The absolute best thing about being a Mom

When the kids go to bed YOU GET TO PLAY WITH THERE TOYS!!!!!!!!!!!

I am riding away in the rescue heroes airplane, and man it sure was fun now I see why Logan and Rob love it so much.

September 11.....

My memories of September 11th have to do with exactly 6 years ago today I had the absolute miracle of hearing Robs heart beat for the first time. He was 16 weeks along inside me and I remember thinking oh my gosh should I really bring someone into this world.. Today 6 years have gone by and today we went Home Depot to buy weed killer . We get all the way up to the counter and Rob says Uh Mom I need to tell you something. I say ok what. He says you really should pull the weeds out not spray that stuff on them. I say why is that honey. He says it is bad for the worms. You dont want to kill worms do you Mom? I think, you know what I really dont care there worms truth be told I dont care if they die or not. So I say you know what I am only going to spray the driveway so I think it will be fine. I continue on and he says." If we dont take care of the world Mom who will." and so you guessed it I returned it to the shelf. I guess tomorrow I will pull the weeds out cause God forbid I hurt the worms. And then at dinner we talked about the world trade center and Rob said you know Mom I dont get why anyone would want to hurt the world do you Mom. And to think 6 years ago for a brief second I was worried.....

Random thoughts to satisfy my friend.

I hate being called out. I wont usually be outdared, so please stop calling me...you know me well enough to know I cant take it...
So this is what I have been up to. I am thinking about a job change. In fact I am sure I am going to make one by next summer. I have been adding some part time jobs to my life now b/c I was/am afraid I might have a hard time being hired eventually. And a funny thing I actually like these jobs. Ok here's what I have done so far...I have handed out lipton tea samples in the store....I have handed out dog food samples at Petsmart and I have handed out things at the stadium and you know what I don't mind it at all. Time goes fast, I make good money and knowone asks me for anything I am not the one calling the shots. I am not the boss. That is so refreshing. I guess I am burned out. No I am not going to be the dog food girl forever but when this whole thing is said and done I think I will hang up the whole nursing home chapter. I am not sure what I will do all I ever wanted to do was work with old people. All my adult life is been that. So I think its exciting and Phil thinks it is funny here I am with my Masters degree happy as can be handing out dogfood. I wonder where I will end up. So that is where I have been lately working a little extra to try to figure it out till this is all over.

Another stage in life....

So Monday came I took Rob to kindergarten we went in and took his backpack off and I left.,..That was it. Today I walked him down the street all the while he talked about what he did yesterday, people he met, things he did, things he saw and we got to school and he walked inside I watched him walk in down the hall and I walked away..just me and then it hit me somewhere in the middle of the hill home. This is why people cry it is sad. It almost seems unreal that this is really happening. He loves school. I asked him what he likes best and his answer was everything Mom I love everything... But a funny thing happened today at my house. At 8:30 it was quite the boys were already in bed and all of a sudden again that feeling hit me. The boys spent most of the summer up until 10:30 or so. I will adjust to this new phase of life. I do sometimes have issues with change.(I know this comes as a surprise to so many of you) I spent the first two weeks of kindergarten home because I was "sick" from all the change. So here's to my son the kindergartener. Already doing better than his Mom did with school. I did hear him pray tonight thanking God for a nice teacher and a nice class. I made it..until next year with Logan.

Did I ever tell you I hate being called out.....

Ok I have thought about this a few days I will try to add a few things to the blog that you may not know.

HERE YOU GO IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.. THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME.
1. A am hooked on MTV/tween reality shows ex: Degrassi, The Hills, Sweet Sixteen, reruns of Dawsons Creek. I know I am 33 but I cant help it.....This is a non judgement blog its only going to get worse from here I promise.
2. I can not go to sleep without a glass of water near by I never drink it, I dont wake up for it but I need it just in case.
3. I am addicted to craigslist. I look at it every day I look at jobs, things for sale. I sometimes post on it...I am mesmorized by it.
4.. I can not go into a bookstore (think Borders) without having to go to the bathroom number two..stop laughing again I dont know why leave me alone.
5. I have a habit of taking toilet paper and twisting it I always have some in my pocket at all times ALWAYS , it makes me calm. My family makes fun of me. I can't remember when I started but I ALWAYS HAVE AT LEAST ONE IN my pocket.
6. I hate birds. I am afraid of them. They try to peck you. I know I am 300 times bigger than them but I hate birds yet recently I brought one home for the boys becuase they asked me for one.
7.My idea of a perfect day or date always begins with a big soda from Quicktrip.
8.My brother and sister nicknamed me the Bull growing up it had to do with my temper towards them.
9.My Dad used to have ladders on the side of the house and my friends in high school used to throw rocks at my window and put the ladder out and off I would go right out the window.
10. In 7th grade I was a chearleader. I can imagine it either.

