Boy paper page

Picture of little man a few years about for Fitness For A Cause (aka: jump rope for heart)!! I used an ooooooold digital kit (2010) from Zoe Pearn. It was actually a birthday kit, but the colors were perfect for this page!!!

Birthday Wishes

I scrapped 2 pages today, both use the Birthday Wishes kit by Alisha Gordon from Echo Park!! I picked this kit up a few weeks ago at Pat Catan's for like $5 bucks!!! I just love it and I think both these pages look so different even though they use the same kit and have a repeating element!!

Paper layout

Here is an 8.5x11 page I made for Little man's album today!! It uses Pumpkin Spice by Simple Stories!! Loved this collection!!! I used a cut file I found from pintrest and cut it out on my silhouette and then backed it with the different colord gingham prints in the paper pack!! Love hoe it turned out!!

Friday, Friday!

This morning I woke earlyish for some reason- before 9AM. T is in Ohio so it's just me and the kids! Little man tried to make pancakes for the boys this morning - it's nice that he wanted to feed them but man did he make a HUGE mess!! Ugh!! We just kind of hung out till lunch and then after everyone ate we got in the pool! I floated for 2.5 hours and it was fabulous!! The sun was so hot and the water so cool!! The kids played in and out of the pool the whole time! Then after we got out we hung out in the house - watching TV and reading! After dinner the kitchen got cleaned and then we needed to run to Wal Mart to get milk and a few other things. Then I took the kids through Mickey's drive through and we got ice cream! Then it was home to hang some more till bed at 9PM. I laid in bed till almost midnight reading and then it was lights out for me!!

Ugh!!

Ugh even though T is finally back in town he had Mike today so I was by myself once again, I am getting so tired of that!! The kids were driving me nuts and I was at my breaking point by 8:20AM!!! Once the boys were on the bus it wasn't too bad. I got a text from Little man's teacher around noon and it was a picture of Little man playing with the baby chicks!! I told her CJ and I might come and see them and she said anytime!! CJ and I had to be at the Jr. High to pick R up at 1:15PM and then we headed to the high school to get S - they had well check ups at 2PM. The were both health as a horse!

R was 83lbs and 53 inches (4 foot 6 inches). S was 153lbs and 67 inches (5 foot 7 inches). We were done and on our way home around 3PM. I stopped at Sheetzs and got myself a peanut butter banana fluffer nutter and the kids some apple juice and then we made it home! Then at about 3:30PM my mood went totally down hill again and I crawled in my bed and there I stayed for the rest of the day! S (the Saint) made everyone dinner (scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage) and even put the boys to bed for me!! God she is great some times!! T didn't get home till LATE!!

Up at 6am

to pack the girls lunches and then back to bed - I didn't fall back asleep just laid around. Alarm went off at 7:30 and it was go, go, GO!! I had to give Little man and Gman showers and Gman and CJ were slow waking up! Then I made oatmeal for everyone and then jumped in the shower myself! Then I got myself dressed. Finished packing lunches and we were out the door by 8:23am! Got to the school and Laura and I started setting up. It took us till 9:18 and then parents started arriving!! Program started just after 9:30am and ran till almost 11am. Then it was snacks. Chrissy and I talked about L and Little man then it was time to clean up! CJ and I left the school at 11:30 and came home. We ate lunch. Went to the library. 

Returned movies and then came home! Once the girls were home I ran out to Dollar Tree and Michael's for a bit of "me" time!!! Then came home and talked to daddy on the phone a bit. CJ was fooling around in the living room and fell and smashed his cheek - he has a HUGE bruise and cried so hard. S and R fixed dinner, chicken tacos. After dinner the boys were being totally annoying so I gave showers at 6:30pm and they were in bed by 7:30pm. I then made the snack for CJ's picnic tomorrow and now I'm going to lay in bed and read and relax!!

Last day (well for this week) of momma flying solo!

Daddy comes home today! So I was up just before 6 and got the girl's lunches packed and then headed back to bed! I tossed and turned forever and then finally just got up at about 7:20AM. I just had to get the boys fed and Little man ready for school - Gman was off because the local preschools were coming in today. So I got him out the door at 8:30AM and then talked with daddy on the phone for a few minutes - he was already on his was to Lower Burrell (where he had to work for a few days). 

