Friday, February 24, 2012

Things I pick up on reading others blogs

I find myself repeating things that other mom's on the blogs I read do. For example , last night after we came from riding our bikes and from the park, the boys NEVER are happy about washing their hands. So I decided to use the scenario that Sarah posted in her blog here.

Basically, I said there are Germs on your hands when you play outside and if they get into your tummy, it makes your tummy hurt! They were like "germs?". I was like "yes, germs". Then Preston starts his reasoning and repeating thing. SO basically, I think I got them on board with washing their hands now. I guess I you just need a little help in how to approach certain ideas to you kids and that's what I love about reading other mom's blogs. By the way, Sarah is a mom of triplets who works a full time job 40 + hours a week(and commutes an hour each way by train) and her husband works too!

TGIF!! On another note, The boys have their 2 soccer game at noon tomorrow. I'm excited. We'll see how many times Preston touches the ball with his hands this time! Other than that , it'll be a pretty laid back weekend. Meaning No money spending! Yay!! I'm going to take Abby's advice here and save a little each week for my ipad. So I gave up my Benihana's habit for Lent. That'll get me started.

Workout: Need to start that back up again along with my eating, so I going to try to get back on Shakeology to help out. Here's the new flavor here! I can't wait to try it tomorrow morning. Thanks Christina!


Have a great weekend!!

Monday, February 20, 2012

Friday off

So this past Friday, I took vacation day. Not really, it was more like a Comp day(for working Sunday Jan 1st) anyways, I had a ton of errands to run.

Like, getting a massage(which sucked. I need to stick with Chiropractor massasge therapist), getting shin guards and socks for the boys, Mary Kay order pick up, etc...

I wanted a new affordable outfit for my friends shower I was hosting Saturday, so after seeing some really cute pieces from my blog friend here, I decided to hit up Forever 21.

Now, I've never really been a FAN of this place. But my mind has changed since then and so have my financial situations. I mean, I didn't even know that you can't return things for a refund, only exchange policy! Anyways, I thouroughly enjoyed some of the inexpensive pieces they had! Totally , can work it in conjunction with clothes I already have! What I got was a skinny bright orange belt(it's not really orange, but I don't know the name of the color) , a off white blazer jacket, and a cute sleeveless , striped blouse type shirt to go under the jacket. I'm not going say what I paid, but it was definitly affordable. So they had SOOO much stuff. The store is just huge! WHo has time to go through every single rack? Not me. Anyways, I plan to go back and get some more things when the budget says I can, but it was most exciting to buy cute stuff for a cheap price and fashionable! :) H&M is the same way, but I actually haven't found anything I've wanted to purchased since they first opened the store up last year. I have only been twice though. Like i said, who has the time? Not me!

Okay, 2 posts in one hour. Now off to listen to the Dave Ramsey show online. 1-4pm. takes me through my day at work. :)

Soccer, Soccer and more....

Saturday Preston and Chase participated in their first organized sport. Soccer. It was indoor which helped with the whole out of bounds issue we'll face later. They did SOOOOO Good! They are both fast, but Preston dominated with being more aggressive. That's just his nature rather than Chase is laid back. It was a cold rainy day saturday too! Perfect for indoor soccer. I'll post the photos at the bottom. My camera is old and just a Canon Powershot with 10 Mgpixels, so a lot of the photos came out dark. Preston kept trying to pick up the ball and move it so he got the whistle blown on him a lot at first, but by the end , he got the hang of it! :)

Later, I headed up the a resturant where a friend of mine was having a mini shower for her 2nd little girl. It was just a gathering of friends/family , gift cards and diapers.

Other than that, more stuff has gone down, but I don't feel like writing about it! LOL!

Here are the photos.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Today's My Friday!

I'm taking one of my days that I get for working Jan 1st this year which was a Sunday, tomorrow. So I'm thrilled. It's not going to be a relaxing day, but nevertheless a fun filled day! I'm finally getting a MUCH needed Pedicure, a MUCH needed 30 minute massage, I'm taking care of MANY errands.

I'm going to pick up the boys soccer shin guards, shorts and socks for their 1st ever orgainzed sport game Saturday! :) I'm purchasing a new laundry basket, some new face towels. I don't know what happend to the ones we had! EEK!! And much more stuff that I don't need to write about b/c it's not THAT big of a deal...

Oh and my husband and I are going for a nice dinner. I guess you could say V-day brought it on, or maybe the fact they we get our refund tomorrow, (probably the later) that we are doing this! hahah!!

I'm excited to have some time alone at dinner. Every couple needs that once in awhile without the kids. As my friend Christina would say, "going on a date". :)

So while I was looking on PinInterest I saw some great wedding decor ideas for the reception tables and favors. Starting really to LOVE this site. I also ran across this webisite called, tipjunkie.com. Check it out. Well it got me thinking that I really want to do something CUTE and fun for the bboys birthday. We'll see what happens. They most likely won't do a birthday party on their 5th because we want to take them to Disney WORLD!! We'll see though. Maybe we will make it Disneyland and go with my sister.

