Ohh geeze! It's 1116pm and my kids are STILL awake! They normally go to bed at 730pm..I know tomorrow is going to be a rough day. Today we took Mikhail and the twins to the down town library to see the train they had set up there. They loved it, even the babies :) And then we took them to go play, Maddy was so funny. She went straight for the magnetic board and knocked all the magnets off. She was really funny..very destructive! Maddox was running all over the place. He liked the puppet show place...he liked to hide in there and play 'peak a boo' it was so cute..and I was like a little kid playing with him and cracking up! As soon as Maddy discovered it, you could hear her little high pitch laugh all across the library..she thought she was soo funny. There were bigger kids that kept building towers with blocks and Maddox LOVES to knock down towers..he thinks it's the funniest thing ever. So every time they would build it up..he would race accross the room to knock it over. I had to keep stopping him..as much as I would have just loved to let him go for it..I knew the kids would get upset. There was another little boy playing on a train table, and Max kept trying to take his train. The little boy was very nice about it..but I had to keep moving him from that too. Mikhail was playing computer games and was doing so well. Tim was just shocked how well Mikhail could use a computer...lol I wasn't! I see him get on the comp every time we go to the library..which is pretty often. He is very good at it! Tim wants to start buying him more games for the house and encouraging him to play more here. It is a really good thing for a kid so little to know.
After we went to the library, we took them to Franklin Park Conservatory to meet up with Tim's sister, her daughter, and Makenna for a magic show. I would like to say it was a good show and that I had fun watching it. But I was on "Max duty" and that boy wouldn't sit still for nothin! I had to eventually just leave my seat all together and just let him run wild..because he wasn't going to settle down at all. He did get tired a lot and lay his head down on my shoulder :) I love my little cuddle bug! During the show, they used a whip..and that really scared Maddy..Tim said she would jump out of her skin every time they cracked it. Mikhail laughed hysterically the whole time..which resulted in the girls giggling the whole time too :) It was a really fun time for them, and that's what's important. I know I'm not always going to get to see everything, and be part of everything..it's part of having a little one. I enjoyed running around with him and making him laugh, and of course the tired cuddles!
After FPC all the kids came back and went to sleep..it was like 4pm..so of course they woke up around the time they were supposed to be going to bed. We didn't get the tots to bed until like 1115. Maddy cried a lot. She was really restless. You could tell her little internal clock knew it was bed time, but she didn't want to go back to bed. She cried when she was awake, and she cried when I laid her down. Max on the other hand was ok with whatever. When he was awake, he kept crawling into my lap and watching tv with me. When I put him in his bed, he didn't make a peep, and he just accepted that it was time to go to bed. He was being a really good baby for me! Inbetween the babies being asleep, the tots and I got out our coloring books and watched scoobie doo and colored :) It was fun! Once Tim got home from working, he and Brian played a lady bug game with the kids. I was really shocked to see that Makenna knew all the numbers on the cards. I know she knows how to count, I just didn't know she recognized them all. Mikhail ended up winning, which I was happy for him yes..but he's not a good loser, and he needs a good lesson in it. It wouldn't have been bad for him to lose. But game time is always fun, and it's definately something we are going to get into more!
Well it's like 1130 now, and I know tomorrow's going to be busy. I want to take the kids back to FPC for a family thing they have with Tim's sister, and then I want to go to the zoo lights, and thennn I think we might be going back to her house for pizza and to let the kids play in the bounce house they just bought. So I know it's going to be busy busy. We are also supposed to go visit with Tim's dad and Grandma early too. So it's going to be a full day packed full of fun activities..and that's just the way I like it!
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
interruptions
Today we celebrated my grandma's 80th birthday! We went to the Hickory House for dinner. And while, yes I ate a lot..we couldn't believe how much Maddy and Mikhail ate. I seriously think Mikhail ate more than I did. And now, we are paying for it :/ He just came down stairs a little bit ago and said he threw up. He's on the top bunk, and he just leaned over and threw up over the side of the bed. Luckily most of it landed on Makenna's blanket..because I can't handle cleaning that stuff up. I can throw a blanket in the washer though! So he sat down here with us for a little bit, and then went to bed...came down a few minutes later and said he threw up again! He said he stuck his finger down his throat! ughhh! I made Tim clean up the second round, and he bitched about it. But throw up is not something I can handle. I clean up all the nasty stuff..but I had to leave round two to him!
oh well..he'll get over it! Tonight the kids got thier fish for thier tank! They got four fish. I'm not really sure what kind they are, but I want to read up on them, so I make sure we take the best care of them that we can. Thier tank is little..which I feel a little bad because they don't have much room to swim..but they are little fish..so I guess they don't need a lot of room? We got four of them because the people at the pet store said they like to swim in schools...so four I guess will work. Mikhail is really excited about them! If we do well with these fish, I'd like to get a bigger tank at our next house and get some really cool colorful fish. We also told them if they treated these pets well, then we'd get a dog next. These fishies are their first pets!
This morning I took the kids to the library and we got The BFG! I remember that book from when I was little! I started reading it to them today and they love it :) I'm so proud of them for being interested in a chapter book..and aren't just like ohh this is too long and doesn't have pictures. I want them to get in to some longer books. They both told me it makes it easy for them to sleep after they read it..lol it usually works for me too! I want to go back and get me a good book. So at night [like tonight] when I'm restless and can't sleep, I'll have something to read and help me go to sleep. I also think I'll start taking warm baths at night. I just wish we had a soaking tub..that's a mandatory at our next house! Tim knows it's not something he should even try to fight me on..I won't love the house unless it has exactly what I want in it.
We've been talking a lot about the next house we'll get. We want to move sometime within the next four monthish? At first Tim was like, 'I want to buy a house that will last us through the kids going to school...like elementary through high school' and that's a toughy..because what we will want will obviously change. I'm ok with sending the kids to one school for elementary and then moving to a new district for middle school and high school...i just want them to be in the same district for middle and high school. I know that elementary doesn't matter that much, because I will be working with them a lot too..so I know they will be some smarties :) I just have to figure out how to get Mikhail to concentrate! I feel like he has ADD...and I know they will give him medicine if that's what I want..they are quick to give it to anyone these days. But I don't want to rush into that. I really want to get him into some kind of martial arts that will help him focus. It's hard sometimes when you talk to him..his eyes are darting all over the room and he only hears half of what your saying to him..so when he doesn't do exactly what you tell him to, then it's easy to get upset with him..but it's not really his fault. And I mean face it, he's a four year old boy! They do that! I was thinking about it today, and his five year old birthday is coming up soon! I really can't believe it! Soon I'm going to be the mother to a five year old, four year old, and double two year olds! Life is just crazy how fast it goes. That's what I love taking the kids on so many adventures, and why I'm so obsessed with the pictures..I want to document it all, so I can look back and remember all the fun things we do..again with why I'm so into blogging!
Tonight my Kenna Rie is having a sleep over with her cousin Brighid. It feels wierd not having her here on a week night. But I know they are having fun girl time. The love to play together and just giggle and have a blast..so it's exciting for her! I told Mikhail tomorrow I'd take him just for some one on one time. I will probably end up taking Maddy too..but that's ok. I know Mikhail will feel special it just being us! I think I'm going to take him to the downtown library...they have a train exibit that's going to be leaving soon...so I want to make sure I take him before it does! I'm thinking tomorrow might be the best day. I also want to take the kids to the zoo lights tomorrow night. I'm thinking that will probably be our best night too. I hate that all the kids are on winter break right now because all the normal things we do are super packed. But oh well, things will be back to normal next week. I've been really wanting to go to COSI. I'd like for Tim to go with us..it's always a lot of fun when he does! The kids get a kick out of it, and it's nice to have that extra helping hand.
Which that brings me to another point. It's really hard for me..I've come to realize that I shouldn't care what every one expects out of me. I know sometimes I don't give things a hundred percent. Like the house work. There's things that need done right now that I could be up doing instead of being on fb. But it's also almost midnight?? And it's been a long day so I'd just like to relax a little. I think people think I should just be this robot that is constantly cleaning and doing house work and taking care of kids...they forget that I am my own person too and have my own intrest. Yes almost everything I'm interested in involves my kids. But I just find it a little comical that when people help me with my kids, they get over whelmed...yet they think I should have it down to a T. I also feel bad for people who only have one kid and really really want another. The grass is always greener on the other side. While I would NEVER take back having any of my children...I feel at times that I've cheated them by having them all so close in age. I didn't get to take the one on one time as much as I would have liked to. I'm really trying to do that a lot more now. Like the chapter books..I love cuddling up in bed with ken and mikhail and reading to them. I love that Makenna is really into doing her hair and makeup and we've been spending a lot of time at her vanity that Santa brought her. I brush her hair and she puts on make up. I think we are going to start doing make over nights a lot more. She wants to do my hair and make up and paint my nails..and why not lol I think it would be fun! I love to work on writing with Mikhail because I love to see how excited he gets when he does it right. I need to find more things to do with him. Lately he's been so much into the boy stuff..playing video games and playing with guns and swords...lol we need more mommy time. Max doesn't let me get away with out giving him one on one time. If I'm sitting on the couch, he'll climb right up into my lap and put my arm around him and he'll just cuddle with me :) He's my only baby to ever do that, and it's so special to me. Maddy is a very self content baby. She's perfectly fine entertaining her self..and gosh is that girl a couch potatoe. I can't wait for the weather to warm up so I can start taking them on walks agian! But I bought them the baby markers that are kind of like balls...I really want to start doing some art with them. I'd also like to let them finger paint...If I could keep them from eating it lol!
