by Jennifer | Feb 3, 2011 | Blog
Why is it that someone always has to be sad? As I sit here in silence (except for the sound of the dryer in the background), I wonder about this. Yes there are times, when they are all happy and playing well and then total chaos erupts and everyone is hysterical. If I would have had the video camera with me the other day, I would have taken a video to show you what I mean. Although I’m sure you can picture it! Hmmmmm . . . the life of a Mom (and Dad – don’t want to leave Tom out) of 3 kids. . .
Lately things have been crazy quite often. I feel like all I do is discipline, cook and clean. It’s just a phase, right? The girls have started to take on more responsibility around the house in hopes that this feeling they have of entitlement and that mom and dad are slaves, will go away. I have been wondering what I did to encourage this behavior and all I could come up with is that I do too much for them. So, now they each have a few small jobs and they mark them off on their sticker chart. It seems to be going well so far and our house is staying picked up with less work from me. We’ll see if we can keep it up.
Fortunately, today has been a relatively calm day. The girls had a visit to the dentist, which went very well, and spent quite a bit of time creating “food” with play dough this morning. Nap time is about over and we’ll pick up Sage from the bus stop.
The quietness of the house has now turned to kissing sounds coming from Ashley’s bedroom (waking up and kissing her bear I’m guessing) and tantrum-like screaming from Molly’s room – the sound of her waking up without a binkie. (That transition went well, but the waking up part still needs to be worked on. I’m not sure what to do about it, so I’m hoping it will just fix itself soon!)
by Jennifer | Jan 29, 2011 | Blog
Well, Sage missed school for the first time today . . . home sick with the stomach flu. I’m glad we made it this far into the year without having to miss, but she was pretty disappointed to not be getting on the bus with her friends. (She’ll also be out for 2 days in March for a little get-a-way to The Great Wolf Lodge, but I’m sure she’ll be excited about that!) She’s doing well and keeping food down, so it looks like the same fast bug that Molly had on Wednesday (and other kindergartners had at school). Hopefully the bug will stay away from the rest of us!
Praying for a quiet night . . .
by Jennifer | Jan 27, 2011 | Blog
On Saturday, we had Molly’s birthday party at Armondo’s (the restaurant Tom is the Chef at). The restaurant is closed for lunch on the weekends, so we had the whole place to ourselves. The girls each decorated their own chef hat and apron and then were able to make their own pizzas in the kitchen! (The adults were able to make their own pizzas too, which was very fun for us as well!!) We played a few games, ate our pizza and salad and Molly opened her presents. She tells everyone she sees about her party, even the nice couple in the elevator at the mall on Saturday afternoon. I guess that means she really enjoyed herself!
Chef Tom, Chef Molly and Jennifer
Not the greatest picture, but the only one of all of us
Molly creating her pizza
Tom, Ella and Sage
I’m such an amazing cook, I can even make a pizza while holding a squirming 17 month old!
Amie, Crystal, Emily, William and Ashley enjoying their pizzas
Molly always wants to sit up at the counter by the pizza oven when we eat there, but I always have to say no because I can’t put a high chair up there with Ashley. So this was finally the time and all the kids loved it!
Opening presents
by Jennifer | Jan 19, 2011 | Blog
For Sage’s birthday in November, she asked to go horseback riding. So Grandma and Grandpa gave her some money to do that. Here are a few pictures from her horseback riding lesson yesterday (which she absolutely loved!)
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by Jennifer | Jan 19, 2011 | Blog
Our Wii has been getting a lot of use lately. First, with Epic Mickey, one of Tom’s Christmas presents. We all fell in love with the game and enjoyed watching him play it for a few weeks. Now that he’s completed it (which Sage is very sad about), Wii Fit is back in. Here’s a funny video of what we get to enjoy when it’s on.
by Jennifer | Jan 16, 2011 | Blog
It’s hard to believe that Molly turned 3 today. Molly has been so excited about her birthday and the day was finally here! We had planned to have her party today at Tom’s restaurant, but had to postpone it because he has the stomach flu. Fortunately, Molly doesn’t really understand time, so we just had to tell her that her party with her friends was next week and she was fine. 
After presents and breakfast, the girls played camping with her new sleeping bag and camping toys. Then we had to try out all the craft gifts. I took the girls to McDonalds for lunch (along with the rest of the people with small children near by – way too crowded!!!) They had fun playing there after they ate, even with the million other kids there.
We came home, rested and then played some more. Molly wanted to help make the ice cream and frost her cupcakes, so we did that while Sage and Tom played Epic Mickey on the Wii. She chose Chicken strips and corn for her birthday dinner and then of course cupcakes with valentine candy on top. They are now (9:09 p.m.) having a campout in the playroom and have settled down for the night.
Coloring with Papa’s gift
Up early to open presents
The bag was as big as her
Color Wonder paints from Grandma and Grandpa
Sage enjoying some of Molly’s gifts
Doesn’t she look so grown up helping me cook?
Getting ready to blow out the candles
A few videos for grandparents (and others if you want) . . .
Opening her present from Papa
