I blinked and they were gone......

The holidays that is. After t2 straight days of Christmas excitement too much food, many gifts and lots of family it is now time to put the tree away for another year. Christmas.. which in our crazy family actually started about 3 weeks ago with one weekend party after another has come and gone again. I love Christmas eve and Christmas day but it leaves me behind a big mess and grumpy over tired over stimulated children that take about a week to get straightened out again.
This Christmas has proved to be no different the kids were spoiled by everyone once again and between the two days we had to make three trips home with presents just to have room to bring the kids home too. It did not make much sense for us to take the presents and leave the kids. Although with Mason whiney and Dylan going down the hill and falling into the snow minutes before church. I admit that idea was pondered. =-)

The kids were up and bouncing off the walls by 6am Christmas morning. All I could think of was WOW and we have three housed to tackle by 6pm... This is going to be a crazy 12 hours. Then it was READY SET GO... and off we were one house after the other enjoying, family , presents, and food. The kids had a blast but it is fair to say we were all ready to collapse by the time we made it to our last stop of the day.
Once we were back home and had fought our overtired children to bed. Josh and I just looked around at the heaping amount of presents and I remember asking him. GOsh where to me start. He just smiled that "I have no idea" smile he gives me and we just dove it. By the time I had untied and twisted more little plastic pieces then once person should have to see in a year. I gave up and went to bed. IT was a wonderful Christmas but it was gone before I blinked........

So I did it again...

Yep. I did it again. I swore I would update this weekly if not monthly nope. I have no updated since Halloween . WOW so much has happened since then. Thanksgiving came and went in a blink of an eye. WILLIAM TURNED 2.. I am having a hard time with that one. I asked Josh if we could have another baby. He told me it would have to be a Christmas Miracle" haha I guess he was referring to my tubal.

Christmas is this weekend and I feel so unprepared for it. All our holiday parties have came and gone... I always use those to practice for the real thing. I remind the boys to say their thank yous and threaten them to never EVER let on if they already have gotten a gift. Mason I guess did not catch on this year to the always be polite. He opened up some socks...... and I saw what was going to happen. YUP. the lip came up the eyes welled up with tears . I thought to myself " GOSH NO DO NOT DO IT" too late. The flood gates opened and my unappreciative child sat there and cried over that gift. ahhhhhh 4 year olds. He had gotten many other gifts from that same person, but that did not seem to matter, getting those socks still made him cry.

So we are again going to spend the week practicing our present etiquette.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

So I have been super busy this month and slacking in the blog department.
We had a super busy yet super fun October. I LOVE FALL. We hosted a Halloween party for the kids which was a blast. They had loads of fun and we had 29 kids attend. We had lots of snacks and games and just an all around good time.

Dylan played soccer three times a week this month so we were always running some where. He had an excellent soccer season this year and ended the season with I think 5 goals...=-)

This is turning into a mommy brag blog hahaha which is so rare for him. If you want me to fill it with traumatic and funny occurrences at our house I probably could think of plenty.LOL

Tonight is Halloween... this should be fun...**note the sarcasm* Halloween has NEVER been my thing. Buckling and unbuckling costumed kinds into the car all night is NOT my thing.....
Wish me luck..

Light a candle on Oct. 15 for babies lost to miscarriage or stillbirth

This video touches me greatly and I post in every OCTOBER 15TH in memory of pregnancy and infant loss awareness.....

What was I thinking???????

So I promised the boys they could have a Halloween party with their friends and family this year. Well we planned the party last month and sent out the invites. Boy things seemed so much easy to plan then carry out. LOL
So the party is this coming Saturday. We have planned games, food, and fun... what we did not plan for is the rainy day that is predicted. I am so frustrated by this because the kids are anxious and we have over 25 kids not counting parents attending.. It is of course an OUTSIDE party. The only thing more insane then planning to have 25 kids high on sugar running around your outside of your house would be having an indoor party. That is not happening. So we are praying for better weather forecasts and hoping for best............=-(

Another Mason story..... 10-4-2010

So Mason came all proud of himself to me the other day letting me know that he taught the dog to SHIT (sit) he proceeded to tell me another 4 times that he can get the dog to shit (sit) on the floor. SHIT (sit) on the bed or he can pretty much get her to SHIT (sit) any where in the house he wants.

