Christmas Eve Eve

The boys are seriously counting down the HOURS until the actual time they can rip into their presents. And while I am excited for them to get all these new fun goodies, I am a bit disappointed in their greediness...as to be expected I suppose as they are kids but dag seriously...selfish little monsters they are fo real. I can't hardly blame them if I knew that under the tree was oodles of funness just for me I would probably be just as greedy and selfish, I suppose that is human nature or something....but the other part of me (the less selfish part) realizes that it's not so nice. Either way I am stoked that we can put away the clutter of the season in just a few more days. And I am stoked for the boys to see all of the oodles of funness they will be receiving even if they are greedy little stink pots.
We have all been relatively quarantined to the house this week and I would like to say that it has NOT been much fun for one and all. It started with Boy2 LAST Saturday as previously mentioned...Boy1 on Wednesday...Boy3 on Friday...and Yours Truly on Sunday. However mine seems to have drug on much longer and kicked me hard. I have been down for the count, not a good time of year to be out of commission but whatcha gonna do? Thank God THEman has been here to take care of me....and he has. Just for the record he seriously rocks, like for real I am a lucky girl. And he is waiting for me downstairs to watch a movie togever....so I best get a move on.
In case I do actually keep myself away for the Holidays...have a good one!!

Sickety Sick

Can I just say that stomach virus's are the worst!

Christmas Memories

Every year I buy the boys (and THEman and I) a gingerbread house kit and we sit down and all do it together "as a family". The boys made of big deal about that tonight as we did it all together that we had to sit down and do it "as a family". So here we are happily doing our house...THEman and I trying not to shove the kids out of the way and take over the project and the kids trying to not eat the candy and goodies that come with the kit. Boy1 and Boy2 of course finished with their given candies to decorate the house with well before Boy3 so Boy2 reached over and snatched half of Boy3's candies....Boy3's reaction...he huff's and puff's, yells "HEEEEEYYYY, You took my balls!!" slams his hand on the table and quite irritatedly yells "DAMN IT!!!" This after I just tell my friend that he hasn't said it since she watched him last....nice. Needless to say we will have to tackle that another day because THEman and I didn't respond appropriately and instead of scolding....like 10 year olds sat there giggling and laughing at him.

Spring anyone?

Um it's 69 and sunny, after the dreary weeks we have had I am in heaven. We have been outside all morning...the doors, windows if it can open it's open....Lovely, lovely. We loaded the kids up and went for a bike ride a bit ago....can we say OUT.OF.SHAPE. Yikes. Gavin and I rode all over the neighborhood and omg am I spent.

Ahh...

Just gotta say I love the sun and I love the wind....today is a relatively sunny and very windy day. It's unordinarily warm for December (like 60's) and I have opened the windows. I just sat down to upload some photos from the trusty P&S (from like the past 2 months...oops) and a breeze just whipped thru here...and just Ahhhh. Love it. Winter has barely begun and I am already ready for Spring.

7 days

In 7 days time we will be busily wrapping gifts and setting up toys under the tree..I can't wait...and trust me the anticipation is MUCH worse for the rug rats. Everyday they tell me how they can't wait to open presents. Greedy little boogers. Not that I can blame I seriously thought I would die having to wait for.so.dang.long. when I was a kid...but alas I did not and they will survive as well. Provided I let them last that long...Boy2 has had a tummy bug this week and let me tell you that boy has stunk up the entire upstairs this evening. Poor kid whatever has ailed him this week is still lingering in his body and is slowly leaking out...peeeee--ew! He's been a trooper for sure about it though, not hardly a complaint out of his mouth...which is his style any time he's sick. He's going to be one of those men that never goes to the doctor and prefers to tough it out...lovely. hehe.
I have been busily trying to get things done around here...gifts bought, gifts wrapped, parties planned, orders placed, cards mailed, orders delivered etc etc. All of the hustle and bustle of the holidays. The boys gifts are bought--not as lightly as I had hoped but lighter at least so that's good. They have some much they could seriously care less about and that's all they need is more c-r-a-p. So hopefully we can keep it to a minimum this year. Either way I can't wait!
I took a crap ton of photos when it snowed because the kids were unbelievably cute on their ghetto sleds---seriously if you go to the beach and buy boogie boards KEEP THEM! The make great "sleds" in the winter...who knew? 2 for the price of 1...we discovered this last winter, good times. So with that said....here are a ton more photos...

