I'm all congested, have watery eyes and am overall achy and uncomfortable.
I hate being sick.
I also hate when people say that. Does anyone really like being sick? It's like when people say they hate going to the dentist or they hospitals, doctors, needles... I suppose there are those people that enjoy the sympathy and the attention a bit too much. Ok, it is nice being taken care of, but not at the expense of being miserable.
Honestly, it drives me crazy though when people are always saying how much they the above mentioned yet I too am guilty of it.
Regardless, I hate it. It's worse when you have kids too. There are no days off. I can't lie in bed feeling sorry for myself. God forbid I attempt to lie on the couch. Monkey loves to cuddle (which I love) but he is a couch and cover hog who talks often and loudly. Sunshine will yell, I mean whisper loudly, that he needs to be quiet and it never fails that those are the days that Bug doesn't nap. So 2 weeks ago when Hubby got sick, I felt bad for him, but was secretly hoping that I would stay my bright and cheery self.
Then it happened.
No, I didn't spontaneously get sick 4 days after him.
No, it really wasn't a big surprise.
For me anyways. I'm sure Hubby was assuming that it would happen. After all, I sleep right next to him and he breathes on me.
I'm pretty sure that's not why it happened though.
Last Monday, in my tired, groggy, let's just go to bed, state of mind, I used Hubby's toothbrush.
We both have similar toothbrushes. Both are blue/blue and white but they are a different brand. They are also kept in different cups on different sides of the sink. The thought of using someone else's toothbrush really grosses me out.
Sure, I might kiss him - but I don't scrub his plaque off.
Then things got worse. I must not have learned my lesson because on Thursday night I did the same, exact thing. I realized halfway through the brushing that the brush didn't feel quite right. I looked down and sure enough, there was my toothbrush, nice and dry. Sitting in it's own dry cup on the right side of the sink.
When I woke up this morning congested, with watery eyes and all achy, I really have no one to blame but myself. My next stop to the store will be one with me buying 2 new toothbrushes. Two brushes, two colors.
Vicky
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
It's CAR-NEE-VAHL time!
Sunshine's and Monkey's new favorite movie is Rio. If you've never seen it, it is cute. You know a kid's movie is good when you're still willing to watch it after having it on over and over and over and over and over...
The best part of the movie? They both like it. Not something that happens often. Now I don't want anyone to think that I plop my kids in front of the television all day but I'm certainly not going to deny that I do let my kids watch it. How much? More than some and less than others. :)
Like all kid movies though, it has catchy songs in it. Songs that will stick with you all day long until the next thing you know, you're the one singing it. It's like a commercial jingle; you don't realize you know it until you're washing dishes and you start humming it. Next thing you know, you're thinking that maybe you should go ahead and break out the popcorn and watch the movie again.
The catchy jingle type songs aren't age discriminate either. Sing the song enough and others will join along, even if they don't know how to talk yet. Bug has started to sing along too. Although his goes more like, "Wio. Wio. Wio." It is definitely him trying to sing the words. The baby says no more than a dozen words but he can sing the words from an animated movie.
Awesome.
On the positive side (always look at the glass half full) he is learning words and he is exploring his musical side.
Vicky
Monday, February 6, 2012
Watch out Cake Boss
Well it may not have been perfect, but I had so much fun decorating Sunshine's cake. Monkey decided that he did NOT want a candy cake but wanted cupcakes. I enjoyed making those as well but realized that I really needed 1. more practice 2. more tips for my frosting bag 3. more bags and most of all 4. more time! I was working up until the morning of at noon and guests were coming at 3:00. I was still wearing sweats, food needed to be prepared, the kids needed to be dressed and I had a mess of dirty dishes overflowing my sink, counters, and sinks. Then I had a table covered in powdered sugar. I do mean covered, you could see some brown of the wood in places but in other places it was just a white mess. I needed to sift the sugar and it continued fluff/fall out all over the place.
Vicky
*So this isn't really a "recipe", I just like to brag!
Wilton's Carousel Cake DIY design and frost it. Next time I'll make sure I have a darker color. I was pretty bummed about how light the color was. Apparently using the yellow butter makes it impossible to make a lavender. Instead you get a grayish color. The royal icing turned out a nice pretty lavender but still lighter than I had wanted. I like the peach color around the bottom.
Here are 13 of the 24 cupcakes the Monkey and I made. Can you tell which are the ones he made? I will definitely need more decorating bags though.
