What's In The Box?

Just for the record, Lexie did sleep last night. She fell asleep at 6 pm, and woke up at 8:45 this morning! She slept almost 15 hours!!! That's my girl!

Lexie takes a purse or bag with her every time we leave the house. It's genetic. I did the same thing as a child!

Yesterday, Lexie took along her usual fuzzy, purple purse that holds her loveys, but she also insisted on taking a little box with her.



I didn't question it, and didn't look to see what was in the box, because we were rushing around. She took it to Dylan's playdate, and to my sister's house. She fell asleep in the car on the way home, so I carried the box upstairs. I decided to peek in the box to see what she had in there.



Let's take a closer look.



Okay, so I GET the Polly Pockets. I can even understand the blue skirt, because Polly may need to change. I guess the Polly Pocket-sized french fries are acceptable, too. But what is with the croissant? And the strawberry? And the french fry?!? I wish I knew what was going on in her little mind!

She's not the only one losing her mind. It's obvious that my self-inflicted sleep deprivation is getting to me.

I actually took a picture of my beloved fuzzy wuzzy pajamas. Because there was a piece of lint on it that looked just like a rooster.



It does, right? Or am I just sleep deprived from blogging into the wee hours of the morning?

Weekend? Are You Here Yet?

I need a break! Oh wait, I don't have a single free moment this weekend either! I'm guessing I'll get a break in, oh, say January.

Upon arriving home from picking Dylan up from school, the crazy wind hit. When I say crazy, I mean INSANE. It was like a tornado was whipping through. I had to run outside to rescue my patio furniture, garbage can, and Christmas trees. My patio umbrella was inside out and dragging my upended table through our yard. I managed to stop the table, and used my superhuman strength to put it upright and get the umbrella into the house. And the kids stood at the window, laughing at me. I swear, I was almost Mary Poppins. The umbrella actually lifted me off my feet several times as I was wrestling it out of the table. Sadly, our Christmas decorations did not survive. The star fell off the house, and my Christmas trees were pulled out the ground. *sigh* Glad we didn't finish decorating outside, yet!

Dylan had his first playdate with a classmate today. It went really well! I got along quite well with the mom, Dylan loved playing with his friend, and Lexie had a great time playing with the little brother!

I dropped the kids off at my sister's house after the playdate, and Grant and I attempted to finish shopping. It was a valiant effort, but we didn't succeed. Toys R Us was way overpriced...we managed to leave with just a Buy 2, Get 1 Free playdoh set deal. That's it. We spent more time in line behind a crazy shopper. This woman was THE MOST OBNOXIOUS SHOPPER EVER! I think everybody in that store was ready to lose their minds after listening to her. I know I was! We attempted WalMart, but it was so disorganized, and picked over. Everything we were looking for was gone. By that time, it was dark, cold, and getting icy, so we picked the kids up.

Lexie fell asleep on the way home. It was 6 pm. So I put her to bed (without dinner), and she's still sleeping. Any guesses as to what time my little angel will be waking up?

And here I am, blogging at 11:42 PM! No wonder I'm always exhausted!

Tuesday Tidbits

Tuesday Tidbits-remembering all the cute and funny things my kids say and do!

This week is dedicated to Lexie. She has been saying the craziest things lately!

Dylan and Lexie love singing Frosty the Snowman. They don't get the lyrics quite right, though. "Frosty the Snowman! Was a very Jolly Snow!"

Here are a two things that she has said this week:

"Mommy, I pop a little bit. Pop, pop. Pop, pop, pop. "
"Mommy, happy things make me happy."

My poor girl has really bad eczema. Sometimes, it's so bad that she gets covered in bright, red dots. The other day she was going potty, and looked down at her lap. "Mommy, I have polka dot legs! I like polka dots!"

My parents have little snowmen on their porch, that sing and dance to "Jingle Bells" when you walk by them. As soon as they start singing, Lexie starts skipping around them, in a circle, singing along. Over and over and over again.

Here is the argument we had while we were shopping the other day. We were looking for Christmas presents for Grant, and Lexie spotted a pair of horrific pajama pants. They were black with neon-colored women all over them.
Lexie: "Daddy wants those ones!"
Me: "No he doesn't!"
Lexie: "Yes he does! We buy them for daddy!"
Me: "Daddy will not like those pants!"
Lexie: "Yes. He. Will! DADDY LIKES GIRLS!"
At that point, the lady behind us busted out laughing. I have to admit, I started laughing, too!

I Heart Faces-Sweet Dreams

The theme at I Heart Faces this week is Sweet Dreams. In my opinion, there is nothing sweeter than a sleeping child. I have hundreds of pictures of my little angels sleeping!

I decided to go with this picture for this week's theme.



Lexie was just 15 months old, and we were on vacation. She had just spent an hour in the pool, climbed into a beach chair, and promptly fell asleep!

Head over to I Heart Faces to see more entries!

Not Me Monday

It's Monday! Time to confess the things I have not done recently, thanks to MckMama's blog carnival.

When Lexie refused to fall asleep one night, and kept crying, I did not tell her, "Mommy is going to Walmart. Alone. In my pajamas. And my picture is going to end up online, on People of Walmart." She did not almost immediately stop crying, probably out of fear of embarrassment.

Grant and I did not already exchange our big gifts to each other for Christmas. He did not already know that I bought him a Blu-ray DVD player, and I did not pick my own coat out last night.

I did not discover that Lexie has been using our toilet paper as a hand towel. Many questions have not been answered as to why the TP is always damp and wrinkly.

I did not search the house for Lexie's beloved Strawberry Shortcake doll without finding her, open up the package that held the backup Strawberry Shortcake, give the new one to Lexie , and
find the one I was searching for 30 seconds later.

Speaking of searching for things, I have not been looking for a shield that belongs to one of Dylan's knights, since he got it at his birthday party. As I was walking through Toys R Us the other day, I did not see said Knight in the package, and find out that it did not have a shield! I am not that OCD.

I have not been taking Lexie with me while I Christmas shop for her and Dylan. I do not just slip the toys under the cart, and give her a toy to play with, so she doesn't suspect anything. This is not going to be the last year I'll be able to do this!

I did not forget to pick up my BCP refill today. I am not going to book it to the store first thing in the morning, and convince myself that taking it 10 hours after the time I normally take it will be okay.

On that note, I am not starting to get just a *bit* of baby fever again.

Awards

I received three blog awards in November from three very awesome bloggers.

Candice from Wolf's on Safari and Katrina from Sevin Family gave me the Heartfelt Blogger Award. Thank you both for passing this award on to me!

Here are the rules:
Display the award logo. Nominate up to 9 blogs that make you feel comfy or warm inside. Link to your nominees. Let them know they have been nominated by commenting. Link to the person from whom you received the award.

I am passing the award on to:
Kimmy at The Courageous O'Connor's
Elizabeth at Small Town Blessings
Mama4Real at I'm a Real Life Mom
Erica at Scottsville
Ali at The Blessed Country Mom
Kmama at The Daily Dribbles
Ginger at The Neff Family
Sara at Domestically Challenged


Ginger from The Neff Family gave me this award. Thank you, Ginger!

Rules are to post ten interesting facts about yourself and then tag seven blogging friends!

I hope I haven't shared these yet!

1. I became a vegetarian at the age of 8, and remained a vegetarian until after I turned 20. Grant convinced me to try meat again. I still don't like it, and only eat a few bites every so often.

2. I am extremely fertile. Dylan was an oops baby. My birth control pill failed, due to me throwing up for two days. Lexie was conceived with one try.

3. I am now completely addicted to crossword puzzles. I have several tucked into my purse at all times.

4. I was a high honor student all through high school, and received several scholarships. I had a change of heart right before I was going to leave for college, and never continued my education. Nobody can believe I threw that away, but I can't regret it. If I had gone, I would have never met Grant, and I wouldn't have my two, amazing children!

5. I swear. I am getting better at controlling my language in front of the kids, but every so often I slip. It's especially bad when I'm driving, because my biggest pet peeve is bad drivers!

6. I very rarely drink. I can't even think of the last time I had alcohol!

7. I have a great, long term memory. I can look at anything we own (toys, clothes, decorations) and remember exactly where I bought it, or who bought it. Short term memory? Not so much!

8. I faint at the sight of blood or a bad injury. Both times Dylan got hurt badly enough to require staples/stitches, I passed out. I am able to hold it together enough to help my child then head to the hospital, but it always happens.

9. I love babies. My ideal number of kids would be 4, but I think the most I will have is 3. I was blessed with good babies who slept through the night almost immediately!

10. I hide a stash of treats in my closet. I don't want my kids and husband to steal them all! ;) Every so often, I will share my goodies.

I'm going to pass on the award to:
Kelly at Two Kids, A minivan, and a lot of love
Kimber at A Day in the Life of a Girl Named Kimber
Candice at Wolf's on Safari
Erin at It's All About Alex
Katrina at Sevin Family
Brittany at Social Butterfly
Jenny at Beyond Our Wildest Dreams

Thanks for the awards, ladies! I really appreciate it! :)

I will let all of you know about your award tomorrow. I stayed up way too late posting this!

Ranting

The top news story on our local news last night was called shock at the bus stop. The cold weather is on it's way, and they were discussing how cold kids were going to be at the bus stop this morning.

First of all, this is the top news story? Really? Apparently NOTHING happened in Pittsburgh yesterday.

Second, it was 22 degrees on Wednesday morning (and All About Me mom had her daughter in shorts and no coat...but that's another story). How was this morning's 33 degree weather more shocking than Wednesday morning's weather? I don't know, I was rather shocked when I stepped onto the porch to let the dogs out that morning. I wasn't quite as shocked this morning.

And finally, this is PENNSYLVANIA, people. Winter shows up every year. It's not that shocking. We are lucky that our warm weather lasted so long this year, and that the cold temps are just now appearing. Texas got snow, and we have yet to see those flakes!

Suck it up, people. Put on your winter coat, your hat, and your gloves, and get used to it. This weather shows up every year. It's not really newsworthy.

*Okay, stepping off my soapbox now!

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On a side note, I did, indeed, go shopping today, and got a nice chunk of presents bought! I'm not panicking as much as I was last night, and I'm hoping to be done by the end of next week! I can't wait to give out gifts this year!