Bet You’re Jealous

Glimpses from my life of late;

During ”Quiet time” the two children upstairs are crying (loudly) in their beds, the two downstairs are fighting over Legos or the race track or…I can’t keep track. The fighting went on all day(all week really) and the crying of the stubborn two year old lasted for 1.5 hours.

“Put the lid down and WASH your hands!”

After I insisted that Go Go butter his own toast because I was taking care of other children, I stepped in a glob of butter half a cup in size and got a nice ride across the floor.

Go Go is hysterically crying and yelling at Mr. President all because he won’t let him tell him what kind of lettuce he has on his sandwich.  All while Blue Jeans sings a really loud song. Cacophony comes to mind.  Much of my life does.

“Put the lid down and WASH your hands!”

I walked into the office to find my iron in pieces on the floor having been knocked off the ironing board by a child the day before.  Right as I notice the iron I step in the water that spilled out of it when it broke.  The one bright spot… at least I wasn’t wearing socks at the time.

Went to the park to meet a new friend.  Mr. President spent half the time arguing and bossing the other kids including the 11 year old.  Go Go spent half the time falling off of the toys and crying.  Imagine the sound of nails on a chalkboard.  That’s the affect his crying has on me. 

“FLUSH THE TOILET! Then, put the lid down and WASH your hands!”

And the piesta resistance;
Today I got to clean up a big fat jar of jam that fell from 5 feet up onto a cement floor and shattered into a million tiny pieces right next to, and therefore all over, the rugs where the boys play- which happened to be covered with LEGOS at the time.  Picture if you can jam covered shards of glass all over the rug all over tiny LEGOS.  I’d be willing to pay someone a LOT of money to avoid cleaning a mess like that ever again in my entire life. 

Yeah, I bet you’re jealous.

All Smiles

Ladybug has been learning to smile this week.

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And I know you’re all thinking that she’s only smiling because she’s getting to wear a color other than pink….  That’s NOT it. 

And some funnies that happened this week:

I was looking at a book with Blue Jeans and we saw a picture of the Statue of Liberty.  I asked him what it was and he said, “Statue of Libety, no, statue of Libby!”  I should have known that for Blue Jeans, the real Lady Liberty will always be a statue of his little sister.

Last night on the way home from dinner, Mr. President and Go Go were fighting in the back seat.  Go Go suddenly called out in a perfect whiny tattletale voice, “Moom, Reagan is calling me a tattletale!”

Dream Come True

Ok, really, I promise my blog is not becoming a fashion show for Ladybug, but I had to post this one. This is the dress I bought for her the day I found out we were having a girl. (See here: Today I Bought a Pink Dress ) Finally, at 5 weeks old she fits into it! Happy day!

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This dress has lots of ruffles underneath and I had yet another new experience today-changing a dirty diaper with ruffles and frills in the way. Ugghh! I almost found myself wishing for the ease of pants and a shirt….almost.

The First Dress

I know, this is a silly thing to write a blog post about, but you have to understand, I’ve never put a dress on anyone but myself before!!!!  So putting a dress on Ladybug last Sunday was a totally new experience.  Newborns and dresses are… comical.   They can’t stand up so you can’t get the full effect of the dress.  And then they are often wrapped in a blanket or buckled into a carrier so you can’t even see the adorableness.  I have to say it seemed like a lot of work (it’s never easy to dress a newborn) for not a lot of show.  But hey, I got some great pictures, right?  Here are the results.
 
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Odds and Ends

I wanted to share some of these fun pictures but don’t really have a rhyme or reason to them… Just fun.

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Family “Togetherness” in the modern age

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Reading with Grandma

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Lego Patriotism

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In a Tight Spot

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An impromptu Family Portrait

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Mama and her girl

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For Grandma W                                         A Bear Bottom

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Fuzzhead the 2nd