So today, as I lay in bed, I was thinking to myself as I do most days...
"Self, what are you going to do today?"
I answered myself back with a mental list...
-Clean House
-Water Grass
-Wash Towels
-Clean my disaster of a kitchen
-Do laundry
-Clean Out Linen Closet
-P/U Kimi from Kindergarten Camp
-Return Items to Pamida
-Facebook
-Put Laundry Away
-Get Milk
-Figure Out What to do for Breakfast
The last one stumped me. You see we needed milk for cereal, (the only thing Rebekah EVER wants to eat) we needed milk for pancakes, (Justin's Fave) we needed milk for muffins, (my choice) we needed milk for just about anything and we had NO milk. So then I began to think through my day...
"Can I get the house cleaned in an hour and then get milk?" answer: No
"Can I make my children wait till 10 to eat?" answer: Everyone except Justin
"Can I make milk appear out of thin air?" answer: Shockingly No
You see my hands were tied. There was no choice. I had to. And I did. I went to the disaster of a kitchen and in front of my children with mouths wide open and eyes as big as saucers I cut four BIG slices of cake.
They looked at me.
They looked at the cake.
They looked back at me.
They looked back at the cake.
And then the reality that Mom had lost her mind set in. They had better eat it quick before she changes her mind!
So in 2.3 minutes a whole cake was polished off and I was cleaning my house. Good Times Had By All.
July 28, 2009
July 17, 2009
Camp Craziness
Brittany goes off to camp for the first time on Monday. This is what my days will look like for the next week...
7:30am- Rebekah wakes up and asks "Wheres my Brittany?"
7:32- I tell her "she is at camp"
7:33- "I want to go"
7:33.5-"Rebekah, you cant go, you have to stay with me."
7:34- "But I need my Brittany"
7:34.5- "Rebekah you can play with Mommy, Michael and Justin."
7:35-"I neeeeeeeeeeeeeed my Brittany."
7:36-(I cant describe on the Internet the interactions from 7:36-7:37)
7:37-Rebekah is on her bed
7:38-Justin wakes up
7:40-Michael wakes up
7:45-Rebekah can join the family again
8:00-Eat Breakfast
8:03-Justin says something like "When Brittany gets home..."
8:03.5-"I NEED MY BRITTANY"
8:06-Rebekah has more "refocus" time (HA what a crock)
and so on and so forth...
Fast forward to:
7:30pm-"Rebekah you need to get your jammies for a bath."
7:31-"and my Brittany?"
7:31- I cringe as I say "no she is at camp."
7:33-you guessed it more "refocus" time. HA
8:01-Pray with Rebekah..."Dear God, thank you for my day and my fambly, and my Brittanys not at camp cause I NEED her. Amen"
8:02-"Rebekah, she will be home soon, she loves you but she needs to be at camp right now"
8:03-"but I NEED HER!"
8:04-"ok Rebekah, I love you good night."
8:10- crying from the girls room...sniff...sob..."Daddy, Mommys not letting my have my Brittany."
Oh yes, cant wait for camp to start.
7:30am- Rebekah wakes up and asks "Wheres my Brittany?"
7:32- I tell her "she is at camp"
7:33- "I want to go"
7:33.5-"Rebekah, you cant go, you have to stay with me."
7:34- "But I need my Brittany"
7:34.5- "Rebekah you can play with Mommy, Michael and Justin."
7:35-"I neeeeeeeeeeeeeed my Brittany."
7:36-(I cant describe on the Internet the interactions from 7:36-7:37)
7:37-Rebekah is on her bed
7:38-Justin wakes up
7:40-Michael wakes up
7:45-Rebekah can join the family again
8:00-Eat Breakfast
8:03-Justin says something like "When Brittany gets home..."
8:03.5-"I NEED MY BRITTANY"
8:06-Rebekah has more "refocus" time (HA what a crock)
and so on and so forth...
Fast forward to:
7:30pm-"Rebekah you need to get your jammies for a bath."
7:31-"and my Brittany?"
7:31- I cringe as I say "no she is at camp."
7:33-you guessed it more "refocus" time. HA
8:01-Pray with Rebekah..."Dear God, thank you for my day and my fambly, and my Brittanys not at camp cause I NEED her. Amen"
8:02-"Rebekah, she will be home soon, she loves you but she needs to be at camp right now"
8:03-"but I NEED HER!"
8:04-"ok Rebekah, I love you good night."
8:10- crying from the girls room...sniff...sob..."Daddy, Mommys not letting my have my Brittany."
