I've been tagged

A different kind of post. I have never been tagged before in blog world so here we go......



I am: A wife, mother, daughter, sister, and granddaughter. I am a friend to some and an enigma to others :)



I think: that there is no sweeter sound than my daughter saying, "I love you mommy. You make me happy."



I know: Michael is my very best friend and that it is a pleasure to know him as I do!



I want: to have one meal free from a fight with my daughter!


I wish: I had lost all of this baby weight!

I hate: when I am desperately looking forward to something, have it built up in my mind and it falls FAR short of my expectations.

I miss: Calvin

I fear: what I can't control

I feel: overwhelmed by the fact that I can't control my daughter when it comes to this "I'm NOT going to eat" phase of life!

I hear: Loren yacking to Zach about something important in life :)

I smell: Yogurt, chicken noodle soup, and sweat (Yeah, I stink! I just got back from working out)

I crave: control

I search: for a success

I regret: when I get overly frustrated at the kids and let them know it!

I love: my husband and children, God, family and sometimes the cat.

I ache: ALWAYS. Not a second goes by that I'm not in pain somewhere!

I care: too much sometimes!

I always: want to over-do it!

I am not: a fan of fake people. Keep it real!

I believe: in God's faithfulness

I dance: awkwardly

I sing: like a dying sea cow

I cry: at every wedding I've ever been to

I fight: for my kids!

I write: Lists . . . grocery, to-do's, Honey-do's, etc.

I win: random drawings all of the time!

I lose: my words. Mike always says, "can I buy a noun please?"

I never: want to see Mike or my children in pain.

I confuse: myself!

I listen: to my iPod and lately Chicago!

I can usually be found: with one of the two kids!

I am scared: of airplanes

I need: to let things go!

I am happy about: being able to have my own children when I was told forever I wouldn't be able to!

I hope: that my daughter finds a husband as good as her daddy and that my son finds a wife who is a wonderful Godly soul.

I am tagging: Jen, Stacy and Bethie!

My Girl/His Girl

Doing the splits and eating gummies. As flexible as mom!Now here is Mike's girl! The night before we had 2 parties: Girls Pamper Mary Kay and Boys Poker Night. The Malt Balls were left out. The cooler is FULL of beer (left over from night before). Loren pulled it over to the island and climbed up and started eating them. Well, I moved them over to the Coffee Nook. Loren the mini-mike-engineer worked very hard to pull that cooler across the room (15 minutes) and get more Malt Balls. Persistent and stubborn just like dad! Hee Hee!

Help Me Decide

Should I or shouldn't I????

So here's the scoop. I had a Mary Kay party here today. I had a blast! I LOVE Mary Kay. In fact, my friend Sheri politely calls me the Mary Kay Whore. Not nice but I love her anyway. Anyway, I ended up talking with my consultant afterwards about becoming a consultant. If you've ever been to any party you know the pitch. So I am trying to decide if this is something that I want to do. I mean should I consider this?

The only reason I'm considering it is that my friend Kathryn took the plunge and is starting her own Pampered Chef business (BTW Kaki, I need to get you my order). I'm just afraid that I'm not the Mary Kay "personality." I LOVE makeup and skin care but I'm not "FRU-FRU." I mean I'm a tomboy. I am giddy. . .I am. . .well you all know me. . .I'm just weird, odd, dorky. I don't know.

So here I'm at a cross-roads. The nice thing about the company is that they will buy back 90% of your product at the end of each year. So there is an "out." Hmmmmm

What do you think? HONESTLY!

EXCUSE ME PRINCESS??

Lorén: "Mommy, No-ren put Zachary-dackary-dock nigh-night."



Mommy: "Good girl! Are you going to sit here and talk to him."



Lorén: "Yes mom-mom. You go downstairs right now and get No-ren a blanket so I can go nigh-night too."



Mommy: "Listen here princess, you don't get to talk to mommy that way. You may ask her to get you a blanket with a PLEASE added to it."



Lorén: "Yeah, I'm Cinderella and mommy has to get me a blanket. I need my crown and my magic wand and my princess dress. Mommy. Please."



I almost fell over laughing! I don't think she got it. . .however she did say please!!!

I am finally getting everybody healthy here in our house! I wanted to update everyone from Easter to this point! :)

Easter Eve I decided that we would have multi-leveled Easter! I talked with Mike and we decided that if Loren found her Easter Basket first, she wouldn't want to hunt eggs. So we snuck into her and Zach's room and hid eggs after they were asleep. It was adorable the next morning when over the monitor we hear "Eggs! Eggs! Easter bunny left No-Ren some eggs!"

Good Morning to my Bunny!

On a hunt in her room!

And in "Zach-o-ree, Dac-0-ree, Dock's" room.

Zach actually found this egg on his own! He tried to eat it!

Hunting in the play room. I love how my son is just laying there watching his sister. He knows how to roll over, he just is super-lazy about it!

Look Ma, I can sit. . .well almost! He is getting good though! He will sit for a while until he gets distracted then thump!

The Easter Baskets! Zach had a sports filled one and Loren had a Strawberry Shortcake filled one! Seriously, thank goodness for Target's Dollar bin! They had strawberry shortcake socks, coloring books, hair clips, bows, headbands and candy! They also had Elmo and his gang sport's board books! I was able to fill their baskets from the dollar bin! I know my Dutch roommates would be proud of me!

Loren sees her basket! Look at that face!

Yeah, he tried to eat the piggy bank!

A Strawberry Shortcake Movie! Oh boy! I know what girls are into, what do boys watch? What is the big "Boy" thing these days?

Ready to go to Granddad's and Grandmas for Easter dinner!

Another Easter Egg hunt at Granddad's and Grandmas!

Of course Zach "found" a football egg. I'm surprised it wasn't marked "Bears"

The only source of joy on Mike's birthday! A double rainbow! Beautiful!

Loren and the neighborhood girls entertained Zach! I put him at the door so he could see them play in the front yard! He was still too sick to go outside. The girls were making him laugh so hard!

This was classic for today! Loren was watching Sesame Street while I did laundry in the other room. I heard Zach start to fuss! I heard Loren say to him, "I'm going to put you Nigh-night." So I had to go watch. She tucked him in with a blanket (to my "don't put it over his face, never over a baby's face"), she gave him HER BELOVED Bunny, gave him a paci and then said, "Zach, it's time for you to go Night night. Close your eyes." I swear, the child shut his eyes and zonked. Unreal! Now if I could get him to sleep through the night!

Nevermind!

It wasn't the flu, it was strep. Fantastic!

FLU FLU GO AWAY

Flu, flu go away!
It's been in my house since last Saturday!
You've ruined my birthday
and my husband's too.
Next time someone pukes, I hope it's on you!


It's 9:00 and I'm running a load of laundry, scrubbing my kitchen floor and taking a shower. Loren projectile vomited all over the kitchen and me. I'm sick of this! Mike finally went to the dr. and was diagnosed with a viral AND bacterial infection. Nice. So, what did I get for my 29th birthday? A sick husband, two vomiting kids, and partridge in a freaking pear tree. Amen. . .holy cow.