It has not been an entire week since I posted!
Man, I didn't intend to take a blogging break, but I guess I needed one.
We have had an incredibly busy week, but not really much busier than normal.
Guess I'd better do a knitting post...that always works when I don't have anything else to blog about.
Be back later today with some exciting knitting content!
If you have a sandbox in the backyard...
and then get new neighbors with an outdoor cat...
umm, yeah...get rid of the sandbox before you let your children play in it.
The three year old was especially excited to play with the "stinky mud". Aaaaa, I can still smell the horrendous stench from when they came inside. I think it's burned into my nostrils!
Wow, that's two major motherhood lessons two days in a row. Wonder what I'll learn tomorrow?
If your four year old decides that it is a good idea to put two M&Ms up her nose...
Don't try to get them out (it will be torture for her and you!)...
Just wait about ten minutes for them to get a little melty and they'll slide right out with a good nose blowing.
Lesson learned the hard way!
Emily had on a shirt the other day that had cherries on it. That sparked the following conversation....
Emily: Mmmmm, I want to eat some cherries.
Mara: Emily, we don't have any cherries.
Emily: Uh huh, they're right here on my shirt.
Mara: Emmy, don't be silly...cherries don't come from shirts, they come from milkshakes.
Mmmm, I love those cherries on the top of milkshakes, and I love that in Mara's four-year-old world cherries come from milkshakes! Oh to be four again!
...that my three year old is a fan of this guy?
We were watching the Bee Movie the other day.
In the scene where Barry is on the windshield talking to Mooseblood (the mosquito going to Alaska)...
Emily says, "Hey, he sounds like Marty!"
She was talking about Marty from Madagascar (which we love!).
You know...this guy....
Man, getting to hear this all day is definitely worth having another birthday and getting another year older.
She's already sang this 13 times this morning and it's not even 8am....I think she'll probably hit triple digits by bedtime!
Oh, and I love how she reaches for the camera when she gets done. She wanted to see herself sing too!
I just knew that you were holding your breath waiting for this picture!
360 pieces of candy....one piece of candy per day per girl....yep, we should run our right around Valentine's day when we'll get tons more!
We did have so much fun trick-or-treating though.
Oh ya, and this picture was taken about ten minutes before Emily puked all over the van. Halloween memories. We've all had the croup on two halloweens (2004 and 2005) and then Becca had RSV on her first one (2006). I can't believe that we were all healthy last year but 2008 will definitely be known as the year of doing pukey laundry for four days!
Nope, not at this house.
And if one more person says how great it was to get an extra hour of sleep, I'm going to hit them in the face.
The task today: to keep the girls up until (the new) bedtime so they won't be up at 5am tomorrow.
Hmmm, I love this daylight savings time crap! Oops, I mean 'stuff'...sorry Mom!
I blame this man...
2 am this morning....
I'm trying to go back to sleep....
but can. not. stop. singing.....
"Line, line, circle, circle, square, square, square, square, triangle, triangle. Line, line, circle.....etc.
At 2am, he's a very evil man!
Remember when it was 100+ degrees outside and we would point the sprinkler onto the trampoline and jump?
The girls have found a new fun thing to do with the trampoline. They love how the leaves crunch and bounce with them.
And look up, there's many more leaves where those came from. I think at least three more months of fun!
A friend of mine talks about "kisses from the King"....just little no reason happies that seem to come at the perfect time.
I've had a rough couple of weeks. Phillip's been working a lot, I've not been feeling good, and Emily's not been sleeping good (which means Mommy gets no sleep either).
On Friday Phillip brought home a gift certificate to get a pedicure. Whoo Hoo, that was definitely an unexpected happy.
Then I got some 'good mail' from Hollee Ann on Saturday. Man, you'll never know how much that meant to me, Hollee Ann!
And wait, that's not all.....Yesterday after church there was a bag hanging on the mirror of my van. Inside was some yummy cookies and yummy yummy pumpkin air freshener thingy....and I LOVE me some pumpkin. The little note just said, "Thanks for your ministry."
Man, any one of those would be a sweet sweet kiss from the King, but instead I got a triple kiss!
God knew I needed a triple kiss cause today I'm taking care of a puker.... Her face is saying, "Momma, why are taking my picture when I'm fixing to puke?"
Oh, and I'm taking care of another jealous, feeling fine, non-puker!
Thank you Phillip, Hollee Ann, and my mystery person for encouraging me and loving on me. I think I'm going to make it....no, I know I'm going to make it!
Remember this post about Emily keeping me humble. Well, here's another one....
The scene: Yesterday morning laying in my bed cuddling with Emily.
Me: (sleeping)
Emily: Mommy, your sleep sinks.
Thank you Emily for pointing out all of my flaws including my whiskers, chubby back, big booty, and now morning breath! I love you anyway little booger!
