We have...

Cabinet doors!! No island, still no stove, no light fixture, no microwave, no countertops, no end in sight and no way to open windows for fumes because of the rain. Did I mention that we have cabinet doors??!! Silver lining, folks. Silver lining. Oh, and now we are doing Easter out because we can't cook

That's a bonus, right? Maybe the contractor will pay for it since we were told there would be no worries on hosting Easter. No worries at all. Sigh.

I'm baaaack!

So I took a blogging break over Spring Break, but now I'm back!!

Our kitchen is looking fab and we might even be able to use it by this weekend! Praise the Easter Bunny!

Tonight's funny...

Big says, "Mommy!! My toenail is stuck!!" Of course, I looked at his foot and didn't see anything. He then proceeds to say, "No, Mommy, it's stuck in my teeth." Wigga wigga whaaaa?

Yep, he had bitten his toenail with his front teeth and managed to get one lodges between them. Never a dull moment. I had to use a floss pick to get it out. Then we had a discussion about hygiene and the purpose if keeping our feet OUT of our mouth after brushing our teeth.

Boys are cut from a different cloth. For sure.

Kitchen re-do

Has made our entire family a little off -kilter from breathing paint fumes. Sweet Jesus, I need better weather tomorrow so that we can open the windows and reclaim some brain cells.

I need a stiff drink.

So I was home with the three squirrels all by my lonesome today. No big deal, right? Did I mention that our kitchen is being redone and my oven is sitting in the office, the fridge is in the kitchen and all I have to cook with is a microwave?? I was thinking of sticking my head in it by the end of the day.

We don't do much microwave cooking around here and the kids were NOT impressed with their cereal bar, canned peaches and microwave breakfast taquito this morning. Even without the use of words, Middle and Little made it very clear that they expected more... A la, Nana's sausage gravy and biscuits, eggs and bacon or at least pancakes!! Big simply yelled, "yuck! This is gross, Mommy!" And proceeded to spit the bite back onto his plate. Awesome. I had an apple. It wasn't that great, either.

I was desperate by dinner and had the Hubs bring home rotisserie chicken. We were all happier after dinner.

I see three meals of take out in our future for the rest of the week. Heck, even cold pizza would be better than microwave dinner style foods. They all suck and since my children are food connoisseurs... I'm thinking microwave burritos ain't cuttin' it mañana!!

This kitchen had better be fan-freaking-tastic.

SB Success!!

We had so much fun running around today! The boys were all good and we had very few of the typical fits:). We started out at the pizza and token place, followed by three hobby lobby stores to get cabinet pulls, several more stores and too much money later, we had dinner at Applebee's and then slid into home with thirty minutes to spare before bedtime:). I call that a success!!

The funny of today was Big getting a Buzz Lightyear. He picked the biggest one on the shelf and then we walked past a tiny one. Big yells,". A tiny baby Buzz! He so coooooot!" It is hilarious to hear him tell me how everything is beautiful and cute. Those are his two new favorite words:). Mine, too until he switches!

Tomorrow we are planning to hit Eureka Springs. Yeah, we are crazy!

Big has lost his mind.

Wow, Big has been 1/2 demon all day. Holy crap. Trying to lie down in the WalMart parking lot IN THE RAIN. throwing a 40 minute freak-out scream fest because he couldn't watch "his" show. Pushing his brothers. Hitting his brothers. Biting his father.

OY! Welcome to Spring Break!! Lol. I planned an outing for every day. Now I'm rethinking them! ;)

Beautiful weather!!

We gave spent hours outside last night and today. Wow, it's gorgeous out. This is really the first that the twins have gotten to experience outside without being in a play yard or walker. Middle has zero fear and rolled down our big hill about 20 minutes in. He stood up, laughed and tried it again. Little is not that impressed with the great outdoors and spent the first half hour on Nana's lap just looking around. He finally got "brave" and decided to check out the hill. He quickly, and not so gracefully,fell head first and tumble down. He was not impressed. Stood up crying and then spent the next 20 minutes in my lap:)

Other happenings, Big took Little for an unexpected FAST ride down a hill in the
Motorized car. Then he drove them into a tree. Big pulled Little down the hill on his knees by pulling him with a wagon. Middle has no fear of fire... Or the road.