Vicky
*So this isn't really a "recipe", I just like to brag!
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Monkey man
Bug should have been called Monkey because he IS a monkey. He crawls, climbs, jumps on everything and everyone. His favorite thing to do? Climb on the kitchen chair, turn so his stomach is against the back of the chair and shake the chair until it starts thumping back and forth. Now you might think, "Oh, he'll stop if he falls off." Oh no. He's fallen off the chairs so many times that we've decided to take all of the kitchen chairs out of the kitchen and put them in the living room. We found we also had to gate the living room off. In the process of moving the chairs, he was climbing onto the chairs in the living room and rocking them again. So we now have a gate between the kitchen and the living room.
Bug will climb on the couch and jump on the couch to land flat on his face, purposely flat on his face. You might think, "Oh, he'll stop if he falls off." Oh no. Again, he's fallen off of the couch as well. He cries and climbs back up, jumping up and down as soon as he gets there.
His new favorite thing? Standing in his high chair. Bug is always strapped in but he somehow has managed to stand up in the chair. I am not a terrible neglectful mother. I don't wait for him to fall out of his chair. Not to worry, Bug is still ok.
He wrestles with his brothers and if you're lying on the floor he'll crawl on you and start bouncing on you. He's not picky about what body part either. It can be your back, legs, neck, head. If you're on your stomach and you have your eyes closed, quietly minding your own business and taking a little break, he'll crawl over/onto you and sit on your stomach or face and bounce. Nothing is better than having a baby diaper right in your face, usually with a wet diaper on too.
The funny thing though, not until today has he been walking more than crawling. In fact today I officially said that he's walking. I worry, what's going to happen when Bug is running?
It's lucky for him. He's always a happy little boy and is into mischief but will always do it with a smile.
Vicky
Bug will climb on the couch and jump on the couch to land flat on his face, purposely flat on his face. You might think, "Oh, he'll stop if he falls off." Oh no. Again, he's fallen off of the couch as well. He cries and climbs back up, jumping up and down as soon as he gets there.
His new favorite thing? Standing in his high chair. Bug is always strapped in but he somehow has managed to stand up in the chair. I am not a terrible neglectful mother. I don't wait for him to fall out of his chair. Not to worry, Bug is still ok.
He wrestles with his brothers and if you're lying on the floor he'll crawl on you and start bouncing on you. He's not picky about what body part either. It can be your back, legs, neck, head. If you're on your stomach and you have your eyes closed, quietly minding your own business and taking a little break, he'll crawl over/onto you and sit on your stomach or face and bounce. Nothing is better than having a baby diaper right in your face, usually with a wet diaper on too.
The funny thing though, not until today has he been walking more than crawling. In fact today I officially said that he's walking. I worry, what's going to happen when Bug is running?
It's lucky for him. He's always a happy little boy and is into mischief but will always do it with a smile.
Vicky
Saturday, February 4, 2012
The things that happen in my bed
It's amazing the things that can happen to you in bed. Take two nights ago, it amazes me even now. It was about 3:30 am, there I am, sound asleep, dreaming of something and lying at a 45degree angle (mostly on Hubby's side of the bed). I wake up with some kind of pain in my back. What was that? I try to ignore it because, frankly, I'm tired and I don't want to get up. If I ignore the pain it will go away. It didn't. I start moving and shifting and eventually end up waking Hubby up.
Practical Hubby tells me to go to the bathroom. I get up and am doubled over in pain. This cannot possibly be good. I "go" to the bathroom but refuse to get up. Maybe that's what the pain is and the pain will eventually go away.
It doesn't.
This must be what back labor feels like.
Then it hits me. Wouldn't that be awful if I were one of those women who went 9 months without know she was pregnant! I suddenly understood how those women might not recognize what the labor pains were and vowed that if a baby suddenly appeared in the toilet I wouldn't just stare at it as some of the women do but would promptly pick up and wrap him/her in a towel.
Obviously this was not the case as I am not the mom of a new baby.
After 1 1/2 hours of painful nothing-ness, I crawl/stumble back to bed and sleep/snooze the next 1 hour. When I wake again I tell Hubby that maybe I should go to the ER. I call my mom and she is able to come over in about an hour. Hubby helps me dress and while I'm in the process of dressing I barf. Since I am an adult I got it in a bucket and not on our new carpet.