Party, Party!!

FINALLY! The secret is out...I can now post what I have been wanting to post about for MONTHS. Saturday was the big event....my mom's 50th SURPRISE party. I have started to post about it many times but know she reads here from time to time soooo no could do. But it's done it's over with and it was a success! She had pretty much no clue...especially to the magnitude it was done. It was great! We all "hid" in a back area and waited for her to come in the door far enough and then all walked out singing of course, Happy Birthday. She was shocked to see me but I stepped out of the way and she saw my grandmother and lost it. It was f-a-b-u-l-o-u-s. We had about 40 guests and everyone was there like they said they would be...perfect. Friends she hadn't seen in forever, she was shocked about it all to say the least. And for anyone in the Hendersonville area doing a party seriously...call Anchor High Grill...they were beyond AWESOME. The place is quaint and cute and right on the water...literally. The service and what not was beyond perfect. It's not a fancy schmancy party spot but for a cute little shin dig it's perfect...and reasonably priced for sure. Anyway just a little plug for them because we have been raving about how great they were all weekend. It was also wonderful to get to visit with family for just a bit and the boys loved seeing everyone.
Poor Boy2 got sick on Saturday night while we were gone...seriously our babysitter is going to avoid us like the plague. Last weekend she came over and the power went out--and crappy chick that I am totally didn't even think to call her to let her know where she could find other sources of lighting for about an hour (I knew they were out from someone else). Nice huh? and then this weekend Boy2 throws up and she is stuck here dealing with it...with us an hour away. Joy. He got sick a time or 2 again yesterday early on but has been ok since although he seems to feel a little sluggish and looks a bit rough. Poor baby :(
9 more days guys....9 more days!

By George it's a snowin'!

It started snowing here about hmm...around 4:30 or so...by 5:30 we had a good covering on the ground. It's starting to melt now actually...and I thought it might so at 7:15ish the kids and I bundled up and headed outside for 30 min or so. We have good lights in the back so it lit up the back yard and we had a big time! Seriously this is the first time we have ever been able to build a snowman...the snow has always been too fluffy or something but this stuff is wet and just perfect--ok I take that back Boy1's first snow my friend and I made a snowman--a big snowman actually-- but um he was like 7 months old it doesn't count. They were so cute about it all! We came in freezing but had a good time so it's all good in the 'hood..

Here's some pics super quick....THE man is patiently waiting for me to watch a movie...so gotta be quick about this...it's more than a little...as usual

Snowball fight!!!

Finished Frosty!

How cute is he? Poor kid was frozen but would have stayed out all night I think!

Is this not hilarious! THE man not the ghetto trampoline in our back yard...

And this was yesterday...totally random with this post but too cute...I turned around and he had all his pups lined up while he ate his soup...sweet Boy2

Short n Sweet

I do not like cold rainy yucky days....
I'm just sayin'.

Got a pill, get a pill, give it to yo motha'

