around and find her in the dinning room swimming in the rest of the box of baking soda! So by the time my husband got home the refrigerator was completely taped shut with duct tape! These are just a few of the biggies, most days its dumping dog food, pulling clothes out of drawers or breaking drawers because she has pulled them out to use them as stairs to get something off of the counter! Not to mention every moveable chair in this house is going to get put away so they can't be used in her hijinx! I did threaten to do this the other day and said that I didn't care if we ate on the floor until the chairs were only used to sit in! It may still happen.
Well shes messy, shes wild, but she sure is sweet, and one day I'll miss having eggs thrown onto my floor. But I don't see it being real soon~
Signed,
mom, momma, mommy
Right now she is sitting here next to me and the second her sister started to come near to sit too she stands up and starts saying "nope, nope!"
Let me just tell you a few of the things she has pulled. By the way once you hear these things the first thing that you will think is where is this mother!?! Its not that she isnt' watched, it is that she is SO sneaky!
First of all she took off with the walking and the talking early, had to keep up with the other 2 I can only imagine. Once in the grocery store she sat in the cart and opened almost every danimals yogurt drink (I'm trying to fly through the store and actually was not paying attention because she was quiet) and dumped them quietly onto the floor. So I had to buy another package of paper towels since I had to use the first to clean up the yogurt.
The other day she kept getting into the refrigerator. We don't have a double door fridge so I can't use the child locks, but she kept getting in there and needless to say the dogs got an entire pack of bacon and whole pound of deli meat! I got her side tracked or so I thought only to find her throwing trehe entire carton of eggs on the floor! I sprinkled it with baking soda, got it all clean only to turn around and find her in the dinning room swimming in the rest of the box of baking soda! So by the time my husband got home the refrigerator was completely taped shut with duct tape! These are just a few of the biggies, most days its dumping dog food, pulling clothes out of drawers or breaking drawers because she has pulled them out to use them as stairs to get something off of the counter! Not to mention every moveable chair in this house is going to get put away so they can't be used in her hijinx! I did threaten to do this the other day and said that I didn't care if we ate on the floor until the chairs were only used to sit in! It may still happen.
Well shes messy, shes wild, but she sure is sweet, and one day I'll miss having eggs thrown onto my floor. But I don't see it being real soon~
Signed,
mom, momma, mommy
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Baby Girl going on 20!
My 3 year old and I were in the mall the other day and as we pass by every store that is playing music she peeks in and says "they're dancing in there!" We keep walking and every store we pass that has music she calls the "dancing store." Then we come to EXPRESS. With their brightly colored front window that displayed a very sassy little spring number that I only could dream of wearing 15 years ago, and its accessorized with a bright pink wedges. This is the point that she completely stops and turns to the window with a look like a light from heaven was shining down on this outfit and says "Momma, I LOVE those shoes!" Then she sees the shoes in the other window and says, "Oh I Love those more! Those are fun dancing shoes momma!" Of course little does she know that those will be THE most uncomfortable dancing shoes ever but honestly, my motto has always been that if they are cute, a little discomfort is worth it!
Anyways~ then I catch her in a mirror at her grandmas house and she has a make-up wedge and she is ever so carefully pretending to put her make-up on and she is being very diligent for 3 and for not actually having any make-up! It was then that I stared into that beautiful little girl in that mirror and saw 10-15 years into the future. I saw her all dressed up and sitting at a vanity in her bedroom getting all dolled up to go out with her friends or a boy and I realized that is really going to be coming soon. All too soon! I only hope that she will still look at me like a superhero at that time and tell me "I love you momma."
Yes, I know I'm delusional but hey one can wish and I'll let you know as soon as I return from never never land!
Anyways~ then I catch her in a mirror at her grandmas house and she has a make-up wedge and she is ever so carefully pretending to put her make-up on and she is being very diligent for 3 and for not actually having any make-up! It was then that I stared into that beautiful little girl in that mirror and saw 10-15 years into the future. I saw her all dressed up and sitting at a vanity in her bedroom getting all dolled up to go out with her friends or a boy and I realized that is really going to be coming soon. All too soon! I only hope that she will still look at me like a superhero at that time and tell me "I love you momma."
Yes, I know I'm delusional but hey one can wish and I'll let you know as soon as I return from never never land!
Friday, February 4, 2011
Picking up~
Whoever said "Picking up after your children is like trying to shovel during a snowstorm" was SO right! Unless you put them behind a baby gate and leave them there all day (which by the way should not be done!) you're doomed! And mostly because.....you are just plain out numbered! At least I am! And according to my wonderful husband if I was just organized, made a list, etc etc etc and blah blah blah I would be able to get more done. Yeah...whatever babe! You try changing the oil to the car with two toddlers hanging off of each leg~ I challenge ya! Kisses!
Welcome to My World
Hi there, my name is Sara and I am a 32 y/o stay at home, suburban mother of 3. I have been married for 9 years to my high school sweetheart Scott. I have been both a full time working mother and a full time stay at home mother. We have a nice home, nice vehicles, 2 dogs, a cat, and a turtle (because I'm a sucker you will soon find out). My son plays basketball, baseball, soccer, and football and sometimes they are going at the same time. He also is a cub scout. My daughters are 20 months apart at 3 and almost 2! I never thought that motherhood would end up leaving me feeling so satisfied yet at the same time so torn. I have always been a very outgoing, social butterfly type of person and I have always loved kids. I LOVE MY kids. But, being a stay at home mom can definitely take a toll on you as a person and also your relationship with your husband and friends. There is no you time, not unless on occasion you are lucky enough to get out of the house even if it is to run and get a movie because just driving in the car alone with the music blaring can be 20 minutes of therapy. Its very easy to lose your sense of self and to not just define yourself as mom, momma, and mommy. It is most especially hard when you live in Central IL and get stuck in your home because we just had a blizzard or its -22 degrees outside! That can truly mess with a person! HA!
On the other hand, I have 3 little angels (i use that term loosley some days ;-) ) They make me laugh, at times they have made me cry but they are snuggly, loveable and most of all extremely entertaining which you will also find out if you keep reading this! Just to give you a hint as I sit here typing my 3 year old is yelling at me from the bathroom to please come wipe her butt because she just had a REAWY GWOSS POOP and she stinks! At the same time my 20 month old is sticking her fingers up the poor dogs nose! This is just the tip of the iceberg people. OH yes, believe me we have had kids feeding the dogs poop with a spoon out of the diaper they just ripped off, my son "tattooing" my daughter from head to toe with markers, and so so much more! So get ready and welcome to my world!
Because, such is the life of the stay at home mother who answers no matter what to Mom, Momma, and Mommy~
On the other hand, I have 3 little angels (i use that term loosley some days ;-) ) They make me laugh, at times they have made me cry but they are snuggly, loveable and most of all extremely entertaining which you will also find out if you keep reading this! Just to give you a hint as I sit here typing my 3 year old is yelling at me from the bathroom to please come wipe her butt because she just had a REAWY GWOSS POOP and she stinks! At the same time my 20 month old is sticking her fingers up the poor dogs nose! This is just the tip of the iceberg people. OH yes, believe me we have had kids feeding the dogs poop with a spoon out of the diaper they just ripped off, my son "tattooing" my daughter from head to toe with markers, and so so much more! So get ready and welcome to my world!
Because, such is the life of the stay at home mother who answers no matter what to Mom, Momma, and Mommy~
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