Saturday, October 15, 2011

Random Ramblings and Photo Dump…..

This is my first Saturday night in 12 weeks that I have not went to bed before 10, whoop whoop!!! I feel like such a rebel! Oh look at me, it’s 10:55 and I am still awake, woooooo crazy girl over here, livin on the edge!!!

However, I feel a little lost knowing that I am not getting up to run early tomorrow morning. Next week my running commences (yes I took a week off, what of it?) and I plan on running Saturday’s starting next week.

Why? Because I already have the itch to run a half marathon again. It’s like childbirth…………during it you think “OMG this is the worst thing EVER, I am NEVER doing this again, why would anyone put themselves through this? This is hell on earth!!” Then 2 days later as your holding your bundle of joy (or your medal…….yes I cradle it sometimes…don’t judge me) you think “oh pretty baby, I want to do this again!!” So there will be more races and who knows, maybe (huge stress on the word maybe) a full marathon is in the cards. Don’t get your panties in a wad B, I haven’t committed to anything yet.

My child (Paxton) is apparently hard of hearing lately…….he doesn’t listen at all!! It drives me completely nutso. I sure don’t like hearing myself on repeat all day long, plus who wants to be a nag? Not me. But what do you do? He.won’t.listen.

“Pax get dressed,” nothing, nada, just sits there, staring at me with a blank look on his face.

“Pax go to bed,” gets up 8 bajillion times, needs water, needs to pee, needs to poop, needs to comb his hair.

“Pax pick up your toys,” gets out MORE toys, needs to pee, needs to poop, blames his sister.

“Pax put your shoes on,” plays with his Transformers, watches tv, needs to pee, needs to poop.

You get my drift. What do I do? I hope this is a phase, however, I believe this is just the beginning of a lifetime of nagging on my part and ignoring on his part. YEAH!!!!

Harper, Harper, Harper. She now has to wear a sweet getty-up when she goes to bed which consists of tight pants with a onesie buttoned over it, so she won’t get butt ass naked in the middle of the night. All those cute pajamas I bought for her? Nope, can’t wear them, they will last 2 seconds in her crib before she strips nekid.

Today, I had to get a babysitter while I went to work. When I got home Harper was still sleeping and when she woke up I went in to get her. She looked right at me and said “where’s Chelsea?” (ok it was more like “where’s titi?” but I knew what she was saying). I told her Chelsea went home and she started WAILING, put her head down, threw herself on the pillow, pulled the covers over her head, and refused to look at me……….ummmmmm dramatic much?

Yesterday, she climbed up on the built-in cabinets in our living room, I looked over and was like “Gah!! Girlfriend you are going to break your leg!!” and proceeded to get her off of it. She looked right at me and said….wait for it….."mean Mommy!!!” Then she walked around repeating it over and over. Ok…..I get it…….I am mean……quit rubbing it in my face!!! But truth be told, I wasn’t sure whether I should be mad that she was calling me mean, or happy that she was putting 2 words together since we continue to struggle in the speech department.

The other day (ok like 2 weeks ago, I might be a little behind on posting this, whatever) we made homemade play-doh. It was a BIG hit………….the kids liked it too.

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Do you die over their aprons? My friend, Brandy, made them. Check out her website here (click on it, now, do it!!) to see all the super cute things she makes!! The kids love wearing these….and I am a little jealous and might have to have her make me one too.kids7kids8kids9kids10

Yeah!! Play-doh is so much fun!!

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 Ok, I may or may not, have been super possessive of the things I made with the play-doh. I have to admit, I rocked some mad animal creations and all Paxton wanted to do was squash them. I am pretty sure he was jealous of how awesome my animals were.

Have I mentioned how Harper loves to get into the fridge, the pantry, the cupboards, EVERYTHING!! Well she does.

I was getting ready in the bathroom the other day and noticed she was quiet….too quiet…..that’s never good.

I walk out and see the fridge door wide open….ruh-roh…what did she get? 

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Hummus and pita bread. Phew!

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At least she was nice enough to offer me some. I just went with it………I mean at least she got a healthy snack…….she could have chose the Bud Light in the fridge (that would have been my pick) so kudos to her!!

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Practicing with the tri-pod and self-timer on the camera…….apparently I didn’t bother with the focusing part of the camera since these are a little blurry……. Hey I don’t claim to be a professional.

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And just in case you didn’t think this post was random enough…….here are pictures from the poster party at the Y a couple of days before my run…..it ended up being a disaster that included lots of glitter…….lots of crying on Harper’s part due to so many strangers wanting to talk to her (how dare they try to speak to her and be nice!)………and a fit thrown by Pax because Harper kept trying to write on his poster……….good time were NOT had by all!! But, give girlfriend a water bottle and apparently all is right in the world!

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Ok, enough randomness and rambling……..I am done now. You’re welcome.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

 

it’s pumpkin time!!

We have a pumpkin patch outside of El Dorado that kicks a**!!! I am not kidding, this place is completely amazeballs!! I get giddy with excitement every time I drive by it (mainly because that means I am going back to Manhattan) but also because it truly is the bomb diggity.

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This weekend was our first (we usually go about 3 times each October) visit to the patch because my sister, Mom, and nephew were in town for my run (half marathon…..did ya know?………yeah probably, so I should shut up about it now). It was 80 degrees when we got there and 64 when we left………hello Kansas weather, you are a real schizo!!

Pax, Harper and Aiden are all at really good ages to appreciate the greatness of The Patch (yup that’s my new name for it, that just happened, lets go with it mmmmkay?)

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Look at them ups that Sarah has……rock on with your bad self girl!!!

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There is so many fun things for me the kids to do. Jumpy pillow thing, train ride, hay bales, corn maze (we skipped that…..Sarah and I did that 2 years ago and got completely lost………I was pregnant…….it was scary…….never again!)

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Oh yeah, look at Mr. Superstar showin off his mad skills at hay bale jumping….show off.

The kids loved the train ride……….ok I lie, Pax and Aiden loved it……… Harper was scared.

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Yes doesn’t the train just SCREAM scariness? I have no idea where she gets her fear from……….I am fearless (unless it is tornados, waves, pool vacuums, aliens, ghosts, sasquatch………….well you get the idea). So she didn’t actually ride in the train…….. scaredy cat.

My favorite part of The Patch? The concession stands…..duh!!! Hot dogs, nachos, homemade cookies, Bierocks, bbq sandwiches….. the list goes on and just makes my mouth water thinking about it!! I had to keep it plain since I had a run the next day and just had the bierock but it did not disappoint!

Have I mentioned how IMPOSSIBLE it is to get a good picture of 3 kids 3 and under? No? Well it is!! How hard is it to LOOK AT THE CAMERA AND SMILE?!?!?!? It’s very simple kids, I am not asking you to perform open heart surgery……….just look and smile. That’s it. Sheesh!

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The swings were a HUGE hit though!!

 

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As were the rocks and creek……….ok those aren’t actually a MAIN ATTRACTION of The Patch, but these kids sure thought it was.

 

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The bikes are one of the best parts of The Patch……….doesn’t Aiden look thrilled? He hated having his picture taken all day, he would get so mad when I pointed it at him.

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Oh you didn’t think we would leave without having a little fun ourselves did you? It’s not ALL about the kids. The one of my Mom cracks me up, check out the old dude in the background, it’s like he is thinking “ok Lady, enough of those shennanigans.”

And of course no trip to the patch would be complete without standing next to the growth chart pumpkin.

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Paxton’s first visit……he was almost 2 in this pic. Aaaaaaw!!!

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Good times were had by all.