temple

This isn't the best picture, but I just wanted to update my blog for the first time in a while with a picture of my family at the Nashville LDS temple. Pictured with us are the Elders that baptized Chris, my father-in-law and his wife and my mamacita. We were sealed on Friday December 21. It was the best experience of my life. I will post more soon. We have Christmas presents to deliver, cookies to make and a yummy ham dinner to have. Be back soon!

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We're still here...alive and kicking. Just super busy!

Thanksgiving: We had a nice quiet morning at home before going to Joanna's house for a yummy dinner. I really missed my family, but if you can't be with family, having good friends is the BEST. Here is a picture of us after Thanksgiving dinner.

Black Friday: I was going to go shopping. I even got up at 4:00am to go to Best Buy by 5:00am. But I quickly decided there wasn't anything I needed that bad to go out that early, and I went back to bed! When we all got up later, we decided to go shopping. It was so much fun! We all just went in our jammies/sweats. Addi had Chris's gigantic sweatshirt on and looked so cute. We went to Best Buy and Target and got almost everything that was on my list. I think we may have started a new tradition of going together as a family.

Christmas: We got our Christmas decorations up. Mason and Addi were dying to get our tree done. It took me a few days, but it's done. It takes me 2-3 times longer to do things now then they used to. I am really happy with how everything turned out. I made a few things like some ornaments, and sign and a new tree skirt. I'll try to post pictures of them soon.

I have been working on my Chrismas cards since November and I finally put the stamps on them today and will get them in the mail tomorrow. Go me!

My Christmas shopping is almost done too. Go me again! I have done a bunch of it online...SOOOO much easier. I just need to finish up and few last details and then I'll be able to relax!

Kannon: was still congested and had a yucky nose after about 3 weeks, so I took him to the doctor and he got his first prescription of Amoxicillin. Poor buddy! He is really good about taking it though and just sucks it down. Today he is 11 weeks old. It's so cliche, but the time really has gone by so fast! He is getting sooo big. He sucks on his hands all the time, is blowing spit bubbles, rolling over to his side, and he is smiling and cooing. He's still not sleeping very well, but that's ok. I'm getting used to it I guess!

wow!

I have decided that having 3 kids has thrown me over the edge. I just cannot keep up with everything. Today I was so proud of myself for doing the laundry and getting it completely put away. Laundry isn't something I can carry with my only free arm so I have been having completion issues. I just don't know how people manage with more than 3 kids.

Kannon had his 2 month check up today. He weighs 11 lbs 1 oz and is 23 inches long. That's my big boy! He also got shots. It was terrible! He had to get poked 3 times in his poor chubby little legs. He took a big nap afterward, but when he woke up...whew! He didn't stop crying for about 2 hours. It was the sad, hurt cry too. Poor buddy. His legs are just killing him.

I am pretty homesick right now. I love the Holidays in Utah! The chilly air, the fun craft fairs, MY FAMILY. I really like Tennessee, but it's just not home!

I guess that's it for now. I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

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the Pumpkin Eater

Seriously, could this baby be any cuter???
When he was just born, I started calling him Pumpkin. Then that became Punkin Eater. Now, we all call him that. We even have a Punkin Eater song! We're so in love with our boy!

Our weekend away

Last week was such a busy, stressful week. We survived and tried to reward ourselves with a little getaway to Atlanta. We sure didn't escape the stress by going there. Let's just say that Kannon, who wants to nurse every 1-2 hours and doesn't sleep more than 3 hrs at a time, was the easiest child to deal with.

We went to the LDS Distribution to get temple clothing for our upcoming sealing. I forgot my temple recommend so we weren't able to get everything we needed. However, we did get Mason and Addi's sweet little outfits. I can't wait until December 21!!!!!
The weather was fabulous and the fall colors were killer!! Atlanta is so misleading because there are trees everywhere, so it feels like you're in the mountains, when in fact, you're in a gigantic city.

After Distribution, we went to the Liahona, an LDS bookstore. We found lots of fun stuff there...some books that we have been wanting and some Christmas presents. Addi couldn't find a prize and she wasn't feeling well, so she completely melted down! Oh my, the drama!

We ate lunch at a really yummy place and then headed on. The traffic in Atlanta is crazy and there are a ton of intersecting interstates, so thanks to my bad navigating skills we got lost. But along our wrong turn, we found The Container Store. I was pumped to finally go there. After a quick trip inside, we got back on the correct road and headed to IKEA. We loved it there. I could have spent all day. Chris and I felt like we were on a date, since we put our kids in the free child care. We bought lots of cool stuff and could have bought a ton more.

After that, we headed home. I swear it took twice as long to get home as it did to ge there. Mason was bored, Kannon was fussy and Addi wasn't feeling well. So it was a long trip. Actually it was a good trial run for our trip to Disneyworld in December.

