With a new year, come thoughts of the now 33yrs(yikes) behind me...being a stay at home mom with little ones still, it is few and far between when I have the chance to have a semi-thoughtful thought....so, here it goes: in my attempt to "master" the stay at home thing....I have learned a few things here and there that I didn't know going into it (which wasn't hard b/c I didn't have ANY homemaking skills when I started)
5.when you have many plates of food that need cutting up before serving...don't waste your time with a knife and fork, whip out a giant pizza cutter and you have little cut up portions of food in seconds instead of mintues.....
4.When ever things are going badly (or badly going)try re-directing, otherwise know as CHANGING the SUBJECT (it works well with husbands too!) If you can perfect this skill, you can minimize melt-downs, tantrums, fighting, you name it by at least 25-30%....did I mention it works well with husbands too!!
3.Home-made chocolate chip cookies is the cure all for bad days, sad days, don't know what we're going to do today days....the perfect reward for getting it all done, to making yourself feel better when you get absolutly NOTHING done...
2. It is ABSOLUTELY true, : a moment on the lips=months and months on the hips (I think there is a correlation between #2 and #3)
1. Well, I thought I could come up with 5, but sadly at the moment, I can only come up with four, and even more sadly, two of them had to do with chocolate chip cookies....sad.....very sad....
This kid has been growing so fast that I constantly feel stressed in trying to capture the standard pictures...pics with dad included......finally at the ripe old age of 4mos....I got the two of them together for a cute pic.....please note the dang cute onsie I made for Valentines...yes, yes....I actually pulled off a project before the actual Valentines Day deadline.....that in itself is worth a couple of points....
Yesterday was one for the books....Miss Chloe Barton finally let Jared take off her training wheels, and off she went!!
We all had a virus go through us these past couple of weeks...and b/c no one ever gets sick at the same time....it has taken forever to get rid of it...it started with Travis complaining of a headache, then came a high fever, and after 48hours he was back to his wiggly self....everyone had the same symptoms,except Heath who never developed a fever, but broke out from head to toe in a rash that covered every spec of skin from his ears to between his toes and fingers...this pic was to show that rash- but of course I was too late, and by the time I whipped out the camera, the rash had significantly subsided (he had the rash for several days- with #5, I am obviously slower in getting to the camera)....Heath was surprisingly cheerful through the virus thing.....
This is Travis blowing out his six candles....I am sure his guardian angels are relieved he was able to see another year...This kid has sooo much spirit his little body is about to burst, and it is all we can do to keep him on this side of the veil....His teacher recently sent me a note saying he showed up for lunch with candybars and a DrPepper (my kids don't take their lunch)....she made him go get a tray....My other children never snuck a lunch to school-let alone with candybars and a dr Pepper!
He shared a birthday party with cousin Ethan.....
We celebrated his birthday at the skatepark(a favorite for the boys).....
about 1month old....
about 3 month old......
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I know it's chliche to say time flies....but I still remember when Chloe was my baby...now she's a big girl and does big girl things, like: ride a bike with training wheels, makes a ketchup sandwhich all by herself, is a great secretary,likes when things are done right and reports naughty brothers and sister,is kind and loving, has a sparkly smile, the list goes on and on and on- we love her and thank our lucky stars for her.....
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