It started off as a typical Saturday night...

My eyes flew open as I was jolted from a sound sleep. Startled I sat up and looked at the clock... The bright red 4:00 a.m. was glaring at me. Seriously?! Jason was just now coming to bed... Annoyed, I realized I had to pee so as I stumbled to the bathroom I mumbled and grumbled about him not even hoping to sleep in all day because I did not tell him to play XBox all night long... (yes, I was being a tad witchy, I was just startled awake from his noisy self barging into our room)

As I was getting back into bed, I noticed something felt funny. What the... My wedding bands would NOT twist. I ALWAYS wist them, its a nervous habit, so that had me a bit alarmed. I flicked on the light to find my left ring finger GINORMOUS! It was huge and my rings were stuck!  (remember the anxiety I discussed a while back, well it was kicking into high gear) Frantically, I ran down stairs to grab dish soap and smothered my fat finger with it and began to twist.

 Nope them puppies weren't moving... Quickly I dashed upstairs crying to Jason, urgently explaining my finger was going to fall off if these rings didn't come off like NOW... He kinda rolled his eyes and went back to bed... meanie! I quickly dashed into the bathroom remembering some lube that promised to... well you get the idea... I lubed my fingers up. I twisted. I pulled. I twisted and I pulled some more, but NOTHING!

Seriously, I knew death was imminent. My heart was racing and the hyperventilating started. In between gasps, I got dressed and announced to whoever was listening that I was going to the hospital... Once in the car, I felt I was gonna survive the 10 minute trip and calmed down a little. As I pulled into the street I realized it was Saturday night and that I was now going to be killed by a drunk driver. My children were going to be motherless and raised by some two bit that would never do as good of a job as me and they would end up in a terrible school. Seriously, the hyperventilation was BACK. With a vengeance...

Both hands gripping the steering wheel, I pulled into the emergency room and dashed inside. The sweet lady at the desk asked what was wrong and I told her my whole story... "I quit smoking 2 years ago, I gained 20 pounds, and today I ate salty movie popcorn" I cried "and now my finger is swollen and my rings are stuck!! Please, someone has to get them off!"

They check me in and take me back... After placing my hands on ice, holding my hand above my heart, they finally broke out the big guns... a ring cutter offer... My sweet 20 month pregnant nurse squeezed in as close as that big ole baby belly would allow and sawed them bad boys off! I swear I could have kissed the woman. Finally, I was FREE!!! My heart slowed down and I sighed a huge sigh of relief. I thanked her profusely, and skipped out to my car with my rings tucked safely into a bio hazard bag as life was now good...

Then I had to explain to Jason how it was totally reasonable to go to the ER at 4 in the morning, have my beautiful rings sawed off, and how we must now go to the jewelers to have them fixed because damn it I need my diamonds :) Crazy enough, he never said a word. I guess after 15 years he is more than used to my wackiness!

the aftermath...

Wordless Wednesday

What up dog?!

For more WW: Wee Shenanigans, A Beautiful Mess, Look at What Mom found... and Dad too,  Momspective, Five Minutes For Mom, 7 Clown Circus,  MomDot, Wordless Wednesday , , Life @ 30, Three Peas in a Pod, & Conversations with Moms

The LAST commitment has arrived!

WOOHOO! The last commitment of the year has arrived and I am SO ready! After tomorrow, I am working on a "if I feel like it then yes, but if not nope" schedule!

Tomorrow is the kids' end of the year picnic and we are all so excited to go! Last year was a BLAST! They did crafts, had sack races, a picnic, and the kids sang songs and were presented with their "book" (a scrap booked collection of photos retelling the school year). I love this stuff!

So to prepare for tomorrow, the kids and I made teacher gifts, picked up their gift cards, and being the Susie Homemaker that I am, bought 4 dozen cookies that I will place on my own pretty plate :) (time just really got away from me... imagine that) A friend of mine shared a flower pot craft using kid's finger prints. We made flowers, a bird, a sun, and a caterpillar. I think they turned out adorable and I hope the teachers like them and enjoy the gift cards!! :)

Getting to know you....

Wow this week has been a BLUR! The days have just blended together... Wednesday night, I came down with a HORRIBLE bug (I lost 5 pounds though! Totally makes me smile!!) and Saturday was when I finally felt myself! One thing no one tells you about being a a mom is how bad it is when you are sick. I was terrible, couldn't get out of bed sick. Thank goodness Jason was off work or I  would have been up the creek! Hopefully, the sickies have left mi casa until next winter!!!

