Weekend "stuff".....

This past weekend went FAST..........the girls had soccer on Saturday morning while I taught a kids class at MLPA from 11-1, and then took a really great class from 1:30 - 3:30 that I will be teaching at a convention in a few months for the store.

When I got home we all went out to dinner to this place called Max and Irma's (where the tortilla soup is to.die.for.) After dinner we saw Horton Hears a Who in the movie theatre (Jen's first time at the movies and she did GREAT!!!!) After that we went to check out a truck at the Ford dealership that Ron is looking to buy sooner rather than later. Got home. Girls in bed. Fold some laundry. Clean up the kitchen. Off to bed cause I was tuckered out.

Then....at 2:12 AM......I heard something in my sleep. Sounded very much like Jennifer screaming "MOMMY!!!" at the top of her lungs. I tried to turn over and dream of something other than one of my kids screaming bloody murder at me, but it was still there. I cracked my eyeballs open and listened for a second....and I heard it again. So I went to investigate. Steph was sound asleep sawing logs in her room. I went down the hall to Jen's room and cracked the door.

And that's when it hit me.

OH MY GOD!!! What in heaven's name is THAT SMELL!!! I faintly saw Jen sitting up in her bed looking up at me with her hands out in the front of her, so I reached around in the hallway and turned the hall light on to get a closer look.

It took a second to register.

Why is Jen sitting in her bed with food all over her hands?

And why does Jen have food all over her face?

And why does it smell like throw up in here?????

Then I fully woke up and realized that Jen had indeed threw up all over herself, her hands, her bed, her pillows, her blankies.......everything. And she was shaking her throw up hands at me as if to say "Ummmm......lady......can you stop staring at me with that glazed look on your face and get me cleaned up, please?"

So she had a bath at 2:15 AM. Ron threw the sheets and pillow cases in the washer and I got her all snuggled back in bed in the "puterator room" (computer room) in the spare bed.

We all settled back in bed and then 15 minutes later I heard a faint "mommy" again.

I went to check on her and sure enough, more throw up.

But this time we were in luck! It was only on her and not on the bed! This was great because we were running out of bed options at this point. Poor Steph...her bed would have been next.

So Jen got bath #2 at 2:34 AM.

Ron rinsed out the second set of jammies and I dressed her in the 3rd set of jammies. When I was tucking her into the spare bed again, Ron asked her if she wanted him to sleep with her and she siad YES! Big treat in our house........one thing we NEVER do is sleep with the kids. Only once with Steph when she was running a very high fever. So......off I went to bed while they snuggled in the "puterator room".

I woke up at about 8:30 AM on Sunday when I heard Jen giggling in the hallway. When I ran into Ron a few minutes later he said that Jen threw up a third time in the trash can in the "puterator room" and that she was up bright and early at about 6:15 AM. I missed all of this cause I was out like a light.

Needless to say, Jen was her old self on Sunday. We had great weather. Ron fixed up our bikes, put air in the tires, and hooked up the baby seat on the back of his. We rode around the block a few times while Steph roller-skated with us, and then rode her bike around once for good measure. The girls jumped on the trampoline for awhile, and played on the swing set for a bit. No more throw up.

At least no more throw up so far at 9:02 PM.

:)

Easter eggs - 2008

A few shots of the girly-girls dying their Easter eggs a few weeks ago. Uncle Bubba (my brother) and Christina (brother's fiance) were over to watch the action and help with the decorating. One of the eggs, once dyed, revealed the saying "I would not like to touch 100 butts".

Looks like that joke won't be going away from this house for a very. long. time.

:)

First day of soccer was......

Lots of fun for Steph......not so much for Jen.

Let me clarify:
Jen had fun doing what Jen wanted to do (which was totally opposite of what EVERYONE else on the field was doing). Then, as soon as Jen was asked to do something that interrupted the fun (fun=whatever Jen wanted to do...are you starting to see a pattern???) she would have a meltdown. The first one was 20 minutes into the practice. I then had to go out onto the field and beg+threaten+act like I was totally cool with her meltdown in front of all the coaches and other parents. When that didn't work I told Jen that if she didn't practice with her friends then I would.

I thought that would work.

It didn't.

So......I ended up with the 3 year olds doing their soccer practice until Jen got annoyed that she was missing out on something and finally joined us....I mean them.

As for Steph, that kid was MADE for speed. And soccer. And sports. She took to it like nobody's business and really had a good time. For those of you who know me you know that I am a puny little 5 foot tall puke, and that I WAS NOT made for speed. Or soccer. Or sports. So what is a girl to do? This girl married a 6 foot 4 inch tall beast of a man with lots and lots of sports-type genes running though his body. I figured SOME of that would have to run off into at least one of my kids.