Ok well Mikhail just came downstairs and said he threw up again, so I'm going to go take care of that..and then I'm hittin the sack because I'd like to get up early and take my Mack Man out for some one on one before miss Kenna Rinky Dinky Dink get's home lol that's what i've been calling her lately and it cracks her up...Rinky for short. I don't know where it comes from. Maybe because my dad had a million nick names for me when I was little. I could probably count on one hand the number of times I was actually called Shannon...I like it though. I love thier little nick names. Maddy is Juney, June Bug, & Juners right now...lol don't know where it came from..but it's CUTE!
oh well..he'll get over it! Tonight the kids got thier fish for thier tank! They got four fish. I'm not really sure what kind they are, but I want to read up on them, so I make sure we take the best care of them that we can. Thier tank is little..which I feel a little bad because they don't have much room to swim..but they are little fish..so I guess they don't need a lot of room? We got four of them because the people at the pet store said they like to swim in schools...so four I guess will work. Mikhail is really excited about them! If we do well with these fish, I'd like to get a bigger tank at our next house and get some really cool colorful fish. We also told them if they treated these pets well, then we'd get a dog next. These fishies are their first pets!
This morning I took the kids to the library and we got The BFG! I remember that book from when I was little! I started reading it to them today and they love it :) I'm so proud of them for being interested in a chapter book..and aren't just like ohh this is too long and doesn't have pictures. I want them to get in to some longer books. They both told me it makes it easy for them to sleep after they read it..lol it usually works for me too! I want to go back and get me a good book. So at night [like tonight] when I'm restless and can't sleep, I'll have something to read and help me go to sleep. I also think I'll start taking warm baths at night. I just wish we had a soaking tub..that's a mandatory at our next house! Tim knows it's not something he should even try to fight me on..I won't love the house unless it has exactly what I want in it.
We've been talking a lot about the next house we'll get. We want to move sometime within the next four monthish? At first Tim was like, 'I want to buy a house that will last us through the kids going to school...like elementary through high school' and that's a toughy..because what we will want will obviously change. I'm ok with sending the kids to one school for elementary and then moving to a new district for middle school and high school...i just want them to be in the same district for middle and high school. I know that elementary doesn't matter that much, because I will be working with them a lot too..so I know they will be some smarties :) I just have to figure out how to get Mikhail to concentrate! I feel like he has ADD...and I know they will give him medicine if that's what I want..they are quick to give it to anyone these days. But I don't want to rush into that. I really want to get him into some kind of martial arts that will help him focus. It's hard sometimes when you talk to him..his eyes are darting all over the room and he only hears half of what your saying to him..so when he doesn't do exactly what you tell him to, then it's easy to get upset with him..but it's not really his fault. And I mean face it, he's a four year old boy! They do that! I was thinking about it today, and his five year old birthday is coming up soon! I really can't believe it! Soon I'm going to be the mother to a five year old, four year old, and double two year olds! Life is just crazy how fast it goes. That's what I love taking the kids on so many adventures, and why I'm so obsessed with the pictures..I want to document it all, so I can look back and remember all the fun things we do..again with why I'm so into blogging!
Tonight my Kenna Rie is having a sleep over with her cousin Brighid. It feels wierd not having her here on a week night. But I know they are having fun girl time. The love to play together and just giggle and have a blast..so it's exciting for her! I told Mikhail tomorrow I'd take him just for some one on one time. I will probably end up taking Maddy too..but that's ok. I know Mikhail will feel special it just being us! I think I'm going to take him to the downtown library...they have a train exibit that's going to be leaving soon...so I want to make sure I take him before it does! I'm thinking tomorrow might be the best day. I also want to take the kids to the zoo lights tomorrow night. I'm thinking that will probably be our best night too. I hate that all the kids are on winter break right now because all the normal things we do are super packed. But oh well, things will be back to normal next week. I've been really wanting to go to COSI. I'd like for Tim to go with us..it's always a lot of fun when he does! The kids get a kick out of it, and it's nice to have that extra helping hand.
Which that brings me to another point. It's really hard for me..I've come to realize that I shouldn't care what every one expects out of me. I know sometimes I don't give things a hundred percent. Like the house work. There's things that need done right now that I could be up doing instead of being on fb. But it's also almost midnight?? And it's been a long day so I'd just like to relax a little. I think people think I should just be this robot that is constantly cleaning and doing house work and taking care of kids...they forget that I am my own person too and have my own intrest. Yes almost everything I'm interested in involves my kids. But I just find it a little comical that when people help me with my kids, they get over whelmed...yet they think I should have it down to a T. I also feel bad for people who only have one kid and really really want another. The grass is always greener on the other side. While I would NEVER take back having any of my children...I feel at times that I've cheated them by having them all so close in age. I didn't get to take the one on one time as much as I would have liked to. I'm really trying to do that a lot more now. Like the chapter books..I love cuddling up in bed with ken and mikhail and reading to them. I love that Makenna is really into doing her hair and makeup and we've been spending a lot of time at her vanity that Santa brought her. I brush her hair and she puts on make up. I think we are going to start doing make over nights a lot more. She wants to do my hair and make up and paint my nails..and why not lol I think it would be fun! I love to work on writing with Mikhail because I love to see how excited he gets when he does it right. I need to find more things to do with him. Lately he's been so much into the boy stuff..playing video games and playing with guns and swords...lol we need more mommy time. Max doesn't let me get away with out giving him one on one time. If I'm sitting on the couch, he'll climb right up into my lap and put my arm around him and he'll just cuddle with me :) He's my only baby to ever do that, and it's so special to me. Maddy is a very self content baby. She's perfectly fine entertaining her self..and gosh is that girl a couch potatoe. I can't wait for the weather to warm up so I can start taking them on walks agian! But I bought them the baby markers that are kind of like balls...I really want to start doing some art with them. I'd also like to let them finger paint...If I could keep them from eating it lol!
Ok well Mikhail just came downstairs and said he threw up again, so I'm going to go take care of that..and then I'm hittin the sack because I'd like to get up early and take my Mack Man out for some one on one before miss Kenna Rinky Dinky Dink get's home lol that's what i've been calling her lately and it cracks her up...Rinky for short. I don't know where it comes from. Maybe because my dad had a million nick names for me when I was little. I could probably count on one hand the number of times I was actually called Shannon...I like it though. I love thier little nick names. Maddy is Juney, June Bug, & Juners right now...lol don't know where it came from..but it's CUTE!
Sunday, December 27, 2009
****I'm watching Teen Mom right now..I don't know why I'm so interested in these shows..it's like a wierd obsession. It's weird, because I had Mikhail when I was 19 and I was a teen mom..but my life is nothing like thiers. I know they had thier kids when they were still in high school..so it's not really the same situation. But it really makes me reflect on my life and how well we are actually doing. It just really puts things into prespective. There's a couple on the show who gave thier baby up for adoption..and everytime their part airs, it makes me want to cry. I couldn't ever imagine living my life knowing my baby was out there and I wasn't part of thier life.
****Ok enough about the teen mom show. Vacation was lots of fun. It seriously went so fast, I don't even know where all the time went. We had left on Thursday at midnight and got there at 10am. I was seriously so tired we didn't do anything, lol just slept. We took them swimming in the resort pool..it was indoor. I was really proud of Mikhail, he is such a fish! He can doggy paddle with out swimmies. And Makenna is the complete opposite. She was seriously so scared of the water she was shaking. At first I had to talk her into getting on the steps, and then I talked her into letting me hold her in the water. And thennn I talked her into hanging onto a doughnut intertube thing. The more she did, the happier she was! She was so proud of herself, and loved seeing her dad & aunt's expression when she did something new. I'm really excited about getting a pass to the Y..because both of them need to go swimming more. I don't want Makenna to be scared of the water, and I want Mikhail to excel in something he is good at. We took them to the Ripley's aquarium, which was super cool on so many different levels. We went there when we were little, and I remembered things about it when I went in..which was really cool! The kids had a blast :) We got to pick up these shell crabs and hold them and touch them. They also tried to touch sting rays, but their arms were too short, so they couldn't touch them. They loved the big aquarium that they could go on the convare belt and ride through..they got to see sharks and all kids of fish. Maddox was so cute pointing at everything, the twins both really loved all the fish too :P We also took the toddlers to Medievel times, which was also really cool, because Tim and I used to go there when we were little. Makenna kept saying, 'what is a real castle doing in South Carolina?' and they were just so amazed. We bought them toy swords and they wore crowns and cheered for our knight. We were rooting for the red and yellow knight. Our knight lost his battle..and the kids were furious..but it's all just part of the show. When the green knight got defeated..Mikhail cheered! There was one part of the show where the green knights men had captured the prince and were whipping him, and Tim said Mikhail didn't like that. I love that he still roots for the good :) It was an awesome expierence taking them there. I also got to take the tots to the beach with Tim's mom and Tim's sister and her daughter. Tim had a headache & we were a little worried about taking the twins..Max was just getting over an ear ache and we thought they would probably just eat the sand anyways! I enjoyed watching them dig in the sand and chase sea gulls. It was really fun. The beach always reminds me of being little and my parents taking us to Myrtle Beach. The beach is just so peaceful and calming. I really want to get back soon! The night before we left we took all the kids swimming. It was really shocking that Maddox was scared. That kid is a dare devil and he's so brave, but he really acted scared of the water! Madelyn, geeze, the last time we took her swimming, she cried her eyes out..she was so scared! But this time, she LOVED it! I even dunked her, and she didn't cry. She just rubbed her eyes. I'm excited about taking them swimming at the Y too! It will be great time with them :) We ended up leaving vacation a day early because there were some serious weather threats in the mountains..I didn't want to get stranded on the road with four little ones..so we thought it'd be better to just cut it a little short and make sure we got home safe...than to push it and risk something.
