To Shower or Not to Shower?

This is the Question

Or should I say a Daily problem in our house. My big kids never were ones to get into anything and everything, nor did they ever take part in temper tantrums. My sweet baby Chloe has been a challange for a while now. We have now turned our house into a small baby jail, but she always finds something to get into or how to get into something that is locked, blocked or glued closed.

Once upon I wished for her to walk, because I thought that it would make life easy. I was so wrong so very wrong.

Today I had taken all the kids up to the playroom. I figured that everyone would stay busy long enough for me to take a quick shower and maybe shave my legs. I was able to get as far as turning the shower on. I had one leg in and here comes Chloe into my bathroom. The next minute or two was spent holding my shower door closed while trying to wash my hair with one hand.

Then I had an idea... So Chloe already screaming at this point because she wants to shower with me. It really couldnt get any worse than it was and I really knew I should shave my legs today because I was planning on wearing shorts and I needed to take a trip to old navy. I got out pulled out the pack n play and put chloe in it. She never once stopped screaming, but I was able to shave my legs, wash my hair with both hands. And when I got out of the shower I didnt have to hunt down anything because everything was still in my drawers!

Why didnt I think of this sooner?

I cant wait until tomorrow!

Until Next Time,

Just MOM

Summer Fun

Just a few Pictures of some fun things we have done so far this Summer!

Enjoy!!!!

Until Next Time,

Just MOM

Are You Smarter Than....

A 1 year old?

So sweet baby Chloe is the first one in our house (children wise) that has figured out the safety latch on our stove.

A trip to the store will be in order to pick something else up to keep her out.

Just watch and see how she does it.



Until Next Time,
Just MOM

Cloudy with a chance of Monsoon

The Weather Channel:
Showers and Thundershowers likely with a high of 72F.

First off its cold I know its not even 10am yet, but I'm cold.
Second its like a monsoon out there.

I got up today walked into my kitchen then it hit me. We were out of cereal okay not fully out of it, but my children have decided that they no longer like regular life. So I loaded everyone up and decided to....

Are you sitting down?

Drive-Thur Mc D's for breakfast for the children. While I was ordering and I'm guessing this was my sign to just drive away. It was raining so hard and the rain drops were the size of golf balls I kid you not. Funny thing by the time I was ordering my breakfast ( Venti iced coffee with cream ) at Starbucks I think I saw the sun. Maybe I should just start giving the children coffee. Do you think it will help them help me clean?

I just wish the weather channel would have told me that not only was it raining today, but that we were going to get stuck in a lovely monsoon and not only is the whole drivers side of my car still wet. It made the ink on my punch card run.

What's a girl to do?

One last thing...
I think my 1 year old is speaking a foreign language. Does anyone know how to speak Chloe? Do you think Rosetta Stone offers that course?

Until Next Time,
Just MOM

My mind is blank so this is what you get

So I got up today and I was trying to figure something out clever to write about. I'm at a loss for words so this is my plan. I'm going to brag about all the cool things in my life!

So hang on tight cause here I go....

I have 3 of the coolest, fun, sweetest, fun , beautiful, fun, caring, fun ,kind, fun, funny, fun, wild, fun, crazy, fun, smart, fun, most amazing children in the WHOLE WORLD. There isn't a day that goes by that they don't make me laugh, cry, and laugh some more. Just in case I forgot to say it my kids are FUN! I cant think of a better way of spending my days. I'm so lucky I get to spend everyday with them. Okay I should stop now before I change my mind.

What else...

I have 2 of the greatest friends in the world. Andra my best friend of 13 years is one of the bravest women I have ever met. In 1 week she will be giving her son a kidney. She also has 3 of most wonderful boys I have ever met. They have smiles that can light up a room! We love you guys!

Tracy who decided to leave me and move to the other side of the country. I love ya girl, but I'm still trying to to get past the fact we wont see you every week. I wish everyone I know would have had the chance to meet you guys. For the last week I have made something at least once a day that I can serve in my yellow bowls. I'm thinking that my family is getting sick of soup and such seeing that its hot outside now. I have been thinking about making life size cut-outs of you all so then I can just move you from room to room. That way you are always with us. I need to know the kids measurements. So that might be a bit extreme, but at least you know I love ya.

