here's hoping

I have a little thing that has bothered me the past . . . oh. . . 5 years. Time speeds up during christmas, okay maybe the last 15 years. Ya know when you were a kid, and it seemed like christmas Took FOREVER to get here, just so you could open those dang presents. Well that doesn't happen anymore. IT's like OH crap, how did this happen, Christmas is tomorrow. Even though I plan for the day for well over a month it still sneaks up faster and faster.

Here's the thing though. I put stuff off till after christmas; doctors, dentist, things I want to do accomplish, from little to big, organizing a closet, making a phone call to taking classes, and crafts, painting EVERYTHING basically. My theory in it all. IT HAS TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE AFTER CHRISTMAS. right? RIGHT? RiGht?

WRONG.

IT NEVER SLOWS DOWN. NEVER.

BTW, if you are having problems with this don't look at old pictures. . . it doesn't help. . . AT ALL.

commercial

So as we were wrapping presents tonight a commercial came on TV. They said the most popular nanny is coming to town.

"WHO super Nanny?" says Jeremie, "oh. . . they meant Mary Poppins."

BAAAAHHHHH.

wessstsiiide

So there is a little battle between east and west side. I usually don't involve myself with such dealings by just claiming NORTH. It's safe right? It's still funny to me now and then though. Honestly I know the east sides got it going on. The houses, the schools, the mall. THE MALL. LOVE THAT Mall. Saddly my two year old son doesn't feel the same about it beside the fact that they have a build a bear, and the fountains, but what mall doesn't have a fountain, oh yeah a couple of ours! come on we need that bribe, we need to let say if you're good I'll let you poor all my change into the water! and they usually end up elbow deep in water but whatever you got to try on shoes right? He did pretty well considering it was a on the fly trip to Kenwood, and was suppose to be one store, which dear Pottery Barn. . . . get some new window treaments already?!? If I buy sheets and sew one straight line across I can have pottery barn window treatments. Really? That's all you got for me. Paaahhhhlease. Okay so I wouldn't spend that much on drapes anyways, I was just looking for ideas, but you came up real short in that department.

Well once your in the mall with co-operating kids, you test your luck right, walked around and finally got to go into the store we have been eyeing for a while, hardware something or the other. It was just like pottery barn in a nut shell. Not exactly what I had in mind, but still liked it. Oh they do have mail boxes for on the house, that I have been wanting and haven't been able to find in Home Depot and Lowes, and lets face it my search for house things like that doesn't get much further than those two stores. Kennie wasn't feeling it. He started subtly, "I don't like this store" progressively getting louder. until he was yelling, " I DON' LIKE THIS STORE!" "I WANT OUT OF HERE", so guess what he got his wish. Sadly we had to go through Pottery Barn to get to our car, HE didn't like this at all, we had already been through this, and had a melt down, not what you want to do in Pottery Barn, Not what you want to do in a mall, especially a mall on the east side. All I could do was laugh. . . and get out of there.

Got into car easy part, buckled, a little harder, getting on the highway even harder, getting on Ronald Reagan, now usually when i am at kenwood I go a certain way so that I can just get on Ronald Regan and avoid 71 but not today no no. NOT TODAY. So you know when you get on express ways, they usually have towards west- indy south- cincy, north-columbus, so on. and along with this they have east west you now directions along with BIG city's you know ones that you know the direction without the direction, at least if you have any sense- my appologies to those of you that don't know. . . but really you should know this stuff. Come ON. So, took the exit for ROnald Reagan- check. sign ahead says. Montgomery right. Blue Ash left. WHAT! Seriously! I know East side you think you are better and that the world should know all about your side of the city, and yes we do know that those like Blue Ash and Montgomery are on the east side without living over there but really. Now I have to come up with . . . I know I need to go west but. . . but what city would be considered west. . . which east side city is less east, which is eastier. I went right(which is the same decision that got me going the 71 route instead of my normal one), right is just an easier way to go. WRONG. CTR. does not work in this situation. I had to turn around. Sorry eastsiders. I forgot my GPS at home, Sorry eastsiders, I forgot to memorize my map this morning when I woke up. Do you think next time you could tell me which way to go to get on the highway? that would be nice thanks.

Which leads me to my next discovery. When you are in the car and you KNOW you need to turn around. . . how long does it take you to turn around? The first place you see, the easiest place to turn into or an opening in the traffice or b. 2 miles down the road. How long does it take your spouse? Most women I know turn around immediately. And most of our husbands seem to take the 2 mile route at least it feels like miles. While we sit in the seat next to them. SCREAMING IN OUR HEADS. . . Please. PLEase. PLEASE . JUST. . . TURN . . AROUND. .JUST TURN AROUNG ALREADY. . . Really. Really just turn. Really do you think if you go this way long enough you won't have to turn around. . really. Because you will, you'll have to turn around.

