I have created my amazon wish list.... then proceeded to go "shopping" for more than 75 items.
Just to let everyone know, Christmas is only 89 days away!
And for those who are looking for more reasons to send gifts from my amazon list, my birthday is just over 100 days away but I will start accepting gifts today ;)
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
How to go grocery shopping....
You have not been grocery shopping until you have done it with 6 kids!
First, you mention to you husband that you need to go grocery shopping. It doesn't matter how quietly or how far away your kids are, they WILL hear this and come running yelling "Can I come?????", the first mistake you make is saying yes to the older ones, because they have "promised" to help (and lets face it with 6 kids you could use a few extra "cart pushers"), then you get guilted into taking the younger ones.
So, after taking a good 1 hour and 30 minutes to find one missing shoe and get everyone in the car and buckled, you are off....
Upon arriving at the store, your 2 tear old will immediately run for the car carts, you know those completely germ filled unsanitary carts with the cars on the front. While you are going for the sanitizer wipes, your oldest 2 (remember the ones who promised to help) will grab one cart and fight over who gets to push while your 5 year old decides he wants to push the car cart and starts off before 2 year old gets completely in, which causes 2 year old to fall on bottom and sit there looking stunned and in disbelief that her brother just did that to her. At this point you look up and realize there is a line up of people waiting to get a cart. You grab cart for each older kid, put 2 year old and 5 year old in front of car cart, and head into the store, yes with at least 3 carts.
Once in the store and out of the way it is time to stop to give a brief drivers ed speech before setting your little cart drivers loose in the store.
Now get everyone in a line and go....While heading through the produce section you will stop 2 fights over who is first in line, calm your 12 year old drama queen who "never gets to go first", have the backs of your ankles run into at least 4 times, and remind (aka, threaten) your 5 year old hyperactive son that he will not get a special treat unless he settles down and either walks or rides.
Upon passing the meat department you will remind your 5 year old once again about the treat as he finds it is fun to punch holes in the plastic wrap that covers the ground beef...
At this point, you will ask yourself what the hell you were thinking when you said the kids could come with you.
First, you mention to you husband that you need to go grocery shopping. It doesn't matter how quietly or how far away your kids are, they WILL hear this and come running yelling "Can I come?????", the first mistake you make is saying yes to the older ones, because they have "promised" to help (and lets face it with 6 kids you could use a few extra "cart pushers"), then you get guilted into taking the younger ones.
So, after taking a good 1 hour and 30 minutes to find one missing shoe and get everyone in the car and buckled, you are off....
Upon arriving at the store, your 2 tear old will immediately run for the car carts, you know those completely germ filled unsanitary carts with the cars on the front. While you are going for the sanitizer wipes, your oldest 2 (remember the ones who promised to help) will grab one cart and fight over who gets to push while your 5 year old decides he wants to push the car cart and starts off before 2 year old gets completely in, which causes 2 year old to fall on bottom and sit there looking stunned and in disbelief that her brother just did that to her. At this point you look up and realize there is a line up of people waiting to get a cart. You grab cart for each older kid, put 2 year old and 5 year old in front of car cart, and head into the store, yes with at least 3 carts.
Once in the store and out of the way it is time to stop to give a brief drivers ed speech before setting your little cart drivers loose in the store.
Now get everyone in a line and go....While heading through the produce section you will stop 2 fights over who is first in line, calm your 12 year old drama queen who "never gets to go first", have the backs of your ankles run into at least 4 times, and remind (aka, threaten) your 5 year old hyperactive son that he will not get a special treat unless he settles down and either walks or rides.
Upon passing the meat department you will remind your 5 year old once again about the treat as he finds it is fun to punch holes in the plastic wrap that covers the ground beef...
At this point, you will ask yourself what the hell you were thinking when you said the kids could come with you.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Babyitis
Babyitis - ba·by·it·is - A common occurrence of falling asleep when holding a sleeping infant.
Common symptoms:
- heavy eyes
- a feeling of over all relaxation
- head bobbing
- inability to hold your head up
- yawning
- sleepiness
- sleeping
Highly contagious
See picture for further reference.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Happy Birthday Ricky!
Ok, I am a few days late in posting this, but my little boy has turned 6. And he is letting everyone know.
For his birthday Grandpa and Daddy took him to his first car race. He got a t-shirt and 3 little hotwheel cars which are now his favorite cars. We had Pizza for dinner and Mama made him the Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting he picked out and we all decorated it with candy letters, candy fish, and sprinkles.
For his birthday Grandpa and Daddy took him to his first car race. He got a t-shirt and 3 little hotwheel cars which are now his favorite cars. We had Pizza for dinner and Mama made him the Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting he picked out and we all decorated it with candy letters, candy fish, and sprinkles.
Monday, August 11, 2008
The latest local attraction....
I honestly don't think many people have ever seen a family, you know one with actual children who have siblings. Honestly, I went to Walmart this past weekend with all the kids and there were not any of the normal negative comments about the number of kids I have, but instead we felt like some rare endangered species exhibited at the local zoo.
"Look ma, what is that"
"Holy cow Jr, that is a real live family"
"Can I have one ma"
"No Jr, they cost too much and make too much of a mess"
haha, couldn't resist a little humor. Maybe it was the time of day we went, but I was surrounded by the faint whisper from the people around me and they all seemed absolutely amazed and floored by the sight of me and my kids walking through the store. I even had a older man stop me and say how great it was to see a "family".
"Look ma, what is that"
"Holy cow Jr, that is a real live family"
"Can I have one ma"
"No Jr, they cost too much and make too much of a mess"
haha, couldn't resist a little humor. Maybe it was the time of day we went, but I was surrounded by the faint whisper from the people around me and they all seemed absolutely amazed and floored by the sight of me and my kids walking through the store. I even had a older man stop me and say how great it was to see a "family".
Aerodynamic Toothbrushes
Did you know toothbrush packages are very aerodynamic?
Yesterday I took Ricky, Bri, Dani, and Izzy grocery shopping with me, that was a mess, literally, Ricky pushed the cart into a display and shot toothbrushes everywhere, I didn't know if I should cry or laugh although when I was telling Rick about it I couldn't stop laughing long enough to finish a sentence! It looked like someone set off a toothbrush bomb and there were little toothbrush package missels shooting everywhere. So, FYI - those little toothbrush packages are very aerodynamic and can shoot several feet, LMBO!
Yesterday I took Ricky, Bri, Dani, and Izzy grocery shopping with me, that was a mess, literally, Ricky pushed the cart into a display and shot toothbrushes everywhere, I didn't know if I should cry or laugh although when I was telling Rick about it I couldn't stop laughing long enough to finish a sentence! It looked like someone set off a toothbrush bomb and there were little toothbrush package missels shooting everywhere. So, FYI - those little toothbrush packages are very aerodynamic and can shoot several feet, LMBO!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Mama to 6 now
Just a note that I am changing my blog web address from mama2my5littleones to mama2my6littleones, for obvious reasons.
Please be sure to update this anywhere you have my web address stored.
http://mama2my6littleones.blogspot.com
Please be sure to update this anywhere you have my web address stored.
http://mama2my6littleones.blogspot.com
Izzy is home!!!
Izzy came home on monday for her 2 week b-day. She has been approved by Brianna, Ricky, Chrisi, and Tabi, although her approval is still pending with Dani.
Dani is not sure about allowing her the "baby of the family" title just yet, especially since she seem to be stealing quite a bit of Mommy's attention. Dani is doing everything possible, and is pulling out all the cute stunts she can think of to keep the "baby" title. Including her most recently found talent of "monster walking" (for those of you who have not seen this, it is just the way Dani walks while she is learning to balance, with her arms up and swaying back and forth, so we have dubbed this the "monster walk", we have all agreed we need to teach her how to growl)
Today Dani decided to "observe" Izzy's techniques for "stealing" all mama's attention. Later she decided to try them herself. One was that Izzy seems to use more than any other is to snuggle her head into mama's chest and in return she gets to remain there for quite a while (mama calls this breastfeeding), so Dani decided that this must be the way to "remain the baby" and has spent a good portion of the day wanting to be picked up so she can apply the technique of laying her head on mama's chest while also adding her own touch, the cute "shy smile", to this. Tonight, she observed that Izzy gets to sleep in mama's room, so she is applying this technique in a attempt to "stay the baby", so we now have a bassinet and playpen in our room for our 2 sleeping babies....... that are in our bed!
~G-Night
Dani is not sure about allowing her the "baby of the family" title just yet, especially since she seem to be stealing quite a bit of Mommy's attention. Dani is doing everything possible, and is pulling out all the cute stunts she can think of to keep the "baby" title. Including her most recently found talent of "monster walking" (for those of you who have not seen this, it is just the way Dani walks while she is learning to balance, with her arms up and swaying back and forth, so we have dubbed this the "monster walk", we have all agreed we need to teach her how to growl)
Today Dani decided to "observe" Izzy's techniques for "stealing" all mama's attention. Later she decided to try them herself. One was that Izzy seems to use more than any other is to snuggle her head into mama's chest and in return she gets to remain there for quite a while (mama calls this breastfeeding), so Dani decided that this must be the way to "remain the baby" and has spent a good portion of the day wanting to be picked up so she can apply the technique of laying her head on mama's chest while also adding her own touch, the cute "shy smile", to this. Tonight, she observed that Izzy gets to sleep in mama's room, so she is applying this technique in a attempt to "stay the baby", so we now have a bassinet and playpen in our room for our 2 sleeping babies....... that are in our bed!
~G-Night
Friday, August 1, 2008
Bats!
As I was driving home tonight I saw a big old bat fly over my car, just about hit the darn thing, and it reminded me of our bats at the old house.
Now, I think bats are cute, but that is if they are behind glass at the zoo. This happened just over a year ago at our old house (built in 1856 and had a history of bats in the attic, which is why it was sealed off and we never went up there).
It was about 3AM and I hear a squeaking sound. I didn't think much about it and went back to watching TV because I always had a hard time sleeping when Rick was truck driving, and he was gone for the week. Then I thought I saw something go by the door. hmmmm.... heard more squeaking, saw the "shadow" again..... at this point I am trying to convince myself I am seeing and hearing things and I really need to be more careful about what I watch on TV that late. This goes on for about 30 minutes when I suddenly realize it is a bat. And I completely flip out! I am home alone with the kids and there is a $%$## BAT flying around our upstairs and to make it worse I can't find it!!!! So what do I do, call Rick. Yep, like he is going to be able to do anything at 4AM when he is 2 states away, duh. So I arm myself with a baseball bat and a flyswatter, haha the only 2 things I could find, and started hunting for the bat. Seriously, picture some crazy woman slowly sneaking around the house at 4AM with a baseball bat in one hand and a fly swatter in the other. The baseball bat may have came in handy, if I actually had good enough aim to hit a baseball with one let alone a flying bat. But I am sure that the bat was in some corner laughing his little tail off at the flyswatter! I never got to sleep that night. I think the next night I got about 2 hours of sleep. Rick was home the next night, and of course there was no "flying shadow" or squeaky sound, so he thinks I am nuts. He was home for 3 nights, and not a sound. Now I am thinking I am nuts. The next day he calls me while I am at the grocery store, I answer and he says "THERE'S A BAT IN THE HOUSE!!! YOUR RIGHT!!!" he was flipping out more than I was. He found it, by chance, in a little toy box. Sorry to say, he killed it and it was laying on the porch when I got home.
We went on vacation soon after this and when we got back we found 2 other bats, both dead (we could smell them, ack). They were all baby bats, from the attic, that got into the house and couldn't get back out which is why they died. We had the "bat guy" come out, he showed us where they got in, why they couldn't get back out, and why the 2 died (lack of food). Then he went in to the attic...... and we moved a month later. The new home owners are also proud owners of MANY bats, and they can keep them!
Oh, one more "scary" story..... I am sitting here (right now) typing and a %^&&%$# SPIDER just ran down my arm and into my chair! (I am now standing next to my chair).
Now, I think bats are cute, but that is if they are behind glass at the zoo. This happened just over a year ago at our old house (built in 1856 and had a history of bats in the attic, which is why it was sealed off and we never went up there).
It was about 3AM and I hear a squeaking sound. I didn't think much about it and went back to watching TV because I always had a hard time sleeping when Rick was truck driving, and he was gone for the week. Then I thought I saw something go by the door. hmmmm.... heard more squeaking, saw the "shadow" again..... at this point I am trying to convince myself I am seeing and hearing things and I really need to be more careful about what I watch on TV that late. This goes on for about 30 minutes when I suddenly realize it is a bat. And I completely flip out! I am home alone with the kids and there is a $%$## BAT flying around our upstairs and to make it worse I can't find it!!!! So what do I do, call Rick. Yep, like he is going to be able to do anything at 4AM when he is 2 states away, duh. So I arm myself with a baseball bat and a flyswatter, haha the only 2 things I could find, and started hunting for the bat. Seriously, picture some crazy woman slowly sneaking around the house at 4AM with a baseball bat in one hand and a fly swatter in the other. The baseball bat may have came in handy, if I actually had good enough aim to hit a baseball with one let alone a flying bat. But I am sure that the bat was in some corner laughing his little tail off at the flyswatter! I never got to sleep that night. I think the next night I got about 2 hours of sleep. Rick was home the next night, and of course there was no "flying shadow" or squeaky sound, so he thinks I am nuts. He was home for 3 nights, and not a sound. Now I am thinking I am nuts. The next day he calls me while I am at the grocery store, I answer and he says "THERE'S A BAT IN THE HOUSE!!! YOUR RIGHT!!!" he was flipping out more than I was. He found it, by chance, in a little toy box. Sorry to say, he killed it and it was laying on the porch when I got home.
We went on vacation soon after this and when we got back we found 2 other bats, both dead (we could smell them, ack). They were all baby bats, from the attic, that got into the house and couldn't get back out which is why they died. We had the "bat guy" come out, he showed us where they got in, why they couldn't get back out, and why the 2 died (lack of food). Then he went in to the attic...... and we moved a month later. The new home owners are also proud owners of MANY bats, and they can keep them!
Oh, one more "scary" story..... I am sitting here (right now) typing and a %^&&%$# SPIDER just ran down my arm and into my chair! (I am now standing next to my chair).
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