What else can I brag about?

I make the best biscuits and gravy EVER.

Okay maybe not best ever, but my 4 year old tells me so.

So I'm not going to bore you any longer with this. I'm sure tomorrow I will have something fun or great to write about.

I hope I haven't caused anyone to fall asleep.

Love Ya,

Just MOM

High Heeled Shoes and Speed Stick! Swimming in a Sea of LEGO's

Lets take it from the beginning.

Bella got a really cute pair of Sparkly Red High Heels and while I was trying to apply band aids to all of the "boo boo's" that had been caused from those great shoes. Chloe decided to get into things in the bathroom without my knowledge. Picture this Bella yelling "fix my feet, I must be fancy" while I chase Chloe around who is now laughing so hard she cant even run straight trying to get her to stop so I can remove the speed stick from her mouth.

The whole time Avery has no idea what is going on because he cant take his eyes off the Sea of Lego's on the table. Since we got home yesterday with his new "big boy" Lego's he has been building non stop. We just did our own episode "Cribs" in photo's for this blog.

( Thank you Tracy & Co. he really does love them)

I'm off to work on the never ending river of laundry.

Until Next Time,
JM

WOW its been 8 days!

I cant believe that its been 8 long days since I posted a blog.

Over this past weekend we moved my mother. Yes that includes the kids too!

Avery helped by driving in the truck and helping with the "heavy" stuff.
Bella spent the day telling my mother where things would look good in her new place.
Along with asking grandma if she was going to take her bugs (flies) with her.
Chloe spent the day connected to one of those kid leaches that look like a backpack running around like a crazy person and picking up anything she could find on the floor.

Then while we were unloading the truck. The girls were inside playing at grandma's new place with change and matches! I guess what happens at grandma's should stay at grandma's.

Nothing like hearing while packing in loads of stuff "Chloe don't put the matches in your mouth!"
Just what every mother wants to hear.

Sunday was dicks burgers and loads of laundry. My Bella who doesn't eat meat ate a burger maybe she wasn't feeling well.

Monday was Scott's first day at his new job. The kids and I sat at home not knowing what to do after he had been home with us for 3 weeks.
Bella also decided she wanted to "practice being someone else " while sporting a red smiley face sticker between her eyes.

Tuesday was view day at Ballet. It's always so much fun to watch a 3 year old dance it really is such a fun age. One of the best ages, but aren't they all fun? Bella was the demo girl for what make up they all need to wear and how to apply it for the big show in June.

In Avery's words " She looks like a Monster"

Note to self... Remember this when trying to make my little girl look sweet the day of her recital.
Apply more make up than anyone should ever wear.

After Ballet we went to play with the Hocketts. 1.) my kids need to get out more often 2.) Think of a way to make sure they don't move 3.) Remember to make sure they know how much they mean to us all when they do leave. 4.) Do this within the 27 days that they are here. 5.) Try to talk Scott into moving to Virgina 6.) Start saving for a Vacation to Virgina when he tells me we can't move.

Right before bed Avery lost his second tooth!

Wednesday we removed the ugly nonsense molding in the middle of the wall. Knowing under that the wall is red so now it looking like I decided to paint a red stripe in the middle of the wall. Only a few days until the whole wall is painted yellow! Oh and the tooth fairy came.

Yesterday we didn't do too much.

That brings me to today! Its a little after 11am the kids are up playing Chloe just got up from her morning nap. I need to do laundry and pick up the playroom. Everyone is still in Pj's and I'm sure it will remain that way all day! I'm sure I will clean something at some point today.

At some point last week I cant even remember what day. The binkie fairy who is the sister of the tooth fairy made a visit to our house. I am happy to say that Bella no longer has any binkies and is doing GREAT!

Here are a bunch of photos from the week and pictures of that darn wall I was talking about.

Until Next Time,
Just Mom

What do you say when? Continued...

The last What do you say when? Had such a huge response I couldn't help but make another one. I have a feeling there will be many many more!

On our way home from our Mother’s day Bike ride. The big kids were in the back seat fighting as usual. The normal “she’s looking at me” “He touched me” stuff.
Well Miss Bella had enough with whatever Avery was doing. When she said “ Brother go back to your country”

What do you say to that?

