It’s FriYay!

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I like to keeps things on the lighter side. Always looking for the best in things. I mean, yes, things are definitely shitty sometimes, but there should be a way to find something good, right? Anyway, I thought it’d be fun to look back on the week and highlight a few of the awesome things that happened. They could be awesomely- awesome or awesomely-ordinary. Maybe even a photo or 5. I’m sure it will just depend on the week. This may or may not be a series that I may or may not post on a weekly basis. We’ll see how it pans out.

Awesome things this week include…

1. I had lunch with some old coworkers. And by coworkers, I really mean family. I love that I’ve been able to stay in touch with them over the years. And every time I walk into that office, it feels like I’m home.

2. Rylee had a tball game last night and instead of the normal 10 kids on the field, only 6 kids showed up. And we won! It was SO awesome to watch those 6 kids try their hardest, play hard the whole game, truly work as a team and come out on top! So proud of all those kiddos!

3. Weekly lunch with my bestest  friend is always a highlight for me.

4. Just had a call with my boss to go over my plan for the content calendar/blog posts. I’ll be leaving this company next Wednesday but I wanted to get them set up with content to run through July. She loved my plan.

And now a few of the random photos I snapped on my phone this week…

They have the whole entire house to play in and yet they choose to hang out in a tiny corner of the kitchen. While I’m trying to cook dinner.

Lincoln is normally up by 5:45 AM yelling “MOM!” from his crib. Thursday morning he did NOT want to get up.

Reese had my phone when we pulled into daycare and snapped this pic of Lincoln. Must still be grumpy from being woken up. Haha.

“Hang on Mom, let me take a picture of myself first.”

Just grabbing a quick bite of pizza before T-ball. In an empty classroom at daycare. Making it work.

Things I’m looking forward to next week include…

1. Weekend grocery shopping with my sister, K2!

2. Dinner and a visit with K1, my BIL and my nephew! My last day of work at my current job means no more weekly trips to Portland and no more weekly visits with them.

3. Rylee’s last Tball game of the regular season before their year-end tournament. My plan is to have my shit together enough to remember my good camera.

4. Kicking off an online fitness challenge on Monday!

5. Lunch with my bestest on Thursday and then lunch with an old boss turned friend on Friday!

 

Fashion Police Friday – Regular Day Edition

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Reese is super into skirts and dresses. I remember Rylee going through this stage around the same age too. But Reese is also obsessed with long sleeve shirts… as in, that’s all she ever wants to wear. Even when it’s WAY too hot for them.

Anyway, this particular day was nothing special. Just a regular day. We didn’t have plans to go anywhere. But she insisted on wearing a skirt. Ok then, kid. Go for it.

I think the bunny socks really help pull the outfit together… don’t you?

 

And one of both girls… for good measure.

That Circus Life

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Life is a circus, guys.

Yes, of course I love my kiddos. And of course I wouldn’t trade them for the world. And of course I can’t imagine my life without them. Full hands, full heart. Yada, yada, yada.

I know they mean well, but when people say “cherish every moment” I can’t help but be all…

And sometimes I’m even like…

Mostly because…

One is always crying.

One is always whining.

One is always tattling.

The laundry. Oh the laundry.

6 AM weekend wake-ups.

We basically bought a car with third row seating just so they can’t touch each other.

If I hear “mom watch” one… more… time…

Seriously… if I had a dollar for every time I heard “Mom, watch!”

It’s impossible to make a dinner everyone is happy about.

Unless it’s pizza night.

Coffee. Coffee. Coffee.

So, just remember, next time you tell me to “cherish every moment,” I may look like this on the outside…

But inside I’m probably doing this…

Reese Said What? – Bath Time Edition

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Scene: Standing next to the bathtub, waiting for the water to warm up so she can take a bath.

Reese: ::while holding up her arm:: “Mom, you want to smell my armpit?”
Me: “Nope”
Reese: ::Tries to smell it herself::
Me: “How does it smell?”
Reese: “Pretty good.” ::pauses…:: “want to smell it now?”
Me: “No thank you”
Reese: “Well, how about my elbow then. You want to smell that?”

The Circus Meets Their Cousin

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So, back in January my sister, K1, had a baby! It’s the first cousin on my side. My first niece or nephew. This last Saturday I took the kiddos up to meet their sweet cousin George! Yes, he is 4 months old and I just now took the kids up to meet him. And even though there’s really no excuse for how long it took me to make that happen, I’m going to try and make some excuses. 1. My children are disgusting and germ filled and have been passing around the same cold since November. 2. Ever since February, I’ve been going to Portland for work on a weekly basis. I didn’t want to make the trip again on a weekend. 3. I’ve kinda liked having him all to myself on those trips.

Ok, truth be told, reason 3 is pretty much the main reason. 

Anyway, back to Saturday. Andy was off with a friend for the entire day so K1 and I made plans to make the meeting happen! Then Lincoln ended up with a fever Friday afternoon/night. And it turned out that George had an ear infection. So we had decided we’d reschedule. Then Saturday morning by 10:30 I was already feeling myself going crazy being cooped up in the house solo with the 3 kiddos. So I texted K1 and we decided plans were back on! I hadn’t told the kids yet what we were going to be doing, so when plans were back on I shared the news.

There was jumping. There was cheering. There was MUCH excitement.

Within 30 minutes we were hitting the road!

The drive up? Was terrible. I’ve made that drive more than a dozen times in the last 3 months and this was the worst one yet! It was pouring down rain the entire way. There was a ton of traffic. We were stopped because of a wreck at one point. Multiple instances of people slamming on their brakes. I expected Lincoln and Reese to sleep most of the way. Lincoln only slept 1/2 of the drive and Reese slept less than that. Good times.

We made it up in time for a late lunch. George was sleeping so K1 took Rylee and Reese in to peek in on him. Reese had her first I-never-want-to-forget-this-moment one-liner of the day: “Oh auntie he’s cute. You picked a good one.”

When he woke up and was fed and changed it was time for the “official” cousin meeting! Rylee got to hold him for a hot second before it turned into the Reese show.

Reese was obsesssssed with her cousin. Honestly, I should have known that was going to happen. She’s been obsessed with him ever since K1’s baby shower, where she would ask every few days if Baby George had “popped out of Auntie’s tummy yet?”. She got to feed him a bottle, then insisted on burping him. She brought books from home to read to him. She had him giggling at one point. She told me she didn’t want to leave. Her and my sister are already planning a sleepover for sometime this summer.

“Mom move. I got him.” (Brushing my hand away)

“Mom, I’m a good cousin to Baby George.”“Mom, Baby George really loves me.”

They all loved on him. Lincoln was so sweet with him too… bringing me his binkie, rubbing his back and head, sticking his binkie back in his mouth whenever it fell out. The girls took turns reading him books while he hung out in the cradle our grandfather made for my sister.

All in all? Such an amazing day I don’t ever want to forget. I love this little man as much as I love my own kiddos so it made my heart full to see them all together. I’m so looking forward to watching our kiddos grow up together.