And it did. And that kid is Steph.

I suppose that later in life Jen and I will be sitting in the bleachers at some sort of tournament that Steph is competing in and we will discuss things like what color nail polish she would like to try next time and how there is this great pair of jeans she wants to buy and how pretty her hair is and how gross it is to get sweaty and dirty.

OK....back to soccer. Here are the very few good pics that I got of the day. The fields are indoors and the lighting is terrible, so I struggled with my camera the entire time.

Here is Jen with her friend Ty. Ty is in her class at school and they were born on the very same day....January 20, 2005!!! They have been in school together since the infant room and are good buds (and Jen was sooooo happy when she saw Ty there).

Of COURSE Steph got #1. Totally not planned. Totally a fluke. But TOTALLY right on the mark!!!!

That's Steph in the middle of the circle. Not a great shot but hey....at least it isn't all blurry like the other 247 that I took that day!!!!

Jen is #8. This was after meltdown #1 and before meltdown #2.

Fun with friends + some layouts

Last Friday, the girls were off for Spring break and I took the day off from work. My friend Rachael and her two kids swung by at 9 am and picked the three of us up. We headed off to meet up with a group of our friends and their kids at this cool place near Quakertown.....it's a coffee shop with an indoor climber inside of it for the kids to play on. There must have been 9 or 10 of us moms and at least 20 kids there! It was great to get away and meet up with a bunch of friends for a few hours!!!!


Of course, Rachael and I stopped off at the scrapbook store on our way home and picked up a few new goodies. It is so hard to resist........


Here is a picture I took of the kids from that day. From left to right: Steph (6), Jack (3), Macy (5), and Jen (3).

Also, here are a few recent layouts that I have done. Now that we have more going on (spring+soccer+Easter) I think I will be needing to get alot more layouts done!!!!

Toaster "issues"

I did about 4 hours of Spring cleaning in my kitchen and downstairs bathroom today. It was in dire need of it, yes-sir-ee. However....there was one thing that caught my eye more than anything else.

The toaster.

Let me just start off by saying that I HAVE cleaned out my toaster before.

Promise.

I should also tell you that we are a family that likes our toast. Yep. Toast with butter and grape jelly, please. I guess we eat alot of it.

So....as I am merrily wiping away in the kitchen I take notice of the two trays at the bottom of the toaster and decide now is as good a time as any to clean those suckers out.

Only they didn't want to come out.

They were SO FULL of toast bits and pieces that I had to pick the toaster up to jar them loose.

Picking the toaster up only made the situation worse. The piles of toast crumbs started pouring out all over the counter and floor that I just got done cleaning. CRAP! Now I will have to clean them again!!! I rushed over to the sink, leaving a trail of the crumby crumbs on the floor as I ran, and let the remainder of the little buggers fall out into the drain.

Then I started shaking it. This is a good technique if your toaster, like mine, has managed to store up insane amounts of tiny little crumbs in it's depths. The amount of "stuff" that came from this contraption amazed me. It just. kept. coming.

I am not telling you this to gross you out. And I hope if you ever come to my house and I offer you a nice, warm piece of toast you forget we ever had this conversation. I am only telling you this because....well........it was quite amazing and I felt the need to share.

Have a lovely day and Happy Easter to all!!!!

Who art thou?

I started this blog for myself and for my kids.....so that we can look back a few years from now and remember the daily happenings of our life. The things that we will eventually forget as time goes on.

I also have tons of family out of state, with the majority located on the West Coast. This is the easiest way to give everyone some insight into our lives while at the same time keeping them up to date on what is going on with the girls.

That being said.......I would LOVE to know who all is reading my blog. Friends, family, or those who just happen upon it. If you would be so kind as to leave me a little comment and let me know you were here, I would greatly appreciate it!

Don't forget to leave your name if you sign anonymously so that I know who you are.

Oh...and thanks for reading!!!!!

Please Touch Museum

Yesterday we had family day.

Ron and I took the kids into Philly to go to the Please Touch Museum. It is a great place for kids from ages 2 - 7 to run wild and play with anything and everything! Steph had been there once before when she was about 3 years old and has been asking me to take her back ever since!

The girls had so.much. fun. And even though Ron and I basically just sat back and watched them play....we were EXAUSTED when we finally left that place!

After lunch in the city we headed to the Mall to see the Easter bunny and to do a little Spring/Summer shopping for the girls. We had dinner at Friendly's and didn't get home until after 9 PM. Very long day but much needed!!!!

Here are a few pics from the day:

This is what the girls looked like on the car ride from the city to the mall (btw, this is what I FELT like, but unfortunately I was driving.)

And here they are with the big bunny himself: