Kiss and Say goodbye

This has got to be the saddest day of my life
I called you here today for a bit of bad news
I won't be able to see you anymore
Because of my obligations, and the ties that you have
We've been meeting here everyday
And since this is our last day together
I wanna hold you just one more time
When you turn and walk away, don't look back
I wanna remember you just like this
Let's just kiss and say goodbye

Yes it is so sad but the time has come for me to end my relationship with diet coke! Caffiene to be more specific. Over Easter we had a lot of fun (I will post more about that later), and Zach was getting everyone drinks. A lot of the family wanted diet cokes and he- wanting to be like everyone else- asked for a diet coke too. i told him no, it wasn't good for him and he looked at me with those big brown eyes of his and asked
"Then why do you drink it, Mom?"

It really made me think, why DO I drink it? It doesn't really taste all that great, just something besides water (and it is 0 points). So I am going cold turkey! No more caffiene. Kerry is way excited b/c I get at least one a day from Sonic so he says if I give up diet coke I can probably put a kid or two through college, he's funny I know. Our Sonic lady will probably miss us, but I think that what we are doing is for the best. So, i will shed a few tears and then stoically bid a fond farewell to my good friend "D.C. with lemon" I'm posting all this b/c I need some accountability and if any of the addicts in my life want to join in my quest to be caffiene free I'm here if you need to talk. *wink* Goodbye dear friend!!!

More things kids say

So this week is spring break and my kids are excited. In Primary they asked what everyone was doing for spring break, there were the usual answers disneyland, grandparents house, etc. Hannah even raised her hand and proclaimed that she was going to visit her friends all the way in Las Vegas..

Hannah: "I'm going to visit my friends
Primary pres (also my SIL): "that's great Hannah"
Hannah: "Do you know my friends live all the way in Las Vegas? Do you know Ethan and Carolyn?"
PP: "Ethan Piet?"
(My SIL has never met Ethan Piet but she knows this b/c Hannah has told everyone in Primary that she is going to marry Ethan Piet in the temple after he goes on a mission) So we got a good laugh.

Then Zach raises his hand and I am a little nervous about what he is going to say, because we hadn't really talked about what we were going to do over the week besides go to Vegas one day.

PP: "Zach what are you going to do for Spring Break?"
(I have to admit I was cringing thinkin what is he going to commit me to do)
My sweet son: "I'm going to pick flowers for my mom." awwwwww! "And go to Las Vegas."

SO I love my son, he is so cute and sweet. Then when we got home he even asked me if they had flowers in Las Vegas. Sorry if you have heard that story already, I have been telling everyone! But I am just so touched, there is nothing so sweet as the love of a child. It makes being a mom soooooo worth it! Hope everyone has a great week.

It's HOT!

So last night we broke down and turned on the a/c- but it is only March people! Why oh why did I ever want to move back here?! It was 91 degrees when i went to pick up Zach from school. 91 degrees in March! So I am pretty sure summer is going to be roasting!
Okay I am done now I just wanted to complain to someone. i am reading all these blogs about how excited they are that spring is finally here and the snow is starting to melt- HA!
Okay now i am really done, it's not that bad 91 degrees is nice weather for here. i am just dreading summer. We HAVE to get a pool, or something

I found my camera!

I am so excited that I found my camera (actually Kerry found it). And what better way to celebrate than with an evening of Snugglerz wrestle mania! Incase you don;t know Snugglerz are basically pillowcases, but my kids have so much fun with them. Granny bought these for them. Jared's is bigger than him, it makes us laugh!

Daddy's goofy!

So I was thinking that my kids say the cutest things sometimes. And I think that I will try to post when they do so I won't forget them when I am old and gray. I thought about starting this when this morning Kerry told Jared,

"You're Goofy (as in silly)"

To which my sweet 2-year-old replied,

"I not goofy, I Mickey. Daddy's goofy!"

And then this afternoon on the way to get Zach I told jared that he was silly. My sweet son is very sure of himself and apparently knows who he is. he says,

"I not silly, I cute!"

I am so thankful that I get to be around for these moments. There are days like the other day when I want to pull my hair out, and then there are days like today when I know that I am doing the right thing.

