Earth Day : The project.

Here are some videos I found on Youtube. I love that you can find some crazy cool stuff to do to recycle. I have been looking for something to do with all my left over scrapbook paper. Now I have something!
My next adventure is hard bound Journals. We'll see how that goes :)
These are simple and easy and I always need these around the house for lists and journaling all the funny things the Things say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUD0iKBkCVo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO-KYuC85sk

I made one for Thing 2 to do her famous drawing in. Then I did a smaller one that was for the thoughts I have in my studying in school.

I am starting to look at all those artwork that my kids do in a whole new light. If anyone has recycled paper and want to donate them to me I would love it!.

Did I mention we loved Easter?

 

This is one of those moments...

 

Gag-licious

The small writing above "Bob's" head is what really threw me. INSIDE SANDWHICH meat!

Marketing team..... marketing team, Sick! Please go back and try something else like attaching these things inside the upper wrapping lable! for Heaven's sake!
I am labling this one FAIL.

The Fish is getting older.....I don't know I feel about that.

Here is the spread. I can't believe this day is already here.... and gone. He is finally two. And no longer such a wee tiny thing. He is saying things like "Ok" and "Cacas", Mommy Daddy, Puppie, Kitty (still comes out Titty).

He is using the potty. He loves Thomas the Train, and Blues Clues. He is getting so big and loves his brothers and sister.
He has been such a good baby. His favorite things is slides and swings at the park.

Calling all used books :) I can't believe how fun garage sales are when you find good deals!
I just found some children's books for soooooo cheap! This was too fun to not try again next week:)

123 Etsy

Here are some fun thing I found on there

1. Monkey Shirt
2. Little Skirt, But I liked this one better
3. Loved this!

There were more things but I will have to post them at a later date.

102 posts PWHEW!

This was totally awesome LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k

Getting ready....

The big surprise is what we have been calling it. This week I was packing while the things were in preschool. I only had one child to watch while I accomplished this seemingly small task of washing and packing all of our clothing for the trip:)

Here is what happened when I came back down stairs. No MORE NIVA!

Kids packed. Check.
Baby moisturized. Check.

I am thinking the need for a carpet cleaning is vital now LOL.

The big Surprise......

Thing2 turns 4

All week we told her over and over we were going to this big surprise. I couldn't believe how fun it was to do all the planning and getting them all hyped for the trip. We rented a car.





We rolled out and drove over to the land of Disney. Thing 2 all decked out in the birthday crown.
And Yes the best part of this pic is that all of them have their binks.(I know am the best mom ever. They get binkies and orthodontic work when they are older. )











The rest was just better explained in pictures anyways :)

Can you say potatoe bug? yeah we can find those at Disney in the planters! Only the things could find the creepy crawlies in the beautiful planters. Those suckers were large too.
It was so worth the two nights of aweful sleep and the next day we went to the beach. I would have taken pictures but i couldn't guarentee the camera would have made it through the sand and water that we encountered.

And there are some really funny signs we saw.

I just peed a little in my pants.

What is up with Sundays?

We got to church on time this week. Miraculous I would say so. Every week we expect fireworks from the kids. This week we got them.

I was sitting in church and my cellphone went off. No biggy right. So I silence it and lock the keys. Thing 1 pocket dials Papa Murphies, and oh YEAH the emergency line at the police station! How the heck did he get that number? I have a voice mail stating that they received a call from this cell phone and they gave me my exact location LOCATION! and the exact time they were calling me back. Then my son after the Sacrament meeting proceeds to leave the building while we are walking to classes. He went to the car and was trying to stay there while Primary was going on. Every week we just don't know what to expect. He still is stuggling to stay in class and not have total fits. I can't wait to see what happens next week. Now we just have school where he has been a totally good kid- go figure-

What DID I do yesterday??

6:30-7am walked on treadmill.
7-7:20am got kids in bath and dressed for school
7:20-8:15 am Breakfast and out the door for school. I shower and get dressed.
9-10am clean and start homework
10-11am get sucked in redesigning MomMakes for homework assignment
11:10am-11:45am kids picked up and brought back home. (Teacher's best guess at Thing 1 is ADD, I agree :)
12-2pm Thing1 and Thing2 chill playing and watching Sleeping Beauty ( I continue to work on homework)
2-3:30pm clean and straigthen house, laundry and toy clean up.
3:30-5pm out side riding bikes, playing on playground and getting the mail.
5-6pm get dinner on..... Thing1 falls asleep! NOOOOO! With only two Popsicles for dinner.
6:14pm The Band comes home to eat and chill for a while.
6:30-7:30pm all go to bed.
7:30-8pm get the Fish to sleep.
JD crashes with the baby.
ahhhhh SLEEP IS GOOD!

Weekly Drama

Every week we have a little problem getting thing 1 to go to his primary class. He has been screaming and whaling and having a heck of a time. The Band bribed him with a "toy present". Which seems to work well if you have a toy. Only we didn't have a new toy we had a new book for him..... not acceptable. I think we need to clue him in that it is a joy to attend church just for the love of the lord. He hasn't caught that vision. LOL

Last night I drempt that it was due to a degenerative disease. I hate the emotional response and energy that is required when you dream. All of it seemed so real and man it was awful! It made me really miss flying dreams.

