Ground Hog Day

Please, make it stop.

Last night at 2AM Ali came walking in my room to get in bed with me. I picked her up, tucked her in and headed to the bathroom for some water. When I came back to the bed she was whimpering something. My brain was still asleep, even if my body wasn't and it took me a minute to realize she was saying "Mommy, I peed, I'm all wet." Whaaaat? How is that possible? She is STILL in diapers, but they never leak. Of course, a diaper only works if YOU PUT IT ON YOUR CHILD. My mind was so befuddled last night as I got Ali dressed after her bath, that I didn't put a diaper on her! So, I put new jammies and a diaper on Ali. Then I did the old throw the towel down on the bed. I tried to fall back asleep but my mind kept trying to figure out how I forgot to put on the diaper. It never did. Just as I was falling asleep, Isabella let out a blood curling scream. She, too was sleeping in my room, so it was very loud. I though my heart had stopped. I began to wonder how long one maintains consciousness after the heart stops and decided if I had time to contemplate that my little ticker was probably still beating.

Just remember, sleep deprivation is used as a form of torture! And, I am feeling very abused this morning. I feel like yesterday never ended, it just keeps going.

Isabella is still feeling crummy, but her fever is down to only 101 this fine morning. Looks like she has strep throat...Lord, PLEASE don't let it make the rounds here!!

Shhh.....It Happens, Part Two

Perhaps I shouldn't have chosen "Shhhh....It happens" as my previous post title. I intended it to be read like you were telling a secret "Shhhh, don't tell anyone your house is a disaster, it happens. It's okay, you are going to be okay, no need to twitch and rock back and forth." The gods took it differently, literally.

I put Ali in the tub to clean up the popsicle, syrup and ice cream that could be found from her mouth to her toes. As she played in the tub, I frantically cleaned in my room. (It is right outside the bathroom, I listen to her and talk to her the whole time I don't have a visual.) Well, she went from singing to

"MOOOOOOMMMMY!!!!"

I dashed into the bathroom, and found another mess to clean up in the tub. You'll thank me for not photographing that!

Lovely!!!

I put Ali in the shower, cleaned her up and handed her the holdable shower head to entertain herself while I attended to the tub. Rookie mistake, I know. While I cleaned the tub, she flooded the area outside the shower.

What can I say? Some days IT happens!!

Shhh......It Happens

Some of you may find the following pictures shocking, offensive and objectionable. If you have a weak stomach, or poor sense of humor, look no further.

My dear friends, this is what happens when ALL of your kids are home for the summer, ALLLL day. When one of them is running a fever of 104 degrees - not a typo 104! Your fellow dishwasher, I mean spouse, is on the other side of the planet and you are just flat out outnumbered, out manned, out of time and out of energy. Some may laugh, some may cry. I choose to document while I wait for my Starbucks to kick in so I can clean it all up and start again.








Gee, Ali is that enough syrup? She accomplished this while I was typing up this blog entry. Great, just great. At least it is on the plate...






Notice all the thermometers? I told you I am obsessed!



My sink is in there somewhere.

This is Ali''s room. Which is normally one of the cleanest rooms in the house.

I think Ali is responsible for the mess in the family room. I found her, in the middle of it, eating out of a box of Lucky charms earlier in the day. She had spilled half of the box on the floor. Sadly, I cleaned it up before I started taking pictures.

Poor Baby!!

Take a deep breath...

For those of you who have names beginning with G, and J, I realize that today's posts could have been quite upsetting. So that you can sleep well tonight (and one of you doesn't go into labor) here is how the house looks now!



Ooh La La, a counter and a sink! With my coffe cup ready to go in the morning!

Happy Father's Day

Sending lots of love...

To

Our



Favorite

Daddy!!!

We miss you!!! Have a great day.

Our Papa

We are lucky to have "Papa" and we wish him a very Happy Father's Day!

(How is it possible that I don't have a picture with Papa and all three girls???)

Adios!!

Dash really is a cute dog, very lovable and friendly. But what have I learned this last week?

A DOG IS AN ANIMAL

Animals don't care where they take care of their business, puke randomly and like to dig up the yard, or even the carpet.


I have given the girls strict instructions not to allow me to dog sit again! So, thank you, Dash for reminding me why this family doesn't have pets.

PS - I found Skippy at the bottom of his bowl last Sunday. It took the girls three days to notice that Skippy was missing. Jimmy took it harder than the girls! He liked the fact that Skippy actually swam to the top of his bowl and wiggled his tail when he saw us in the morning! Me? I liked Skippy because he couldn't make any noise...

Brilliant!!!!!!

Oh, I should have thought of this years ago!!!!!!!

Think of all I could have accomplished if I had had a baby jail for them from day one. I could just run the hose out for water and bathing, throw out some bread now and then...

The truth is we are dog sitting "Dash" and his owners brought this play yard for him. I am not exactly sure why it is necessary, but I am sure it has some purpose beyond entertaining the children. I bet Dash's owners that the girls would be in it more than he, and I was right. They hadn't been gone more than 5 minutes when I found the girls "locked up" outside with Dash running amok in the yard.

Oh, and the dog has only been here two hours and I am ready to shoot myself. Ali and Isabella can neither leave it alone or agree on what it should be doing!!!!!!!!!!

All I can say is that

It seemed like a good idea at the time

and Dash goes home next Friday...

Bon Bons

Every day, when Jimmy comes home from work, he asks me how my day was and

"What did you do today?"

In regard to how my day was, I usually reply that my day was fine and busy. But in response to the "What did you do today?" I ALWAYS say, with a roll of my eyes,

"Oh, I sat around all day eating bon bons and watching TV, like I usually do."

Sometimes I DO think Men are from Mars because they just can't imagine what can keep a woman busy all day long. I know for a fact that SOME MEN are baffled by it!

So, today, in between eating my bon bons and flipping through the channel I did this:

Birthday Celebration

The kids in the neighborhood all pitched in to make a banner for the garage.

Cake for the Princess and her new dog, Jack.

Silly Emmalena!

Make a Wish!!!

Birthday Day

A certain SOMEONE is missing Ali's birthday, so here are some pictures to fill him in on what he missed.






Making the cake is fun, but eating the batter is GREAT!!!

Not too bad for a cake made by Mommy!!!

I am wishing for Daddy....

Happy Birthday!!!

My little choo-choo face is 3 today!

Happy Birthday, Ali-cat!!!