The weather outside is frightful

We (my kids and I) find ourselves in the middle of a minor snow storm. The dish is out, so I figured (while the kids are playing well together) that I would try and attempt to get caught up on my blog posts. I am not very good at making sure I write something every day or even every other day. I value my free time with no little ones around. I have a lot to do around my house considering I am a stay at home mom while my husband is gone during the week. So everything from Monday morning till Friday evening is my responsibility. Did I mention we also have 3 dogs... ruff, ruff, ruff. Therefore, when it snows outside I am the one that should clean the walk, and such. But thankfully we moved to a location that is considered “country”. I use “ “ because everything else around us is town. (I didn't make the rules, I just deal with them.) So any who, we don't have sidewalks and the mailman drives to our mailbox, so if I don't get out there in time, no need to worry about anyone failing... ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK! To conclude, I wanted to leave feeling warm, cause when I look out the window at the coldness all around me, I want to think of warm times. ENJOY!

Young Schumom

Out of the mouth of a schu-child

We stopped at my work tonight to pick up my pay check .

Aby asked, “Mom is this where all your friends are?”

I said, “No baby.”
In the mean time, a gal walked out and said she would watch the kids while I ran inside so I wouldn't have to bring them in with me the 1.2 seconds I would have been in there for.

I came back to the car, said thank you to the gal and hopped in.
Aby said, “Mom, well you have at least one friend!”

Oh Ms. Schuman, how you have stolen my heart. You were a blessing the day you were born, you are MY best friend, my sweet baby girl!

Not Me Monday

*I am potty training our two and a half year old, so when I ran out of pullups (and refused to put her brothers size 3 diaper on her) I certainly DID NOT put an extra thick pad in her underwear just in case she potted during nap time.

*I would NEVER forget to empty her potty chair, and then find my son in playing in it.

*To avoid the embarrassment of my daughter wetting herself in public, I DID NOT use a thin pad in her underwear to catch any dribbles. Being the mother I am, I would have had many extra pair of pants along, because I LOVE doing laundry everyday!

*Also, I WOULD NEVER allow her to run around a friend's son's first birthday party with just a pullup and t-shirt on cause she wet through everything else, NEVER!

*I would have NEVER put a swim suit bottom on her because I ran out of clean underwear. That would NEVER happen because I LOVE doing laundry.

A few firsts

These are a few of Mr. E's firsts (first ice cream cone, ride with daddy, and eating spaghetti)

Oh Mr. E
how you can be

such a boy!

Not Me Monday

*Our garage is rather full of stuff, so when it was pouring out when we got home I DID NOT pull into the garage pushing some items out of the way with my vehicle so I could at least get my door open so we could get out without getting wet.

* I certainly DID NOT allow our 2 ½ year old to take off her shoes, socks, and pants so she could stick her feet in the water yesterday, (which I might add was a pretty cool day)
:side note, hubby checked the water out first and said it was really warm

* Then after, I DID NOT allow her to ride home with nothing on her bottom because she would not put on a new pull up... NEVER! (we are potty training)

*I DID NOT beg my husband to stay home from work because I didn't want to be left alone with the little ones all week long.

NOT to break any rules...
BUT

I DID go g-saleing this past week and found some amazing deals!

Fun in the sun 2010

This summer I have taken FULL advantage of beach time. Last year I was pregnant, and my daughter was only one, which made it difficult for “fun” water time. Even though we did make it swimming last year, nothing beats the number of times we have gone out this year. My children love being outside and being able to run and have a good time. They sleep so good after a day outside, it is a win win for both.

I found a picture of Ms. S from our fun in the sun 09 when she was a year and a half. My has she changed!

Then

Now

What is with the mouth?

I am so excited to report that with all this fun in the sun time, I have tan lines. I have not been this tan in over three years, which is hardly dark by most peoples standards, but to me nice and brownish. I am so happy for these lines... (just to let fellow readers know that yes I am tan from the sun, but also from some sunless lotion I put on) but none-the-less I have lines!

Thats all for now, I hope that this fun-in-the-sun filled post brightens your day!

-SCHUMOM

A little prayer goes a long way

I am was so pleased that when I logged on this evening, I found two comments from people I do not know that found my “Not so me Monday” posts interesting. After digging in a little deeper to one of these posts I came across a little boy named Tripp who has a rare skin condition called EB. EB causes sores/blisters anywhere an a child's skin were rubbing occurs. My heart went out to this child whom does not deserve what he has been given. His mother expresses how strong he is and that nothing seems to keep him down. I just wanted to take a second to pray for Tripp in his journey of life.

to read more visit-
http://randycourtneytripproth.blogspot.com/