Then I headed downstairs to exercise. Once done I hustled the boys out the door and we made a few stops before heading to McDonald's for lunch. Then it was off to KCAC where we watched the fire department give one of the circus elephants a bath!! It was raining on us but we didn't care it was so fun and neat! Then we came home and messed around! The girls came home and then at about 3:30PM - DADDY pulled it!!! Hooray!!! We were all so excited because we missed him so much!!! Then Little man came home and he was very upset! A boy (a very not nice boy) in his class was super mean to him and pinched/grabbed him in the private area. I was IRATE!!! His teacher emailed me and then we talked on the phone for a bit and she let me know that she was going to pursue this further! 

Then daddy took us out to dinner to Dingbats and then we hit Wal Mart for a few things for lunches the next day! Then it was home and straight to bed for the boys! Then daddy went out and fix the air in my van and then it was time for bed!!!

Morning 2 of flying solo,

but again I made and easy lunch and breakfast for the kids! Little man stayed home again today because his fever is still up in the 100's but that didn't last long. Then on a whim I took Gman and CJ's, both of their's was in the 100's too. I think Gman's was even 101, but I just dosed them with Motrin and sent Gman off to school! 

Thinking CJ may have a chipped front tooth!!

Then CJ, Little man and I hopped in the van and headed off to CJ's farm field trip! We got lost and were almost late but I finally figured it out and we got there! It was so hot and so humid and so stinky!!! CJ loved it but I was miserable! Poor Little man stayed in the van the entire time (almost 2 hours). The highlight was that CJ got to see piggies and be the first one to ride a HUGE horse - he actually volunteered first - I was surprised!!! Then we came home and hung out for a bit. Then ran out and got the boys ice cream for Mickey's and a coolatta for me then to Giant Eagle to get my medicine! Then back home and I tried to work on laundry! The kids started coming home and I made pizza for dinner and then grabbed a shower. Then it was time for R and I to her band concert! I had S watch the boys so that I could go by myself. R and I got home about 9PM. Now I just baked a double batch (store bought pouches) of banana muffins for lunches tomorrow and now I'm headed to my bed to read and then fall asleep!!

Solo today

Woke up and did the morning routine solo today, thankfully I had easy lunches planned and easy breakfasts!! Little man is still running a temp so he's staying home from school today and I'm gonna run him to the doctors as soon as I get Gman on the bus. Speaking of Gman he is so excited, he has a field trip today to Vale Wood Farm - it's a dairy farm. He had so much fun and even got to touch a cow's "gutter" (utter), he described it as feeling squishy and rubbery!! We made it to the doctor's office just before the walk in clinic opened and they were already slammed! Ugh!!! But we didn't have to wait too long. They took a swab of Little man's throat but the strep test came back negative - after talking with him she thinks he might have mono - WTH!!! So if he runs a fever through Wednesday we have to go get blood work!! We came home and chilled the rest of the day! Once S came home I headed up to the track to walk, it was miserable - so hot and humid!!! Then it was home to make spaghetti for dinner. Grab a quick shower and then Gman, CJ and I headed out to S's concert! R stayed home with Little man. We were there till 9:30PM - it was soooooooooo long!! CJ finally fell asleep at about 9PM. The boys were really good though. We came home and I put the 2 boys to bed and then I headed to my room to read for a bit and then fell asleep myself!!!

Awwww, finally a day that I didn't have to get up!!!

It was freaking glorious!! I lazed around in bed till almost 9:30AM. Got up and ate some oatmeal! Then went outside and watched T mow the grass some. 

Organized the mess on my desk a little bit. Then at noon we went to go out to lunch but Little man had been complaining that he didn't feel well so we took his temp - 102!!! Looks like I wasn't going to be going to lunch!! So I laid in bed and surfed my phone for a while and then at about 2PM I promptly fell asleep and took almost a 4 hour nap!! Woo Hoo!! T had gone out and brought Pizza Hut cheese stuffed pizza home for dinner so I got up and ate two small sliced and then went to the track and walked for almost an hour! It was so nice and relaxing!! Came home and laid around for just a bit - it was almost 8PM so I just relaxed with the boys a bit and then it was time to put them to bed! I had an ice cream sandwich and now I'm gonna finish this and go to bed!! It was a great relaxing day!!

Ugh today was such a long day!!

It started with my alarm going off at 5AM so that I could have R to the Jr High by 5:45AM to board the bus for Band Fest, she was going to spend all day in Oil City. Then I came back home and climbed in bed and daddy offered to do both morning shifts for me since I had to get up early. Well he lucked out with S and only had to make her breakfast - no lunch because she was going to be at IUP all day for a choir thingy! Then he got back up with the boys and gave them breakfast and started making them lunched! Little man's was easy because he was going on a field trip today to Yellow Creek park! Once everyone was off I sat down and started going through 3rd grade end of the year party stuff and finally decided to fill out the form I need to use the cafeteria! 

As I was in my office my Oriental Trading order showed up and all 120 personalized pencils were spelled wrong!! WTF!!! So I called them and had them reorder the pencils and express them to me - they should be here by Wednesday! Then Callum and I ran out to ship the wrong pencils back and to drop off the form at East Pike! By then it was almost 2:30PM and I rushed home and exercised real quick. Took a shower and then got ready to go to R's concert! Daddy picked S up at the high school at 3:45PM, came home and I left at just a little after 4:00PM! I had almost a 100 mile drive to Oil City ahead of me! It was the worse drive ever - so hilly and curvy!! I made it on time though and got a great seat and the show started at 7PM, the 6th graders did good - but I literally drove 5 hours to listen to R play for maybe 25 minutes! The concert was done by 8PM and R and I were on the road home! I took a different way home so it wasn't quite as bad but it still took us for ever! We got home at about 10:47PM and I went straight to bed! I was beat!!!

Is it Friday yet??

Ugh I did not want to get up when my alarm went off this morning - I especially didn't want to make scrambled eggs for the kids lunches! Thank goodness I had some hard boiled eggs in the fridge I just subbed them! I went back to bed and tried to fall back to sleep but it didn't work to well!! So up I got again when my 2nd alarm went off!! Once we got the bigger boys on the bus I took CJ into town to school and then came back home and walked on the treadmill for 45 minutes! Then I photographed my week 16 PL pages and then messed around on youtube for a bit. On the way back into town to pick up CJ, I saw S and her Spanish club walking along Philadelphia street headed to Cozumel's for their lunch "field trip", I was gonna honk but I didn't want to embarrass her!! Once I got CJ picked up we headed to daddy's Indiana store and picked him up for lunch! We went to Mickey's and while we were waiting in line to order the electricity blinked off and on! So we finally got our food and sat and ate. Then we took Daddy back to work and then headed to Wal Mart so I could pick up some yogurt, bananas and lemon bars - the lemon bars are GROSS!! Then once back home I worked on the boys laundry and then catching up on posting my PL pages, my project love me photos and this blog! I made taco's for dinner and then at 7PM Little man and I ran into EP for a band meeting, we were there for an hour and then I dropped him off home and I ran back into town to drop off some stuff for Tim at his Indiana store and then I headed to Mickey's for an ice cream cone!

If you can believe it I had another BUSY day!!!