And for this reason I love the north wessstsiiide. but I hate the westside, have any of you driven over there, I don't even want to post about the road situation over there, they are just nucking futs.

JVC'S

J- Jeremie

V- Viscous

C- Chris

S- Spurrotten

now he is JVC'S

So I am married to someone that my family just loves to come up with nicknames for. So okay Jeremie really isn't a nickname, it's his actual name. . . duh.
So the first one came fairly quickly Viscous, of course you can tell this one came from Schuyler(the engineer of the family) just because he was the second jeremie(y) and big jeremie didn't really fit him.
The second took a little longer but it was it's priceless. So our neighbor, who knew his name was Jeremie for the first year and half we lived next to him all the sudden starts calling him Chris.?! Chris? really. Whats worse he ANSWERS to this. So of course what does my father and brother do? They start calling him Chris as well. Not just in the house? no no. They start yelling it outside while they are playing catch, in the yard that butts up to this neighbors yard.
I have given him a new nickname. Recently. It's a word Hallie made up when she was spending a lot of time with Mom Pam. She turned to her when she was with her and said,"you spurrotten me." It took a good while to get what she ment. Then it clicked. Spoil Rotten me. and yes it's true. Mom Pam does spurrotten her. And I have realized I am begin spurrotten Jeremie, I mean viscous, or is it Chris. He gets anything he whines about if he does it long enough, and it persistant enough. Lately it's been I wanna camera, i wanna mp3 player,I want DDR, I want guitar hero, I wanta new play station, I want rock band, I want new head phones, I wanna new phone, I wanna gps, I wanna new camera(yes another new one), I wanna laptop, I want snetflix, I want blueray dvd with netflix, SPURROTTEN.

Did you notice a trend? mostly electronics. RIGHT. So we noticed, the order J V C 'S.

Fitting I think so.

life is full of. . .. .

UPS and DOWNS


Up:
The kids woke up when it was Light outside.

Down:
Took my time putting laundry away and Hallie missed the bus.

Up:
We were dressed, and ready to get in the car.

Down:
Dog ran off when I let him off his line- he usually runs right inside.

Up:
Kids got right into the car.

Down:
Hallie fell on the way in and got mud on her white pants.

Up:
Had wipes in the car to clean it off.

Down:
She had wet pants.

Up:
Got out of the house today when I thought I would just be cleaning all day.

Down:
I got out of the house today, when I thought I would be cleaning the house. Oh and Kennie had slippers on when I thought he put shoes on. Yeah he wore read spiderman slippers all day.

Up:
Kids were good while we(mom and I) went to Kohls. I think it was because Kennie gets to pust all the buttons when Hallie is at school.

Down:
I thought I would finally find a new comforter for our new bed. What I saw in the add was a blueish green and brown paisley comforted. What it was was greenish yellow and brown paisley comforter.

Up:
Saw hot sauce on an end marker at Walmart. . . it's one of those things I have been forgetting to get at the store for months.

Down:
Ran out of time to look at some of the things on my list because I was afraid we wouldn't make it home in time for Hallie to get off the bus.

Up:
Ran into old friend and her mom(yeah she's a friend too) at JC Penny's

Down:
I run into her a lot. . . and she is one I wish I would have kept in touch better, or at the very least called her to do something since the last time I ran into her, yet I never seem to do it.

Up:
Got back to my car in time to go home and put the kids down for a nap. they really needed one!

Down:
Got a call from mom, sounded like she was about to cry or have a break down. We forgot our purses in those little carts they provide for you, that we had hooked up Zack's car seat to. So I had to make a mad dash over there since my mom was suppose to be in a meeting at work.

Up:
After Abbey, My mom- she left the meeting, and me dashing it back, we got our purses with everything in tact.

Down:
Because of the detour to JC Penny's. Kennie is OUT. That means if I go home he'll wake up and won't get a full nap, if I stay in the car Hallie won't get a nap, but Kennie will.

Up:
After Kennie got a pretty decent nap in the car while Abbey ran her errands with Hallie. We went to get lunch okay a late lunch.

Down:
I can't find debit card in my wallet. I know I had it at Walmart today.

Up:
Remember I was in a rush to get home for Hallie when I was at Walmart. I smashed it into my checkbook instead of the slot thingy's. Silly me. Of course I found it after I checked the car, my purse- in between every diaper in the purse, and the bags from walmart.

Down:
Hallie went to the bathroom 3 times during lunch. We went to KFC. you know how disgusting those bathrooms are.

Up:
After lunch my mom calls, she's at Hancocks, wouldn't you know they share a parking lot with KFC. She found some material for a bedspread. I high tail it in really quick because Jeremy school is almost out and we need to pick him up. FOUND IT. BEAUTIFUL FABRIC FOR MY COMFORTER. it is PERFECT. It is 5 dollars a yard, it was originally 25 a yard. Jackpot.

