Tate Tag

So Tate was tagged so you get to hear 5 wonderful things about my son.

1. Tate is a total stud! He can be quite charming when he wants to be. He is a bit of a Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. One minute he is giving me tons of kisses smiling and giggling and the next he is tearing of one of my kitchen cabinets(yes this actually happened last Friday).





2. Tate is a total Daddy's boy. He loves his dad so much but I like to think that I come in at a close second. I'm hoping when he get older he will turn into a Mama's boy but the chances I think are pretty slim.






3. Tate LOVES food. He always finishes all his meals and then usually moves on to the girls unfinished ones. The only problem is half of it misses his face. Maybe thats why he eats so much. I don't understand it but he has to always rub his food all over his face and hair. This particular picture is the remanant of a chocolate chip muffin. We have about a million pictures with food all over his face like this. I hope he gets over this before he starts dating otherwise all his first dates will probably be his last no matter how cute he is.



4. Tate has the longest eyelashes ever. He got them from his dad which you don't notice his as much since they're not dark. I love them though but I can't help but wonder why my girls who would appreciate them more didn't get them. I guess I should be thankful since my girls would probably just ruin them with mascara eventually. I just hope Tate doesn't pull them out like Ben does. He hates them they drive crazy.



5.Tate loves giving kisses. Unfortunately his mouth is always open when he gives them which tend to make them a little wet. He gives them to everyone and alot of times they can be unwanted. Okay most of the unwanted kisses go to Tia as you can see.



So there is my little bit on Tate so now I want to hear more about Jaxon Hadlow, Mia Nilsson, and Maggie Hyer.

The Age Old Question

I know we all wonder if we are low or high maintence and now here is the quiz to tell you and don't lie to get the answer you think you want. You all know you're going to think about it but the test will know and auotmatically give you high maintence because computers know everything. Consider yourself warned. Here is my results:

Are you low, medium, or high maintenance?

You're low maintenance. This can be a good thing, but it can sometimes be a very thin line between low maintenance and TOO low maintenance. So be careful and maybe spend a little more time in the mirror, and a little more money on clothes to make sure that you don't fall into the TOO low maintenance category.
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I'm So Excited

I found this video yesterday on MTV and it got me so excited for the movie. I don't think December can come fast enough. Thank goodness that I also have Breaking Dawn to look forward to also. I love Rob's American accent. I had to do a double take on it because it sounded so different from his English accent. I don't know if everyone is as big of Twilight fan as me but if you are sit back and enjoy.

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Kids Do The Craziest Things

Yesterday we were all playing outside having fun and then Tate and Tia ran inside so I told Kennedy it was time to go inside too but when I tried to open the door it was locked. Tate had dead bolted it. All the blinds were shut so I couldn't see inside so Kennedy and I ran to the front ringing the doorbell but Tate did not want to open it. He just kept staring at us through the side window. I kept telling him to open the door and he would yell NO! I called my parents informing them of the catastrophe and asked if they could come over and save me. I should give someone else besides my parents the key. When I hung up I decided to bribe him. I said Tate do you want some candy and yet again he yelled NO! Do you want a treat? NO! Do you want a drink? NO! I was starting to get pretty mad at this point and Tia comes strolling up to the window. I say Tia do you want some candy and she of course yells YA! I say open the door then. She tries her best but can't figure out the deadbolt. All of the sudden I hear the deadbolt turning and we were able to get in the house. The only thing I can figure is that Tia convinced Tate to open the door so that she could have some candy. Boy does she have a sweet tooth. So that was my panic moment of the week. I kept picturing them destroying my house while I sat outside and froze. So let this be a lesson to all of you never let your kids inside while your outside without a key. Okay so I am probably the only person who has to worry about this so I guess the appropriate warning would be if my kids are ever at your house don't let them run inside without you.


So I never thought I would need two toilets in one bathroom till now. Kennedy and Tia are driving me nuts. They keep fighting over the toilet. Now my kids fight over alot of things but I have got to be honest a never thought a toilet would be one of them. One of them will say I have to go potty and the other says me too. Then it is a mad dash sprinting to the toilet to see who can get there first. Whoever does will sit there forever and mock the other. I keep trying to inform them that there are other toilets in the house but it doesn't matter cause the only one they want is the one that the other is sitting on. Is that just totally ridiculous or is it just me?

What's Your Favorite Era?