I could barely contain my laughter at the way he pronounces the word SIT.....

Gotta love that boy......

FRIDAY October 1st 2010

 





Friday is here and William is so excited to have Mason not have preschool and be home with him today. Mason however is not quite as excited about having William around. As you probably noticed in yesterdays post. I think it is fair to say that Mason would of worked out wonderfully as an only child. =-)

Mason quote of the day for 9-30-2010

"William.. apparently mom did not realize that ONE brother was enough"

BROTHERLY LOVE....

The other day we were eating supper with the boys. Two of which had not been listening very well to Josh and I the whole day.....
So Josh went into the bedroom to do something and knocked over a lamp. The bulb shattered all over the room. Josh came out told the boys to stay put and asked me to come help him clean the giant mess. We were not in the bedroom for more than a minute when the door flung open and Mason came into tell that Dylan was starring at him. Josh reminded him that we told him to stay out right now and that he needed to listen. Josh then told him that due to the fact that no one was listening today that the next person who came through that bedroom door while we were trying to clean that mess was heading straight to bed because we were tired of the not listening. Not even a moment later Dylan came bursting in the bedroom and stated..
MASON SAID YOU WANTED ME......................hahahaha CLASSIC MASON =-)

Dog food and cats....who have died???

So today was Mason's very first ever show N tell at preschool. He was so excited for it. He told me he had to bring something that reminded him of his pets. So easy enough I thought. I pulled out the photo album and got a picture of Mason with the dog. was that good enough for the little man. NOPE of course not. Why? Because he is Mason and had his own ideas... so off he ran and came upstairs this morning holding two big fists full of DOG FOOD. Why? Well why not this is what reminds him of his dogs... fair enough. I put it in a baggie and packed it.

Then he decided he wanted to talk about his cat too.... so I thought well we have a 2 year old cat and Mason could share a picture of that cat. NOPE he insisted on bringing in pictures of our cat who had died last year..... LOVELY. I asked him why he chose that picture and not the cat that is alive. Well Easy he said. " I bet the kids have never seen a dead cat" I told him but the cat was alive when we took that picture. Still he said. " this is a dead cat and I love him" ALRIGHTY THEN off to school he went. My apologies to his teacher who know gets to explain that one to the class................

ahhhhh The joys of Mother hood...

So just think I woke up this morning thinking YAY Friday..... and OH what a FRIDAY it has been. I no longer like the letters TGIF

The day started great. The baby slept in. The boys ate breakfast and watched Tv and then as quickly as the silence set in it was taken from me.

The boys started fighting, the baby flipped the chair over, The dog chewed a toy. SO then we had it my average day. Well average has a way of being under rated. After I got all those situations under control I decided to crank the expander in Dylan's mouth as I have to twice a day for the next few months. My first mistake was thinking I did not need a flash light. I actually got the little key thing stuck in the expander and could not get it out for ten minutes. Well the kid layed on the couch crying with a flip top head. I get the mom of the year award for that one. While I am trying to get the key thing unstuck. William decides he is HULLK and knocks over the end table taking my lamp with him. NO ONE was hurt ......but the lamp.
Thing calmed down and we moved onto lunch. I walk back in the kitchen to William saying Kitty kitty to the dog who was (no joke) on his tray eating his lunch *yep you read that right the dog was on the babies tray** How did he get up there you ask??? Great question and if I ever find the answer I will let you know.
I got the dog off dumped the tray cleaned it got the baby new food and he knocked it on the floor. Meanwhile Dylan is eating in the living room on a tray and stood up ... guess he forgot the food on his lap knocking it all over the living room floor. So the dog then had her second snack of the day............................
Oh and if I had time to share Mason stories today... but I do not why .?? Because I know have to wash the floor for a second time today and change the babies food covered clothes before my company arrives in ten minutes..

Oh the Joys of being a SAHM ...
I think I need a vacation........

Where has the Summer gone??

It seems like yesterday we were awaiting Dylan's last day of school and the start to our Summer vacation. Wow it has already been two months since then almost time to go back to school already. Time sure does fly. It has been a great summer though filled with lots of mini trips, vacations and fun. Mason will also we starting preschool in a few weeks and it breaks my heart to look back and see how fast the first 4 years of his life really have gone. He has been here home with me since the day he came home from the hospital and now he will be in preschool for three mornings a week. WOW.=-(
He is going to a great preschool though with a great teacher and I am blessed to have gotten him in there.
Oh Where have my babies gone??????