Kannon's Blessing

Today Kannon was blessed at our church. Chris did such a great job. He was so nervous, heck I was nervous for him. During sacrament meeting opening exercises, I was bouncing my leg with nervous energy and I looked over to see Chris doing the same. He did awesome though!!! No one could have guessed how nervous he was by the pro job he did! Kannon was an angel too! It was a very special day for the Schenk family!

Halloween

A white ninja
Gabriella from High Scgool Musical
A very mad baby bat

We had a good time-we went to our ward trunk or treat then came home and went trick or treating at a few neighborhood houses. It was a super fun day for the kids, but an exhausting day for me. I love Halloween, but I'm so glad it's over!

Good day!

Today was a great day. I was the kind of mom I wish I was every day. I mulit-tasked and got lots of stuff done and even was a fun and semi-patient mom.

This morning, Kannon was kinda fussy so I held him and watched some HGTV. Then when I got up to do my work I just put him in the Snuggli. He took a little snooze and I got my stuff done. I was able to tackle a few organizing projects that I have been wanting to do.

Mason and Addi got out of school early. (Tennessee is so weird. They start school in the middle of August but then give the kids a bunch of 1/2 days of school. Whatever!) And we went to Chuck E Cheese. I need the mom of the year award for that. :) Actually it was really nice. We have a good system down-I only give each of them 1 token at a time so then they have to keep coming back to me. That way I know where they are. I just sat at our table, ate my lunch and even looked at a magazine while I held Kannon. Mason and Addi had a blast, Kannon was happily held and I had a pretty mello few hours. We ran to Target afterwards for a few last minute Halloween items-flashlights, spiderwebs, etc. I did lose my patience a little bit in there, but there were no tears-from me or the kids-so I count that as a win!

When we got home, I washed the car while Addi and Kannon napped for a bit and Mason went over to our neighbors house to play. When we went in, I made dinner, while playing catch with Mason and helping Addi with an art project. Then Mason did his homework, we ate, took baths and then I read the kids a book. All while being in good spirits and joking around with my kids. I love days like this!

And now because I can't post without pics here is one of Mason tap dancing, which he learned from watching Happy Feet, Addi looking super cute and little Kannon holding up his sweet little head.

life with 3 kids

Last week was a crazy week. Chris went out of town on a business trip. It was ROUGH!!! Kannon was super fussy and Mason and Addi chose that time to be defiant little stinkers. I'm soooo glad that Chris is home now. I didn't sleep worth a crap when he was gone. He used to travel a ton, but hasn't for a few years and I'm used to him being home. I feel much more safe and secure when he's home. It so nice to have his support and be able to chat and share my day with him.

Kannon is 6 weeks old tomorrow. It's very cliche but I don't know where the time has gone. I can barely remember when he wasn't a part of our family. He still doesn't sleep very well. But oh well, I'll sleep when my kids are grown. He is going through a fussy stage and that is a little hard to handle. I tell him that if he would just tell me what he wants, I'll give it to him!! :) He is a very noisy baby! He snorts, makes funny sucking noises with his paci, nurses very loudly and has a set of lungs on him when he's upset. The best part is that he is super LOUD when he dirties his diaper. Today in Relief Society I was sitting up front holding him and he did his business...super loudly. It was a little embarrassing but pretty darn funny too! He is a very loved baby. His siblings are his biggest fans!

Addi is so stinkin' funny (when she's not being lil' miss sassy pants...OK sometimes that's funny too.) She is so dramatic. She sings and dances and flits around all over the house. One of my favorite things she does is hides in the dinning room curtains and asks us to announce "the Princess show" then she comes out and does a little song and dance routine. Chris and I joke that its our date...dinner and a show!

Mason is sooooo smart, he just blows us away. He has learned how to read and tonight he read an entire book all by himself. He had a soccer game yesterday and scored a goal. Go Mason! He has a really hard time staying focused on the game and being aggresive going after the ball. He would much rather just sit and chat with his team and the other team. I think he has a crush on his cute teacher at school. Last week he bought her a ghost gram-it's just a little fundraiser at school where the kids can pay a quarter to give a friend a treat. And tonight he asked if we had ever heard of the Colts football team because that's Mrs. Thomas' favorite team. So cute!

This is going to be a crazy week, but so fun too! We have a field trip to the pumpkin patch, dance, soccer practice, game and end of season party, trunk or treating at the church, visiting/home teaching, Halloween, and on Sunday is Kannon's blessing and I am teaching in Relief Society. Whew!

Tagged

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.

B. Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.