Oh yes, cant wait for camp to start.
July 8, 2009
Lost in Translation
I just thought for those of you whose lives are painfully dull I would share one of my recant conversations in the car. It went a little something like this:
Mommy to Daddy: “You should have me cut your hair tonight.”
Daddy to Mommy: “I think I should too.”
Justin to Mommy: “Mommy, I think you should keep it long cause I can't recognize you with short hair.”
Brittany to Justin: “Mommy looks nice with any hair.”
Rebekah to Mommy: “Mommy I think you should have a mohawk.”
So in a matter of a minute we went from cutting Coby’s hair to me getting a mohawk.
Mommy to Daddy: “You should have me cut your hair tonight.”
Daddy to Mommy: “I think I should too.”
Justin to Mommy: “Mommy, I think you should keep it long cause I can't recognize you with short hair.”
Brittany to Justin: “Mommy looks nice with any hair.”
Rebekah to Mommy: “Mommy I think you should have a mohawk.”
So in a matter of a minute we went from cutting Coby’s hair to me getting a mohawk.
Yup that’s my life.
July 5, 2009
"Check, Check, Check"
We live on top of a rather large hill. For those of you who have not visited (you know who you are) you may ask my parents and Minda they love me, um, I mean they have visited. Almost weekly the kids have asked me to take a walk into town, now this “walk” they want to take can be over five miles and at the end of that you have this huge hill you must climb, so I being the fun-sucking mother that I am have not attempted to do this until last week. What can I say, they wore me down.
On Friday morning I decided enough was enough and they were going to get their walk even if it killed them. So we filled water bottles, got the stroller out, gathered library books to return, and put the shades on, armed with a list of stops, yes that’s right I even have to do lists for my walks, (deal with it) we set out. As we turned out of our drive way I noticed that the back tires of the stroller were low, praying that it was a hole and I might get out of this “walk” we added “Stop at the shop and air up the tires” to our list. Yes, I even add things to my walking to do list just so I can cross them off, again, just deal. So when we got to the shop I put air in the tires and prayed…God answered my prayer with a big fat NO! So we set off again. (Check off “stop at shop”)
As we went down the street we took down a list, yes yet another list, deal. This list was of the creatures we would see. We saw 2 caterpillar's crossing the street; we made up a joke about “why the caterpillar crossed the road” and so on. We saw lots of mommy birds getting food for their babies, and I added “get lunch” to my to do list. The highlight was when a freighted baby fawn tried to run across the road just 10 feet in front of us, the fawn was so tiny it was still having a hard time walking. Then we approached the “hill”. (Check off "find furry creatures")
As we started down the boys were saying things like “this isn’t so bad” and “see I can run on the hill Mom”. I being the encourager that I am said “just wait” and added "you little brats" in my head. You see I still was a little upset that Gods answer to my prayer was a “NO”. As we approached town the kids were still excited about the walk and the fun to come. Our second thing on the “to do list” was visit a new park that our city just put in. It was great fun and in the shade so we were very grateful for that.
(Check off “Visit fun new park”)
The next stop was Subway where we got two subs and 6 cookies for $13. (Check off “get lunch”) The next stop was the library. We are quite blessed to have a great library here in Libby, nice grassy area, picnic tables, trees and a great children’s room. So we picnicked in the grass and headed inside to the nice air conditioned children’s room. (Check off “return books to library”, “Eat Lunch”, AND “re-fill Water bottles” I LOVE three for one stops!)
