Wednesday, November 4, 2015

the things my children say...





Are there a lot of pencils in Pennsylvania mom?


the things my children say...




Sunday, January 4, 2015

road tripping adventure....

Road trips are about the only way this family of ours can get around these days. Our trusty 7 seater is packed to the gills with anything & everything a Floridian visiting a COLD climate might need over our seven day adventure. In my next life I'm investing in a car carrier! With each road trip we take we grow a little more wiser yet never wise enough. There's always something we forgot to pack (like a 4th pair of headphones) or a better way to do things (have each child have their own bin & that's all they can bring-NO EXCEPTIONS!). Why don't I remember these helpful tidbits of information when our next road trip arrives? With every road trip there's always moments when personalities clash or we're just plain crabby (I get crabby too! ;) ) and yes mommy has had to referee way too many times than I care to remember! Yet with all that being said I wouldn't change a thing! We are making memories people & for this I am extremely grateful! I cannot wait for our next...

road tripping adventure....

Monday, June 9, 2014

just bracelets...

Having four children the same age sometimes means some things slide a bit. There are times when I get a glance of their fingernails and realize it's been WAY too long since their last clipping or better yet it takes them saying "What?" WAY too many times for me to get that I may not have cleaned their ears out this month let alone this millennium.. (The ear wax they create can be quite DISGUSTING!). Well, today I took a good look at Camryn's teeth, I mean a really good look. This girl has only lost TWO teeth &there's not a loose tooth in sight. She is almost seven and a half, something just does not seem right with that. Upon further observation the mommy in me realized two things, First thing being that this girl has a small mouth even though she runs it WAY too often! ha! & second thing being she is most likely going to need braces. There does not seem to be very much room in that mouth for her big teeth to grow into. So I proceed to say "Cami I think you are going to get braces". She replies "Ooh I want bracelets". At first I was not quite sure if she heard me or better yet even knew what "braces" were. So I repeat myself, "You might need BRACES". That's when she replied like I thought she should have by saying "Oh what's that Mommy?". I tell her it's something that widens your smile and straightens your teeth. Little did she know that I once wished I could get braces but the dentist told my mom that my teeth would straighten out on their own.There's just something about a mouth full of metal. ha! It sure would be nice and a whole lot cheaper if it was...

just bracelets...

Saturday, December 29, 2012

wants vs needs...

This is an important topic that goes around in our home. When you have four little ones that constantly ask for stuff you have to put it into perspective. What it is that we want vs what we actually need. Sometimes they go hand in hand but other times, OK, most of the time we do not really need what we want! Weird how that happens! [=  We have been SO blessed with so many hand me down clothes, shoes & toys that we really need for nothing. SO the next time you are about to make that purchase just think of your...

wants vs needs...



Thursday, December 27, 2012

wiggle it just a little bit...

The tribe went to the dentist recently & learned that they are no longer "babies" any more. Our "baby", Miss Linz, has two BIG teeth coming thru behind her baby teeth. How did I miss this?! How could I miss such a monumental thing?!? These teeth are not just breaking through the skin either. Man am I slacking! I need to have my "A Game" on to prepare for the big "tooth out" moment. Oh do I remember loosing my own baby teeth. I disliked the feel of a wiggly tooth so much that I practically pulled each one of them! I'm not sure if they will take after their mama in the dept. or not. We have been prepared for this moment with special tooth fairy pillows & a little tooth box to put the tooth in now we just need to get her to...



wiggle it just a little bit...

Sunday, December 16, 2012

cannot find the words...

After hearing about the tragic events that unfolded in New town, CT yesterday all I want to do is cry. Being a parent of four kindergardners made it even harder on my emotions. Why would anyone harm any innocent child? These parents did what they did every school day when they dropped their children off at school. Who would have thought that morning would be the last time they saw them alive? They go to school to learn, not to die. School should be a safe haven, a place where children should not have to worry about who might bust through the door wanting to harm them! Police officers are the ones that carry guns to protect us not a deranged man on a mission to kill. So I still sit here trying to wrap my brain around it. I have had many moments where all I do is cry. I don't know what to say to my children when they ask me why I'm crying. I don't know how or better yet what to tell my soon to be six year old children about this tragedy. I want to reassure them and myself that each day that we send them to school that they will be safe. I want to believe that senseless acts like this will never happen again & that no parent will have to deal with this again. I just...

cannot find the words...

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Read my lips, "NO MORE SAND!"...

I will be the first one to admit that I DISLIKE sand! I dislike it so much that if I can help it the tribe would never go to a park with sand. One might say that's wrong of a mother to feel that way but when you have four sets of feet tracking the dirt into YOUR car you might feel differently. When we hit the beach we rinse off competely to help limit what mama needs to cean up. Seriously a bottle of hand sanitizer & a mini vac are this mama's best friends! =) I have on SEVERAL occasions arrived to a park only to see sand & promptly pull away in search of a "sand-free park". Not only is it GROSS because who knows what animals & even children have done their business in it. DISGUSTING!! I know, I know I'm a bad mommy for not embracing it but seriously I really really do NOT like sand!...


Read my lips, "NO MORE SAND!"...

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