Don't wanna forget!!

Life gets crazy.

It gets busy.

Days mesh together.

Before long I forget.

I forget things I want to remember.

I didn't write as much as I wanted when the kids were little.

So here are things I don't wanna forget from today, well yesterday now....actually two days ago now, as I didn't publish this yesterday ;)

The twins playing in their room so nice together.

Their conversation.

Aiden laying down on Ava's monkey pillow- they were imaginary playing....love it!

Aiden getting into my sisters car for a playdate.

He was so excited and so cute leaving.

He hasn't done that much.

And the twins haven't been apart much.

But what I really wanna remember is Aiden having toys piled up in his lap, and stretching his head up life a giraffe to see us over the toys. It was so cute. He just had to say bye.

My oldest has been boy crazy since she was 4. Seriously. I thought that was bad.

Well of course Ava had to beat that and declare that a teenage boy she saw walking down the road, cute. She said, "That boy cute."

I'm afraid.

My husband and my oldest son outside working in the yard together. I don't wanna lose that picture. He has been teaching the boys how to work equipment. I loved watching AJ watch him, when he was fixing equipment. It reminded me of him going behind Antwone with his fisher-price bubble lawn mower when he was a toddler.

Ari taking Aiden on endless walks around the neighborhood, and Lani joining them.

Amia making calls to stores. I loved hearing her doing what she's heard me do. You know how your 'phone' voice changes. It was cute!

There are the things I don't wanna forget that happened on 5-24-11

Band-aids.....seriously

Give me some water and soap!!!

Now before you gasp and call child services, I DO have them in my home, right now as I type and I've just used them.

But that is a rare occasion. 

Now back in the day, when it was just the 5 kiddos, and they were little I went through band-aids like I went through diapers.....

Every time a kid got hurt, they all needed a band-aid....all 5.

And if I tried to explain to the others, that in fact so and so was the one who just got hurt and you've been fine without one, or don't have an ouwee....they'd find one! Even if it was a millimeter.....a speck you could only see with a magnifying glass!

So, I stopped buying them, and ya know what- they lived. 

But you should see how other kids that visit my house react when they find out I don't have band-aids, when they get a booboo. Can we say *MELTDOWN* you know the kinda melt down where the child thinks its pretty much the end. Well, if you think they're bad....encounter their parents. You know the parents I'm talking about.....they either only have one child, or are germaphobes.....neither of those can I say I am.

And they gasp, and can't believe with 7 children I don't have band-aids. 

SORRY!! 

Fast-forward 5ish year later {from the last time I probably bought band-aids} and I start couponing. I find great deals on band-aids...and figure I have twoddlers, I might wanna give them another try. So I buy them, for pennies btw.

Thursday {5-19} Ava takes a fall on the sidewalk. I act like a total veteran mom {that I am}, and don't overreact, just watching, waiting for a reaction. She gets up, walks over to me, I'm not far at all, and by now I'm asking if she's fine. I pick her up, and suddenly I'm abducted by aliens. I had no control. I turned into a germaphobe, first time, overreacting mom....rush her into the bathroom to wash of her scraped knee, apply peroxide...blow on it, add neosporin and then a band-aid. Now the saddest part of the story is it was barely bleeding. The skin was barely cut. She watched, in amazement to the steps taken, as she's never experienced this before. She took it all in, every step. Because she's observant. But guess who else was watching. Yep, you named it. Aiden. And guess who else needed a band-aid. Uh huh, Aiden. Can you guess the first thing I said???

Aiden, sissy got hurt. You don't need a band-aid, you don't have any ouwees.

Now of course he started inspecting his entire body, and sure enough he found a little scab on his ankle that was the size of a kernal of corn, maybe smaller, that was already healing on its own. So the good mother that I am, puts some neosporin on a new band-aid and puts it on his almost completely healed ouwee. 

Fast forward 2 minutes, we go into my room to change diapers and guess who needs to take the band-aids, that I so meticulously applied to their ouwees off??

BOTH

Yep, both of them. 

Warning to all the germaphobe, overreacting mama's out there......if you come to my house you might wanna

BYOB!!

Oh Blogger

How I have missed thou.

Seriously.

It all started when I had to go and start selling bows......um, hello NO extra TIME!!

Then blogger had to go and be down and everything.

I would like to take this time to apologize to anyone who was inconvenienced while blogger was down. I have decided it was  my fault. Solely. Yep, I'm taking full responsibility for it. See, I was gonna blog about stuff....which I  mostly can't even remember right at this moment {Thank you Lord} BUT, it was crap. Whiny crap at that. I think, because I really can't fully remember. And if you know me, me NOT remembering doesn't surprise you!!

