Not all fun and games

So. Umm. How do I say this without sounding like a horrible mother? Doing it by myself is harder than I ever thought it would be. Oz left on Thursday morning to go to his company's conference in New Orleans. A has a cold and hasn't been sleeping well or going to school and Z has been getting out of his bed at bedtime and staying up until about 9pm. Then starting at 5:30am or so he starts getting out of bed again. Its driving me insane. Add to that the very cold weather and I can see how prescription medication would be enticing to many in my boat. The worst part of it (and this is the horrible mother part) is that sometimes I don't feel like trying anymore. I let them watch too much t.v. and don't give them vegetables with their dinner. I forget to have them brush their teeth before bed and I get frustrated when they wake me up in the middle of the night. This is a low point I know and putting myself in the 3rd person actually does give me some perspective. Cue tears. I don't even have the energy to think positive. My only solace is knowing that everything eventually changes...and sometimes it just takes a minute. I am waiting.

Snow Morning

The kids had fun this morning in the 1.5 inches of snow we got last night. A was so excited. She said she had been waiting all week for it. If you can believe it Z did not fall down.

Loving Mondays

I know its probably annoying to all the 9-5ers out there, but I have come to love Mondays. It is quiet in the house and I catch up on all the stuff I have let go over the weekend to tend to other things that are more important (like family and myself). I guess I find a great comfort in tending the nest. I am glad that I get to stay home and take care of my children and our home. Plus I get to do fun stuff like buy Power Ranger umbrellas (for Z) and bubblegum (for A). It really is the little things in life that make me happy. Suriye, Sibel, A and I went to see Disney on Ice yesterday. It was great fun. A bought a "jesse" hat for herself and a "woody" hat for Z. On the New Year's resolution front I am trying the "8 minutes in the morning with Jorge Cruise". The extra 5 that somehow ended up on my waist and hips is hanging around (no pun intended). I wonder if it was the apple crumb pie, chocolate chocolate chip cookies, the apple bread or the 58 servings of eggplant parm I have consumed over the past 4 weeks. Regardless, I had 1/2 of a mini whole wheat bagel for bfast, 1 cup of coffee, and 3 eggwhites. Instead of the grapefruit half I had one of the kids fruit leathers. Lunch of green beans (with salt only), a soy hot dog on a slice of bread with ketchup and 2 tbsps of Z's mac and cheese was DEELISH-really. The 8 minutes part is the weight program you do in the morning. It is pretty easy and Z did most of it with me. How long will my enthusiasm last? Tune in next post...(bath time for Z).

Playing Outside

In these days of peanut allergies and the flu they say that playing outside for at least an hour every day helps to build the immune system. So here we are playing. The flash, again, does weird things. The kids had fun.