Haven't got to blog much lately....

I'll have to update tomorrow after school or on Tuesday when I'm home. Between Mollys party, school shopping and cleaning, I haven't had time to get on the computer much. Plus Parker and Molly both fight over their turns at the computer. Things are good but hectic. Wish Parker and I luck on our first day of school. My heart is heavy as I send him. I hate having him to go to a new school. I'm sure it will me fine. I just like to worry...

It's crazy around here!....

It's been crazy around here getting the house cleaned, planning Molly's party and getting ready for school. I'm pretty mad tonight, I got a message from Parker's bus driver. They are going to pick him up at 6:30 am for school. No way! There is no way I would put my son on the bus at that time. It leaves me no choice, I'm going to have to take him every day or they are going to get another person to take him. That makes me so mad! I will be talking to some people on Monday. He can ride it home because it comes at a normal time, but I'll even have to see about that. We live 10 minutes from the school. It's not just a quick jaunt. It's not even in the same town as us.

I'm also stressing about all the shopping I have to get done tomorrow. Sigh......

Wake me when Monday is here!

Special exposure Wednesday #5

Cheerios on the cat


This is a repeat post, but I just love this picture. One day Parker got the box of Cheerios and was digging through them. I thought he was going to eat some and I got all excited. I went over to him and the picture above is what I found. Funny boy!

The house is cleaned, the pinata almost finished...

It's been a productive day. I vaccumed, swept, did dishes, did laundry, changed bedspreads and almost finished a pinata. Not to mention 2 baths and 3 meals, lol. I jammed my poor pinky today. It really hurts because it's the same one that Parker kicked a couple weeks ago. Boy did I let out a yell when I hit it!

That's about it for the moment....

My house is a pigsty this morning....

It is just a mess. Why is it that just 2 days of not keeping up with it just trashes our house.

Right now I have the washer, dryer and dishwasher going. After the dishwasher is done I have to fight it to get it open since our handle is broken. It opens the easiest right after it's been ran, I don't know why.

I have to vacuum, sweep, do more dishes, laundry, clean the bathroom and change my bedspread. My new comforter that I got is just too hot. I am going to have to put it away for the winter. I think I'm going to get out my light, purple quilt instead. I really like it too.

It's 10:30 and I haven't even combed my hair yet. I'm sitting at the computer when I should be up doing stuff. Oh well, it's my last week of summer so I should enjoy it. I have to door open because I'm watching for rain. It's raining at my Moms house about 20 minutes away. It should be here soon. I love the rain when it hasn't rained in a while.

I really need to get back to my "Flylady" routines. When I stick to them the house stays nice.

For lunch we are having egg salad sandwiches. That makes me hungry already. The kids are in the kitchen playing games. I left them out from last night. Oh well, I guess that's one benefit to being messy, lol.

Molly and I need to finish the pinata today. It's not perfect, but we did it ourselves so that made it worth it. This week will be all about deep cleaning for Molly's party on Saturday and planning the food. Molly can help me now because I decided she shouldn't do soccer this year. I just think we have too much going on right now and she already has swim team and girl scouts.

I really dread soccer every year. Parker hates it. He spends most of her game trying to get away from me and wanting me to chase him. It's hard to sit and watch her. Bobby usually works on Saturday so its usually me that goes with her. This year with me starting college, I just didn't want to deal with it. I think she can go back to it next year if she wants to.

That's about it for my day. Sorry about the ramble.

Sweet Sunday (warning, long and sappy)

Today was a nice relaxing day. We did have some work, but not much. The work part was cleaning up the yard from the yard sale. That was a chore. Later, Molly and I worked on the pinata. This should have taken 3 days, but I keep getting lazy about it. I feel like a bad Mom, she stopped wanting to work on it after a while. I was trying to make it just right, instead of letting her do it the way she wanted. She said she wanted to play with her friend, but I'm not sure. She said she wants me to put the crepe paper on so it will look nicer. I should have been more patient. I told her if she wants me to do the crepe paper, I'll let her make the little flowers that go on it.

We mostly just watched t.v. and hung out today. I tried to teach Parker how to play Chutes and Ladders, Connect 4, and Lets go fishing. He had a lot of fun, but really wouldn't follow directions. I think he liked Connect 4 the best! He loved it when we let them fall out of the bottom.