****It actually was pretty nice having all of Christmas eve at home. We got a lot taken care of and we went to Church with my parents. I always love the Christmas Eve service. And the kids were well rested to get up on Christmas day. They always get up before us, and run around the house..and we didn't want them to see thier Christmas presents before we got up..so we put two gates, one on top of the other and put bells on the gates..so we would hear them when they got up. I thoguht for sure they would freak out when they opened thier door..but they just said that they needed to go to the bathroom. It was funny. And Makenna didn't even ask about her presents, she just asked if she could see if Santa drank his milk and ate his cookies. When they did finally come down stairs, they were so HAPPY! Mikhail said, "OH MY GOD!" and ran to his remote control car. Ken sat down at her vanity and was singing and doing her hair..she's going to be such a girly girl! And the babies loved thier bouncy toy! They played with their big presents for a while without even noticing there was anything else to open. The loved opening thier presents too though. Most of them were for them both..like dress up clothes ect. We didn't spend a fortune on Christmas, but they loved it so much..it really made me feel good! I bought them these piggy banks that they can decorate, and that's what we are going to do tomorrow..they are always finding loose change around the house..so now they'll have somewhere to put it all! And I'm going to start rewarding them with a quarter here and there, and when they save enough i'll let them go buy something :)
****Ohh and I know this is like the never ending blog..but I redid the tots room..and I LOVE it! I was so proud of myself. I moved thier bunk beds all by myself. I just really love the way it all looks and fits in there. They have the coolest room for being just three and four. They have a computer, a couch, a table with thier tv and video games, a fish tank, and a book shelf, a cool treasure chest for their toys, and Makenna's vanity..and it doesn't look just crammed in there..they have room to play on the floor, it's very clean and organized :) I'm proud of it! Maybe the next blog i'll add pics :)
****Today it was super cute, we were getting ready to go out to lunch and Makenna was getting ready at her vanity. She was putting on make up and she let me do her hair.. so after she was all ready to go out..I got Maddy up..and sat her on Ken's vanity chair, and Makenna got out her makeup and started putting it on Maddy. Maddy was letting her put lipstick on her and she let Ken brush her hair, she had the cutest smile on her face while Ken was doing it..and I had a glimpse into the future and how much they are going to love sharing a room..and what best friends they are going to be. At our next house..I can't wait to give them the princess room I know they'll love. I want to have a little table in there for them to have tea parties at, and their vanity, and it's just going to be the cutest room..I can see it in my mind.
****Ohh and last thing, lol! Maddox went down the stairs today! So now he can go up and down :)
****Ok enough about the teen mom show. Vacation was lots of fun. It seriously went so fast, I don't even know where all the time went. We had left on Thursday at midnight and got there at 10am. I was seriously so tired we didn't do anything, lol just slept. We took them swimming in the resort pool..it was indoor. I was really proud of Mikhail, he is such a fish! He can doggy paddle with out swimmies. And Makenna is the complete opposite. She was seriously so scared of the water she was shaking. At first I had to talk her into getting on the steps, and then I talked her into letting me hold her in the water. And thennn I talked her into hanging onto a doughnut intertube thing. The more she did, the happier she was! She was so proud of herself, and loved seeing her dad & aunt's expression when she did something new. I'm really excited about getting a pass to the Y..because both of them need to go swimming more. I don't want Makenna to be scared of the water, and I want Mikhail to excel in something he is good at. We took them to the Ripley's aquarium, which was super cool on so many different levels. We went there when we were little, and I remembered things about it when I went in..which was really cool! The kids had a blast :) We got to pick up these shell crabs and hold them and touch them. They also tried to touch sting rays, but their arms were too short, so they couldn't touch them. They loved the big aquarium that they could go on the convare belt and ride through..they got to see sharks and all kids of fish. Maddox was so cute pointing at everything, the twins both really loved all the fish too :P We also took the toddlers to Medievel times, which was also really cool, because Tim and I used to go there when we were little. Makenna kept saying, 'what is a real castle doing in South Carolina?' and they were just so amazed. We bought them toy swords and they wore crowns and cheered for our knight. We were rooting for the red and yellow knight. Our knight lost his battle..and the kids were furious..but it's all just part of the show. When the green knight got defeated..Mikhail cheered! There was one part of the show where the green knights men had captured the prince and were whipping him, and Tim said Mikhail didn't like that. I love that he still roots for the good :) It was an awesome expierence taking them there. I also got to take the tots to the beach with Tim's mom and Tim's sister and her daughter. Tim had a headache & we were a little worried about taking the twins..Max was just getting over an ear ache and we thought they would probably just eat the sand anyways! I enjoyed watching them dig in the sand and chase sea gulls. It was really fun. The beach always reminds me of being little and my parents taking us to Myrtle Beach. The beach is just so peaceful and calming. I really want to get back soon! The night before we left we took all the kids swimming. It was really shocking that Maddox was scared. That kid is a dare devil and he's so brave, but he really acted scared of the water! Madelyn, geeze, the last time we took her swimming, she cried her eyes out..she was so scared! But this time, she LOVED it! I even dunked her, and she didn't cry. She just rubbed her eyes. I'm excited about taking them swimming at the Y too! It will be great time with them :) We ended up leaving vacation a day early because there were some serious weather threats in the mountains..I didn't want to get stranded on the road with four little ones..so we thought it'd be better to just cut it a little short and make sure we got home safe...than to push it and risk something.
****It actually was pretty nice having all of Christmas eve at home. We got a lot taken care of and we went to Church with my parents. I always love the Christmas Eve service. And the kids were well rested to get up on Christmas day. They always get up before us, and run around the house..and we didn't want them to see thier Christmas presents before we got up..so we put two gates, one on top of the other and put bells on the gates..so we would hear them when they got up. I thoguht for sure they would freak out when they opened thier door..but they just said that they needed to go to the bathroom. It was funny. And Makenna didn't even ask about her presents, she just asked if she could see if Santa drank his milk and ate his cookies. When they did finally come down stairs, they were so HAPPY! Mikhail said, "OH MY GOD!" and ran to his remote control car. Ken sat down at her vanity and was singing and doing her hair..she's going to be such a girly girl! And the babies loved thier bouncy toy! They played with their big presents for a while without even noticing there was anything else to open. The loved opening thier presents too though. Most of them were for them both..like dress up clothes ect. We didn't spend a fortune on Christmas, but they loved it so much..it really made me feel good! I bought them these piggy banks that they can decorate, and that's what we are going to do tomorrow..they are always finding loose change around the house..so now they'll have somewhere to put it all! And I'm going to start rewarding them with a quarter here and there, and when they save enough i'll let them go buy something :)
****Ohh and I know this is like the never ending blog..but I redid the tots room..and I LOVE it! I was so proud of myself. I moved thier bunk beds all by myself. I just really love the way it all looks and fits in there. They have the coolest room for being just three and four. They have a computer, a couch, a table with thier tv and video games, a fish tank, and a book shelf, a cool treasure chest for their toys, and Makenna's vanity..and it doesn't look just crammed in there..they have room to play on the floor, it's very clean and organized :) I'm proud of it! Maybe the next blog i'll add pics :)
****Today it was super cute, we were getting ready to go out to lunch and Makenna was getting ready at her vanity. She was putting on make up and she let me do her hair.. so after she was all ready to go out..I got Maddy up..and sat her on Ken's vanity chair, and Makenna got out her makeup and started putting it on Maddy. Maddy was letting her put lipstick on her and she let Ken brush her hair, she had the cutest smile on her face while Ken was doing it..and I had a glimpse into the future and how much they are going to love sharing a room..and what best friends they are going to be. At our next house..I can't wait to give them the princess room I know they'll love. I want to have a little table in there for them to have tea parties at, and their vanity, and it's just going to be the cutest room..I can see it in my mind.
