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| Slathered |
| 2011-12-07 10:53:03 |
With each pregnancy comes the lotion "rubbing" from my children on my belly. It's become a tradition - mom needs lotion on her belly, they get to massage me and rub the baby, and everyone wins.Over the years, though, it's progressed from a baby belly kind-of thing to become an all-encompassing, all-over-the-body kind-of thing, to include my feet. I made the mistake of letting them use my no-longer-sold body butter from Body Shop this time....What's left of my favorite lotion!I, then, made yet another mistake of letting them do it two days in a row.I am now slick, like oil. They slathered my feet so horribly thick, I have two sets of socks on, in hopes the warmth will eventually permeate my skin and it will seep in. Yesterday, my belly was so coated with lotion, even after my attempts to ru...
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| Our Holiday Day & Christmas Cards 2011 |
| 2011-12-06 10:20:14 |
Yesterday, I was determined to make Monday not suck. I baked cookies with my Baby Sis, prepared a yummy KFC-inspired Mashed Potato Bowl dinner for my family, all while baking even more (this time, Banana Cupcakes) and doing holiday crafts* with my toddlers.It. Was. Heavenly.This is probably one of my most favorite reasons to love this time of year: The Baking. The Crafts. The Decorating. The Food. The Surprises.And then, a knock at the door, with a deliveryman handing me a box chock-filled with our Christmas cards. Here's the one we ended up choosing:FrontBACKCan't wait to pick up holiday stamps and get these babies sent out. Have you ordered your Christmas Cards yet? What are YOU doing to get into the holiday spirit?*Want to do some crafts with your kids, too? Try our Gingerbread Man Coloring Page!Never miss a thing! Subscribe today for all kinds of crazy parenting fun!
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| Mom vs. The Kids - The Laundry Battle |
| 2011-12-05 12:00:01 |
My newest post from my "Things That Make Mom Go Batshit" series.The kids' I.O.D. illness has gotten substantially worse. I had to brace myself last night when fumbling through the last-minute laundry basket to sort clothing out.(Side *mom's mental* note: Yes, I totally said "last-minute laundry basket." I mean, what the hell, kids? I do laundry every Sunday before the next week of school. Three loads were finishing up. As if I wasn't already going nutso from the sheer enormity of laundry you kids produce on a weekly basis, you sneak-attack me and bring down the oh-so-forgotten Green Hamper of Doom™ down to my laundry room on a Sunday night, on this poor, unsuspecting mom, just when I think all is well and done? Chock-filled with laundry from the past week they didn't bring down. To inclu...
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| 26 Weeks - The Crying, Hysterical Preggo Edition |
| 2011-12-02 11:41:17 |
Folks, I've had a "bad" couple of days. Humongously, stupidly, no-good, very "bad" days. (I put "bad" in parenthesis because, honestly? I'm just being hormonally ridiculous). It's been a roller-coaster of nonsensical but sensical hysterics that would require a whole other post in which you all biff me on the back of the head, say I'm being silly, and then hug me for being so funnily dumb.And pregnant. And emotional.But this Mercury in retrograde thing has forced a few unexpected curveballs this preggo's way, ones I wasn't prepared to deal with, and my coping mechanisms are over-complicated by my over-emotional pregnant self.Sigh.And, being the kind-of stubborn person I am, the change is daunting, which means the collection of boogery tissues by my Macbook are mounting.And speaking of mount...
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| For the Love of the Win, and Not the Game |
| 2011-12-01 23:18:31 |
It's no secret that we're a sports family. We're active folks with active children and crazy-busy lives shuffling kids to-and-fro. I know I have a lot more gray hair from it, but I feel my children are learning some wonderful life lessons from it. Mostly. Except when the referees ruin the game for them (and us).Saturday's soccer game was a rain-out make-up game, one we were slated to play October 8th, against a team my husband had looked forward to playing, as a guy he works with had a kid on the "green team," and they'd looked forward to facing each other all season. Smack talk around the office, "You're going down, Douglas!" and the like (kidding, of course). Our unbeaten U12 team against their self-proclaimed win-some-lose-some team. However, I'd seen their team play last week, and felt...
