Happy Mother's Day to Me!

Our girl sure knows how to make her Mama's day, week, year!

First of all, I'm drawn with a smile, not a scowl, which is how I feel most days...

stop! 

why are you......

can you...

no!

Anyone else feel like all they do is 'mother'?

anyhoo - 

a smile...

And the part that says 

She weighs 80 pounds and is 6 feet tall?

ah, thank you sweet sweet girl!

I love you!

And equally as heartwarming from the boy-child...

The best thing about my mom is 

thte shes fun!

yah!

And the best present I could ever give my mom is 

a new hose

 (house!)

Bless his heart...

maybe he's tired of searching too?

I love these kids with all my heart ~

It's all I ever wanted in life, to be a mom.

Thank you, Hailey and Derek, for making my dreams come true.

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From the Mouths of Babes

Derek, hard at work on his homework at the kitchen table, needed to write the name of 5 vegetables.

'Hey Mom? What comes after the 'B', in Botato?'

Oh how I love this kid. I hated to correct him.

I love kids figuring out their way in the world...

Kamote = Remote
White = Wipe (they ARE white...after all!)
Upsey Down = Upside Down...

Bless your heart you sweet, innocent child.

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Mother of the Year - All wrapped up!

So, last week we had the luxury of having my Mother in Law stay with us ~

Oh, sure, she's been here before, and stayed a day or two or three here or there -but, it's mostly been for celebrating holidays and such...
This time, she came to spend time with our kiddos, while the hubs and I worked.

I'm pretty sure this is a tiny glimpse of what heaven must be like - every day our kids got to sleep in & hang out with Grandma.
The hubs and I got to get our work in at the office - and when we came home - the kids were happy & the house was clean.

::Cue the angel choir::

Anyhoo -
This is where I get my Mother of the Year Trophy all wrapped up -

For any of you thinking you might have a shot? You might as well give up.

So - From the Mouths of Babes...

It's about 10 pm one night, the kids are lying in our bed (they should have long been asleep), and I'm out in the living area talking to my husband - We're bantering back and forth, as we often do, and as I turn to head into the shower, I jokingly say 'You're a jackass'

10 steps later, as I'm heading into the bathroom, I hear our six year old say 'What's a jackass?' 

Ah...yes....

Great.

So, I try and explain to her & her brother that Jackass is a naughty word - it means the same thing as donkey - and donkeys are stubborn like Daddy was being - so I called Daddy a Jackass - and even though I was joking - I still should have used better words. (YIKES!)

The kids were content with that answer and that was the end of that...

Until, the next morning - I open my email to find one from my MIL -

SUBJECT:  Donkey

And in the email, it simply read:

'My Mom called my Dad a Jackass last night. It's another name for Donkey.'

OOPS!
Turns out, our son couldn't wait to tell Grandma about this ~

I could just hear his adorable lil voice - telling her just the facts. No more. No less.

I laughed and I laughed and I laughed - So did my Mother in Law. (Thankfully!)
The hubs? I think he laughed too?

Ah, five year olds and their mouths!

I wonder where they get this stuff???

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From the Mouths of Babes...

I have to put these down before I forget them...
I haven't been so great at keeping track of these lately - life has just been too busy!
Sometimes I email them to myself but then they sit here - so...

It's time for a little kids say the darndest things...
____________________________

'Mom? Do you have to get married when you grow up? Cuz I don't ever want to get married or grow up'  

'Hey Mom? For breakfast, I think I'll just have nachos. Or maybe a little salad.' 

'Mom - when I'm in HS will you still be my mom?'

'Mom, when will tomorrow be ready?'

                Derek - November 2011 - Just shy of 5 years old

HA HA!

• Mom, if the package man comes, I promise I won't open the door.'
• Derek, I have to sign for the package so I have to open the door ~ (me)
• 'Oh, does it have to be in cursive? Cuz I can sign not in cursive for you' 
• - Derek, age 5, February 2012

• If Dad says it's right, it's probably right - because you weren't in college for as long as he was. And college is where you learn everything. Right?
• Hailey Gust, age 6, May 2012 

From the Mouths of Babes

We're driving down the road, and D pipes up from the backseat

'Hey Mom? When can we go downstairs and see all the train stuff?'

