Dear God, Could You Please Clone Me?

Sometimes as a Mommy I just don't know if I have one more ounce of energy to give away and today is one of those days. I have spent the day dealing with a constipated 4 year old who can't seem to get anything out and who also spent the entire night in tears(up every hour). Thank goodness my dear hubby was part of this nightmare last night, but I could use some help today.

So, to top off the 4 year old, my lovely daughter decided to pull down her diaper and poop all over herself this morning while my 4 year old continued to cry about his pooping issue while I was giving Darcy a bath. Of course Drew could not just watch all of this happen, so he decided to get into the diaper rash cream and smear it all over himself like lotion(the stuff is not easy to come off). WHY ME? I decided all I could do was pray and so I am praying for a clone, which does not seem to be appearing.

Now, I need to go search through some drawers for a tampon, which I seem to have run out of...I wonder how many pantyliners it will take to control this terrible flow?

God have mercy...PLEASE!

What's That?

I am so proud of our very inquisitive daughter, but I do admit, she can be annoying in a funny sort of way. For the past month or so she has taken much interest in knowing what everything around her is and LOVES asking us. She goes around the house pointing and saying, "Mommy/Daddy, what's that?" We then answer and she continues to point and ask about different things. This phrase is heard the minute she wakes up as she points to her radio. The funniest thing about this, is that she knows the names of pretty much everything she asks about, she just likes to play the game. If I stop and say, "Darcy, what is it?" she will answer without a problem.

Now, this "game" can be a bit annoying when we are driving in the van and she says over and OVER again, "Mommy/Daddy, what's that?" Of course we usually have no idea what she is talking about, so we just answer with whatever we see at the moment and she is content with that. She is probably thinking, 'you idiot, that is not a sign, it is a crane!'

I do adore our little loves and love how much they love one another. I love that the twins call each other by name and Darcy usually calls Drew, "brother" and I love that Ashton is the world's BEST brother and friend to Darcy and Drew.

We are blessed and it is as simple as that.

Chocolate

I remember when I was a little girl thinking how crazy and gross my mother was when she would eat chocolate for breakfast. Well, I am officially crazy and gross. My wonderful husband brought home some very yummy champagne cakes the other night and I just finished one off with my coffee. My coffee, oh, that is another story. My mom never drank coffee, nor did my dad, but I LOVE my coffee and that little chocolate cake was perfect with my coffee. My coffee is now brewed in a BUNN coffee pot, which we splurged on last week and I am very happy with our purchase. My coffee now tastes clean and smooth instead of dirty.

Oh, life is good at 7AM with my one little early riser, the rest sound asleep, my coffee(brewed from a BUNN), chocolate and my laptop. Thank goodness I don't have to leave my home to work.

Check back soon...I will be posting pics of my newest creation...TUTUS!!!!

Something Tastey.

We ran through a drive through on our way home from the Science Center today(I packed a nice healthy lunch, but of course forgot something for myself and I was starving) and Ashton said that he wanted a chocolate milk. The man working at Taco Johns said, "I'm sorry we only have white milk." After asking Asher if white was okay, he said in a very serious tone.
"No, I need something with taste."

After laughing, the nice gentleman said that he would run to the gas station which was attached to the Taco Johns and get Ashton a chocolate milk if we gave him a couple bucks ans so we did. Now that's customer service and the bean burrito was pretty tastey too. :) So, Ashton got his chocolate tastey milk and mommy's blood sugar level got back on track and we were all happy.

God Bless

Oh yes, the Science Center was a blast too! You have got to go see the Grossology area.

Doing Something Right

At our house, we just finished making our "Thankful Tree", an idea from my Family Fun magazine. We headed down to the trail and did some serious searching for the perfect branch to make our tree from. We were successful and came home with a beautiful bare branch to hang our paper leaves from. The leaves all have things that we are thankful for written on them and Ashton came up with all of them so far. I hope to add more throughout the month of November. As we began, I said to Ashton. "So, what are you thankful for?" Ashton did not hesitate and said, "God." Wow, how amazing! I am so proud of him. He then continued to amaze me as he started to help me spell God and was able to figure out all of the letters. He also helped me spell Dad and Mom.

