Confessions of a Crazy Woman.

These confessions are actually pretty legit. As in, some are actually pretty embarrassing or scary to admit. Hopefully I am not alone though....

1. Holding this beautiful baby girl tonight was almost, ALMOST, enough to make me want another little one. I am pretty much terrified of the idea of having another baby, but I can't deny the little tug on my heart when I walked past the newborn nursery and saw those precious babies. And then hugging on this one for half an hour.....y'all, it almost did me in. 

2. Matthew threw a serious temper tantrum at Freebirds tonight when I refused to give him a cookie. There was screaming, crying and even milk cup throwing. I took him outside and let him roll around on the sidewalk screaming for a while. And then....I gave in. That kid got himself a cookie and ate it for dinner. (It was such an awful tantrum that when I went to the cashier to buy the cookie, she just waved me on and gave it to me for free. She didn't even say a word.....just gave me the "oh girl, just get out of here" face....)

2. Last night, the "Shaving Cream Monster" came and attacked the boys during bath time. I then proceeded to let them play in the tub for nearly 40 minutes. The water was cold, they were way past wrinkly, and I just sat there with a glazed over look on my face, begging for Zack to get home and entertain them. 

4. I gave myself a pat on the back for not eating a third serving of cake the other night. My sense of moderation is so bad right now, that I honestly felt great about myself for only eating 2 desserts. First dessert, small piece of cake. Second dessert (30 minutes later) large piece of cake. But hey....I didn't have a third. So bam.

5. I spent the majority of the day Monday waiting for the announcement about the royal baby....and I loved every minute of it. Oh, and IF I ever have another baby, it's birth will be announced by town crier. 

6. Matthew rocked these boots all day Monday. Like, in public. And I just let him.

 

7. When I went to the gym Monday morning, the lady in the child care room commented that she hadn't seen us lately.....I lied and told her we had been coming in the afternoon. (Only then did I remember that she looked at the sign in sheets every day.....snap.)

8. We currently have 81 episodes of The Office recorded on our DVR and I guarantee we have seen them each 2 times or more.

9. Lately, the boys have decided that it is a new family tradition to eat donuts at the grocery store. Since we most often do our big shopping trip on Sunday morning before church, that means they get donuts for breakfast. Two weeks ago, I made the mistake of getting them dressed for church and THEN gave them the donut. Obviously, this was stupid. They were covered in sugar and chocolate and I had to change them again before church (into their non-ironed back up clothes.) So this week, I got smart. Both of my children sported their monkey jammies while we shopped. I always judged people that did that.....I mean seriously, just put clothes on your kids. But now, it makes perfect sense. So judge away.

Hope y'all are having a wonderful, perfect week.....free from situations that you would need to confess later....

My Kids are Spoiled.

So, you know last weekend when we took the boys to the lake for the day? And they had the greatest day ever? That was awesome. But on Monday, their Aunt Katie came to visit...and things went from awesome to absolutely super tremendously fantastic. For the last 7 days, my kids have been having fun like 20 hours out of their day (I say 20 hours because they are actually waking up earlier than normal....I guess they don't want to miss one second with Aunt Katie....) For the last week, we have been gallivanting all over the greater Houston area in search of fun. We had dinner with Nana, Grandfather and Katie every single night this week. We ate pizza, fast food, cupcakes, ice cream....you name it, we have splurged on it. (The kids love this...my waist line doesn't.) My boys have had, seriously, the greatest week of their lives I think. Unfortunately, Katie leaves on Monday and with her, the promise of days filled with family and fun. They are going to be so bored, and totally bummed, when they realize it's just me and them again. And now, a quick recap of our awesomeness....

The boys both LOVED the Downtown Aquarium! 

Bowling with Aunt Katie! (For the record...I won the game. And yes, I consider winning against my 3 year old, a total success.)

The Children's Museum

Doing a little work at the "UPS Store" 

I always knew they loved the grocery store....never thought I would actually see them working there....

My boys are becoming quite the beach goers....they LOVE the water!

