Why are my children animals?

Today has NOT been a productive or good day.

I woke up to Stella screaming in her room. I go to check on her and she's completely naked. The PJs were on the floor and she had flung her diaper up on her dresser. Did I mention it was full?

The sheets and mattress were soaked and she was smelly.

After a quick scrub down, I redressed her and woke hubs up. Make coffee. Out of milk. SERIOUSLY?!?

We had a full gallon yesterday. I swear we have a milk monster that lurks in the fridge and drinks it while we're all sleeping.

So back to the day, Lil' Miss has decided she wants to be naked (again!) so the clothes are off. Her being naked doesn't bother me at all, it's natural. It's when she decides to use the facilities in the living room that gets to me.

After cleaning up that mess, I dress her once again and send her upstairs to jump on her brother's head wake him up. She's a pro at this. :)

Down stairs they come and now they're ready to eat. Did I mention we're out of milk? Everyone whines for milk (including hubs) so I tell everyone to basically suck it up and drink juice. Kids eat. We take hubs to work and head to the grocery store. (Yes, we're a one vehicle household. It isn't fun but we manage.)

At the store, both kids are fairly calm until we head down the fruit aisle. They both want bananas. Check. Both want apples. Check. Neither want grapes. Too bad, I'm the momma! This ensues with me threatening them both to go home and go straight to bed. The oldest simmers down but my youngest decides she's going to yell at the top of her lungs "NO NO NO NO!"

We continue shopping and actually survive to the check out. :)

So we're home and I've cleaned up messes at least 43 times now. Both kids are watching Madagascar now so I have a minute to myself.

Do you hear that? Yeah, me neither. :)

Did our weekend just happen?

Wow!

I could have sworn it was Friday yesterday? I am so thankful that God dropped this job into Nick's lap but 14 hours a day, 5 or 6 days a week is really killing our family time. When Nick is off, it's a miracle to get him off the couch. He's a nap monster. I don't blame him for wanting to rest, I know that I could NEVER work out in this 100 plus degree heat. I don't even want to walk from the van to the house or store right now.

Friday night, we had an electricity surge (or something?) and since then, our oven, bathroom lights, and one outlet in the kitchen isn't working. I've called our property manager but who knows how long it will take for them to send someone out. (We're still waiting on a leak in our dining room that I've been calling about since February.)

So the past two nights, I've taken showers in the dark. I'm trying the whole "Be thankful for what you have" this year SO at least I had water and a clean dry towel. :) I hate wet towels!

The kids were both pretty good all weekend. I'm still in shock over that. Kade has been trying to teach Stella how to wrestle... you know, like the WWE (WWF?) wrestling. Yeah, I'm thrilled...

She did a move on Kade Sunday night and pretty much landed her foot in his mouth. Blood was everywhere!

I didn't want to include a bloody shot so I opted for a sweet Saturday morning cartoon pic.

Olivia Ann has been trying out for the Olympics. She is so much more active than Stella ever thought to be. I've been feeling Olly Ann (her nickname already) move since the 15th week. She really seems to enjoy flipping around when I'm trying to sleep or when one of the kids is curled up next to me.

I'm so ready for November 16th!  

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