Weekly Wrap Up

The weekly wrap up

1. Taylor took 2 naps this week!

2. Only 8 days till we leave for Las Vegas & Disneyland

3. Tye is only one badge away from becoming a Wolf Scout, or maybe Bear, I can't remember which.

4. Got my Young Women Calendar done for the year.

5. Wes got a new 09 Ford 250 Diesel Truck from work.

6. Tate lost a tooth, the Tooth fairy brought $3.00 - I use to get a quarter! (I use to get a dime every time I cleaned the toilet, I was totally ripped off)

7. Wes & I attended the Diary Association of Wisconsin Conference.

8. Uno and Sorry are the games of the week.

9. It has been below 0 for 20 days in a row.

10. I booked a Dog Sled Adventure trip for our family in February.

11. Started Planning Taylor's first Birthday Party, were having a Tea Party when we go to Vegas.

12. Went to Great Harvest Bread and picked up my favorite Cinnamon Pecan. Yummy!!!

13. Bought my kids valentines for their friends & classmates.

14. Just had to move the cat from in front of my screen, she's hiding from Taylor.

15. Found out that kids have to be in car seats until they are 8 years old, went and bought 3 new car seats for Tate.

16. I can't figure out how to load video's on this Blogg, but have some great clips to show you when I do.

17. Am having fun seeing all my old friends from High School on Facebook.

18. A lot of my friends are having babies, or adopting babies, and I'm jealous.

19. I washed my Denali today and my doors froze shut so Taylor & I couldn't get out at Target, I had to crawl into the back seat and use her door to pry mine open. Nice....

20. I signed Taylor up for Pre-school and have to decide where to send the boys next year.

21. Sat down and wrote out a budget, I am going to try and save more and spend less.

22. I buy 6 gallons of milk at a time, this week I added 2 chocolate, and yes it will be gone in less than a week. Usually a gallon a day with my kids.

23. Found a cute outfit to wear with my cowboy boots.

24. Went shopping and found some FABULOUS deals - Old Navy was taking 75% off all their clearance, I loaded up, 3 bags, and only spent $58.00!!

25. Took Tye and 6 other little boys to the movies and out to lunch.

26. Cleaned out my kids closets and gave 4 trash sacks of clothes away.

27. Cooked homemade Chili for the first time this winter.

And that about sums it up. Hope everyone had a great week - I am so happy it's Friday!

Saying Sorry

I don't know why our kids have such a tough time saying sorry when they do something wrong. (Although their father could stand a lesson or two in this department) Never the less, when they argue, or do something wrong and I tell them that they have to say sorry - it's immediate tears. I don't understand, it's two simple words and yet they think I'm punishing them for life. When Tye has to say it...he pops this attitude and says - Sorry, but he's not. Taylor says it, but immediately runs to her room, slams the door and cries. Tate is the worst. When you tell him he's got to say sorry, he'll go in his room and pout for about 15 minutes, and then he'll come out and barely whisper, under his breath....."I'm sorry" in this gruffy voice. He has to seriously prepare to say it, it's kind of funny, kind of sad. (Just another thing I'm probably failing at, teaching my kids how to say sorry.) Unfortunately, Tate is trying to take the easy road, when he needs to say sorry he's started this habit where he'll go in his room and draw you a picture instead. Wes got mad at him for some reason and I told Tate he needed to tell Dad sorry, instead 30 minutes later he came out his room with this picture. It's Tate & Wes throwing snowballs, Tate & Wes riding horses. (I think it's funny how he wrote Wes instead of Dad, but it's cute.) I said to him, does this mean your sorry. He said "Can't you read?" I said "Yes", he said - "Didn't you read the heart?"I said "Yes I see a heart," he said "Well, that means I love him again" - not once, did a sorry come out of his mouth.

What'a a Mom to do?

I hate this....

I hate that.....She loves this.....

He loves that....

What's a mom to do.....

I'm alive & well

Three facts about my day.....

1. Tye pulled out a slinky and folded it in half to look like a Bum and was moving it up and down up and down, up and down. Taylor went up to it, started moving it back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, and then said "It's Mommies Bum." Nice huh....

2. Tate was totally mad at me because I couldn't find Bubble Gum Ice cream at the store. He finally decided on Mint Chip but told me I had to take out all the brown pieces (chocolate). I tried to pick the main pieces out but when he eventually found one he asked me...."Can you do anything right?"

3. My back seriously went out of place on Sunday, so last night I started a bath. Bubbles, baby oil - the relaxing kind. The phone rang and afterwards I walked back into the bathroom and it TOTALLY STUNK...I mean STUNK...I was livid. I found the culprit and said "We have 3 other toilets in this house, why do you always have to stink up mine." The answer: At least I flushed. Needless to say no bath.....

I tell myself we are a normal family, but there are moments. We've been super busy lately, but what's new. We're alive & well. Dentist Appts., Scouts, Working (the cold weather caused so many problems on the ranch), doing our taxes, mutual, getting ready for a overnighter with all the young women, basketball, feeding the missionaries...you name it. It feels like my days run into weeks. The nice thing is that it's been Sunny, which I love and over 15 degrees 2 days in a row. In fact last night Wes & the boys played a game of football in the snow. Tate got caught a few times in the drifts (his poor little legs) but it feels like Summer compared to what we just went through. Only two weeks until Sunny Las Vegas.....here we come.

I heard this song on the radio (Alive by Kenny Chesney) and loved it...It's so true, today's just one of those days that I'm alive and well.....I have nothing fabulous to report, nothing bad, a few funny comments from my kids, but just happy to be alive...& well!

Cold Days...

I can't even explain what 42 below zero feels like...I'm not even stepping outside to test it out. I do know that when school is canceled, it's not a blessing. It's 1:30 and I don't even want to remember my morning, all I do know is that I'm just going to survive, and worry about tornado I have to clean up tomorrow.

We started out o.k....Wes told the kids they couldn't spend all day playing video games, they had to read books first. They got out some books, but instead of reading I overheard Tye telling Tate what kind of seals killer whales could swallow whole. They were all obsessed with all the animals a killer whale could eat.....at least they were attempting to read and not obsessed with attacking each other which happens very often in this household.

Tate started eating snacks...oh about 6:20 this morning. At 8:30 I finally told him no more snacks until he eats something healthy, he said fine, fix me a sandwich. A few minutes later he was back to eating the entire box of vanilla wafers, but I THOUGHT he had eaten his sandwich. At 10:06 I found this under his dresser...nice!

Around 10:30 after I cleaned up the play dough mess, put batteries in the Wii Remotes, loaded their marshmallow guns 6 times, found the remote to the TV, built a fort in the stair closet, did the dishes, played battleship and chutes & ladders, looked at the laundry pile (but then walked away), had two phone calls with my boss while I locked myself in the bathroom, attempted to balance my checkbook, swept the floor 4 times and made cream of wheat and 11 pieces of toast I called my friend to see if her kids could come play...

Lucky for me, she was thrilled. I have honestly blown threw a pantry full of snacks and have a serious mess to clean up - (look at the picture below) but I haven't heard my name in 33 minutes, totally worth cleaning up the mess.


I know I picked the song 9 to 5 to add to this blog, but the reality is, being a mother is no 9 to 5 job....more like 24/7.