Than it was off to Ace, Rosouers, and the Post Office for a little errand running. (Check off “mail”, “bread”, “tape” AND “re-re-fill water bottles”) As we were leaving the last of these stops the children started to think about the hill to come, and then there was a revolt to follow. Yup, it happened just where I thought it would, about a mile from home, just before we reached the hill. Brittany was the first, then Michael, then Justin, Rebekah said from the comfort of her stroller “come on guys! Mom, way are the guys sitting there?” Ahhh to be three and fit in a stroller. (Check off “three tired kids”)
When we arrived back home they ran when they saw our mail box, ran right up to the house and hugged it. Then they all said “Mommy it will be a VERY LONG time before we ask to do that again”. (Check off “never walk that hill again”) Thank You Lord for telling me NO!! (Check off “lesson learned”)
On Friday morning I decided enough was enough and they were going to get their walk even if it killed them. So we filled water bottles, got the stroller out, gathered library books to return, and put the shades on, armed with a list of stops, yes that’s right I even have to do lists for my walks, (deal with it) we set out. As we turned out of our drive way I noticed that the back tires of the stroller were low, praying that it was a hole and I might get out of this “walk” we added “Stop at the shop and air up the tires” to our list. Yes, I even add things to my walking to do list just so I can cross them off, again, just deal. So when we got to the shop I put air in the tires and prayed…God answered my prayer with a big fat NO! So we set off again. (Check off “stop at shop”)
As we went down the street we took down a list, yes yet another list, deal. This list was of the creatures we would see. We saw 2 caterpillar's crossing the street; we made up a joke about “why the caterpillar crossed the road” and so on. We saw lots of mommy birds getting food for their babies, and I added “get lunch” to my to do list. The highlight was when a freighted baby fawn tried to run across the road just 10 feet in front of us, the fawn was so tiny it was still having a hard time walking. Then we approached the “hill”. (Check off "find furry creatures")
As we started down the boys were saying things like “this isn’t so bad” and “see I can run on the hill Mom”. I being the encourager that I am said “just wait” and added "you little brats" in my head. You see I still was a little upset that Gods answer to my prayer was a “NO”. As we approached town the kids were still excited about the walk and the fun to come. Our second thing on the “to do list” was visit a new park that our city just put in. It was great fun and in the shade so we were very grateful for that.
(Check off “Visit fun new park”)
The next stop was Subway where we got two subs and 6 cookies for $13. (Check off “get lunch”) The next stop was the library. We are quite blessed to have a great library here in Libby, nice grassy area, picnic tables, trees and a great children’s room. So we picnicked in the grass and headed inside to the nice air conditioned children’s room. (Check off “return books to library”, “Eat Lunch”, AND “re-fill Water bottles” I LOVE three for one stops!)
Than it was off to Ace, Rosouers, and the Post Office for a little errand running. (Check off “mail”, “bread”, “tape” AND “re-re-fill water bottles”) As we were leaving the last of these stops the children started to think about the hill to come, and then there was a revolt to follow. Yup, it happened just where I thought it would, about a mile from home, just before we reached the hill. Brittany was the first, then Michael, then Justin, Rebekah said from the comfort of her stroller “come on guys! Mom, way are the guys sitting there?” Ahhh to be three and fit in a stroller. (Check off “three tired kids”)
When we arrived back home they ran when they saw our mail box, ran right up to the house and hugged it. Then they all said “Mommy it will be a VERY LONG time before we ask to do that again”. (Check off “never walk that hill again”) Thank You Lord for telling me NO!! (Check off “lesson learned”)
July 2, 2009
In a Super Market Far Far Away.....Pee Wars
Today was crazy busy with running around town, so busy in fact that I did not get to the grocery store until 7:30pm. Somthing I will NEVER do again. I dont know what it was about that time but there were rumblings to be heard in the galaxy.
Another time another place and the pesents behave beautifully, not so today. There was something dark at work. Somthing that can only be attributed to the "dark" side of libby.
You see we had a simple mission, to aquire a few rassons for the village. One would think it would be easy to asertain these items. But we were wrong. I miss judged the enemy.
Once inside the market place we were gathering our supplies and two of the young peasants said they needed to visit the "facilities". I urged them to come right back, and not to become distracted and most of all to remember the teachings of yo-momma.
As I was paying the clerk for our supplies the young peasants approached me sheepishly. I noted that they had some sort of "liquid" on their cloaks and an odd smell.
I asked if the evil emperor pee body was about. They hung their heads in shame and nodded yes. Then they go on to tell me that the emperor caught them off guard and they had to fight back the only way they knew how, and so my young peasants were caught up in the great pee war of rosouers.
They fought valiantly. They won the battle. But yo-momma is gonna win the war!
Another time another place and the pesents behave beautifully, not so today. There was something dark at work. Somthing that can only be attributed to the "dark" side of libby.
You see we had a simple mission, to aquire a few rassons for the village. One would think it would be easy to asertain these items. But we were wrong. I miss judged the enemy.
Once inside the market place we were gathering our supplies and two of the young peasants said they needed to visit the "facilities". I urged them to come right back, and not to become distracted and most of all to remember the teachings of yo-momma.
As I was paying the clerk for our supplies the young peasants approached me sheepishly. I noted that they had some sort of "liquid" on their cloaks and an odd smell.
I asked if the evil emperor pee body was about. They hung their heads in shame and nodded yes. Then they go on to tell me that the emperor caught them off guard and they had to fight back the only way they knew how, and so my young peasants were caught up in the great pee war of rosouers.
They fought valiantly. They won the battle. But yo-momma is gonna win the war!