****Ohh and last thing, lol! Maddox went down the stairs today! So now he can go up and down :)
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Tracking Santa
Ok so I'm going to start blogging about today and then eventually get to the vacation part. I didn't blog on vaca..so we'll see how well my memory does! One of my friends on facebook told me about a phone number you could call to have your kid 'track' Santa. So we called and Mikhail and Makenna got to talk to an elf! While we were waiting for the elf to pick up Mikhail said, "I can't believe I'm really going to get to talk to Santa's elf" it was super cute! As soon as the elf picked up the phone Mikhail said, "this is Mikhail and Makenna, and we want to know where Santa is!" And the elf told us he is in a little city in Gorgia. Mikhail and Makenna were so giddy! They thanked him and told him to have a Merry Christmas! I wish I would have taped it, because it was so stinking cute! They are all snug in thier beds, waiting for the morning! I love this age. We set out milk and cookies for Santa. Unfortunately we didn't get time to make cookies for him...so we just set some out we had bought...but that's ok! We've just been so busy with the whole vacation thing. We just got back from the Christmas Eve service at my dad's Chruch. I didn't really get to sit in much because I was chasing the kids around. But that's ok..that's the age they are at. One Christmas I'll get to sit down and actually enjoy the serice lol! Earlier today Mikhail and Makenna got into thier stockings..I didn't think they would do that..so before we went on vacation I put some of thier goodies in..just so I wouldn't misplace them. Crap mommy screwed that up! I just told them Mommy put a present in there for them, but Santa would be putting in more lol. Good thing they are little and still buy that! We didn't go over board with Christmas this year. But they are at an age where I don't think they will notice. Plus my parents really did it up for them. They are really spoiled :) But that's good, they enjoy it..and they are really greatful kids too!
Well I thought I was going to blog about vacation..but I don't feel like it. Maybe tomorrow night or the night after..who knows. I'm still just so tired from driving all day yesterday
Good Night, & hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!
Well I thought I was going to blog about vacation..but I don't feel like it. Maybe tomorrow night or the night after..who knows. I'm still just so tired from driving all day yesterday
Good Night, & hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!
Saturday, December 19, 2009
luv my bugs :)
The kids are watching Wizard of Oz..well the babies are sleeping..but we are all haning out, Me, Mikhail, Makenna, Anne, Shannan, & Brighid watching it..Makenna and Anne are encouraging Todo to run back to Dorthey..they are cute..."go go go!"
Makenna and Brighid just got out of the bath, & Shannan blow dried Makenna's hair..she looks like Princess Arura..it's so beautiful and long and looks so thick and gloden. She's such a beautiful little girl. Sometimes I just look at her & can't help but to think of the little heart breaker she's going to be some day! Mikhail's going to be a heart breaker some day too. Tim and I were talking about it in the car the other day..and he's always saying how much he loves me & how beautiful I am...even on my ugliest of days. And he always says it so sincere. And he always gives me back rubs and does the sweetest things for me. Someday, he's going to make some girl very happy! I hope he never looses those sweet qualities! I was watching tv with Ken and Lindsey Lohan was kissing a boy and I asked Ken if she was ever going to kiss a boy, and she said, "NO" and I said, "good" and then she said, "yes I am!" and I asked how many, and she said, "Lots!" [she's so rotten!] So I asked her if she was ever going to get married..and she said 'yes' and I asked how many boys she was going to marry.. and she said, 'one' and then in true man fashion..Mikhail chimed in, '52!?' They really really crack me up!
Madelyn was in the car today and she sneezed and I said, "bless you love" and then she blew a raspberry and I said, 'bless you love' again..so the whole way in the car she was 'sneezing'...such a silly girl! She had a river of drool down her chin! She's such a little social bug too. She walks to everyone in public. We were in Kmart today and an old man walked past her sitting in the cart & she reached her hand out and touched him..so he stopped and shook her hand and said hi to her and she just smiled and smiled at him. Max on the other hand is the shyest little bug ever! Anytime some one talks to him in public, right away he's ducking his head and being my little shy bug.
Well it's about time for the kids to get to bed. So time for me to get off...night night
Makenna and Brighid just got out of the bath, & Shannan blow dried Makenna's hair..she looks like Princess Arura..it's so beautiful and long and looks so thick and gloden. She's such a beautiful little girl. Sometimes I just look at her & can't help but to think of the little heart breaker she's going to be some day! Mikhail's going to be a heart breaker some day too. Tim and I were talking about it in the car the other day..and he's always saying how much he loves me & how beautiful I am...even on my ugliest of days. And he always says it so sincere. And he always gives me back rubs and does the sweetest things for me. Someday, he's going to make some girl very happy! I hope he never looses those sweet qualities! I was watching tv with Ken and Lindsey Lohan was kissing a boy and I asked Ken if she was ever going to kiss a boy, and she said, "NO" and I said, "good" and then she said, "yes I am!" and I asked how many, and she said, "Lots!" [she's so rotten!] So I asked her if she was ever going to get married..and she said 'yes' and I asked how many boys she was going to marry.. and she said, 'one' and then in true man fashion..Mikhail chimed in, '52!?' They really really crack me up!
Madelyn was in the car today and she sneezed and I said, "bless you love" and then she blew a raspberry and I said, 'bless you love' again..so the whole way in the car she was 'sneezing'...such a silly girl! She had a river of drool down her chin! She's such a little social bug too. She walks to everyone in public. We were in Kmart today and an old man walked past her sitting in the cart & she reached her hand out and touched him..so he stopped and shook her hand and said hi to her and she just smiled and smiled at him. Max on the other hand is the shyest little bug ever! Anytime some one talks to him in public, right away he's ducking his head and being my little shy bug.
Well it's about time for the kids to get to bed. So time for me to get off...night night
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
nighty night
Why do I always find my self most productive at night..when I should be sleeping? I'm super good at getting the laundry caught up when Tim and I are watching tv and of course the kids are asleep. I change the loads durning commercials..and relax during the show. During the day I am just way too busy running around with them and chasing them around the house, feeding them and doing everything else I have to do, to get the important things like house work taken care of. I don't want to wish for the days it will be easier to keep things clean...because I don't want to wish away them being little...but man, it's hard to keep up. I want to expect more out of Tim..but in his own way, he does so much for us...it's hard to ask for anymore.
Christmas is coming SO fast! We have the tree up and the ornaments half way on, no star yet and the stockings need hung. We are going to do it tomorrow after our Christmas party. I still want to make ornaments with them. Vanessa gave me a really cute idea for them. I just have to find the time to make them! Tomorrow we are going to make sugar cookies for the kids to decorate during their Christmas party. I'm excited for thier party..but not ready! We are doing a craft with them, having them decorate cookies, and eating pizza of course. I'm hoping the kids have fun!
Today the kids were really cracking me up. Maddy was being really playful when I was playing on the computer. She kept hiding behind the laptop and them she would pop her head out and scream..like she was 'scaring me' so I would act like I was scared and she would crack up. At one point she fell on her butt and laid on the flor and laughed. Makenna was being silly and taking my picture with her pretend camera phone saying, 'smile like pickle' I have some goofy kids!
But I started this blog with the energy to do it, now I fel like I'm going to crash...I hear my load of laundry finishing up...so I'm going to get off and go to bed. night night
Christmas is coming SO fast! We have the tree up and the ornaments half way on, no star yet and the stockings need hung. We are going to do it tomorrow after our Christmas party. I still want to make ornaments with them. Vanessa gave me a really cute idea for them. I just have to find the time to make them! Tomorrow we are going to make sugar cookies for the kids to decorate during their Christmas party. I'm excited for thier party..but not ready! We are doing a craft with them, having them decorate cookies, and eating pizza of course. I'm hoping the kids have fun!
Today the kids were really cracking me up. Maddy was being really playful when I was playing on the computer. She kept hiding behind the laptop and them she would pop her head out and scream..like she was 'scaring me' so I would act like I was scared and she would crack up. At one point she fell on her butt and laid on the flor and laughed. Makenna was being silly and taking my picture with her pretend camera phone saying, 'smile like pickle' I have some goofy kids!
But I started this blog with the energy to do it, now I fel like I'm going to crash...I hear my load of laundry finishing up...so I'm going to get off and go to bed. night night
Monday, December 14, 2009
a rough day :/
Today was a mixture of a very nice fun day, & a very stressful filled headache of a day :/
This morning we went to our playgroup gift exchange. It was so fun! I loved seeing all the little three and four years old exchange gifts :) Mikhail got a Mr. Potatoe head that also came with a potatoe dog & cat. He was so excited! And he met a little friend there, CJ, that he had a blast with. Makenna got a Princess & Frog HUGE coloring book...that came with over a hundred stickers...and wow she loves stickers! She loves the coloring book, and I was so happy :) She gave CJ the Cootie game, and Mikhail gave a little girl named Ava a memory game. They were both really happy with the games, and that was awesome! It was such a fun play date. I'm starting to get to know the moms, and it's getting to be a lot of fun.
Once we got home, I was so exhausted all the sudden. The kids were all ready for bed, so I laid them all down. Max did nothing but fuss the whole time. Maddy went to sleep with him crying in the room. So I brought Max in my room and tried to rest while he laid in bed and watched tv with me. He did, but by the time I got him settled down, the rest of them woke up :/ So no real rest for Mommy. Then I got a massive headache. I learned some things that were happening behind my back and it just really made me furious. I really don't understand why I always seem to be on the recieving end of everyones bullshit, even when I do nothing to deserve it. I don't even talk to these people...and they still go out of their way to do hateful things to me. I just really can't stand people...and it makes it hard to deal with the family when you are upset about things. I really sometimes just feel like deleting facebook, and changing my phone number and just not dealing with anyone any more. I know that's a shitty thing to say, but people are shitty :/
Anyways, well it's 630 and the kids are in bed for the night :) That should help the head ache.
