#321 - It's officially over!

Well it's past midnight now so that means my Birthday is officially over! YEY! I really am not a big fan of my own Birthday. It's a reminder that I am one year older (closer to death is what I tell people I want to freak out! LOL I know I am evil, well a girl has to have fun right?)

So the hilight of my day was when I got up this morning. The hubby got the boys colouring pictures for me for my birthday. (Finally he got a little creative with the kids). So it was a wonderful birthday present and the boys were so proud of their pictures it made it a great morning. If only the rest of the day was that good. (The boys were crabby so hubby was crabby.. you get the picture.)

So I started cleaning the boys room and reorganizing. (And planning for the room colours!) I managed to injure my knee while vacuuming though... I was on my knees trying to vacuum under something. Well I must have twisted the wrong way, I heard this awful pop and fell over. Boy2 was covering me with his blanket, baby was laying beside me and Boy1 was asking me if I was ok. My leg felt like crap but the knee was ok. I think I just pulled all my muscles! We will see how it goes tomorrow at work!

Guess what MORE snow today! We went from summer to winter and skipped fall I think! We are having unseasonably cold weather, great!

Anyway I must be off to bed... work tomorrow

#283 - 4 years ago today...

4 years ago today our 11 year battle with infertility came to a screeching halt with the birth of our boys.

I am thankful that they weren't too early and only needed 5 days of hospital time
I am thankful for modern medicine or I wouldn't be here to enjoy their birthday
I am thankful that we were able to win the battle against infertility
I am thankful that I am now a parent
I am thankful for the frustrating days
I am thankful for the amazing days
I am thankful that my precious boys give me hugs almost every night before bed
I am thankful that I am finally part of a real family

Happy Birthday Sweet Boys

Love Mom

P.S. stop growing up so fast will ya!

#267 - All ready

Well we are all ready for the big party tomorrow. I will be glad when it's over with! :)

I am hoping that the weather is good as I have cleaned my house for the Inlaws coming and I really don't want to have everyone inside so I have to do it again! :) (Well I will have to clean it but not quite like I have this week... :) )

My mother has actually been out helping this week??? I think she must have been hit by lightening or something??? I won't complain it gave us a chance to get something done.

Oh and I had to help with the mowing before it rained today! YEY! A chance to sit down and listen to some fav tunes while driving around in circles. All I was doing was cutting of the miserable dandelions! Arg! I had to do 2 passes to get rid of them. I left grandma with the kids. She said she went ahead and got them lunch, then I thought wait a minute all she did was get it out of the fridge as it was all ready to go anyway? Whatever at least I could get some stuff done!

Good Night... must get sleep

#46 - Ramblings and other things!

Sheesh is the weekend over already? I have looked every where for it but it seems to be gone.

So it started with Friday right? Well the morning was busy with the kids, then it was off to the Dentist for 2 fillings. Don't you just hate it when your dentist says... "did your tooth hurt before?" I say "no". She says "Well it might now." What the heck? I guess it was a deep filling and now I may need a root canal. I wouldn't mind so much but I will be out of dental coverage by then I am sure. :(

After the filling it was home to do some work for my 'other job' then supper, then off to get groceries, then home to put the kids to bed, put away the groceries, clean-up the basement and some things in the house (due to company coming tomorrow). Bed time Midnight.

Saturday, get up, feed kids, try to get ready for work (where the heck is husband?) I need an effing shower buddy! (He was out moving cars around for our electrician that was coming, this is a whole other story for another day!) He shows up finally, finishes feeding kids and I jump in shower. He was supposed to help me make my lunch for work as I forgot on Friday night, hmm I wonder why? I get out of shower, get dressed, run out the door with some lunch. Ugg! Work all day, stop to pick up stamps (rubber stamps) on my way home (they weren't there). Get home, throw food down throat, then company comes. Company leaves at 9:30, put the boys to bed late yikes! Company was wonderful, had a great visit. They brought a bunch of old toys for the boys... YAY!

Finish up my filing project I started a while ago. Clean-up and go to bed at 11:30... oooo an early night!

