Holy Potty Mouth Batman!!

Chloe often leaves me speechless...she is definitely something else.  While in the kitchen this afternoon doing the dishes Chloe decided to join me.  She was busily entertaining herself with some new cups she picked out at Target this morning.  When all of a sudden I heard one hit the floor....followed by "You have to be *hitting me"...SERIOUSLY? Oh from the mouths of babes!  For about the past six months or so we have had an issue with her saying "*amn it" and we have tried very hard to keep a straight face and tell her that is not a nice thing to say.  So today I asked her to repeat what she had said just to make sure that I heard her right and sure enough I had.  I guess this is just the icing on the double layer cake.  A few weeks back Jason and I finally decided to watch a movie that we had dvr'd months ago...Friends with Benefits.  Totally not kid appropriate, but they were off playing so we thought "why not?"  Chloe has crazy timing....she happened to stroll through the living room just at the moment that Mila Kunis is telling some guy to "Go *uck Yourself"...next thing I hear is Chloe telling her brother that exact statement!  She then proceeded to tell me the same thing and has continued to tell me here and there the same thing since that night.  UGH!!! She will be the death of me!  On a up note....11 days until we are AZ bound!

Bubble Bath Bonanza!!

So my kids have never been bath kids.  The whole idea of a bath grosses me out a bit.  Sure every once in a blue moon I wish for a big jetted bathtub that I could relax in for a minute of peace and quiet.  It would definitely only be a minute around this house, but then when that minute was over I would have to take a shower to actually get clean.  Ryan has been taking showers since he was two, he has never really known any different.  Chloe pretty much went straight from the sink into the shower.  So I am baffled as to why one day I thought "Why not let Chloe take a bubble bath?" So we did....and now she is hooked!  She wants to take them multiple times a day.  I am trying to limit them to every other day...we don't want any unnecessary trips to the doctor.  This obsession started shortly before Easter, so when the Easter Bunny was super stumped as to what to include in Chloe's basket she decided Bubble Bath supplies would work.  It was a big hit.  Her basket was complete with her own pink fluffy towel and Hello Kitty bubble bath.

A blogger that I follow used to crack me up when she would blog about her daughter only wanting to wear her Minnie Mouse jammies, she wanted to wear them everywhere.  We had a similiar situation with a Spongebob swimsuit, mind you I am not a Spongebob fan...my mom bought the suit..it is cute though.  Chloe had to immediately strip down and put on the swimsuit.  For the next two days she wore her Spongebob suit....we paired it with grey leggings and black leggings and everytime it was time for a diaper change I spent the whole time reassuring her that "yes we would put her suit back on."  Finally she got Pizza on it and we convinced her that it needed to be washed so it would be all ready for vacation. :)

"Mom, why are you never happy with me?" SERIOUSLY!

So I thought I had a few years before the complete and total attitude kicked in.  Ryan is only 6 and I am at my boiling point with his smart mouth.  But, to say that I am NEVER happy with him is such a long stretch.  But, I guess in his six year old head that is what he is feeling....and it really hurts me that he feels that way.  I always say that I learned how to raise my kids from my parents mistakes.  I refuse to be talked down to by anyone including my son.  I don't generally whip my kids, maybe I should.  Instead I send him to his bed only to listen to him every two minutes ask if he can get up now and he promises he can be good.  His promises lately do not amount to much...he is back to his bed in no time.  I have read all kinds of parenting blogs and magazines and so forth.  One that really sticks in my head is about the words you say to your kids and how they stick with them.  I try really hard to never say anything that is mean...like really mean, not six year old mean, I don't like the words "shut up" or "hate," I really do monitor what I say.  Jason on the other hand talks and then thinks, I am working hard to change this.  He doesn't say hateful things, but says mean things sometimes.  We all reach our boiling point at sometime. Ugh...we have some many "child raising" years left and I just know Ryan is preparing us for the tornado that is going to hit us in a few years named Chloe.  So back to the question that was asked of me....I always take time to tell Ryan I love him and to hug him.  I feel very lucky that he hasn't completely gotten to the stage where he is too cool for me.  There are lots of nights he will crawl up on the couch and want to snuggle with me and I will cherish every second of that, because I know the day will come that he will outgrow my lap and prefer his friends over his mom. 