Later Bobby went to visit his uncle. The kids and I just hung out until Molly got out the dress up stuff. She even had Parker put on a dress. What a nut. I got a picture though. Then I got hot and sat on the front porch for a while. The kids were still dressing up and came out in their dress up stuff. Molly had on a scary alien mask and Parker had on a pirate costume. We kept cracking up about the alien mask because Molly was putting a leaf in it's mouth or sticking her finger out it's mouth like a tongue. It was really funny. We laughed a lot. Then we got the idea to ring the neighbors doorbell and scare her. Her daughter answered the door and thought it was pretty funny. I guess she wasn't too scary with a half naked pirate by her side!

We sat on the porch for a long time. Molly said she had so much fun. It's funny how something so little can be so fun to her.

Last night I was getting sentimental and thinking about the day Parker was born. What a wonderful day that was. 2 days after he was born was really one of the best days of my life and I think of that day often. I had just had a lot of company at the hospital. Bobby's aunt brought me some shower gel and body spray that smelled so good. I was happy because I knew I finally got to take a shower that day. Also Bobby and Molly had came and said what a great day they had had together. He totally spoiled her. So, I took my shower and it felt so good after not taking one for a couple days. (c-section) I was in my own clothes, smelling good and clean and relaxed. Parker was hungry so I fed him and he fell asleep in my arms. The sun was out, and I felt so sleepy. I lay there in bed, feeling like I was in heaven, holding my little boy I had been waiting for and went to sleep. (I wonder if the pain meds added to my bliss, lol) I swear it is the best memory I ever had.

Not that Molly's birth wasn't as special to me. I was so happy to have her and I wanted a girl so bad! She was the most beautiful baby I had every laid eyes on. I was just really afraid of everything since she was my first. After I had her by c-section I was in a lot of pain and feeling really sick to my stomach. I had a hard recovery with her because I was scared of the pain and wouldnt walk around much. Then she was colicky and I got pneumonia. By the time Parker came along, it had been 4 years past and I felt more ready for a baby. I had tried for him for a long time and had 2 miscarriages. I really wanted a little boy this time, more than anything. Actually, more than anything, I wanted a baby. Him being a boy was a bonus. I remember the first time I saw his heartbeat on the screen. I cried because before I hadn't seen a heartbeat with my miscarriages. Then the Dr. showed me how he was moving around. I was happy beyond words. At that point I felt this pregnancy would last. Then later, when I was around 6 months along, I had another ultra sound. I wanted a boy so badly. When the tech said it was a boy, Molly immediately said, "NO!". It was really funny. I was so happy! Molly had really wanted a sister but I wanted a boy. I am so lucky to have one of each. I wanted a girl with my first and a boy with my second. How lucky am I!

Sorry about the long trip down memory lane. I just wanted to post about it after thinking about it so much last night. I wonder why that was on my mind? Oh yeah, because I was all sweaty and sunburned from the yard sale and the shower made me feel so much better. Oh well, lol, at least I got good thoughts out of it. Everyone have a great Monday!

pps: Sorry to everyone who read this earlier. I cut and pasted wrong and it didn't make sence. I re-read it and was like, what? I fixed it, lol.

Finally, the yardsale is over!!!

It was so hot today! I'm sunburned and tired! I think I made around 25.00. I'm not sure if it was worth all the work. The good part is that I took some of it to some other yard sales in town and got Molly some nice clothes. Some were even new. I'm not going to have to buy her too much for school now. I'm waiting for Bobby to get home so we can leave. Him and I have our date night. I think that when I get back I'm going to put a bunch of yardsale stuff on freecycle. I am so tired of lugging all that stuff back into the garage. Oh well, it's been a productive day anyways.

I totally forgot....

One of the best things about yesterday was that my best friend from Oregon and her kids came and visited us for a couple hours. I didn't even know they were coming, I was so excited! We just get along so well, and so do our kids! We just laugh and laugh. I'm so sad she moved to Oregon. At least it's not Colorado anymore, this is closer.

Today has been loooooooooooong!
I did have some fun with the kids, playing around on our bed. Why is it that they love a freshly made bed. We also finished the newspaper part of our pinata. I've been kind of putting it off lately. I also had a ton of dishes to do. The handle to our dishwasher is broken and I could not get it open. I had to do most of them by hand. Sometimes I can't get the dishwasher open until Bobby gets home. It takes talent, you have to push these little things in and pull out at the same time. I just don't have the finger strength that he does!

I am dreading the yard sale tomorrow. It's always so much work! I am always exhausted at the end of it! Oh well, maybe we will make some money.