tiffany's spot

Today Jordan and Jamin played together all afternoon. This evening she tells me that they played wedding. "I didn't want to kiss him though," she said. "So did you?" " No " she replied, in the voice . They're so cute.

I hope I didn't come down to hard on my kids in the last post. Yesterday was a really crummy day - and in my defense they have been somewhat challenging lately. That being said, I have a cute story! Tonight I decided that I was going to forgo dishes and bathing the kids and instead watch a movie with them. My choice? Ever After . Ever seen it? It's awesome. Definitely one of my favorite movies. In this Cinderella story, Danielle lives at the mercy of her wicked stepmother and stepsisters after her father dies. She is lowered to the rank of servant. At the beginning of the movie, she disguises herself as a courtier so she can save a fellow servant from being sent to the Americas to work off the debt of the wicked stepmother. In doing so, she catches the eye of Prince Henry. He bumps into her a couple of times in the next couple of days and then actively seeks her out. Of course she lets him believe that she is of noble blood. Cute things happen, their romance blossoms, it's...

For the past while I've been telling people that I'm in a bit of a honeymoon phase with the kids. Jordan had mellowed out, Tennyson was his lovey self, Mitchie entertains himself beautifully and happily follows the other kids around. You should never say such things. Ever. They've been desperate to prove me wrong lately. Mitchell - not bad really. I can totally handle 17 month old antics. Don't tell him, but his angry little slippered foot stomping is actually kind of cute. I'm not even too worried that he's switched from mama's boy to daddy's boy. It's kind of nice that when he's flipping out about something he drags on Daddy's pants instead of mine. Tennyson - remember how I used to talk about Tennyson? How he was so mellow and cuddly and lovey? Remember how he was a huge sweet, kissing, hugging Mama's boy? Remember that? Do you? I'd say that it feels like it was just yesterday, but it doesn't ! It feels like an eternity ag...

I was actually going to do this last night, but Mitchie turned off my computer mid-upload and I lost motivation!

I've been teasing Steven about having multiples. I give him all these reasons why I know that I must be having twins. For example: I was nauseous this time. I never ever was before. This time, the whole first trimester and still on and off now. I was nauseous mere days after we would have conceived. I could feel my uterus when baby center said it should only be " thisbig ". The early weight gain. I'm sure it's not from cream-cheese iced cinnamon buns or epicure dip. I'm so tired. I'm always tired in the first trimester, but I still can't shake it. I'm sure it has nothing to do with early rising kids and not being able to sleep. Those are just a few. The best part is that when I talk like this Steven tries to be cool and shrug it off and act like I'm kidding, but seriously, his face turns a slightly darker shade of red. He's petrified. To be honest - I've always thought it would be cool to have twins. That being said, I've always...

Update: I restarted the computer. It works now. Guess I have to get healthy. Sheesh. ______________________ Alright, so I have this plan. Believe it or not, it's not really to gain the expected 25-35 pounds in the next few weeks. Tell that to the snack cupboard. It's oddly emptier every day. I made this nice little chart with some daily goals. Easy stuff, like drinking eight glasses of water, taking a vitamin, and maybe just maybe not engorging myself on chips and dip every night. I can't print it off. Don't know why. The printer is refusing to print it. You'd think that the printer Steven bought that was cheaper than buying a new ink cartridge would do the job. Apparently not. Guess I'll just have to forgo the daily chart thing and just wing it. Ketchup chips, here I come.

Remember this post , where I mentioned that I was going to pull the sleigh across town with the kids in it to have a fun morning walk? Remember how chipper I sounded when writing about it? You wanna know why I sounded so eager and happy about the sleigh-pulling walk? Because I wrote it before it happened. The kids have a beautiful new wagon/sleigh that they got for Christmas. It's a wagon with wheels that you can take off and replace with skis. Great idea right? Ha! I was so pissed by the time I got to diaper gym. Reasons? The kids are freakin ' heavy. I made Tennyson get out of the wagon and walk before we even made it off our street. Skis? Would work better if there was any snow or ice on the sidewalk. Imagine dragging it over concrete. For a mile and a half. One way. Did I mention that the two older kids walked? Every time we got to an intersection I'd have to holler at one or both of them to wait for me. Tennyson falls a lot. He's such a klutz . You should see his ...