Up next...Bubble Bath Bonanza!

So Random....

We are on the verge of listing our house.  So this means lots and lots of cleaning and organizing and purging and so on.  I have spent today cleaning the kiddos room.  I am pretty proud of myself, I think I may even reward myself with a new label maker!  Then my family will officially think I am crazy.  Ryan has gotten into legos, not sure if I have mentioned that yet or not.  He seems to enjoy them..except for the one time when he stuck one up his nose.  Not sure if I mentioned that yet either.  Anyways I saw this really cute idea for storing legos on Pinterest (my new bff) using those plastic canisters that Folgers coffee comes in.  I always throw them away!  Not anymore.  We have one in the cabinet now and I cannot wait until it is empty and I can make a cute little label for it and store legos in it. 

Well I love yard sales...having them that is.  Most hate them but not me. I will be having one soon.  So I have this classic jean jacket from the Gap circa way early 2000's.  I MIGHT have worn it one time in the last oh seven years!  I saw it hanging downstairs today and I thought I really need to get rid of that....and then I thought what if I get invited to a Totally 80's Party? I will definitely NEED that jacket as part of my ensemble.  REALLY!!!!!!! This is why I have 10 totes full of random keepsakes! That jacket needs to go in the yard sale pile, but I cannot bring myself to put it in there.  Plus I know I paid a ridiculous amount for it and won't get anywhere near that price at a yard sale.  Ebay might be a better choice but I am to lazy for that.

Oh well off to the shower.  Pampered Chef party here I come!

Sports, school and life

So tonight we have our first T Ball practice of the year..ugh.  It is really a love/hate relationship T Ball and I have.  I think it is great that it is something Ryan has all to himself with out having to involve his sister.  He doesn't have enough of those things right now.  His best friend is playing on his team this year so that is an added plus for him.  Also my long ago best friend's son is playing on his team.  This is an added plus for Chloe and I, since he is playing that means Chloe's BFF will be there too (she is his little sister).  That is definitely a win-win.  Downfalls....the coach, something about him irks me big time.  Thankfully it is starting to bother Jason too.  Do I see a change coming next year?  Keep your fingers crossed.  One thing I really liked about T Ball last year was getting this adorable picture...

I cannot believe in a few short months Ryan's first year of school will be coming to an end.  What happened to my pudgy little baby?  We are going to celebrate the end of the school year by hopping in the new Mini van and driving across the country to visit family in Arizona.  I am super excited.  Well maybe not about the drive but the end result.  I have some great memories of the time I spent in Arizona.  I am excited to visit with family and friends and smell the clean air and see the mountians and eat at my favorite restaurants.  I realized the other day that my kids have never had Baskin Robbins ice cream!  We don't have one close anymore and haven't in years.  I cannot wait to order two scoops of Peanut Butter and Chocolate! 

Chloe attended her first "friend" birthday party the other day.  It was for her BFF that I mentioned earlier.  It was Dora themed and very cute.  Her mom did an amazing job.  Chloe had a blast and loved the magic wand she got in her goodie bag.  She has been turning all of us into frogs!  On a funny note...friday night I had a dream about Riding the Ducks(in Branson) and eating pork tacos at the Rib Crib.  They served PORK TACOS at the birthday party!!! I was so excited!  I guess it is good that there is not a Rib Crib or a Baskin Robbins close to us!  I would be 400 pounds!

This little girl has developed an obsession with spitting.  It is pushing me over the edge.  I will often find her spitting into the clothes hamper or on her brother.  Or on occasion she finds it funny to spit in her hand and then wipe it on my arm.  The other day was the worst.  I was on the phone with my aunt and sitting on the couch.  Chloe had a cup of chocolate milk and was watching cartoons.  All of a sudden she climbed up on my lap, took a big drink and then proceeded to spit chocolate milk in my face! I was in shock.  I literally sat there with chocolate milk dripping off my face, because I didn't know what else to do!