I am stressed enough with not having an official perio*. I have enough paranoia about getting preggers with regular periods. I don't need flaky periods to increase the paranoia. I have been hanging out with a certain neighbor too much and we figure we are on the same cycle. I need her to start already!!!

I took a test again yesterday morning that was negative. I am now going to trust that one..... untill I start showing LOL. It doesn't help that Val my buddy called me about three weeks ago and told me her story of getting pregnant on the same birthcontrol that I was entrusting my uterus with.

The comforting thought for me is that I had a spotting session for about a day a week or so ago so maybe that was it for the month. We'll see where we are in two weeks. Ha Ha.

The Secret Locked room.... ohhhhh!

Once upon a long time ago like a year and two months to be exact we moved from a 4bdrm. To a three bedroom. We used one bedroom for us, one for our children :( and one for all the storage items we said we'd figure out what to do with (double sad face.) Now I am ready for it to be a bedroom for Thing 1 and thing 2 can chill with the fish still.
We need to down size our clutter it is just the economic times and it is really hard to keep this house running with the doom that has collected in that room. We have all the things kids can't get into. Like books we'd like to keep nice with little effort. The "secret locked room" has been great but it has served a good an noble purpose and it is time to shake things up. I will show some before and after pictures-maybe, but don't count on it. The band was getting some of the books listed on to Half.com I love that site. We found so many movies for so cheap there.

Anywho maybe I'll find my phone in all the stuff.

I really am so excited to see what crap ola sells on Ebay. All the rest of it is going to Craig's list. If you want something call me I probably have it.

Kinder Registration... again.

Palms sweaty....that's not new they nearly always sweat. But I am nervous for him. I just want to build a bubble of soft cushy love around him so if he gets his feelings hurt it will catch him.

To Scarry for words really....

This frightens me bad I am wigged out I tell you....

Look at what I found hanging out at the top of the screen of the Baby Other category on ebay.....
Seriously is anyone else creeped out by this? I mean sure baby dolls are cute but to make one that looks preemie and just way too real. I thought for a minute it was real and it made me click on it faster. But then I saw the pictures. Yuck. And totally freaked out. Thought I would share. Maybe the seller's photos will stay on there. So everyone can be grossed out as I am.

It is 6:23 and yes all. (Wait I am reaching and knocking on some wood) Of. My.Kids.Are.Sleeping. I do realize this means I am up with the whole gang again at 4:30 am :) but really I can get all my crap done and go to bed by ten tonight. Right? Wrong cause I am going to the movies at 10:20 with the girls. I can get in a nap before I have to go though that may help.

Oh crap I put thing 1 in my bed and no pull-up. Am I the only mother with a five year old that has this much excitement? Thing 2 doesn't wet the bed. But it is a hit and miss with Thing 1. So on the pull-up goes at night.

The Band is going to DC this next weekend to see a buddy of his and I am excited he gets to check out some cool stuff. I can't wait to hear all about it. Do I want to go? Heck yes I do. Do I want to fly to get there? HE__ NO. I hate flying. I don't know if the 18hours I spent on a plane being 7 months preggers with Thing 1 was such a good idea. Loved traveling on the ground. Hated flying in a plane with extremely swollen ankles.

I guess that is a post in itself.

So i can't wait to see the pictures and the sites from his camera lense :) I have been mad crazy on Facebook lately and have strongly considered some alternatives to tossing away countless hours chatting and chilling finding old friends. And then I think wow look at all the people I can find. This kinda scares me.

I really prided myself for a long time in being tough. I was such a Tom-boy growing up nothing scared me. Now it just take a preemie and facebook to give me the heebie jeebies. I am such a wuss.

I don't know what got into the water

I don't know if it was the water.... or the fact things are mellowing out around here but Thing 1 has gone from a total terror to angel child with in 48 hours.

This morning he is not beyond reason but i think the cold is getting to him. He came home and was crying at school. The art time/playtime dilemma again. He is so tired lately and I think the baby is waking him early. He does have that stuffy nose too.

He is crashed out on my bed right now. No fights no upsets.....weird. He fought it in the car but then I explained to him how our bodies need extra sleep when we have a cold. He was pretty good to just eat and crash.

He is getting his "evaluation" this next week I think.
We just need to nail what is going on.

I have noticed that when he has something to work for he does better. We started the Money in the jar thing. Every time we caught him being good he got money in his jar. When he was not so hot he got it taken out.

Buliding a City

One of our favorite playtime activities is to get out the tape (masking or some opaque tape) and map out a city block or a place we can set up a city or rail way. The kids love using the tape as roads and extra boxes to play city, airport, or Kitty kennel.

The kids love it and I love watching them invent other things that turn into stores, gas stations, McDonalds(only cause we live there :) and parks.

Running Running And More Running

Yeah there is this spunky little man who today in Church ran up to the frount and all the way back behind the speaker. Chasing him wasn't a good idea.

He is so spunky lately. Still a little clingy but honnestly trying to talk more. I worry about his speach being delayed like his brother but he has some older siblings that talk for him

He says very clearly "no" and not so clearly "I don't know" I love this little face so much....he has a high pitched shrill of a scream but I love his little guts.

My Band has been still sick but he seems to be doing good. We have a doctor's appointment tomorrow. Hopefully we can get some ideas about what is going on.