Sabrina Wobbles but She Won't Fall Down

Last night while my daughter was enjoying flipping around, doing somersaults, and springboarding in gymnastics I decided to be brave and go into the Y's cardio center. I've had this Y membership now since September and all we've used it for is swimming but I'd planned on exercising while Alex was in gymnastics. I probably looked like the new kid because I had no idea what the heck I was doing. Everyone in there also seemed to know each other which was a bit ackward. I was scared to go in in the first place because I don't know how to work the machines. I went for a treadmill in the back row. LOL Jumped on. What the hell! There's like 20 buttons on this thing!! I have a $700 Proform and I have different programs and junk on it but this thing kept asking me questions. How much do you weigh? How fast do you want to go? I finally got the thing to start after 2 minutes (how embarrassing!) But it went into a warm up mode which was not what I was wanting to do then it sped up then slowed down. Finally after 5 minutes it shut off and said workout over! Huh?? So I started playing again and looking at buttons I see MANUAL I thought "this has got to be the button I want" sure enough it was! I did 30 minutes speed walking at 3.5MPH. I kept the incline at 0 but usually at home I have it at 9 like I'm climbing a mountain.

So as I'm treadin away I see these people coming in and going up to these notebook stations looking at them and looking at the machines. I'm thinking "Oh god, was I supposed to write down that I was on the thing?" I saw a few people write down something and go for different machines. Seriously this is the first time I've worked out in a gym. First off I have a Soloflex, Treadmill, and Weight Bench at home so I've had no need. Our Soloflex and weightbench are out of commission at the moment from when we moved Alex into the basement bedroom and now we have no room.

Finally after 30 minutes and probably beat red in the face, I jumped off to go watch Alex. I felt pretty good like "wow! I worked out in the gym. I'm cool!" As soon as I got home I was wobbly almost like I had spaghetti as legs. I know I haven't been on the treadmill for over a year and I'm pretty out of shape so hopefully getting back into it, those feelings will go away.

So what did I have as a snack while I was watching Nip/Tuck last night?? A big bowl of Sara Lee Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream and served up by my dear ol hubby. Bad me I know!

4 Days Was Way Too Short

Well our weekend was pretty packed. Unfortuntely I didn't get much housework done having 4 days off. Housework seems to be impossible right now because one of the kids is always awake to occupy my time unless I start doing housework around 10 PM and stay up all night. (sigh)

Our Thanksgiving went well. We celebrated at my mom's at noon and my dad's for supper. Damien was the highlight. He was so exhausted by the end of the day. My sister and I bickered over dumb junk and her husband kept taking off to respond to calls. Some kids called 911 and hung up so dispatch said it was a domestic disturbance. We were shocked that he was back after 10 minutes. My sister Mandi was in Boston visiting a friend so she didn't make a grand appearance. She's young, only 22 and loves to piss off Jill's finance. She'll tell him all the drugs she's done recently and how she sped 100 in a 55 just to get at his goat. It's great.

We did our shopping the day after Thanksgiving at 10 AM. I got a sewing machine and a DVD player for cheap! That was all we wanted. We've learned you're a complete retard if you go to all the stores at 5 and 6 AM. Walmart and Target especially. I've been told by personell at those two stores that they put the cheap merchandise out throughout the morning so if you can't find it come back later and look, you usually will! We found just about everything in the flyers but who would we buy any of the stuff for? It was a pretty good day though.

Saturday we spent putting up the tree which I wish I wouldn't have. I should have waited a week before Xmas. Dominic has wrecked the tree already pulling everything off and rearranging ornaments. I wish I could have remembered him doing all the damage last year. How could I have forgotten is what I'd like to know. We put out some Christmas lights and when this nasty wind stops I'll put out our airblown snowman. That night we went to Chili's and ate for free since it took FOREVER to get our food! I hate it when that happens but they realized their mistake and just came up and said "you'll be eating free tonight" so we were pretty happy but the kids were so tired and restless. For being there for 1.5 hours with 3 kids I think we did really really good!

