Numers

Here's the difference between your first and third child.
First child - on the suspicion of a tooth you check almost hourly - Is there any teeth, have they come in yet?
Third (and last ... hopefully) child - Look, he has 5 teeth! Ya, he seemed a little cranky these last few days.
If you are wondering on the title of the post, here's the story. (I'll warn you it a touch boring) Ethan went to get Nate from his crib one morning and as they were coming into my room Ethan said. 'oh mom, his numers are getting so big. Mom, numers are what I call his teeth!'
I thought it was adorable, he will most likely murder me if he ever finds out I posted it, and you all probably don't care.
And sorry no pic of said teeth (which BTW, he just sprouted another one since, so total count is at 6) he sticks his tongue out every time I try to take a pic. So after 2 tries I gave up.

Fresh Friday

Sorry this blog title really sucks. I was trying to find a word, starting with F, that is related to laundry in some way. Something clever, preferably. But I couldn't find anything clever so you got something lame, SORRY.

Friday is quickly becoming my kids fav day. I've come up with a new plan. This plan has been in place for about a month and it is working wonderfully. I was going menal (you know mental but without the t) because my kids would throw every item of clothing they wore or thought about wearing or thought about thought about wearing. I was literally (said like Rob lowe from Parks & Recreation) doing 2 or 3 loads a day. MENAL!!!


But now no more. I told my kids I do laundry on Friday and it was now their responsibility to budget their clothes accordingly. If they chose to throw every pair of PJ's in the laundry they could sleep in the nude until Friday for all I care. It's going swimmingly if I do say so myself. At first, around Wednesday or even Tuesday they started belly aching that they didn't have many pants or PJ's left. But this morning I heard Ethan say to Ella 'yeah it's Friday, we get clean clothes.'

Don't worry everyone my kids are not turning into the stinky kids because I am lazy and refuse to wash their clothes, they have more than enough clothes to go the entire week. Just in case you were contemplating calling SS. (Social Services)

PS - Your welcome ladies for the Rob Lowe pic.

Cleaning War Path

Do you ever look around your house and get so frustrated with the mess? No just me? Everyone else's homes are spotless and perfectly organized?

I find myself on the cleaning war path about every 2 months (in the summer it's every 2 days, GEEZ I hate it when my kids aren't at school - or in a more positive statement I love it when my kids are at school.) I think my kids can sense it coming. It usually begins when I trip over something. I get all pissed (my mom thinks that is a swear, but I don't), and I kick the said object outta my way. From here it can go one of 2 ways. If one of my kids scurry to collect the kicked item and get it out of away Crisis averted and I usually calm down. But if they continue on with their playing and don't even glance up, WATCH OUT! HERE I COME! My kids know that when they hear the words 'this house is a freakin' disaster' they run for there favourite toys and remove them from sight. Then of course they run back to me and help me clean because they are amazing kids ... what? they run back to me out of fear. No thanks i prefer to believe they are amazing kids. (it keeps me going).

Please note above pic is NOT my house.

Make Up Fast

I know I know, the title of this post is shocking to anyone who knows me. A fast from make up ... NO NEVER!!!! But yes I did.

It didn't start out as a plan to stop wearing make up. It actually started due to my eyes burning b/c of my cold -see previous post on laryngitis (I don't do links so find it yourself if you care). Then I gots to thinking ... why do I wear make up? Is it b/c I love it or is it b/c I need it?

I thought I couldn't go out in public without 'my face'. But I gave it a go. I continued to do my hair and I didn't go out in my 'Wal-Mart clothes'

side note: I heart Wal-Mart.

Stick to the story lady. SO I still washed my hair and otherwise got dolled up, but didn't put on the make up. At first I was super self conscious, I was like 'don't look at me I am hideous. But then I was like, 'WHAT you gotta problem, yeah that's right I am not wearing make up'. And finally I was like 'people don't even care, make up doesn't define you.'

So in conclusion diary: I love wearing make up because I love make up.

On a somewhat related note. After a week with no make up, I looked like a street walker when I finally put on make up. I am not saying it was a bad thing, I am just saying.

Pin of the Week

This is my goal next week.
Organize pantry was my first thought, but then I told my self, ' Self, get real'. So now this is my updated realistic goal. it seems pretty attainable, but honestly I will be shocked if I post next week updating you that I have organized my cans. Should I expect more of myself?
No I am awesome just the way I am!

So I believe that I have really turned a corner in the mothering of my youngest child. I am starting not to hate him ... NO NO NO that sounded bad maybe I should rephrase that. I am starting to really like him... yes that is much more PC - Now let me explain before you jump on the horn to SS (Social Services).
I've always loved him and I've always made sure he was well taken care of and such. But lately I've found myself not cringing when I hear him crying after his nap and dreading the thought of this peaceful bliss I call 'alone time' being over. I am actually excited to see him.
BTW, just in case you didn't know this about me I HATE with a capital H-A-T-E, taking care of babies. I LOVE with a capital L-O-V-E taking care of kids. I really do love being a mother, but those infant years I could really do without ... although I hear they are important to their development or something?
PS - I didn't title this post because I thought 'I Hate My Baby' was an inappropriate title. Don't you agree?

Oopsy Poopsy!

I don't know what happened with my last post but I am too lazy to figure out how to erase it and such, so I'll just post an apology post. SORRY for wasting your time today. I have nothing to say. other than this:
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Organizing My Fav

Organizing is my favourite thing to do (don't misunderstand and believe that my house is perfectly organized, I consider it a work in progress). If you wanted to get me a present you could let come and organize your house.

I am always looking for way to organize my stuff. Make up is tricky because after you organize it, a week later you end up with this:

Note: Not actually my drawer, I didn't do before and afters.

So I got this great idea (I would like to give credit to my inspiration, but honestly I don't remember where I first saw it. So if you did it first, I am not attempting to steal your idea for my own). Anywho, MAGNET MAKE UP BOARDS. This 'craft' ,and I use the term lightly, literally took me 10 minutes (and that is with a 5 year old helping me).

Yes, these are actual pics. Please forgive that they do not look all glamorous like on craft blogs and what not. They are what they are. But you get the idea. And they really work. It's been about 2 months since this was done and it still looks like this:

Laryngitis and Glasses

Laryngitis is like a pair of glasses you want it until you get it, because when you get it, you want to murder someone because it is so annoying. Glasses are the same you want 'em and you are so jealous of everyone who has glasses, sometimes you might even pretend to wear glasses (which is actually very insulting to us vision challenged people, kinda like when the full head of hair guy shaves his head must be very insulting to bald guys. They would kill to have a head of hair - I am just guessing though, not being a bald man). And then you actually get glasses and you want to murder someone because they are so annoying.
In case you couldn't put it all together, I have laryngitis and I am going to murder someone ... it is so annoying!!!

Creepy or Cute?

Is this creepy or cute? I can't really tell.

I actually don't even know if this pic is for reals.

Book Club

Since I don't have a book club - this is not a pity party, I am just saying I don't attend a book club. I am sure I could find one if I wanted, I am just not at a point right now that I want to attend a book club. Are we all clear on my book club situation? Can I continue on with my post? If you have any questions on anything to do with my book club, feel free to post them in the comments section.



But since I do love to read. I thought I could post good books or just books that I 've read. Here is my review system:



READ



DO NOT READ

This book is a READ.

Pin of the Week

I got nothin' else to blog about so I'll post my best pin of the week, just in case you missed it. Cause I know that you are all not only following me on Pinterest, but you all care so much about what I pin. To quote Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'That's sacrcasm right?'

I love watches. Surprising I own very few watches for the amount of love I have for them.