Have No Time

For the past week or so, I've been trying to remember that I started this blog. I try and remember that it's fun to have interesting things to write about, so I've been bringing my camera around with me and taking pictures. I took a picture of my dog wearing safety goggles, which was pretty funny. I took a picture of the yummm chocolates that Disney World sent me for being a mommy blogger. I took a picture of the great books that Hachette Books sent me to say Happy Mother's Day, as well as my new imac and the piece of cheese my son ate without taking off the wax. So where are these pictures and blog posts, you might be wondering? Still in my camera, and still in my head, respectively.

You see the problem is, I HAVE NO TIME. This is not different from any other mom in America, so I'm not asking for special treatment. But seriously, I have no time. Sometimes I think that if I didn't have to sleep, I'd be able to get everything done that I wanted to. If, on average, I spend 7 hours each night sleeping, theoretically, I would have time to get another full time job, if I didn't need to sleep. How much could I get done in a straight 7 hours when everyone in my house is sleeping? I can't even think about it, the prospect of it is too exciting.

Which leads me to another point. When I was younger and in college, most nights I wouldn't even go out until 11pm. Hmm...why didn't I need to sleep then?

And here's the last point. I never thought I would see the day where getting something organized was one of my biggest dreams. I used to have high aspirations - become a partner in a big accounting firm, earn alot of money, have a great family. Of course the great family part has become a reality, but the most exciting part of my night tonight was putting all of the clean laundry away the same day it was washed!

My headache and I are going to sleep now.....

Mothers' Day

Happy birthday to all of my mommy friends, albeit one day late. Sorry, I was very busy playing on my new mothers' day present - a new imac. Well, it was actually a Mac Book which we exchanged for an imac. Now, if only I knew how to use it....

Anything Other Than NO....

My daughter turned 2 in March. 39 days ago to be exact. Is it possible that only 39 days in she is in the "terrible twos"? Two years ago, I had a brand new, adorable, little baby. Today, I have an adorable 2 year old who whines like there's no tomorrow and seems to only know one word - NO. No to everything. Every. Single. Thing.

Me: We're going to go to Grandma's!
Cam: NO
Me: We're almost there!
Cam: NO
Me: We're here! Yay!
Cam: I stay in car.
Me: Don't you want to see Grandma?
Cam: No. Shy to Ama.
Me: Don't you want to see Papa?
Cam: No: Shy to Papa.
Me: Don't you want to see Ari? We have to bring him home!
Can: No. I stay in car.

About an hour later...
Me: Do you want desert?
Cam: No
Me: Do you want to read Dora?
Cam: No
Me: Do you want to read Bunbun?
Cam: No
Me: Do you want to watch TV?
Cam: No

At that point, it was bed time. No matter how many no's.

Since I've had my kids, I have always worked full time. I mean, I worked full time before that, but continued full time since I had kids. For the past year, I've still been working full time, but two days of that full time are at home. My kids have always had babysitters and nannies who they loved. I might not have loved the babysitters and nannies, but that's a story for another day. Anyway...all of a sudden, this little girl is seriously attached to me and "shy to" everyone!

Maybe it's a phase. Or maybe she just loves her mommy.

Either way, the whining and "no" need to come to and end. Soon.

What do you do when....

- your 5 year old has a meltdown right before bed because he wants Tylenol, but the only Tylenol you have in the house expired in 2007 (don't worry, it's now in the garbage)?
- your daughter wakes up crying an hour after she went to sleep because she only wants to see her brother?
- you are so tired you just want to go to sleep but you can't close your computer for the night?
- you dread the babysitter coming tomorrow morning?
- you realize that after you pay the babysitter every week, she winds up taking home more than you do?
- you want to do so many things but realize you would have to give up sleep for a year to accomplish all the things that you want to?

Mommy, I'm Naked

Both kids went to bed at their normal times. Camryn at 7, Aaron at 8. I knew Cam would be up for awhile because she took a late nap and didn't wake up until 5. After about a half hour, Aaron came out of his bed.

"Mommy, I'm having alot of pain."
"What's the matter? What hurts?"
"My pee-pee."
"Do you have to go to the bathroom?"
"No, it just hurts."
"Okay, go back into your bed and I'll check on you in a few minutes."
After a few minutes, he was sleeping. Awesome.

I come back to my computer, playing with the blog while I should be doing work and/or figuring out how I can quit my job, when I hear Camryn yell, "Mommy, I'm naked. Pajamas off." in her two year old voice. Really? No way. It has to be a ploy. A ploy to stay awake.

So I give in and go into her room, and seriously, she is standing there in a diaper, holding her pajamas.

"Camryn, why did you take your pajamas off?"
"Mommy, I naked."
"Yes, I see, let's put your pajamas back on. Why did you take them off?"
"Ummmm....I don't know."

Now she's in her crib. Hopefully not getting naked again. This could be a LONG night.

We Made It Through...

Kindergarten was a success today. Aaron was a little nervous when I dropped him off, but excited at the same time. We checked in, he showed them his name tag and went with the woman. There were about 70 kids, split into groups of what looked like about 10 kids each. Each group had a different color. All of the 5 kids from Aaron's nursery school class were split up. They were there for about 2 hours, then the parents came back, sat through some talks and then we picked up the kids at about noon. They got certificates that they went to kindergarten orientation, met all of the kindergarten teachers, saw the classrooms, lunchroom and gym, and even went on a bus ride on a big school bus. He had fun, got a shirt that said "Class of 2014" and proudly wore it all day.

Excuse me, I am going to go cry now.

Today is a BIG Day!

Today is a big day. My 5 year old has kindergarten orientation. The kind where I have to drop him off at the school for 2 hours this morning. He'll wear his orange name tag that they sent and go into the school like a big boy. A friend asked, "What are you going to do after drop off, other than cry?" Although I'm so happy he's getting big and growing up, is healthy, smart, adorable and totally a 5 year old boy, I'm missing my little baby. (Okay, so this picture isn't him as a baby but it was on his first day of nursery school.)