Baby Clothes

It's been too hard to daily journal, but rest assured, we have been busy.

Today I was putting clean clothes away and discovered that Laila had two bins of hand-me-down summer clothes in her size that I neglected to get out all summer. I was crushed. Pink dresses, rompers, skirts, shorts, tanks, swim suits...all just sitting there.

I have such a hard time every time I have to go through the stuff that Laila outgrows. There was also a bag with a couple pairs of pink baby shoes in it. I cried.
It's not like they're still not here, they're just not those babies anymore. And there's not another baby on the way.
Everything else I can get rid of - hi-chairs and toys and saucers and strollers. The clothes are just so much more special to me. The little buttons and the baby smell. I just die.

There are beautiful things on the other side of the baby phase. Like sitting on a towel and watching all three of my ladies play on the beach and hold hands as they brave the beach waters. I love this part too. A whole lot.

There's just something about letting go of those clothes.

8/12/10

Yesterday went, vaguely, as follows:

You know - waking up and all that stuff that's included such as: bathing, feeding, coffee-ing. You know.
Prep backyard and pool for company.
Company arrived bearing cupcakes. Score.
Swimming, chatting, playing,floating, snacking ensues.
Lunch - today's customers include 5 children and 2 adults. No sweat.
More playing and then Laila starts to indicate, for the group, that they are tired.
Enter daycare child.
Books. Naps.
What is this???? Blue ink pen ALL over the arm of my CREAM colored sofa?!? LAILA!!!!
(good thing she's already in bed).
Futile effort to get pen off of couch. And here I was on a high from getting permanent marker off my wood coffee table but not 2 days prior. I guess I'm not the stain fighting machine I thought I was.
Where was I?
Nap time over. Snack. Enjoy the AC for a while.
Bill got home early bearing whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Or McDonald's. Who cares.
Off to the parade!!
Scorch in the sun for a few hours while the kids go bonkers over floats throwing candy at them.
Once again, Laila lets the whole world know it's time for bed.
Home past bed time, but do baths because of the disgusting combonation of sunscreen, chlorine, bug spray and dirt that is covering their bodies.
Night kids.
Pop in the movie. Make it almost to the end without falling asleep.
Guess the fresh air gets to all of us.

So Fresh

So, I don't know if it's just me or if blogging is really becoming stale.

I still like to hop on and see what everybody's up to and I'm still enjoying what everyone else has to say, but I feel like I need to freshen things up a bit.

Maybe I'll start with a daily journal.

Today:

Slow morning. Laila was up first and somehow none of her pj's were on her body, but thrown on the chair next to her bed. Whatever.
Cleaned a teensy bit (always have to make the beds, it's OCD, plus I have daycare kids sleeping in some of the rooms.)
Got a call for CeCe to go on a play date.
Showered, got the kids dressed, fed, etc.
Dropped CeCe off. Went to the library - not open 'til noon on Wednesday of course. Skip that idea.
Stopped at the gas station for milk - ended up with frozen treats since I had the two little girls w/ me.
Fed myself.
Fed the girls.
Filled up the kid pool and read Parents magazine while the girls ate their frozen treats and played in the water.
Picked CeCe up, returned to greet daycare child.
Change out of suits. Read books. Naps.
45 minutes to myself - laundry, toy clean up, DVR of Chelsea Lately from last night while eating Twizzlers and sunflower seeds.
Big girls up - swim in the big pool for an hour. Come in wait for little ones to wake up.
Now: on the computer.
Guess I'll have to finish this tomorrow.

***Update***
So, to finish up.
Greeted Bill home from work.
Opened a cold beer for both of us.
Made dinner.
Went to the grocery store while Bill cleaned up dinner and gave the girls a bath.
Came home, put groceries away and did CeCe's lotions (it's a production).
Watched Bill mow lawn and kids ride bikes while I drank another beer ;)
Put now sweaty kids after just having a bath to bed.
Too late to watch "Death at a Funeral" so watched something on TV.
Kept up my new regimine of washing my face before bed.

Off to dreamland...

Aside from the two older girls fighting pretty much all day, I'd say it was a pretty successful day all in all. Now, on to tomorrow!

Circus Juventas

My aunt was kind enough to treat Cecelia and I to a really fun show by Circus Juventas. It's a local theater in Highland Park and all the performers are kids (more or less). The ticket prices- even though mine were gifted - are very reasonable given the quality of the show.

If you ever get a chance to go it's totally worth it!

I don't really have a good title for this post so I just left it blank.

Yesterday I was a real crab. The kids were particularly unruly and I just didn't have the patience for it.

I went to bed last night telling myself I would be better today. For the most part, I am.

But what really flipped the script was reading Nitty Gritty's recent posts.

Puts things in to perspective.

If you have time - click on over. It may change your mood too.

House of Blues

I am having one of those mornings where I hate the style, mess, and chaos of my house.

I seriously need someone to come and do an over haul because I don't even know where to begin.

I guess Nate Berkus - that decorater guy from Oprah - is getting his own show. Maybe I should try and send a video and get, like, and super cool and expensive makeover!!

Ya right.



Really though, it's like the only time I like my house is in the two minutes before guests arrive. You clean for hours and hours and then by the end of the day it looks like it did before you even started.



So annoying.

Happy 2nd Birthday Laila!!

Happy 2nd birthday to our sweet, little, crazy, smart, cuddly, hilarious, intuitive, precious, creative, wild and adorable dare devil.

We love you Laila B!!!!