Sunday, get up, feed kids, wish hubby happy b*tchy day... oops I mean birthday! Have breakfast, synced up phone and computer, started working on my course that I am teaching next weekend. Hubby decides he has stuff to do (i.e. I get to work on course and watch kids cause he is busy). Pack up computer and a chair and go outside with kids, attempt to work and watch kids, didn't do a great job of either! :) Then I had to go in to make lunch (because his tasks are more important than mine... I guess since it is his birthday I will be nice). Fed kids, fed me, let hubby feed himself! :) Then it was back outside to play with the kids before nap time. I even took baby for a ride on the quad. At nap time ran into town to get hubby b-day cake since I didn't have time to make him one on Friday, and go pick up my stamps again (this time they were there). Then home to work on my course again. Let hubby get kids up and make supper while I work on my course. Poor guy doesn't even get a birthday supper made for him. :(

After supper play with kids, bath kids, get kids to bed, work on course again. Hubby goes to bed and thanks me for cake <*insert me falling off chair in shock*> (thank you and sorry aren't in his vocabulary when they are important!! :) ). Finish working, finally make time to update blog!

OK now I know why my weekend went by entirely to fast... holly crap talk about busy again.

I am teaching a level 1 MS A.cce.ss course at our local technical school this Friday, Saturday and half day Sunday, plus I work Thursday at my other job, have a twins club meeting on Wednesday, Tuesday kids dr's appts and Monday is stamp club. Hubby isn't going to be happy this week, although the FIL has to go in for tests on Tuesday so if that all works out I suppose he will be happy. If not I am in for a crappy week/month/months??

No rest for the wicked I guess! :)

KIDDO NOTES
Friday when baby was napping the boys made Birthday cards for Dad. I let them use my Stamps and Ink (I don't have any washable kid ink, so they were 'stained' for a few days). I guess I could have inked the stamps up for them but I never really thought about it until they were done! :) The boys were really mad when I couldn't wash the ink of their hands though, they have to have clean hands. Go figure!

When dad got home the kids were so excited they exclaimed "Daddy Birthday Party, Daddy Birthday Cards". No secrets around here that's for sure! Although I am sure the hubby would have wondered about the ink on their hands.
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Well it was a sad weekend for Baby. It was the weekend when you look at your little one and she is looking like a little girl not a baby any more. It's funny how you can look at your baby every day, then all of a sudden they look like a little person instead of your sweet baby. It's kind of a sad moment as you can never go back, you have lost your little baby. It just happens to quickly.

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I had a few moments alone with Baby today when the boys were still outside with Dad. I do love to look at the wonder in her eyes when she is discovering new things, and the little smile that goes with it. I am sure I could have starred at her all day.

#3 - So glad that went well!

Well I decided to be a little bit brave today! I took all three kids on an outing by myself. This always scares me, as I am afraid of one taking off on me. Since it was the boys third birthday I wanted to do something special so off to the local corn maze we went! It was a hot one, and when they decided they didn't want to walk anymore it was a little difficult pushing the stroller through the soft dirt.

The boys were happy to see a Race Car today too. It was a wonderful day and I feel like I accomplished something by taking them out without any help. To top it off they were all so good it was a great day!

We finished off supper with the Happy Birthday songs to each boy and a candle for them to blow out.

Off to get photos done tomorrow, hope it goes as well as today.

Good Night

#2 - Three already?

Well it was a big weekend my boys 3rd birthday party was on Saturday. They had a great time and they were so good, until bed time of course! Lets not think they were perfect people! :) We lucked out and the weather held out for us so there was no rain. Which was good as I really didn't want 25 or so people in my house.

It's hard to believe that 3 years ago they were just tiny babies and now they are talking, walking and making us laugh every day. The time just goes by way to fast!

So here's to my boys, Happy Birthday!!!

Oh and the playdough was a big hit with the kids

#1 - I made Playdough!

Yes I made homemade play dough today. I was very excited as it actually turned out. I wasn’t sure if it would since I was a little short on the cream of tartar. I couldn’t believe how hard it was to mix, I think maybe I may have left in on the burner a little to long. In the end I had a very sore arm (Did you know that Tennis Elbow is common for older moms with young children. GREAT), but the play dough turned out great!

I remember back when I was a bit younger (ok a whole lot younger) when my Aunt used to make it. It was great stuff, I always liked it better than the store bought. She always seemed to have a fresh batch too, she must have stronger arms than I realized!

Anyway… I made the play dough for the boys birthday party on the weekend. They were quite upset when I wouldn’t give it to them when I made it. It’s a good thing they have short attention spans at this age and they quickly moved on to something else.

I can’t believe that my first post is about play dough!