I realize I peaked around number 6 but I hope you learned something like never to go into a bookstore with me.

How Can It Be?

In two weeks my little buddy will go into Kindergarten? How can that be possible. I swear I was just in the hospital room about to kill Philip for thinking it was ok to eat white castles while I was in labor. Or when Philip and I left the hospital without Rob when he was in ICU. How can he be ready for kindergarten. He told me he is so excited becuase he is going to wear his nice pants and go into school and get a girlfriend. I am not sure why he thinks this is ok but I am glad he knows he needs to put on nice clothes to meet a girl. I am sad he is going to school. I cant believe it . I wonder how I will feel watching him go in and leaving. I cried when I took him to sign up. Maybe we should have another (just joking Phil dont get excited.)

MEET ME AT THE MUNY...

But I was not to see Peter Pan again. And now I tell his story to my children, and they will tell it to their children, and so it will go on, for all children grow up...except one."
-Narrator


We took the boys to see Peter Pan this week at the Muny,. They love Peter Pan and Captain Hook. It was so fun. The boys loved the outdoor seats, the orchestra, the idea that here was a theater right in the middle of Forest Park so close to the zoo. I was amazed how well they sat and enjoyed it they loved it. When Peter flew Rob said " Now that's the real Peter Pan." It helped me see the Muny all over again seeing it through there eyes. I forgot how great the Muny is. When it was over Logan wanted to know what the next show was so they could come again. I was happy to introduce the boys to live theater and the MUNY.


Peter: Well I will not grow up! You cannot make me! I will banish you like Tinkerbell.
Wendy: I WILL NOT BE BANISHED!
Peter: Then go home. Go home and grow up. And take your feelings with you!

This explains it

When I came home from work today this is what I saw.



It's a sad day when even Rescue Heroes and Siderman ride around in a Barbie minivan...

JUST TO MAKE YOU LAUGH

THIS MAKES ME HAPPY... Just thinking about watching it every Monday night. I loved it so much...(especially his feet:)

Number two

There is something about being number two ...always second some may say,You never will be first. I am a bit biased I tend to think it makes you try harder to be different...I know I did. If you know my number two you know he is a handful I once told the doctor if he wasn't mine I might say he was B-A-D....but he has turned four now and he has developed quite a personality....He is the best and worst qualities in both me and Phil ( and Phil has quite a few bad ones :)) I often tell Phil he puts me to shame...He is the curse my Mom always wished on me. But I love him. There is no doubt in my mind he will go far..He often says Just be quite or don't talk to me...But he is so lovable.. He loves books, and to ride his bike, and rescue heroes and on Sundays when you wake him up he yells ' I love Sunday School" ..and to sing..All day long he sings. He makes up songs and sings ones he knows.(Don't laugh but he is a mean Kelly Clarkson fan- again Phils bad qualities)and his favorite phrase is wellllll. He cracks me up and makes me understand why my brother and sister named me to bull all those years ago.

Happy Fathers Day

I am lucky.. maybe even blessed not only do I have a great Dad I get to watch my boys have a great dad too....I credit my dad for so much of who I am. My dad taught me as long as you have a big soda in your hand what can be wrong...My dad also taught me the value of work and the phrase I was looking for a job when I found this one...my dad also taught me how to play hard and for those who know me that is one motto I live by. I credit my dad with teaching me the simple things in life. He may not be the wealthiest man alive but I am richer for having him as my dad....
And that brings me to Philip. Philip lives to be a dad...he always wanted to be a dad and he considers that the greatest job he ever has had. I love watching the boys with there dad. I love hearing Logan say wheres my dad? I am blessed to have married a man who understands loving our boys is what is all about..I guess I learned it from my dad maybe that is why I love seeing that in there dad....