Yes, we are doing something right.

Binky Success!

I am a very proud Mommy these days...Asher has lost the binky unless it is in his bed. He is doing great, after one very difficult day, he has not even asked for it downstairs. Why do I even care, I guess because I am a Mommy and have to worry about something. I knew deep inside that he was not going to take it to school with him and that it was a phase, a very long one at that, but I just didn't like seeing my almost 4 year old play with his trucks or color a picture with a gross binky in his mouth. We are done and I won't go back.

He has earned his big birthday bash at the hotel and we are ready to party!

Way to go Asher, now lets toss it at bedtime too! :)

I also wanted to write a bit about how happy I am that Halloween is over, well, after tonight and we can begin the fun holidays. I have never liked Halloween much and just get a sick feeling thinking about freakish people walking around begging for candy. My children were in their costumes 3 times this year with several different parties and I am burnt out. I am ready to put my pilgrims from Grandma Scudder on our dining room table and make out "Thankful Tree".

Now, bring on the snow and we can really get cozy.

Binker Fairy!

So, we are still trying to convince Ashton that it is time to give up the binky. Bribery, binky fairy stories, buck teeth warnings, etc. are not working. For almost 2 days I had him convinced that we kept the binky in the bed, as he still wants it if we are watching a movie downstairs. He was doing so well until yesterday when after a long debate, I told him that I didn't care and was giving up. When Daddy got home and saw the binky, he said, "uh oh Ashton, binkys stay upstairs." Ashton said, "No Daddy, Mommy said she gives up!" Now, my own child knows that I am a quiter. :(

I swear the twins are losing those darn things when they are 2! I am officially Darcy's "binky-putter-inner" at night and I am getting really tired from it. Why did I ever start them on these stupid things, I will never know.

Mommies

Today I got some very warm fuzzies from some wonderful mommies in our wonderful small town community. When I was leaving the library with 3 children trailing behind me, I started to lift a couple up while the 3rd lingered to get safely into the van. A new mommy friend that we often see at storytime, got out of her van and said, "Here, let me give you a hand, mine are all buckled up and I know how it feels to be out-numbered by little ones." Wow, how sweet of her. She kindly held Asher's hand and got him safely to the van for me. I can't wait to see her again next Friday!

It takes a village and I am so glad other mommies are seeing that as well.

On another note...at story time today all three of the kiddos sat nicely for the story and song and Ashton did a great job waiting patiently taking turns during craft time. I was also very proud of him when he went all alone with Miss Kris to find some frog books and then checked them out all by himself while I got the twins bundled up to head home. What a great kid!

He he...another mommy said to me(about Drew), "Wow, he is so well-behaved, what a sweety." I just laughed and asked her if she wanted to follow us home and watch him for a few minutes. Wow, to hear that about Drew makes me laugh so hard! He was a good boy, except when we lost him and found him watching the big kids on the computer. ;) The high school kids were just talking to him while he stood and watched and they said he just kept smiling at them. Funny little guy.

The weekend is almost here and we are looking forward to some fun family activities.

Coloring Queen and Brotherly Love

So, more blogging about my babes...last night I ran upstairs to take Andrew his cell phone and when I came down, Darcy was looking very proud. " Shoe, color, color, Mommy!" She held my hand to lead me to her beautiful brown, $58 Stride Rite shoes. I looked in amazement when I saw that she had taken a pen and "colored" her shoes. Luckily, most of the coloring was done on the inside of them.
M-"Oh no, Darcy!"
D-"Happen, Mommy?" (What happened?)

If anyone around Darcy suddenly says, oh no, she will run in and ask, "Happen?" I love this so much!

Another cute story, or at least, I think it is...

I am seeing more and more each day how much Drew and Ashton adore one another. Drew has taken on a new love of running after Ashton and taking his blanky away or at least trying, and then he sniffs it..yummy. Well, yesterday, Asher ripped a piece of his blanky off and gave it to Drew so that he could have a piece for himself. Cuteness for sure.

