feisty four

"Today is tomorrow and that is why it is always tomorrow." 
-Winter
Profound.

"I can't look at you mom. I gotta pay attention to the road." 
-Winter pretending to drive the fire engine

Dan: Let me see his junk. (talking about Angus's boy parts)
Winter: I wanna see junk!
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Winter at 4 is nowhere near as hard as Winter at 2 and 3. She is mostly loving and happy a lot of the time. But then some days we revert back to our old 3 year old self...like today. Today was going to be a good day, well at least a good morning. Because even though it's Dan's third day at work, as long as I can get to church by 8:45 I can go sit in church by myself for an hour and a half. It is the only time I actually sit by myself without someone asking me for something, crying to be fed, climbing on me or barking at neighbors or slobbering on me. And then there's the dogs... hahaha! Sorry I'm kinda loopy. (See my blog on being stoned)

This morning I let the girls sleep in because they've had some late nights lately and it was so nice and quiet this morning. I am always a bit lax on the whole bedtime thing in the summer. So we had a bit of a late start getting ready for church and by the time I got the babies fed, the girls up, dressed, hair done and breakfast granola bars in hand, it was already time for church to start. 

Oh well, I tried. Winter informed me on the way that she was NOT going to her new class because she doesn't like her new teacher. "She's stinky." She actually smells quite nice. That's just her four-year-old expression for not liking someone. Mya was not happy either. She's usually my helper but she didn't want to push the stroller today. I had Addie on one hip and a couple of bags in the other arm so I told her she just had to. She complained the whole way to the nursery but she pushed the stroller for me, stopping every few seconds then starting again. 

I took Winter kicking and screaming to her class and sat down in church (30 mins late) and took a deep breath. It was a great sermon although I was a bit frazzled and distracted thinking about whether or not I was a good mom making Winter go to class even when she doesn't want to. After church I got Mya from her class and she raced over to Winter's room and informed me that Winter was laying on the floor and not listening to her teacher. So I bribed her with a pink cupcake (I purchased from the bake sale) to apologize to her stinky teacher which she did, and then we were on our way home. Both babies fussed the whole way home because that's what babies do. 


Four kids ages 5 and under (and two large dogs) is not for the faint of heart. It's only for the moms who want to see how much they can handle... and how much they can't. But they can be so cute and sweet... sometimes.
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My enormous 2-month-old.

Cute and sweet :)

Morning watered down OJ's :)

:)

Arm kisses

Wearing mommy's shoes, smiling for the camera.

happy father's day

Today was Father's Day. It was a good day I guess. I managed to get all four kids to church on time despite Winter's efforts. As I was shooing the kids into the car, I realized Winter was still in her pjs. So I ran upstairs, grabbed a dress and shoes, yelled at her like a drill Sargent as she put them on, threw her hair in a ponytail and off we went. Church was lovely. All the kids went to their classes and I got to sit, uninterrupted for one hour and 30 minutes. After church, the babies napped, then we went to the station to visit Dan. Here are some pics:

I then went to Target with all four because I was feeling brave and dumb. I threw Angus in the Bjorn, and Addie in the stroller. We stopped to get "dinner" when we got there because it was 6:00 so Winter got a smoothie and Mya got a pretzel. Addie didn't want anything but fussed the whole time. She already had a Larabar in the car so I figured that could be her dinner. 

The girls were great. They even shared their pretzel and smoothie with each other. Angus peed on me for the fourth time this week. I felt something wet on my right flip-flop and Mya yelled, "He's peeing!" I shushed her and proceeded to get the items I needed. I didn't even care. Once home, Addie threw herself on the floor and started to cry. I figured it was time for bed. 

Then I ate MY dinner (a microwave dinner and a little wine) while Mya gave Winter a bath. I could hear her barking orders while Winter washed up. 

I'm tired. 

oh siri

I just love this picture of me and my favorite females on the planet... well living ones anyway. I liked my grandma a lot. She was pretty hilarious. 

Anyway, that's my sis on the right and mom on the left. Mom has become quite the voice texter. But lately there have been some... typos? Not sure what you call it when Siri doesn't understand what you're saying and writes the wrong thing. I copied two of my texts from my mom because they made me laugh so hard when I got them. 

The first one scared me at first. She wrote, 

"Okay. But just to let you know and demons is coming over at 11 to cover my other 3 chairs with me. We will be using drive in staple guns that they will be on the table. Anyway would love to have you come in play with Ethan and hang out." 

Demons are scary enough as it is but demons with staple guns? Forget about it.

And this one came today,

"Are you going to come and hang out with us this week? I have a hair appointment on Tuesday. But I have eaten all week the rest of the days." 

I told her she must have been full. ha!

So the first one was supposed to read, Auntie Rose is coming over, not demons.

The second one should have said I have Ethan all week. =) 

Hilarious. 

she's got it bad

Mya has her first crush on a boy named Nolan. My favorite things I've heard her say lately are:

"Will you paint a heart on my cheek so Nolan knows I'm in love with him?" and

"You know why I wear my running shoes to school? So I can chase Nolan and hug him!"

I'm not really sure if she knows what she's talking about. I'm pretty sure she just hears it from the other girls. Either way, it's slightly disturbing.

Winter had to have a heart too =) She's not in love with anyone that I know of...