This morning we went to our playgroup gift exchange. It was so fun! I loved seeing all the little three and four years old exchange gifts :) Mikhail got a Mr. Potatoe head that also came with a potatoe dog & cat. He was so excited! And he met a little friend there, CJ, that he had a blast with. Makenna got a Princess & Frog HUGE coloring book...that came with over a hundred stickers...and wow she loves stickers! She loves the coloring book, and I was so happy :) She gave CJ the Cootie game, and Mikhail gave a little girl named Ava a memory game. They were both really happy with the games, and that was awesome! It was such a fun play date. I'm starting to get to know the moms, and it's getting to be a lot of fun.
Once we got home, I was so exhausted all the sudden. The kids were all ready for bed, so I laid them all down. Max did nothing but fuss the whole time. Maddy went to sleep with him crying in the room. So I brought Max in my room and tried to rest while he laid in bed and watched tv with me. He did, but by the time I got him settled down, the rest of them woke up :/ So no real rest for Mommy. Then I got a massive headache. I learned some things that were happening behind my back and it just really made me furious. I really don't understand why I always seem to be on the recieving end of everyones bullshit, even when I do nothing to deserve it. I don't even talk to these people...and they still go out of their way to do hateful things to me. I just really can't stand people...and it makes it hard to deal with the family when you are upset about things. I really sometimes just feel like deleting facebook, and changing my phone number and just not dealing with anyone any more. I know that's a shitty thing to say, but people are shitty :/
Anyways, well it's 630 and the kids are in bed for the night :) That should help the head ache.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Sunday
Well Max is doing pretty well today! His eye is purple and pretty swallon. He can only open it about half way. I think he's going to get a black eye. We also have to clean it...I'm not looking forward to that..because we are going to have to hold him down. But the doctor said if we don't keep it clean obviously it could get infected..but it also gets crusty..like a scab, and when he makes different facial expressions..the scab could rip the stitches out. So we basically can't let it scab.
We were going to go out last night for the fight..but I just couldn't leave my lil man at home. I had a hard time even letting him sleep, I just wanted to hold him the whole time. So going out wasn't even a question. But Mikhail and Makenna went to my parents while I was at the urgent care with Maddox. And my mom called and said Makenna was asking to come home because she was home sick. It's wierd, she NEVER ask to come home...so always ask to STAY. So it kind of made me feel good and I had to go get her :) Mom and I think she was worried about Maddox. Plus I've been spending a lot of one on one time with her lately, and I think she's just wanting to soak it up. So I brought her home and she put her jammies on and we went up to my bed and read a Christmas book and watched a Christmas movie & we both fell asleep together :) It was a perfect night together!
This morning the twins slept in until 820..they are normally up at 6 or 7 at the latest..sooo of course we were running late for Church..but we still made it. We were like 15 minutes late. But when I walked in, they had already started the Word of Mouth classes...so I snuck Makenna in...and she went right in and sat in her chair like a big girl <3 I was so proud of her! Today at Church they talked about forgiveness & how we hold onto things instead of just forgiving. It had really spoke to me, especially because I had came to Church a little mad at Tim this morning. I do realize that I really need to let go of things...sometimes I waste so much energy on being upset, I could just instead be happy. I've been really enjoying going to Church & I've really been taking the messages to heart!.
Today we've got to finish our Christmas cards. I went to Archivers and got more cards...so the kids have to make more handpritns for me :) They really enjoy it! And I've got to find my address book...I have no idea where I put it. I've waited really last minute this year to get my cards out. Normally I dont' wait this long. I had counted on our photocards turning out...and they didn't. So then I decided to have the kids hand make them, which is cuter anyways. but now we don't have a picture for our cards :( I wanted to put our picture we had taken at flash...but they won't be ready until friday...and that will be too late.
We were going to go out last night for the fight..but I just couldn't leave my lil man at home. I had a hard time even letting him sleep, I just wanted to hold him the whole time. So going out wasn't even a question. But Mikhail and Makenna went to my parents while I was at the urgent care with Maddox. And my mom called and said Makenna was asking to come home because she was home sick. It's wierd, she NEVER ask to come home...so always ask to STAY. So it kind of made me feel good and I had to go get her :) Mom and I think she was worried about Maddox. Plus I've been spending a lot of one on one time with her lately, and I think she's just wanting to soak it up. So I brought her home and she put her jammies on and we went up to my bed and read a Christmas book and watched a Christmas movie & we both fell asleep together :) It was a perfect night together!
This morning the twins slept in until 820..they are normally up at 6 or 7 at the latest..sooo of course we were running late for Church..but we still made it. We were like 15 minutes late. But when I walked in, they had already started the Word of Mouth classes...so I snuck Makenna in...and she went right in and sat in her chair like a big girl <3 I was so proud of her! Today at Church they talked about forgiveness & how we hold onto things instead of just forgiving. It had really spoke to me, especially because I had came to Church a little mad at Tim this morning. I do realize that I really need to let go of things...sometimes I waste so much energy on being upset, I could just instead be happy. I've been really enjoying going to Church & I've really been taking the messages to heart!.
Today we've got to finish our Christmas cards. I went to Archivers and got more cards...so the kids have to make more handpritns for me :) They really enjoy it! And I've got to find my address book...I have no idea where I put it. I've waited really last minute this year to get my cards out. Normally I dont' wait this long. I had counted on our photocards turning out...and they didn't. So then I decided to have the kids hand make them, which is cuter anyways. but now we don't have a picture for our cards :( I wanted to put our picture we had taken at flash...but they won't be ready until friday...and that will be too late.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Ohh so sad :(
My little Maxy got his first major ouchy today :( I took the toddlers to the Round the Table sing at Church..and I got a text from Tim asking if the kids were having fun & if I would bring him home something to eat. So I told him, ya they loved it & ya no prob on the food thing. Two second later my phone rings & it's Tim...his voice is panicy & he just says "come home right now, I need you now, Max split his face open' & he hung up. So I stand up and ask Tim's mom if she's fine with the toddlers...grabbed my coat, and told her 'Max split his face open' & litterally ran out of the Church. I ran to my car and did about 85-90 the whole way home. I really didn't care if a cop pulled me over or not..my baby needed me...and I was a second short of a full blown panic attack. So I got home and Max is up in the bath, Tim's up there with him. Tim's got Max's blood all over his shirt. Max is splashin around havin a great time in the tub...his eye is SO swallon, and it's bleeding. Tim said his shirt was nothin compared to how much blood Max had on him. I guess he was walking and reached out for the fire place, and was a step too far and fell and hit the side of his eye on it. Ohhh my heart heart so bad! Our kids have never had a boo boo that bad :( So I got him out of the tub and loved on him, and got him in some warm jammies...I was detirmined that he was going to go to the ER to get checked out. Tim made him a bottle and I fed him a Nana while he waited. As soon as he saw that I was giving him a Nana, he started yelling, "NANANANANANA!" I was happy he was eating and acting 'normal' [lol well 'normal' as in Max normal!] And after the nanny, Tim's mom walked in. She went with me to the Westerville Children's Close to Home. She was smart and called ahead of time to see if they did stitches. So we took him, and my poor baby had to get FOUR stitches :( At first they called us back to look at it and to detirmine wether or not he needed stitches...and he did. So then the nurse, Tim's mom, and I had to hold Max down so they could put this numbing jelly on his cut. Then they bandaged it up and he had to keep it on for 30 minutes. At first he kept grabbing at it...but as soon as it got numb...he forgot it was there. So he ran around and played and was fine. Then they called us back to get the stitches. They layed him on this plastic board and strapped his wrist down and then they wrapped him up in like a baby straight jacket..he couldn't move..although he did almost get his knee out. Anne had to like lay on top of him to keep him still...then a nurse had to hold his head straight. I was sad I couldn't even hold his hand. So I just stood beside him and talked to him and brushed his tears away. He screamed the whole time. And he kept looking at me out of the cornor of his eye to make sure I was there. It was really heartbreaking. I couldn't stand seeing the blood on the suture or watching them tugged at his skin to make sure they were tight. It was just all around horrible :( Then when they were done, we unwrapped him & he was soaking wet with sweat...trying to fight his way out of that wrap. He had sweated so much that the board was wet, and his clothes were soaked. I hate it :( And on top of everything...the poor little man has an ear infection! The doctor wanted to check him out because he was coughing, and he opened his sleeper and he had little dots on his chest, and the doc said that's common for the virus that's going around...and then he looked in his ear and he has an ear infection too. So he got an antibiotic for it. It kind of makes me mad that I've taken him to the doctor a couple times thinking he had an ear infection..and they always tell me he doesn't. But he's been pulling on his ear for a while now :/ But atleast we've gotten it all taken care of. They weighed him..and he was 20 lbs...with his clothes on. LoL he was 19 on his first bday I'm pretty sure. He's still just a peanut...and to see him walking is halarious!
