School Daze!

Last week marked another huge step in my life as a mom! No more kindergarten and first grade, we are talking full blown school agers! First and Second grade!
Yes we have hit the years of homework and tears! Last year was a struggle, tears were shed and countless hours of pleading to read and math facts. This year will not be any different, just the fact that there are harder math facts to learn and master and chapter books to read and understand.

There is no doubt that the days will be hard, that the struggles to finish reading will not end in tears. That the math facts will flow easily out their mouths. But let me tell you I am not sure if I am up for the challenge!

I know that we will have fun! But GAWD help me I am not sure if I am going to make it!

Questions that make you go Hummmmmm

So why is that my cute and adorable little 5 year old (almost 6) has gotten to be a sassy mouth? Why is that once she is home from school she has such a mouth on her that it makes me wonder who this kid is what they did with my cute, understanding, hug able, lovable little girl!

Well I thought I would go in search of some of the answers, and since my family just laughed when I asked them, I went to the next best place! Yep you got it the Internet. To be more direct I went to Mamapediahttp://www.mamapedia.com through another great resource Resourceful Mommyhttp://resourcefulmommy.blogspot.com. And what to my wondering eyes should appear is that there were 21 other mommas and daddies wondering the same thing! That it is not unusual for that cute and wonderful child to become Satin's Seed in just a few short seconds.

Huggy and cuddling one second and then you have to look twice to make sure that the wrong kid did not come in from outside or off the bus. Really I thought I was the only one out there with a kid who was Jyckal & Ms. Hyde. Really helped me and Mr. Wonderful know that there is light at the end of the rainbow, only that it will be a long year since most of the great advice out there said that it was a full year from 6 to 7 that their children where a cross between Chuckie and Snow White. Here is to hoping the little one is not like this and to a LONG year!

All in 1 day!

You could say that at times I may procrastinate.... Well maybe not too much, or maybe not as much as I would tend to think but today is the epitome of procrastination. It is 5:35pm and the eggs that I boiled this am are still not colored or decorated, the girls did not get their hair cut and they have nothing to wear to church in 2 hours! Oh, well right?! Dinner is on the stove and instead of finishing one of 5000 things I am writing a post! Be right back the water is boiling...

Ok, back! Pasta is in the pot with the sauce warming up. Thank God for Mom's who purposely make too much food.

So like I was saying today was the day of procrastination, we have a birthday party tomorrow along with Easter that I thought I had all the gifts for. Think again, we gave those away last month when the little guy came to visit,soooooo that means a trip to the store on a day that I would have rather stayed home and RELAXED. But what is that word? You are a mom, Carre so just live with it and get your butt in the car with 2 girls who just want you put up their jumpoline and leave them alone..... Have to stir the sauce and pasta, be right back.

Pasta is still hard and the sauce is on simmer. Dishes are ready to be done but why do them now when there will be more in about 15 minutes. The girls need clothes for tonight, actually not really clothes since they want to wear their Christmas dresses, they only need tights. That could be an issue! Ok so I digress.....

Why does that pasta pot sound so weird? Be right back!

Sorry I have to take a im from facebook, brb (be right back) Back! Oh my God, speaking of God I really need to get the butt going on these clothes for Church tonight (fb brb, seriously people leave me alone) Where was I. Oh, yeah Church!

Ok so the EB (Easter Bunny) is bringing the girls their dresses and tights but I think I am going to have to steal the tights for church tonight. It is going to be a long night I can tell it already. BRB actually it will be awhile dinner is ready!

Hey, I am back! SO dinner was interrupted by Chris (selling candy bars) so that threw us off even more than we first thought! Well with spaghetti sauce all over the table and the girls off they go to the shower for church, one down one to go, but NOOOO Nicki is outside on the tramp! (trampoline) Get in here! I am serious are you kidding where is your dad? Oh yeah he is on the tramp with you!

