just a little frustrated today

so my birthday is in less then a month and my "world peace" birthday wish (that won't happen) would be that those people out there with the judging eyes (you know the ones at the park with the robot children who ask to play) would live one day in my shoes and just realize #1 there is nothing wrong with my parenting and #2 there is nothing wrong with my kid

I want to take three months off to...

SLEEP! Well that would be nice I would love to get caught up on cleaning and organizing everything in this house. I never really ever seem to get caught up on this. Even on my best weeks there is always a hidden pile of stuff i don't feel like dealing with at the moment. I keep trying to tackle a new project but there never seems to be enough time. Well and then there is the fact that my babies are still small and most people will agree that babies grow fast and I don't want miss any of it. Then I received a gift from my sister in-law that contained this poem which puts it all in perspective, I hope you agree. Enjoy!

Song for a Fifth Child

by Ruth Hulburt Hamilton

Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth,
Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
Hang out the washing and butter the bread,
Sew on a button and make up a bed.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She’s up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.

Oh, I’ve grown shiftless as Little Boy Blue
(Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
(Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo).
The shopping’s not done and there’s nothing for stew
And out in the yard there’s a hullabaloo
But I’m playing Kanga and this is my Roo.
Look! Aren’t her eyes the most wonderful hue?
(Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).

The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
For children grow up, as I’ve learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep.
I’m rocking my baby and babies don’t keep.

why I am grateful for my hands

Today my hands accomplished so much today. Here is the run down:

• Carried 2 kids down stairs twice
• filled the Milk sippy 3 times
• filled the water 2 times
• held and nursed the baby 8 times
• drove to preschool
• help the toddler on the playgound
• sang tick-tock with Scott and lifted him into the air
• kept the toddler from hitting, implemented 5 time outs
• made grilled chesse lunch
• made salmon pasta dinner
• cleaned all the bathrooms
• rotated laundry
• unloaded reloaded the dish washer
• shine the sink
• wash 2 babies and get them in bed
• changed about a dozen diapers
• held the baby while eating my dinner with one hand
• and lot of hugs

i think grateful is an understatement considering everything I do on a normal daily basis, i guess I will give them a break from typing for the night.

toddler snack tips

My toddler is always hungry! Now that I have a baby I am nursing often I have set up snacks so he can help himself while I am busy. In the pantry i have a basket on a low shelf with little boxes of raisens, frezze dried fruit packets, and fruit snacks. In the fridge I have sippy cups already with milk in them, fruit, and my new find this week are Milk bites. The Milk bites are great for my little guy and he actually eats them, unlike Nutri-grain bars or Quaker Chewy bars. My toddler does not like most things that are bread like, no bread or cake or even tortillas. I keep trying on the bread but he just picks out what he likes and tries to feed the bread to the dog. He eats enough carbs and starches from Goldfish and pasta, but it just makes my job my interesting. I just have to be creative and find ways to work with what he likes.

585 stars to go

Well it's been awhile, sorry we have been very busy. Here is a quick update:

• December 1st Sylas is born
• December 5th Sam came home
• Holidays
• Demember 26th G-Janie came to visit
• January 5th Sam went back to Oki
• I have been tring to figure out how to do this on my own just "the little feet and I"
• Febuary 7th Scott turned 2
• February 11th big 2 year old party

We are all good for the most part. I feel like I never stop working all day and night with the kids and house. So taking time to type means laundry doesn't get folded or the dishes wait a bit longer. There is awlays a chore to do, a butt to wipe or a mouth to feed. I would love to just play with the kids and do all the fun stuff but the "work" part has to get done too. If I don't do nobody else will. I find it interesting now on my 4 deployment with my husband I feel more alone then ever. Even though I am really never alone with the boys and dog. We are doing well though everyone is healthy and happy and we get to talk to daddy a lot on Skype. On that note since I have both kids napping right now I should get back to work. I will work better to post more. Pics coming from the birthday party with all the crafts/food i made for the occasion.

2 year old Cars Birthday Party!

Scott is 2!

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