Well after we got home..I gave JJ a bath..she is obsessed with the faucet. She tries to catch the water, and then she got really close to it and stuck her little tounge out to try to drink the water..and it splashed her face and scared her. She's so silly! And she tried drinking the bath water out of the cup I use to rinse their hair. She's such a nugget! Max ate another nanny and some ham lol and Tim gave him fruit loops bc they are his fave...and they both went to bed with no problem. I just feel bad for the little guy :( I'm not looking forward to having to clean the stitches either.
Well after we got home..I gave JJ a bath..she is obsessed with the faucet. She tries to catch the water, and then she got really close to it and stuck her little tounge out to try to drink the water..and it splashed her face and scared her. She's so silly! And she tried drinking the bath water out of the cup I use to rinse their hair. She's such a nugget! Max ate another nanny and some ham lol and Tim gave him fruit loops bc they are his fave...and they both went to bed with no problem. I just feel bad for the little guy :( I'm not looking forward to having to clean the stitches either.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
belly ache
I have a belly ache :/ Ehhh I made graham cracker gingerbread houses with the kids...that really turned into gobs of icing and candy. LoL Makenna told Uncle Brian she made a gingerbread house & it gave her a belly ache. It doesn't help that when Tim was at the store, I asked him to get peanuts and raisins and pretzles for our houses...and he brought home all candy. Men I sware! Right now Makenna is insiting on having an 'egg hunt' by hiding pretzles all over the place. I know she's not going to remember where she hid them all...I'm going to end up finding them in the most random places.
Ehhh I'm feeling uber fat. I feel like I'm gaining so much weight back every day. I feel like now that it's getting cold outside, all I do is sit inside and eat. And I feel like I'm majorly gaining weight. I need to start exercising again. I was doing a really good job at it, and then I started slacking. I think tonight when the kids go to bed, I'm going to get out the wii fit. Tim's football game is getting ready to start, so we didn't have time to decorate the tree like I wanted to do. I guess that will have to wieght till tomorrow. I had sent Tim to the store to get me a new charger for the cam corder...because I want to start video taping more..but oddly enough, cord and best buy don't sell the charger i need for my camera...I'm thinking I'm going to have to order it off the website. But since we can't get a charger right away, I think I'm going to have tim buy me a new little camera tomorrow that does video too. I need one..I can't take my big camera everywhere. ** Side note, Makenna just told me she's having a 'boring night...just eating, nothing else.." ohh ths girl needs constant attention and projects to keep her busy. She's something else! But Timmy keeps teasing me about a D90...that's what he did when he bought me my D50...he teased me all the time about it, and then just came home with it one day. It was my mother's day/bday present. Maybe Santa will slip one under the tree for me??
Well Ken is really wanting my attention. Now shes bringing me books and being super hyper...lol time to calm this chicky down so I can start laxing myself
Okk so I took a break from the blogging & computer stuff...and worked on letters with Makenna. She's really shocking me at how well she's doing! Just Monday I really started working with her. Normally when I try to get her to do her letters, she just says, 'I can'' and she doesn't even try. Well when we were at Micheals the other day, I got them journals and sets of pens and markers...Mikhail's were Cars of course, & Ken picked out Tink. So Then I told them that thier journals are for them to practice their letters in...and they LOVE that! Ken is so proud of her writing...and she's trying more and more! Today Tim's friend came over [which they love his friends] & Ken got her journal out and was showing it off to his friend. I love to see how proud shes about her accomplishment. There are still letters that she just doesn't get. So we work on them...but I'm focusing more on the letters she can write. I think the more she becomes confident in that, she'll be more likely to tackle the harder letters with more confidence. She's still only 3...and I have to remind myself that her brain might not process the steps like a bigger kid. Mikhail does really great with his letters too. I can pretty much write a letter for him, and within five minutes he's got it down But tonight I didn't make him work on them. Tim had let him play video games...and that's something special for him that I normally don't let him do. So I was just letting him have a fun night of playing video games. When I told him it was time to turn them off..he through a bad fit. He cried, but I could tell they were just tears of exhaustion..so I let it go :)
Tomorrow we are going to the Dublin Rec center for a Mommy meet up! I'm excited, i'm just taking the tots...because it's during the time that Tim is still home, and he said he'd keep the babies for me. Plus I ordered a bunch of Christmas soy candles from one of the moms..and I can't wait to get them home and light them up! They were benifiting a charity...so it was double awesome! I love soy candles! Some day when I have some time and space to myself, I'd like to get into candle making.
Geeze...side note. I hate this wind...it keeps making the glass door creek...and I keep thinking someones trying to come in the house. I watch too much Criminal Minds and CSI shows...ughhh :/
Ehhh I'm feeling uber fat. I feel like I'm gaining so much weight back every day. I feel like now that it's getting cold outside, all I do is sit inside and eat. And I feel like I'm majorly gaining weight. I need to start exercising again. I was doing a really good job at it, and then I started slacking. I think tonight when the kids go to bed, I'm going to get out the wii fit. Tim's football game is getting ready to start, so we didn't have time to decorate the tree like I wanted to do. I guess that will have to wieght till tomorrow. I had sent Tim to the store to get me a new charger for the cam corder...because I want to start video taping more..but oddly enough, cord and best buy don't sell the charger i need for my camera...I'm thinking I'm going to have to order it off the website. But since we can't get a charger right away, I think I'm going to have tim buy me a new little camera tomorrow that does video too. I need one..I can't take my big camera everywhere. ** Side note, Makenna just told me she's having a 'boring night...just eating, nothing else.." ohh ths girl needs constant attention and projects to keep her busy. She's something else! But Timmy keeps teasing me about a D90...that's what he did when he bought me my D50...he teased me all the time about it, and then just came home with it one day. It was my mother's day/bday present. Maybe Santa will slip one under the tree for me??
Well Ken is really wanting my attention. Now shes bringing me books and being super hyper...lol time to calm this chicky down so I can start laxing myself
Okk so I took a break from the blogging & computer stuff...and worked on letters with Makenna. She's really shocking me at how well she's doing! Just Monday I really started working with her. Normally when I try to get her to do her letters, she just says, 'I can'' and she doesn't even try. Well when we were at Micheals the other day, I got them journals and sets of pens and markers...Mikhail's were Cars of course, & Ken picked out Tink. So Then I told them that thier journals are for them to practice their letters in...and they LOVE that! Ken is so proud of her writing...and she's trying more and more! Today Tim's friend came over [which they love his friends] & Ken got her journal out and was showing it off to his friend. I love to see how proud shes about her accomplishment. There are still letters that she just doesn't get. So we work on them...but I'm focusing more on the letters she can write. I think the more she becomes confident in that, she'll be more likely to tackle the harder letters with more confidence. She's still only 3...and I have to remind myself that her brain might not process the steps like a bigger kid. Mikhail does really great with his letters too. I can pretty much write a letter for him, and within five minutes he's got it down But tonight I didn't make him work on them. Tim had let him play video games...and that's something special for him that I normally don't let him do. So I was just letting him have a fun night of playing video games. When I told him it was time to turn them off..he through a bad fit. He cried, but I could tell they were just tears of exhaustion..so I let it go :)
Tomorrow we are going to the Dublin Rec center for a Mommy meet up! I'm excited, i'm just taking the tots...because it's during the time that Tim is still home, and he said he'd keep the babies for me. Plus I ordered a bunch of Christmas soy candles from one of the moms..and I can't wait to get them home and light them up! They were benifiting a charity...so it was double awesome! I love soy candles! Some day when I have some time and space to myself, I'd like to get into candle making.
Geeze...side note. I hate this wind...it keeps making the glass door creek...and I keep thinking someones trying to come in the house. I watch too much Criminal Minds and CSI shows...ughhh :/
The week has gone fast!
This week and the day is flying by super fast! I've been working on the house all day, which it feels really good to see stuff actually getting done! I found the hooks for the stockings...Ken's been begging me to hang them...now I just have to clean off the mantle.
LoL right now the tots are litterally fighting over Tim's potatoe soup from lunch. Looks like I'm going to be putting some in the crock pot for dinner!
Anyways, there's so much holiday stuff I still want to do with them! Tonight we are going to make gingerbread houses out of graham crackers [because they don't give us a belly ache] we are also going to hang the stockings and finish decorating the tree. There's a football game on tonight that Tim wants to go watch...and as long as the tot are good for me...I'm thinking about letting them stay up late and watch Christmas movies with me :)
Tomorrow we have to make two dozen sugar cookies for Church on Saturday for the Round the Table thing they are doing! I know it's going to take us a while to make that many cookies...so it will be an all day thing.
Tomorrow Tim and I are going to look at the pictures we had taken yesterday! I'm praying that they got some really good ones! It's so hard for us to find the time to get them taken...ughhh I don't want to have to retake them. I'm also having a girls night tomorrow night...since Tim is going to watch the game tonight..he's got to stay in with the kids tomorrow night. And it helps that I'll be going out with his best friends girl friend and sister :) So he really can't say no. Saturday is the Round the Table thing, and then Sat. night is FIGHT NIGHT! I love it! It's going to be a fun weekend! Then Sunday we have Church & Maria's Bday party. It's going to be a fun and busy weekend.
