There is NOTHING that causes me more stress than when my kids are sick. It is the WORST. Not knowing if you are doing the right thing, if they are going to be OK and I feel so bad when they are in pain and there is almost nothing I can do. I will do anything for a sick kid. If my kids wanted me to stand on my head for 20 mins because that would make them feel better I would. I sat outside the washing machine for a good solid hour while he played with it/ in it, it was the only time he had been happy in days .

Hopefully he is on the mend after many nights of waking up screaming every 3-4 hours (this is the part that really sucks, b/c I didn't know what he wanted, he wasn't hungry, I druged him as much as possible and he couldn't have any more medicine. Maybe he just wanted to scream for 30 minutes ?????) but finally last night he slept from 6pm - 9:30am only waking up once for a bottle, then right back to sleep. Fingers crossed.

Homemade Cake ... You're Joking, Right?

Ella: Are we decorating the house for the January birthdays? (we are having the fam over for all the birthdays in Jan- just to clarify)
Me: No we aren't.
Ella: Oh ... where is the cake.
Me: Kali's bringing it.
Ella: Where did she get it from?
Me: She made it.
Ella: WHAT? WHAT? (said in a high pitched girls voice). Mom, you can't make birthday cake, you have to buy it. (In a like, DUH you moron kinda voice)
Me: No you can make birthday cake.
Ella: ( In a completely shocked and somewhat betrayed voice) Why have never made me a birthday cake?

I can do a lot of things, but apparently making a homemade birthday cake is not one of them.

These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things

This is one of the best reasons to have a baby. you can kiss them anytime you want. Then they get older and don't let you kiss them at your beckon call - When that happens they are dead to me!
Please don't mind the shotty camera work ... it was taken by a 5 year old. Also note, we are keepin' it real here no make-up. It is what it is.

BLOG 365

Every time I read a 365 picture a day blog. I think to myself - 'self, you should do that. That's a great way to journal the in and outs of your daily life.'
But as you can see it NEVER pans out the way that I want it to. So instead of starting of the new year with an ambitious goal of posting 365 or 366 pics this year. I will underwhelm you all and try to post one pic a week. Let's call it my 52 picture a week blog (in addition to all the other fascinating stuff I post).
I think I will need try to bring my camera places. Cause I have a pretty amazingly interesting life - Just this morning I half cleaned my kitchen, thought about making my bed and checked my e-mail. WHOA, how can you keep up with all I do.

Hee Hee

Just makes me laugh.

It Is What It Is ...

Just a quick rant.
What's going on with this 'upcycling' business? everywhere I turn - literally everywhere - I see crafts where people upcycle a old jar or upcycle a picture frame. Upcycling PLEASE.
I guess RECYCLING isn't good enough for us anymore. We are to fancy to recycle. I mean in my humble opinion recycling is just a fancy way of saying 'using garbage'. It's almost as bad as vintage - I think you mean 'old'.
Just calls (yes calls) it as it is, it detract from the cuteness just because you call it recycled.
BTW - I just did spell check on this here post, and upcycle is not even a WORD.

PS - Sorry to my 3 readers if you use the word upcycle - don't worry it dosen't make you a bad person. I still like you.

My Posts are Like My Life

I look back on by blogging past, and I have come to a very obvious conclusion. My blog is a very good representation of my life. I know I know you are like, yeah we know because your posts are about your life so ... YEAH, this blog does represent your life, what's your point.
Here's my point. I go full force posting a few times a week and then BAM. Nothing for weeks even months on end. That happens in my life. I do really great at something, ie: brushing my teeth ... well no let's not use brushing my teeth that could get gross. Let's use cleaning my house. I get on a cleaning kick. I clean my house really well, most things are organized and tidy, I stay on a cleaning routine and then BAM (for no apperant reason), I can't for the life of me get it together and my house ends up in complete shambles and I end up yelling at my kids to 'clean up this crap' (see previous post, I know I blogged about it at some point).
So what can I learn from this ... umm ....at least I brush my teeth regularly.