Happy Fathers Day to two of the best Dads I love...

HAPPINESS IS..........

Someone knowing you well enough to know that the most perfect gift ever for your 33rd birthday is a inflatable pool toy whale...Does it get any better than this really??????????

(if you look close in the water you can see a little swimming guy swimming under water..again DOES IT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS?)

Summer Summer Summer Summer Time.....

Anyone who knows me knows I love summer. I love the sun, swimming, swimming and laying in the sun, my birthday and swimming on my birthday in the sun....SO this was the big weekend the kick off summer weekend. An added bonus to summer is Logans birthday kicking it off for us. He is born on the 28th so he is my summer baby. We had his birthday party it was a Pirates party..We also kicked off summer with a swim party. We ended up Memorial Day by taking the boys to a soldiers memorial by our house. I told them that it was a place where we honored soldiers. Logan asked me if we were honoring the soldiers that protected Paul while he was in jail. And you thought kids didnt learn anything in Sunday School....We really havent told them much about the war, or soldiers...As Phil says they have all there lives to learn that. So today we will just enjoy the things that others have fought so hard to give us...family, our freedom and last but not least SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Was that MICKEY or am I GOOFY????

I have been MIA for awhile I was once again at the Magic Kingdom...IT is probably the best vacation we as a family have ever been on...We stayed longer...we were gone 10 days we spent four of those at Theme parks the rest we RELAXED,...and apparently that was exactly what we needed...the boys are at the perfect age. No diaper bag (this may seem like no big deal but I have carried the diaper bag that had diapers for two kids in it around Disney, no stroller in fact nothing was in my hand other than a Mickey Mouse ice cream..NOTHING! OK and a Mickey mouse shaped rice crispy treat...(hey leave me alone its Disney) anyway that is where I have been...
Things are good here. Rob had his last day of preschool that was a bit sad. Logan turns four Monday.Philip is moving stores...For those of you who have never heard me complain he has been working at the Edwardsville store which is 58 miles one way from our home and he is moving next week to one 11 miles from our home....I cant tell you how with gas at 3.20 a gallon that equals in savings...My work is really buys lately apparently nursing homes have become the place to be anymore...we are almost full which we have never been full ever ever ever...I put the last ever in to see if anyone was reading... Hey Karla I bet you still are...Its almost Muny season again...Ill buy the tickets for two if you come visit...Heck I will buy the tickets for three or four if you bring some buddies with you( Dr. T you in?) Well I will go,. Have a safe holiday weekend.
Everyone, except Aaron needs a MANDY
(again Karla that was for your benefit)

Ch Ch Ch Chia....Ch Ch Ch Ch CHIA...

I gotta admit I am a fan of preschool crafts. I love to see what the teachers come up with we have had some interesting things come home with the boys.. I love most of them...I am biased becuase they are my kids. But this one takes the cake. It came home last week and Phil and I were skeptical. Very skeptical.....But much to our surprise it turned out to be one of my favorites. Who could resist a homemade chia pet???? I love this guy yea Ms. Amy and Ms. Stephanie You ROCK!!! You get the award for the craft of the year...

Oh Caption My Caption.....

This picture reminds me of all that is right with the world. This is the epitome of childlike innocence. I love this picture b/c not only is Rob on a "captions" ship he is wearing an eye patch that I made him out of pink (his favorite color) material..And he is so happy.....It makes me laugh and sad at the same time. I will be sad for the day when he no longer pretends....but for now he is a good captian and he has a backyard to protect....Aye Aye Captain.

Logans first Race..

Rob " Logan is this your first race"
Logan " I know I am going to beet those little kids"
Rob :" Yeah... you are a fast runner."



We get all the way downtown and the lady says it is raining...ITS CANCELLED..


Logan: "I got my number on though"
Rob :"It's my brothers first race"

But they got medals for showing up and somehow that made it all better. Not a real great way to start Logans running career... Oh well there is always Logans next first race.

I LOVE THIS GUY

Thanks Easter Bunny.....

Bawk Bawk!!

Signs of spring..

Recently every day when I come home from work this is what I do until it gets dark....