My version of YOLO

So this whole YOLO thing. I must be a hermit or something because I had no idea what it was until we went on vacation. It was on hats, tshirts, posters, etc. I am hip to GTL and LOL but this YOLO thing made me pull out my phone and its slower-than-a-toddler-putting-on-his-shoes-before-the-school-bus-comes internet to do a search. YOLO means "you only live once". Hmm. True I guess (although I do believe in past lives, but that's another post!) but I didn't want to go around saying, "Yo, YOLO people!" It just doesn't flow from my mouth very well. 

Anyway, jeez, wander off topic much Jenny?

So I was thinking, there are some things we moms do that you know you do it and you can't believe you do. Kind of the "I'm turning into my mom/grandma" train of thought. I do it all the time. Even more now that I am trapped at home most days cooking, cleaning, laundrying, etcing. And THAT made me think, there should be a letter-thingy for that. 

I came up with YKYD. "You Know You Do"  Here it goes like this...

Your kids are waiting at the bus stop and you are looking at them and you spot some white toothpaste residue, grape jelly, or last night's spaghetti sauce on the corners of their mouths, so you lick your thumb and wipe it off. Mom spit. Works every time. I never used my own spit to wipe something off another person, until I had a kid. You Know You Do! YKYD! See. I know. I should call the guys at the Jersey Shore Store and have them print me up some shirts ASAP. Hee hee. Had to do it. Sorry. But you have to admit, it's kind of catchy, isn't it?

I would need way more than my two thumbs to clean this face. (Asher enjoying his birthday treat that his big sister made in her Easy Bake Oven, all by herself! BTW, had to again, his poop was the same color the next day. TMI?!)

So I thought I might do some YKYD's here and there, my own little series, kind of like my "Watchin' My Weight" Wednesdays. WDYT? (What do you think?!)

No more letter-thingys, I promise today!

Have a great weekend.  TTYL (one last one, giggle giggle!)

Watchin' My Weight Wednesday

Alright, so it's Thursday, not Wednesday. I know. Good thing I'm not a pro-blogger, I'd be in trouble for sure.  

It's that time of year again. I'm not referring to fall. I'm referring to the sugar season. Is it  just me or does Halloween start the official season of sweets? It seems like from now until Valentine's day there are holidays dedicated to sweets. Making them, decorating with them, buying them, gifting them, and of course eating them. It is deadly for me. I still don't quite know if I am a sweet-a-holic or a salt-a-holic (it appears that I like both and most often together!) but being surrounded by sweets is a killer for my weight. 

See. I filled this jar for the kids and even put a cute tag on it. So far, I'm not indulging much, if it was M&M's I wouldn't have even been able to take a picture, that thing would  have been empty! I have begun to drag my bootylicious out of bed at the hours of 5:15 AM for my treadmill workouts. I am hoping to be able to make it back to the Y for my spin classes soon. Believe it or not, I have just now (within the last month) started getting more than three hours of sleep. Asher really did not take to sleeping through the night well. Stinker. 

I would have never heard this song if Zoe wasn't in dance. It's a "Christian" song. Whatever that means. I guess it is only played on Christian stations. I guess I am a horrid sinner because I listen to just about every other station. Anyway, her jazz team is dancing to it this year and I found it to be a fun one for the treadmill. I downloaded it to my Ipod so she can practice at home. "Good Morning" indeed. I need all the motivation I can get.

What do you think, is this the start of the "sweet" season?

Wastin' time

I'm humming that song by Dave Matthews now...

You'd think I don't have a thing to do! I spent a good 20 minutes digging through the bag of alphabet/number crackers to do this. I swear, I am so easily distracted sometimes. 

I was just compelled to do this. This was the kids' after school snack the other day. I said, "isn't that cool guys? I spelled all your names!" Zoe said, "yeah, but I don't get as many cookies as everyone else." Hmm, true. Not exactly the response I was going for. Sometimes, I just want them to say, "yes, mom that is so awesome that you did that for us! You rock! You are the best!" OK, that would be overboard I suppose. But still.  A little enthusiasm would be appreciated. 

Back to work for me. 

Dave Matthews Band - Stay (Wasting Time)

Here, in case you were wanting to hear what I was singing in the previous post. I swear, I have a song/lyric for everything in my life. Is there an affliction name for always singing along to your life?  Glee-a-holic maybe?

Monday Check In

Hallo there! (We've been reading a lot of Pooh lately.)

Everything changes when your baby goes from crawling...

 to climbing.

 I am finding him in the most absurd places.

 And when he goes from crawling, to toddling...

 to running. I swear, my little man moves in two speeds: fast and light speed. It is making my life so insane.

