Pumpkin Painting

After we went to the pumpkin patch the other day, we allowed the kids to paint their pumpkins. Oh they were soooo excited.

Aren't these just the most colorful pumpkins you've seen in quite some time? ;)

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Ms. T
 




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Pumpkin Patch

Last Friday, the Hubs and I took the kids to the pumpkin patch to pick out their own little pumpkins.  

It was a fun little outing, and the kids loved being able to pick out their very own pumpkins.

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The Least Observant Person Ever Strikes Again!

Sunday the Hubs, the kids and I were driving to church.  And suddenly the Hubs goes, "ohhh, ohh man!  Oh my goodness!"  (I was reading).  I looked up and said, "what?!"  (Now, I don't know if you remember, but I am the least observant person ever. )

The Hubs says, "there was a bad accident.  Didn't you see it?!"  I'm looking at a few cars in front of us at the light we were sitting at expecting to see a fender bender or something.  So I'm like, "uh, no, there isn't anything wrong with those cars".  

The Hubs looks at me like I have 2 heads.  He says, "no, up there (and points to a spot about a foot ball field's distance away from us)."  At this point we start moving again, and sure enough we came up to a 3 car accident.  And one of the cars was flipped onto it's side!

How in the world can I miss this stuff?  Really......

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Ms. T




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Entertaining Strangers

The other day, Sweet pea and I were in Walmart.  She did not want to ride in the cart (she thinks she is big stuff if she can walk instead of riding in the cart).  So here we are walking along and Sweet pea missed a step.  She didn't exactly fall down, because I was holding her hand.  Instead she did this awkward lean-forward-one leg on the ground- one leg in the air position.  

Once Sweet pea had regained control of herself, she dropped down to all fours and started panting like a puppy.  I told her she was not a doggie and to get up off of the floor.  As she obeyed, she kept her hands on the floor and straightened her legs.  Then she lifted one leg in the air in a crazy, look what I can do, kind of pose (honestly, it's a pose Firecracker does all the time when he's trying to dance.  What can I say, he is as bad at dancing as his Mama).  Finally, she stood all the way up.  

Once I had her hand again and turned around to keep walking I noticed an old lady watching us.  She grinned widely and then said, "does the baby take yoga lessons, or something?"  I just laughed and told her that Sweet pea learns from her crazy, big brother.

As I walked away I realized that my kids do not just entertain me.  They entertain pretty much any one that watches their antics for more than 2 minutes at a time!  They are such unique little people.  I love the way their little minds work.  They constantly are coming up with different stuff that amazes and amuses me.  I hope they never change.

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Ms. T   




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Learning to Say No

I have always been one that has a hard time turning people down.  Especially when it comes to people I know and love.  I want to help them with whatever it is they need help with.  It also goes along with my personality, because I'm a "fixer".

Recently, I have had to give up something that I have done for a long time.  I LOVED doing it, but I needed to step back just a little, and that couldn't be accomplished so I had to give it up completely.  I have agonized over this, because I truly loved it.  I also love those that are involved in it.  However, all good things must come to an end, and this was the end.

Since having to give this up, my depression has lessened.  At first I thought it was a coincidence, but the depression has continued to be at a more manageable level.  I cannot tell you how shocked I was.  How could an activity/ engagement/ responsibility that I truly loved cause my depression to deepen?  Wouldn't it actually make it better, not worse?

What I now realize is that the activity itself wasn't the problem.  The problem was that I was over extending myself.  And by over extending myself I was causing more stress in other areas of my life, completely unconsciously.  

My goal now is to be extremely careful in what responsibilities and activities I take on.  My knee jerk reaction in the past was always, "sure, no problem, I can handle it."  And I really believed I could.  I mean I lived a very high energy, go-go-go life for a very long time.  My life now is comparatively calm (although I have 2 short people that demand much time and energy ;), so I never thought adding a few extra things here and there would be a problem.

God is teaching me that I need to prioritize.  I need to be extremely careful in what things I chose to participate in, so that I do not cause myself to be stretched too thin, and cause my family to suffer.  It's an interesting lesson for sure.  One that is requiring much introspection and contemplation.

