Twenty minutes left til the cavalry comes home.
Then I am out the door as soon as I can grab my spinach artichoke dip and mix match remains of chips and crackers to go to card making for the first time up here.
My kids are watching Sound of Music and I just love that.
I just put Paisley down in her crib hopefully for the night and realizing she is getting mighty attached to that pacifier.
But I reapplied makeup (ya'll know how I feel about that, wink wink) and changed my clothes and hope no gals from my church can tell that I haven't had a shower yet today. Really I've been thinking about how I will sign up for anything in the name of 'getting the heck out of the house.' Really anything I think. I can't think of anything I wouldn't attend or dive into as long as it involved adults and me leaving without my little cute friends coming along.
Today was a great day. I had run out of ideas yesterday and was wondering how today would go because nobody had school and really I was just done. Thankfully, a christmas craft, a trip to the park with friends and lunch at McDonalds made for a pretty dang good day. Followed by a nap for everyone including me (while Luke played video games), a macaroni dinner (which I declined, yuck), baths, and me being suckered by a solicitor at the door ('buy a magazine so I get out of the streets'...I have sucker all over me) and now we are onto Friday nite movie time. Luke went on his date with dad yesterday so don't worry, we are good.
Really though I've been touched by so many of my friends posts this week (see Laura and Amber and Brenda and Beth ) that really have been saying exactly what I feel. Add phone calls from my friends Renee and Emily who are in the four kid club as well, plus calls from my sisters and all the basis are covered. We are all just figuring it out. And I need to hear their stories. I need to know I'm not alone. Motherhood is great and hard. Although I risk making this blog completely baby-centric, it is often times my therapy. Because often times I don't know what the heck I'm doing and realizing I'm forming these kids memories that they will look back on forever...now if that isn't the scariest thing I don't know. But what I always planned on at least all four of them can talk about me in therapy together, they won't be alone either.
Now my garlic cheesy goodness is beeping at me and Jason should be showing up pretty soon now. I am thankful for my life. I am thankful for my family...and the sound of the garage door opening right now.
Oh yeah, here is the recipe (its the famous Michelle Meyers from Studio City cookbook)
1 cup mozzarella cheese
1 cup mayo
1 cup parmcheese (cheap or the good stuff, tonite I did a mix)
1 can artichoke hearts not marinated....drain and chop
10 oz frozen spinach, thawed and well drained
1 large garlic clove
mix together and cook for like 25 min at 350
Friday, November 20, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Shark Boy
Ya I hope ya'll think of this picture when you are watching New Moon this weekend. Nothing like salivating over Shark Boy...the worst movie of all time unless you are my children and then its the best movie of all time. Seriously Shark Boy and Lava Girl is like poking at your eye...unless you are under 7 years old.
Funny beginnings for Jacob though, no?
But New Moon will be WAY better than Twilight since that bagged the old director lady. I don't know if she is actually old, I just meant the last director who is a woman.
If you don't believe me about the Shark Boy thing, go imdb it. (imdb.com, the best website to settle movie bets)
Monday, November 16, 2009
Lots of stories to tell
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DALLAS!
Wahoo she is 5. Miss you in Hawaii! Love you! Luke and Darby drew you a picture today!
This picture was a year ago and we miss her tons. Dallas is a crack up and so pretty. The girl is smart and I swear could recite the pledge of allegiance at three.
And Saturday Sadie turned 1! I ran across this picture today and can't believe how much she has changed! And now she is blonde! We miss all of you. Kisses to Brenna too!
Now, for the return to the regular blog posts. Did you know on your blog you can write whatever the heck you want to and nobody else has to read it if they don't want to so you can shout out your nieces on their birthday and stuff. Just in case you were wondering.
Okay, so we are starting with the bad tonite. My dead Amish bread.