By the time we leave we decide to go to urgent care. Now an HMO is great... when nothing is wrong with you. Otherwise it kind of sucks. I called them because, God forbid, I can't go to urgent care on my own and I needed a referral. Instead of getting a referral, I'm told to come into their office of an 11:30 appointment. Gee, thanks. I'm in pain and I have to wait 3 more hours.
Regardless, I don't want to spend an extra $100 on a visit that my insurance won't pay for.
Of course the first 2 questions out of her mouth? "What happened?" "What were you doing?"
"I was in bed sleeping and I hurt my back." Really? I have to tell people that I pulled a muscle so bad that I compared it to child birth and it happened while I was sleeping? How embarrassing.
Vicky
Practical Hubby tells me to go to the bathroom. I get up and am doubled over in pain. This cannot possibly be good. I "go" to the bathroom but refuse to get up. Maybe that's what the pain is and the pain will eventually go away.
It doesn't.
This must be what back labor feels like.
Then it hits me. Wouldn't that be awful if I were one of those women who went 9 months without know she was pregnant! I suddenly understood how those women might not recognize what the labor pains were and vowed that if a baby suddenly appeared in the toilet I wouldn't just stare at it as some of the women do but would promptly pick up and wrap him/her in a towel.
Obviously this was not the case as I am not the mom of a new baby.
After 1 1/2 hours of painful nothing-ness, I crawl/stumble back to bed and sleep/snooze the next 1 hour. When I wake again I tell Hubby that maybe I should go to the ER. I call my mom and she is able to come over in about an hour. Hubby helps me dress and while I'm in the process of dressing I barf. Since I am an adult I got it in a bucket and not on our new carpet.
By the time we leave we decide to go to urgent care. Now an HMO is great... when nothing is wrong with you. Otherwise it kind of sucks. I called them because, God forbid, I can't go to urgent care on my own and I needed a referral. Instead of getting a referral, I'm told to come into their office of an 11:30 appointment. Gee, thanks. I'm in pain and I have to wait 3 more hours.
Regardless, I don't want to spend an extra $100 on a visit that my insurance won't pay for.
Of course the first 2 questions out of her mouth? "What happened?" "What were you doing?"
"I was in bed sleeping and I hurt my back." Really? I have to tell people that I pulled a muscle so bad that I compared it to child birth and it happened while I was sleeping? How embarrassing.
Vicky
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Not for the delicate - crunchy gone bad
Over the last 2-3 years I've found myself heading towards "the crunchy side". It first happened when before I got pregnant with Bug. I decided to take the plunge to use a "cup". For those of you who do not know what a "cup" is, I will spare you the gory details and say that it's an internal cup for that time of the month. No pads or tampons required. If you really want (or need) to know, I suggest you check out their website. Talking about parts of my body is a bit embarrassing. Of course, typing it to a bunch of strangers is somewhat acceptable. Anyways... I found that I was a "cup" flunky. It didn't really matter though, three months into using it, I got pregnant with Bug.
Then my crunchiness continued. When I was about 6 months pregnant, with Monkey still in diapers, I slowly convinced Hubby to start using cloth diapers. After much thought on his part, he agree. He assumed it would save us money, of course that was before... So now I'm a full fledged cloth diapering addict.
Bug is now 15 months, Monkey will turn 4 on Saturday and (thank you God) is 99% potty trained. So my crunchiness continues. I decided that me being a "cup" failure wasn't going to deter me from being green and that I needed something else to buy since I obviously couldn't be buying a ton more diapers. So I decided to try using reusable menstrual pads. I have yet a need to use them, but I'm ready for when the need arises.
So on the couch was just one. It needed to be put away but I had a TON of laundry to put away. Sunshine says to me, "Mommy, what is this?"
Uuuhhh. Uuuhhh. Now, I really haven't given it any thought as to when a good time to explain a woman's body and the need for those but it certainly wasn't 3 days after she turned 6. So, with the answer that would make any 1950's housewife proud, I promptly answered, "Uuuuhhh, don't worry about it."
Sunshine: "Yeah, but what are they?"
Me: "They're mine so don't worry about it."
Sunshine: "Is it for your arm?"
What? Me: "No, it's not. It's for grown-ups and that's all you need to worry about."
The more I answer, the more ridiculous I hear myself sounding but really? This should not be a conversation.
