Last week my sweet hubby took the kids out to dinner because I was hosting a Pampered Chef party. I needed some extra time to clean up plus the peace and quiet. When they got home two hours later, I was a little disappointed to learn they had eaten Chinese food. I love Chinese and I'm on a diet, so the thought of enjoying some Sesame Chicken made me salivate.
Well the Drama Queen brought home her fortune cookie to eat. When we cracked it open, the fortune said, "You are going to have a great birthday party this year".
We are going to be in Disney World this year for her birthday. And we have a small birthday breakfast party planned for her with Minnie, Mickey, Pluto, our family and some friends. She has no idea we are going to Disney or any of the details so it really is going to be a great birthday. I am getting so excited planning it all out.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Wednesday Wisdom
Okay so the boys woke up a million times last night. And I am very tired. So my wisdom just wasn't there. I ended up posting on FB "Beer then liquor, never sicker. Liquor then beer, in the clear."
But then about 10 minutes later while waiting in the carpool line at the Little Guy's school it came to me. Of course, it came by way of a crazy lady inches away from banging into Little Dude's door because it couldn't be easy today.
Today's wisdom is"Patience is a virtue."
Everyones time is important. And I really don't think the 10 seconds saved rushing into the parking spot instead of waiting her turn really made that much of a difference in the grand scheme of things. Especially since the parking job was so lousy, it had to be straightened out thus the almost hitting me. Seriously lady!
Plus we were in the church parking lot where I felt bad opening my window to yell at you. So I was forced to shake my head at you instead. Not to mention it is carpool for a reason, not for you to bypass it and walk in your child anyway. Ugh!
But then about 10 minutes later while waiting in the carpool line at the Little Guy's school it came to me. Of course, it came by way of a crazy lady inches away from banging into Little Dude's door because it couldn't be easy today.
Today's wisdom is"Patience is a virtue."
Everyones time is important. And I really don't think the 10 seconds saved rushing into the parking spot instead of waiting her turn really made that much of a difference in the grand scheme of things. Especially since the parking job was so lousy, it had to be straightened out thus the almost hitting me. Seriously lady!
Plus we were in the church parking lot where I felt bad opening my window to yell at you. So I was forced to shake my head at you instead. Not to mention it is carpool for a reason, not for you to bypass it and walk in your child anyway. Ugh!
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
One of those days
Have you ever had one of those days where you feel completely incompetent? Especially as a parent or in my case, as a mom?
Today was that day! It started off with a kindergartner who is super slow forgetting her homework because I rushed her to catch the bus. And by rush, I mean I sent her running down the street after it. After that I dropped off the other kids and realized I forgot to put the laundry in the dryer. So on my way to a meeting I had to stop home for that. Post meeting, I had to go home and pick up karate uniform for belt test.
Off to carpool/afternoon pick up at two different schools. This year I have three kids at three different schools. It is going to be a logistical nightmare I'm afraid. So I picked up at school 1, rushed down to school 2, where my baby, a.k.a the Little Dude, was fast asleep in his teachers arms....where he cried himself to sleep because he wanted me. Fabulous (please note the sarcasm here),an now he will become "that" kid to the teachers.
Off to karate for belt testing. When we first got there, Little Man had a complete meltdown over water. the teacher said he had never seen him cry before. Well that should have been my first clue just to take him home. I apparently forgot the Little Man's pants. This was take two for testing because last weeks test didn't go so well. His teacher was going to give him a belt even though he was terrible but I convinced him otherwise. Today's test was going well until about the last 5 minutes when the class starting acting extremely silly and not listening to our teacher. So no belt again. This didn't really bother me. What bothered me was the huge tantrum the Little Man threw when I forced him to apologize for his bad behavior. It went from bad to worse. There was a tantrum about his booster seat, his water bottle and refusing to wear a seat belt. He isn't the best behaved kid, but also isn't normally this bad either. When we got home, he sat in time out but I am not sure he gets it.
The playroom clean up before dinner was a disaster, too. Thankfully the hubby was home and helped with this. Both boys ended up in time out while their sister cleaned the whole room. So they had to suffer with no dessert after dinner. This caused both of them to run from the dinner table crying instead of eating dinner. Finally after 30 minutes of punishment/time-outs they ate their food.
We put them to bed at 6:45 tonight. Can you blame me?
Today was that day! It started off with a kindergartner who is super slow forgetting her homework because I rushed her to catch the bus. And by rush, I mean I sent her running down the street after it. After that I dropped off the other kids and realized I forgot to put the laundry in the dryer. So on my way to a meeting I had to stop home for that. Post meeting, I had to go home and pick up karate uniform for belt test.
Off to carpool/afternoon pick up at two different schools. This year I have three kids at three different schools. It is going to be a logistical nightmare I'm afraid. So I picked up at school 1, rushed down to school 2, where my baby, a.k.a the Little Dude, was fast asleep in his teachers arms....where he cried himself to sleep because he wanted me. Fabulous (please note the sarcasm here),an now he will become "that" kid to the teachers.
