Busy Bee's

We had a pretty busy weekend.... game night...craft show...Christmas shopping, and a Thanksgiving dinner!....phew.... makes me tired just thinking about it! Today was a productive day around the house, cleaned the laundry room... and I got caught up on work and tried to tie loose ends up before we leave! We have a super busy day tomorrow... 4 more days!!!!!! I think I'm more excited than the kids :) :)

Today I'm thankful for my Mom.... she took on the challenge of a sleepover with both kids this weekend, so I could have a date night with Sam, and go craft showing with Misty! That's hard work between Blake and Logan (McKenna is a cinch) so  I re-paid her with a cute wooden snowman from the craft show! (since I have "Logan time" this week as well... We'll see if I have to take back my snowman! ;) ;)

Have a great night!

Great Day... Tough Night

The kids were in a great mood today... and were very easy and content... Which NEVER happens here! I don't know if everyone has a child like mine... but my loving, sweet son can be... ummm... I think the word I'm looking for is "PARTICULAR". Everything has to be just so... has to have the right cup, the right plate, the sandwich cut a certain way ( I had to hide the cookie cutters b/c the boy was obsessed with shaped sandwiches) I MEAN OBSESSED! He's known for wasting his food...which should be saved for another blog topic... does anyone else have a hard time getting their child to eat?!! I do!  McKenna is the exact opposite and is content with anything you put in from of her... she is seriously the easiest baby EVER! Anyway.. the day flew bye and the kids were GREAT!.......

But as soon as Sam walked through the door.... the whining began....
the kids were hungry, we needed to go to Adrian...
Sam was late....
again, the kids were hungry... you get where this is going...

After a quick trip to the bank and Hobby Lobby ( the boys went to TSC)... we made a quick trip to Mickey D's for Blake's French fries (he HAD to have... and you guessed it, didn't eat them).... the whining.. crying... and all that fun stuff intensified.

AND THEN the question that broke my heart....."Mommy.... I miss my kitty.... when is she coming back?"... after I explained she wasn't coming back (she got hit in the road about a month ago)... and then says.." BUT I didn't get to give her a hug before she left!"...... UGH... seriously... I wanted to cry!  I assured him that kitty knew he loved her, and she was having fun playing with other kitties he seems OK, but very quiet. A few minutes later (as I was trying to talk Sam into getting one for him for Christmas... and of course he REFUSED)... Blake says...." I'm feeling realllllllyyyyyy sad! I just want Daddy to stay home all all all day with me... I miss him, and my kitty"....
He's just having a sad day today.. and there wasn't much I could say to make him feel better. Of course Sam has a busy day at work tomorrow, and he can't take him to school or pick him up tomorrow.. which was on Blake's wish list as well... so he just was having a rough night! Which doesn't make it fun for anyone...


Here's to a better day tomorrow!

What changes when you have a child?? Hmmmm What doesn't?

 I copied this from a friend's FB post yesterday...  thought it was a GREAT blog topic.

What changes when you have a baby? A better question may be: What doesn't change? Here, writer and mom Rebecca Woolf lists her most notable post-baby observations.

1. You finally stop to smell the roses, because your baby is in your arms.
2. Where you once believed you were fearless, you now find yourself afraid.

3. The sacrifices you thought you made to have a child no longer seem like sacrifices.

4. You respect your body ... finally.... after all it did give you a miracle.
5. You respect your parents and love them in a new way.
6. You find that your baby's pain feels much worse than your own.
7. You believe once again in the things you believed in as a child.
8. You lose touch with the people in your life whom you should have banished years ago.
9. Your heart breaks much more easily.

10. You think of someone else 234,836,178,976 times a day.
11. Every day is a surprise.
12. Bodily functions are no longer repulsive. In fact, they please you. (Hooray for poop!)
13. You look at your baby in the mirror instead of yourself.
14. You become a morning person.
15. Your love becomes limitless, a superhuman power.

Here are a few of my own:

1. You realize how LUCKY you really are to have healthy, happy babies, when you hear tragic stories your heart BREAKS for that family in a very personal way.

2. All it takes is one little sound, noise or word from your child to make your bad day turn around.

3. You learn that taking a shower is not ALWAYS a daily occurrence! Most of the time it's a luxury.

4. You find yourself wanting to eat healthier and live a better life for yourself because of your child.

5. You are perfectly content sleeping on a sliver of your own bed, as long as your child is comfortable.

6. You find yourself telling "white lies" in order to get your child to take a nap or go to bed... or even help you clean up toys... ANYTHING to make life easier is OK in your mind...