So last week Ben and I went to the movie Leatherheads which was an okay movie with a few funny parts but definitely a wait and rent. I do love George Clooney's smile though. There is just something about him that is so endurable. I need to find his secret and try to apply to myself which would still probably not help but it would be worth a try. Anyways back to the topic at hand, the movie was set in the 1920's and after the movie it sparked a topic between Ben and myself. I asked him if he could live in any era in the 1900's besides the one he grew up in, the 90's, what would it be? I told him that mine would be the 20's. Something about that time period just appeals to me. I like the clothing and yes there were clothes other than flapper dresses in the twenties.The other thing I love is all the hats. There we so many styles and every women wore them. I love it. You hardly ever see women in hats now. The automobile industry was just getting started up and I love those old fashion cars.I even like the music and dancing from back then. There seemed to be alot of partying and sporting events back then looked alot more appealing. Not to mention the prohibition. I could of totally been a bootlegger don't you think? The first World War was over and the Great Depression hadn't hit yet so the economy was doing pretty good. I think it would be an interesting time. Sure I might of been shot up by Al Capone but that's part of the excitement of the time. I like things stirred up a little.



Well after I explained all this to him, he thought I was crazy so I asked him when he would and his answer kind of shocked me. He said he would want to live in the 50's. I asked why and he said because it was such a happy time. He liked the idea of soda shops, juke boxes, and doing the jive. It is the Leave To Beaver life style that appealed to him. He liked the thought of the carefree lifestyle. I guess dressing up like the guys in Grease must interest him. The crazy thing is I have asked several guys the same question and they all said the 50's. The first reason they all say is because it was a happy time. Was it really that happy of a time or was it all a show is the question. It was the era of the perfect housewife although Ben denies that that is one of the reasons it appeals to him. *cough, cough* BS. It still shocks me that the 50's is intriguing to so many guy. Am I crazy? I think it seems too perfect to be real. Ben and I both agree though that growing up in the 90's was the best and if we could pick another time we wouldn't. So guys, what era appeals to you?

Book Tag

I got tagged twice for this so I figured that I better get my butt in gear. The closest book to me was Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich. The 5th sentence on page 123 of this book is: "It's hard for a person to aim a gun when he's laughing." And I couldn't agree more. It is extremely difficult to do. These are definitely some wise words to live by. I don't want everyone to go out now and try to aim a gun at a person to see if it's true. Just take my word for it. I had to put that disclaimer in there for legal purposes. My lawyer thought it was necessary. Now I am going to tag Jamie,Daina,Erin,Jenny,and Diana. Now get to it!

Here are the rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book (at least 123 pages).
2. Turn to page 123.
3. Find the 5th sentence
4. Post the 5th sentence on your blog
5. Tag 5 people

A Reason To Celebrate, A Reason To Cry, And A Reason To Laugh/Kill

We past a huge milestone this week. We have one less child to potty train. HOORAY! She has been ready for awhile but I was dreading trying to potty train because Kennedy was really hard. I think she has a small bladder which made it hard to control. Tia is the exact opposite. The first day I wasn't sure how it was going to go because she had one accident but the rest of the time she just held it until I put her in a diaper for her nap and then when she woke up she held it until she went to bed. Now that's some control. The next day she had one accident and then I got her to go on the toilet and ever since then she hasn't had an accident. Pretty easy peasy. I am so grateful. I am not sure about number 2 though because she keeps holding that until she gets in her diaper. I'm hoping she'll get the hang of it like she did with peeing and yes she is holding a yatzee game. That's exactly why I took this picture. I couldn't stop laughing.

So this is my sad story of the week. Ben decided to cut Tates hair which I was fine with but I had no idea how short. He buzzed him using the shortest attachment. I was so devastated at first. He looked completely bald and I know it will grow fast but that whole day every time I looked at him it made me sad. I tried to get a good picture but he wasn't in the mood obviously. The moral of the story girls is get more clarification from your husband when dealing with all things hair.



I just had to post this picture although at the time I was pretty pissed off but I knew that later I would be able to appreciate the moment. This occurred during lunch. I made them all lunch and topped it off with some chocolate milk. I then proceeded into the den when I began to hear these very loud spitting noises. By the time I got back to the kitchen the damage had been done. They were both cover from head to toe in chocolate milk as was the table, chair, and floor. They look pretty happy for being covered in chocolate milk. I don't think I would have shared the same sentiment if I had been the recipient of the so called spitting war. Well Cheers everyone.