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Ms. T   




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Running Late

On Tuesdays, I work at Firecracker's school.  I am not usually there very long time, just from around 8 til noon (school doesn't start til 8:30, but the principal likes teachers, and other staff to be there by 8).  On these days I have to leave the house by 7:30.  

Yesterday, I woke up and glanced at the clock.  The clock said 7:43.  I thought, "that can't be right.  I have 3 different alarms set on my phone for different purposes, all of which go off before 7:43."  I rolled over and checked my phone and guess what?  It was 7:43!  Apparently, somehow I accidentally turned my phone on to silent the night before.  

I jumped out of bed, ran down to Firecracker's room, woke him up and told him what he needed to do to get ready.  I ran into the kitchen, threw some frozen waffles into the toaster oven for the kids, then ran into my room to get dressed.

At 8:00 on the nose, we were pulling out of the drive way.  We pulled into the school's parking lot at 8:20.  Sure I was 20 minutes late, but we managed to be there before school actually started.  

It was a chaotic morning to say the least, but at least I was well rested! Hahaha!

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Ms. T   




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Don't Be Jealous, Ladies

I believe I have shared with you before that my evil arch nemesis abides in my house with me.  It's name you ask?  Laundry!  It NEVER goes away!

Ok, so maybe "evil arch nemesis" is going a slight, teeny weeny bit overboard.  It's not too bad if I keep on top of it.  However, when you hit a slump or have a breakdown, the laundry doesn't stop just because you did.  It just keeps growing.

I married a gracious, gracious man.  The Hubs knows that I struggle with this.  He also knows that I make a valiant effort most of the time to keep on top of it.  The Hubs tends to stay away from laundry, because he doesn't care for it either, and our strategies when it comes to laundry are extremely different.  So working side by side doesn't go well with that chore.  He does tell me if I ever need him to do it just to let him know and he will take it over.

Well, last weekend I pulled out the white flag and raised it high.  I was so overwhelmed by the ridiculous amount of laundry I had allowed to pile up simply by pretending it wasn't there.  I begged the Hubs to help me do some of it and get it down to a manageable amount.

That wonderful, sweet, kind, beautiful man did A LOT of laundry for me!  No, I will not give you a specific number, because I'm ashamed at how much there was!  But let's just say it was more than it should have been!

Oh, Hubs, I love you so much!!!  Thank you, thank you, thank you for digging me out of the laundry hole!!!!!!!!!!

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Ms. T   




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Don't Blame the Banana

Wednesday, I sent a banana in Firecracker's school lunch.  When he got home I opened his lunch box and noticed the banana was missing.  I was glad he'd eaten at least some of it.  We then had this conversation:

Me: Firecracker, how much of your banana did you eat?  Some of it or all of it?

Firecracker: I ate it all.  Please, Mommy, don't send me a banana in my lunch any more.

Me: Didn't you like it?

Firecracker: I did, but I had to sit in time out for hitting Tank with the banana peel.  (fyi, Tank is Firecracker's cousin, and he also happens to be a classmate.)


Ugh!  This child needs to learn that it's not his food's fault if he gets in trouble! Hahaha!

Have a great weekend!
Ms. T




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Tiny Bit

Sweet pea is a drink stealer.  If you leave your drink unattended do not be surprised when you come back to get it if it is gone.  And when you ask her, "Sweet pea, did you drink my drink?"  She will reply, "yes, a tiny bit."

It doesn't matter if Sweet pea drank 2/3 of the cup.  She will still tell you she only drank a "tiny bit".  I tell you what.  Living with these two little rascals make life anything but dull!

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Conversation About Pudding Cups

Conversation between the Hubs and I the other day:

Hubs: I'm not complaining, but what made you decide to buy vanilla pudding cups?

Me: Nothing really, they were on sale so I bought one each of the 3 different kinds.  Why?

H: No reason really.  It's just the vanilla is plain.  It just needs a little something.  You know like a Kit Kat bar.....

And this ladies and gentleman, is reason 2,984,757,583,992 I love him =).  

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Irony

Irony is epitomized when you make dinner for a friend that just had a baby, and because you were so busy with that your own family ends up eating take out.  Yep, that's irony! =)

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Garbage Pickers

My kids are terrible about picking through the garbage.  Whenever they feel the urge they will go and stare into the garbage can (most of the time they just look, they have been in trouble too many times for taking things out of the garbage, GROSS!).  God forbid I threw away something that they think still has some value!  