They played so hard, they were crying to go to sleep. I can't wait until the twins are a bit more sure on their feet and can play full time with Big. It is so fun to watch them interact. We are so thankful for these three.

SPRING BREAK!!

Thank the heavens! It's beautiful weather, no one is sick and we have play dates scheduled!! I'm so excited for this MUCH needed break.

Now, scheduling to have our kitchen counters refinished this week miiiiight not have been my smartest decision, but once they're finished, I know it will be AHHHmazing.

Now for *hopefully* a full nights sleep. Mr. Sandman, please visit me.

One more day until Spring Break!!

Thank you tiny baby Jesus. I need spring break. I miss my kids!! I'm sure my tune will change after our togetherness of next week, but what can I say, I miss them now:)

Tonight's antics revolved around spaghetti, bathing all three at once, playtime in the bedroom and finally bed.

Then Big crying, refusing to sleep because "baby puppy" was down stairs. I told him that it could sleep down there and he told me, "no, Mommy! Baby Puppy will be scared without me!" So I went downstairs and located a small stuffed Bassett hound and it's mama. They're all three now tucked in and sleeping peacefully in Big's room.

Ahhhh, I LOVE age three. He's still sweet, mostly listens, asks hilarious questions and still believes that he can fly like Peter Pan. It doesn't get any better:)

Big is seasick.

Big was excited to go to Nana's 'partment today. While there he managed to sneak some coconut egg m&m's:)

He's in bed and keeps yelling that he needs me (through the monitor). I finally cave and go in. He proceeds to tell me all about eating his eggs at Nana's house. I asked him if we were supposed to be talking about eggs or going to sleep. His reply..."I fink we should talk about eggs!" Um, not so much.

I started to leave and he said his belly hurt from the eggs. Then he told me that they made him feel seasick. I'm thinking I need to tell Nana that I need some of those eggs. They must be pretty darn good if they cause seasickness on dry land.

All is quiet

The boys are trying to catch up on the sleep that THEY missed last night. I'm hoping the trend continues.

I likely just jinxed it. Update TOMORROW!

Daylight savings.

Supposedly for farmers back in the day... But I'm convinced it was created by someone who hates children and their parents.

All three boys have been cranky and were not thrilled that we tried to put them down for a nap an hour earlier than usual. So that meant less sleep followed by them crying to go to sleep way earlier than normal. All around awesome.

However that's nothing compared to the fate of the Father this evening. Big begged and pleaded for a bath and he wanted to take a bath WITH the Father. Well, after lots of non-stop, "pwwwwwease, Daddy!" requests, he agreed. They had the garden tub FILLED WITH BUBBLES. I walked in and something smelled weird. Big had a "OMG" look on his face... And yelled, "I need to go potty!" Wellllll, you see where this is going. Big didn't make it. One poop in the tub, one plopped on the rug as I hoisted him onto the potty. After sitting there and producing nothing more, he proudly proclaimed... "No more poop in my butt!" Alrighty then!!

Of course, that pretty much ended the bath time bliss for the soiled adult. I honestly laughed so hard that tears were clouding my vision. I couldn't stop and Big said, "stop laughing Mommy, it's not funny!" Which made me laugh even harder.

So, how long until Big talks anyone else into taking a bath with him??!! I'm thinking quite a while!!

Home again, home again...

Jiggity Jig!! Two nights away from my four favorite boys... Although super restful, were just almost too much. The great thing was when we woke the twins up they both squealed when they saw me and lurched for my arms. Perfect coming home reaction:). They both say in my lap for a long time, too.

Big saw me after he woke up and asked, "did you get me a present, Mommy?" Of course!! He loves the laser lights that you can wear on your fingers. My eyes are now wondering what in the hell my brain was thinking when deciding that it was a good purchase!!