There seems to be a pill of some sort for every ailment or feeling of an ailment around...but do you think there is one to make my approach to parenting a bit less um...harsh? Is there a happy smiley mommy pill out there...or is it just a personality flaw I am stuck dealing with...or I should say my kids are? Will it make them better or stronger people because their mother is a wee bit snappy and dare we say distracted with them? Or will they hate me and turn out to be bums? I suppose it would happen either way huh...I could be too sweet and they could walk all over me...oh wait they do and I am not. THE man and I really trying to work on this slight defect we seem to have been struck with in the parenting department...anyone that knows me knows that patience is not a virtue I was blessed with...well not true in some areas (a sligth few) I have been known to become quite patient. However as of late (er always) with my children that is just the case. It's quite unfortunate really as now my poor vocal chords are getting a work out and my children might slowly be becoming deaf...it's a viscious cycle we have created...I say nicely do blah blah blah...they ignore...I repeat please do blah blah...the ignore even more....I now yell...they look at me dumbfounded and then ignore...I now have to really yell they slowly do what they were instructed. Maybe the defect is in them ya think? Or maybe they sadly have been conditioned to only respond when screaming has commenced...I am not quite sure. But the snappy bitchy mother is no fun...for me or them...or maybe it's that nasty Mommy Guilt that is the culprit and we are really doing just fine here in Casa de' beas...maybe? But I still want that pill....of course then you would feel guilty for that huh? What is it with that...why do we have to feel guilty....because we aren't like Perfect Mommy who does the homework and cooks dinner and has the spotless house and perfectly behaved children and seemingly perfect marriage...mmhmm that's why...it's because we have to give off this "perfect persona" at all times. Really I think one of the reasons I love...you love...reading all the blogs I frequent because it's yet another mother proving how imperfect she is...how she can't do it all...and has time to bitch about it! Hallelujah I am normal (well relatively...or something)! Of course then there's the ones that seem to be able to that I typically skip right on past because after all I need to feel better not inadequate! My house is not spotless...there are toys on the floor behind me...toys on the floor downstairs...toys in the hall...hell there's toys in the backyard. On a good day everything is organized and in it's place on a normal day it's not. We are clean...the pee spots on the toilets do get cleaned up..eventually. The dishes get done daily...the tubs get washed, the floors vacuumed but that's not to say my house is spotless...my back door is covered in muddy dog paw prints (thanks to the never ending mudd in my backyard)...suffice it to say as my MIL would say my house is strowed (wtf kinda word is that...I think she made it up) but it's relatively clean...perfect no? Liveable yes...absolutely. So go away nasty Mommy guilt...oh crap no I don't play with my kids like I should....like ever really. I read to them every night though so take that MG...I talk to them, I feed them, bathe them, teach them....Take that MG...but why is it that I have to play with their toys with them? Isn't that the point of them? For them to play and leave me alone? It is right? Isn't that why we spend bookoo's of money on toys....right?....So I don't have to do that...right? Mmmmhmmm that's what I thought MG so piss off....now where's that darn pill again...

So...um...

The bus was late today bringing Boy1 home. THE man was much more nervous about this than I was, as I knew that this happens and the friendly school people don't bother to contact parents to let them know (although I do know this would be a difficult task). A friend of mine recently waited an HOUR for her child only to discover the bus had broken down...thanks for the heads up. Seriously had that not happened to her...I would have been beside myself with worry. Anyhow...so it was 40min late...at the 30min late mark I look up the transportation number and we give them a call. We discover that yes the bus is on the side of the road, but no it's not broken down...it's waiting for the seat to be taken off the floor to get the CHILD out from under it. The child (who lives across the street actually) thought it would be a good idea to crawl underneath the seat and get himself stuck. Are.you.kidding.me? Way to go genius. So ok great some dingbat got stuck under the seat...so we ask if we can go get Boy1 off the bus, and I grab my keys to go grab him as he had to be at karate in 30 min. As I leave I see parents waiting and worrying...so I let them know what's going on and as I start to leave again up comes the bus. 40min late. And full of kids with a story to tell....I mean they had police men and an ambulance after all. Geesh.
For what it's worth I know the kid who got stuck...he's not a dingbat....he's actually a pretty sweet kid, but um seriously what in the world was he thinking? They did at least call his mother and see if she wanted him to be taken to the ER. To which she said uh is he hurt?...no...well then noooo. LOL.
Boy1 was barely phased...he seriously barely even spoke about it...instead he stomped off mad that I was making him go to karate when he "JUST GOT HOME!". Um sorry kid you insisted for months you want to do karate...we signed a big fat check just so you can so you are going.
So lesson of the day...tell your child that it's NOT a good idea to crawl under the seats on the bus. not.a.good.idea.at.all.

Picture(s) of the day

Look at what Boy2 has accomplished!!! I am so proud of him! Looks like that new bike he's getting for Christmas was a good thing (he has a little bike now that is just that....too little). Goooo big stuff, Gooo! Seriously the kid is getting too big!

(and I am supposed to add that that shirt makes THE man look big....it's not really a fat suit *giggle*) And Daddy is very cute running beside him the whole time too!

Boy2 is very much that...a boy. We had lunch with my mom today...he leans over to her and tell her he needs to tell her a secret...and BURPS in her ear! Um at 4 you aren't supposed to know that crude stuff right? Lately his hand has been permantly in his pants which is uh...so NOT ok with me, so the threats of time out and grounding have begun if he doesn't stop doing it in front of me all the time. On the way home from lunch I keep hearing burping so I tell him to stop that I will NOT sit and listen to that...and then glance back and see his hand is again...in.his.pants. So then I find myself saying stop burping and get your hand out of your pants! Oy vey! He is gosh darn sweet though, constantly telling me I am beautiful and a princess...and that he loves me about 30 times a day. Sweet sweet boy he is! I am so proud of him for his newest accomplishment!