Sunday we went to the Sedgwick Co Zoo again. We love going to the zoo and wanted to get one more free trip with our zoo membership before the year ended. It looks like the nasty winter weather is back till spring now. We knew Sunday by watching TV that showers were predicted but it looked nice out so went for it. All the way there we were hit with rain bands of T-storms. It'd clear up then start pouring out of the blue. We got to the zoo and it was nice but then I heard thunder and just like that it was pouring again. After driving around for 30 minutes it cleared off again so we hurried in. We were there for 2 hours, windy 50 degree weather but we got to see everything. At the end of our visit we noticed the sky was getting black so after all we had endured we thought we'd better get the hell out of there and go home. I guess there were tornadoes, we didn't see any but we got home safe. Last night though it started snowing something fierce and was in the 30's. Figures! Gotta love Kansas!

So this weekend I picked up fabric for my new sewing machine. I can't wait to find time to sew. LOL I'm thinking I should fit it in around 2-3 AM. Think that would work??? I also bought my first scrapbook kit to do as a Mommy/daughter project. It took us 1 hour to do 2 pages!! I can see why it's so addicting though. When I went to Walmart last night I bought a whole bunch of junk to help us out. I bought more fabric to make Dominic a Tie blanket. I'll post pics as soon as I'm done with it. It should only take me a few hours to do that one.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Am I the only one who seems to competing with my sibling? Does anyone else have this problem?

All right I confess!

I do buy tons of toys that educational for my kids like Leapfrog and Vsmiles instead of Playstations or Game boys!

I can't lose 10 lbs in a week because I don't starve myself, I just can't do it like I did in highschool!

I don't chose to go to restraunts that offer low fat foods because most of the foods we like have grease in them.

Yes my house is alittle cluttered because I can't part with things like my sister and sell them for a few dollars in a yard sale.

Maybe my son does have a hearing problem and that's why he can't spit out huge sentences like his cousin who's 2 weeks younger than him. I dunno!

New Damien Pics

He Loves his new Bumbo!


Too big for an infant carrier now, but looks like a dwarf in his new big boy chair!


Prammed up for the parade!


Drooling over Rudolf


He's wishing picture time was over.

New Videos of the Kids

I have some new videos of the kids I thought I'd post. More comedy from our house. Remember the first time they play they'll probably buffer on you so you may have to play it a 2nd time to view it without it stopping mid play.



Spit time at the kitchen table












Trying to Potty Train, not going so well

Some personals

Sara- I would like to have 8:30-10:30 as mommy time as well but I'm such a freak on my housework, I use that time to clean. I do think you have an excellent plan about doing the basics now and the harder stuff later on. That's sorta how I do things as well. Since my laundry is in the basement, I usually wait till the kids are asleep for that one as well. As for the church nursery, I'm glad to hear that you don't repeat their names 50 times hoping to get them to cry for your enjoyment like the other parents! lol

Sheri- I would die laughing if you were the first to be pregnant again. That would be a hoot. Knowing you though, when you go through labor next month you'll make damn sure you're on some sort of birthcontrol before you leave the hospital! LMAO!

Rachel- glad you liked the throw up! I couldn't believe I caught that on tape, I thought for sure he was going to roll over then his sides started sucking in like he was going to throw up and whalllaaa!

Amie- thanks for trying to figure my crazy body out. LOL My cycle is still crazy and yes I just stopped breastfeeding Damien about a month ago now. How long do you plan on with E??

Yarisol- thanks for the prayers on his job promo! We should find out in the next few days!!!

Ungrateful

I have come to realize there are a few people in my family who are so ungrateful it makes me completely sick to my stomach. We'll start with this example......

My sister J calls to talk to Dave about her computer woes. Dave is very good with computers and has even went to school for networking and other things. When anyone has a problem they want Dave to come over and fix it for free. This happens equally between family and friends and it's not that he doesn't want to come do it for free, it's just time consuming. Most of the time he requests that they bring their hard drive and he'll fix it when he gets a chance. So my sister brings by her hard drive which will not start at all. He cleans it while they are here and offers to let her borrow one of the hard drives we have. We have a total 8 computers in our house. She takes it home because she has college homework to do and she doesn't know how to install her DSL software on it and get it to work so she calls Dave 30 minutes after getting home complaining to him. Then the next day after she finally gets it on there she calls to complain that the thing has Windows 98 and not XP, she doesn't like it and if he's got her computer fixed.