Things I am working on this week:

• I am finishing up stuff from the last two weeks: pantry reorg (basement), thank you notes, birthday party planning, cleaning my spice cabinet, and ongoing scrapbooking of two books...

I am also:

• getting out fall decor
• taking a load to Goodwill
• switching the big kids' closets from summer to winter
• hopefully taking a load to consignment too
• labeling kids' pictures to mail to family
• helping Parker make a photo timeline for school
• ordering Halloween costumes

Things we'll be eating for dinners this week:
it seems as the busier I get, the boring-er my menus get

• subs on homemade rolls with oven chips
• jambalaya, corn bread, roasted broccoli
• tacos &/or taco salads
• spaghetti with french bread and salads
• pizzas and salads and breadsticks
• cheeseburgers/veggie burgers and fries

Have a great week everyone!

Whew!

It is fall sports time, as you know. This is the first time we have two kids in sports at the same time. It is craaaaazy! Last week, Big Tall Hubby had to go to a school event on Saturday morning and so I was a single mom for the day. I swear, if I could have split myself in two I would have, no matter how painful and bloody it would have been. I was running (dragging the other kids with me) between two fields (soccer and lacrosse) trying to make sure everyone was where they were supposed to be. It took me several days to catch up mentally, physically and emotionally. I was so focused on making sure we were at the right places on time, I didn't get to take pictures of Parker playing lacrosse.  :( It is going to be a wild fall for sure.                                   

 This was taken right before Tanner decided he wasn't going to play anymore. He threw himself on the ground and cried (loud enough for you to hear, no matter what state you reside in) for about the last 15 minutes of gametime. Eye yi yi! Poor guy, all that shuffling from one thing to the next probably did him in. 

I am blaming my insane kids' schedules on my lack of time to post lately. I swear, I don't have one minute to do anything "fun" on the computer. Ugh. I'm hoping to get caught up on some biggish projects this weekend so I'll have time to post and read everyone else's blogs. I certainly miss it. It got rather chilly here this last week so I had to immediately get out long pants for my two little ones. Which translates to dig through tubs in the basement to find the pants (in the correct size) which then forced me to just get out all the next sized clothes they need and put away the old ones, hence their closets, dressers and room are completely destroyed! I've been doing a lot of laundry this week. 

Ugh, again.

Things I am doing this week:

• getting out next sized clothes for Tanner and Asher
• putting away too small (and out of season) clothes for Tanner and Asher
• downloading songs for Zoe's dance competitions (see, nothing fun for me!)
• planning Parker's birthday party
• getting a book bound for Parker (keepsake-will share later)
• locating a high school picture for Big Tall Hubby (they need it for school, see, nothing fun for ME!)
• cleaning out mysterious globs from my fridge drawers and door shelves, last minute project just kind of started itself
• switch purses because juice and fish crackers have spilled in my current one, probably after the frantic sports weekend
• order and pick up some photo prints (sale at Walgreens!)

Things I want to do but probably can't because there are little boy clothes on every flat surface in my house:

• continue and finish two mini scrapbook albums I have been working on
• cleaning up and deleting my email files
• write some long overdue thank you notes (I'd better do these soon or the guilt will kill me)
• finish organizing my basement pantry
• take a load to Goodwill
• clean and reorganize my spice cabinet (Asher does this for me daily, maybe I should cross this one off?)
• get out fall decor

Have a great weekend everyone. I'll be folding and hanging clothes, lots of clothes.  

September means back to school

I can't believe I forgot to post the kids' first day of school pictures. Yikes. My brain is on slow-mo lately.  Anyway, they DID start school and all is well. 

We are getting to the point that I am jealous of my daughter's clothes and shoes... I want these shoes so bad. Fourth graders should not have cooler shoes than their moms.

 Look at the cutest first graders you've ever seen. (He already has a girlfriend. No kidding. He's a stud I tell ya.)

 I don't know why I started taking pictures of their shoes. I just think new shoes on the first day is a must and they are always so proud of them too. 

 This is the only year (until high school) that they'll be in the same school (unless we sell our house and move). Crazy. They both have good teachers and are making new friends left and right.

 And did I mention, they BOTH are student council representatives for their classrooms? We are thrilled. Zoe has been trying since first grade and she is super pumped up, she wants to lobby to get the playground equipment painted and maybe get a water fountain installed outside. Parker's teacher picked him and he can't wait to go to meetings and sell pencils at lunch.  My little activists, I love it.

 This guy wears his "pack pack" to the bus every day. Even though he is not in school. He will not be left behind. He is proud to pack it every morning with whatever trinket he finds laying around. He is in swim lessons, soccer, and a pre-preschool ABC class so he is busy too. Putting on this back pack everyday cracks me up.

We made chalk drawings to celebrate. I should probably make one to congratulate our newest student council members, if the rain holds out I will.