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| Kids Sleep Anywhere, The Camera Phone Edition |
| 2011-12-01 23:12:44 |
Unbelievably enough, I've gotten all these shots with my camera phone in the last few weeks. My kids have been hard at work falling asleep anywhere, lemme tell ya!The first two are of my Baby Dude after a long day of soccer. The poor dude came home and fell asleep standing up!He somehow managed to roll over while standing, still asleep! (OH YES HE DID!)Baby Sis wasn't feeling too hot. I set up the couch with blankets and towels, in case she got sick (again). She tossed and turned and eventually rolled herself up to the half-stand position (on the same couch as above).Baby Dude fell asleep playing the Nintendo DS.This was a text I sent to my husband while he was away. This was how I woke up one morning last week. Apparently, my kids sleep anywhere, including on one-another.This one jus...
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| Join Us for the Cheerios #sendCheer Twitter Party on 11/10 and Help Support #military Families |
| 2011-12-01 23:12:13 |
If you follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed I've been tweeting and retweeting a lot about something called "#sendcheer" lately. It's a campaign I'm currently running with Collective Bias that I couldn't be more excited about. As an Army wife myself, helping military families, big or small, is something I'm quite passionate about, and this initiative is a fun and easy way to not only help support the military, but to get the kids involved while doing it. (Be sure read my post about other ways to help the military, too!)Cheerios® has teamed up with the USO to "send cheer" to military families by sending encouragement and thanks using special postcards you can cut out from specially marked Cheerios boxes. Look!How cool is THAT!?Once stamped, these pre-addressed postcards will go t...
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| 6 Ways You Can Help the Military |
| 2011-12-01 23:11:27 |
This Veteran's Day, people are looking for ways to help our military, either in acts of service, donations, or lending their support in other ways. Here's six different ways you may not have known about that you can help our military right now.1. Give to help shelter a VetHomes for Our Troops helps construct homes to help severely injured veterans. You can donate your time, tools, money, or support their cause by purchasing their merchandise, for yourself or as a gift. HomesForOurTroops.org2. Donate your old phonesWhat do you do with those phones that are broken, no longer work, or are out of date? Many places offer recycling programs, but here you can print out a shipping label, send it in, and the money goes towards calling cards for soldiers. cellphonesforsoldiers.com3. Keep a...
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| DIY Homemade Uncrustables Sandwiches |
| 2011-12-01 23:10:56 |
Kids (and moms, ahem) love PB&J sandwiches. And those Smuckers Uncrustables sure are a wonderful idea in theory, except their processed, too expensive, and honestly, can be done by yourself. You can make these fresh, or ahead of time and freeze them, all with a handy-dandy little contraption called the Cut-N-Seal® by Pampered Chef.Image courtesy of Pampered ChefThis relatively inexpensive sandwich-maker (it's only $9.50!) basically presses the two pieces of bread together, sealing along the outside into little pockets, and takes no more than 30 seconds from first press to last cut.Once you fill your two pieces of bread with your favorite sandwich contents (I used PB&J here, but you can use anything), place the Cut-N-Seal® on top of the two pieces of bread in the mi...
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| 23 Week Baby Belly - The Crazy Hair Edition |
| 2011-12-01 23:10:17 |
He or she has been busy dancin' inside. A LOT. He/she is a pretty good sleeper at night, but the second I get up to go pee? This wee one thinks it's "go" time."Is it time? Is it? Is it time? Can I dance now?"DancedancedanceKICKdancedance. Sigh.Definitely not pointy like last week.I decided to throw-back to my early-twenties and get a little crazy-funky with my hairstyle today. Instead of wearing one, very parental, mom-type clip in the back, I separated my hair into two, and let a little fringe fly.Food is still minorly icky. Baby is already an olympian. Mom needs to get exercising more (now that daddy's home and she has time). Otherwise, all is well.Baby bump progression thus far:Never miss a thing! Subscribe today for all kinds of crazy parenting fun!
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