Trying to get out of the house this evening and tell Tatum to come here so I can put her sweatshirt on her. Cue the massive argument/meltdown about doing it herself.
Fine, kid, you do you.
20 minutes later here she comes…..
Tag: motherhood
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Two peas in a pod…. or a Keenz.
Headed up to ye ol’ flea market in McKinney this morning with my SAHM bestie Amber and her kiddo. Since Tatum was in “school” today I just had Wyatt so I decided to take the “Fancy Wagon” – number one because it’s freaking awesome and I love it, and number two because I’m constantly entertained by the amount of attention it gets. Not the cute kids inside, but the actual stroller.
“Where did you get THAT?” – “That’s the most amazing wagon EVER!” – So on and so forth. I’ve seriously NEVER had a time I’ve been using it out in public that at LEAST 6 people haven’t stopped me to comment on it or ask questions.
So we loaded up the adorable kids and set out to enjoy the morning before the cold front sweeps in.
I learned a lesson today – unlike Canton, McKinney Trade Days is NOT really the most amazing flea market on a Friday.
It was kind of “meh” and Wyatt was getting fussy because he’s working on a Man Cold so we headed to lunch and then home.
HOWEVER, even though the flea market was totally a ghost town, that STILL didn’t stop multiple people from commenting and asking about the wagon. It’s seriously entertaining.
It’s not for the faint of heart price-wise, BUT if you consider what you’d pay for as well made of a double stroller it’s really not that bad. PLUS it has a ridiculous load of accessories including ceiling fans, rain covers, mosquito netting, coolers (which come included!) etc. that make it so much MORE amazing than it already is! It has 5 point padded harnesses on both sides AND it’s allowed in Disney. Enough said! Check it out here!!! (Affiliate Link!)
Keenz 7s Stroller Wagon (Grey)
Make sure you check the awesome accessories too! We have a bunch of them. LOL
I’m the Mom. Just assume I’m never wrong.
Today was rather uneventful but I did make myself feel like a badass by taking the kids out of the house BY MYSELF. If you’re a mom of multiples you know how daunting this is. And…… AND….. I took them to lunch too. Granted, it was McAllister’s, and not somewhere more fancy, but NO ONE DIED y’all, and that is YUGE! Even more huge than THAT? The four year old actually ate something. Badass. It’s now my middle name.
I also took them to Home Goods, which almost broke the “No One Died” streak as my daughter kept asking for another “stuffy” to add to her collection of almost seven thousand stuffed animals, but we made it through and actually relatively cheaply considering my love affair with Home Goods….
After Daddy got home we took the kids to Michael’s (the sticker store in four year old vocab) where somehow I got talking into hand-making valentine’s cards for all the little toddler terrorist’s friends. *sigh* SUCH a sucker, especially for crafty things.
Back home to my MOST DREADED CHORE – folding hubby’s undershirts. I HATE folding the whites. It’s better now that he wears dark colored socks and not white ones, but those damn undershirts are ALWAYS inside out, never fold correctly, and I just hate it. Bleh. Go naked. Seriously…..
Total Planner Nerd Post!!
I LOVE planning. I love everything about it. From the feeling organized (even if you’re not, it’s a great feeling to have!) to the decorating with washi, stickers, and whatnot, to the gorgeous options for leather Travelers notebooks, and so on and so forth.
I also love the planner subscription boxes. The little surprise “gift” to myself in my mailbox each month is my little guilty “mom” pleasure. I’ve really had to downsize my subscriptions because if you know me then you know my “Go BIG or go home” mentality in allthethings but I got my last monthly box from Lauren Phelps Designs and I wanted to share it because it really is gorgeous!
I’m going to apologize now for the crappy lighting, but the kids are finally asleep and this is the time I have to myself, so I deal with whatever lighting I have on hand. 😉
I really love her designs, and I fell in love with her artwork for her October kit (I’m a total freak for pumpkins!) and decided to order a few boxes! This is the January kit for 2019 and it has all kinds of goodies from washi, to stickers, to gorgeous papers that I’ll use for scrapbooking and whatnot.
I’ll admit I haven’t figured out the sequins yet. Eventually I’m going to make shaker dashboards out of them, and I even bought ALLTHETHINGS to make shaker dashboards, but alas, laziness consumes me sometimes… (or maybe it’s just motherhood…. either way, I’m tired.)
One of these posts I’ll share some “Plan With Me” videos, but I’m waiting for my little iPhone tripod to come in so I can be all official-like, and so you can’t really see my face (because no one really wants that), and so my nervously shaking hands won’t make you motion sick. Because that could totally happen.
Also, isn’t it ironic that I couldn’t even fill up a day on a planner when I was working full time, yet now that I’m the stay-at-home mom of two that planner is jammed? Funny how that works…. LOL!
Toilet Troubles
*PSA- Contains An Affiliate Link*
We just got back Sunday from an awesome little vacation to Angel Fire, NM with me, my hubby, and our four year old daughter. We left our 18 month old son with the grandparents, because I didn’t think he’d really enjoy being up to at least his waist in snow and 7 degree weather.
Prior to going, I did what all moms do before any vacation involving kids. I panicked.
See, I knew we were going to be in the middle of nowhere for quite a while on our trip, with no usable restrooms in sight, and that’s enough to send any parent of a 3-5 year old into conniptions.
OXO Tot 2-in-1 Go Potty for Travel – Pink
Genius right? The kid needs to go? You just pull over, slap a bag in it, and off you go! Boom.
One little problem though. My daughter is obsessed with toilets. She dreams to one day use a porta-potty. She gets in trouble at school for asking to go too many times in an hour. She doesn’t have a medical problem, believe me, we’ve checked.
So the potty arrives in that glorious 2 day shipping window, and I took it out of the box and promptly left it on the table to I’d remember to pack it.
Enter 4-year old…..
Her – “Mommy…. what’s that?”
Me – “Um, it’s a travel toilet. See, where we’re going we may not be able to get to a toilet in time so this is for EMERGENCIES ONLY”
Her – “OH, ok!
Also her, at gymnastics the next day… “HEY Y’ALL, I got a new POTTY! It’s AMAZING!!!”
*facepalm*
So we start off on part 1 of our split-in-half 10+ hour drive…..
Minute 15: “Mommy, I need to go potty”
Minute 38: “Mommy, I need to go potty”
Every 20-35 minutes for the rest of the drive, both parts, both days…. “Mommy, I need to go potty!!!”
*sigh* I didn’t need my hubby to tell me “Well, you shouldn’t have told her what that was” because I knew it already – but seriously, she’s not stupid, she knows what a potty looks like. What else am I supposed to tell her it is?
I’m happy to say…. I won. We didn’t use the potty once, though there were a few times I got a little nervous and was prepping myself to hop into the back seat of the mini-van and dust that thing off. Our friends, however, may never travel with us again because out 10+ hour car trip turned into more like 13+ with all the potty breaks. I AM happy, however, to have that as a backup in the car, because you KNOW there are some questionable places where your kid announces they need to go RIGHT NOW.
*sigh*……. Parenthood. Isn’t it grand?