Off to karate for belt testing. When we first got there, Little Man had a complete meltdown over water. the teacher said he had never seen him cry before. Well that should have been my first clue just to take him home. I apparently forgot the Little Man's pants. This was take two for testing because last weeks test didn't go so well. His teacher was going to give him a belt even though he was terrible but I convinced him otherwise. Today's test was going well until about the last 5 minutes when the class starting acting extremely silly and not listening to our teacher. So no belt again. This didn't really bother me. What bothered me was the huge tantrum the Little Man threw when I forced him to apologize for his bad behavior. It went from bad to worse. There was a tantrum about his booster seat, his water bottle and refusing to wear a seat belt. He isn't the best behaved kid, but also isn't normally this bad either. When we got home, he sat in time out but I am not sure he gets it.
The playroom clean up before dinner was a disaster, too. Thankfully the hubby was home and helped with this. Both boys ended up in time out while their sister cleaned the whole room. So they had to suffer with no dessert after dinner. This caused both of them to run from the dinner table crying instead of eating dinner. Finally after 30 minutes of punishment/time-outs they ate their food.
We put them to bed at 6:45 tonight. Can you blame me?
Labor Day Weekend
We kicked off the weekend in style. The boys and I went on the lake Friday with the grandmas, Pop-pop, Aunt J and one of the cousins. We beached the boat, jumped out and swam. The boys played in the sand and "swam'. We ate lunch on the beach and then got about another hour in the water before we had to head home for buses. It was so nice and mostly relaxing.
I taught some friends how to make Gigi's meatballs and gravy on Friday night for dinner. We had 7 kids playing in the basement (and 1 dog), while we all took on jobs in a line to prepare the dinner. I made the meatballs, P diced up the herbs, and D opened the cans. D was tired...she ran 18 miles that day for marathon training. Once the sauce was simmering, we all sat down to enjoy a glass of wine. I had also brought over some fabulous cheese from Costco for us to snack on.
The hubbies trickled in as they got home from work. We heated up the kids dinner first, pasta with butter sauce and Parmesan cheese. Once they were back downstairs playing, the adults sat down to eat. Then we had some cookie cake and dessert for D's birthday. Nothing too fancy since we were really celebrating on Saturday night with a couples night out.
Saturday was spent watching Clemson play. Go Tigers!!! They won the game although it was like waiting for water boil, trying to get them to score.
After the game, we went out to 37 Main for D's birthday night. A Bon Jovi cover band, Slippery When Wet, was playing. There were 4 couples who went out to celebrate. We had dinner and lots of drinks. Luckily we had planned to take taxi's home but ended up with a DD. It was such a fun night. I had a great time.
Sunday was spent running errands before we picked up our babies from grandma and grandpa's house. And then we went to my nephew's 4th birthday party. It was a pool party which was a great time.
The kids begged us to have their cousins sleep over and since we had nothing planned for the next day, we did. Monday was spent with our family and a couple of friends, grilling out while the kids played in the kiddie pool. It was an early night since school was back in on Tuesday.
All in all a great weekend!
I taught some friends how to make Gigi's meatballs and gravy on Friday night for dinner. We had 7 kids playing in the basement (and 1 dog), while we all took on jobs in a line to prepare the dinner. I made the meatballs, P diced up the herbs, and D opened the cans. D was tired...she ran 18 miles that day for marathon training. Once the sauce was simmering, we all sat down to enjoy a glass of wine. I had also brought over some fabulous cheese from Costco for us to snack on.
The hubbies trickled in as they got home from work. We heated up the kids dinner first, pasta with butter sauce and Parmesan cheese. Once they were back downstairs playing, the adults sat down to eat. Then we had some cookie cake and dessert for D's birthday. Nothing too fancy since we were really celebrating on Saturday night with a couples night out.
Saturday was spent watching Clemson play. Go Tigers!!! They won the game although it was like waiting for water boil, trying to get them to score.
After the game, we went out to 37 Main for D's birthday night. A Bon Jovi cover band, Slippery When Wet, was playing. There were 4 couples who went out to celebrate. We had dinner and lots of drinks. Luckily we had planned to take taxi's home but ended up with a DD. It was such a fun night. I had a great time.
Sunday was spent running errands before we picked up our babies from grandma and grandpa's house. And then we went to my nephew's 4th birthday party. It was a pool party which was a great time.
The kids begged us to have their cousins sleep over and since we had nothing planned for the next day, we did. Monday was spent with our family and a couple of friends, grilling out while the kids played in the kiddie pool. It was an early night since school was back in on Tuesday.
All in all a great weekend!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Wednesday Wisdom
I think I am going to post a quote every Wednesday that I like/have learned from. These past couple of days have been a little hard in my personal life. Not for me but one of my good friends was treated very poorly by a mutual acquaintance. Plus some good friends were trying to cause trouble by spreading gossip. I have learned when people treat you poorly most of the time it is because they need to do that to feel better about themselves.
"When people show you who they are, believe them the first time." - Maya Angelou
"When people show you who they are, believe them the first time." - Maya Angelou
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