It is official. I am flying out to Utah with the kids for two weeks. April 22- May 7th while Frank takes his finals.
This is our chunky monkey who must play exactly like the boys.
I realized I had only posted pictures of Lorelei so I just took some of the boys really fast.
Showing off their coloring jobs.
"This Little Mermaid stuff is pretty cool."
"Yes, I know I'm cute stuff"
We had a great Easter, but I left my camera at home, so no pics. So here's another picture of Lorelei and her sweet cheeks and the boys who sure love their mommy. That'll have to tide you over until I have something real to post about.
I forgot to mention in the last post that the picture of the boys is of them playing with Battle Masters. They are way too busy to bother looking up at the camera. And here is the other video, for some reason it wasn't working on the last post.
It is time to get to know our chunky monkey. She is very opinionated and wants you all to know that she IS big. She must sit at the table with her brothers or she'll get pretty upset. Lorelei watches every bite of food you eat and has started grabbing for your plate. We just started feeding her some cereal and while it was new and alarming, I'd say she liked it. As you'll see in the pictures she likes to suck her thumb or her tongue. She can reach and play with toys, but her favorite thing is to be entertained by her brothers. I can't believe how big she is getting!!
I have probably mentioned that I was planning on making some homemade laundry detergent. It took me a little bit to find the ingredients but I now have success. It really is very easy to make. Took me about 15 mins to make (my very first try, so hovering over the instructions with three kids in the kitchen too).
I have been asked why I was doing this-
I replied, "oh cuz I'm cheap and poor."
"Is it really cheaper?"
"uhhh, I think so"
So I did a little math and mine comes out to (keeping in mind that I had to buy online and pay shipping -sigh) $1.24 for a bucket for 64 loads. So yes it is totally cheaper! hurray for my craziness
next up: I will attempt homemade dishwasher soap (it uses most of the same ingredients)
For anyone crazy like me who's interested here is the recipe:
ok, i'm just linking the site I used so I don't have to type it out. click here
I just wanted to share some pictures of the kids. So what do you all think- the boys ready for bunk beds or what? They set it up all by themselves.
This picture is a little silly, but I promised my mom a picture of my new dress and the kids just really wanted to be held.
So we've all heard the phrase a picture is worth a thousand words. well, maybe a video is worth a thousand pictures. So here is your thousand pictures:
So my beautiful sister-in-law Camille has done a very terrible thing. You all remember the days of the rotten chain letters right? Well, today's version is to be tagged. I have been so tagged. And so you all will ask, why? why not ignore said tagging? You see I have, many many times and I've come to realize- if you can't beat them, join them. So here I go:
If I tagged you here's what you do. Post the words in all caps below and fill in info about yourself. Then, at the end you tell who you are tagging & go and tag 5 friends on their blogs. It's just a way to get to know fun little things about people.
TEN YEARS AGO......I was 14, angry at my brothers a lot (or at least my journal so tells me), muttered a swear word under my breath for the first time, and about peed my pants when the guy I had the biggest crush on asked me to dance. only to stop dancing in the middle of the song and walk away. ( ok, it wasn't really his fault, the song did sound like it was over) --- here's a big shout out to Ben Cummings- or at least the people who do know him.
FIVE PLACES I HAVE LIVED..... In order of my favorites... 1. Japan 2. North Carolina 3. California 4. Utah 5. Italy
FIVE THINGS ON MY TO DO LIST...... 1. Taxes (ok this is really something my husband needs to do, so it should really say, 1. get Frank to file tax return) 2. find the stinky diaper that one of the kids hid in the living room and throw it away- (gross i know) 3. get the mail (I haven't gotten it in a week or so) 4. clean off the table from dinner 5. do some more sit-ups so i can complain about my muscles hurting again.
I ENJOY.....reading, blogging, world of warcraft, and sex.... (well, it's true)
THREE BAD HABITS..... 1.cleaning dinner up the next morning (ok, I do try to put the food away at least, but not the dishes)
2. picking at my kids' noses and ears
3. popping husbands zits
(ok, seriously who picked this category- who on earth wanted to know that about me?)
FIVE THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT ME.....
1. I'm really nosy (some of you may say, yes I already know that, but i mean I'm REALLY nosy, as in DO NOT Leave your journal around me- even hidden or I will read it. same goes with passwords to e-mail accounts)
2. I still get scared watching Lost and have to hold Frank's hand thru parts of it.
3. I love planning school schedules (that aren't mine)
4. I secretly think people who get epidurals are whimps. ( totally unfair to think, but i think it anyways)
5. I HATE the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and if I have to watch it one more time I will
go insane......so Mom, really really don't buy that movie for my kids.
FIVE JOBS THAT I HAVE HAD..... fast food work, custodian, prep course coordinator....... all preparing me for being a mom... i still make food, i still clean up and i still coordinate everyones lives.
I am going to tag...
NOBODY -HA take that chain letter wannabe!
I finally took a picture with all three kids together. When you tell Derek to say "cheese", he thinks that means you have your hands pretend to take a picture. So that's what he's doing in this picture.