Lovin' Life!

Santa???

Okay, I have stooped to one of my lowest and have already begun to use the "Santa threat" with Ashton. Aghhhh! After I said it, I had to stop in my tracks and try and figure out what the heck I was doing. As a former teacher and now full-time Mommy, the Santa threat has been used a lot and I really hope I can avoid it this year. I hate using it and wish it were not so tempting.

So, now that I have written this blog, I am aware of the need to stop this craziness before it goes any further. I want my children to behave because they are good kids, not because they want presents.

I will have to see how these crazy months indoors go and see if it is even possible to avoid the threats.

I also have to add that our adorable and extremely polite little Darcy now says, "Thank you, Mommy", instead of just thank you. Gotta love it!

Oh Shit!

Yes, I was feeling that way again today. I had a friend over who also has twins(2 months) and a 3 year old and I was remembering what I said the first time I realized we were having twins. Our ultrasound tech. said, "There are two babies." I just said, "Oh shit!" I found myself saying those words again today, as I watched my chaos and felt like my children were controlling my life. Really, I do love my chaos, but when people come over, the chaos seems to get worse, or maybe I just watch it differently. I'm not sure, but today, I really felt like my life is very chaotic. Maybe it is just so different to watch 2 month old babies vs. my crazy 17 month olds trying to keep up with their wild big brother. I guess I will just call it blessed chaos and put an end to it. I would not want it any other way.

Raising children is a very difficult job, but God gave me children so that I could do just that and truly, I am trying my hardest to do it right. I want my children to grow up being loving of God, themselves, other people and the nature that surrounds us. I think I am doing okay so far.


God bless.

Feeling Blessed.

It's hard to believe that the twins will be 18 months and Ashton is almost 4...life does go by quickly and that is why I am so thankful to spend so much time with our little ones. I can't imagine life any other way.

Today as we all snuggled and read stories I almost started to cry thinking about them being in someone elses care all day and me having to miss out on so much. As tiring as the day gets and as much as I may sometimes complain, I really do feel blessed to have such wonderful children and of course a great supportive hubby.

So, the twins are talking up a storm and have been for a long time now, but I just had to come to our blog and document some of my favorites.

Drewby- Apple- "Bubba"
Ashton- "Ashey" and sometimes "Bruba" for brother
Thank you- "Donk you"

Darcy is not as funny, as everything she says is pretty much said correctly...she is a very clear talker. Oh, I guess yesterday she did say, "bull-boat" for bulldozer which made me giggle.


Asher loves the twins more and more each day and does not miss a night of thanking God for them before he closes his eyes. They are all starting to play so well together.

There is nothing greater than hearing your children giggle together hysterically until they are all on the floor rolling on one another.

As I watched them play together today and caught myself telling them to calm down, I reminded myself that they have the rest of their lives to be calm and boring. Why not be kids as long as they can? Bring on the giggles and if it starts to annoy me, I promise I will leave the room and let you carry on.

Love you my little bundles.

My Baby

This is my first entry using blogger, as I venture away from the journal on our webiste. I am hoping this will be easier to keep up with and print more often.

So, here it goes, the life of this crazy mama as a stay-at-home mom raising her son, Ashton(3) and twins Drew and Darcy(1). This truly is the best job on earth. I can't imagine missing out on the amazing experiences we share with one another.

Today something happened that is a moment I never want to forgot...hense this blog.

I handed Drew Darcy's blanky and binky and kindly asked him to "please take these to Darcy." I really was asking him to do this, just so I could watch and see if he would be kind to her. He nicely walked up to Darcy and said, "My baby" and handed her the blanky and binky. Darcy just smiled at him and said, "Thank you." Oh my, my heart melted and I knew that having twins was a great gift from God. Lately Drew has been calling Darcy the "baby" and I just love it. She truly is the youngest and he must know that he entered the world a whole 30 minutes before her.

Wish me luck as I take the Blog Plunge!