Oh this would be the second time in two weeks someone gave me an Amish Bread starter that I neglected and forgot about and later was chucked in the trash. Crazy thing is I even volunteered for it cause I made some in college and they were so yummy. That is totally me, volunteering and then having to throw it away and feel crappy about it. So maybe nobody should give me anymore because even though I have the best of intentions, I can't remember what days to smoosh and what days to add cups of whatever and then remember what day it had to bake (and then needing vanilla pudding! What !). Its just too much for my small brain. If there happens to be Amish Bread Killer Karma I'm totally getting it. Too bad too because now I have 1) Guilt and 2) that stuff is really good and I would've probably eaten the whole thing so maybe now its good I didn't make the dang stuff. So sorry people, I screwed up the chain, I also suck at chain letters or chain emails so don't send any my way either.
Okay, so now thats done, on to the next.
Can you tell what is in this bowl?
Well if you look really close, its a REALLY MEAN PARTY FAVOR!
Okay, so maybe not that mean, but boy my kids will be crying when these fish go belly up. After all, they already have names and we have to look at the nasty cloudy water while chomping on cereal every morning (the cloudiness is from Miss B putting chips in there). The countdown is on. How long will our first pets live? There names are Leo (Baylies) , Rex (luke's) , Otto ( name that book) and Lighting (that one is Darby's).
Shout out to my reader Bryan! Word up.
Also, these cute boys were too of my best singers in Encino Primary. (The boy on the left is Jack) They are big hams if you can't tell. They are also fellow beach campers. Seriously funny kids and I love their families. If you know their families I know you are nodding your head in agreement.
And yes they are in my tree.
Paisley showing off her outfit. And did I say how much she loves this swing? And how much I love that she loves this swing? She was totally laughing at the toy thingies above her today. Just dandy and helps my life quite a bit.
So we went to a party on Saturday, which was so super cute that I vowed to rip off all the ideas and tell them to my sisters. It was a Carnival theme so the mom passed out tickets and each booth were three tickets. I love it when a party can accommodate lots of age groups and can be coed...that is a real trick (my daughters princess parties not so much). The best booth was the dad dressed as a clown and the kids threw whip cream pies at him. There was a fortune teller (who gave out fortune cookies and looked in her snow globe), face painting, water balloon toss to a chalk target on the wall, and throw the ball in the cups and get a fish...hence our favor (which I actually really like, but do think its funny cause now I'm responsible for four little fishies now too!). So many other games and cute stuff, it was fully loaded.
Paisley is cute even in the garage. too memorized by the camera to smile at her mom.
Wahoo she is 5. Miss you in Hawaii! Love you! Luke and Darby drew you a picture today!
This picture was a year ago and we miss her tons. Dallas is a crack up and so pretty. The girl is smart and I swear could recite the pledge of allegiance at three.
And Saturday Sadie turned 1! I ran across this picture today and can't believe how much she has changed! And now she is blonde! We miss all of you. Kisses to Brenna too!
Now, for the return to the regular blog posts. Did you know on your blog you can write whatever the heck you want to and nobody else has to read it if they don't want to so you can shout out your nieces on their birthday and stuff. Just in case you were wondering.
Okay, so we are starting with the bad tonite. My dead Amish bread.
Oh this would be the second time in two weeks someone gave me an Amish Bread starter that I neglected and forgot about and later was chucked in the trash. Crazy thing is I even volunteered for it cause I made some in college and they were so yummy. That is totally me, volunteering and then having to throw it away and feel crappy about it. So maybe nobody should give me anymore because even though I have the best of intentions, I can't remember what days to smoosh and what days to add cups of whatever and then remember what day it had to bake (and then needing vanilla pudding! What !). Its just too much for my small brain. If there happens to be Amish Bread Killer Karma I'm totally getting it. Too bad too because now I have 1) Guilt and 2) that stuff is really good and I would've probably eaten the whole thing so maybe now its good I didn't make the dang stuff. So sorry people, I screwed up the chain, I also suck at chain letters or chain emails so don't send any my way either.
