a fun day

today we had some friends over for a slip n slide party. the kids had so much fun, and us moms had fun gabbing. anthony has to make a run with his dad and bil to pick up some equipment in sc, so the kids and I decided to come check out the playground at his new kindergarten. so far,he gives it 2 thumbs up! :-)

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1.389.490 bbs

So last Christmas my hubby had this fantastic (note the sarcasm here, yep, there it is) idea to buy Blake a gigantic container of Bbs to go along with his auger. Blake has quite the john deere tractor collection, and he loves hauling and scooping things such as this. And altho Blake plays with them in moderation, for the most part, whenever someone comes to visit, the bbs come out, and they all have to be on the floor. Its just not fun if there not. Its not, really.
SO, how come Im the one picking them up? All 458, 706 of them!! I usually do make Blake clean up the little messes like that, tonight I just really wanted his room cleaned for the week. We are having some friends over on thursday, so  I am trying to get the house in order. So 11:30 at night, I'm on the floor, magnet in hand, collecting little silver balls. I can't wait to see how tickled Blake is tomorrow when he wakes up to see his room in order. He is so funny about liking a neat room. Wonder where he gets that from =)

So far today we've learned..
Lana will cry for 54 minutes before succumbing to sleep..(this killed me!!)
I am still living in 2009 ( wrote it on 12 of my tomato juice jars before I realized)
Peanuts and raisins together are a delicious snack..wishing I had some m&ms, but still quite tasty without
My 3 year old daughter is not a size 8. Should have measured a little better before I started a dress for her. She is swimming in it, but its the neatest dress Ive ever sewn. As far as stitching goes anyway...
I would rather be on the computer than doing the 54,987 things I need to be doing.
And cats will swim if they have to..

where is my head...

I wrote 2009 on 12 of them before I noticed. Make sure you note the snowmen on the towels. I'm not even in the right season! Ah, is that a peaceful quiet falling over the house. 55 minutes later, it sounds like Lana has sucumbed to sleep! I sure hope this gets easier, this old mommas heart can't handle all that crying!

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Early mornings..

Now I remember why I like to get up early. If only I could remember when I am laying in bed at 6, instead of rolling over and falling back asleep. The kids were up a million times last night, coming down for the strangest things. Lexi came in at 5, and after I sent her back to bed, tucked little Lana safely back in hers, I snuggled back under my covers for a few minutes, and starting thinking about all I had to get done. I can't say that I got back out of bed cheerfully, but my mood has lightened with the day, and I am so glad that I got so much accomplished.
19 jars of tomato juice cooling, tea made for the day, some painting on the shelves and tables to go into my craft room, dishwasher emptied,  hmm and blog updated. And I feel ready for the little ones, that I have been covering in prayer the whole time. I HAVE to do this more often. Off to fold some laundry and whip up some pancakes! 
ps..Craft room is coming along, hope to post some pictures of a finished project soon!! Oh, and my birthday cricut is on the way..SO excited!!

roseola?

Alana has been sick since wed, first with high fever, and then saturday and today with an all over rash. the dr said croup on friday, but that was before the rash. I looked her symptoms up online and talked to a friend, and were thinking it sounds like roseola. I so hate it when baby is sick, esp when I can't do much to make her feel better. Here is hoping and praying she is back to her sweet smiley self tomorrow!