Monday the kids were watching Sesame Street. Avery runs over to the Television yelling “Bella its that boy, its that boy”
Bella comes tearing into the room and they are both so happy that “the boy” is on the TV.

I glance over wondering what they are talking about. A little boy with Down Syndrome is having his birthday party.

We have had this conversation before. Why me? Why my kids? Someone please help me!

I guess Homeschooling is a good idea after all. At this rate my kids are never going to be able to leave the house again.

Until Next Time,
Just Mom

What do you say when?

Have you ever had a day where you wanted to crawl in a hole and die because of something your child said or did?

On our normal trip to Seattle this past Tuesday we ate our normal food court lunch after ballet then headed down to the play area.

The kids had been playing for a while friends who they see there every Tuesday had left, but we were trying to kill some time before we met my mother for dinner.

All parents and children took note of two kids that came into play. At this point my son had found a new kid to play with. I was watching how the two were playing and how they were treating the little kids.

Not even five minutes later my son stands up on one of the tallest play structures and yells at the top of his lungs and pointing "look its a midget baby"

I had no idea what to even say. I thought the kids and I had gone over all of this. We watch little people big world all the time. Why is it that any time my kids are around children who we don't know my children learn all sorts of great things.

Thank god Scott was there who talked to Avery then later he was still feeling bad for what he said. My aunt talked with him as well.

But then.....

While at dinner with my mother at our local Red Robin. While a family of little people were getting seated at the table behind us.

My son oh so very happy because he knew what to say.

Stands up

Points yet again

"Look MOM Little People!"

Tell me what does one say when this happens?

Oh the things our sweet babies say.

Until next time,
Just Mom

Today Continued

After an hour of us trying to come up with a dinner plan the answer ended up being Pizza. Thank goodness that Bella my tree hugger vegan who is only 3 doesn’t know that Pizza has cheese on it.
As I sit here listening to Scott and the kids reading books. I cant help but think about everything that I did today and the things I haven’t had a chance to get to. I have at least 5 loads of laundry still to do, by tomorrow there will be at least one more than that. My kitchen tends to never really be clean. We have lived here going on 2.5 months and I still haven’t hung a single picture. The kids room’s are still waiting to be painted so there isn’t a thing on their walls. Two birthday parties to be planned and for whatever reason I have decided to have them here. Oh what was I thinking….

Parties at home not only do you have to clean up after the party you have to make sure every inch of your home is clean before the party. And if you know me you know my idea of cleaning and how much I love it.

I’m thinking its time to move into a nice 700sf apartment. I think I could manage to keep it clean. This whole big house living is so hard there are too many rooms to keep clean. Plus I have too many children to pick up after.
(note to self check on child labor laws in the US)

Big kids are now in bed. My show is about to start I have loads of laundry to fold a baby to nurse to sleep and to top it off my britta filter needs to be changed.
Maybe its time to hire a maid and a wet nurse….. If I am unable to find that someone anyone point me in the direction of where to find someone to take care of all this laundry!

Until Tomorrow,
Just Mom

Feeding My Army

Why is it that a meal in this house is such a chore?
I eat just about anything.
As for my kids and husband they are all so very picky.

Avery wont eat anything green. Bella wont eat anything that has anything to do with or has ever been near an animal. Chloe wont touch her food unless it is cut up into small Chloe bite sized pieces or it just ends up on the floor. As for Scott don’t even get me started on that one…

Here it is nearing dinnertime and I have no idea what to cook. I could make pasta dish yet again with a meat free sauce. Up until a few months ago I was able to hide things in my sauce until my soon to be 4 year old figured that she would give me a hand in the kitchen. She now knows that Mommy puts ground beef in her sauce.

Or

I can put on the hat of a short order cook and try to please everyone’s taste buds for the second time today.

Today’s Lunch:
Avery: Noodles with Butter
Bella: Pancakes with peanut butter and sugar free syrup and Banana’s on the side
Chloe: A little bite of everything

This is what dinner would look like…

Scott: Meat and potatoes
Avery: Meat but hold the veggies “ My tummy hurts”
Bella: “I’ll just have water”
Chloe: Takes one bite of whatever we place on her plate then sends it flying to the floor.

It’s 4:30 and still no idea’s for dinner.
Do you think they would notice if I didn’t make dinner tonight?