Date With The Bug

Yesterday morning Dale and I took Riley on a date.

We figured that she hasn't had any time with just Mommy and Daddy since Makenna was born and she has been having a hard time with it!

The movies are Riley's favorite place to go so we decided to take her to a movie! It was perfect timing since Shrek 4 came out on Friday and Dale and I have also been wanting to see it!

Here she is (with her piggy OF COURSE!) staring at all the movie posters that are on the wall as we walked by!

I tried to get a picture with her looking but there is so much in a movie theater lobby that its really easy for a 4 yr old to get distracted!

Again.. No way on earth she was gonna look at the camera but she was SUPER excited!

We get into the theater no kidding 5 minutes before the movie was supposed to start and there was NOT ONE PERSON in the theater!

Here's a hint... Go to the movies on a Monday morning at 10:50. No lines, no people, REALLY cheap tickets and you WILL get the best seat in the house!

Anyway, she was really excited to be at the movies and had a hard time with the volume of the previews but when they movie started she was as happy as could be and totally into the movie!

Dale and I thought it was so cute and funny and Riley couldn't stop talking about it all day so I am SURE she agreed!

We will be doing more Riley Dates from now on.

Mission accomplished

So remember that nasty closet I was telling you about?

Here is the before...... Disgusting huh? Its really hard for me to show this picture.....

This is the during.....

This isn't even all of it. We hadn't touched the top shelf yet!

I felt soooo overwhelmed by all this junk!

The after!!!

I have a space for just my bags and Dales lunch bag that he takes to work with him everyday!
That THING is always in the worst spot and it gets in my way everyday.

But lets just say that diaper bags aren't to much fun to trip over....

There is still a couple things i want to do with it.
I want to get one of those cloth shoe holders that people can hang in their closet to utilize all the space to the right of the shelf. and find something else I can hang from the rack to utilize all the space above the shelf as well!
(The shelf was only 16 bucks at Target... I was happy when I saw that!!)


So about a month ago I ordered a panoramic picture from my sister Jamie. It took me a few weeks to find a frame for it that wasn't 50 bucks and when I finally found it I brought it home and put the picture in it IMMEDIATELY.
It sat in that dang closet for a couple weeks before I actually had the motivation behind me to put it up.
I was NOT gonna put the picture back in the closet after I cleaned it all.
So I had Dale help me center it and
VOILA!!
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I feel very accomplished!

And at this very second Dale is outside in the garage organizing that nasty mess! I will post pictures of that too! The before picture is REALLY scary!

Holy Cabooses!

Riley has a new obsession!

It is this movie .... Hello Dolly!

At first she was drawn to it because "THEY SING THE WALL-E SONG MOM!"

After that she was sold by seeing all the pretty dresses and hats and watching everyone dance.

I showed it to her for the first time a week ago and she is already singing along!

She LOVES the singing!

She asks for this movie at least once a day!!

I will only put it in once despite her asking! Have you seen it? Its long....

I hope to be able to get more classics like this and make them part of Riley's collection.

I think she will love them all just as much!

Bitter Sweet

I just realized... Although Makenna is MY baby, she really isn't a baby anymore!

When your "Baby" is just about in size 5 diapers and she is starting to stand on her own... She really isn't a baby any more....

This makes me sad and happy all at once!

Potty Song

At this very moment I am listening to a very cute potty song by a very cute Bug.

Here's how it goes..

Potty, potty, potty!
Toe-let paper, toe-let paper, toe-let paper!
Wipe, wipe, wipe!
Panties, panties, panties!
Belly, belly, belly! (not sure what that has to do with it..)
Close, close, close!
Flush, flush, flush!
Run, run, run!
Hop, hop, hop!

Glad she knows the order!
Cute song Bug!

The word of the day..

CLEAN
This week has been horrible and also horribly productive!

