I got a message for yoooooooooooooooo

June 16, 2011

We are making the most of our rainy day.  That is, if making the most of a day includes getting dressed late, watching lots of Cat in the Hat on PBS and talking about our fantasy road trip.  We have been talking a lot about just getting in the car and driving Route 66 until we get to Arizona.  Don’t ask me why I have been so obsessed with Arizona.  It all started when I got so sick while being pregnant with Jemma.  I believe it was during one of the “chill” stages of my fever when I really wished I could be in the hot sun without any humidity or rain or clouds.  I haven’t been able to stop thinking about Arizona ever since and I thought I could replace my desire for dry heat with an infrared sauna, but it just hasn’t happened.  While sitting at the kitchen table this morning, Jake and Jorja started talking about Arizona and the animals they might see there.  Jake said “there are scorpions there that can kill you, but I don’t care, I’ll have fun anyway!”.  I almost fell out of my chair.  What an optimist he is turning out to be!!

Oh great! How do explain to your two-year old that it is not ok to throw his socks in the garbage?  Jorja mentioned that her sock had a hole in it so I told her to throw them in the garbage right away. Of course everything Jorja does, Jagger has to do, so while I wasn’t paying attention, Jagger threw his perfectly good socks away. Then he comes prancing over to me, ever so proudly, declaring “I frow socks in gardage!” (that’s exactly how he pronounced it!).  When I tried to explain that his socks are just fine and dug them back out, he threw himself to the floor crying “NO, sock in gardage…now, mommy do it!”.  I am sorry Jagger, but my socks are just fine! Luckily, Jorja was able to distract him with his favorite rendition of the Oompa Loompa song from “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” that is supposed to go “Oompa Loompa doompadee doo I’ve got another puzzle for you Oompa Loompa doompadah dee
If you are wise you’ll listen to me”.  Jagger’s version goes something like this “dupa, dupa dupa dee do, I got meshsage foh yooooooooo” (obvious emphasis on the “you”).

The time of our lives!

June 15, 2011

It started off as the perfect day for taking the kids to the park…sun was shining, everyone was behaving, Jemma slept 5 hours in a row again last night…what could go wrong? Oh, let me tell you!  By the time we got to the park is when I realized “oh, crap I have four kids and one of them is only  6 weeks old!”.  But, I persisted…I had Jemma in the jogging stroller, which was perfect because I literally had to run around to keep up with Jagger!  Jake and Jorja, luckily, very independent and I didn’t have to worry about them.  In fact, all was going well until it was time to eat our Little Caesar’s picnic lunch.  That’s when the wind picked up.  We had paper plates flying all over the place, pizza sauce on faces, clothes, hair and get this…I later found some in Jagger’s belly button!  Of course, that’s about the time that Jemma decides she is no longer happy and apparently forgot about the five hours she slept and started wailing! I picked her up, realizing I didn’t have the Baby Bjorn or the wrap with me.  Still, I persisted…managing the kids’ lunch with one hand and carrying her on the other arm. Finally, lunch was over…Jake and Jorja went back on their merry ways, but Jagger decides he wants to go down the fireman’s pole that is about 15 feet above the ground!  So, Jemma goes back in the stroller and is hollering while Jagger is screaming “I DO IT” when I try to get him down.  Deep breath, count to five (usually it’s 10, but there is no time!).  Ok, I finally convince Jagger to move away from the pole and I get him to go over to the toddler sized playscape. Pick up Jemma who will not stop crying…at this point, I give the 5 minute warning that it’s time to go home!  Five minutes later, Jemma has stopped crying, but I had the kids wrangled together so we leave anyway.  When I apologize to Jake, Jorja and Jagger about the short time at the park, Jake says “it’s ok mom, I still had the time of my life”.  And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why people like me chose to stay at home with their kids!

Prayers please

June 12, 2010

This blog started out due to my desire to use the power of attraction to my benefit, but now I need it for another reason.  A very dear family member of mine is extremely sick and I need everyone’s help.  I have read several studies about prayer and healing and I am convinced in the power of concentrated thoughts to change situations.  In one study, the test group consisted of individuals in a hospital with various illnesses with people that were asked to pray for them (unbeknownst to the patient’s, their families, friends or doctors). The control group received no additional prayer from strangers and the prayer from families, friends or doctors were not controlled and neither group knew what was going on.  Ultimately, the patient’s who received the extra prayer from strangers were healthier than those who did not.  My point for this story is to request the help of anyone reading this blog right now.  To protect the privacy of my family member, I will not state names.  In fact, even in the studies, the people praying didn’t even know the names of the people they were praying for.  If you are reading this, PLEASE say a prayer for my family member.  Just pray for this person’s well-being or peace or just send positive thoughts.  Ask God, or whoever you pray to for help for my family member. This person has a kind soul and is loved by so many, but even as these studies show, every extra bit helps.  I thank you so much for your support and send much love to all who are helping. May God bless you!