a Girl wearing a Tractor shirt

Every once in awhile I have my camera close by at the perfect time.

Like yesterday when Princess and I were outside in the Field of Clover.
She ran...jumped.....tried to pull out her hair elastic
...flopped....hopped and picked.
The clover, and her nose.
While I clicked and clicked.
Until I had taken 62 pictures of my little girl in her tractor shirt.
Capturing moments I will remember forever and ever.

Have You Ever?

Hi.
It is Monday.
And I could write a McFatty Monday post to tell you all about how horrible popcorn and watermelon are for weight loss. But I won't.

Instead, I will write a Have You Ever post.
Because I want to.
And I want you to...too.

*Have you ever seen how many chins you can make in front of the mirror?

*How about wiggling your arm fat? Just for fun?

*Have you ever let your children play in the rain?

And then curse at yourself because you have to change wet clothing and brush out soaked hair?

*Have you ever wished time would slow down?

And sometimes speed up?

*Have you ever wondered what your dog thinks when children are pulling on his ears and pretending he is a horse?

*Have you ever looked in the bottom drawer of your boys' dresser?

*Have you ever heard about Dustin?  I suggest you go here to read his story.........

*And lastly.....have you ever been told that watermelon and microwave/flavoured/movie popcorn are horrible weight loss snacks?  I was....after gaining 1 pound and snacking on watermelon and popcorn.

So what if the popcorn was soaked in butter.
And I ate an entire watermelon in 3 days.

I thought they were healthier than potato chips.

Damn.

Now link up.  Or I may just eat more popcorn......with a side of dill pickle chips.

Bits and Pieces

*Two of these tractors have been sold.  Hubby hasnt been the same since.  Please pray for him.

*"Have You Ever" will be on Monday and if people do not participate, I may just eat an entire bag of chocolate chips....and do the ugly cry.

*Our garden is doing wonderfully.  Thanks for asking. 
I am thinking of forcing my children to set up a roadside vegetable stand.......

*Middle child had his SK graduation yesterday (pictures to come later) and his teacher cried when she gave him his diploma.  She says that she is proud of him and thinks he is such a great kid.  Then I told her about him peeing on his soccer ball. 

Ok.  I didnt.
I cried too.

*I went to oldest child's class picnic today.  He plays with the girls.

No comment.

Happy weekend my lovelies!

Red Tractors

The male members of my family love tractors.
Red tractors.

Red tractors are everywhere.
Toys, pictures, flyers, books....and the real things scattered amongst our home, outside and in.

Red tractors are the best things in the world to my boys.....

...and my girl.

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A Letter to the Humans who take up all of my time

Dearest Children,

I love you. I really do. But you prevent me from doing the things I need to do to be a healthy hottie.

I have been working my hardest to be your fathers Trophy Wife and your needs and wants are interfering with my success.


Just sayin'.


I must exercise. You see your Momma has lost 30 pounds but still feels flabby and would like to tone her appendages.


That means spending some time on the treadmill and at the gym. It does not mean doing puzzles and teaching you valuable life skills that will stay with you for the rest of your life....like reading....tying shoelaces and...umm....using the potty.


Geesh.


You guys are demanding little humans.


How am I supposed to be a tanned, toned perfect Mom when I have no time for myself?


I cook.
Clean.
Teach.
Chauffeur.
Referee.
Play.


And...well....enjoy every second of it.


The exercise can wait.


Until September when you are all in school.


I love you muchly.


Love,

This post was inspired by MamaKat's prompts. I bet she has time to exercise.

Moments

Joy

Happiness

Bliss

Pleasure

Delight

Moments like this I never {ever} want to forget.

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Randomness

Here we are again. Another Tuesday closer to the end of the school year. Exactly one week until the beginning of my new job.

I will be on duty 24 hours a day refereeing the violence that takes place between my boys.

It is unpaid.
And it sucks.
And I may just start drinking....more.

The only thing that will get me through this summer is knowing that both boys will be in school full time, and my 2 year old Diva daughter will be going to Nursery School 3 mornings a week.

Amen.
Hallelujah.

Would it be wrong of me to start a countdown now and then do the happy dance when the day arrives?