Ben I Swear I Tried

So Ben told me yesterday that I needed to post some good things about our children not just the negative. There are definitely positive things about my children and I love them completely. It's just the negative is so much more entertaining and more fun to write about. Am I right or am I right? You guys tell me should I stop writing about my mishaps with my kids? Anyways this morning I woke up having every intention to right a positive uplifting blog about my kids which lastest approximately 2 minutes. However long it took for me to put on some clothes and walk into Kennedy's room to be exact. I opened her door and found her room empty but heard two giggling girls in the closet which should not happen since I specifically put a lock on their closet so they can not get into it. But apparently someone, not to name any names, Ben, forgot to lock it last night. Which brings us back to me standing outside their closet door praying that they are just in their playing Pattie cake. Well we all know that not all prayers are answered and this happens to be one. I could not even open the door because so many clothes were jammed behind it. Now this has happened before hence the lock but never to this magnitude. I was able to crack the door wide enough to pull both of them out of the closet. I sent them immediately to a timeout and since I had to rush Kennedy to preschool I reached in and randomly picked out an outfit out of the pile to put her in. I told them that they were grounded which means none of the 3C's(cartoons,coloring,computer)for the day. I also made them sit on the bed the entire time that I cleaned it up which was around an hour if not more. When I asked Kennedy why they did it she simply replied,"My doll was naked and I had to get her some clothes." which you could tell from the look on her face that she felt that was a perfectly logical excuse for the mess. Well everyone says that a picture is worth a thousand word so here is the before and after. Everything in the plastic drawers was also pulled out.

So needless to say tomorrow I will try again. I am thinking of going downstairs and posting my blog before they wake up. I think it will be easier that way.

The Gig Is Up

Obviously no one believed my practical joke yesterday so in honor of it I decided to post a picture of me pregnant with the twins. This was on Halloween 3 days before they were born. Pretty terrifying huh. I had them 5 weeks early and Tia was 7'1'' and Tate was 6'11''. Can you imagine if I went full term. I hoped to get you at least for a second with my joke but I think you all know that I would probably be in a mental institution if I was pregnant with twins again. I did play a joke on Ben that he totally fell for but I felt bad afterwards because he was so sweet. Ben is really busy at work this week so I e-mailed him saying a few random things and then told him that one of our shutters fell off and broke(these shutters are 250 dollars a piece mind you). I then told him that it was just a horrible start to a horrible day. He e-mailed back saying to put it in the garage and he would deal with it later then proceeded to tell me to remember that Heavenly Father loves me and he does too and to try and cheer up. My first thought was Oh Crap! So I e-mailed him back telling him the truth and asked if he still loved me. He said well I don't think Heavenly Father condones lying but I still love you anyways. But don't you worry, Ben got me back later. I'm not going to tell you much about that one except for that is was far better than my prank and for my eyes only. Like I told Stacy yesterday if you don't like pranks, you would not survive in this family. We live for that kind of stuff.

This House Is Clear

This past week I totally felt like I needed an exorcist to get the sickness out of my house. Wednesday Tate woke up not himself and wouldn't eat. I gave him some red juice that in about ten minutes ended up all over my couch. He continued throwing up all day and into the night. The next day he was no longer throwing up but it did start coming out the other end. It was the likes of which I had never seen before and he still did not want to eat. My dad came over for lunch to say hi to the kids and asked Tate if he was sick which he replied, "no" and then Kennedy piped up, "I'm not sick Papa" and then my dad turned to Tia and said "how about you Tia?" He could not of had better timing because right at that moment she ralphed all over the floor and my appetite went with it. She was sick that day but she seemed pretty good the next day except for diarrhea Hooray for me. She was laying on the ground on her stomach in her diaper when I heard it and I knew I was in trouble. I could smell it almost instantly and ran over to her. She stood up and it had exploded all out the front of her diaper. I had never seen anything like it. In one clean swoop she had filled and exploded out of her diaper. It was all over her and the floor. Oh how I love being a mom. It is moments like this that make me realize how unappreciated moms are. Tia was back to her old self in a couple of days but Tate was having the hardest time recovering. I have to admit that I was enjoying it though. He just sat on the couch and watched tv and wanted to cuddle all day. It was really quite nice and I did relish in it while I could. The house seemed so much calmer. I knew Monday that he was feeling better because the fighting began again and the house was being trashed. It made me realize how big of an instigator he is. I do love him regardless and he definitely has his sweet moments and I am glad he is feeling better for his sake. I will miss the really long naps though. Here is a couple of pics that we couldn't help but take. He looks so sweet and obviously not feeling well since he won't touch his food. If any of you know Tate you know he loves his food.