Monday- As always this day is super fun! Dale has Mondays off. Its the only day out of the whole week where there isn't something we have to be to like work or church. I have my girls and Dale with me ALL DAY!! We went to the mall and looked around. I bought a shirt and some CHEAP clothes on sale for the girls! I LOVE SALES! The we had dinner put the girls to bed and had some time alone!

Tuesday- I think HONESTLY this was the worst day I have ever had in my entire life. There is nothing worse than feeling like you are the worst mother and wife on the planet. Feeling like you don't deserve a thing you were given to really screw up a day! Lots of crying and tears ended that day!

Wednesday- A SERIOUS turn around! The girls were awesome! We played on the floor all day and read book after book after book!! The girls were happy, I was happy! I got SOOO Much laundry done and was able to put IT ALL AWAY! This is a HUGE accomplishment for me! I can do the washing, no big deal. When it comes to putting away, unless Dale does it, it doesn't happen!

Today- I got up, got Riley dressed and off to play group then I came home played with Makenna a bit then TRIED to get her to nap while I CLEANED!!! I finished the laundry I started yesterday and put everything away! (every piece of laundry in my house is clean right now!) Then I came downstairs and decided to clean up my own personal oil spill from the horrific Tuesday night. SPLATTERED OIL EVERYWHERE!!!!! You could have ice skated on our floors...... I filled our sink with bleach water and went to town on my kitchen!! It has never been more clean! Every dish in our house is clean and everything is sanitized! You could probably eat off our floors right now, although I wouldn't ask you to!

Mak wont nap so that's the only down side to today but I will live!

I LOVE having a clean house! My next project is my coat closet! aka My "Stuff whatever you can in there" closet! Its like a cartoon I am always afraid to open it because I don't know what will fall down on me!

Secret Agent

My Mothers Day was the best!

Who else had a Mothers Day that had a secret agent deliver flowers to you at your very own house?!

I sure did! She was small adorable and had the prettiest eyes. She is also almost 4 and was so excited to be sneaky and surprise me with beautiful flowers. She was only allowing people to call her secret agent though!

Its times like those that remind me why being a Mother is so awesome!

(I don't have pictures because remember when I had a camera I hate taking pictures with?)

Like Mother,

Like daughter.



That's how the saying goes and it could not be more true where Riley and I are concerned. Two peas in a pod, we are.

More cliches? Naw, I'll stop!

Anyway, Riley shares my affinity for sleeping in. We get along great in this area in life. When she was a baby this made my life so much less stressful. I was already having a serious case of "Baby Blues" and sleep was one thing I needed to have a somewhat decent day! It sounds bad but there it is.

I still have sleeping issues and I really don't know (or want to know) what 6am looks like from anywhere than the comfort of my own bed.

Riley Bug is the same.

Makenna is NOT! She is my early riser......

For now Dale works from 12:15 to 9pm so he is home in the morning and will get up with Mak in the morning so I can fall back asleep. (He is pretty amazing!)

Riley shares a room with Mak (poor girl) and she is not a happy camper when Mak wakes up in the morning.

This morning Mak woke up right on schedule at 6 o clock. I wake up to it, Dale sleeps right through it until I wake him up to tell him Mak is awake and ask if he can get her.

But Mak woke up and she does this screaming thing where she isn't really mad, she is actually pretty happy, but she wants to be hard so she "screams."

Riley is not a fan of this. So this morning when Mak started up Riley says to her..

"Mak, Stop it..... Stop it! STOP IT!" The she grunts rolls over and says "FINE" and sits up and starts talking to her!

I thought it was the funniest thing!

It has already started. The sisters sharing a room getting at each other for doing something they don't want done. I can already hear it!

"Turn your music off I am TRYING to do homework."
"Can you be quiet I am TRYING to sleep!"
"Why is YOUR side so messy"
"STOP BOTHERING ME!!!"

Can't wait......

Anyone?

Does anyone know how to organize really well. To make use of all the spaces I have?

Especially my kitchen? Its a skill I never learned......

I need help!