Just a mention of not going to church and hubbsters takes it as gospel! (pardon the pun) So he starts gaming! Girls dressed, hair done and I get a peek into the bathroom, Hubby wants to know if I was seriously thinking of going to church, the look he gets is are you seriously thinking you are not going?! At this point the sarcastic not caring person in me comes out and I say "I really do not care! It is up to you! Whatever!"

He truly was not planning on church! What a day! My God (seriously)! See you in about 3 hours.

Good evening everyone, church was amazing! The smells were wonderful, I love Easter lillies, the sounds were great, Easter music brings back great memories. The girls were wonderful, they sat up the whole time, Nicki sang with the choir (actually just hummed really loud) and both girls were able to hold candles during the service. Now that is is 10:30pm we are going to decorate the eggs. I know I am crazy!

Total of 18 eggs decorated and the girls are set off to bed. This should be a treat tomorrow, since it is now 11:30pm! Oh, boy what a great day tomorrow will be, rememories of Christmas Eve or should I say nightmares.....

Oh, well off to make EB look good! Complete with notes and hiding of the baskets.

My heart just broke...

Since I have been little I have had hard times with being the odd man out. So today when my little girl came home from school crying I had a pretty good idea what had happened on the bus. Yep the day that I dreaded was upon me.... she was told that her "best friend" did not want to be friends with her anymore. I know exactly what she was going through and it brought me back about 30 years to when I was in grade school, and when I was told to "move over" so my new friend can sit by me or stop standing there we are not friends anymore.

I could see the pain in every one of her tears and through her hiccuped words. I just held her tight and tried to make her understand that she was a great person, but you know as well as I do that those words do not help much.

Through the hiccups and sobs she told me that A.S. told her that she did not want to be friends with her anymore and that she should move over so B. was going to sit next to her. She also sobbed out that she was not going to get necklaces with her friends. I am assuming that she meant the little metal ones that say best on one side and friends on the other.

Let me tell you that this is one of things that I have dreaded most. With 2 girls I knew that it would happen sooner than later but either way nothing can prepare you for that date when they come to you crying. The other times will not be any easier but this was the first time that I knew exactly what she was going through

Nic is such a sweet and loving person, she takes everything to heart. She lives to be liked, by that I mean that she truly wears her heart on her sleeve.

I wanted to be "that" mom, who called the girls mom's and asked them what was wrong with them and why they could not teach their daughters not to BI's but then again what good would that do for her? What would they say to her in the am? They ride her bus and they could easily make her little life hard. Issues!

Why are girls so mean? I should not say all girls but why is it necessary for some of them to be rude and nasty? Oh well what can we do?

I guess I just need to take a step back and know that these issues are what are going to make her a better and stronger person in the long run. Either way she will be a wonderful person, no matter who is her friend.

I know that the person Bob and I have been raising her to be is a strong and loving person, no matter who her friends are.

Lessons learned will only make her stronger.

Thankfully her kid sis was there to make her laugh and distract her, now she is running around the house and having fun. I am sure tomorrow will hold more drama but that will be another day.

Joys of the little things

As I sit holding my 4 month old great niece I look over to the futon to see you eldest chomping on her prized piece of gum, eyes closed and snuggled up to daddy. The youngest on the other side, pouting but smug that she is daddy's other princess. What can I say, these times remind me of why I am a mommy....

The joy of laughter.

As the sound of deep belly laughter fills the room, I think back to a time when there was none.

It seems like only yesterday when I told the hubby that we were expecting our first little one. After much joy and heartache we were on our way to parenthood.

We had a great time being pregnant. I really loved it. Big Mac's and all!

Then when our little girl was 3 months old, I announced again that we were expecting again.... Yes only 3 months old we were again looking forward to adding to our family.

Now today I sit watching the 2 joys of my life "dorking" around the room. Laughing at both themselves and their daddy, and pretending to be "posting" on their Barbie putter putter.

I can not remember what we did before we had them.... Now to get them to bed.