An epic portion of justification

Life is funny. When I was a kid I was a bit of what we mormons call a molly. I even took it as far as feeling guilty for going over the speed limit. I look back now and really don't have many regrets because I'm the type of person that just likes to do things the best I can and be done with it. Although, I wish I wouldn't have been so hard on myself at times. Annnyway, nowdays, not so much. I once heard about a lady that was too hard on herself and ending up killing herself and that story hit pretty hard on my homefront. So here is my achilles heel, if you will, and I am not quite ready to part with it.

Explitives.

Now, let me explain a little. It's not like one day I woke up and was all, World..*&%(*, *$&#(%, *&#@%&(! I blame my kids. Yup. It's totally their fault. I hardly ever swore before them. They came along and BAM! it was over. There goes all my good intentions.

I recently came across an old friend's blog and she mentioned that motherhood is so bipolar. One minute you're all screaming in their faces and the next your kissing said face because they've done something so incredibly wonderfully stupendous that you just can't help but kiss that scrumptious face. I totally agreed with her and realized that the way I deal with the pressure is to let out a good explitive every now and again. And you know what? It feels GOOOOOD. Really. Like I'm justified in feeling overwhelmed at that moment and someone is allowing me to release a bit of the unfairness of the moment.

I am not naive enough to think that no one else does this but I also know that there are many many stronger parents than I that don't have to resort to such things and to them I tip my proverbial hat and say 'Way to go pardner!!' Because damnit, it feels too good not to do.

There. See. Done. Wasn't that easy?

And here I was in sweats over it.

Gotta hand it to our little miss determination. She's a potty training fool. This girl can go in the potty with the best of 'em. Way to go Allie! SOOOOOOOOO happy this is over with!!! Hooray for not having to buy as many diapers!!

Opening gifts from grandparents on Valentines

This video is for my parents to see. Please excuse the hair. I just got out of the shower. Thanks mom and dad for the nice gifts for the girls!! Note my nice flowers from Jason. Yay for roses! Happy Valentines day!!

And so it begins...

Wish us luck! OY!

Can you feel the love?

In honor of this "LOVE'ly week, here is a recent conversation between me and Allie.

this is about what happened.

MOM! DO THIS.

Allie, I'm in the shower, gimme a minute.

NO! DO THIS.

Gimme a MIN NUTE.

NO! I NEED DIS

I get the shampoo out of my eyes and look at what she wants. Pick it up and throw it far far way.

Allie, oh my heck, I CAN'T RIGHT NOW.

screaming now..MOMMY! I need my cap for dis. (an empty spice bottle that I gave her last night to play with that now she's using as a water bottle)

me, screaming now.. GIMME A FREAKIN MINUTE, I CAN'T HELP YOU RIGHT NOW, I'M IN THE SHOWER!!!!

Allie goes away crying.

I feel it, do you?

Hello February, It''s so great to see you!

It's February! Yay! I'm not a fan of January and today's weather makes me so happy with all the sunshine and nicer temperatures so, I wanted to say hello to February! Also, I've only been given two sister-in-laws and both their birthday's happen to fall on the exact same day, today. So, wanted to wish Tiffany and Michelle a happy birthday! I hope both your days are wonderful!

I hope your morning's been as bright as mine!

Yay for getting closer to SPRING!! MY FAVE!

Fun Family Quote

Last evening we were all over at great grandma J's home and the girls were busily playing on the floor as we chatted away. Allie comes up and asks me what I'd like for dinner with a pencil and pad of paper in hand to take my order. I tell her and she runs and grabs a spool of thread to represent the pizza that I asked her for. Ellyse wants in on the fun so we include her. We all give them our orders and I write it down for Ellyse to read. Now, she's just getting the hang of reading and this will help her learn and show off her skills to the 'rents. We all said our orders out loud and then I transcribed them onto the pad of paper. She then "read" the paper and handed out the orders. Well, to spice things up a bit and get her cogs turning, I told her I was going to have everyone mouth their orders to me and I'd write them down and she'd have to read them and hand them out appropriately. She didn't like this idea, even though she LOVED all the attention, she said "no mom, don't have everyone quietly give you their orders" I was all "but it will test you" she resisted. I mentioned that it would show us how smart she is. She pipes back "No! I ALREADY KNOW HOW SMART I AM."

She completed each order with perfection. Cute kid!


This morning, AT 6 AM - don't have kids - Allie wakes up screaming something about her Mickey - special blanket- she sometimes does this and then falls back to sleep so I gave it a minute. Minute over, still screaming, so I tend to her and tell her to go back to sleep. She minds so well and gets up and runs to Ellyse's room. ( I really love how close they are) Ellyse tells her to go back to sleep. YAY ELLYSE!!! YOU GET 100 POINTS! Allie goes back to her bed but continues to cry and then slowly makes her way back to Ellyse's room in the dark. It's 6 AM people! Allie tells Ellyse she's scared and Ellyse says "Don't be scared Allie, I'm right here."

Isn't that the cutest? Okay, go ahead and have some kids.