*Lets discuss the Terrible Twos shall we?
Dearest daughter has now entered the phase of life that makes me want to poke my eyeballs out.
I do not handle the pouting, whining, screaming, hitting and pulling of my hair very well...even when it is coming from the cutest little girl I know.

When I tell her to stop climbing on the table 73 times and then watch as she falls flat on her face, I am rather bothered and ticked off.  Then after listening to the crying and wiping her snotty nose for the next 20 minutes because.... she fell flat on her face makes me want to....um....poke my eyeballs out.

My nomination for Mother of the Year has officially been thrown out.

And I am ok with that.

I think I deserve an award for staying out of the Psychiatric Ward.

So far.

*If you have bought me the newest Sarah McLachlan CD, you can keep it for yourself, because my hubby did some shopping the other night and bought it for me.  He is swell.

*I love Journey.  Run out right now and buy their Greatest Hits CD.  Then listen to "Don't stop Believing" and pretend to do the piano and guitar playing in front of your kids.  They won't laugh at you and will think you are the coolest Mom in the Universe.  Honest.

*"Mom...watch me do a headstand in the water!!!"

"Rowdy, that was an awesome headstand!  I am very proud of you!"

Maybe, I do deserve the Mother of the Year award afterall.

Happy Tuesday peeps!

Royal Obsession

Confession time.
I used to be obsessed with the Royals.
As a young girl, I collected books about Princess Diana.
My mom even woke me up at 4am so we could watch the wedding of Diana and Charles.
I still have the newspapers from the day they were married.
Honest. Look.

I had books about their wedding.
Their children.
I looked at them over, and over and over again.
I wanted to go to England to see where she lived.
I wanted to name my future daughter Diana.

I wanted to be her.
She was a regular girl who worked in a school and was "picked" by a Prince. Never mind the fact that he was fugly, he was still a Prince.
He swept her off of her feet, gave her a grand wedding, moved her into his palace and they were going to live happily ever after. (*cough*)

I ate this stuff up.
What little girl doesnt.
{the reason Disney is a quadrillion dollar industry}

Now when I see anything to do with Disney Princesses, I want to buy it for my little girl.

Why?

Can someone explain this fascination?

Princess (my daughter, who should now be called Diva because she is anything but a Princess) has never watched a Disney movie. She doesnt know who Ariel, Belle or Cinderella is. But I have her bedroom wall covered in Princesses. Her bookshelf is full of Disney books. She has a Snow White doll an Ariel doll and many items of Princess clothing.

Hmmm............

What she really likes is trucks and Hot Wheels cars.  She loves Elmo and The Wiggles.  Blueberries and raspberries.  Chicken nuggets and toothbrushes.

Not Princesses.

Yet.

Sunday Citar

This is my Father.

Handsome isnt he?

To say I am a Daddy's Girl is...well....true.

There is something about the relationship between a Father and daughter that just happens..

And once a girl gets older and actually appreciates her parents, she feels like the luckiest girl in the world to still have her Daddy around to share in her joys and sorrows with her own children.

I am a lucky girl.

I know.

I think about it everyday.

Not just today.

The first man a little girl falls in love with is her Dad.

-- Author Unknown

HaveYouEver?

Soooo, it is Friday, and, like I promised, I looked into this Linky thing and am attempting it for the first time ever.

This is huge people.

Lets hope I am successful.

*Have you ever felt nervously excited?  Because that is how I am feeling right now.

Dear Momma. You are a loser. Love Momma.

*Have you ever seen a coyote casually strolling down your driveway to cross the street?

Or a groundhog nibbling on weeds at the side of the road?

How about a fox running through a cemetery?

I have.  Lucky me.

*Have you ever yelled so loud it made your throat hurt?

Or cried so much that you gasped for a breath?

*Have you ever pretended to be a horse just to make your kids laugh, but laughed so much yourself that you almost peed your pants?

No?  Why not?

*Have you ever been sickened by another humans huge mistake?  (BP bigwigs)

*Have you ever wished money grew on trees?

*Have you ever hidden chocolate chips so no one else would find them? 

And eaten them secretly so no one would ask for some?

And then been caught because you have melted chocolate on your face?
Me neither.

Studley

I know. I know.

You are missing Studley.

He and I went outside tonight.

He posed.

I clicked.

You're welcome.



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