Long delay

Sorry for the lengthy absence of my almost daily blogging.  I just got so busy with things that have been going on.  Not to mention, my son is now climbing on everything!  It is a little overwhelming to make sure he doesn't fall and hurt himself.

But the good news is my daughter is finally done with the school year.  I can't believe how fast the school year went for her!  I registered her for next year yesterday after her four year check up with her doctor.  I still can't believe she's in school.

My husband and I have been doing a lot of grilling lately.  I think it's pretty fun because I don't have to use the oven since it's getting pretty warm here.  Not to mention, a little less cooking for me which is always a nice thing.

I haven't made a card in ages.  But I did make two thank you boxes with six thank you cards and six matching envelopes.  I made those for my daughter's teachers for their end of the school year gifts.  I was seriously not sure what to get them or make them.  But in the end, I decided to make them a set of thank you cards they can send out to people or to keep.  Not sure what I'll do next year.  But once my son is in school, I'll have to make some for his teachers as well.

Well, it's almost nap time in my household for the kids.  So I think I'll end this here and hope I can make it a more consistent basis to write in here.  I can't promise anything because I usually blog when my daughter is in school and my son is playing with his toys.  But now that he is climbing on things, it is a little tougher.

Until next time!

Happy birthday!

I honestly can't believe how fast the time is going!  Today is my son's birthday.  He turns two today!  It seems like yesterday that my husband and I went to the hospital to give birth to him and now here he is, two years old!

Two years ago, we had my mother come over to the house to watch our daughter while we were in the hospital.  Our son's birth was a scheduled c-section.  We planned the day he was born because our daughter was going to be home with my mother and we didn't want to be away from her for that long.  It seems like yesterday that my husband and I were laying in bed all giddy with excitement knowing our son was going to be here soon.  We had to be at the hospital at 5am, but stayed up until 2am!

Tomorrow my son has a doctor's appointment after I drop my daughter off at school.  And on Thursday there is an event going on at my husband's work that we are going to after the kids wake up from their nap.  What a busy week!

Until next time!

She put a spell on me

I swear, I think she put a spell on me.  My daughter has this crazy ability to make me cry or make me all mushy gushy.  I think it's because she's my first child and she is my rainbow baby.  But she does this to me.  Every single day.

Next week my son has a doctor's appointment.  He's getting his two year shots and wellness check up.  I am a little sad because he will be two soon.  Time flies by for sure.  I hope he doesn't cry during his shots, but I'm sure he will.  My daughter will be getting her shots for her four year shots and wellness check up as well.  But after she gets her shots, I'm going to take her to get some ice cream to make it all better for her.

I remember when I was a kid, time seemed to go slow.  But now as an adult, time flies by.  I am sad that it goes by so fast. 

Last night for dinner we had burgers and I made some potatoes thing.  I peeled them, cut them kinda small like, and put them in a foil.  I added some thinly sliced onions, olive oil, salt, and pepper.  It turned out really good.  My husband even said it's a keeper of a recipe.

Until next time!

I'm going to be an aunt!

I am a bit sad and happy about the news of becoming an aunt.  Wait, what?  I am going to be an aunt, again?  Does this mean that someone in my family is pregnant?  Yes, it does.  I am happy because it means that I get to be an aunt.

However, I am a bit sad as well.  Why sad?  It is because my little sister is the one who is pregnant and not my sister-in-law.  If anyone knows me, they know that my sister and I are not close.  We are not even remotely close at all.  I don't know much about my sister as sad as that sounds.  I don't know much about her, other than she lives in California, she's married, and when her birthday is.  That's as far as it goes as knowing anything about her.

I feel a little sad that her child, my nephew or niece, will never really get to know me.  They will never really get to know their aunt.  Instead this child will grow up with my sister's friends and her husband's friends as their alternative uncles and aunts.  My kids will never get to really spend time with their cousin.  

My husband always tells me that at least I have his sister and brother as my own.  But it's not the same when they didn't grow up with me.  But I am grateful, forever grateful, I have them as a sibling.