And while I am on the subject of cute things my kids say. Tonight at the dinner table we were talking about April's baby and what she might name it. Hannah thinks Sleeping Beauty would be a good choice and Zach thinks Charles if it is a boy and Sarah if it is a girl. I said,

"No, Zach I love the name Sarah, I want that name for our next baby."

"No mom I love that name," he says, "It will be good for Aunt April's baby."

So I say, "If you like that name so much why don't you wait until you grow up and get married and you have a baby girl and you can name her Sarah?"

"Yeah," he says, "but Mom what if my wife doesn't choose to name the baby Sarah."

You tell me what I am teaching that boy. He knows who makes the final decision!! I love my babies. I want to know who told them they could get so big so fast. sigh.

How many years would I get for...?

Of course I am not going to harm my children, but omigoodness!!! So Thursday is laundry day. I am upstairs doing laundry listening to sounds of Dora echoing up the stairs. I get a load in the washer and am thinking about how much I love my new 4 compartment laundry basket that rolls. As I go downstairs to tackle the breakfast dishes humming "we did it, we did it" I am met by a sight that would make any mom's skin crawl (I'm still shaking from the adreline rush). My 2 year old is standing in the middle of the living room shaking a cup full of milk making it "rain" all around him. He's soaking wet and as I run to stop him it's like one of those scenes out of a bad horror flick- I see the couch with milk spinkles all over it, then pan to the kids table with milk dripping down the legs onto the carpet, then to the blurry pic of Dora and Boots on the tv (blurry b/c the screen is covered with dripping milk) then to the almost empty gallon of milk sitting in a puddle on a chair, and finally to the boss behind it all--Hannah my sweet 4 year old who knows I know...

"Mom, I'm sorry I'm sorry. It wasn't me, it was Jared. I didn't do anything."

My expression must have been terrifying because she kept coming up with excuses, and backing away. I am proud of myself, though, b/c in a relatively calm voice I say,

"Hannah where do we drink the milk?"

"In the kitchen," comes the timid reply.

"That's right, now go to your room and sit on your bed until I get there." (that one was not so calm)

"Jared you go to your room, too. We do not (I couldn't even think what to call it) splash milk all over the living room (is the best I could come up with) we drink our milk at the table."

Now you have to understand Jared rarely gets in trouble and most of the time it is because of his siblings (mostly his sister) so he is way confused about what go to your room even means. So I walk him up the stairs, stop to spank Hannah because she is in the playroom instead of her room, and then take off his milk-soaked clothes and put him on his bed saying,

"You are in time-out stay on your bed until Mommy comes to get you."

He just started crying, but he has stayed. I went downstairs to clean up fulling expecting to be followed, but they must have known that I mean business. I felt like crying a little as I mopped up the milk from everywhere- really everywhere. Then I vacuumed up the oreos (guess I found why she got the milk out in the first place). I am still debating cleaning the carpet. Then I went upstairs and decided to blog it to help me calm down, and who knows maybe it will be funny someday. The thing that gets me the most is how fast they were able to create such havoc. I literally took the clothes out of the dryer, put them on my bed, put the clothes from the washer into the dryer, started it, added laundry soap to the washer, went to roll my cool laundry basket to the laundry room, loaded the washer and started it. Maybe I went a little slower because I was in a really good mood. HA!

Okay I am significantly calmer, it is time to go release them from solitary. I don't even know what kind of punishment to implement. I am thinking that Hannah is no longer allowed to get food without asking, but is that enough? And Jared is still probably not sure why Mom stopped all the fun in the first place. And do you know who I really blame for this? HOLLYWOOD. Yep, have you seen that stupid paper towel commercial where that kid accidently sprays his mom with orange soda? And then she squirts him with the water from the sink? Yea- fun- but do they show how long it takes to clean up that mess? yea your paper towels are absorbant, but the little puddle you show in the commercial is nothing compared to the mess the "FUN" mom and her son just made. I mean really what are we teaching our kids?! What? I could just not let my kids watch tv? Huh, hadn't thought of that.
Okay I'm off to be the bad cop (there is no good cop today) wish me luck!

I will get the hang of this sooner or later!

So the slideshow below was supposed to go with the post below it, but I can;t figure out how to put it all in the same post. Does anyone know? Oh well tomorrow will be a busy day so I might not get to post so Happy Valentine's Day all.