Hahaha! Thank god it's Friday, I can't wait for two days of nothing having to get up early and not having to be somewhere or have someone somewhere! The morning started out normal - for the girls and the boys! However when I got up for the boys I checked my phone and noticed I had a text from H H - I was suppose to do the damn shirt!! CRAP!!! So I got the girl's info from Little man and printed out the transfers real quick. Then as soon as I got the boys on the bus CJ and I headed to Wal Mart to grab a blue shirt! We rushed home and I got the iron-on transfers on and thought I was doing good and in the clear until I took the first transfer off and I put her last name on upside down!! Mother of Pearl!! I spent the next 45 minutes trying to get the damn thing off - I tried everything!! I finally got it scrub off enough that I could put a black box over the messed up part and light blue letters for her name! So we ran to the school and dropped it off! Then we headed outside to watch the kids hop! We were there about 30 minutes and then Gman came out! We watched him hop and then we left because CJ was being a douche! We ran to Wal Mart and got him a pair of sunglasses and then to McDonald's for lunch. Then back to the school to see Little man. Ugh, it was so long!! It was inside because it was going to rain and there were like 400 people shoved in the gym! We watched him and hung out and watched the other kids, I sat with Chrissy and CJ and Braden played together. They were mostly good but Braden brings out the worst in CJ and makes him be bad. Then once they were done CJ and I both got free Rita's water ice!! The Jump Rope thing was almost done and they were drawing one last prize, the grand prize and all the sudden Mrs. Jack called Gman's name!! Hahaha!!! Little turd had snuck money in to donate and ended up winning the big prize!! Then we headed home! I sat around until I got Little man and Gman off the bus and then I went down and exercised for 45 minutes! While I was sitting around we got a call from the water company and out water is bad and we are on a boil notice - ugh! So after I was done exercising I took the kids to Mickey's for dinner! Then it was back home were we hung out for 2 hours till daddy got home at 8PM and he put everyone to bed because they were all grumpy and crying!!! Now I'm gonna go get in my cozy jammies and hit my bed too!!!

Can you say, "BUSY"!

Quite the busy Wednesday here! I was up at like 5:30AM and couldn't go back to sleep - ugh - and of course I couldn't get up and eat or drink anything because I was fasting! Boo!!! So I laid around and then got up at 6AM and got the girl's lunches pack then it was back to bed for me till 7:30AM. Then we got up with the boys and did all their stuff and then T waited with the bigger boys for the bus and CJ and I got in the van to head to the doctors! Krista texted me earlier and asked us to the library so once we were done at the lab we headed back to town, and it was just in time - we waited forever to get checked in! CJ was so bored he was using the chairs as a tunnel!!

I made a pit stop at Sheetz to get me a drink (I took my breakfast with me) and a snack for CJ and then we hit the library! CJ had fun playing with Chase and the enjoyed the stories too!! Then Krista asked us to lunch at Mickeys so we all met at the Regency Mall one. Krista and I had a good talk and CJ and Chase played some more. We were finally done and on our way home at 12:45PM! Phew, busy morning! Then I had to exercise!  So I went done stairs and walked for almost and hour and then I needed a snack! I worked on CJ's laundry and then worked on some stuff for the up coming 3rd grade party! Then it was homemade pizza for dinner (for the kids - I just had a sandwich, pretzels, hummus and strawberries). After dinner I worked on Little man's shirt for Jump Rope For Heart and then T came home at about 7:15PM!  Just as he walked in the door Gman started yelling about something coming out of his p.e.n.i.s., so T took him in the bathroom and some kind of mucus/pus was coming out. So he scooped it up and I put it in a baggie and I guess we'll be heading to the doctors tomorrow!! *sigh* It was late then so it was rush rush rush through showers and put the kids to bed and now I'm sitting here writing this. Just finished my ice cream sandwich and I think I'm gonna hit the hay!!!

Birthday Lunch!!

Had a birthday lunch today at The Coney: Laura, Krista, Jenn, Amy, Kim and Chrissy were there. Kim gave me a card. Jenn gave me a card (with a $25 dollar Olive garden gift card in it) and Laura paid for mine and C's lunch!! We were there for about an hour and thirty minutes!!! It was a great time!! When I came home I baked 2 pans of brownies for the father/daughter banquet tomorrow and then Kim posted on Facebook for a volunteer to make a treat for the next day for school - so I volunteered! I had to pick Little man up from school at 3:15PM to take him to the orthodontist, we were in and out in no time and the doctor said he even though his teeth are still crowded he doesn't see Little man needing braced for a few more years!! Then Little man and I ran to Aldi's to get stuff to make rice crispy treat and strawberries and then we stopped at Michael's to get pink chocolate. Once home I made two pans of rice crispy treats and cleaned and cut 2 quarts of strawberries! 

Then I made tacos for dinner. I asked T to bring home a heart cookie cutter and then once the kids were in bed I cut the rice crispies into hearts and dipped them in pink chocolate!

Freezing!!!