I hear things like, "Mommy, why did you throw away that Mcdonald's toy?"  I have to respond with, "because, Firecracker, it didn't work right, half the pieces were missing, and you hadn't played with it in a long time."

I have resorted to smuggling things out.  I hide things in empty opaque containers, or shove them down to the bottom and cover them with other stuff.  Goodness!  I shouldn't have to feel like a drug smuggler when it comes to getting rid of broken toys!

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Ms. T  




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Why Bother?

I'm going to start this off with saying, if you don't own a dishwasher, I'm sorry and you have my condolences.

That said, why on earth do dish manufacturers bother making items that cannot be put in the dishwasher?  For real.  I usually don't remember to look at if it can/ or is supposed to be put in the dishwasher, because everything can go in the dishwasher right?  I throw it all in.  If it gets messed up I'll look and go, "oh whoops!"  and of course that makes me wonder all over again why they make stuff like that.  It's ridiculous.  

As you can probably tell, things that aren't dishwasher safe don't tend to survive long in our house.... Oh well!

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Ms. T  




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Glass Shelves

Dear person that invented the glass shelves in refrigerators instead of wire shelving,

Thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you!  If I weren't married I'd hunt you down and kiss your face!

Your's Truly,
Ms. T

See, you don't realize what a great invention these glass shelves are until one night you open the refrigerator and slide some stuff around to make something else fit and you see a styrofoam container (that you don't remember where it came from, or what was in it) has sprung a nasty leak and it's gotta puddle of grossness surrounding it.  And, instead of having to clean the ENTIRE fridge you only have to wipe up one shelf.  Oh how wonderful!!

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Ms. T 




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Growing

Firecracker is getting ready to hit a growth spurt.  I can feel it in my bones, and in my grocery budget.  Lately, he's been eating anything that gets in his path!

The other day he ate: a cereal bar, a 1/4 of a peanut butter sandwich, a banana, and a granola bar.  All in one sitting!  And then the Hubs walked in with ice cream, and Firecracker ate some of that too!  (Ok, so the ice cream thing is pretty much a no brainer, but still)

Clearance racks, here I come.  I'm gonna have to be ready for his pants to be too short ;)

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Ms. T 


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Least Observant Person Ever

For quite some time I have been given the nick name of "the least observant person ever".  I am not offended by this nick name.  Probably because it's true, and this "quality" has given us lots and lots of laughs.  

I will give you a quick example of my lack of observational skills:

Firecracker, Sweet pea and I had gone on a trip to visit my parents. (When they still lived in a different state from us).  We got home and found the Hubs and my BIL, Mr. Big Guy, hanging out in the living room.  The kids and I came in and were getting settled while the Hubs and Mr. Big Guy helped bring in all the luggage.  The kids and I had been home for a few hours, and I'd been walking all around the house putting things away.

Mr. Big Guy looked at the Hubs and said, "Huh, I guess you're right, she isn't very observant is she?" Of course this made me ask what I was supposed to have noticed.  It turns out they had replaced the faucet in the kitchen while I was gone.  It was completely different.  And I had gone in and out of the kitchen at least 6 times and hadn't noticed it at all.

I do stuff like this all the time.  It makes us laugh.  Which is good, because otherwise it might make me cry ;).

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Ms. T 




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Disney Pictures

At the beginning of September our little family went to Disney.
If you remember I had lost my camera there =(.  However, the wonderful people at Disney found it and sent it to me. =)  And then I promised I would post some pictures from our trip.  Well, now I shall actually make good on that ;).

getting ready to ride Big Thunder Mountain

Loving it!

Firecracker getting to drive ;)

Sweet pea taking down the evil emperor Zurg on the Buzz Lightyear ride.

Firecracker doing his best to help defeat Zurg.

 
We had such a good time.  And coincidentally the last picture is the last one I snapped before I lost the camera. 

Have a great day!
Ms. T 

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October

October is here already!  Holey moley!  Now since it's October we have so much to look forward to!  Pumpkin pie, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin coffee, cooler weather (somewhat), left over Halloween candy etc.

So much in store for this month!  Happy October!=)

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Ms. T 


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