So I ask him - "Our downstairs? We sold our train table Buddy - but we can still play with the train tracks and the trains on the carpet anytime you want to!"

D - "No, the downstairs under the road? Where the train stations are? When can we go downstairs? We always stay upstairs. I want to go downstairs and see the trains!"

Ah...the SUBWAY?
Little man...we don't have those here - But we can visit them in other cities sometimes!

To which Hails pipes up - 'yeah, but it's winter, and they are full of snow, so we'll go in the summertime right?'

Ah, kids...gotta love them and their curious little minds!

From the Mouths of Babes...

This morning, we saw the most glorious of sunrises on our way to daycare & work at 6:30 am.
I tried to capture it via cell phone cam but just could not do it justice...
It was just THAT. BREATHTAKING.

And speaking of beautiful...our five year old daughter looks up and says "Thank You God for this beautiful day!"

Words cannot describe how very, very blessed I feel.
I have the most amazing life...

From the Mouths of Babes

So, the other night - H (pondering life as she often does) looked at the hubs and asked him...

"Daddy, when we are in heaven, do you think we can bounce around on the clouds?"

He looked at her before looking at me...
And I answered her...
"Yes honey, I think that we probably can."
She excitedly looked back at her dad and said..."Daddy! Do you want to do that with me when we get there?"

Oh my sweet sweet girl...How we would love to...But you will be 100 and we will be in our 130's, so until then, our bounce house will have to suffice.

From the Mouths of Babes...

So, we come home from daycare and H immediately runs over to one of her forgotten toys on the living room floor - toys she hasn't played with in three years ...

Sesame Street stuffed animals that she loved as a 1 year old have been brought back into circulation - sort of.

'Ooooohhhh Elllllmooooo' she says in the most dramatic of tones...

To which her little brother replies...in the most deadpan of all deadpans voices...'WHAT!?! Is he dead?'

UM. What?

From the Mouths of Babes...

So this morning we're in the check out line and D is standing up in the cart - electronic pen poised and ready to sign for the credit card transaction - H looks at him and says - 'Hey Buddy - you have to write DARCIE - do you know how to write DARCIE? It has two M's and one O' ~ Yep - that's how you spell Darcie alright - M-O-M!

Not sure who was laughing harder ~ the sales clerk or me!

From the Mouths of Babes...

Ah, from the Mouths of Babes!

I am pretty good about remembering to write things down in their journals - but some stuff is just too good to keep to ourselves...

A couple of weeks ago - after tubby time - D looks at H and in ALL SERIOUSNESS ~ says to her in a hushed, bewildered tone..."Hailey - your penis!! It's...............GOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNE!"
The poor kid, even though he KNOWS all about the differences between girls and boys ~ just wasn't exactly sure what was going on...

Apparently last week I wasn't the only one at my wit's end either because while Daddy was at softball - H was trying to watch a movie while D kept on pushing the buttons on his Mickey Mouse Airplane (which was really pushing his big sister's buttons!) She looks at me - dead serious - and says - "Mommy - I think you should grow another baby brother in your tummy - Then we can give this one away right?" ~

Not two days later I hear hear say to him "Shut that damn thing off ~ or take that damn thing downstairs"
Oy!! MOTY I am not.

Lately I've been even more exhausted than usual and the worst part is - we haven't DONE anything extra or different - what I wouldn't give for some good old fashioned family to give a girl a break ~
I'm not saying it wasn't cute - cuz coming out her her 3 year old little mouth it sure was - but it also reflects on me as a parent -
Here's to a better week!

And here's an extra special shout out to Auntie Betsy & Uncle Denny next door - since Betsy sensed my breaking point, and D's...was very very near - and she took BOTH of the kids into her pool and she and Denny entertained them while I was able to unwind with my new found green thumb!
Thanks Betsy - you have no idea how grateful we are...ALL of us!