Misconception

There is a common misconception that stay-at-home moms and kids stay at home but we are always running somewhere these days! Honestly, despite how hard it is to get us ready and out the door in the mornings we all prefer to be on the go. Mondays are normally my "catch up" days. I regroup after the weekend, make grocery lists, do laundry, etc. Tues and Thursday Matney goes to preschool and HK and I are on the run until we pick her up. We're back just in time for naps and after the girls wake up and have a snack it is 5pm and we're working on dinner. Wednesdays we go to Bible Study and Fridays are our favorite. We normally meet friends at one of our favorite play places and then have lunch somewhere. Sometimes we bring our own and sometimes we take the kids to Chickfila or McDonalds. We all love Fridays! During the week the mornings fly by, then we get home so that the girls take naps, we have dinner and then wait for Jared to get home. Then we hang out with him while he eats and head upstairs for books and bed. The world is spinning too fast!

Speaking of too fast, Matney is going to be 3 a week from today. I don't even have words to explain what that feels like. Three is old, not like the thirty-one old that I am but the "geez, having a three year old makes me feel like I should have this parenting thing down by now and I am not even close and all my hair is going to be gray before she's five" kind of old.  One thing that will not cause gray hair this year is parties. In the past we've done birthday parties here and I've stressed about invitations, food, decorations, etc. This year I got smart and we're having it at one of the places they like to play and we're combining both girls' parties into one. When I looked into renting a place I realized that as expensive as it seems it is cheaper than feeding 20+ people at my house twice...and WAY LESS STRESS! So, since the girls are too young to understand a calendar this year we're doing one joint party in the middle of April. Ahhh, can you hear my sigh of relief? We'll let the girls choose what they want to do with Mom and Dad on their actual birthday - pretty sure next week I'll be at a park, the pet store and the mall for Matney - and then have a big party at a place play for all their friends. Perfect, right? I'm thrilled!

Here are some random pictures off my phone. Most of these were today. Matney has learned that since she's not in diapers when she screams "I need to go potty" at 6am I'm going to have to get her out of bed. And once she's up there's no going back to bed. I can make her get back in bed but she's singing and carrying on so loud that she's going to wake up HK. The only thing worse than one kid awake at 6am is two kids awake at 6am! So, Matney gets up and comes downstairs and my schedule is off for the rest of the day. Motto of 2011, be flexible, remember? Sigh. After playing for hours at three different parks today HK still decided she won't take a nap, Matney was wound up after preschool so it was me and two cute girls from 6am-8pm. AGH! I am finishing this post and going to bed!

Every morning, every.single.morning, the girls demand to be ballerinas. Actually HK comes screaming "rina-rina" with her shoes and tu-tu. I know they have to be cold but they don't seem to mind. I wouldn't care except that getting them dressed is like dressing a wiggling octopus. Having to do it twice, once to be a "rina" and once in real clothes is a real pain! But goodness they sure are cute!

 HK loves cream cheese on a spoon. Strange I know but food is such a struggle with her that we let her eat almost anything she wants!

When the girls were supposed to be napping they were really having fun making a giant mess on my floor and climbing on the table.

After the climbing/mess incident above I decided they needed out of the house before they destroyed anything else. See Matney climbing up the stairs? She's so easy. See Halle Kate headed up the big, unstable ladder. She's so NOT easy!