My mother, can be a witch. We do alot of things for her but then when she does something for us, she almost sounds like she wants repaid but not with money in other ways. For example Dave sprayed the outside of her house to kill elm bugs. Did he get a Thank you? Nope he never does she just expects him to do it since he kills bugs for a living. A week after this I asked her if she could watch the kids so I could take Damien to his Dr's appt so she did then afterwards I told her thanks and she said her repayment will be to use the hot tub that night. Dave was hot, he said her repayment should be the $100 treatment he did on her house to kill all the bugs. She's never came to get soak in the hot tub because she makes these plans then cancels, just as she did with Alex the other day. I get so tired of her making plans then canceling them so I told Dave the other day when she says she wants to do something with the kids, I'm not even telling them anymore till she shows up or I show up at her house because I'm tired of them getting their hearts broken. Or I should say Alex's heart broken because she never wants to do anything with Dominic anyways.

My aunt and uncles really have me stumped along with my mother. These are grown adults yet they expect my grandma and grandpa to hand over cash all the time to them. They have jobs and are capable of making their own money but why do they always ask my grandparents for money? My grandparents just paid $200 + to have my cousin come to town. Why didn't his own parents pay? I have never asked my parents or my grandparents EVER for money. I've been buying my own things since I was 16 and had a job. The worst part is when it comes to Christmas, their anniversary, or birthday's Dave and I make an effort to get them a great gift and recognize the occasion while their own kids spend like $10-20 bucks on them. Does that not make you want to puke?

I don't know what to think anymore. I used to go on and on about how my cousin, who has 5 kids from different dad's, made me so disgusted how she took advantage of the government (welfare) . She even told a friend of mine (not knowing she was a friend) how to get welfare to pay for her pregnancy since she's never paid for anything medically on her kids. My grandma bends over backwards for her also helping financially anyway she can because she feels sorry for her. I remember when I first started dating and my grandma used to say we'd better never get pregnant without being married or ever date any colored people. Look at my white trash cousin with 5 kids all from different colored dads (3 black dad's, 1 Mexican) and pampered daily by grandma.

Alot of these emotions are coming about with Thanksgiving and Christmas around the corner. Tis the season I guess. The recent actions of my sister and my mother I will try to bypass as if nothing has happened. I try not to let my mom crawl under my skin. My sister J likes to say "you look just like mom" I think the next time I hear that out of her, I'll just have to say "I may look like her but I sure as hell don't act like her.....but you do" Wonder how well that would go?

How Much Wood Could A Woodchuck Chuck If A Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood?

I've decided to give up on my charting for the moment. It's driving me nuts as I don't know what to think. I don't know if my battery has went dead or what. Even using my family themometer I'm getting about 1/2 a degree off in the lower direction. Maybe it's just me. Who knows.

This weekend we rode on the parade float thrown together by the Daisy Scout leaders. We didn't have any time to decorate since it gets dark so early anymore. I donated my hay out of my barn so that's what we all sat on. It actually wasn't too cold and we didn't freeze to death like I had thought we would. We waved forever it seemed (a whole mile) Dominic had a blast. He screamed "hi" to everyone but by the end he was whispering "hi." Afterwards I met Dave at the truck we loaded up and went home. I also ended up taking Alex to a birthday party that afternoon at the zoo. It turned misty and dreary by that time and I was so sure I was going to get sick. So far I haven't. At the party they let us pet a woodchuck, an animal I thought before was a beaver. Well it's an actual animal and cute! Wilma the woodchuck was a petting zoo animal because she has a nerological problem and when put on the floor the poor thing could just turn in circles. It was sad. But as far as the saying goes....I guess they don't like and won't eat wood so most likely they'll never try eating it.