OCEAN.................

Josh took Monday off and we packed up and left the house before 8am (7:57am) to be exact and were quite proud of ourselves for getting up and out on time. =-) We drove to Popham beach and the boys had the time of their lives. They loved walking on the edge of the ocean and looking for shells. Will loved running ahead of us, but was not quite sure of the freezing cold water. They laughed, ran , played , ate sand (William) and just had the best time ever. They were adorable to watch. I love days like this................

I would estimate by the time we went home, Mason had collected 200 shells, including nasty smelling crab shells, Dylan had fallen in deeps spots about 15 times, and William had eaten enough dirt to fill our entire sandbox and the neighbors. BEST DAY EVER...........................

HAPPY FATHERS DAY

I know most of my posts are funny or a quick update and I rarely get emotional, but today I thought I would give it a try..

I just wanted to say HAPPY FATHERS DAY to my wonderful husband..... who in my eyes . Stepped in and saved my world and became the best father ever. His love, trust and compassion over the years has made him not only my husband but my best friend in the world.....
I LOVE YOU JOSH............

I'ts SUMMER TIME

Sylan is now out of school break for the Summer and I could not be happier. YAY

We are hoping for a good summer filled with lots of fun and swimming.

The boys are old enough for us to have a fun fun summer.... Pictures to come soon..

May 3, 2010

Once again I have neglected this blog. The last month has been filled with cranky sick, kids, fevers and allergies. YUCK.

We had a battle with Mason's asthma two weeks ago and that led us to two doctors visits and two ER visits. Not fun and Not cheap. He seems to be better now but it snuck up on us from no where and was very scary...

We celebrated Dylan's 10th birthday party this year by renting the YMCA and having his party there. He had so much fun with his friends and family. He told us it was the best birthday party ever.

My allergies have been acting up the last week which is leaving my head more foggy then normal.... Making it very hard to get anything accomplished. Well this was really boring and more of a quick update . soon I will be back to fill you on all the crazy things that have happened in our house... but right now I am off to change a diaper.....

And there goes his tongue..............

Well for the last 3 months I have been telling my 9 year old and 4 year old to stop wrestling, well everyone gives me the boys will be boys speech and I just nod and smile thinking to myself how annoying they are for telling me that. LOL

Well I was right...... Last night it finally happened. THE INJURY

The boys were wrestling around and my 4 year old came up from the ground and clipped the bottom of my 9 year old's chin and then came the blood. Lots of it.

Both Dylan 9 and Mason 4 were freaking out. I grabbed a wash cloth assuming it was his lip. NOPE it was his tongue he bit down almost all the way through it. Poor guy.

I got the bleeding to stop and got him some tylenol and ice. He was in pain all night and man was it swollen this morning. He def. developed a lisp over night.

Boys Will be boys..... <<<< Yeah.. thanks for that advice

The joys of being a mom....

So last week we had another round of the stomach flu hit our house. Dylan had it first followed by Josh and I at the same time a few days later.... We all had it and got over it and moved on.. THEN THERE WAS MASON..

I awoke to a gagging noise coming from his room I rushed down there to find that he had thrown up... and went back to sleep in it. YUCK... SO I began cleaning that mess up and cleaning him up. It was 1am and I had the washer going and scrubbing everything well Josh peacefully slept in the next room with out a care in the world. Just when I thought I had it all cleaned up. I noticed the dog looking a bit funny. So I picked her up. BAD CHOICE. The dog had been in bed with Mason when he threw up and YUP... Mason had covered the dog in puke...................So the dog got a bath as well ...
What a long night....
Things have been slowly back to normal around here and so far so good as far as William goes......

So it happened..... Mason turned 4...

