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There’s always room for tortilla chips…

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Funny story…

I have a pretty quirky sense of humor. Ever since Tatum was a baby any time I’d see the slightest hint of a “Poop Face” on her I’d yell “not it!” On the illusion that maybe if I did that I wouldn’t actually have to be the one to change said poopie diaper. This would be followed by a chorus of family members calling “NOT IT!” while we all laughingly claimed that whoever said it last got diaper duty! Now it’s a full on family contest any time there’s a hint of poopage to not be “it”.

When Wyatt was born, Tatum started hilariously joining in the fun by screaming “NOT IT” the split-second someone else said it, and so the tradition continued.

Saturday night Wade, Tatum, Wyatt, and I are all seated at a little local fast food Hibachi place we all love (yes, you read that right. FAST… FOOD… HIBACHI! Cheap, genius, delicious.)

I catch a slight glimpse out of the corner of my eye of Baby Wyatt possibly straining a little bit, maybe turning a bit red in the face. I quickly speak up with my “Not it!” at the table followed shortly by Tatum’s bid to not be it. Right after that, clear as day, Baby Wyatt says….. “NOT IT” (Keep in mind Wyatt LOVES to jabber but doesn’t say much that you can tell what it is.) I about fell over laughing. It was seriously about as clear as he could say anything and the first time he’s strung two understandable words together!

This family. Never boring… 😂😂😂

PS- I know this post has nothing to do with tortilla chips as you might have thought from the title. It’s true though, there’s always room.

Plan With Me for 1/28-2/3

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This week’s “Before The Pen” in all three places 😂 Technically it’s two since the insert and Bujo are both in my Chic Sparrow Deluxe Claire Outlander! Yellow Paper House is my desk planner, love the combo of weekly and dot grid, I don’t feel so constrained! My Chic Sparrow travelers notebook goes everywhere with me in my purse for on-the-go planning and notes/journaling! I’ve decided I really need to buckle down and use some of these sticker kits I’ve been hoarding so I busted out a few adorable ones from Pink Limeade Designs – loving them both. The bullet journal spread is flamingos, because, well, why the hell not. 😂😂😂

MOM POST coming next for those of you who could care less about my planner!! 😂😂

I’ll have one of everything on the menu please…. make that two.

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That time you’ve been waiting almost two days for two different pharmacies to get their acts together and get you your prescribed steroids, then when you finally get them at 8:30pm and take the whole day’s dose at the recommendation of the pharmacist….

…and then you’re wide awake at 12:30am ready to clean the whole house, walk the dog, organize your craft room, and hungry enough to eat a bear and ask for a moose or something for seconds.

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These kids today…

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Lawdhavemercy these kids are giving me a run for my money today!

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Tatum: “Mommy, do you have a camera in the playroom?”

Me: “Yes, why?”

Tatum: “Are you watching the camera Mommy?”

Me: “Yes, why?”

Tatum: “Can you not watch it for a few minutes?”

Um…. no, child, and you need to work on your sneaky because that ain’t gonna cut it. 😂

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Five minutes later it’s all of a sudden super quiet, which any mom worth her salt knows is NOGOOD and I walk into the kitchen to find her with her arm up to her elbow in the fish tank.

“WHAT are you DOING?!?”

“Leekie wanted me to pet him….”

One of the gazillion things I never thought I’d ever say pops out: “Fish don’t like being petted, leave him alone”

*sigh*

These kids need out of the house – I just need to get over this freaking bronchitis first!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

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The results are in and the WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER for the gorgeous #LeatherQuill is @fit_fur_fun !!! Congratulations!!!! DM me to claim your prize!!

Thanks everyone for entering, we’ll have another fun giveaway next week so stick around!

I was going to do an unboxing video of my very first @boho.berry box tonight but I’m currently in the midst of bronchitis and I think I’d sound like an angry frog so I’ll hold off on that until tomorrow!

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Baby? What baby?

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Wyatt has started a new thing where he runs as fast as his chubby little legs will take him into another room yet when you come in to get him literally 2 seconds behind he’s nowhere to be found.

He likes to hide now. 😂😂

I don’t see any baby?

It’s hilarious but it also freaked me out because the first time he did it was behind the French door in our bedroom and I literally had no idea where he was for a couple seconds while I frantically searched the room. I was all “wtf? He JUST came in here?!?”

I’ve also been working on my BuJo tonight trying to get it going for the year. For you non-Planner nerds that’s a “Bullet Journal” – a really fun and creative way to stay organized and on task (and really just another reason for me to buy more stuff lol).

I’m especially loving the “Shark Week” tracker, but don’t let that gross you out, fellas, it’s just a fact of life.

Everyone but hubby in the house has caught Baby Wyatt’s “man cold” so there’s really not much interesting stuff coming out of this house to post about so I guess I’ll end it here, but make SURE you enter the giveaway before it ends on the @MindYourBiscuitsTX Instagram for the Leather Quill travelers notebook and I’ll also leave this pic of the “original Biscuit” or as we like to call her “#NerdDog” right here for your enjoyment. 😂

Two peas in a pod…. or a Keenz.

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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.

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The MOST amazing wagon on Earth!

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.

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Why “work” when you can play with me??? — The BiscuitDog aka “NerdDog”

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…..

 

Toilet Troubles

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Middle of Nowhere – New Mexico

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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?