I stumbled upon this great blog the other day, Mann Land 5, and decided to link up to her weekly getting to know you! Check it out!

The questions..
1. Do you have a fetish? hmmm... this has me thinking, but I don't really think so!

2. Do you sing in the shower? sometimes

3. Who was your first crush? A boy in my 3rd grade (?) class. He was so cute and continued to get even better the older we got... We were always just friends though!

4. What do you think is the best manly trait a guy could have? Being able to fix things.... Love when my hubs comes to my rescue and fixes whatever is broken...

5. Do you sleep naked? I used to, but then the minis came and that kinda freaked me out a bit...

6. What do you do when (you think) no one is looking? roll my eyes ;)

7. What's the first thing you do when you go online? check email

8. Summer is.....? FAB-U-LOUS!

Wordless Wednesday: OUCH!

Not once, not twice, BUT THREE times this week!

For more WW: Momspective, Five Minutes For Mom, 7 Clown Circus,  MomDot, Wordless Wednesday , , Life @ 30, Three Peas in a Pod, & Conversations with Moms

I think I'm in T.R.O.U.B.L.E!!!!

After I tucked Mad in sung as a bug, I flicked off all the upstairs lights as usual... As I was heading down the steps, I hear soft cries coming from her room. Back up I go to my baby and ask what's wrong...

Mad: Mommy? Can I get married?
Me: Of course. One day when you are BIG!!
Mad: Mommy, when I get married, can I THEN have a baby in my belly?
Me: a bit shocked that THIS is where the convo was heading.... Mad, of course you can have a baby in your belly AFTER you get married and when you are THIRTY!
Mad: Pwomise mommy?
Me: I promise!

Seriously? Married and a Baby?!?! At THREE!!! I think I may begin sneaking birth control pills in the applesauce earlier than expected... Like at 10! WOW!

Kicking off summer with a BANG!

The kids' last day of school was Thursday and I am SO excited! Summer vacay is FINALLY here! Aside from my last MOPS meeting on Tuesday and the kids' picnic in the park party on the 25th I no longer have ANY commitments! Our days will be filled with summer fun!

Thursday night the kids stayed up late playing outside and I went to bed with a smile knowing that I did not have to RUSH out the door by 8:30 Friday morning! The smile was, sadly, short lived... After being asleep for about an hour I woke up to Anthony needing his butt wiped... Never a good sign! We curled up in bed and went back to sleep, but again we woke up because he needed to potty...

Finally, we were snuggled in, but I was not feeling to hot :( We all fell back asleep and about an hour later he cried out and just as I asked what was wrong he blew. OMG, the chunks were everywhere! In my hair, all over the bed, on Jason, and they just kept coming. I am trying to help him, but then I started. It was awful. We were both so sick!

Why is it that the evil puke monster ALWAYS strikes in the middle of the night IN my bed?!?! Gross! Thankfully, we are both much better, and Miss Priss is feeling great! I hope this is NOT an indicator of what our summer vacation has in store for us!

The things outta their mouths!

Anthony had his preschool screening this week and it all went well! I think the speech pathologist was thinking he had a lisp as she kept making him say words with an "s" sound in them, but other than that there were no bumps in the road. We went from station to station and he (shockingly) completed the tasks he was given in a timely fashion...

At one point he was shown pictures and had to identify the actions the pictures depicted. He did great and then came a picture of a boy sitting in the chair. When asked what was happening, Anthony answered  matter of factly and nonchalantly:

That's a little boy sitting in a chair in time out!

I just busted out laughing! He did LOOK like he was in timeout!

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday: Girl Powder

Jason walked out of the bathroom into our bedroom to discover the kids in a fit of giggles jumping on the bed. Totally normal at our house... Except this time, they each had a bottle of baby powder and were shaking it EVERYWHERE! The room was covered!!! I was worried I would go into respiratory failure when I slept because there was so much dust in the air!! Sadly, the only pictures I took were of Madison after...

For more WW: Momspective, Five Minutes For Mom, 7 Clown Circus,  MomDot, Wordless Wednesday , , Life @ 30, Three Peas in a Pod, & Conversations with Moms

Through the eyes of a three year old....

Madison came running up to me grabbing her arm asking me over and over "whad is dis mommy?!?"
As I inspected her arm, I noticed a teeny tiny bug bite, and told her what it is...

