Tired Mommy

If I wasn't so tired...

I wouldn't be so grumpy in the morning and I might actually feel like making a real breakfast;


I would play longer and with more energy when my kids ask me to play tag or "make believe;"

I would feel like going outside more often, even if it's a little warm;

I'd plan fun activities with the kids, like crafts or new games;

I would be more patient with my children and realize they are JUST KIDS;

I would feel angry less often;

I would be more silly with my kids;

I would spend less time on the computer;

I would have more meaningful scripture study no matter what time of the day I choose to study;

I would exercise more often (more often than never, which is about as often as I exercise right now);

I wouldn't get so overwhelmed when I make dinner and everyone is seeking my attention at the same time;

I would be happier.

Why am I so tired?

I'm the mother of four children younger than six.

My husband is gone at school for four full days a week, from 9a to 11p.

I don't eat healthy enough.

I'm a nursing mama.

I have a four month old who goes to bed at 7p (yay) but wakes up at 3a to eat and thinks 6a is rise and shine time.

Worst of all, I go to bed at midnight every night. Why? To spend time with James because I miss him and I want to feel like a wife and woman rather than just a mommy, mama, mom.

I WANT to go to bed earlier. I just don't know how to do it. So here I am, tired.

What's for lunch? Hot dogs and peas.

This is worth posting about. Wow, great story.

Edin took a bite of his hotdog at lunch today and started gagging and threw up. "Is it too hot? Spit it out, buddy." He kept throwing up and we encouraged him to "get it all out." You know how sometimes they are kind of nervous to throw up because it's so unpleasant? But it's always better out than in I always say ;) To make a long story short, Edin kept throwing up/spitting up for the next hour and a half. I was imagined a terrible mother's day with all the kids coming down with some virus or another. James had to leave so I stayed by my poor sick buddy while he continued to throw up and be so miserable.

I was in the kitchen getting some water when he calls out "Mom, I finally got the hot dog out of my throat!" All that time he was gagging on this stuck piece of hotdog and when it finally dislodged he was totally fine and happy as a clam. WHAT?! I have no idea why he didn't just say there was something in his throat.


This story gets better when I tell you about the pea. One day at lunch Edin stuck a little green pea up his nose. None of our kids had ventured into this unknown territory. We were like "Dude, don't stick food up your nose. It could get stuck." So we got him a tissue to blow his nose. He blew a couple of times. Then sneezed. He said "I think it came out," and stopped to look around. Of course there were already other peas on the floor so he couldn't really identify which one came out of his nose. Sick, I know. The rest of the day he kept complaining about his nose and sticking his finger up there and squeezing the bridge of his nose. We kept telling him it's going to feel funny if you keep playing with it. Leave it alone. So he stopped messing with his nose and didn't talk about it anymore.

Well, what do you know, three weeks later he blew his nose and says "Hey, there's the pea!" THREE WEEKS!! This kid amazes me! I love having a five and a half year old.

Birthday time

Ah man, I can't believe I've waited a whole month and a half to post about William and Lizzie's birthday party. Better late than ever?? Oh well. Lizzie turned 3 and William turned one. We invited both my family and James' family. It was extremely crowded but I was grateful so many could come. The kids had a lot of fun.

These are actually pictures of the kids eating cupcakes at play group for William's birthday.

My friend posted a picture of a birthday cake with a skittle rainbow and I thought "That is so cute and fun. I want to do that." That's what got the rainbow wheels turning. So the theme was Taste The Rainbow. You'll see.

We made ice in six colors but decided they would just turn the soda brown. Eeew.

The Big Reveal.
I baked two cake mixes in six different pans. So cool.
Party favors: Baby food jars with skittles inside. I loved making these.

"I'm a rainbow king!"

I crocheted this garland especially for the party.

Paper Orbs. I love them.

Cookies, cold, and clouds

After my bad mojo day Monday, we did the letter C and it was crazy!

For lunch, we really rocked the seas, I mean C's. Carrots, corn, chocolate chip cookies, cold milk, chicken nuggets, and chips. Later we had crackers. Seriously, I feel like a genious on days like this.


For breakfast we had cheerios in our chair. For dinner we had chicken and cheese crepes. They were awesome.

We wore our favorite colors or clothes. Lizzie wore pink everything. Edin worse his orange shirt and army guy pants, and I wore my Muss shirt. Go Utes.

I thought I would do this totally creative thing and make a color wheel on the floor with tape and put toys in the sections. It lasted about .3 seconds but it entertained me.

We crawled and chased, and chewed, and colored. We clicked, clipped, cooked, and called our grandmas. Unfortunately it was cold so we had to wear our coats.

I wish every day could be as cool as the letter C.

Muffins, money and macaroni

M was 'mazing. I had so many great ideas that I didn't get to all of them.

We made muffins with lots of mixing for breakfast. (They were poppy seed. My favorite.)




We pretended to be monkeys and mice. Riduculous.

We wrote letters and mailed it to my mom. (I also made an origami cat because she likes them.)

We talked about money for about five minutes because that's how long they payed attention. I thought it was going to be so cool so show them a 10, 5, and 1 dollar bills, plus a quarter, nickle, dime, and penny. Yeah, they just didn't think it was as cool as I did.

Lizzie got to play make-up, which she loves. We got this monkey lip gloss from the dentist office.


For lunch we ate more muffins, macaroni noodles with mustard and mayo (for Lizzie only,) and marshmallows. I thought it would have been fun if I had made a menu for the to "order food" off of but that didn't happen. For dinner I cooked home made macaroni with red peppers and bacon on time. It was awesome.

Our movie of the day was Muppets go to Space and maybe we also watched the "minions movie," Despicable Me. Maybe...

I wish we had time for mopping, making music, mashed potatoes, mazes, marbles, memory, and Mexican food but we had a full busy day!

Oh yeah, we did this all on a Monday. Wahoo.