Down:
As most fabric lady's we got one that moved like molasses, in the middle of January.

UP:
Made it to Jeremy's school, and got to have a little more fun looking at things for the kids to put on their Christmas lists.

Down:
Kids don't listen.

Up:
Kept the kids up long enough to be able to put them to bed for the night as soon as we got home.

Down:
My house is a mess and I am blogging not cleaning, or mending, or ironing, or doing the dishes.

Up:
There is always tomorrow.

Down:
I am beginning to understand why so many mothers I know suffer from migraines.

october in a nutshell. . . okay a big nutshell

Whoah what a month.

It's only the beginning of the holiday season, and I am already exhausted. It doesn't help to have Hallie's birthday, and Jeremie's birthday to kick it all off. Along with little Jeremy, Schuyler, Gracie, Jerra, and my dad's birthday within a months period.

So I was going to do something just so cute for their birthday blogs, but it kind of kept getting pushed to the bottom of the to do list and never checked off.

This will have to do.


So Hallie got a bike for the big present, I promise she was excited. We have been to the park a LOT, pretty soon those training wheels will be history.


I think this had something to do with the blase look before, she conked out on the way to Build a Bear.



But she woke up enough to know she wanted the halloween kitty, with a pink Reds shirt. This is why she doesn't dress herself for preschool. Oh btw she did dress herself for church today, gotta love the pink beaded t-shirt under the white flowergirl hand-me-down dress with the beige tights and black shoes. Sad part Dad helped. I don't let him dress her for preschool either.




Party two, hanging out with the Rakes, painted a few pumpkins, and cake again.



Party three, Chuck E Cheese with the Rosenbergs, Jeremy and her made out like bandits, and had a ton of fun.

Jeremie's Birthday


So Jeremie LOVES suprises for his birthday. So. . . .
SUPRISE. A GARBAGE CAN.


Yes, I got him a garbage can but it was filled with other stuff. . .
Suprise a BBQ scrapper
Suprise a can opener
Suprise some jeans
Suprise a UC sweatshirt
You all are jealous I can tell.


Okay, now time for the real suprise. A camera, I guess if he begs for something long enough he'll eventually get it. Although I thought our camera was good enough Jeremie didn't so I got him a new camera. Although he returned it for the one he really wanted, he was suprised that I let him actually get a new camera.



just a few of the crazy close ups Jeremie did playing around.

Next. . . The Preschool Parade. of course Hallie couldn't be the only one that got to dress up in a costume.









Next Halloween,

Kings Island style







Mt. Healthy Style







Other Things That kept me busy

Keeping Zack safe



at least from Hallie

Kennie I don't have to worry about so much.

Working outside it was a BEAUTIFUL fall.








Feeding Zack and keeping the kids dressed.

Yep that's right he's feeding the babydoll.


seconds after he asked me, "Mommy, where my underwear at?". . . maybe I'm not the only one losing my mind in the family.

And we finally went bowling for my present to little Jeremy what fun!




Boy am I tired. . .

This week

You'll have to excuse the sideways pictures: Blogger is not being my friend.


On Sunday Zackie was a month old. I can even say that I enjoyed most of it, besides the first week I spent at a 90 degree angle. He's been a really good little guy. *knock on wood*. Now if my other two would just learn a little from him.


Hallie started PreK on Monday. She has been so excited and patient waiting for this. She started a month late because of Zackie. She was a pro as she marched her little self into the classroom. The teacher had to remind her to say bye, how quickly they forget.

Another first happened too. We had to wait for transporation to plan the route for the bus. But it finally happened today. Although, I was worried after this morning.


She was so excited all morning, singing the wheels on the bus.


First we all had to bundle up, Zackie didn't seem to mind the cold wait.


We started on the porch for the first ten minutes.


Followed by 20 more minutes on the sidewalk. You wouldn't believe how many buses pass my house in 30 minutes, and how many of her teachers we saw on their way to work. She was getting so excited, I thought she might actually flap herself off the ground.


Kennie has been doing so well. It's been hard on him. They haven't been apart much, and they are almost as close as twins. He cried a little the first day dropping her off, I don't think he realizes that she is infact 17 months older than him.

Eventually, I drag one sad little girl inside, along with a sleeping baby, and a little boy that is just glad he is going to see the school again. As I put Zackie in his car seat what stops at the stop sign outside, her bus, blessed timing on my part. I couldn't get outside quick enough to let them know. . . STOPPPP.


But she did get to ride home. . . and boy was she on cloud nine.


OH and for the record can I just say:



How glad I am that the fend for yourself mornings have pretty much come to an end.