Ohhh Geeze the toddlers are really driving me insane right now. The babies are trying to sleep and the tots are just being wild and loud and running all over the place :/ gah it's times like these I start day dreaming about the next house..and how I will have a play room and all kinds of cool things for them that will keep thier interest. I really want a new house..I always want a new house. I think I like where we live for the first six months...and then hate it the rest of the time. ehh what else is new? Welll I think that's all for now. I try to blog when I have a free ten minutes..and really don't have the too often during the day. Then when I go to sit down...I really can't think of anything interesting to blog about
LoL right now the tots are litterally fighting over Tim's potatoe soup from lunch. Looks like I'm going to be putting some in the crock pot for dinner!
Anyways, there's so much holiday stuff I still want to do with them! Tonight we are going to make gingerbread houses out of graham crackers [because they don't give us a belly ache] we are also going to hang the stockings and finish decorating the tree. There's a football game on tonight that Tim wants to go watch...and as long as the tot are good for me...I'm thinking about letting them stay up late and watch Christmas movies with me :)
Tomorrow we have to make two dozen sugar cookies for Church on Saturday for the Round the Table thing they are doing! I know it's going to take us a while to make that many cookies...so it will be an all day thing.
Tomorrow Tim and I are going to look at the pictures we had taken yesterday! I'm praying that they got some really good ones! It's so hard for us to find the time to get them taken...ughhh I don't want to have to retake them. I'm also having a girls night tomorrow night...since Tim is going to watch the game tonight..he's got to stay in with the kids tomorrow night. And it helps that I'll be going out with his best friends girl friend and sister :) So he really can't say no. Saturday is the Round the Table thing, and then Sat. night is FIGHT NIGHT! I love it! It's going to be a fun weekend! Then Sunday we have Church & Maria's Bday party. It's going to be a fun and busy weekend.
Ohhh Geeze the toddlers are really driving me insane right now. The babies are trying to sleep and the tots are just being wild and loud and running all over the place :/ gah it's times like these I start day dreaming about the next house..and how I will have a play room and all kinds of cool things for them that will keep thier interest. I really want a new house..I always want a new house. I think I like where we live for the first six months...and then hate it the rest of the time. ehh what else is new? Welll I think that's all for now. I try to blog when I have a free ten minutes..and really don't have the too often during the day. Then when I go to sit down...I really can't think of anything interesting to blog about
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
one very random blog :)
Today we went and got our family pictures done :) I'm hoping that they turn out good. We got them done at Flash Portraits at Polaris. It was crazy! It's really hard work to take pictures of six people..especially when 4 are so young.
Ahhh it's so cute how Makenna has Tim wrapped around her finger <3 Mikhail was throwing a fit when we left lunch so I took him into the bath room to have a talk with him....no I didn't spank him...we had a talk in the nursing room. I was not going to walk through the mall with him screaming and Tim lecturing him & being the sceen of the mall. So when he finally calmed down and we left the bathroom...I had no idea where Tim was. So we started walking down the hall and I see Tim and Makenna standing outside of the Disney store and Tim asked if I wanted to see what Makenna wanted Santa to bring her. So we go in, and she found the cutest little princess tea set. And of course Tim told me to take the kids down to the play place so he could by it for her :) Toatally wrapped around her finger!
Ohhh and Maddy did the sign for 'eat' today! When I got her out of her crib today I said, "do you want to eat?" & Maddy did the sign for eat! I'm so proud of her! She's such a smarty <3
Today was my grandpa's 86 birthday! I took Max over to see him while the rest of the fantasic four were sleeping. Mom went with us too :) They really loved seeing him, and he of course put on a show for them and was walking all over the place!
Ohhh and, [by the way this is a random blog] I got a flyer from Primo Pizza in Miami...and wrapped in it was my ID that's been lost for weeks now! Geeze!? How freaking crazy is that?? I've been looking all over the place for it, couldn't find it anywhere in the house...ya because it was still partying on South Beach. Damn ID! But that was really nice of thtem to mail it to me, I'm going to send them a Christmas card and thank them! Funny thing, we never even ate there?? Dunno how they found it??
Well enough randomness for one day *Good Night*
Ahhh it's so cute how Makenna has Tim wrapped around her finger <3 Mikhail was throwing a fit when we left lunch so I took him into the bath room to have a talk with him....no I didn't spank him...we had a talk in the nursing room. I was not going to walk through the mall with him screaming and Tim lecturing him & being the sceen of the mall. So when he finally calmed down and we left the bathroom...I had no idea where Tim was. So we started walking down the hall and I see Tim and Makenna standing outside of the Disney store and Tim asked if I wanted to see what Makenna wanted Santa to bring her. So we go in, and she found the cutest little princess tea set. And of course Tim told me to take the kids down to the play place so he could by it for her :) Toatally wrapped around her finger!
Ohhh and Maddy did the sign for 'eat' today! When I got her out of her crib today I said, "do you want to eat?" & Maddy did the sign for eat! I'm so proud of her! She's such a smarty <3
Today was my grandpa's 86 birthday! I took Max over to see him while the rest of the fantasic four were sleeping. Mom went with us too :) They really loved seeing him, and he of course put on a show for them and was walking all over the place!
Ohhh and, [by the way this is a random blog] I got a flyer from Primo Pizza in Miami...and wrapped in it was my ID that's been lost for weeks now! Geeze!? How freaking crazy is that?? I've been looking all over the place for it, couldn't find it anywhere in the house...ya because it was still partying on South Beach. Damn ID! But that was really nice of thtem to mail it to me, I'm going to send them a Christmas card and thank them! Funny thing, we never even ate there?? Dunno how they found it??
Well enough randomness for one day *Good Night*
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
i know i know
Ohh this weather has me being lazy :/ Yesterday was so productive ...today...not so much! I look around the house and see a million [trust me there are a million] things that need done. But I can't find the motivation or energy to start any of my little projects. I really want a new house. Everytime I feel overwhelmed but the clutter in this house...that's the first thought in my mind. If I had a new house I could just start from strach on organizing everything and redecoration everything. And hopefully the next house we get will be bigger. Which I really feel like we out grow this place more and more everyday :/
Today is the day I get my hair done :) Yay! Finally! It's only a few months over due. Atleast it will be fresh for our pictures tomorrow and for Christmas. I can't believe how fast Christmas is sneaking up on us!? We've been doing lots of festive things though and it's been lots of fun preparing for the holidays!
Gosh do you ever have those days where your kids just really really get on your nerves? Well today is that day for me. Mikhail is so hyper and so whiney today, it's really driving me nuts. I do well just to point to his room and tell him to go to his room without snapping. And Ken is a tattle tale today..oh and the twins are getting into everything. Doesn't help that when this house is already a mess my kids just trash everything I just cleaned :/ I really feel like I can't get ahead on this house work, no matter how hard I try. Well I guess it's time to stop screwing around on the computer and to start cleaning. It will never get done sitting on here...i know i know
Today is the day I get my hair done :) Yay! Finally! It's only a few months over due. Atleast it will be fresh for our pictures tomorrow and for Christmas. I can't believe how fast Christmas is sneaking up on us!? We've been doing lots of festive things though and it's been lots of fun preparing for the holidays!
Gosh do you ever have those days where your kids just really really get on your nerves? Well today is that day for me. Mikhail is so hyper and so whiney today, it's really driving me nuts. I do well just to point to his room and tell him to go to his room without snapping. And Ken is a tattle tale today..oh and the twins are getting into everything. Doesn't help that when this house is already a mess my kids just trash everything I just cleaned :/ I really feel like I can't get ahead on this house work, no matter how hard I try. Well I guess it's time to stop screwing around on the computer and to start cleaning. It will never get done sitting on here...i know i know
Monday, December 7, 2009
just bc i'm that bored
Ahhh it's almost 10 pm and the tots are STILL awake :/ Grr! I'm getting ready to pass out..but I really don't want to fall asleep while they are still awake. They were so silly rough housing with Timmy before bed. I thought for sure that would tire them out..but nope! They've got never ending energy! Tomorrow, I think we are going to go to story time like we normally do on wed. I think it's great to be able to spend time with just them. They've been acting a lot better ever since we've had "private time' lol Mikhail told Makenna he had a suprise for her and she asked what...and he said, 'i love you' They are really sweet when they want to be!