Today has been rough with Damien. Boy is having some poop issues again so I gave him a suppository to "help him out." It worked and now he's playing in his crib. He started getting irritated at every little thing so I was pretty sure it was the poop that was making him so angry. Having him crying today plus one infant dropped off starving after a Doctor's Appointment made serving lunch difficult. We survived though barely. I have to feed one at a time so there was one screaming while the other was being taken care of and sometimes two screaming at once. (sigh)

I'm so worn out. I am tired by noon and have no motivation to do anything around the house. I'm starting to get upset that my housework isn't getting done again. I don't know how to solve getting housework done except for staying up all night to do it. That's the only way. Dominic won't even take a nap today, go figure.

In other news Sunday we thought we'd find someone to watch the kids so we could shop for their Christmas presents before they sell out. Called my mom, said she'd take Alex to the Motorcycle toy run with her cousin Madison at 1 PM but not Dominic. Nice huh? I said ok started hurrying Alex around to go then got a call from my mother saying she didn't have enough time to get Alex she was just going to take Madison but when she got back she'd have Alex over to play with Madison. She never called back till after 3PM in which we had decided to leave around 2:30 because we were tired of waiting. David was pissed as always because my mom does these kind of things all the time. She favors my sister's kids over mine, she helps my sister out anytime she needs help but when it comes to me, nope. My dad and I have had our differences in the past but he is so much more willing to help me with things and help with the kids. I don't even know why I call her first. Dave's aunt did end up watching all 3 kids for us so we could get the main toys. Dora house, Shaking race car track, and this skeeball game. We are far from done on the kids but these are the things that I thought would sell out fast.

While at Walmart getting gifts I picked up some size 3 diapers for Damien. Yes Size 3's! Can't believe how fast he's growing.

Before I was a Mom............

Before I was a Mom I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.I never thought about immunizations.
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.
Or gave shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.I never sat up latehours at night watching a baby sleep.
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop thehurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.I didn'tknow that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to makesure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, thewonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.

TMI POST

My Uterus: "Sabrina............We have a problem. Copy?"
My Brain: "10-4 Over and Out."

Ya know there are far better things I'd like to worry about than birth control. I really hate the pill. I think it's the reason I started gaining weight after highschool. I've thought about the patch but then I'm glad I didn't because of the FDA warning of blood clots from an overabundance of estrogen. I wouldn't care to get pregnant again, I'm not really against it, just not right now. I decided after Damien was born I'd do NFP (charting) again. I've been doing it since Alex was about a yr old. Dave is ok with it as it does work, if you have a normal cycle. Well I have NOT been a normal person for over a year now. I never ovulate at the same time EVER, sometimes I'll have AO cycles (annovulatory), my temps vary month to month. Before my miscarriage I was a textbook charter. You could see my rises and I knew when O was and what day my period would come. Not now. Right now I'm stuck in a mess cycle CD30 which seems to be 3DPO, but I had a HUGE drop today. So did I ovulate? This happened last month as well to me ending in a short LP. I'm so confused. I love being able to tell what's going on with myself but anymore I have no idea. I've been sick so that could have made a difference but I was sure I O'd the other day, now I'm thinking maybe not. So for the next 2 weeks (unless I didn't) I have to wonder if I did or didn't and if we may have gotten in that little 5 day window or not. I told Dave the other day I thought I was but he didn't care so we just dtd anyways. He still has his "if it happens it happens and if it doesn't it wasn't meant to be" mentality. Let the waiting begin....

If it's not one thing, it's another

The past two weeks have been a bit crazy here. I don't have much computer time anymore. Not only did I take on Nicholas, I took on this nasty nasty cold I can't shake. I've been coughing my head off now for 2 weeks. Damien has came down with it and has a nasty nose daily now and is coughing and gagging just like me. Most of the time it's gagging but as the video shows below his gagging has lead to a few throw up instances. No matter how many vitamins we take, OJ we drink, or how many times we wash our hands we're still going to have illnesses here since I do daycare. All I can do is try my best to control what I can.