Spending LOTS of time hanging out at Nana and Grandfather's house! (And no, I don't typically let my son just lay there and watch TV at point blank range....and no, he doesn't typically watch Wii Bowling.)

Not pictured:

A trip to the airport for Jonathan to pick Aunt Katie up and see the airplanes

Chuck E. Cheese

2 trips to the mall

Fuddruckers (one of Jonathan's favorites)

A couple of "jungle safari's" through the house

A few car races in the hallway

Baseball in the backyard

(Not to mention 2 full days of school!)

We sure do love you Aunt Katie! Thank you for a super fun week. And you better move here soon. If you don't, you will literally crush your two nephews and they will never love you again.

Just kidding. Kind of.

These Are The Days You'll Remember.....

"These are days you’ll remember
Never before and never since, I promise
Will the whole world be warm as this
And as you feel it,
You’ll know it’s true
That you are blessed and lucky
It’s true that you
Are touched by something
That will grow and bloom in you"
-10,000 Maniacs

(This song is such a throw back to my camp days at Echo Valley-LLYC.....I can remember totally rocking out in my cabin while we got ready for the day...THOSE are more memories I will never forget!) 

Life is so, so sweet right now. The boys are having such an amazing time exploring and learning new things, enjoying friends and family, playing with each other and just learning to live life. Yesterday was one of those days that will serve as a special family memory for years to come....We were blessed to be invited back to our friends lake house for the Second Annual Lake Bash! There was boat riding, easy skiing, swimming on the deck, watermelon eating, Frisbee throwing, sand box sitting, hammock napping and lots of friend time. It was the perfect summer day and I am so grateful to our dear friends for including my family in this fun tradition! 

Just let me complain...

First off, I didn't have a bad day (it was actually pretty fun!) and I am not in a bad mood (happily sitting on the couch stuffing an ice cream sandwich in my face.) Sometimes a girl just needs to get a few things off her chest and what is a blog good for if you can't complain on it?? And no Mom, I don't have a chip on my shoulder.

Here are just a few things that have been irritating the mess out of me lately....

1. When Jonathan asks me questions that I can't figure out the answer to. Last night, he wanted to know what Independence Day was and why we celebrate it. I think my answer came out something like, "well, it is the day we were given the chance to do whatever we want." Probably could have worded that differently....He also wanted to know about fireworks...."It's sparkly fire. Don't touch it." 
2. Did y'all know that spots of skin that have eczema don't tan? Seeing as I have a million spots with eczema (which is a complaint in and of itself,) I am learning this lesson big time this summer. I am finally rockin' a pretty good tan this season.....if it weren't for the multiple coin sized spots of albino-awesomeness all over my legs and arms.
3. When somebody (who shall remain nameless, lest I sound like a "nagging" wife.....insert eye roll here) uses the proverbial "we" when saying something needs to be done differently with the kids. For example, "we need to stop letting Jonathan watch so much TV." Well friend, seeing as I am his primary caregiver and he is under my care 99.9% of the day, I suppose you really mean that I should stop letting him watch so much TV. Thank you for making that observation when you have absolutely no idea what we do all day long or how much TV they watch. And for the record, they don't watch too much. 
4. When I slave over my crock-pot all day and the same nameless person comes home and calls it"glop." Rude. Make your own dinner tomorrow.
5. Calories. Calories irritate the mess out of me.
6. Finally, and this is a doozie, when people let their super old kids play on an indoor playground. First off, why in the world does a 12 year old even want to play on a mall playground? Shouldn't they be out shopping and being generally obnoxious? (After teaching middle school for 7 years, I earned the right to say that...) And second, where are their parents?! Do they not realize their kid is trampling over little kids?! UGH, this one makes me flustered just typing about it.

And there you go...the things that make me grind my teeth a little more than normal. Luckily, I have two pretty awesome kids who make these annoying things less annoying....most of the time. During the times they don't, I just lock myself in the bathroom and turn on the shower so I can't hear them knocking on the door. 

I kid, I kid.....