So I found a toddler theater that I really want to take them to on wed. I'm also looking for some creative activities to get them involved in. Library was fun today. But I want to do more with them. I seriously would like to get Mikhail into football this year, Ken into dance/cheerleading. It's hard to think, but Mikhail is going into kindergarten this year! We have been looking at houses a lot lately trying to figure out where we want to move. The house, land and school is all very important to us. It's a long road. Ehhh I guess I was just blogging again because I am bore.d And even though the kids are akwake, I think I'm going to bed. Tim's home, lol he can deal with them when they are wild
So I found a toddler theater that I really want to take them to on wed. I'm also looking for some creative activities to get them involved in. Library was fun today. But I want to do more with them. I seriously would like to get Mikhail into football this year, Ken into dance/cheerleading. It's hard to think, but Mikhail is going into kindergarten this year! We have been looking at houses a lot lately trying to figure out where we want to move. The house, land and school is all very important to us. It's a long road. Ehhh I guess I was just blogging again because I am bore.d And even though the kids are akwake, I think I'm going to bed. Tim's home, lol he can deal with them when they are wild
Christmas Cards
So today's been very productive :) We got up early this morning and Daddy wasn't feeling very well..so I had to take care of all four kids while he slept. Ohh and they were rough on me! Maddox pooped three times before 10am..Maddy decided to take her diaper off and poop in her bed. That was great :/ I picked her up and slung her on my hip and put my hand under her bum..and it felt wierd..soo I looked and she had on no diaper..just lots of poop! Yuck =P So I had to give her a bath. But then they were pretty good for me and went back to sleep. So I took the tots out to run errands while tim and the babes slept. We went to archivers and got more blank Christmas cards. And then we went to Micheals to get some white finger paint. And thennn we went to the library and worked on writing the letter A and read some books, and the kids got to play on the computer :) I bought the kids journals to practice writing thier letters in. I have done A with them before, but we are just starting at the beginning of the alphabet. Makenna normally won't even attempt to write a letter on her own..and today she was writing A's really well! I was really proud of her! Mikhail has great handwriting! He writed inside the lines of the notebook paper! I'm just suprised him being a four year old boy that he has such nice handwriting! And after that we went to pick up Chinese food for Tim.
Ken and I worked on making Christmas cards while the boys played video games. We are making handprint Santas. She really has fun doing them :) And I hope people will get a kick out of getting them in the mail as a Christmas card. Of course Mikhail wanted to do them too. But I made him take a nap before I'd let him do them..he's so wild and hyper, I didn't want to go near him with paint until he'd taken a nap. While Makenna and Mikhail were napping, Maddox woke up and we made footprint Christmas trees on some of the blank cream cards. I painted his chubby little foot green and when I would press it on the paper he would clap! It's so cute that he already seeks my approval <3 Whenever he's doing something good, I say, 'Good Baby' and he just grinns ear to ear and then does it some more. So when he saw how happy the footprints made me, he let me do like four of them. After that Maddy woke up, so I put them in the high chair. I decided to do some handprint santas with them..so I brought in the bursh and the paint...and I did Maddy first. She hated it and tried to squirm away..oh and she put it in her mouth and it was gross. But I got three prints from her. Max was so good about letting me paint his hand and press it on the paper. Every time he put his little hand flat on the paper and grinned when he did it...then he would clap his hands [and yes get paint everywhere lol] He's so ready for finger painting. I think tomorrow I'm going to put him in his high chair with some paint and paper and let him go wild! I know it will probably make a mess..but that's ok :)
ohh the babies are giving me such a hard time about going to bed. One will cry while the other sleeps and then vise versa..ughhh I just wish they would go to sleep. We'll I think I'm going to go get the Christmas books we got from the library out of the car and read to the tots for a little...maybe it will settle them down and they'll go to bed!?
Tomorrow I have a hair appt! And then wed we are getting family pics taken at flash! I still don't know what we are wearing yet...i'll have to figure that out tomorrow
Ken and I worked on making Christmas cards while the boys played video games. We are making handprint Santas. She really has fun doing them :) And I hope people will get a kick out of getting them in the mail as a Christmas card. Of course Mikhail wanted to do them too. But I made him take a nap before I'd let him do them..he's so wild and hyper, I didn't want to go near him with paint until he'd taken a nap. While Makenna and Mikhail were napping, Maddox woke up and we made footprint Christmas trees on some of the blank cream cards. I painted his chubby little foot green and when I would press it on the paper he would clap! It's so cute that he already seeks my approval <3 Whenever he's doing something good, I say, 'Good Baby' and he just grinns ear to ear and then does it some more. So when he saw how happy the footprints made me, he let me do like four of them. After that Maddy woke up, so I put them in the high chair. I decided to do some handprint santas with them..so I brought in the bursh and the paint...and I did Maddy first. She hated it and tried to squirm away..oh and she put it in her mouth and it was gross. But I got three prints from her. Max was so good about letting me paint his hand and press it on the paper. Every time he put his little hand flat on the paper and grinned when he did it...then he would clap his hands [and yes get paint everywhere lol] He's so ready for finger painting. I think tomorrow I'm going to put him in his high chair with some paint and paper and let him go wild! I know it will probably make a mess..but that's ok :)
ohh the babies are giving me such a hard time about going to bed. One will cry while the other sleeps and then vise versa..ughhh I just wish they would go to sleep. We'll I think I'm going to go get the Christmas books we got from the library out of the car and read to the tots for a little...maybe it will settle them down and they'll go to bed!?
Tomorrow I have a hair appt! And then wed we are getting family pics taken at flash! I still don't know what we are wearing yet...i'll have to figure that out tomorrow
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Last night I went to mom's work party with her, which was lots of fun :) I was up really late though, and I had decided last night that I wanted to take the kids to Church this morning. So this morning I got up super early and got the tots ready to go to Church with me. Tim wasn't feeling well and offered to keep the babies home..which it is bone chilling cold out side, so that was perfectly fine with me! So I took the kids through Tim Honrton's and got the breakfast...which they told me the whole way to Church I tricked them and suprised them with a treat! They are so cute :) And then we got to Chruch and saw Tim's mom..which is always great, she's a great help! I was a little worried that the kids were going to get too hyper since we haven't been in a while. But they were actually really good! I was very suprised..not that they are bad kids..but before we left the house...Ken was upset that I wasn't going to let her go to the nursery. The nursery is fine for the twins, they can't really understand much...but the tots really need to start learning. So, I told them they were going to go to the Word of Mouth class..which is for kids 4-7..Ken goes anyways. But when it was time for the kids to walk up to the alter and get their blessing before class, Mikhail was still in the bath room. So Ken walked up there by herself like a big girl. She was the first one to the alter. I just looked at her, so proud :) She's such a beautiful sweet loving little girl! She stood there so paciently [I'm sure a little scared too] and waited, and then followed the other kids out. Mikhail ended up coming out of the bathroom in time to catch her in the hallway. When they came back, they were tired I could tell...and they were starting to get a little playful, but they were still being really good kids! I held Ken and we listened. It was a really nice time for just us :) The other day Ken asked me to carry her into the house, and I couldn't...bc I had to get Maddy in. I felt really bad when she asked me that, because I don't want her to feel like she comes second to the babies or anyone else! So I made sure to hold her a lot at Church today. I'm going to have to have a talk with her and make sure she understands that I love them all the same, and sometimes I have to hold the babies a little more because they are small and don't walk like she does. But she's a sweet heart and I know she'll understand! I definately want to get more involved with the Church though. I'd like to take the tots, even if just by myself every weekend. But I know next week when Tim is feeling better, he'll want to come with us :)
Tim and I had a talk about the kids homeschooling yesterday. We decided that since his hours at work were going to be changing and getting better that I could take just the tots to the library every day for an hour or so to work on school work and to read books and just spend some 'private time' as they call it on little bill! I'm really excited about doing it! Tim said that sometimes he'll want to go with them and teach them..and that's great by me! We are going to start it tomorrow, and I think the tots will really enjoy that time. They need some time with just me...they need one on one time too..but for now this is going to help :)
Ok well my foods done...so enough blogging..you know I can go on and on about my kids...they are my fave topic!!
Saturday, December 5, 2009
New!
So a lot of you might have read my blogs on myspace? We'll I'm going to start using this site to do my blogging. I really don't use my myspace for very much any more. And I think a blogging site is pretty cool, seeing how I'm obsessed with it!
wa <~~~ That was Mr. Max saying hi :) He's a goof ball! I was setting this site up inbtween making/& them eating lunch. Of course I had the brillant idea of Mac n Cheese [the all natural no pres good stuff kind of course] but my babies are so messy! So I had to strip them down to thier diapers, and Max went straight for the comp as soon as I set him down..the little booger is faster than me! So now they are both crawling around in their diapers playing. They are already fighting over toys, and Max is patting Maddy on the head...which I think is actually an atempt to hit her for taking his toy. Today he was saying "JJ" which is what we call Maddy. I thought that was so cute! I also was trying to get him to say Pappy, and he was saying "Papa" he's talking SO much..mosting Mama, Dada, Baba, JJ, and Papa, he also says Nana when he's hungery, and my mom swears he says Noni. Madelyn is also talking a lot too..she's saying Mama, Dada, Bubba, Baba...I know she's saying more, but my house is so busy right now it's hard to think of them all. She's clapping, blowing kisses, playing peek a boo, and waving. Max is waving and clapping...but no kisses from that wild man!
The toddlers are getting so big and so smart! I haven't got to do as much school work with them lately as I've wanted to. But every time we are out they point out all the letters they know! It makes me really proud. And Mikhail has great hand writting. He writes all of his letters the right way and he writes in a good row and they are clear! I'm really proud of that! And I love that I'm the one who taught them :)
Well Ken keeps asking me to read her a book..and I really can't tell her no :) So I gusse I'll be writing more later!
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