Damien has started rolling now....Alot. He was able to roll from tummy to back but now since yesterday he's started rolling from back to tummy and he loves it so much so that he's trying to do it in his bed. He just discovered how to do it yesterday but now he won't stop. Today daddy is buying him a Bumbo and mommy is so so excited! I'll be minus the stupid infant carrier since his legs hang over the edge and I'll carry the foam seat for him to sit in, in the basket. This may seem unsafe to some, but I think it'll work out great. I think it's alot safer than carrying him in an infant seat he's outgrown. I'll be shopping this weekend for a new carseat, most likely another Cosco Alpha Omega like we already have.

As for other things, the daycare annoyances are still going strong. I had a mom just get in my refrigerator yesterday afternoon to refill her daughter's cup with milk without even asking me. She wanted it full for the drive a mile away in another subdivistion out here. Dave was sitting in the front room and couldn't believe she did it. She also thinks it's ok to bring over cereal and other snacks for her kids to eat on my couch in the morning. As soon as she leaves, I make her daughter go eat it in the kitchen or I take it away which makes her cry but I'm sorry, food is to be eaten at the table. Not on my couch that's already stained from her sippy cups. Another mom keeps bringing her kid over with food in his hand at times when it's not even breakfast, snack or lunch time. She wants him to sit and finish his food which he just wants to get up so I just throw it out when she walks out the door and let him go play. There's also one big gripe I'd like to address to parents taking kids to daycare. Please, do not address your child 15 times to get his/her attention to make them realize you are leaving. This is just flat out wrong. I have a kiddo who is perfectly fine when dropped off but the parent makes a big fuss so the kid knows they're leaving them there. If the kiddo finds a toy to play with mom/dad gets mad that the child is not crying that they are being left so the parent continues on and on saying things relating to them leaving such as "mamma's going bye bye" How cruel to get your kid to cry then leave them with me to listen to their sad sobs for a half a hour that they've been left. Thanks! (sarcastic there)

On the job promo with Dave, he took the test and feels he did a pretty good job. His boss is going to look it over before sending it to corporate. If all goes well we figure the first of January he'll start his new position.

Final note: I just received my spa supplies today in which I had ordered a sample pack that includes 15 different types of Aromatherapy fragrences to try out. Sad part is, I am not using my hot tub again till I get over this horrible cold. Sunday I was doing better, then I got in the hot tub that night and Monday I was back to feeling like crap. It's been about 30 degrees at night when I get in and out of it.

Catching the Action

You know, you try your hardest to catch the new little milestones on video in your baby's life, then something has to happen and screw it up.

Click Picture to view video

Mucho Dinero

As Christmas approaches, so does the thought of all the money I'm going to have to spend. We buy for immediate family only but it adds up. Here's a list.

1. Mom and Mike
2. Jill (sister) and Jeremy
3. Mandi (sister)
4. Kaelynn (niece)
5. Madison (niece)
6. Jaden (nephew)
7. Austin (nephew)
8. Dad and Karen
9. Tony and Debbie (Dave's parents)
10. Gma and Gpa Hoefer
11. Gma Griego
12. Damien
13. Dominic
14. Alexzandra

We usually do $10 for my sister's kids, $75 on the parents, $30 on my sisters, and $20 on grandparents. The biggest expense is the kids. Before Dominic came along, we'd spend $300 on Alexzandra but then it went to about $200 a kid and well now, since Damien is here. I'm thinking maybe $100-150 a kid. Does that sound like enough? I've been scouring ads and the internet and some of the prices are insane for the hot toy items this year. I'm hoping Amazon won't fail me this year as I usually buy from them for Christmas. Some of the items the kids are wanting need to be bought soon because they are the hot ticket items this year that EVERY kiddo is going to want. I've learned my lesson on waiting several times.....don't do it. Once a store is out, you usually will never see it again till after Christmas.

Here's a list of toys my kids just HAVE TO HAVE.