Okay, so now thats done, on to the next.
Can you tell what is in this bowl?
Well if you look really close, its a REALLY MEAN PARTY FAVOR!
Okay, so maybe not that mean, but boy my kids will be crying when these fish go belly up. After all, they already have names and we have to look at the nasty cloudy water while chomping on cereal every morning (the cloudiness is from Miss B putting chips in there). The countdown is on. How long will our first pets live? There names are Leo (Baylies) , Rex (luke's) , Otto ( name that book) and Lighting (that one is Darby's).
Shout out to my reader Bryan! Word up.
Also, these cute boys were too of my best singers in Encino Primary. (The boy on the left is Jack) They are big hams if you can't tell. They are also fellow beach campers. Seriously funny kids and I love their families. If you know their families I know you are nodding your head in agreement.
And yes they are in my tree.
Paisley showing off her outfit. And did I say how much she loves this swing? And how much I love that she loves this swing? She was totally laughing at the toy thingies above her today. Just dandy and helps my life quite a bit.
So we went to a party on Saturday, which was so super cute that I vowed to rip off all the ideas and tell them to my sisters. It was a Carnival theme so the mom passed out tickets and each booth were three tickets. I love it when a party can accommodate lots of age groups and can be coed...that is a real trick (my daughters princess parties not so much). The best booth was the dad dressed as a clown and the kids threw whip cream pies at him. There was a fortune teller (who gave out fortune cookies and looked in her snow globe), face painting, water balloon toss to a chalk target on the wall, and throw the ball in the cups and get a fish...hence our favor (which I actually really like, but do think its funny cause now I'm responsible for four little fishies now too!). So many other games and cute stuff, it was fully loaded.
Paisley is cute even in the garage. too memorized by the camera to smile at her mom.
Friday, November 13, 2009
The Cold is Upon Us
I think I'm going to have to hide my kids summer clothes...because that Baylie girl will always choose a spaghetti strap sundress to swoop over her head and no shoes than any winter garb even if it means her little legs are cold as ice when I feel them. Even me, I don't know how to dress in the cold either. We are a bunch of shoe-less California hippies who just got their first really cold day. I swear it was like 65...or 55...one of the two, but it was cold I tell you.
Better break out the hot chocolate. And hide the flip flops...
Any ideas for how I can entice my two year old to keep her shoes on? Maybe if I get really cute easy to put on boots? Wait! Fake uggs, where can I get fake uggs? Thats what I need. Do they come in pink?
I've made two soup recipes this month from http://mykitchencafe.blogspot.com/. The third time I've made them. The broccoli and cheese and then the chicken corn chowder with sweet potatoes (you don't even realize their sweet potatoes so don't let that scare you off). And I used her bread bowl recipes. although one is less time consuming than the other be warned.
Just waiting for Darby to get back from her date with Jason. I found out that they like when the rest of the kids are asleep when they get back. They think that part is really cool to come home to and makes them feel like it was longer than the 30 -45 minutes or so they were gone. So I rushed everyone else to bed and now I'm just waiting. I love the weekends.
Better break out the hot chocolate. And hide the flip flops...
Any ideas for how I can entice my two year old to keep her shoes on? Maybe if I get really cute easy to put on boots? Wait! Fake uggs, where can I get fake uggs? Thats what I need. Do they come in pink?
I've made two soup recipes this month from http://mykitchencafe.blogspot.com/. The third time I've made them. The broccoli and cheese and then the chicken corn chowder with sweet potatoes (you don't even realize their sweet potatoes so don't let that scare you off). And I used her bread bowl recipes. although one is less time consuming than the other be warned.
Just waiting for Darby to get back from her date with Jason. I found out that they like when the rest of the kids are asleep when they get back. They think that part is really cool to come home to and makes them feel like it was longer than the 30 -45 minutes or so they were gone. So I rushed everyone else to bed and now I'm just waiting. I love the weekends.
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