A cracks me up

A has been cracking me up with her dolls lately. For instance, P asked if he could have more candy and I said absolutely not. A went and got her dolls and said 'my kids don't ask for candy!' M wrecked the train table track (for those that know me, know I can't stand that) and when A saw her do it, she said, 'my kids don't wreck things!' She's all ready for the playground.

Today she was playing with her dolls and told me her kid pushed her baby and now she only has her baby because she got rid of her kid.



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You've been drinking what all day?

The kids and I were recently up north with my entire family. As with most vacations, it involved lots of fun, sun and a couple of beers...I am not even going to lie! Anyway....

We were at dinner one night and I was looking over the beer selection. P, my (almost) 5 year old, asked if he could get juice. I reminded him that he has been drinking juice all day and he needed to drink water. Without a second thought, he replied, 'well, you have been drinking beer all day!!' The waitress gave me a super-quick once over before averting her eyes. I am sure she would hate to make a drunk mad...which was far from the truth by the way. I was drinking beer all day the day before! KIDS, the can never keep the days straight!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Almost 6 months ago, we lost our dad! Today is his birthday and in memory of dad, I thought it would be nice to re-post what I read at his funeral...

I am so thankful for the 35 years I had with my daddy and even more thankful that my husband Rico and children Pierson, Addie and Maylia had a chance to share the love too! We already miss you so much!

I only have fond and happy memories of my dad. He always made me laugh, even when
he was yelling at me about something.

My heart especially breaks for my mom. The last few days have been unbearable but the love and support my dad has always shown all of us is so alive today. We are all going to take care of each other and we WILL get through this....somehow.

When I was pregnant with Addie, I told my dad we were going to call 'the baby' Joseph if she was a boy. He was so excited and said he never made a 'first' name yet. Well, Popsie, my next boy will have your name and hopefully your kind and caring personality too.

As we say in the May house and beyond.....
'Bye Daddy - Love you - See you when we get home!!'

Clean, clean, clean

I spend my days cleaning, picking up toys, playing and picking up more toys. On a good day, you can throw in some dog barf, poop and all kinds of fun things. I have this anal retentive part of me that forces me to put all the kids toys in there 'special' place before I go to bed. I know they will mess it up again the next day but I try to imagine a mess upon a mess upon a mess...YIKES! Plus, there is nothing more annoying than toys that don't have the proper pieces. I may need to be medicated but hey, the toys are organized!

Anyway, I was just putting some games away and counting all the shapes and colors to make sure I had ALL the pieces. I could not find the 'red square' for the game. Then I remembered seeing it on a floor (shocking) by a chair...so I walked toward the kitchen and found it by the bar stools. The thought process reminded me of playing memory when I was little and it made me laugh...here I thought I was playing a fun game when I was little and I was actually in training for being a mom!!

Mother's Day card

While looking for Mother's Day cards back in May, this one made me laugh....so I bought it for myself!
The front says...Can you spot the Mom in this picture?



The inside...



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My photo made the paper

As most of you know I love to write. I am still writing my book but have been slacking the last several months. I also love photography. My sister and I finally put our plans into action and started a photography business. We surprisingly have a lot of bookings and are looking forward to marketing and growing our business.

As some of you may remember, last forth of July my baby and I made the paper. This year, my photo made the paper...an actual photo I took. This was very exciting to me. I sent it to the editor and when he called back he told me that he loved the photo and was definitely going to use it in the paper. He said he generally saves the pictures for the staff photographers but he liked the picture very much.

A man that was part of the parade, got out of the car to greet a man that was watching the parade. I could tell the man watching the parade was from World War II so I snapped the picture while they shook hands. Anyway, turns out, the man doing the shaking served in Vietnam War and my assumption was right, the man watching the parade is a World War II veteran. His wife is looking up so proudly and his daughter is standing behind them and looking so happy to be a part of it all.

Going to bed

A was going to bed and as usual, she was babbling. She had two stuffed animals in her hand and said, 'my kids are annoying...not my dogs!!'

...Well said honey...no offense!!


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P's dream

One morning P woke up at Nonie's house and declared he had a dream about Popsie last night. He thought it was so real that he had to get up and peek outside the bedroom door to see if Popsie was back home with us. I asked him what he dreamt about and P said he asked Popsie to fix something for him. He told me that Popsie told him that he couldn't fix things anymore! Then P told me that Popsie showed him how to fix the toy.

I am no dream analyst or child psychologist HOWEVER, I believe that is a way deeper level of the understanding of death than an (almost) 5 year could muster up. I really believe in my heart that my dad did come visit his little friend.

A promise to me, myself and I

I used to get lots of emails and calls from people about my blog and how it made them laugh, cry, whatever...then came Facebook!! Something funny happens and as I said in my previous post, I tend to think FACEBOOK MOMENT rather than BLOG MOMENT! No longer, forget the status updates that go away and are forgotten. The only plus is all the instant responses I get from Facebook. Anyway, I love looking back on the last three years and my blog has turned into a family diary...a very public family diary!

With that said....

This morning I was listening to A play with her dolls and she was pretended a playdate was coming over and she asked me to dress her baby before they got out of their car to come inside - active imagination. Anyway, I went back to the kitchen to clean up and I heard her playing. She was apparently pretending to talk to the mom that was over for a playdate because she said, 'My husband yelled at my dogs once...and now I don't have a husband. I got rid of him!!'

That's my girl, animals come first!!