Been a long week... started watching Baby C every day instead of just the 3 days so I have been unable to catch up on any of my 'housework' that I try to do when he wasn't here. Should be interesting what I can attempt to get done this weekend considering everything else that we have scheduled!!
Tonight, both kids had to be somewhere so hubby and I had to split up. Because DJ had to be somewhere at 5, that was my job. And, as we generally do, we took the truck...the family car...the one with all the carseats in it. Ha Ha Ha... completely forgot that Kyra had to be somewhere at 6 and hubby would need the truck b/c he also had the babies. Thank goodness for neighbors with babysitting age kids who were home tonight!! Only needed someone for like 30 minutes so hubby could take Kyra to her class, but still...DUH!! I was able to come home in between DJ's classes (he has an hour break where we usually have pizza and gelato together...) and switch out cars/kids and stuff. But, WOW, talk about complete blackout... Everything turned out great and everyone got where they needed to be. Whew
Weekend consists of me working in the morning, DJ soccer game in the morning, DJ rehearsal in the afternoon, me rehearsal in the evening, Doug going to Guys Poker Night, CCD, Kyra rehearsal, and perhaps a trip to BJ's and Shop Rite... Now, laundry laundry and laundry...when are you gonna get done. Very sporadically I foresee...
Things I'm glad I didn't do in my frazzled mommy moment:
-Lock my kids in the car with the keys inside and Max not buckled
-Forget to pick up a kid
-Forget a kid at home
-Forget a diaper/wipes and have a kid crap out of their pants
I'm glad the Nutcracker will be over in December...and soccer ends next weekend. I think these 2 things will take out some stress in our lives. But, we made the commitment for both so we're sticking with it. We all know there is an end in sight!!
So, after a full week of Baby C and Baby J here today as well- I was still able to bake cake, make frosting, mix up some cake pop mix, make the pops, bag 'em and get everything ready for tomorrow. My kitchen looks like a bomb went off in it but I got everything done!! My kitchen will probably look like a war zone until Sunday night and my laundry will still be sitting in 'clean' piles around the living room unfolded for awhile (hey, at least it's clean, right??).
Hope you all are having a Great day!!
Good Hubby Thing: tonight he made me my poster for the party I'm doing in the morning... glad he can draw b/c I really do suck at that!!!
Holiday pic
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Coffee...
Oh, coffee, how do I love thee and what would I do without you??
Aside from the fact that my coffee machine is dying a slow and painful death, we are OUT OF COFFEE!!! How in the world could I let that happen?? I know, hubby was home too many times in the morning and we used more but shouldn't I be more vigilant to know when we're getting low?? YES... I should've know to just buy the damn coffee when I went grocery shopping...I even thought about it and wondered if we needed it or if we could go another week. Guess my calculations were dead wrong this time around huh?? And so, knowing that I wasn't going to have coffee, I dug out the espresso machine and all it's trimmings, so I could have some form of caffeine in the morning. Yeah, it was good...even great!! But there's something to knowing you still have some little black magic juice still waiting for you to take. With the espresso, you actually have to dump the grinds every single time and wait for it to ooze it's double whammy yummyness out. Sometimes, this extra duty is totally worth it (like today)... but what I really want is to just go pour a cup of coffee. And so, I sit here and think if I want to make another double espresso drinky or am I too lazy to do it, you know??
Maybe this will give the ol' coffee machine a break and she can chug out the magic juice tomorrow?? She seems to not be handling all the brewing we've been doing lately and has been throwing up her grinds and leaking all over my countertops... hmmmm ... so, maybe this espresso thing is not as much work as the coffee thing these days??
OK- I think I'll go brew some more MAGIC!!
OK- good hubby thing of the day (haven't done this in awhile)- last night he didn't go sit in a tree so that I didn't have to take Max and Franny girl to gymnastics!!
Aside from the fact that my coffee machine is dying a slow and painful death, we are OUT OF COFFEE!!! How in the world could I let that happen?? I know, hubby was home too many times in the morning and we used more but shouldn't I be more vigilant to know when we're getting low?? YES... I should've know to just buy the damn coffee when I went grocery shopping...I even thought about it and wondered if we needed it or if we could go another week. Guess my calculations were dead wrong this time around huh?? And so, knowing that I wasn't going to have coffee, I dug out the espresso machine and all it's trimmings, so I could have some form of caffeine in the morning. Yeah, it was good...even great!! But there's something to knowing you still have some little black magic juice still waiting for you to take. With the espresso, you actually have to dump the grinds every single time and wait for it to ooze it's double whammy yummyness out. Sometimes, this extra duty is totally worth it (like today)... but what I really want is to just go pour a cup of coffee. And so, I sit here and think if I want to make another double espresso drinky or am I too lazy to do it, you know??