I swear, all three of them gained words and sound in the two days I was gone. I'm fully expecting Big to recite Shakespeare at the rate he's going.

I need time to SLOW DOWN.

Mama is going out!!

Nana and Daddy have the grublets. I have 2 friends and a designated driver. It's been a long time since I had girls night and I can't wait!!

Sleep

I'm on a school trip... With my VERY OWN hotel room. I'm going to sleep. Like the dead. All night. Be jealous. (Now watch the insomnia hit. )

My little helper.

Big loves to help me cook, clean, etc. Granted, he usually makes a bigger mess than the one I'm trying to clean, but at least he tries. Eventually I'll make it to where he will be a quality husband someday.

So tonight he is helping me sweep: read- distributing my freshly swept pile all around the kitchen...and he stops and hops onto the broom and proceeds to tell me, "this is how witches ride!"

He followed this by a 5 minute story of how he can't fly in the house because of the ceiling, so we talked about taking the broom outside for a spin. Luckily, he knows it's cold outside and dark, so I don't have to explain why his broom won't actually fly, at least for today. Maybe tomorrow, or 'maraso' as Big would say.

Hot tea:)

My children are definitely southern. They can sense sweet tea from a room away and there is no hiding it from them. I can put it in a dark covered cup and they will all still stand around me like starving animals. I figured they wouldn't like it hot, so I made hot, sweet tea. No such luck. Like berries to a Junebug, they kept flying back for more.

So now, Big will request "hot tea" which for him has exactly one less ice cube than iced tea;) the littles can suck EXTREMELY watered down tea for hours if I would let them. All I have to do is make a glass of water, dunk one ice cube in tea, throw it in the water cup and voila!! They'll drink water all day long.

They're real life tea-hounds. Similar to blood hounds, but with smaller ears, less fur and slightly less smelly.

Sick kids and working late.

Those things really get in the way of blogging. I guess if I didn't have kids or a job, I wouldn't have much to blog about, though... Would I?

Anyway, since I saw my kids about 10 minutes total today, I have no clue about their antics and musings. I'm sure that Nana will update me tomorrow.

In other news, our tax return was accepted, I booked my hotel room for my conference, I didn't kill any students or co-workers, I didn't manage to bill any Medicaid, I didn't cheat on my diet and I am lying in bed at 8:30. Pretty good day, overall.

Saturday!!

Let's see... Today I was puked on, peed on, but most wonderfully, slept on. Both twins are feeling sick, so after breakfast they both crawled into my lap and fell asleep for about 45 minutes. They haven't both slept in my lap for months. It was very bittersweet to hold them, knowing they were sick, but just realizing that they are getting so stinkin' independent.

After their nap they felt better and proceeded to pull the house down around their ears, but what's new?!? Lol

I also bought Big a cool bath gel kit. It literally turns the entire tub into bright blue gel. He played for 30 minutes and spent most of that time trying to bury a submarine! He did NOT want to get out.

It was pretty darn cool, I must admit. I would have LOVED it as a child. Why don't they have fun stuff like this for adults? Maybe I'll use the second gel pack for myself when I need a break, a brainless activity and a bottle o'wine!!

Missed it...

I missed my first night of recording a thought. We had late conferences at school last night. That was following 2 am barf from Big and the twins both sick. So zero sleep and a 13 hour day... Meant that I brought an apple up to bed as a late snack and fell asleep before even eating it.

I'm still tired today, but hopefully I'll get a full night's sleep tonight and will feel energized tomorrow.

On another note, Little woke up from nap with both eyes LITERALLY matted shut from severe cold-sinus drainage and the extra-over-active snot factory had glued his nose shut. Poor baby kept turning his head to my voice but couldn't quite figure it out. It was like having a 30 lb newborn kitten. Minus the fur.

I need the sickness to exit left. Or right. Or fall off of the stage. Yesterday.