7. You find yourself saying the EXACT same things your parents said to you... "BECAUSE I SAID!"

8. You fall in love with the same little person EVERYDAY!
9. When you have a night out... all you talk about is your children and feel guilty for leaving them.. even for just a few hours (it's much needed... and fun in the moment... but you can't help thinking of them the ENTIRE time)..PS. you are perfectly content going staying home and watching "Toy Story" and going to bed @ 9pm on a Friday night!

10. You find yourself feeling sympathy for the mother of the child throwing a fit in the store or restaurant... b/c you have SO been there done that!

11. Before kids you used to look at them and say " hmmm not so cute"... now you find those once ugly features adorable!

12. You intuition is your best friend.
13. Teeth SUCK!

14. Just when you thought you had it all figured out... you realize it was just a "lucky streak"... you really don't know much of anything, other than you no longer need that alarm clock! ;)
15. No matter what you accomplish in life.... you look at your child and think: "Wow... I'm one proud Mom... and I did a GREAT job". You feel accomplished just being a Mom.

What are some of your "light bulb moments" after having children?

Ever just want to say....?

So today is what we call "Lily" day. I have recently been watching a 3 month old baby girl for a few hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays. (with the exception of last week... with the sickies in our house, we had to cancel) I love being able to hold and cuddle a "little" baby, and then send her home. Blake LOVES to entertain her and McKenna... well doesn't even know she's here most days.

My mom stopped over today to pick Blake up for some playtime today so I thought "yay... one less to have to tend to!"  I know that's bad to say, but some days I feel like his maid, waitress, cook, butt wiper, the list goes on and on........................and on.............................. (McKenna is not nearly as needy)

WELL... I thought WRONG! My husband got up for work late this morning and shuffled his body around until I PUSHED him out the door.... turns out he has the "FLU"... (so he says). He came home from work at about 11:00am, and I am now the maid, waitress, cook, (not butt wiper-thank god!) to yet another male in this house! There has been no throwing up... no diarrhea... no fever... he just doesn't "feel good"... UGH!
I just want to say "MAN UP!"... I felt sluggish and like I wanted to lay in bed all day on Sunday... but did I get that option?? NO... of course not... I took a 2 hour nap with Blake, and here comes Sam and the kids at 2:00pm.... "Come on Mommy... time to get up!".... and I recall doing just that... AND made dinner!
I made him march right to our bedroom from the front door so he did not even come close to baby Lily and he is now quarantined there for the rest of the day!Both Lily (who was so adorable today) and McKenna are napping, so I did another round of Lysol cleaning, and I am washing my hands like a "FREAK" so I don't infect anyone else, or their child! I would feel horrible if that happened.

On a side note... I'm annoyed at work today... we got a new server, and I have had nothing but problems and EVERY TIME I sit down to work... I get "froze" in the program... UGH! I'm really not in a bad mood today... I swear I'm just annoyed at my "sick" husband! LOL! I'm really having a good day.... :)

Ever just want to say....?

Feeling SLIGHTLY accomplished....

Well... here goes... my first blog entry EVER! One of my good friends (Shout out... Cathy! ;) has mentioned several times that I should start a blog, but I never really had the ambition until today! :) With a little inspiration I decided maybe I do have some fairly interesting stories to share, and it's nice to know I'm not alone experiencing the ups and downs of motherhood.

Today has been very much a normal day... got up @ 7:00 am to take Blake to school, and realized my husband was still in bed! YUP... you guessed it.... that automatically volunteered him to take Blake to school. SO... I got Blake dressed and ready... and off they went! McKenna and I cleaned this morning (and by clean I mean she tore apart every pile of folded clothes while I rushed to get them in the dresser before they were scattered across the house)... after accomplishing 2 rooms we were spent and ready for a break (well she was ready for her morning nap) and I could then start my work for the morning.

Surprisingly Sam called and AGAIN "volunteered" to pick Blake up from preschool... and he brought home the CUTEST turkey he made.....

see below:

After Lunch we watched Toy Story 3, AGAIN... and I was lucky enough to shower before noon!

Yep... quite exciting here in Hoskinsville :) Stay tuned for more scoop.... I'm kinda liking this blog-thing!