Another motherhood initiation

WARNING - if you have a weak stomach or are easily nauseated, do not read!

Well, tonight was a first. This year, my parent's have decided to do something different for birthdays. Rather than do a big party each birthday month with the whole family, they are just taking out each individual out for dinner. Tonight was Beckett's turn. We went to Wendy's because Beckett loves "5 piece chicken nuggets". He ordered them all by himself. I was so proud. He also got root beer, which is a special treat because we hardly ever have pop. We sat down and started eating. It didn't take long before we had to get after him to start eating his dinner and stop drinking the pop. He said, "I can't eat anymore", which is his usually response when he doesn't want to eat anymore. Well, we did what any normal parent would do, we took away the pop until he ate a couple of chicken nuggets. He complained a little and then just laid down on the bench. I thought he was just moping, but after a little while he stood up. Matt commented that he looked pale, and then I noticed it too. It wasn't too long after that that I could tell he was going to throw up. Just as it started to come out, I stuck my hand under his chin to catch it. I don't know why. There was no way I was going to catch it all. It just felt like instinct. (I would like to note that I don't do throw up. I come close to dry heaves when I just hear someone else throw up) When he was done, I went to wash my hands off. Beckett saw me leaving and came after me (he is going through some major separation anxiety lately), leaving a trail of puke dripping off of him all along the way. I felt so bad for the employees that had to clean up after him. I wanted to offer to clean it up, but I had to clean me and him up already. It was not fun and on the embarrassing side, even though there was nothing that could be done to prevent it. My sister came in the bathroom and said that the group of teenage boys that were sitting near us, watched the whole thing and were just staring. I felt so terrible about ruining everyone else's meals. So much for a special meal. Oh, and both children threw up in the car just as we were getting off the freeway. What a night!!

A little help for my friends

So, I just had a big scare. I thought I had lost all of my pictures of "A Day out with Thomas" that the children and I went to last month. Luckily, I had heard Kim Komando (digital goddess) talk about this very situation on her talk show (it is on every Saturday night on 105.7FM). A gentleman had called in and said he could not find his pictures on his memory card from his trip to Europe. He was so sad. It was like 500 photos that were missing. She told him about FREE software available on her website that he could download that would help him retrieve those photos off of his card. So, when I discovered that 95 pictures had suddenly went missing on my SD card, I was devastated too, but I had a glimmer of hope. I went to komando.com and searched around until I found "photo recovery" (which wasn't easy for me, I am not search friendly). She had the links to the FREE software and I had Matt follow the steps, I was too nervous about my lost pictures to understand what on earth that computer mumbo, jumbo was saying. I am delighted to say that it worked! We did loose a few of the photos, but I can live with the other 90% that was saved. Thank you for people that know what they are talking about!!!

A giveaway for everyone!

Hey, everybody!! Anyone want to win $40 to get whatever you want? Go to Liv's Fav and find out to enter. She also talks about some pretty sweet stuff on there too.

Check it out

I have a friend that has good taste (and there are times I am quite jealous of it) and she has an entire blog dedicated to that. She will post pictures of some of the cutest clothes and decor that she finds on the internet that could tempt anyone. She is hoping to get her followers up to 50 and then she will be able to do a giveaway on that blog. I wouldn't mind having an opportunity to win something. So go check out Liv's favs. Maybe one of you (or me) will be a winner.

P.S. Any of you that know Kevin Taylor, this is his wife's blog. Just so you have an idea of who is writing it.

Some things I have to share

I saw an advertisement for the cutest line of clothes, especially the kids and baby clothes. I love it. I had to share with all of you. Here is the link. I would love to buy me some of these socks, Girls' and Women's Neon Multi No-Show Socks LittleMissMatched They are so cute! Check out the site. I bet you find something you want to buy.



Something else I want to share is the latest recipe that I love. I am not the best improve cook. I need a recipe or else I probably wont make it. I have recently gotten brave and tried a made-up marinade that I tried along time ago. I loved it!! It turned out so yummy. I didn't measure anything and it still tasted great. Matt doesn't like plain chicken very much, but he thought it tasted good. It is so simple too. 3 ingredients, how can you beat that? You buy Lawry's Lemon Pepper Marinade (I found my bottle where they keep the BBQ and Chinese sauces) and OJ and chicken breasts. Put the chicken in a Ziploc bag and add in the marinade and the OJ until the chicken is mostly covered by the sauces. I add more marinade than OJ, maybe about 2/3 or 3/4 part marinade to 1/3 to 1/4 part OJ (I'll try to measure it out next time). Then you let it sit in the fridge for about a day and a half to two days. After that, cook the chicken and devour. Let me know if you try it and how it turns out. I am having some tonight and I am so excited.

Silliness

So April was a silly month. Not only was the weather totally unpredictable, but so were the kids. Here are some pictures to prove my point:

Anabelle is going through a nudist phase right now. At any point in the day, she will take off her pants, sometimes her diaper as well. Thank goodness she does not know how to take off her shirts.




Going back to the weather, the kids and I built our only snowman for the season this past month. They had a ball, thanks to my sisters who taught them how to throw snowballs. As you can tell from the picture, we did not build the snowman at our home. We made him at my parent's house. Beckett was pretty sad to leave him, and the next time we visited, he was looking for him as soon as we entered the driveway. Unfortunately, he was just a stick of snow and a hat and scarf by then.

We also had several days of crazy hair.

One night, Belle decided that footie pajamas was not enough to wear to bed. She picked out this jumper to go with her pjs:

And finally, I have saved the best for last. I am tempted to ask you all to guess what is in all of these grocery sacks, but my sister-in-law just did that on her blog, so I wont copy her. Besides, none of you would be able to guess anyway. Each sack contains exactly one diaper and one wipe. Anabelle's baby must have had some major stomach problems one day, because Belle had to change that many diapers in the space of an hour or less. But she is such a good mommy to take care of her little one's messy diapers like that, and then be considerate enough to put them in grocery sacks, ready to be thrown away, just like her mommy.

Bibs are so in

Last year, Anabelle wouldn't be caught dead wearing a bib, but this year, they are all the rage. Check out the fashion show:

Isn't she just so fab? She is always on the cutting edge of fashion.