Oh Happy DAY!

I hope all you Moms out there have a happy and healthy Mother's Day. I hope your families spoil you rotten and you feel like the queen that you are.


Oh, and if you haven't put in your two cents on this baby's gender yet.....today is your last day to vote!

ULTRASOUND tomorrow. At 10 am.....THINK PINK!!!!!!

Pass the benadryl please.

Will somebody just shoot me now? Don't get me wrong. I LOVE Spring. The weather, the flowers the beautiful fields of flowing grass, the promise of warmer days to come. But really, do you need to rain on my parade by giving me allergies from hell? I so wish there was some medication out there that would actually do me some good but so far, I haven't found it. Instead I have a pounding headache every time I dare to bend over to pick something up. My eyes are all wacky from the extra sinus pressure and pretty much everything sounds like my head is under water. Other than that misery, I'm really enjoying spring so far.

And seriously, Easter already? Where DOES the time go?

So it has begun.....

I know you may be thinking this is INCREDIBLY early to even be thinking about it but I cannot help myself.....I have started my Christmas shopping. Really, it IS early. BUT, I hate it when December comes around and I am not yet finished with the gift buying. I find myself scrambling then, buying things that I didn't want to buy because, well, the things I DID want to buy are no longer available. (You CAN still get them on Craigslist or Ebay but the cost is astronomical) I do find that if I wait to long to get started then it seems decisions must be made on wether we eat or the kids get gifts. I think that by starting earlier....say, last week...I will find that we can afford to both eat AND have a Merry Christmas come December. I am also cutting back drastically on the amount I spend as the economy just SUCKS! I've been cutting back little by little over the past several years and throwing in more family activities instead of more gifts. I find it rewarding....there are many more original photo ops too! I mean, seriously, after the umpteeth pic of your lovely child opening a gift, they all seem to run together! SO, yes, it has begun...the insanity that is the holiday season. I am going to do my best to be finished by Thanksgiving because, well, back when I only had 2 boys I was ALWAYS done by then. It makes the holidays much more relaxing! Give it a try!

SO, have you all started with the holiday shopping? Thinking about it? Any fun holiday family activities you think 5 boys would dig? Do tell!

No news yet....

So, Thanksgiving was relatively uneventful. I was disappointed at how little I was able to eat. My appetite is not what it used to be and I find that I have to constantly remind myself to eat regularly. There's just NO ROOM LEFT! So, back to Thanksgiving. Every other year we spend turkey day with Jared's family. Last year was their year so this year was spent at my mom and dad's. The boys were a bit disappointed because turkey day with Dad's family means "The Turkey Olympics!" My sil puts together a bunch of really silly relay race type games and it's a blast. This year was BORING in comparison. Jake actually refused to attend Thanksgiving at one point. So, the boys were a bit bored and a LOT loud. Everyone was asking why they were being so wild. They really weren't! They're just boys! Cut em some slack. Boys are not able to sit quietly for a day of calm parade watching and cooking. They want to run, jump, skateboard, wrestle, and otherwise wreak havoc. So, that's what they tried to do. I was so tired and was not able to do much in the way of taming the beasts. I didn't see them doing anything out of the ordinary anyhow. It's amazing how the older generation who is no longer in the midst of child rearing over reacts to what was once a normal part of their daily lives..... I say, "Let boys be boys!"