Baby steps continued...

So I cleaned out Abby's closet and did everything I set out to do today. Moved some dressers and sorted more clothes. The rest of the house looks crazy, but closets are getting organized! Tomorrow baby's room!

My small victory

I cleaned out Ari and Angel's closets, organized and put the clothes away. Baby steps to clutter free!

Resolutions

I want my life and house organized. I resolve to shower daily, brush my teeth every morning, to do more to take care of myself. I resolve to excersize more, to get back in shape. To bake more and get better at cooking. These are my goals for the New Year. Let's see if I can meet them this year!

Christmas

Merry Christmas! Happy holidays! We have had a great holiday season! The Lord has truly blessed us with a wonderful family and some great friends.

What happens when you send Mark to the store for milk...

Mark took a video of the lights he put up outside this year! (his first ever attempt!)

Just a housewife.

A funny thing happened a few days ago. I was helping with the church yard sale and I was talking with one of the ladies at our church. Somehow we got to talking about work. I mentioned how I want to go back to work when the kids are all in school. She just started to laugh and said, "well, hon, what do you think you are doing now?" and then I laughed thinking, that is so true.

So, I now catch myself when I say I am just a housewife, or I would love to go back to work. Because it is work. Hard work! What I did yesterday- Got up at 6 to feed baby. 645 time to fight with Abby to get her up and to school on time. 730 back home to take some time for myself. The one hour a day I have to myself. Mark gets up by 830 and so do the little ones by 9. The rest of my day is spent changing diapers, feeding, picking up toys, throwing trash away, doing dishes and laundry, breaking up a lot of fights, kissing tears away. Then it's 130 and time for the car line, where I get to read or play angry birds in the car while waiting in the line. Home again by 230. Then it's snack time, homework time, computer time for Abby. And getting dinner ready. All while still changing diapers and taking care of baby. We eat dinner, then bath, then bed by 930. And I stay up til 1030 or 11 with Alexis getting her to sleep. By bedtime I am exhausted and the house is a wreck again, more dishes and laundry have piled up. Set alarm to do it all over again.

Feeling useless

My husband is in the worst pain of his life and I hate that I can't do more to help. I offer a hand, some prayers, fetch him some water and get his pain Meds. I sit up all night with him by his side waiting for his pain to ease. He tells me thank you for being there and I reply, "where else would I be? " I was just returning the favor really. For all the times he was at my bedside, feeling useless. When we had each girl, when I had gall stone pains, and when I had postpartum hemmharaging he was the one fetching and offering a hand and prayers. The one trying to sleep in an uncomfortable chair. Yep I guess this is what they meant in our marriage vows. In sickness and in health, I do.

Houswork

I am always attempting the impossible. Something that has never happened since Abby started walking. I would like every room in the house clean and organized at one time. There is never a day where I have nothing to do. I long for that day... Of course when that day comes I will be sad cause it means my girls are grown...

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Birthday shopping trip

Today I turned 31. I went shopping without kids and realized a few things about myself.
1. I am not able to shop in a mall. Too many stores, prices are too high, and it is exhausting.
2. I really have no clue how to shop for myself anymore.
3. I have no problem finding stuff for my girls.

Mommy 101: Raising girls means pink

You can't fight pink. Pink is not just a color, it's a state of being.

These are things I didn't realize until Abby was born. I grew up with two older brothers, so, for me, pink was uncool. I stand corrected by my five year old.

At first I tried to fight the inevitable, but when it was announced GIRL, the pink came. I tried to do a neutral nursery. Finally I gave in when my first baby girl was here and I realized pink couldn't be so bad when it was wrapped around something so sweet. So I started to buy pink things. Then with each girl added, we are pink crazy. I have accepted this and I am ok with it. We throw in other colors for fun, like purple and green. Blue on occasion. Brown almost never.
 
 And, yes, that is a pink background on my blog, thanks for noticing. ;)  



 

Crocking Results

The Crock Pot is such a wonderful device. I fixed it and forgot it yesterday. It all turned out yummy, it was done by 5, and I was able to get some things accomplished while it was cooking. Things like, picking Abby up from school, facebooking, feeding the baby, making out party invites, and cleaning up the dining area. The downside to this is there is just as much prep time to some of the recipes, so, not easier to make. Clean up is about the same. So, why not just cook it on the stove or in the oven? For me, it's the convenience of being able to have it be ready by a certain time no matter what chaos is going on in the afternoon. I can make it midday when Angel is napping or in the morning when the girls are still asleep when I can focus solely on cooking. So, the crocking was a success. Only problem was I didn't get to do dishes last night after dinner so crock pots aren't clean this morning. I have no meat thawed out either. So, crocking means planning ahead. Lesson learned.

Crocking it up!

Tonight's dinner will be made entirely in a crock pot. Yes I am a domestic diva and facebook has inspired me. Let's see if it is easier to make it all day instead of in a rushed hour at dinnertime in between stopping sibling fights, helping Abby with her Kindergarten homework, cleaning off the table that somehow ALWAYS becomes a catch all, and holding at least one child. What's on the menu? Pork Chops, mashed potatoes, mac n cheese, and broccoli casserole. Whaaaattt??? Oh yeah I am woman, hear me roar!

Gonna try this

I don't know how often I will update. People always comment on how busy I must be with all these girls, truth is, I am. So, the busier I am the less blogging I will do. But I wanted to do this as a way to record what my girls are doing and as an outlet for me to express my thoughts. Again we'll see how this works.