Wait...What?

It's just after midnight. I'm trying to finish the first disc in the Freaks and Geeks Complete Series set that I got for my  birthday from my kick ass husband. The toddler* wakes up. The video below is what happened for the next half hour. She's still awake, I had to pry her face from the laptop camera. Deep breathing is good for you. Deep breathing......deep breathing...... * my god does that pain me to type toddler . for real.

How YOU doin?

Long day but so worth it. Hope ya'll had a great day....... Please Auntie, that is quite enough with this camera thing. Sheesh The indignity of her not that much than her older cousin kiss her. HORROR! Nice photo bomb by her big sister! Lather, rinse, repeat.

We played some Guitar Hero last night. A good time was had by all but especially the baby. Future Demetra Plakas ? (minus the whole contest to sleep with her part of course) or perhaps Kate Shellenbach (I love this song! ) maybe even Sandy West . Time will tell.

She was still tired after lunch and her nap but oh how she loves watching them. I am still so sad that I couldn't take the kids to MOA to see Big Time Rush. I hate that they were thisclose to us and there was nothing I could do. They still don't know I was going to take them. I don't think I'll ever let them know. 

So. My niece is here through Sunday and we are so stinking happy to have her here. I surprised the kids last night with her arrival. They never knew she was coming and they were thrilled to learn how long she'd be with us. The girls were up late last night because, duh!, BFFs are in the house! The boy had a late start at school today due to staff meetings. I was thinking "Sweet, the girls will be out until at least 830 and maybe the boy will sleep until 8" Stupid stupid stupid. Mommy Basics 101: The child(ren) will always rise before the sun on non school days. Same child(ren) will argue with you on school mornings until you stab yourself in the nose with a pickle fork because they don't want to get up. I know this gets worse as they get older. Please, let me be naive right now. Thank you (said in my best sing songy Mary Poppins voice) The boy was up before 7am I'm sure. I could hear his "heh heh heh" tic in full force and that usually takes a...

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Taking a ride courtesy of big sister. We'll just skip the part where sister took the corner a little too fast and someone flew over the side of the wagon. We'll also just skip over the twelve gray hairs that sprouted instantly as well as the minor cardiac arrest that was narrowly avoided when that little someone came up laughing saying hi! to everyone she could see.

I don't know how to flip the video. Sorry.

The Girl sure knows how to get the Littlest Little to laugh. We were all belly laughing after a couple rounds.  Happy Monday!

Just testing this thing out. You know, my video skills. I think they are failing. In an epic way. Awwwwwe. Sommmmmme. ED: She's whispering "Wow" It's her new thing. Also? Making ya'll strain to hear it is my new thing. Yeah, sorry 'bout that.

This picture is so awesome for many reasons. Allow me: 1. The ponies? They stayed in the. whole. time. 2. She's in footed jammies. In public =0) 3. This picture of her big sister is her favorite thing to take all over the house with her. Awww. or :::shiver::: depending on how you interpret the look on big sister's face. also? I am dropping out of the competition for Mother of the Year. I know I would have won, if not placed in the top three, with my diabolical plan . Alas, it will not be coming to fruition as a I cannot afford to purchase the required cds needed for all of the wristbands. Really sucks right? That it comes down to the almighty dollar or lack thereof. The silver lining (and Lord knows I try to find one of those!)....the kids never knew about it so they won't be any wiser. Still, it hurts when I see BTR on the tv and know that we were thisclose to seeing them live. I'm going to go cry now*. and tomorrow? Remind me to tell you about how I went from pus...

No ponies left when it comes to bathtime. She has some crazy hair......

New phone coming soon and hopefully better phone pics - hahaha! Right. The baby loves watching the Boy play his DS and the Girl is watching the Twinkies with her Daddy.

So. I think I'm going to be in the front of the line for Mom of the Year when they hand out those awards. (Also? Where the hell do they hand those out? I mean there has to be at least one year where I was an A+ mom right?) Carrying on....... My children love these guys . All four of them. They think they are really from Minnesota (nope). They think the names they have on the show are in indeed real first AND last names (not quite). They think the boys are the COOLEST EVAH! (maybe) So here's the deal. I, the most awesomest mom in the world (it's true, you'll see), have a plan. A plan that involves buying 5 (FIVE! I say) CDs when they come out next Monday. Then I get to sit on the news that the kids get to go to Mall Of America that Saturday. Really, we may live close by but we go only a couple times a year. Crazy big mall = crazy masses of people. When they get to go to the MOA? They get happy loco nuts. If my plan works out (Lord/Jehovah/Buddha/whomever it BETTER wo...

She's having a stellar hair day I think! My Peanut and Baby Girl Our friend Alex riding in the Jane cow car and loving it! My Peanut posing like a diva in her cow car (I missed the name, mighta been Nancy, eh, who knows?) Alex and his mama, our friend Ashley I don't think she liked riding the pony one. little. bit. Nope, not at all. I thought for sure this one would be a screamer and the little stinkpot jones surprises me and laughs.  Also? She loves touching the hairs. She did this with the goats last weekend too. Textures people. Textures.

Our friend Alex spent the afternoon with us recently. His mama is going to have a sister or brother for him in April. He would like a sister, thank you very much. My girls were loving on him so much.  Something went wrong in the communication process. Me thinks the 17mo old doesn't understand the 3yr old 

Someone needs a haircut. She refuses to keep her ponies in. 

I think this may turn into a series with her. She loves wearing my glasses. Thankfully just for a moment or two.