She inspected it for quite some time with a big long drawn out "Oooohhhhh" then looks at me certain she has figured it out! All serious she says:

"Mommy dems not a bugger bite. Dem is my arm's boobie. You is silly mommy!"

and off she ran!

My Grumpy Old Troll

This boy can ALWAYS makes me smile!!

M = Muffins with Mommy!

Today was the Mothers day celebration at preschool and it was so CUTE! The kids all sang a song (It was like B-I-N-G-O, but using mommy instead!), served all the mom's muffins and juice and then they presented us with a gift! Anthony was so excited about his "surprise" for me! It is all I have heard about this week :) I was super excited to open it! The kids all selected a color ribbon, he chose  pink(he know me well), and they painted a washer and threaded it through the ribbon which became a pendant! I LOVED it! I loved even more the delight in his eyes as he gave it to me! All day he admired his beautiful creation and showered me with smooches! It was a fabulous day!!

Three is killing me!

The threes were rough with Anthony. I barely survived. Honestly. I thought one of us was seriously NOT going to make it! Who ever said twos were tough did not yet have a three year old! The tantrums, the screaming, the new found independence, the back chat (as my friend Sam so eloquently puts it... Doesn't back chat sound so much nicer than; well you get the picture), the mischievousness, the out right difficultness! The boy could melt my heart and the very next second have me boiling! But, alas we survived and the closer he got to four the happier we both became. He is truly turned into a sweet and loving boy who minds most of the time... The difficult days are mostly gone and the fun and smiles have returned...

Then Madison turned three! I never once even thought that my eager to please, loving, sunshiny baby girl would ever give me even a sliver of difficulty as her brother did.  HA! FAIL!!! I was so WRONG! I swear the devil has come and has invaded my sweet princess! My little mama who was so fun to shop with is now a NIGHTMARE! Running amok in stores, screaming at the top of her lungs when she is corrected, and by God she smacked me tonight! What is up with THAT?!?! She runs to her room slamming doors and has even told me she does not love me! (The first time it broke my heart, now not so much!) Anthony to this day has NEVER uttered such words! I have been assured its a "girl" thing... girl shmirl. It still hurts a mama's feelings! Everyday brings at least one new meltdown...

I know this too shall pass, but geesh! Just as I was getting over this "stage" with one I am right back in the midst with the other. One of the cons of having children 18 months apart I guess! The way I figure, come September things will be back on the up and up!

Until then, I won't even lie. The flashes of what I fear life will be like when she is hormonal and in the midst of the tween / teen angst scares the you know what out of me! I think my stop sign sums it up quite nicely!

Wordless Wednesday

For more WW: Momspective, Five Minutes For Mom, 7 Clown Circus,  MomDot, Wordless Wednesday , , Life @ 30, Three Peas in a Pod, & Conversations with Moms

Future Black Mail?

Anthony bursts into the room sporting a HOT PINK headband declaring, "Everyone is gonna think I'm SOOOO cool! Yeah!" then proceeds to dance around with an air guitar.... Future black mail? Me thinks.... YES! :)

Festival Season!

One of the things I LOVE about where we live, (yes, I said love, there are some things :)...) is that there is always some sort of festival going on... Jason took off work Friday and we hit up an area Apple festival and it was a blast! We kicked off the afternoon with a HUGE firetruck parade. We had gone last year and it was just as much of a hit this year! Anthony was diggin' the firetrucks and Madison was in awe of the "princesses" aka Queens of the parade. After the parade we headed to a local tavern for dinner where my son entertained diners with his fantastical dance moves... The night ended with some of the best fireworks we have seen in some time! We were so close paper and debris kept falling on us! It was hilarious! We all had a blast and were exhausted... Jason got suckered into carrying Madison the 1.5 miles back to the car and she passed out within seconds of being in his arms. (sadly, all my pics from this day STUNK! I hate when that happens...)

Saturday, a friend and I took the kids to a little hippie-ish town (Oh how I love this town) for their annual May Day parade. It was AWESOME. So the direct opposite of Friday's traditional parade. We loved it! The kids had a blast and it was a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon!

a little creepy, but so fun!

Just like her mama, "O.M.G!"

so sleepy

My sleepy boy wore out from the two days of events, ready for a NAP! If only he took one :)

As we headed back to the car, we saw a stop sign that made us smile: