My relaxing morning...

Mike: how did the drive go?

Sent at 9:49 AM on Monday

Jennifer: long

when you and Philip left, I was cleaning Thomas' dirty diaper. Had just gotten myself dressed and up.

So I get him all cleaned up and he takes off naked and giggling..

fine..

so he's running around so cute and thinks it's a game for me to chase him.

I go and get his clothes and new diaper, grab him and change him.. then get some socks from our sock basket..

then I get Natalie's clothes..wake her up and leave Thomas to wander which thankfully he just went to go get his shoes and then come back next to me..

so he's holding the one shoe with the bell on it and trying to get in the closet..

that gives me time to dress Nat. She doesn't fight me but she did NOT like the shirt I got her so I had to find a different one or fight her to put this one on. I decide to get her a new one. Then I go get her socks and come back and she's in her closet trying to put on sandals that are way too small..

So she fights me a bit on that then I convince her it's wet and cold outside and she needs to wear tennis shoes..

fine..

so I put them on..
Then we go the front door..open it.. POURING rain.. Natalie looks up to me as to ask.. what now mama.

So we go back in, I get the umbrella... go outside with just the kids (I carry Thomas and walk with Nat under my umbrella) to load them up at the same time.. first Thomas.. and I throw Nat in the car and tell her to get in her chair..

she refused to go to her chair so I said, fine and left her loose in the car..closed the door. at least it's dry in there.

I go back and get all the bags, their jackets, load that up and each time tell Nat to get in her chair..

and then I lock the front door... realize I forgot my phone, so I go back and get it.. come back and while locking the door again, Natalie starts honking the horn since she climbed into the front seat and figured out the horn. The first honk SCARED the life out of me.

So I go back to the car.. pouring rain while I stand there in the doorway on her side trying to hold the umbrella while using both my hands to get her in her chair, I tell her to get in her chair.. which she does but slowly..

then bukle her in..

Of course get to my side, throw the uncooperative umbrella on the floorboard, do the adjusting in the car for my midget size and away we go..

Put on Shrek on the DVD player which never works the first time... finally it comes on.... and it' some peace..if you can call driving in the rain in rush hour traffic in San Antonio PEACEFUL.

We get to the childcare many minutes later.. more than usual of course..

and I go to unload Thomas first... when I open the door I see that Natalie has pulled off her shoes and socks..So I close his door.

so in the rain... with the dumb umbrella..

I go back to the other side of the car, which gets Thomas crying because he takes it as a personally rejection that I didn't get him first..

I put on her shoes and socks.. unbuckle her..leave her loose in the car and grab the bags then go back to Thomas' side.. get him out... put on his jacket... wind is trying to get the umbrella the whole time.. rain... etc..

so I get him.. tell Natalie to come on.. meanwhile she's in the back row gathering up the toys she keeps finding on the floorboard.

she comes out SLOWLY while I'm holding everything.. the bags, the umbrella, Thomas, my purse, the keys.

so she whines for me to carry her.. I'm struggling to help her out and hold Thomas when the wind gets my umbrella and it falls next to me upside down.. rain rain rain.

So I use my motherly super powers, grab that umbrella.. grab Nat... and we close the door... I click a button on my key chain.. hope its the right one that locks the car.. and accidentally lean against the car next to us and get my back and butt all wet in my work clothes. Nat walks SLOWLY to the front door while I'm trying to stay over and near her to not get wet.. and hold everything else..

then we get in, I TOSS The umbrella. not giving a care where it went..

and we went to my office to dump my purse.. then took Thomas to his room.. then went to Myra's room to get the hair bands for Nat since we forgot hers.. then went to the hallway where I did her hair really cute in pigtails..

Then took her down... she cried of course.. came back up and started to work.

And I am exhausted already..

oh then went back to get my umbrella.. and fold it up and throw it in a corner here to dry.

the end and now I get to finally get to work!

That was my morning!

Some photos of Philip from a long long time ago..

I was thinking all day

I was thinking all day today about my kids. I MISS them. I wish we were going home tonight. Well, Happy Fathers Day Mike!!!!!!

May 2009 already!

Well it is the season for weddings!

 

I just went to the best wedding May 16, that I have ever been to in my life. My cousin Michelle. She had such a beautiful wedding. The place was beautiful, lots of family were there and it was a tear jerker for me. Such a fabulous wedding and she was such a beautiful bride! They looked so happy. I couldn't take enough photos that night. Mike and I had a blast but it was sad that we had to leave a bit early for the 2 hour drive back home to get the kids. I'll have to post photos as soon as possible about it. I saw so many family members and especially my cousin Michael. I hardly see him now that he lives in CA. It was so good to laugh with him again. I wish he was nearby still but I know he's happy there. Just like my best friend is in NY. I miss her too. Guess I'll have to travel some more in the future.

 

Philip is officially graduating on Friday May 29th to Kindergarten! I think he's way too ready for kindergarten but at his age he is supposed to be at a Kindergarten level. He can add, write, read a little and he does preschool software for first grade and above. The kid is smart. I hope his teacher recognizes it before he becomes bored. My sis told me that you get kids where the parents have worked with the child then you get those that come into kindergarten barely knowing how to hold a pencil. She said it's such a difference. I hope Philip won't be too bored.

 

Today he told me he wants to take some candy to his classmates. He even wrote Connor's name on a lollipop for him. It was so sweet. He filled his pockets up and gave it to each of the kids. He also has been starting this new trend where he wants to dress just like daddy. Whatever Mike wears he wants to wear too. It all started when I bought matching shirts for all the boys for Easter including Mike. Now Philip goes into his closet and wants to wear whatever Mike is wearing and whatever shoes he has. He also wants to wear a belt. I asked Philip the other day, where is your badge for work then and he smiled at me. He told me he wants to work where daddy works when he gets bigger. He and Mike went to get haircuts together a few days ago. He was telling me that daddy was telling him all about how he needs to be good, and not get his name on the board and to clean his room. Philip told me he's going to be a good boy.

 

Natalie is using the potty more and more. She was actually holding it and went today twice at school. We got so excited we went out and got her some girl pull ups. I can't WAIT for her to be potty trained. Our only problem is that now she wants to eat while sitting on the couch instead of at their table. She's very much into movies with dogs and if they talk, it gets even more points. We got really sick of 102 Dalmatians so now we are on one of the Airbud movies. I cannot believe how many times they want to see the same movie. Philip has seen Labyrinth a BILLION times. Pretty cool that he's watching old school movies we used to watch when we were little. Just goes to show you these movies pass the test of time. We also watch Wall-E pretty often. That's such a cute movie.

 

Thomas finally started to really crawl. I haven't seen him go a long distance but he does keep that butt up for short distances. Sort of unwormy of him now. His birthday is around the corner when he turns ONE! I can't believe it's been a year. His hair is starting to get really fluffy too. I think it's getting long so he might go for his first haircut when daddy and Philip go again. We will probably just have a little birthday party for him since we have so much going on. My mom and I are trying to plan something. Since I just finished that huge audit yesterday, I'm pretty tired mentally. Last week it was terrible to have that going on. My stress levels were high. I need a much needed vacation. Maybe when we go to PA I'll remember these days and just relax.

George Carlin  - "Electricity is really just organized lightning."

The Book of Love

I ran into a song today while watching the last episode of Scrubs that was so beautiful to me. I decided to put it on our page. A sort of song of life, love and family. I love my little family very much. They are my all. Just doesn't feel right unless we are all together in our home.

Time just seems to be flying by and they are growing right before my eyes. Mike and I are usually pretty exhausted after a day of work and then an evening with the kids, but even when we do have our date nights we spend the entire time talking about the kids. Mike and I try to imagine what it will be like when they are all grown up and living their own lives and it's hard. It actually makes me sad.

Last night Natalie and Philip slept in our bed. Philip asked so sweetly if he could sleep with us. Of course I said! So he curled up and Nat wanted in the bed too so I lifted her up. They snuggled together and went to sleep right in the middle between Mike and I. It was so sweet. I imagine when Thomas gets a bit older he'll do the same. There have been a few nights where we ALL ended up in the bed by early morning. Those are very rare though since I don't trust Thomas in a big bed yet. He's getting big but still rather little to hold his own with 2 other squirmy kids.

This year was the first year we didn't get Seaworld passes or Zoo passes. Mike and I discussed it and with the Swine Flu being the main news and the economy, we thought we would tone it down this year. We did discuss joining the YMCA. Looks like they have good programs. That would be something we do when a pandemic isn't something on the news. We also discussed swimming lessons. They were so good for me as a child so we want to put all 3 in lessons when it's the right time. When we go to PA this summer, I hope to teach Philip in the indoor pool a few things. We have to get them all safety swimwear. I don't trust any of them in the water just yet.

We've got so much on our calendar right now, I'm a bit overwhelmed. Lots of big things happening in May and June. We haven't had time to go to the La Grange house lately to fix it up. We are down to just a few more projects. We've come so far. I can't wait till we can just sit down and watch a movie and not have anything major on a todo list. I think there will always be projects, our adventures I call them. My life seems to have been divided into chapters and I love this chapter so much. I know I hardly write about Mike since this is a blog about the kids, but I just wanted to write that he's an amazing person, man and husband. I know that sounds a bit corny but he is someone you'd like as a friend for life and I'm lucky to be married to him. I love him with all my heart and I just wanted to proclaim that here on the internet. I promised him my heart, my love, and fidelity on our wedding day and I meant it.

I read somewhere where someone wrote, every relationship you make in life will come to an end. That was so depressing but so true. We do end this world on our own, our own final adventure. One day we will experience the loss of everyone at one point or another. It makes me so sad to think of that. Just makes life feel so short yet so important and something to cherish. I want the kids to have good lives, to grow up to be loved by others and to be happy with what they do. I want to watch them grow up and I want to watch them become adults and have their own families. I want to be a good Mama and I want them to be better than I was as a parent. Their happiness would make me so happy.

Anyways, I think I'm very emotional today. I don't know why. I was just listening to that song, thinking of life and deep thoughts, add in some cheesecake and you have this mess of a blog.

My Family makes me happy.