Officially at 8:52pm last night. Mason became a 4 year old. All day long I kept reminding myself that technically has still 3 until 8:52pm. Poor guy spent his birthday sick but we still made the best of it. Friday the day before his birthday we too him to Chucky cheese and then to toys r us and told him he could pick anything out there he wanted. No Joke... he picked a small little water gun. Of course we probably have about 10 of them out in the shed with the pool stuff. I tried to talk him into a few other things so he settles for one other thing. Some nerf something and that was it. He was ready to leave....=-( I guess I need to teach that boy some shopping skills. Even Dylan knew better. When he got off the bus that night he said to Mase... so what did you get? Mason showed him. Dylan said...ummmm...oh. That is all you picked.
Yesterday on his actual birthday we had a home party for him which was a huge turn out out. He had 15 kids here, mostly all cousins and family and then all the adults that came with them. He easily had over 30 people here. The house was full and the present pile was high......... He had a a great time .
We finished the day with pizza at my mom and he fell asleep on the way home and slept straight through the night until 9 am this morning. He was spent.......
He awoke today... officially a 4 year old...=-(

The things kids says.....

Mason never fails to crack me up randomly these days..... Dylan really never did either...... How soon we forget..

We were driving in town to BJS whole sale store and Dylan said he could not wait to get there and try all the free samples. He then proceeded to ask Mason if he would also like a free sample. Mason looked up at Dylan with out missing a beat and said.. and I quote

"Oh Dylan... ain't nothing free in this town" hahahahaha Josh and I laughed all the way there....

Sick kids...

Wow it seems like the New Year brought in lots of New germs in our house. Since January we have had stomach flus, ear infections, pnuemonia and runny noses and bad coughs.. Yikes. I am so over Winter in Maine.

Will has decided wiping his nose on any available surface is the way to go. So gross. Mason has a little more class. He uses his sleeve. Dylan is just getting over his illness of which he coughed on every possible surface of this house at least 5 times a day well yelling. " I am covering my mouth" Yuck.

Josh decided to bless our house with another Stomach Virus yesterday. Now I feel like we are all just lined up waiting for our turn for it to strike us. Lovely!!! I nicely told him that it was fine with me if he thought sleeping at his moms house was the best choice since he was in the car when he became sick and his mom was closer then coming home. LOL That did not work. He brought the germs home.........BLAH

Last time the stomach virus was in this house it was like we were standing in an assembly line waiting for our turn to be hit.......and we ALL were with in five days of one another.. EWWWWWW EWWW

So I am ready for spring ......... to say the very least...

What is crazy any way?

Seems like we have a lot of "crazy" days lately. Which makes me ask myself. what is crazy really? Is it the fact that we have ten things going on at once around here so when Mason asked for lunch my reply was "didn't you just have a donut" then the mother in me realized just how badly that sounded. LOL I then prepared him a real lunch. =-)
Or is crazy the fact that every day to keep the little boys busy I let them Dance to Lady Gaga bad romance and know that I have at last 3 minutes and 40 seconds to sit here and check FB because I know they will not stop dancing until the song is over.

Is crazy the fact that Dylan knowingly put on his boots this morning knowing there was a old wet sock in the toe? No that is just odd???

I guess I am not really sure what crazy is. It could be trying to get two kids dressed while they do circles around the house and the third is in his room yelling that he can not find his socks, which were lying on his bed....

Whatever the def. of crazy is... I probably would not change it....

Secrets... (from Daddy)

So the baby fell and got his first "real" boo boo last night above his eye. It was was heart breaking to see. However I was quick to point out to Josh that he was with in arms reach of him and I was all the way across the room. This made Josh quickly point out to me that ........I was home all day long and he probably does not know half of what goes on here during the day including minor accidents the kids may have and such.

Well laying in bed last night I had to laugh to myself and also wonder if there was any truth to that statement..... and although I denied it as soon as he said it I could not help but reflect upon the last few months in this house. Being a SAHM is not always all it is cracked up to be... but it often cracks me up. And NO I do not always let Josh know the crazy happening of this house hold while he is at work. Especially if I come out looking bad. LOL
In 2010 alone... let's see.
I told Mason that he was a big boy and no longer needed the toddler seat on the toilet when pooping. Well he reluctantly agreed and went into the bathroom to take his first attempt at pooping on the potty with no seat....... DISASTER
He ends up screaming for me. So I tell him to hold on a minute of course I am assuming he wants me to wipe his butt as usual... So he kept screaming finally about 2 minutes later I finished up changing William and went in to do one of my many job titles. "the butt wiper" and there it was MASON stuck in the toilet . His little bum was probably sitting in the toilet water... or just about. OH no. I run. .pull him out he is pretty mad at me by this time for not coming quicker. And there you have it. A huge red ring around his bum from being stuck. It faded quickly and so did his anger at me for the moment of OOPS but man... Daddy did not find that one out that night......

