Not So Good At Sneaky

I was called to school this morning to pick up B who was not feeling well. Her tummy hurt. No problem, I was there to get my sick one right away. A was comforting B all the way home. Telling her that when we got home she could "relax and feel much better." When we got home B changed into jammies, grabbed her lamb and went right to the couch to watch tv. I took her temp and surprise, it was normal.

Half hour into "sick time" B was hungry and wanted to eat her lunch. I guess the tummy was feeling better :) I gave her a few crackers and told her to eat these first. I was now thinking that maybe she was not all that sick after all. Sure enough her lunch has now been eaten and she and A are involved in full play time.

I did decide to hold off on lunch dessert. B was not happy with this. I went upstairs to change A's accident and get her new undies. When I got back down B had decided that she would just wait till after her nap to eat a dessert. In fact that is a good idea. What?! I gave her a quick look and then began with the 3rd degree.

me: what did you do while I was upstairs?
b: nothing (her lie smile is on her face)
me: really? I think you should tell me the truth.
b: nothing
me: it looks like you maybe ate something
b: ok, i ate a cupcake
me: you ate a whole cupcake while I was upstair for 2 minutes?
b: yup. it was good.

Then as I went into the kitchen to now get A one, I noticed that B has a little to learn on the art of sneaky. 1. the container that the cupcakes are in was out of place. 2. the wrapper was on the top of the garbage not hidden. 3. there was frosting on her face (the way I knew)

I guess I am glad she is not good a sneaky at the age of 5 1/2. I did find it all sort of funny too by the way. She is a good girl, so this was rather out of place for her. The power of a cupcake I tell you!

More Snips of My Conversations

getting into the car...
B: A you are making me soo mad!
A: No I not, I making mommy mad.
Me: Yes you are making me mad, now sit down!
B: Well you are making me mad too.
A(screaming) No I not. I not make you mad too just Mommy.

Me: Hey A, let's go on the potty before we get dressed.
A: No, I am empty
Me: I think we should try
A: No I peed in the bath, I empty.
Me: You peed in the bath?
A: Yes, it was yellow.
Me: Ok, guess you are empty.

Getting ready for be tonight....
Me: A get over here. Notice I do not have my happy face on.
A: I smiling mommy
Me: good, I'm not.
A: I will make you happy...(begins singing)Dragon Tails, Dragon Tails... are you happy now?
Me: I have to say I am smiling, but not happy.

Laughter and tears is truly how I get through the day.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

What a nice day so far. I got a work-out in this morning in which I raised the resistance on the machine. When I got home, B had been showered and A was getting in the bath. Go Husband!! One of the best Valentine's Day gifts ever. :)

After I dried B's hair she presented me with my presents. I got a pretty heart shaped pin that she made. I promised her I would wear it today when I come for lunch duty. I will get a picture to post later.

Yes, I have a busy day of lunch duty, watching the musical , tennis lesson, and somewhere in between running to Land of Nod outlet (my clothes tree is in), McDonalds (lunch for B) and making a heart shapped cake for dessert.

Oh, I did get to shop last night. I had to get out after dinner. I was just a mess. If any of you need snow things for next year I reccommend MACY'S. I stopped last night and got snowpants for both girls and a cute coat for A. Each were $12.99!!! The coat originally $50.00 the snowpants are Columbia so they were $70.00!!! Not sure if all Macy's are this low, but it is worth a look if you can buy ahead. These bargins made my $60.00 jeans at the Gap worth it.

Change of Plans

I have been looking forward to this day all week. Yes, I know that means 3 whole days. B has a full day of school today due to a musical performance. So I get an extra half of a day without her. This gives me extra time to do what I need to do without stopping to pick her up and then go to gymnastics.

So what did I want to do with my extra time? SHOP! What else? I had visions of Macy's and Land of Nod and even the Gap for another over priced pair of jeans. Just being in the mall sounded good.

Remember that A is working on potty training this week. I feel very good about taking her to the mall with undies on too. She has done such a great job so far.

After my shower and getting dressed. I decided it was time to get A some pants and get out of the house. Well that was not the same thought running in A's head. After much pleading and maybe a few tears, I decided that today just was not the day to go. There is nothing worse than trying to shop with a kid that does not want to be there.

I changed out of my cute outfit back into sweats and sorted laundry. Yup, so much for my shopping plans. I am upset, but know this is for the best. I need nothing (well maybe the jeans) but wanted to get my fix. Perhaps once I wash clothes I won't think I need more jeans.

So it looks like a day of house work and stuff like that. I do have lot on my TO DO list, I just didn't think today would be the day to work on it.

I Know This One

Let me just recap. Husband knows/dated tatoo artist on LA Ink and today I find out that I went to high school with Venom from American Gladiators! Beth and I graduated the same year and we were friends too. I had no idea that she was Venom until I got the high school newsletter today via email. As soon as I saw her name listed with American Gladiators I quickly went to NBC and looked her up. I knew that she was a body builder/trainer/more, but I had no idea that she was this hot and skilled! I will state that for the record I did not date her :) Small world I guess. I just thought it was funny and I should share. So now I will have to start watching this show as well as LA Ink.

I Made Bread

I have once again gone back to my health food only faze. This time around however I decided to make my own bread. Now I have never made bread and I do not have a bread maker. I have however thought about getting a bread maker. I decided that I would try making it from scratch first. then if I liked it maybe I would look into getting a bread maker.

So the other day the girls and I tried to make bread. Let me just say that even with a phone call to my dad, I threw the gross looking dough in the trash. I have no idea what happened or what didn't happen. I just figured I was way over my head. Well, I decided to try again.

This time it seemed to work! I actaully had 2 loaves of bread turn out. The best part is that they don't taste all that bad. I am not sure they are perfect for they taste like they are missing something, but it worked! I figure I will get my dad to taste them and give me some pointers. I do plan to make it again. It really was not that hard or time consuming. Plus, the house smelled great while it was baking.

Potty Day 1

Today it is again below zero. So I decided it would be a good day to try potty training again. We tried a long time ago, but there was a tad bit of refusal. So I let it go. I wanted to get the ball rolling again without making it seem like it was all my idea. I smartly began with "What do you want to wear today A, undies or diaper?" I was surprised and pleased when she responded with "undies". I ran to get the drawer so she could pick the pair.
Needless to say the first pair got wet quickly. She wanted more so I went with it. Lucky for me we have 6 pairs of training pants. I like to start with these since they are thicker than regular panties. By the end of the day we had moved to no more pants just undies and down a few more pairs. I did move to chocolate chip rewards for sitting on the potty. Even B wanted in on the chip action. Dad stated that if B got A to pee on the potty she too could have 2 chips. Sure enough by 6:45 A peed on the potty thanks to big sister. I even raised the reward to a marshmallow instead of 2 chocolate chips. Funny thing is that A's biggest thrill about the whole event was that she "got to wipe with paper." She made a point of telling all this exciting part of the potty. I am looking forward to tomorrow with high hopes. My only problem will be that on Tuesday we have to go back out into the real world and I'm not sure I want to try the undies there just yet.