Also, I'm trying to attend a TCU baseball game Sunday even though this whole "drug" bust just went down. So horrible. Anyways. Busy weekend for me!

Happy Thursday!!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day or NOT so Happy?

I'ts been a busy day! I've learned many things today.

Anways, I feel AWFUL for seperating my boys! I don't think it was the right decision. It pains me that they don't see each other all day at school. I'm awful!! What is wrong with me. It's like I don't get to see them all day and now I took away the only family they had all day. Gosh I can't move Preston back to the Early Preschool, but I can't move Chase foward unitl he is fully potty trained! What would yal have done if you had twins? They aren't used to be without each other in school

:( :( :(

Friday, February 10, 2012

It's Friday!!!

I think I will post today!
Tomorrow we have ANOTHER birthday party to go to. It's one of the boys friends at school and his brother. They were born on the same day and one is turning 3 and the other 5. It's down in the FW Stockyard area. Seems like a really cool themed birthday party. They get to like ride a kid mechanical bull and other cowboy stuff. I dunno. I don't know much about that stuff, so maybe I'll learn something! :)

The hospital down the street from me is having an open house on their new Women's Center and you can meet the OBGYN's. I probably won't ever have another baby there b/c I plan to stick with my old OBGYN, but I still want to see the hospital and they are giving away free stuff!! :) So that's from 9-11am, saturday.

So after talking with the boys school, Preston will be transitioning to the next room which is Pre-School, not Early Pre-School that they are in right now and leaving Chase behind. We'll see how Monday goes!!

Still trying to get the boys to sleep and stay in their beds. I want to really work on it tonight, Saturday and Sunday. Chase still wakes up and winds and looks for a "warm body" as my husband calls it and then goes right back to sleep. Maybe we can get him to want the stuff animal to keep him comfy. I dunno.

Geez, I want to post but looks like I have nothing to say! :(
Oh, Preston and Chase's new favorite show is Chugginton, Jake the Pirates and Mickey Mouse Club. I've kind of mentioned that we are taking them to Disney World(u know where the disney castle is) on their 5th Birhtday. So we'll probably go before Christmas and it'll be off season! who hoo!!!

Have a great weekend!

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Etsy

I bought my very first item on Etsy today! I feel like I've arrived! LOL!

It was from Amanda's blog/etsy shop here and here etsy shop here.

I love her blog. She also has twins(b/g) and loves fashion, like me. Only SHE can afford to buy the nicer designer stuff, that I can't. Although she also shops at Forever 21 and other inexpensive stores. She just has great style and I long to be as stylish as her. She is a stay at home mom, but has her 2 etsy shops. Maybe she'll have a giveaway for some free Louboutins? yea right. I don't think she follows me on my blog nor on Twitter, but that's okay.. Anyways, I'm sure I'll love what I purchased. It was some body cream lotion and lip balm.

On to other things... We were able to reschedule our Tax Appt for today at noon. Long story on WHY we didn't go last Friday. Doesn't matter anymore. We are going today. What's 4 days right?

Preston will be moving to then next Preschool Classroom next Monday if all goes well with not peeing at nap time this week. Chase will be left behind if he doesn't get on the ball with pooping on the toilet. I've decided that I will move them seperately. Almost everyone from our room has moved up but them and their birthday was first! So Come Chase! You can do it! :)

Okay. I'll post some more later.

Thursday, February 02, 2012

Lunch Today

I'm going to lunch with a friend today. She is a long time friend. Very Long. She is a tricky friend. I've realized I kind of have to be on egg shells with her about what I talk about and why I ask her about. So today, I'm just going to let her talk and say minimal things. I think this is the safest way for her not to leave the lunch upset over stuff.

I try to accept my friends for who they are and that we won't Always get along. People say I'm too nice and that they would have dropped this person a long time ago. We've been through a lot. Lots of childhood memories before she moved away and lost touch for a good decade I would say... I don't know. I guess through all the ups and downs, I'm just not ready to like NEVER talk to her again. I'm not perfect either, so if she can put up with my craziness, I can put up with hers!! LOL! Hey atleast I'm learning how to keep the peace between us. I would say that shows maturity?

On Another note, Preston and Chase are now asking, "who is on the phone"! Can you believe that! So funny. They also love watching me make cookies or anything in a bowl that they can mix up! So funny! The both drag their chairs over to the island and watch. So funny, when the legs get caught on the rug and they say,"Mommy, i need help" or "Help Mommy, Help"! Love it!

We have our tax appt tomorrow. Hopefully, I'll be smiling big once we find out how big of a refund we are getting. We need it to be big! We have plans for that money! Car repairs, catch up on bills etc... Please! I wish I could add more with my Mary Kay business... Just need someone to join with me. That would help. Still liking it though.

My DH goes out of town today and returns tomorrow for work. Off to Panama City! So its just me and the boys by ourselves for the 1st time! Can you believe it? Usually its me leaving or when he did travel when they were babies, My mom came and spent the night! It'll be fun, but I can't garuntee the house will be clean though. :)

Toodles for now.

Oh Toodles!!!! from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse! :)