When Am I Leaving?

I am leaving for an alone trip. I have decided to finally go visit my friend in Georgia for few days. This is a big thing for me and the family. It has been touch and go for days. I am going, I am not going, I am going, I am not going... I have not taken a trip alone since Joan was pregnant with her first (he is turning 4 this June). So it has been a long time.

I am looking forward to this time away, but as all you mommies out there know, getting ready for a trip without the kids is no easy task. Well it might be easy if I had a live in nanny or something like that. I do not however, have that type of situation. I do have a couple of friends and family members that have graciously volunteered to take my girls for various amounts of time during the 4 days that I am gone. Luckily for my husband.


Normally it might not be a big deal if I picked a weekend, I did not. I will be gone Monday-Thursday which equals prime activities and school! It seems that my husband is able to take time off of work to golf and for spring break, but not so much for my trip. This is why I have had a lot of stress and issues. I now have all lists and schedules typed out and think all will work.


He is looking forward to spending time alone with the girls too. How much time alone? I'm not sure. I'm sure B is looking forward to some Daddy time too. She has figured out that Daddy time = no rules. A, I'm not so sure about. She is a mommy's girl. I assume that this time will be a little hard for her. It will be good for her too and I know she will be fine.

I guess the girls have decided to really make it easy for me to leave Monday. There has been non stop drama here. I of course seem to start the drama as soon as I go to sit down to breath from the last episode. Some how the girls know that I just sat down, so that must mean I need something to do.

Last night around 2:30 A woke up coughing and throwing up. This lasted for at least 1/2 hour and 2 changes of sheets. She was pretty scared and did not like the whole thing. I don't blame her, but had to keep trying to convince let to "let the yuckies up" and to "spit it out". She finally fell back asleep around 3:30 and nothing since that. She is totally normal today. I have no idea if it a bug or just cause she was coughing.

Then B had an issue that required a full bath and scrubbing of her carpet in a few spots.

To top it all off A took B's special snow globe the Aunt Vic had given her and dropped it down the steps. The glass snow globe and hard wood steps did not make for a good time. Yes, the globe broke all over spraying glass, snow, and water on many steps as it rolled down. I don't think A meant to do this, but not really sure. All I know is that I had just gone to take the rising bread out of the oven and now I had to clean up a huge mess. The girls were both upset and Daddy, not so helpful with this one.

Now at this time the bread has been kneaded, the mess cleaned up and I have just been informed that A has poopies. Some in her undies and some on the potty. I think I will go and change my flight for later today :)

What Every Princess Needs

I found this while reading the Goodyblog. I though it was super cute. Not so sure I would buy it for my princesses, but for my many little princesses out there, absolutely!

I mean what girl should not drink out of an ice made wand? I also love that the tray makes 2 wands. No fights at my house! Now all I have to do is find pink straws, right?

Cushion Fun

What do 2 girls do when they can't go outside to play again since it is just too cold?

Well, they take all the couch cushions off and use them for all sorts of things. They were building, jumping, running, boating, stepping on stones... and the list goes on. I am not a huge fan of this, but it did also provide a time to clean out all the food and toys from under the cushions.

I think they had the most fun running the row of cushions. They even had fun when they fell on them. I liked that they got a bit of exercise without going out in the cold.

Just Checking

Today while Tom was here eating lunch 2 men came to our door. I was actually on the couch watching the finale episode of Project Runway that I had recorded from last night. Tom answered the door and spoke to the guys. They stated that they were from Comcast and that our cable, that we no longer had, was still "running through our lines". They were here to check it and block it. Actually they began with trying to get us to buy it again "for dish back up". They obviously don't know that is when we watch movies when our dish goes out. Luck for Tom he stayed with the "no thanks" line. After 5 minutes they did what they had to do and left.

For some reason I was still not feeling right about all this. I looked out my window a half hour later and saw the guys again. The car that they were driving had no Comcast sign or anything nor did they really seem like Comcast workers. I tried to talk myself out of this crazy thinking, but couldn't

I called Comcast to check this all out. I am so not an automatic bad people thinker, but this time I couldn't help it. How do I know if they are casing the houses on our block to find out which have moms home all day? Or perhaps they are checking which houses have things for them to take? Good for us, we don't have much to take compared to all the "big" homes on our block.

Anyway... I got a hold of a nice lady at Comcast who did confirm the story of the men. I felt better when she didn't laugh at me for being paranoid. Well she didn't laugh while I was on the phone with her, who knows what she did after I hung up.

I do feel better about the whole thing but thought if I blog about it than you could all tell me I did the right thing and I am not a freak. So I am waiting for your support!

50 Degrees Outside? What To Do?

I could not believe it when I looked out to check the temp and saw the needle at 50 degrees. I quickly got the girls to the car for church only to have A fall on the ice and since it is all melty, she had to come back inside and get dry pants and undies. This now meant that church was not going to happen for we would be too late. I hate to walk in late and have people look at us.

We played outside instead. The girls ran and got their scooters and we went next door to play on our neighbor's driveway since it had no puddles or ice.

Another great thing about our neighbor's driveway is that it is sloped. This make riding a scooter faster and a little more dangerous. But way more FUN!

A needed to focus a little more due to the speed. She did well and loved doing what big sister B was doing.

This is one of my favorites from today. A pushing B on her little bike. I also like all the snow around us.

It was well worth skipping church to get some much needed fresh warm(ish) air. The girls played for at least an hour. Then it was off to the airport to pick-up Daddy.

Stop Growing!

This is a phrase that one hears often in our household. My husband thinks that the girls are getting too old too fast. For many things this is true, but I like that they are getting older and more interesting.

B tends to think more like Tom. She is a big dog that truly believes it is a lap dog. You know the kind. They weigh like 100lbs and still swear they can fit right on your lap. That is my daughter. Not that she weighs even close to 100lbs, but she swears she is as little as her 2 year old sister. She loves piggy back rides to bed, sitting on my lap to read, and snuggling next to me on the couch to watch tv. I too enjoy these precious moments for I'm sure they will not last forever.

The problem is that she is finding that my lap is not a comfortable as it used to be for story time. Laying next to me on the couch does not have as much room as it used to. I try to explain that it is a little harder for me to carry both at the same time up the 15 stairs to bed. Does she believe me? NOPE! She finds all of these things upsetting. (For those who know my daughter it does not take much to upset her) We try to find new things that she is able to do because she is bigger, but that doesn't always do the trick. I'm sure it helps even less that little sister still fits perfectly on my lap, next to me on the couch, and is easy to carry on my back. If only she would stop growing...

My Little Ballerina

A has been taking ballet this season for some more physical activity during this long, cold winter. She loves it! She can not wait till Friday to put on her "fancy" leotard and go to ballet with her "best friend Meg". Most of the week I am either shown gymnastics moves or ballet ones. I think it is funny and yet good to know she enjoys these classes so much.

I figured I should try to take a few photos of A before the entire session was over. I did not get too many good ones. She is just not as happy to do as I ask like B was. Plus as soon as BFF Meg ran in all was lost. I did get this cute one of the 2 of them.