So there, I apologize for blogger being down.

Speaking of apologizing....oops, whole nutha blog post!! {sorry, that was just wrong, right?? *insert evil snicker*}

And ever since blogger was down, I've wanted to blog, But I've been busy making these bows, and of course all the other stuff I normally do, and if I listed that, you'd probably fall asleep. But just know its acrazylot!! I've thought about blogging every.day. So I hope I don't spend as much time gone, as I have the last couple weeks. I have things to write about and things to share!!

hugs

May Day

Our first May Day where we actually dropped off flowers

on a porch 

of a neighbor

rang the door bell

and ran

or ran and fell

or walked....

but it was fun!!

Lani

turned 9 a week ago.

Now this is the one I really can't believe. Because seriously, she was just born....and my honey just brought up all the big kids to see their baby sister in the hospital, right??


I remember that day....Nani was is the room, she was only 6. She touched the hearts of the doctors and nurses with her sweetheartedness {yes i made that up, it fits!!} She repeated over and over again {right after Lani was born}....Mommy, that's our baby? We love our baby, mommy. I love my baby sister, mommy. Don't we love our baby, mommy. It was the sweetest thing ever!!


But that wasn't yesterday. It was 9 years ago. 


Lani was our baby for 6 years before we had more babies....and I can't help but think how weird our family would be without any lil ones here. 


But Lanilulu is 9 and as weird as that seems....I have truly enjoyed being her mama. I mean after you have a few kids you kinda relax a lil bit...because everything isn't going to be perfect, and you know that. I remember wanting to enjoy every moment of her life, because my oldest baby was 6 and by that time I knew time flew by way to fast. I purposed to enjoy her birth, even making it longer according to some!! I vowed to nurse her a year, and enjoy it, because their is no point in complaining, and I wasn't in a rush to 'have MY body back' But she weaned at 6 months, talk about devastating mama. Once she had a bottle, she slowly weaned herself...sad mama!


Lani has been a pure joy. I seriously cannot imagine life without her.


She's funny. Strong. Sensitive. She has a great laugh. She's able to role with the punches. She has such a unique position in this family....she's gotten to be baby, lil sister, and now big sister.


People were so concerned about Lani losing her spot as baby in the family, since she had it for SO long. But just the other night she was in tucking her lil brother and lil sister into bed. She was patient, tender, and firm. She read to them, sang to them and talked with them. At that very moment {even though there had been these 'moments' where I thought this before} I thought, this has been one of the best gifts for her. And how awesome she has taken to her role. At times, when others are frustrated with the twins, she steps up.....and doesn't usually complain. 


She's friendly, makes friends where ever she goes. Loves fashion and has a fashion sense all her own. This girl can make anything look good! Loves to watch tv.....for hours on end {yeah, were working on that ;)} and loves to watch her favorite songs on youtube, reading and memorizing the lyrics!!


And if I could just say one more thing about her....I absolutely love that her favorite songs right now are christian songs, and when she hears them on the radio, we gotta blast 'em.....because that's how we roll.

just kinda mad at me

today i failed

i was supposed to be at Lani's school for special persons day

for lunch

i was gonna bring her subway

and eat with her

the thing is

i forgot

and i didn't really wanna go

which she knew {because kids aren't dumb and i dont act well}

but i was gonna pull up my boot straps {tie my nikes,really}

load up the twins

and go

even though they would've stressed me out to pieces

i forgot

and its worse because she knew i didn't wanna go

thinking about seeing her face, because i KNOW she cried, makes me so mad at me

or her feeling let down.....BY HER MAMA

deeep breath

thank God kids are resilient

and i'll try to make it up to her

but it won't take that moment away

so im gonna be mad at me for a second

and love on her when i pick her up

Its Wednesday

and I'm really needing to list all the things I'm grateful for.....

Wordless Wednesday isn't going to work for me, not this Wednesday

squishy toddlers cheeks to kiss

how Aiden rubs my face oh so gently

my late night shopping trip w/ Lani last night

sleep

a comfy pillow

pepsi

books.....even if time to read is unavail, I like knowing they're there

big train chai

healthy toddlers who destroy my house in 2.3 seconds

kid activities, even if I'm drained

a vehicle to get me to those places, even if gas is $4/gallon

jammie pants

heat

a husband that can take over when I'm just done

a God who's mercy I cannot fathom, but I'm ever so grateful for it

springtime

crafts=cheap therapy

another kid hitting puberty

the lungs on this girl....she's gotta be a singer, right?

extended family

flowers

internet

anticipation of summer

brothers and sisters in Christ

evening walks

a mama's instinct

sand buckets

pictures

music

His love

melissa&doug toys