We had a 2 hour delay this morning which kind of jacked up the kids schedules since Little man and Gman had dentist appointments at 11AM, so they didn't even get on the bus to go to school at 10:30AM. We just piled in the van and headed into town!! It was so cold out, it was really miserable!!! 

We got in and only waited a little bit past 11AM, once they got back in the chairs it went quick. Both boys had awesome check ups and ZERO cavities!! We got out of there at noon and since Little man had missed lunch and I didn't pack one for Gman I took them through McDonald's drive thru and then headed to their school while they ate! Got them dropped off and then C and I came home. We both just kind of lazed around all afternoon and when the big kids came home they joined us. I made pizza for dinner and it was so good! Then there was more lazying till daddy got about 9:20PM. We put the kids to bed and then we sat down and ate the Thai food he brought home! He also brought me the 4th season of Downton Abbey and I went in my room and watched the 1st show. I wasn't into it as much as I was the other seasons so I went to bed right after that episode! 

Last Monday before Christmas break, WOO HOO!!!!

Ugh it was tough getting up this morning, I seriously just wanted to crawl back in bed. Maybe because it was a totally crappy night - T was up with Little man like 3 times - he was crying and belly aching all night because his ear hurt. Then him and C were up at like 5AM watching TV in the living room - sheesh!!! T herded them back to bed. We got the girls fed and out the door and headed back to bed! We got back up about 7:30AM and got the boys fed, dressed and lunches packed! Little man was crying again because his ear hurt but he didn't want to miss school because they were having a cooking class all day, he was also scared that he would start crying in school and kids would make fun of him!! I told him, if his ear starts to hurt just raise his hand and ask to go to the nurse, then if he cries no one will see him and I'll come get him! C and I hung out till lunch, I made him some gingerbread play dough to play with, and then we headed out the door to run a few errands, visited Daddy at his store. I got home and at about 2:15 (right when I was leaving to pick up S), Mrs. Mauk called and Little man was complaining of ear pain and his temp was 100. CRAP!!!  I called T to see if he could pick up S and take her and that's I go get Little man. I tried the Dr. office but there phone just rang and rang and then went to a message that they were busy due to high call volume. Then T called and his car wouldn't start, CRAP!!! So I hurried and picked up Little man and then picked up S, told T to keep trying the office and to get us an appointment. T called and finally got the car started, told me the office said just to stop in as soon as possible, so I told him to just go in town and park by the dermatologist office and I'd drop S off and in the mean time I'd take Little man to the doctor's. That left R at home by herself and to get Gman off the bus if T didn't make it home in time!

We got the office and got right in, still wheezing a bit and RAGING ear infection (right ear), the worst Dr. Shoe said he'd seen in a long time!! So amoxicillin for 10 days! All while this was going on T and S were waiting and waiting to be called back - her appointment was at 3:10PM and it was after 3:40PM before she was even called back!! Also R got Gman off the bus and instead of going through the garage like I told her she went out the mud room door and locked her and Gman out of the house - in the cold and snow! Then T came home and he didn't even have his key because he had given it to R that morning to get in after school!! Sheese!! Thank goodness were got home at about 4:15PM so they didn't have to wait outside long!! T had to go back to work and I need to get medicines pick up and thankfully I had put beef soup in the crockpot so all I did was make some noodles and served the kids, then I headed out the door to get the meds and finally back home after 6PM. I was so whooped and really didn't feel like doing out activity and didn't think we really had any time so I told the kids we'd just do two tomorrow!!! Then I headed to my room to drink a mimosa and watch the new Percy Jackson movie on blue ray! After it was done I watched Pacific Rim till I couldn't hold  my eyes open any more and then it was off to dream land!!

What a day!!!

It started out with me waking up and having nothing to pack in the kid's lunches - I totally scrounged together a PB&J sandwich, some pineapple, some energy bits and an apple. We got the girls out the door and once the boys got up (I was int he shower), both Little man and C said they didn't want to go to school because they didn't feel well!! Ugh!!! So we got ready and then I left with those two at about 8:20 (because the roads were COVERED and the snow was still coming down) to head to the doctors for their "open clinic" at 9AM. 

We got there and were seen by Dr. S, both boys are wheezing (Little man worse then C), in fact when Dr S heard Little man cough he said that sounded like an asthmatics cough!! Little man was so bad that they gave him a breathing treatment right there in the office, it helped him lots. 

So both boys are on albuterol every four hours for 10 days!! Today was pay day and I was suppose to get out Christmas shopping done but I was getting a late start!! Daddy met us at Giant Eagle at about 10AM, Little man's RX wasn't ready so we headed home. I left daddy with the boys and I headed out to pick up the medicine and bring it back home. Then it was off to get me lunch since I was STARVING!!! Then finally it was time to start the shopping!!! I hit Ollies (nothing there), Dollar Tree (wrapping paper and stocking stuffers), Michael's (art stuff), Wal Mart (toys and clothes), Mall (Kmart & Aeropastle) and finally back to Wal Mart to get frozen pizzas for the kids dinner!! Then after dinner I went back out to get some groceries and R a dress for the Christmas Dance on Friday. Finally back home - I am BEAT!!! Such a long day and I'm still not even done Christmas chopping - BOO!!!! Tonight the kids were suppose to make buckeye's but I just didn't have it in me and daddy refused to even try so daddy let them eat Oreos and watch Christmas movies!! They still had a great time!!!

I just cleaned out my in box and now I'm gonna go get some jammies on and snuggle down in my bed!!! Maybe I'll fall asleep quick!!!

Hmmm....good morning Monday!!

Ugh I am still feeling crappy!! Pretty sure I either have bronchitis, an upper respiratory infect or Gman gave me his ammonia (pneumonia)!! I gave myself a breathing treatment this morning and while it helped it made me all jittery!! Hahaha!! I felt like an addict that needed a fix!! We were kind of rushed this morning be cause I needed to get Little man to the doctors by 8:30AM for his 9 year well check up!! So C, Little man and I were out the door by 7:50AM. We were in and out at the doctors and Little man is healthy as a horse and growing good!! He weighed 57lbs and was 51 inches tall!! The doctor remarked that he is very moley and while they all look fine now we need to keep an eye on them to make sure they stay fine!! Then it was back to town to get him to school!! Then C and I came home and I worked on turkey treats all day long!!! I felt like crap all day long and kept myself filled with Advil!! Daddy had to make an impromptu trip to Ohio to put some money in our bank and then he finished his work day at his Indiana store. He was a doll baby and brought home Papa John's pizza and bread sticks for dinner!! I was so beat that I ate and then climbed into bed and watched TV the whole night, daddy gave all the baths/showers and put all the kids to bed for me!! Love that man!!!

Happy 9th Birthday to my sweet little man!!!

I can not believe that this big boy was a baby at one time!! Gah!!! 

You can read his birth story (and see his hospital photo) in this post!!! So the day started off with us heading to Eat N Park for breakfast, Little man's request! We made him wait till after breakfast there to open his presents (OK, I made him because I hate the way photos look when they are taken in ort yellow kitchen) and he loved them all!!! Then we headed to Wal Mart to pick up some ice cream. Once home we cleaned the upstairs, well most of it - S did the kitchen and then the rest of us (ie: mommy and daddy) did the living room. Then it was lunchtime - mac n cheese - and then cake and ice cream time!!! YUMMY!!! Then I had just enough time to give Gman his breathing treatment before we headed to a birthday party for his friend at S&T Arena!! It was from 1 to 3 and I stayed the whole time - ugh the kids were all assholes!!! They were so bad and I think poor Gman was overwhelmed!! At one point when we were in the room waiting for cake Gman  said "I didn't know it was going to be like this - so loud"!!! Coming from the king of loud at our house; so you can imagine what it was like!!! We high tailed it out of there before 3 and came home to daddy cleaning the office. I sat down and started working on turkey crafts and here I still sit at almost 8PM!!! All I've stopped for is to eat dinner!! Cripes I'm so over this!!! Hahahaha!! But I'm quitting soon for the night!! I'm just finishing up this one last set and then I'm putting on some cozy jammies, crawling in my bed and reading!!! I can pick back up tomorrow!!!