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February 10, 2009 By 7 Comments
Do you see any hives?
Do you see any hives?

I think that my favorite kids poems ever is “Sick” by Shell Silverstein.  I used to love this poem more then anything and I cannot tell you the number of times I have read it in my life.  I sit here thinking about this poem for a few reasons:

  1. Abigail keeps faking being sick.  This is what the poem is all about.  It is about a girl who has everything wrong with her until she finds out that it is Saturday.  She is then by some miracle better.  This is now Abigail starring in the role of the faking little girl.  She has gotten one over on me a few times in the past few weeks but now I am on to her.  I do not know why she is avoiding going to school.  It used to be something that she loved!  All I know is that no more children will be staying home with mommy unless they have a fever and cannot move off of the couch.  I do not want to entertain all day.  I want to see Abigail and Emma off to school and play with the baby.  I want to work when the baby is sleeping not entertain an imitation sick child. 
  2. The baby is sick:  Yes it is true I think that we have an ear infection on our hands.  This would be the first for baby Analiese which is impressive being that we are moving closer to two with each passing day.  I hate when babies are sick.  They cannot tell you what hurts.  They cannot tell you when their fever is creeping back up.  It makes it all so hard to have to watch them hurt and be sad.  It just breaks my heart how Analiese still wants to be a trooper and has not learned better yet.  She still wants to play even though I know that it hurts for her to hold her head up.  She still wants to come to dinner even though she does not want to eat.  I just find it all so heartbreaking.
  3. I want it to be Saturday:  Yes I know that the week just started but in the poem it is all better because it is Saturday.  I sit here wishing for one of these magical Saturdays!

** oh and to top it off I just picked Emma up from school.  She had one hive and this was apparently a reason to come home urggg**

I hope that you are having a better time this February with your sick little ones!  I am just looking for Saturday!

Becca

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Valentine’s Day kids Craft

February 9, 2009 By 4 Comments

HEART BOXES

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This is an easy and cute craft for the kids or the moms.  My girls loved it!  Send us pictures of how yours comes out.  We  would love to see all the things that could be done!  You can add a gift inside or just give the box.  The possibilities are certainly endless.   Alli and I had fun with this one.

Difficulty Rating:  2 Stars Beginner 5-100

Supplies:

  1. Heart shaped box
  2. Paint
  3. paint bush
  4. decorations
  5. Glue (depending on which decorations you choose)

Step 1:                                                                               valentines-box-painting1

For step 1 we painted our box.  This came out more like a light stain.  If you are looking for a bolder color you need to prime the box.

Step 2:

Let the box dry.  WHile this would seem like a logical step we felt it was important to include.  If you do not allow proper drying time the decorations may not stick to your heart box.

Step 3:

valentine-box-decorate

The last step is to decorate your heart box.  We chose to do this with all self sticking items.  This meant that we did not have to get the glue guns out and is a great way to accomplish this step.  I believe that when working with smaller children this is the better way to go.  They are able to indepentently complete their craft and bring it home complete rather then leaving it to dry.  AC Moore has great sticker gems, foam hearts, button decorations and much more.  I also think that these would come out great decopauged.

That is it!  This craft is really that simple.  I love the way that it comes out and the kids will have a use for it.  My girls chose to place their Webkinz codes in their hearts.  This is a perfect size and a great way to keep track of those little papers that you are suposed to hold onto for life!  We hope that you enjoy this craft and again please share how yours come out.

Becca and Alli

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Another One Bites the Dust

February 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Emma in the snow 2-09

Emma in the snow 2-09

The Weekend Battle:

Time and time again I look forward to the weekend.  I am not sure why… I stay at home all week with the baby.  I just look at it as a time to get things done.  All week I put things off and tell myself, “this weekend I will do it.”  The weekend comes and the weekend goes and I never get anything done.  I am not sure why it is that I cannot accept the fact that the weekend is a busy hectic time in which nothing can get accomplished.

I think that my delusion stems from the belief that over the weekend I will be able to get something done because I will have help.  There are three other people in my family who are more then capable of helping out.  There are two kids and then there is that husband of mine.  Why is it that I still am not able to get anything done.

So here we are in the beginning of another week.  The laundry pile is even bigger then it was last week, the kids rooms are now to the point that I cannot tuck them into bed and the living room looks as if a bomb has hit.   I guess that what needs to happen is that I have to stop believing that the weekend is a time to accomplish anything!  It is a time to wreck things not a time to clean, organize or work as a team to achieve anything.   All we can do is play and have fun with one another.  I guess I will have to work harder this week rather then this weekend.
Becca

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The Facebook Facts

February 8, 2009 By 3 Comments
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Last week I took the plunge.  I joined www.facebook.com just like everyone around had said I should do.  The first day I was hooked.  I found “friends” that I have not talked to in years.  I found people just wanting to be nosy and people I do not even know trying to be my friend.  Perhaps I did know them at one point but my mommy mind has blocked them out.  I found that I was popular for the first time ever.  People wanted to be my “friend”.  I chatted a lot and I explored.  Now it has been a week and the hype has died down a bit.

Do not get me wrong.  It was great catching up with people who I have not talked to in 10 years.  They are all starting to have babies now and are telling of their wonderful jobs.  A part of me has become jealous.  I opted to stay home with my kids and never had a career out of college.  These are people that I “lost touch with”.   The question remains did we loose touch or loose interest?

I have a friend who always has told me that at some point you outgrow certain friends.  Your paths move differently.  It can be a slow process or it can be as fast as graduating from college.  Either way those friendships are lost forever.  With this in mind I have now entered a whole world of these friends whom I have “out grown”.  I honestly do not care to remember many of the stupid things we did and did not even like some of them when I was their “friend”.  I know that we are all having the same thoughts but no one is willing to admit it.

So the question becomes can we grow back into a friend?  These people who we had less and less in common with have changed as have I.  So do we see if we are back at similar points in life or do we sit and have a few memories and move on from it?  This is the Facebook question that it perplexing to me.  I am not sure of the answer.

So for now I am talking to people whom I had forgotten about, people that I have wondered about and people I had no use for 10 years ago.  I think that it will all be quite interesting in the end to see if anything comes of any of it.

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Webkinz Valentine’s

February 4, 2009 By 7 Comments
Valentine
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Come on come all…

Webkinz has done it again.  On valentine’s Day this year be sure to log in to your Webkinz account.  I know what you are wondering.  “Is there something in it for me?”  The answer my friends is yes there sure is something in it for you.  If you log on to Webkinz on Febuary 14, 2009 you will be sure to recieve a free gift for your Webkin pet.  I am so excited to see what it is.

Becca

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Kids and Cellphones

February 2, 2009 By 11 Comments
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I am completely annoyed that so many eight year old’s have cell phones.  I have run into this so many times with my eight year old that I want to scream!  Since when do kids need phones?

While my eight year old, Abigail, tries to get me to say yes she can have a cellphone I sit and wonder why we are even having this conversation!  AT the age of eight what could you possibly need to  a cell phone for?  Here is what she things she needs it for:

1.  In case I need to call you mom.  Ok this would be a valid argument if it were not for the fact that I go everywhere she does.  She is not 16 with a drivers license.  She is 8.  It is not like all of her friend parents do not have phones in their homes and cell phones!  DENIED!
2.  To talk to my friends.  I am a big believer that kids do not need privacy.  There is no need for it.  She is again 8 years old and I think that it is important that she not be lurking in corner talking to people without being in ear shot of me.  In our home you have to ask to use the phone.  It is after all my phone.  DENIED!
3.  I want to text my friends.  Well unless you have a job I am not paying for my eight year old to text.  She cannot even spell word correctly!  DENIED!
4.  They are rude.  I have run into this problem in Girl Scouts more then once.  Girls texting while we are in the middle of a meeting.  Kids do not think of them as means of communication they are looking at it as a toy.  Parents who are buying these 8 years old girls phones are not even taking the time out to teach them good manners with them.  I think that it is crazy!  DENIED!

At this point Abigail gives up and tells me that I am the worst mom ever and that she hates me.  The thing is that I am ok with all of that.  I just will not buy my eight year old a phone even if she is the only kid in the world without one!

Becca

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