How did I forget to have fun?

   How does a person forget to have fun?   I realized last night after spending the evening at the school carnival working a booth with Q, that I have not just had fun in a long time.  Between work, cleaning, masters work, taking care of the boys, and everything else I have not just had good old fun! 

   After the carnival, Q and I sang and danced as we drove to get K.  On the way home, I think the boys were wondering what happened to mommy.  We laughed more last night than we have in a few months. 

   Then today we got up and went to the Community Easter Festival.  We enjoyed time with the Easter bunny, a bouncy house, and snacks.  Maybe the best part of the day was the time at the library.  We got to sit on the floor play and look through books.  We took the day to completely forget about work and cleaning.  It was amazing!

     The fun continued at home.  I am sorry that I have not had this much fun with the boys in so long.  There is no excuse for not giving them my full attention.  Now that my masters work is weeks from being complete, life can get back to fun.

     I love my boys and I hope to give them everything!

K, Q, and the Easter Bunny

    Cute K story

       As soon as we walked into the room, K wanted to go see the "ip op".  We stood in line for a few minutes only to get to the front with fear in his eyes.  K walked side ways never taking his eyes of the bunny to get away from the it afraid he would eat him.  It took big brother crawling on the bunny's lap for K to see the "ip op" was not going to eat him. 
      This story is definitely going in his story notebook. 

What is better than a grandma?

      As the baby's yells 'Memaw' when he sees her house and the big one gets excited about spending time with his Memaw. I start to remember all those great memories of my own grandma.

      It is so hard to come up with one favorite memory of my grandma.  Unfortunately, I did not get a chance to get to know my Grandma Q, since she passed away when I was 5.  Although, my Grandma S did a great job taking on the role of two grandmas.

      A few of the crazy memories of Grandma S...
      When we spent the night at grandma and grandpa's house grandma would set up a table in the living room, pop us all popcorn (which we ate out of the same bowl), and played Uno.  Grandma was a pro at Uno.
  
      Grandma was diabetic and had to use syringe for her medicine.  Once she used her syringe, cleaned it, and broke the needle out she would fill it with water and squirt us from across the room.  I remember giggling with grandma as she taught me out to quietly fill the syringe and squirt grandpa without him ever knowing it was me.

       One summer, my brother and I spent the week with grandma.  After days of rain it finally stopped and she let us go out to play.  My brother and I decided to play in the muddy field beside the house.  After hours of playing grandma called us in for dinner.  When we got to the house, grandma stood there laughing at the two of us.  We were covered in mud and later she would tell us manure from the pigs.  This was one of grandma's favorite stories to tell. 

     Nothing beats a grandma's love!

Busy day

4:15AM
Change K's diaper
Comforted K back to sleep
Check on my little sick on Q
Back to sleep

5:30AM
Husband's work radio going off
2 hour delay
Check on Q

6:30AM
K wakes up
Change another diaper
Cuddle K (I really do love these moments, even if he woke me up)
Send hubby off to work

7:00AM
Q is awake with a temp of 102.4
Give Q medicine
Put Q back in bed
Feed K
Cuddle K again (I love it)
Lay K down for a short nap
Quickly get myself ready
Enjoy a cup of hot chocolate
Try to read from a fabulous book

8:00AM
K awake again
Bath and dress For K  (yes, that includes another diaper)

8:30 AM
Q wakes up
Convince Q to drink some juice
K decides he wants some grapes

9:00AM
Q lays on the couch watching cartoons
K is building blocks
Clean the kitchen counters
Clean kitchen cabinets
Clean the frig
Sweep the kitchen floors
Mop the floors
Pay bills
Change another diaper
Read a few books to the boys

10:30AM
Cuddle both the boys (best mommy moment of the day)

11:00AM
Fix lunch for the boys
Yippee! Q ate a little
Clean the kitchen up
12:00
Feeding the bottomless bit known as K, again.
Q gets his medicine again
Q's temp is at 100.2 (oh yeah,, it is going down)
12:30
Q lays down for a nap
Change the millionth diaper of the day
Put K down for his nap

Now what to do?  Should I read my fabulous book or get the computer to do some more work?

Through the eyes of a two year old....

     As a mom of a six year old and an almost two year old, I spend a good part of my day in awe of their imagination.
     Today was no different than any other, except I got to take half a day off work to spend with my boys.  Unfortunately, it was because one of them was sick.  Neverless, I loved these moments together. I had the chance to cuddle my six year old, who is growing out of the cuddling stage, and build blocks with the almost two year old.
    As I sat and watched, K my sweet little baby building his blocks, I could see that he was on a mission. He worked and worked to build the most astonishing creation his little imagination could create. He was totally lost in his world until he was finished and ran around the house with excitement to show off his creation. He was delighted to find our cat to show off his blocks.
      I love this about him, he is so excited about everything. I am not sure if it is so exciting because he is experiencing it for the first time or maybe everything really is that exciting and I have lost the excitement in my old age.
      K makes me wonder what it is to see the world from his perceptive.  Does he realize all that he can do? How does he see the world?

    I hope he never looses this excitement for life!

Tomorrow starts the next day of your life....

     I sat down here to slice today with no idea what to write about, then I heard this advice on the television.
     What does this really mean?  Of course tomorrow is the starts the next day of your life. The next will be the same. This is one of those sayings that always drove me crazy.
    Is there a saying out there that has drive your crazy?

Nemesis

     In a house full of boys we have superhero cups, shirts, pjs, toys, pillows, blankets, you name it we have it in superhero version. We also all have a nemesis, mine happens to be the laundry.
   Definition:
    Nemesis: something a person cannot conquer or an opponent that a person cannot best or
     overcome.
  The laundry has gone from "something" I cannot conquer to an opponent that I will overcome. Every time I walk by the laundry room I can hear my nemesis taunting me, "You cannot beat me! I'll never go away! I have beaten you!"
 Someday, I will overcome you my nemesis! Someday!

Lovie

    Do you remember that favorite toy or blanket that made you feel safe, comfortable, and special?

    I remember my favorite stuffed animal, Mr. Teddy or Ted for short. He was my faithful companion when I went to grandma and grandpa's house or spent the night with Aunt Neecy. I was a homebody, but I always felt at home when I had Mr. Teddy by my side.
 
    Tonight, I asked Q what to write about and he told me to write about his Monkey.  Monkey would be his lovie. This got me thinking about Mr. Teddy. So, we went on an adventure of getting Faithful Mr. Teddy from his safe, secure, and comfortable place.  It was nice to be greeted by an old friend. Q wanted to hear all the stories about Mr.Teddy and hold him for a minute to check him out.

    I hope you have fond memories of your lovie that you can share with someone special.

Mr. Teddy