Seriously...

Do you realize that we have less than 3 weeks until Christmas!? Holy Guacamole!? My friend and I hit up Toys R Us this morning...wowzers was that place a mad house. We swung by the drive thru and ate in the car watching people and it struck me that while Christmas is supposed to be this fun happy holiday instead it's this spending, buy this and that, stressed out holiday. People are stressed trying to figure out how in the world they are going to buy gifts for everyone on their list or stressed because they can't find that perfect toy that little Johnny is asking for....and I am not sure when it happened but that is what it's become. So to me it's just down right sad....we are ok this year, we can actually afford to swing gifts for people AND pay our bills...and it's sad that in past times it was buy for so and so...or....pay the house bill...it's sad because we aren't the only ones. I get that it's the "season for giving" but um yeah I think it's been marketed to death and it's just nuts. Don't get me wrong I LOVE, LOVE giving gifts to people, LOVE it....but it just gets excessive. There are people who can't even afford to buy food or pay for a place to LIVE yet we run around make sure we buy the ride on dinosaur or pony that little prince(ss) wanted...I mean come on. Am I the only one that finds it disheartening? I guess I do a lot of talk and little do to make me feel better about the situations around us...in fact I just get sucked right in and buy, buy (I did not and would NOT get a flippin' ride on dinosaur...) like the rest of America. But I do try to be aware and am really working on being better. I just can't help but think of all those that can't...and how 50 years ago it just wasn't like this--at least not to this extreme. ....ugh and as I sit here typing this I am listening to all of the commercials sucking my 2 in with their promise of grandeur toys....

Now that was just dumb...

One of the reasons I don't read more often is that I have this afflication I like to call...undisciplinedness....it's quite horrible if you have it too and I am terribly sorry. Symptoms are as such: inability to not eat bad for you foods...
inability to control impulsive decisions (this varies in severity)
ability for read for hours and hours and HOURS past when you know you should
put the book down
inability to exercise or do anythings you say you are going to do....
Yes, this *thing* I have has caused me some discomfort today...in fact it resulted in a quite sleepess evening while I stayed up until FOUR am reading a gosh darn book...so yes I am going on 2 hours of sleep all day. Which just doesn't cut it for me and I feel sick. I have a session I need to get loaded and then I am Going.To.Bed.
One thing I have learned is that this problem seems to be quite prevelant among peers however that provides me with little comfort...one day I will get a better grip on myself....maybe.....

Tsk, Tsk...

So remember that wii fit? Hmmhmm yes that's the one...the one I raved about and oh how great it is and I am going to use it everyday blah blah blah. Would you believe that I haven't used it in uh about let's see...2 months? Not even turned the thing on...surprised? Yeah I bet not. And to top it off I ate food out not once...but THREE times today. Starbucks for "breakfast", Moe's for lunch (yes I love that place), and *coughKrystalscough* for dinner. Seriously something has to give...and it's going to be the seems on my pants...I am not kidding.
It doesn't help that there are signs for food everywhere...and I am serious when I think they put some kind of "addicting" something in the food so that when I am sitting here at my house with my kitchen full of food that I bought because it after all is what *I* like I long for nothing other than Chicken tenders and fries from Zaxby's or Skillet Queso from Chilli's...or worse still Chilli Cheese pups from Krystals. I think I am being drugged, really that has to be it. I mean just typing those food choices out make me want to rush to the porcelain throne...really why would I choose to eat such. No wonder "america is fat". Turn on the TV for 5 minutes during meal time and you are blasted with food commercials. We are marketed to every single time we turn around. Now don't me wrong I get suckered just like every other Tom, Dick, and Harry...I just can't help it. Those sweaters, shoes, toys, cool drink holders...I mean I DO have to get them all. I do however hate it. Not because I can't buy it all (although I can't)...but because I find myself wanting these stupid trinkets...and for what reason? I can manage to stifle off some idiotic purchases like THIS or well the other hundred stupid creations people have come up with. Now see if I had thought this out before I dived into this rant I could pull out link after link of dumb items that people think are just great...but alas as are all my posts, I am again unprepared. So the peepee teepee is all I got---cus I have thought it was stupid forever...I mean come on can we say LAZY. Anyway stupid commercials and marketing...buy, buy, buy is the moto huh?
Right.... so....anyway I need to get back on that Wii fit....