Of course then there is William.. Cute little William .. mommy thought it would be a great idea to set him in the laundry basket for a picture. Now why on earth did not think..oh gosh he will stand up and flip that over is beyond me. I watched him as he began to stand and YUP I was holding my camera watching him ..then it happened he flipped right out of the laundry basket and on to the floor. He cried. I cried... He was fine. I still cried... man.. I guess we forgot to tell Daddy that one too....=-)

Well I am off for a bit..

March 1st, 2010 I think it is time for a change.......

Now what kind of a change one may ask?? Honestly? I am yet to figure that out...
It is time for a change. I feel like we have been in a funk around here since Christmas. Mostly me I do admit. I have had little energy and have been hating Winter in Maine, Hating not getting out of the house and hating the extra weight that Santa gave me for the holidays. I looked around today at my three boys and thought wow.. I am a very lucky person. I thought this even though they all have colds and I had little sleep last night. I thought of the people out there who have really sick kids, have lost a child , or can not have any of their own to begin with. I started feeling really badly about the funk I have been in lately and realized just that. IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE.
Time to get out more. Do more things that I use to do.
Sometimes staying at home can lead to funks. I no longer want to do this. It is March 1st. Mason will be 4 in two weeks. William is now 15 months old. Although not really sure when since Feb. had no 30th?? LOL
Dylan will be 10 next month. I want to look back on the years and be sad that it went so fast but also know where it went. Not that we have not had a great last few years. I just want better. More memories and more fun.....
That is my goal for March...
More fun. More energy. More silly dances around the living room..........

February 9th 2010

Wow. We are almost to mid Feb. and that just shocks me for some reason...

This has been a busy and sad week for us. I took our beloved kitty to the vet and he had to be put to sleep. It was awful and heart wrenching.

He had kidney failure and there was really nothing they could do and no options. He would face a life of procedures and pain and no hope really. I could not bare to have him continue to suffer like that.

I made the choice to hold him in my arms as the vet gave him the medicine to put him to sleep. His last time ever going to sleep. He looked at me as she gave him the medicine and I remember feeling helpless and awful. Telling him it would be okay and that I loved him.
Some may ask why would you choice to be in the room with the cat while they did that. Some would say it is just a cat. Well in this house they may be trouble makers but our pets are part of the family and what kind of mother would I bet to make him face that alone. It was heart. Worst than I ever thought it would be and sometimes when I close my eyes I still see his helpless pleading little eyes looking up at me. He had no idea what was to come.
I have to make peace with the fact that I made the best choice possible for him. I still find that hard to swallow....

Well this turned into a sad blog update. Maybe I will come back later and update more...........

January 24th 2010

January has been a cold busy month here... I feel like the days pass so quickly and before I know it a new month is ready to begin.

Every one is doing well. Despite the 5 day long battle with the stomach flu that we battled last week...=-)

The kids are good. Cute and busy as ever.
William has decided he like to walk places and when he does not feel like he is getting there quite fast enough he drops and speed crawls like no other. LOL

He is going to be 14 months old in 4 days. I can not believe he is that already. My very last baby and it has gone by in the blink of an eye.

At times I miss the fact that we will no longer have any babies in the house, but then I look at the kids getting older and am glad to be able to do fun things with them that I am restricted on doing with a baby around.

William is determined that my bed is the place he belongs at night although Daddy does not agree with him.

Cry it out is the only advice I get and I have to admit I am not a big fan right now. He is my last baby.....

Dylan is going to be 10 in April and we just booked his Birthday part at the Y this year. He wanted to have a pool party and that is what he is going to get. He is soooo excited..

Mason is going to be 4 in less than two months. That is what really surprises me. He is as tiny as ever, but has the biggest spirit and biggest attitude ..LOL

Well I took Yesterday off from house work to attend an out of Town Baby shower for the my niece. I must go now and catch up from all the work that was missed yesterday...

and the house sure does show that I was not home. LOL