Sunshine: "Yeah but it has these little snaps on them and if you put them together it looks like it can go around your arm." Then she proceeds to snap them and and tries to put it on her arm.
For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, the little snaps go around the undies to keep them in place. They're the wings of your pads. Like I said, I haven't needed them, they just needed to be put away.
Oh. My. God.
To make matters worse, I was in the middle of changing Bug's diaper and wasn't able to get up and snatch it out of her hands/off of her arm.
At this point she thinks she is being funny and is laughing at me and my embarrassment. All I can do is hope that this is one of those moments that she will not remember when she finally learns about the birds and the bees. Apparently that will happen when she is in 5th grade and won't be happening by me.
Vicky
Then my crunchiness continued. When I was about 6 months pregnant, with Monkey still in diapers, I slowly convinced Hubby to start using cloth diapers. After much thought on his part, he agree. He assumed it would save us money, of course that was before... So now I'm a full fledged cloth diapering addict.
Bug is now 15 months, Monkey will turn 4 on Saturday and (thank you God) is 99% potty trained. So my crunchiness continues. I decided that me being a "cup" failure wasn't going to deter me from being green and that I needed something else to buy since I obviously couldn't be buying a ton more diapers. So I decided to try using reusable menstrual pads. I have yet a need to use them, but I'm ready for when the need arises.
So on the couch was just one. It needed to be put away but I had a TON of laundry to put away. Sunshine says to me, "Mommy, what is this?"
Uuuhhh. Uuuhhh. Now, I really haven't given it any thought as to when a good time to explain a woman's body and the need for those but it certainly wasn't 3 days after she turned 6. So, with the answer that would make any 1950's housewife proud, I promptly answered, "Uuuuhhh, don't worry about it."
Sunshine: "Yeah, but what are they?"
Me: "They're mine so don't worry about it."
Sunshine: "Is it for your arm?"
What? Me: "No, it's not. It's for grown-ups and that's all you need to worry about."
The more I answer, the more ridiculous I hear myself sounding but really? This should not be a conversation.
Sunshine: "Yeah but it has these little snaps on them and if you put them together it looks like it can go around your arm." Then she proceeds to snap them and and tries to put it on her arm.
For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, the little snaps go around the undies to keep them in place. They're the wings of your pads. Like I said, I haven't needed them, they just needed to be put away.
Oh. My. God.
To make matters worse, I was in the middle of changing Bug's diaper and wasn't able to get up and snatch it out of her hands/off of her arm.
At this point she thinks she is being funny and is laughing at me and my embarrassment. All I can do is hope that this is one of those moments that she will not remember when she finally learns about the birds and the bees. Apparently that will happen when she is in 5th grade and won't be happening by me.
Vicky
Monday, January 23, 2012
Slacker
Wow! I've been a slacker! I'd like to say it's because I've been sick that I haven't written anything and although was sick, I was only sick for about 24 hours. I'd like to say it's because I have been super busy getting ready for the kids' birthday party, but I have been able to watch something on TV or check things on the computer. I'd like to say that it's because I have so much exciting stuff going on that I just don't have time lately, but really, my life has been pretty dull lately.
So instead, here's a wrap-up of a couple of things.
Yes I was sick. I ate something that obviously wasn't the best quality. I'm pretty sure it was a chicken sandwich, but can't be sure. Sunshine and Monkey are super sweet when people are sick. It was last Sunday and Hubby was home so I went upstairs to lie down and sleep. The kids came upstairs after me to see what I was doing. Sunshine got me a glass of water and some warm fuzzy socks. They both covered me up. Monkey crawled in bed with me to cuddle and I promptly kicked him out. I told him I didn't want him to get sick and he said (in his cute little voice), "I won't get sick wif you Mommy. I want to cuddle under the blankets." In a quieter voice, "I'll be very quiet." Aawww, so sweet, but get out. He did get out and said he'd sing a song to me instead. I always sing him a song when he is sick, I assumed it would be the same song but it went something like this "Dah, dah, dah, dah." It's hard to say, it was so quiet I could hardly hear him. Within 24 hours I was feeling better. Hubby took the morning off to stay home with me just in case, but by then I was better.