Hello Again!

Well my home has been taken over by sickness for the past week and a half.  I really hope that this is it for the rest of the season.  Sooo very thankful that Little Miss has not been potty trained yet!  That would have been an absolute disaster!  Though we have added a potty chair to the rest of the furniture in our living room.  Who doesn't need a pretty pink potty to go with their decor?  This is our second potty chair.  The first one she got was a super cute pink frog...she refused to sit on it.  Do I hear Yard Sale...oh most definitely.  I am so in the mood to purge my house.  I just need to motivation and energy to do it!  BTW I am also so in the mood to scour Goodwill to see if there is anything there that I can't live without!  I am my own worst enemy.  I am on a book kick.  I cannot get enough books.  I totally have enough books that I haven't read to last me well into the summer I am sure of it...but I want MORE!!  I already have my calendar marked for the release of two books that I cannot wait to order from Amazon.  I have a Kindle, but there is something about have the actual book in hand.  I think I like the smell of them..that has got to be it or maybe I just like the look of them.  When we move to a new house I will have book cases.  It is a must.  So back to the purging...I am so ready for Yard Sale season to be here.  I was planning on only doing one this year, but I don't know if I can make it.  I might have to do one on the spring and one in the fall.  I really just wanted to do one in the fall.  I guess we will wait and see.  I just have so much that I want to get rid of!  Our dryer decided to go kaput yesterday.  Ugh! So this morning we got a new one.  I feel kind of classy because now we have a matching set.  High class I know!  Our washer died about a year ago.  We had gotten pretty lucky since our other washer and dryer were freebies and lasted for quite a long time.  Oh well I guess I should go hang out with the lovely new appliance and catch up on what I didn't get done yesterday!

A Quickie..not that kind!

So I am finally catching up on Biggest Loser from last Tuesday. Jason and I always laugh because generally we watch it while stuffing our faces.  Tonight I polished off half a bag of potato chips.  These people amaze me for a few reasons.  Some of these girls this season were professional athletes and now they are 300 pounds.  I often wonder how they go from one extreme to the other.  The other thing that often boggles me is why they always feel the need to show they videos of the contestants in their underwear.  Oh and the fact they always manage images of people barfing in buckets...don't they know I am trying to enjoy a fattening snack!  One season we used to eat Subway on Tuesday nights...like that was going to help.  I even tried to chew that Extra gum they are always hocking....I would rather have the actual Strawberry Shortcake! That is all I have on that.

But on eating..we ate at Olive Garden today.  On the way home I felt like crap.  Come to think of it every time I eat there I leave and feel like crap.  Sooo today I dropped $60 to feel like crap, then since I felt like crap I ended up taking a two and a half hour nap this afternoon and got nothing accomplished. Thanks OG!

Another stop we made today was Petsmart.  Ugh!  We have been tossing around the idea of adding to our family...with a puppy.  Like I said not that kind of Quickie!  I had my eye on one little dog on the website, but turns out she had already been adopted.  So on the way there we explained to Ryan that just because we were going there it didn't mean that we were going to be leaving with a new dog.  We explained that we needed to find a dog that would fit perfectly with our family.  Basically meaning we need a dog that is going to stay small.  He said he understood.....not so much.  When we went back we saw a couple of dogs that we liked, but none that we were head over heels with.  We did see these super cute puppies, there was a black and white one that kind of looked like Obama's dog.  They lady wasn't really sure what they were, they were really adorable though.  The only problem..they estimated them to be 10-12 weeks and they were already the size that we were looking for our new bundle to be at full grown.  So we left empty handed.  My heartstrings were definitely tugged at when Ryan's little face dropped. We reassured him that we will keep looking and we will find the perfect fit.  By the time we got home he was ready to play with his new legos and didn't bring it up again.

Okay have to finish Loser, just fyi so far I am not super impressed this season.  But hey atleast Bob is nice to look at.  I do find him slightly annoying, but attractive none the less.

Hello 2012!!!

I am happy to welcome 2012 and say good bye to 2011.  We made some amazing memories in 2011 and had some hard times.  I will start off with our big huge vacation!  Well for the adults it wasn't big or huge it was more hot and tiring..but that is besides the point.  We took the kids to Disney in May.  It was amazing! That is such an understatement..but anyways.  It is definitely magical and the happiest place on earth..it is not just the hype they try to sell you to get you to come spend your hard earned money there.  It was worth every single penny.  My dear friend and her family have went to Disney every year for like the past ten years and they never grew tired of it.  She talked it up so much I decided why not.  I had been years before, but Jason and the kids had never been.  I thought we could go in May..that way we would beat the summer crowds and it wouldn't be to terrible hot...WRONG.  Florida was having record high temps while we were there.  It was in the upper 90s everyday and ZERO rain.  We hit all four parks and visited Downtown Disney.  Magical, Magical, Magical.  Ryan thinks we need to go back in a few months!  We will go back in a few years when Chloe is old enough to enjoy it.

Ryan started Kindergarten in the Fall and I definitely had my anxiety over that.  We were excited to learn that he had a teacher who has been in the district for many years and we both knew of her.  Also, I am able to drop him off and pick him up from school everyday so that defintely eased my anxiety.  He is thriving and getting good grades.  He has a best friend and it is so cool to see him form friendships and listen to them talk.  (Side note: Jason was married years ago to his high school sweetheart, well she is now remarried and her son is in Ryan's class and you guessed it! Ryan's best friend!!)  We all just laugh about it. Well I probably laugh about it more than Jason.  The boys have no idea and there is no reason for them to think about it.  I am super blessed to be able to help out with things at Ryan's school.  I love being an insider!

                                                    First Day of Kindergarten 2011

Another bonus of staying home is all the One on One time I get to spend with Chloe.  I could literally write pages of stuff about her.  She is spunky and smart and most of the time in a world all her own.  Something I am constantly trying to do is tame her hair.  Being a girl who has always had straight hair (except for when my mom permed my hair in the 90s, it was cool then, it really was) I have no clue what to do with curly hair.  So most days we wet it down and pull it back into a ponytail.  Boring I know.  Maybe another reason I don't do much with it is I have never been a "do my hair" kind of girl.  I always had my cousin come do my hair if I every really had a need to have it fixed.  Chloe loves to dance and sing.  At two she could record a cd with all the songs she knows the words to.  She is a big fan of the band Train and can sing the words to Hey Soul Sister and I Got You.  I guess it is good that I am not one of those mom's that have to drive around listening to kids music.  At three Ryan's favorite song was a song by Kid Rock, the name of it escapes me right now, but it talked of "smoking funny things."  I remember one time my Dad had picked Ryan up to go somewhere and Ryan wanted to listen to "Rock and Roll" which is what he called that particular song.  I had to laugh, because if you know my Dad you know that it is VERY unlikely he is driving around with a Kid Rock cd in his car.  To this day if that song comes on the radio Ryan says "turn it up" and he will sing along.  Chloe can also sing Adele.  At Christmas she blew us away by standing in front of everyone and singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.  Definitely no stage fright there!  I mentioned she was smart, right?  She is..so I can brag for a minute.  She has been saying her ABC's since well before her second birthday and she could recognize all of her letters too.  So here is my bad mom moment..I know she didn't learn her ABC's from me.  How do I know you ask?  The way she sings them is the same way they sing them on the cartoon "Super Why." I am an advocate for kids watching tv.  I don't say sit your kids in front of the tv and leave them, but PBS has great shows.  Chloe can count to 40 in english and ten in Spanish.  She can also count down from 10.  When we went to Meet the teacher Night at Ryan's school we were informed that there were kids in his class that could not recite their ABC's and couldn't recognize the letters.  I found this so sad considering Chloe could do all of that and she wasn't even two at that time.

Okay one post down...hopefully many more to come.