How do you do it

Not one day goes by when I don’t get the question “how do you do it”. Three kids, a house, a night job. How do you make it all work? Most of the time I’m at the store, with three kids, one is standing up in the basket, one is hiding in the clothing rack and the other is throwing a fit. I normally try to get up and get dressed and put makeup on before entering into the public, but by the time I load three kids, which is basically like organizing a bucket full of earth worms, I look like I just woke up. So I’m certain that those who see us at the store look at me and say, how do you do it, AKA. How are you not in the nuthouse! Sometimes I like to pretend that they say it as in, How do you do it, you are so put together and your children are so calm and well behaved, but then reality hits and we all know they say it out of pity! So lately I have been pondering the question , How do I do it. And this my friends is what I have come up with.
I do it with lots of unfolded clothes and unmopped floors, We are seldom ever organized and things don’t always get done in a timely manner. Bills don’t always get paid on time, and the yard is not always mowed. There is rarely a time when the sink is dish free and I can’t tell you the last time my house has been fully dusted. I have fingerprints on my glass and cheerios and chicken nuggets in the floorboard of my car. My Christmas Decorations are still up and they may be up until June, and I may just leave them up until next Christmas. It is hectic and the time passes very quickly. That’s the stuff you may see daily if you were to stop by at any given time, but with all the dirty details comes the fun stuff.
I do it with giggles and tickles, with I love you and sweet little kisses. Its dress up and make believe. Its funny knock knock jokes and story time. The bubble baths and splashing around in the tub. Rewards for good behavior. The pride in learning to read and write. Cuddles on the couch while enjoying a favorite show, you have memorized. Singing songs in the car on our trips to Sonic. Good night Mouse and soft warm jammies. The programs at school and the birthday parties for friends. Its knowing that they are growing everyday and the handprints on the glass will be bigger tomorrow. Its enjoying the special moments everyday and not getting swallowed up by the big problems of the world.
Though I may in fact end up in the nuthouse for today I will enjoy all the blessing that God has given me with being able to be just one simple mom.

Imagine that

I have always been very fascinated by the imagination of children. They can sit with nothing and imagine an entirely different world. It always makes me giggle when they put their dolls or stuffed animals in time out. It’s sort of a reflection on how I’m doing as a parent. For example when Landry was about two he got a big Elmo doll for Christmas and he carried that thing everywhere. At first he would cuddle and kiss Elmo and tuck him in a night but as the terrible twos hit full force, we began to notice that Elmo was spending a considerable about of time in the corner. And he would get swats every few minutes and Landry was constantly telling Elmo NO NO, you want my spank you! At that point we realized maybe we were giving a little too much discipline for a two year old. But the thing that really gets me is imaginary friends. Most kids have them, even I had one named Peaches. She was always messing up my room or getting into things I was supposed to get into, she was my scape goat. My kids however take imaginary friends to a whole new level. Anyone who knows us knows of Landry’s best friend WOOEEE! Now Wooee has been around for about 3 years, and he is a boy with blue colored skin who lives in California, he has a mom and dad and some siblings. Wooee has been everywhere with us, through every move, every vacation, every doctors visit. At one point Landry even insisted we put the extra booster seat in the car so Wooee can be safe. Every time we got in he would buckle Wooee in first and then himself. Wooee's dad plays for the Dallas Mavericks and his name is Dirk, but he sleeps outside in the dog house because he has little bugs that live on him and every time he scratches those little bugs stink sooo bad! So Wooee’s mom kicked him out of the house at night! Now Wooee’s mom, whom I don’t think has a name at the current time, we will call her Mrs.N, has had at least 10 babies that I know of. It seems that every time someone close to us gets pregnant and has a baby, well guess what so does Mrs.N. Poor Wooee, as if it’s not enough to live in his crazy family ,the poor kid is always getting hurt, he falls off his bike, he falls off the bed, he gets beat up at school and one time he got hit by a car and they had to rush him to the dr. His eyeball fell out and the drs accidently sewed it back in backwards. I am also fairly certain that he might have a hook on one hand and at least one wooden peg leg. I Could literally write a book on nothing but the adventures of Wooee. We also have Harvey, but he’s a fairly boring boy who doesn’t do or say much. But he seems to be around most of the time.
Libby has a friend as well and her name is sontagone. Let me help you out.... SONE-ta-GONE. No I have no idea how she came up with this name. It is not on any show that we have ever watched that I know of.
Sontagone is a beautiful, magical bird, who flies around town singing a lovely bird song and sitting with her friends on the power lines. Libby’s relationship with Sontagone is a little different then Landry and Wooee. She does not go anywhere with us, Libby goes everywhere with her. Example, Libby what did you do today? Libby, I went to a beautiful castle to visit my friend Sontagone. ME: Libby where are you? Libby: I am at work with my friend Sontagone. All day it’s my Friend Sontagone and I did this, went here, met so and so! All of the imagination friends have one thing in common, no matter what toy comes on T.V., they all have it! And my kids want it and I am mean because I won’t let them get it.
I used to believe that I was just a simple mom of three but as luck would have it I am actually raising lots of kids some of them you just can’t see.

Where did the year go???

2012......Where did last year go? I really thought I just started a blog and today I realized it has been a year since I have posted anything!! This year for us has been a whirlwind to say the least. Sooo lets have a quick replay. Landry started Kindergarten!! WOW! He really has no use for it and insist on reminding me every chance he gets. Libby started preschool and loves it but really feels like she should be in kindergarten! Lincoln is EVERYWHERE now. Into EVERYTHING! All the children have celebrated big milestones. Landry turned 5, which is a huge deal when your 4! Libby is potty trained, which is a really big deal when your a mom! And Lincoln made it to his first birthday, which is a really really big deal when you are the third child! Keith and I still struggle daily with how 2 parents are supposed to manage 3 children. My day has changed only slightly, I still clean and clean and feed and launder and clean. But now we spend alot of time in the car running from one school event to the next.

I have been resting today, doing a lot of nothing. I thought that I would take the first day of the new year easy because the next 364 days will be sheer madness. But here is my New Years resolutions....

I will lose 30 pds

I will organize and clean out my house, so that it actually looks like it does in my head.

I will be a perfect mom and the perfect wife.

I will win the lottery!

Ok who am I kidding?

revise......
I will win the lottery,get liposuction, bulldoze my house and buy a new one, hire a nanny and buy Keith a boat,then I will be the perfect mom and wife!
there thats better!
But for today.... I will sit here and enjoy the life of one simple mom!
Happy New years!