• My Little Pony-Baby Pony
• Dora Dance Doll
• Dora Talking House
• Furby
• Shake and Race Racetrack
• Pirate Matchbox Car deal
• Geotrax Train set
• Tumbletime Tigger

The list goes on and on but these are the main ones. I wonder what else will be hot this Christmas? Anyone have a toddler or preschooler hopping around saying "I want that for Christmas?" All I know is I want the kids to be happy but I hate to go completely broke! The grandparents buy so much but I wish I could get it through their heads to buy 1 big ticket item and not 500 things that are small. I also ask them to consider educational toys as well. I love the Leap Frog brand so that's one item I always tell them along with pajamas.

Missed the Bus...and it wasn't the Short Bus

Ok yesterday morning was a bit crazy. First I overslept till 7:10 AM! Normal wake up time is 6 AM. As I laid there in bed, I wasn't too worried at first since a few of my daycare kids were going to be late and 2 weren't coming but then I remembered Alex had a bus to catch at 7:20! Well it didn't happen. The bus came by the house and I had to go outside with some thrown on clothes and did the Miss America wave to let the bus driver know that Alex wasn't coming. So I ran in the shower, got 3 kids dressed and ready to go and out the door by 7:55. I was suprised as there was very little traffic on the way to her school but we still got there about a minute late. I ran her in the school and informed her teacher that she may have an ear infection but refuses to let me take her to the dr. I get back home and leave again at 9:45 to get Damien some meds since he's been a bit stuffy. I guess as soon as I walked out the door Alex's school called to tell me that she was complaining of her ear! I find this out at 2:30 though when I call to inform them that my mother was going to take her to the dr and Alex had no idea. I felt horrible for her being at school all day with an ear infection but when she came home from the dr my words to her were "next time your ear hurts, are you going to let me take you to the dr?" Her reply was a sulky "yes."

Thoughts and Prayers

I'm asking for thoughts and prayers as Dave will be taking that Service Manager test tomorrow. After taking it, they'll be sending it off to a 3rd party to grade and then we'll find out if he passed. If so he'll be getting the position and then will be going to Enid, OK for his management training. Please be thinking of us!

4 Months Old!

It's crazy how fast Damien is growing up. It's so neat to be home and watch every little milestone. I feel like I was cheated with Alex because I went back to work after 6 weeks and didn't get to experience some of the things I have with staying home with the boys. I love being the one person they can depend on all day everyday.

Some of his newest milestones are.......

• grabbing at everything he sees
• following people walking around with his eyes
• sticking his hands in his mouth
• drooling all over the place
• arching his back and inching like an inch worm
• rolling side to side but not over yet! He's rolled from tummy to back twice now.
• eating 6 oz at every bottle now has been since about 3 1/2 mths
• loves cereal with bananas!

Coming to a City Near You?? Part 2

Well Saturday before we went to Kidfest Dave's 2 bosses talked to him while we waited in the car. They had hinted they had something big to talk to him about on Saturday and we were pretty sure it was going to be a promotion because he asked up front if it was anything bad and they said no. They offered him a Service Manager position out of the office he works at Thank God so we won't have to move unless we really wanted to. There are 2 service managers (1 a vacant position right now) and 1 branch manager. All he has to do is take this 3 hour test (yikes!) and he has the job. Today he met the regional manager from Oklahoma who interviewed him for about 30 minutes. The other service manager called Dave and told him that the regional guy thought he would be great for the job and the interview went well. So next step is this 3 hour test that he'll take on a Saturday. Then after this he will be going to Oklahoma to train and then possibly to Dallas, TX as well for more training. He's already asking if I'm going to be able to handle being without him. I've done this a few times before so I think I'll be ok but I'm not saying it's going to be a piece of cake by any means. Anyways he'll be taking this test possibly this Saturday or next and then he may be going to Oklahoma as soon as December but we're not sure yet. Have to wait and see. I'll report more another time!

Kid Fest

Well we went to Kid Fest on Saturday and boy was that crazy. When they say "for kids" it really is! They had moonwalks, animal balloons, tatoos, strawberry milk, apple juice, apple slices with carmel, ice cream bars, etc all free for the kids. Walmart even set up all the hottest toys for Christmas and the kid's were able to play with them all. They had a few things for parents as well such as baby shops and Avon but mainly everything was for the rugrats. Speaking of Rugrats, they were there as well and Dominic was in LOVE with them. He hugged them all and stood there forever just gazing at how big they were. They also had Chucky Cheese, Clifford the Dog, Mr McFeeley, Jay Jay the Airplane, Batman and Barbie. Enjoy the pictures.

