Crises x4 averted?

So the other night I was flying solo with the kids. And by that I mean Travis was not home and there was mass chaos at our house. "Oh I'm sure it wasn't that bad" is what you might be thinking, but oh, it wasn't good.

After we finished our supper of oatmeal and chicken quesadillas, the kids were playing contentedly and I decided to take this opportunity to send out an email that I hadn't gotten to.

3 minutes. This was the amount of time/peace/independence that was felt in our house before chaos ensued. Maddie informs me that she peed in her "pannies" in the middle of a bunch of toys. I sweep her up and head for the bathroom, Spock and Kirk sweep in on her spot. "SPOCK! KIRK! Jason, quick get the boys outside!" Jason: "SPOCK! KIRK! GET OUTSIDE!" Crisis #1 averted.

Upon arriving in the bathroom, I discovered Maddie had done more than just "pee" in her "pannies." Into the bathtub she goes, and I rinse, wipe, yada yada yada, then flush. Water rises. Water keeps rising, fear sets in, questions rush my mind, should I grab the plunger, is it gonna overflow? NOT NOW! Too much going wrong! I grab plunger and plunge, but those things never work right, it flips inside itself, I"m quietly cursing Trav in his absence, but finally all goes down. Crisis #2 averted.

After that I didn't even try to motivate clean up, we just skipped right to movie night.

I am very thankful for my babies' daddy. I think M & J are too.

OMG!

Oh My Gosh! this has to be the cutest thing (not infant, toddler, or child, those spots are already taken) I have ever seen!

I found it at Bakerella, my 2nd new favorite website, after The Pioneer Woman that is. My awesome 2nd Mom introduced me to her by giving me her book, which is Dynamite, her website is 10times more awesome.

Anywho, only go to these if you have at least 45 minutes to kill, you'll get sucked in and before you know it, supper's burning and the kidos have highjacked your make up bag!

happy Trails,

Camping!

Our very 1st real camping experience. I say "real" as we've had a couple in the past. We've been to Camp El Tesoro's family camping, but we were in a cabin with real beds. Memorial Day we attempted to camp out in the back yard. I say "attempted" as we had only a 2 man tent. In the heat of Memorial Day Texas. With 2 very tall adults and 2 very wiggly/giggly/active children and 2 very large labradors who couldn't understand why they couldn't sleep with us. Long story short, we made it til about 9:30, then we relocated back inside. So again, our very 1st real camping experience. It was great! Lake Ray Roberts, the whole kit n' kaboodle, Spock, Kirk and both kidos.

Blastball

It's official. I'm no longer a young mother. I'm no longer that new mommy that strangers smile at lovingly, gazing upon my hypnotizingly joyful bundle. I'm now that mom that often gets glares of irritation from people who don't like noise, children's laughter, or food flying past them (only kidding, my children don't throw food). This revelation came last Tuesday as Jason had his first Blastball practice (Blastball, for you novices, is like pre-T Ball, same concept and skills, except first place lets out a blast when jumped on, hence the name "blast"ball). Anywho, Jason was spectacular! I was amazed, and surprised quite honestly with his athleticism. Granted, he beats me in 1 out of 3 races, but I'm no Olympian. He was by far the tallest, but not the oldest, he was focused, paid attention and was quite the team player. I was so proud of him!







Maddie was a great sport as well, she found a friend to play with and was terrific on the sidelines.