So, I am hoping to introduce my upcoming Friday blog "Fabulous Fact Fridays" tomorrow! I will keep you posted. I promise it will be worth your while, and this bi-monthly blog will keep you coming back for more; and make you wish they were more frequent!
As a mom, a wife, a friend, a daughter, a sister, a professional etc etc sometimes life feels like it just gets away from me. I know I load my own plate full sometimes, and that is all on me; but I also feel as if sometimes I am not doing enough. How do people do it all? And in the public eye at that!? Do celebrities and public figures have off days like me? Do they think they should be doing more (when to us it seems like they have more than anyone could handle)!?
All questions I thought would be fun to explore!
So every second Friday I will have a new Guest Interview talking Mommyhood, Womanhood and whatever else they feel like disclosing!
Come join me for Fabulous Friday's and let the discoveries begin. How real are these real people!? I tell you, I think you may be pleasantly surprised. I know I was!
I am starting with an amazing woman. An inspiring woman. A local woman!
Happy Thursday. See you tomorrow!
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My second home is... the grocery store!
I was grabbing a few quick items for our dinner tonight, when upon checkout was greeted by the store manager. He handed me a store loyalty card offering extreme discounts and incentives. It is given to the stores loyal shoppers... you know, the ones that are there 3 or more times a week! I thanked him, and he commented back, "No no, thank you!" I had to laugh. It's pretty funny. But I wont be laughing at extra savings! Always a good thing in this house.
So, toddlers obviously have a fascination with running around naked. Really, as long as its around our house, I can get over that...no big deal. But I have a few developing issues that I need to nip in the butt (no pun intended).
For starters, Kai. If he does not have pants on, he enjoys sitting on the couch "playing." Awesome...are you serious! You are not even 3! My daily task is to ensure pants are on!
Si, well, you have all heard my problem with her... if she is not in her onesie, when the inevitable daily poop comes, she enjoys painting (with the poop!). It got so nasty that last week, while I was out working, Ryan texted me saying "call me." The minute he entered her room to get her from her nap, he was hit by a horrendous smell... and a baby standing in her crib, covered HEAD TO TOE (yep, even the face) in s*#t. All I could say was that I was happy to be at work! In hindsight... eventually it could have made for a pretty hilarious photo... maybe for one of those wedding day slide shows. Next time!
And then there is the problem of nudity together and opposite gender fascination. Well more so, female fascination. When Kai is nude, Si tries to run after him and "grab." Yes. That thing that hangs down from his body is such a foreign object that curiosity gets the best of her... I guess all is healthy in the wondering.
My domain whiletheyaresleeping.com is now officially up and running. I am so happy! It actually happened early this week, but this week has completely gotten away from me.
I had a bit of a rough time last week; between dealing with Sienna, dealing with the kids in general (!), and feeling down on myself, it was a hard one...
I was getting really frustrated on myself with regards to work. Trying to figure out how I was going to do it, and what I was going to do at all! And then it kind of just happened...as if the stars just aligned!? I had three opportunities come at me in one day...and another on Monday!
Isn't it weird how things like that happen? I find that I couldn't be stressing harder, worrying myself, and thinking so negatively...and then my hard work and patience (ya right) start to pay off, and in the course of a few days, I have a new listing, and a few other avenues that I will have more to say about soon! This week has been a crazy one...run of my feet with things to get done...and still a list 10 pages long to complete; but I am taking it as it comes, one step at a time. I guess the lesson being, have a little faith and keep on walking!
"Faith is one foot on the ground, one foot in the air, and a queasy feeling in the stomach." — Mother Angelica "What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step." — C.S. Lewis
I have been trying to get here to write, but with best intentions at hand, there hasn't been enough time in the day (and in a little over a week, there will be even one less hour in our day)!!
I will be back to post again soon...but I will leave you with this to look forward to. In honour of my domain going live, I will be having a giveaway soon. Let you know all the details and what it is...in the next post.
I am taking some time for me this morning...gotta log some miles on my feet. Time for some sanity :-)
Happy Thursday!
"To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone." Reba McEntire
It's the things that come out a child's mouth that can truly brighten your day. Children seem to make all the sense in the world and at the same time, no sense at all! They are so innocent and yet so guilty. And one thing that is for sure, they are VERY honest...and at the best of times, those honest moments lead to a smile, a laugh, and maybe a much-needed conversation.
Kai is quickly creeping up to 3! Hard to believe that in April I will have a three year-old. And with growing, his vocabulary as well as questions are starting to fly out of his mouth. I thought a few recent ones had to be shared. I hope they brighten your moment as much as they did mine.
A few days before Christmas, I was in my closet getting dressed to head out. I had our nanny that day, and the kids were both with her...until I heard a pitter-patter of feet running up the stairs. Kai was going to hang out with me until I left, apparently. So I started to get dressed. The next thing that happened...
"Mommy...?...You have no pee-pee!??"
Oh my gosh! Before I could respond with any form of an adult like answer, I burst into an abundance of laughter. And with the laughter came another
"Mommy...?...You have no pee-pee!??"
And after the second time, he ran out of the closet, hoped on the chair in our room, and continued watching cartoons.
This left me with many thoughts in my head. The first being, I guess shower time and dressing time is over in-front of my two and a half year-old son! The second was, wow what a great observation. And third was how maybe next time something like that happens I should have a prepared answer opposed to a morning ab workout :-)
He hasn't said anything again since, and he hasn't asked, but I have said "girl" and "boy" a lot more often and using his sister as an example to being different then he is. It is a funny thing, private parts and kids. And with both a son and a daughter, it is amazing how different they are in observation. Sienna is almost 16 months and I swear has noticed differences since the time she could walk, around 11 months. I have this time frame as a note because it was when I would be changing Kai's diaper that I would hear her little feet making their way down the hall in enough time to attempt to grab Kai's "privacy" as he would call it, before the diaper was put back on. Yes, she made us both laugh with this attempt, but also made be realize that she was being very observant of the differences. Until lately, Kai hasn't given any thought to his own "privacy," as Sienna will always try to grab her's as I change her diaper. Kai's form of self discovery lately has been with toys being shoved down his pants! What!?? Oh the things they do!
So my lesson, to answer more questions for my kids and to maybe read a few more books on the subject of girl vs boy.
December 16th brought another moment for me when I had to take Kai to the Doctor's office. We had a morning just me and him, which was so nice because that really doesn't happen very often. We went to Starbucks where he enjoyed a hot chocolate, that I am sure was 50% whip-cream! Then with his backpack back on his back, we crossed the street in time for his appointment. On a side note, Kai never thought much of his backpack until his amazing Uncle came over to visit him one day, and he was wearing his backpack. Now, Kai will not leave the house without one. So now in the waiting room, with a CLEAN diaper, I am trying to keep Kai entertained as we await the arrival of the Doctor. And then, just as I began to smell something, Kai came out with a comment:
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