Maybe this will give the ol' coffee machine a break and she can chug out the magic juice tomorrow?? She seems to not be handling all the brewing we've been doing lately and has been throwing up her grinds and leaking all over my countertops... hmmmm ... so, maybe this espresso thing is not as much work as the coffee thing these days??
OK- I think I'll go brew some more MAGIC!!
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Lost in translation... HELP!!
So, I have grown seriously frustrated with my kids and their ability to LISTEN to what I'm saying and I don't know what to do anymore... perhaps I should come up with a different Language?? Or learn theirs?? I don't know... but here's a few examples and perhaps you guys can help me know what to say to get them to do what I want...lol
Here goes:
When I say, go out and get in the truck, they hear: go outside play in the snow, run around a bit, and NOT get in the truck.
When I say, go upstairs and brush your teeth, they hear: Walk into the playroom, turn on the TV and plop on the couch.
When I say, Kyra, bring me the brush so I can brush your hair, She hears: go brush your own hair and leave the whole back side unbrushed, frizzy and notty...
When I say, Dinner time, they hear: NOTHING
When I say, Time for BED, they hear: time for Dessert
When I say, clean up the playroom, they hear: go to the bathroom for a really long time and then go into the playroom and play with everything instead of putting it away.
When I say, sit down and DO YOUR HOMEWORK, they hear: do cartwheels and handstands to the table, sit down and look through everything BUT homework, talk to Max and get him all riled up to the point of there being no calming him down... oh, and don't worry about doing your homework it will be ok, you don't have to get it done...
When I say, go downstairs and put all the $$ recycling in this garbage bag, DJ hears: put 1 container in the bag and come back up (took sending him down there about 5x before he got the idea)
When I say, I'll give it to you AFTER you finish your homework, they hear: take your time doing your homework and studying b/c it doesn't matter how long it takes, she's still going to show it to us or give it to us anyway... NOT!!!
When I say, no running at the bus stop, they hear: TAG, we get to play TAG!!
I think you get the point here. Sarcasm doesn't seem to work b/c when I tell them to jump in the puddles and get soaking wet, THEY DO IT!!
And so, I am stuck here... is there a universal language for kids that adults don't understand??
Found this and I Think I need one of these to add to my collection...lol..
Here goes:
When I say, go out and get in the truck, they hear: go outside play in the snow, run around a bit, and NOT get in the truck.
When I say, go upstairs and brush your teeth, they hear: Walk into the playroom, turn on the TV and plop on the couch.
When I say, Kyra, bring me the brush so I can brush your hair, She hears: go brush your own hair and leave the whole back side unbrushed, frizzy and notty...
When I say, Dinner time, they hear: NOTHING
When I say, Time for BED, they hear: time for Dessert
When I say, clean up the playroom, they hear: go to the bathroom for a really long time and then go into the playroom and play with everything instead of putting it away.
When I say, sit down and DO YOUR HOMEWORK, they hear: do cartwheels and handstands to the table, sit down and look through everything BUT homework, talk to Max and get him all riled up to the point of there being no calming him down... oh, and don't worry about doing your homework it will be ok, you don't have to get it done...
When I say, go downstairs and put all the $$ recycling in this garbage bag, DJ hears: put 1 container in the bag and come back up (took sending him down there about 5x before he got the idea)
When I say, I'll give it to you AFTER you finish your homework, they hear: take your time doing your homework and studying b/c it doesn't matter how long it takes, she's still going to show it to us or give it to us anyway... NOT!!!
When I say, no running at the bus stop, they hear: TAG, we get to play TAG!!
I think you get the point here. Sarcasm doesn't seem to work b/c when I tell them to jump in the puddles and get soaking wet, THEY DO IT!!
And so, I am stuck here... is there a universal language for kids that adults don't understand??
Found this and I Think I need one of these to add to my collection...lol..
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