Our Weekend

Friday the kids and I went to Walmart. That place just brings out the WORST in my kids (other kids too apparently as there were many yelling just as loud as my kids). I gave them an incentive for good behavior, the mini arcade in there. So we check out and I hand my kids some quarters. Mason promptly puts one of his in those horrible claw machines. Ya know, the ones you NEVER win anything. So I get upset and tell him that he's not going to win. Guess what happened...he picked up not just one, but two prizes! I'll never be able to live that down. He kept saying over and over how lucky he was. I can see some serious wasting of quarters in our future.

Saturday we went to the food court at the mall for lunch. Funny lunch destination, huh? But there I can have the mexican food Chris detests, he can have Chinese that I'm sick of and the kids can have McD's. After lunch we went home and Chris and I both took a nap. How fabulous is that! The kids entertained themselves for about an hour and we both got a much needed rest. Woo hoo!

Today was a lazy Sunday! The kids and I went to church. Then we did what we always do: changed into our jammies, read the paper and watched a movie. Afterwards the kids were all wrapped up in their playing (which is a huge surprise) so Chris played a computer game and I did a little scrappin'! Woo Hoo again! We're getting ready to get the kids in bed and settle in for some Season Premier's on tv tonight. What a great lazy day!!

Mason part 2

I took Mason to the doctor today. She was great. She totally agreed with me that it sounded like something was wrong. She thought, like I did, that it's weird that his behavior has changed since we came back from Utah, at the end of August. She thinks that something might have happened to him there. I don't know about that since I was with him all but the 2 days I was at CKU and few day trips with his grandparents. But we're going to get him evaluated by a child psychologist just in case. How sad that we have to go to a mental health professional for my 4 year old, but I know that they are specifically trained and know the right questions to ask to find out if there is anything wrong. I hope he tells me that there isn't anything wrong with Mason and that I am just crazy. (that would be true :) )

I feel so guilty because I feel like it's something I have done wrong. I have a bad temper and although I don't beat my kids or anything, I feel like I haven't taught them how to deal with their anger. My mom says I am too hard to myself. That may be, but I am responsible for the well being, both physically and mentally, of my kids and I take that job very seriously. I hope that all of my faults don't translate into my not teaching them something they need to know.

So that's the story today. More to come...

Mason

I am truly worried about my little guy. Ever since we've been back from Utah, he has had some major behavioral issues. He cries, I mean tears and everything, at the drop of a hat, he freaks if we raise our voices to him, he whines, he doesn't listen etc. I don't know what to do. I am thinking of taking him to the doctor, just for a check up to see if he's ok. I hope she says that I'm a nervous nut of a mother and he's just behaving normal. But I fear that he's got something going on. Addi is so much easier to deal with then him. So sad! Going in public is embarrassing because if he doesn't get his own way, he WIGS OUT! Yesterday at Walmart he wanted to go look at the Playstation games. When there were too many people on the aisle to go there, he about lost his mind. NO amount of reasoning and finally threatening would stop the insanity. We hauled him around kicking and screaming like a 2 year old that doesn't understand why he can't have his own way. OH, dear, pray for us please!

Tag I'm it

So there is this thing going around in blogs where you get tagged and have to post 5 random things about yourself. Since I'm not cool enough to be on anyone's list (except you K), I tagged myself.

1. I love the color red. It was the first color I painted my walls (in the kitchen) when we bought this house. I love to wear the color. I love when Chris wears it and when my kids do too. It's hot, powerful, passionate and just plain makes me happy.

2. mexican food...love it!! I practically dream about it. Chris can't stand it and will only eat it if I BEG. beans, cheese, tortillas, sour cream, more cheese...ummmmmmm!

3. I HATE to be hot! I will take cold any day. Being hot makes you sweaty and that is sooo unattractive. I avoid going outside in the summer, I think I even gained weight this summer from my hibernating. I hate being hot and sweaty...which leads me right into ...

4. I have a crazy sense of smell. I am super sensitive to smells. I worry that I smell bad. I worry that my house smells bad. If I can smell something stinky I stop at nothing to figure out what it is and get rid of it. I regularly scrub my trash can and that gross trap thing above the garbage disposal to destink them.

5. I can't go to bed until I have checked on and kissed my kids each night.

Ok, "K" you're it! (tried to link to your blog but I can't do it)

Blogs

I am totally addicted. I keep finding more and more that I HAVE to read. I am sad that I have been missing out on this all this time. I have recently figured out the whole blog thing and feel like a door has opened. :) I know where have I been right? It's sad that I am so puter illiterate, especially since my husband, like freakin' invented the computer (inside joke there Chris!) No seriously, he's brilliant and I am ... well... not so good. When we first got married I was in college and I couldn't even email my own professors. Anyhoo- I love blogs. I like how they each have links to more blogs in them. Oh, so fun. I have easily wasted many precious, children-in-bed hours surfing from one blog to the next, reading silly and funny things people post in their blogs. LOVE IT!!

Today I was going to keep things pretty mellow. Addi and I are on the homestretch of beating our sicknesses, (minus the whole puking thing at school yesterday) and we have had a pretty busy week this week. But, like usual, something started bugging me and it had to be fixed TODAY. I decided the downstairs bathroom needed to be repainted. So I went out to the garage to get the paint and almost got knocked down by the smell of the garbage. So we ended up taking the trash to the waste station and going to Lowe's for paint supplies. So much for the restful day, although the kids got some resting done watching "Go Diego, Go" all day while I painted. But my bathroom looks sooooo much better. Yeah me!

Date Day

So today, Chris and I have our first official date lunch. (We decided to go to lunch every other week now that our kids are both in MDO.) I drove down to Nashville and we went to the "Tin Angel", a bistro type restaurant that was yummy. After lunch we got lost driving through the beautiful neighborhoods in dowtown Nashville. I didn't realize we were lost though since I apparently have a BAD sense of direction. (Bless Chris's heart for keeping his mouth shut as the passenger) We went to the mall to walk around a little but right when we made it to home store Mecca, aka Pottery Barn, my cell phone rang. It was the kids' school. Addi had thrown up and I needed to go get her. Now when you measure the distance from Smyrna to Nashville you don't do it in miles you do it in minutes, because of the traffic. Luckily it was the middle of the day, so only 2-3 of the 4 lanes on the freeway were full. I sped like a demon to get to their school. Addi was very upset, sitting on the floor of her classroom waiting for me. Poor baby. I snatched her up, chatted with her teacher and took my babies home. Addi is ok I think. She got diagnosed with an ear and sinus infection on Monday and I think she is still just recovering from that. She threw up because she got too upset at having to take a nap during quiet time. I guess I shouldn't have sent her to school today since she is so irritable and clingy still. Hopefully our next date day will go better!

Ok here's the deal with the name of this blog. My family and I just moved here to the south a little over a year ago. So we are still getting used to living in the "bible belt". (What is the bible belt anyway?) Every where we go we hear the term blessed, such as, "Have a blessed day," etc. I do know how incredibly blessed I am, to live in this country, to have such a great family and be able to stay at home with my 2 awesome kids. But it's just kind of different to hear the term blessed used so frequently. So, there it is...and have a blessed day!

woe is me

I am sitting here feeling sorry for myself because I have a cold. I am such a wimp. Addi went to the doctor today and has a sinus and ear infection and she is doing SO much better than I am. I am pretty pathetic. But I do have to say how fabulous my kids are. Since I am so pathetic, I absolutely had to have a nap today. Addi slept beside me and sweet Mason just played downstairs. What a great kid!!!! Took them out for ice cream as a thank you!