i am back!.... mostly

so lately i have been feeling rather..... blah.  i have been anti everything.  and i hate being and feeling like that!  i did have my books to keep me company in my self-forced solitutde.  but i think after awhile i got lonely.  which is kinda hard to do with 3 kids, 3 dogs (we were dog sitting my inlaws dog), and 2 cats.  but i felt lonely, all i wanted to do is read about Rand, and Perrin, and Mat.  again.  and eat gummybears.   but there i was reading a 900 page book in a day and a half!  part of this time, i was sick, and then i had sick kids that needed snuggling- and how can you say no to a sad pathetic sick little little boy who comes up to you with water eyes, a runny nose, wrapped in a blanket even though he is all toasty, and in the saddest voice ask to snuggle and watch "Hanny Manny".  ya cant say no!  but i did take my book, and read.  anyway.  i feel better.  mostly.  i hope.  just thought i would share.
and now i have the unmph and the motivation to actually deep DEEP clean my house.  the walls the baseboards (the ones i do have) the windows, the carpet.  EVERYTHING!  again- WAHOO!  i LOVE cleaning.
anyway.  there ya go.  there i am.  this might have been brought on by the feel of FALL in the air, and the fact that chunk and i had some hot chocolate this morning.  : D
so yeah.  just thought i would share.
have a good day!

Fall

i think that Fall is one of my favorite seasons. i get excited for all of them, but i think Fall and Spring are the top 2. here in TX we get these beautiful flowers- SIDER LILIES. i LOVE them. the vibrant red is so great. and for some reason they are just randomly throughout our yard. no real ryhme or reason that i can really see, but they come up, and joseph carefully mows around them, and the kids will pick me some, to bring inside, and i will sit outside and read, and enjoy the beginning of cripness that is a hint of whats to come- the pumkin pie/cookies/bread, the sweaters, HOT CHOCOLATE, planning for Christmas, the kids excitment of all the holidays coming up. i LOVE it!!!!

playing catch up

so i have been busy. i have tried REALLY hard to stay focus and busy. i decided i didnt need to reward myself, that this was my responsibility, and i should just be better. and well- i did well, until night time and i was like i have been great! i am going to watch a Grey's Anatomy! so i am rewarding myself with an episode a night and sometimes a small chocolate treat. sad but true. anyway- my schedule is as follows: wake up at 6:30 (ok i am still working on that because i am NOT a morning person) that way i can get ready before jellybean comes down for me to do her hair. i then do her hair and joe gets the kids breakfast together, i pick up the bathroom mess, and i kiss joe and jellybean bye- he takes her which she loves, and cuz its on the way. i then get monkeys breakfast together, make my oatmeal, feed him, play with him, clean up the kitchen from breakfast, and then i am done by 9:15 by which i put monkey in bed, and i make sure the master bedroom is nice, i start the first load of laundry and then i do my chore for the day, anything from mopping to cleaning bathrooms. in this time i take breaks to play with my chunk and dogs and ripple, but mostly i am transformer helping shoot the bad guys. then i start lunch for monkey at like 11:15, and then chunk and i eat at 12ish, both boys go down for nap/quiet time. this is where i do my pilates, and also where i spend most the time telling chunk to go back to his room cuz its quiet time. he will eventually fall asleep, but only at like 3:30- about when i have to wake them both up to go get jellybean. yes i know she gone along time for a 4 year old, but really, class is in the morning, then lunch, then nap and then play time. i would go get her after lunch, but she naps there, and she wont nap here..... so then its just a matter of how long she wants to play. and yes, she is sooooo tired when she gets home, but she tells me she loves her school everyday. so i am torn. anyway- after i get jellybean, i start dinner, feed max, set the table and we are ready to eat as soon as joey walks in the door. it is then they start getting ready for bed, and then 'snuggle' time, and i feed max and put him in bed by 7:15 and we tuck in thing 1 & 2 in by 7:30. i then make sure everything is ready for tomorrow, the house is picked up and i then go collaspe into my bed and watch my show and then i pass out at like 10:30.

but i LIKE this schedule. i like that i am busy and getting things done. but i do have a confession, i miss reading. desperately. but i dont trust myself to have self control and only read it at appropriate times. *sigh* i want to read, but i am scared. i think i want to wait until my schedule is a little more set as a habit, that way, i think, then i will feel more secure. but we will see. anyway. that has been me lately. i am getting there. i think, i hope i am atleast, but i feel like i am ya know?

now for the fun part, pictures.

here she is the first day of school. (i dont understand this shoulder pose, but she kept doing it). she picked out her outfit, she said she loved it lots cuz it has "pink, purple, flowers AND butterflies mom, its great!"

here is the whole thing! ( it looks blurry to me, and its all blogger that is making it blurry, cuz the origanal is not blurry. sorry) but she loves her school, there are about 10 kids in her class and she loves it. the teachers say she is out going and helpful, and very poliet (yay!) she comes home exhausted, but for the most part very excited to go back the next day. every night when we pick out her outfit for the morning, she talks about the games they might play and the things they might talk about, and what she hopes they do. its really sweet.

here is monkey, he has 2 main experssions. this one, and,

this one. he is such a pleasant boy! he is very happy and sweet, and is so pleasant! ya just want to squeeze him ALL the time cuz he is just so sweet! really i thought that jellybean and chunky boy were happy babies, but not compared to him! its rather shocking how happy and sweet he truely is! i loves to give him kisses, and he has the greatest laugh! it ALWAYS makes me laugh. he LOVES jellybean too. but, now that chunk is home and kinda lonely he plays with monkey some more then before, and now chunky is getting the same look of affection that was origanlly saved for his sister. i love it.

we then i had to take pictures of chunky to make up for taking pictures of jellybean. he would not cooperate! it was like this:

or this,

finally i got this one. such a ham! he definately get it from his dad! :) he is such a great kid. he really is truely well behaved. poor kids has had a rough august. he started the month off with an ear infection. so he was given amoxicillion (sp?). then afterward like 2 days or something he was sick again, so i went to the dr. and it was tonsilitis, so again, he was given amoxicillion again, well, after 10 days he was still feeling gross and he had a temp agian so we go in and its STILL tonsilitis! poor kids, so obviously the amoxicillion didnt work, and so he perscribes a medicine- i go to pick it up and it was $360!!!! ummmm, hello?!?!? so i call the dr. and he perscribes something else, well- chunk starts taking it and i was reading and it says that stomach ache and nauesea can be signs of serious side affects. and he really hated to take the medicine, he said it made him feel yuckier- so, i call the dr. again and we get a different perscription, and this seems to be working better- no side affects. so that is good. but the poor boy has had tonsilitis for like 3 weeks! he has a smaller appitite and everything, he has lost a little over a pound because of it. and you may be wondering why i mention such a small thing such as 1 pound, but seriously this kids needs to GAIN like 5 lbs, not loose them. anway. he is still adjusting to his bestest friend in the whole world being gone. but he is getting there. i have enjoyed having it be us. but he LOVES to go and pick up his sister.

he is rather a cute kids if i do say so myself....... :)

ok you see how happy he is? look in his hand. yes, that is a green pepper. he LOVED this green pepper. he gwaned on that thing for a good 40 minutes! it was crazy! it made him so happy!random i know- but there ya go!

see- he really was eating it! there its the stem, but he tried to eat all parts of it, there are just no pictures to prove it. but we did have one rather weirdly gross green pepper.


well- there ya go. that has been a good catch-up. august we did loads of lake/pool trips. the kids are fishes. they can now paddle themselves places, float, and dive. not bad for 3 and 4 eh? hope ya had a fabulous summer! cuz we sure did!