Sunshine decided she did NOT want her ears pierced. After going in and out of the store, and in and out and then in and out, she finally decided she wanted to wait to get them done. I felt so bad for her. She was crying because she wanted to get it done but was openly admitting that she was just too scared. The thought of putting little holes in my baby's ears made me suddenly feel very sad so I wasn't thrilled with the idea either but I certainly didn't want her to be sad and crying. We talked multiple times and I told her that we could always come back later and get it done another time. We left and decided we'd come back another time. Since then she has told me that she has decided to wait until she is much older before she gets her ears pierced. As she said, "I think I'm going to wait to get my ears pierced. Maybe when I'm a little older. Maybe I'm not old enough yet." Haha, ok.
Sunshine also turned 6! SIX! It doesn't feel too strange, I have 2 nieces that have turned 6 within the last 10 months so the age doesn't seem too foreign. We have special birthday dinners and hers was spaghetti and meatballs. Three helping of spaghetti and 5 meatballs later she was done. We'll have her party and Monkey's this weekend. Monkey will be turning 4! But that's a whole other post.
We got about 5" of snow on Friday and went sledding on Saturday. I was wondering if Sunshine would go down right away. She tends to be a bit more cautious but she raced to the top of the hill, jumped on her saucer sled headfirst and went flying down the hill, laughing the whole way. I wasn't even up the hill yet and she was already down at the bottom. Monkey was walking up with me. When you're not quite 4, carrying a sled is hard work. When we got up to the top he found a good spot and I went to hold onto the sled so it didn't slide down without him, he informed me that he could do it and he was going down by himself. Oh. Ok. They must have gone down 50 times. It wasn't a huge hill by any means but it was a good size for their age, we didn't have to drive far, and we didn't have to wait in line.
Vicky
So instead, here's a wrap-up of a couple of things.
Yes I was sick. I ate something that obviously wasn't the best quality. I'm pretty sure it was a chicken sandwich, but can't be sure. Sunshine and Monkey are super sweet when people are sick. It was last Sunday and Hubby was home so I went upstairs to lie down and sleep. The kids came upstairs after me to see what I was doing. Sunshine got me a glass of water and some warm fuzzy socks. They both covered me up. Monkey crawled in bed with me to cuddle and I promptly kicked him out. I told him I didn't want him to get sick and he said (in his cute little voice), "I won't get sick wif you Mommy. I want to cuddle under the blankets." In a quieter voice, "I'll be very quiet." Aawww, so sweet, but get out. He did get out and said he'd sing a song to me instead. I always sing him a song when he is sick, I assumed it would be the same song but it went something like this "Dah, dah, dah, dah." It's hard to say, it was so quiet I could hardly hear him. Within 24 hours I was feeling better. Hubby took the morning off to stay home with me just in case, but by then I was better.
Sunshine decided she did NOT want her ears pierced. After going in and out of the store, and in and out and then in and out, she finally decided she wanted to wait to get them done. I felt so bad for her. She was crying because she wanted to get it done but was openly admitting that she was just too scared. The thought of putting little holes in my baby's ears made me suddenly feel very sad so I wasn't thrilled with the idea either but I certainly didn't want her to be sad and crying. We talked multiple times and I told her that we could always come back later and get it done another time. We left and decided we'd come back another time. Since then she has told me that she has decided to wait until she is much older before she gets her ears pierced. As she said, "I think I'm going to wait to get my ears pierced. Maybe when I'm a little older. Maybe I'm not old enough yet." Haha, ok.
Sunshine also turned 6! SIX! It doesn't feel too strange, I have 2 nieces that have turned 6 within the last 10 months so the age doesn't seem too foreign. We have special birthday dinners and hers was spaghetti and meatballs. Three helping of spaghetti and 5 meatballs later she was done. We'll have her party and Monkey's this weekend. Monkey will be turning 4! But that's a whole other post.
We got about 5" of snow on Friday and went sledding on Saturday. I was wondering if Sunshine would go down right away. She tends to be a bit more cautious but she raced to the top of the hill, jumped on her saucer sled headfirst and went flying down the hill, laughing the whole way. I wasn't even up the hill yet and she was already down at the bottom. Monkey was walking up with me. When you're not quite 4, carrying a sled is hard work. When we got up to the top he found a good spot and I went to hold onto the sled so it didn't slide down without him, he informed me that he could do it and he was going down by himself. Oh. Ok. They must have gone down 50 times. It wasn't a huge hill by any means but it was a good size for their age, we didn't have to drive far, and we didn't have to wait in line.
Vicky
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