I wish the best for my sister as she enters this new adventure of motherhood.  It's exhausting but it's an amazing experience as well.

Until next time, guys!

Wacky Weekend

What a crazy weekend I had!  

On Saturday we were supposed to get rain.  We also wanted to go to Petapalooza with the kids.  We waited until they woke up from their nap to take them and to see how the weather would hold out.  Well, once they woke up, we got them ready to go.

People just don't know how to drive in the rain.  With that being said, it wasn't really raining by our house when we left, but when we started driving further on it started raining.  At one point, we were stopped at a red light and the next thing I know BAM we got rear ended.  The first thing I did was I turned around and made sure my kids were okay, then I asked my husband if he was okay.  Then we both got out of the car and examined the back of the car and started to exchange insurance information.

I am so grateful the kids are okay and the car is okay.  But after the cops showed up and said we could go, we went straight to the emergency room to get the kids checked out.  We wanted to make sure our kids were okay because even though our daughter was telling me she was okay and didn't hurt, we wanted to make sure.

So, I guess after that whole fiasco we decided to not go to Petapalooza and go next year.  Weather permitting, of course.

How was your weekend?  What did you do?  I am going to try to make some new cards this week.  

Until next time!

I think I'm crazy..

Maybe just a little bit crazy I am.  I think I am the only mother out there who misses their child the moment you don't see them.  Am I weird for missing my daughter after I drop her off?

On the first day of school, it was so hard for me, especially, to say bye to her for a couple of hours.  The second day it was really difficult for either of us to say goodbye.  Now she says goodbye easier than I do.  I still get teary eyed when I sit in the car waiting to leave the parking lot.  Then I come home and I see the toys she left behind before she went to school and I get even more teary eyed.

I think I am too sensitive to her.  But she is my little girl and she will always be my little girl.  I love that girl to no end.  I would do absolutely anything for her.  My son, too, but it's different when it is a girl, I suppose.  But the bond between a mother and her son is pretty intense, too.  However, right now, he is at the stage where he is biting me or hitting me or scratching me.  It's not fun when I am changing his diaper and he's clawing at me to stop wiping him.  And then when I put the diaper on his bum, he scoots up so the diaper falls off.

I know in time this phase will end and he will be my little loving boy.  I honestly can't wait for that moment because I don't know how much more I can handle of him biting my stomach, my shoulder, or any other part of my body.

I am trying to figure out how to make bed time more easier for me at night.  At night, my husband puts our daughter to bed by reading to her and I put our son to bed.  But it's not easy putting him to bed because he's so hyper at night.  Nap time comes easy but bed time takes forever for him to fall asleep.  We even pushed bed time to one hour later to hopefully make it easier on us to put them to bed.

Well, it's time to clean before I pick her up.  Until next time!

Taco Bell Tuesday

I have a small confession.  I love Taco Bell.  I love their tacos.  But I just recently discovered their yummy, and quite, delicious breakfast burritos and potato bowl.

The best part of their breakfast burrito and potato bowl is that they are only a dollar a piece!  I may be slow in the bandwagon on these new items.  But in my defense.. I have two kids and these two kids take a lot out of me and I don't go out that often by myself.  

Today I dropped my daughter off and then had to stop at Target to get some cleaning stuff for the bathroom.  It is driving me absolutely crazy so I decided now is a perfect time for me to start deep cleaning it.  I also had to get some other stuff as well.  

On my way home, I stopped at Taco Bell and got their yummy breakfast goodies.  Oh my word, I can't get over how delicious they are.

Last night for dinner I made my infamous tuna casserole.  I was going to make chicken with rice and carrots.  But I realized that we don't have anymore chicken.  So I made tuna casserole and texted my husband and told him to pick up some more chicken.  So, today we will have leftover tuna casserole and then the next day I will make chicken with rice and carrots.  We have an over abundance of carrots, so I need to figure out what to do with them.  Thank God for Pinterest.

Until next time!