Fave Pic of Damien and I

Quinoa (keen-wa)

Oh yes yesterday was so much fun. I swear I'm losing my mind again. I thought lets try something different for lunch so I made some Quinoa. The kids looked at it, looked at me and I swear they wanted to laugh in my face but they knew I'd scream so they didn't. Do you ever feel as a parent that your bipolar or have tourettes? I do. So anyways I told them if they each at least took 1 bite they'd get a sticker. It worked. I asked them questions to sorta live the moment up as I tried so hard not to laugh at their faces while they chewed.

What does it feel like in your mouth?
What does it taste like?
Do you like it? NO lol!

So that was fun. Next I had 3 screaming babies all day.
Kayla= annoyed because Nicholas won't leave her alone
Nicholas= mad because I'm taking him away from everything he shouldn't be into
Damien= hungry little booger as always.

Dominic, Corbin, and Kelsey were pretty decent except for fighting over everything. We do 5 minute time outs for fighting. The past few weeks Corbin does things out of spite to Kelsey like taking her blanket etc. I don't know what his deal is. So after an exhausting day I made some stupid bean burritos and rice in like 30 minutes for supper because my feet hurt so bad. I have something wrong with my right foot where it hurts right in the middle of my foot. It's been this way for years after I wear shoes but now it's all the time. Dave really wants me to go to the dr but like I told him, you find me time! Along with that I think my tendonitis is back in my wrists from picking up so many kids. They hurt all the time. Oh and all my hair is falling out due to freakin hormones.

Can my life be anymore depressing? I feel like I'm falling apart, I feel like I scream all day, Dominic won't mind me at all, and I'm so worn out from all the daycare kids. I'll give an idea just on diapers what I do. Yesterday I changed...

• Dominic= 3 poopy diapers/ 3 wet
• Kayla= 1 poopy diaper/ 1 wet
• Damien= 2 poopy diapers/ 4 wet
• Nicholas= 2 poopy diapers/1 wet

My house smelt like shit so bad yesterday. I kept spraying air fresheners and all it did was mask the smell for about 10 minutes. (sigh) Along with serving Quinoa I got out our moonwalk for the kids to jump in. They love that thing except for Kelsey she refuses to even try to jump.

So today is Thursday. Alex has Daisy Scouts and I'm incharge of snacks. I didn't want to do anything store bought so I made shaped halloween sugar cookies a few hours ago. How did I do this with 5 kids running around? Well it was pretty hard. The only one I had the most trouble with was Damien and he was in his carseat and I kept putting a binkie in his mouth. I also put chemicals in my spa since it's been a week. That only took a few minutes though. Now I have a very dirty kitchen to clean and about 2 loads of laundry I NEED to do today along with all the regular housework. Oh the joys of staying home all day.

I Have Fingers!

The past few days Damien has discovered his little digits can pick up things. It's been rather exciting watching him concentrate on different things and then grab at them. As soon as he gets his fingers around a toy, he pulls it quickly to his mouth to eat it. I've hung some new toys on his carrier that I can switch out when he gets bored of them. For now he's in love with the blue dog that barks.

Halloween Night!

Wow. Last night was a bit crazy, packed with tons of activities, and two very excited children wanting tons of candy. They ended up with about 3-4 Walmart bags full. We did 2 trunk for treats, went to the YMCA and Westbrook Baptist for activities they had going on. Then after we did that we went and trick or treated. The kids got to bed at 9:45 a whole hour later than normal but they were so psyched from all the suckers they ate in the car, they weren't too terribly tired! Alex had alot of fun at Westbrook with the fishing game and bowling while Dominic was just out for the candy and could care less about the games at the Y or Westbrook. Damien just chilled since he'd been up for about 3-4 hours he slept most of the outing.