C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

I have been tagged by Joanna

Six Facts/Habits about myself

1. I (like Joanna) cannot relax unless my house is clean and my laundry is caught up. I am crazy about this. It makes Chris nuts!

2. I have to always have my toenails painted. Even in the dead of winter when it's freezing and I wear socks every day.

3. I am afraid of the dark.

4. I always have 5-6 projects in my head. For example: right now I'm thinking about enrichment night, planning how we're going to fix our backyard, what I'm going to do for Christmas cards this year, new furniture I want for my bedroom, pictures I want to take of my kids in their Halloween costumes and some of baby Kannon, and the lesson I am giving in Relief Society in November. I get bored if I don't have a zillion things to think about.

5. I love to play Tetris.

6. I am a candy-a-holic! Bring on Halloween!

I am tagging Feather(must have lost the link to your blog), Tara, Angie, Alisha R. (even though you 2 don't have blogs, you're the only ones I know who read this blog besides my friends that already have been tagged.)

And to close here is a pic of 5 week old Kannon I took today.

Kannon

Here are some new pictures of our little guy!
The one in the polka dot jammies is from when he was 4 weeks, being burped by daddy. The lion one is at month, which he just turned on the 17.

He is such a fun and delightful baby. Life is sooooo good!!

One Month

Kannon is going to be a one month old tomorrow. I can't believe it. The past month has totally been a blur. We haven't gotten into much of a routine yet, things have been too busy. But we're plugging away every day. We all just love him and smooch on him every chance we get. He is a sweet baby who loves to be held. He is nursing like a champ and getting some chub on him. He has a hard time napping when Mason and Addi are home and isn't sleeping very much at night either. But we're surviving. He is a wonderful addition to our family and we all feel so blessed that he is here!

OK, I tried to post some pictures, but it won't work. So I'll post pics when it gets fixed.

We're Alive

It's fall break here in Rutherford County, which means my kids have been out of school ALL WEEK!! Let's just say it's been a little bit challenging. Kannon and I had a good routine last week...napping, eating, etc. Well, that just doesn't work with 2 other kids at home. Don't get me wrong, it's been nice hanging out with my babies, relaxing, not having to run and rush all over, but it's also been hard entertaining the big kids while feeding and attending to the little one.

Anyway...we are doing ok. Kannon is such a good baby. He has been a tiny bit fussy with a tummy ache from the half a bag of M&M's I ate. But he is as sweet as can be. None of us can resist smooching on him, every time we walk by. I am very content to just hold him and stare at his sweet little face. And of course I love on him all day long. When I kiss him and he wants to eat, he will latch on my chin or lips and start sucking like a maniac. It cracks me up every time.

Mason and Addi absolutely LOVE their little brother. Each of them "helped" me today by hauling baby Kannon from where he was napping in the living room to where I was in the kitchen and up stairs putting laundry away. I darn near had a heart attack. It's a good thing baby's are so resiliant.

More pics

You'll have to just forgive that these aren't the best quality pictures. It's hard to be the photog to your own child.

Kannon is one week old today. Wow. Last week went by really fast. We are totally in love with our boy!!!

He's Here!

Kannon Marco Schenk was born Sept 17, 2007 at 11:28 pm. He weighed 7 lbs 4 oz and is 20 inches long. He is fabulous! He is a very good baby, eating like a champ and adjusting to life. He loves to be held and snuggled and we all like that too. Mason and Addi are proud big bro and sis. They love coming home from school to see baby Kannon.

Here are some pics. I'll post more later!

Mason's soccer game

Mason had his first soccer game last Saturday. He was quite...um...let's say competitive and didn't like the other team thinking they were winning the game, even though the league doesn't keep score.

Hopefully his game tomorrow will be better.

Addi's birthday

Here are some pictures from Addi's birthday!

They are poor quality, but alas, it is what it is. The first two are from when she woke up in the morning. In the 2nd picture she was thrilled to get the soundtrack to High School Musical 2. The 3rd picture is right after she blew out the candle on her birthday cake at her birthday party.

Sept 17, 2007

That is the date that Baby Boy Schenk will make his appearance. My doctor (bless her heart) is inducing me that day! I am 39 weeks today and Monday can NOT come quick enough. I am embarrassed to post this, but this is what I look like right now:

It's a terrible self portrait, but by the time Chris gets home to take a pic of me, I have my make up washed off and am in my jammies. So this will just have to do.

I'll post when our wee one arrives! Wish us luck!

Addi's birthday

I haven't downloaded the pics I took today, so I'll just post this pic of the birthday girl from another party she went to a few weeks ago.

---epic post warning---

Today is Addi's birthday. She had a great day. Me, Chris, Mason...not so much! For me it was a VERY LONG DAY that started at 4:45 am. Why that time you ask? Because I woke up to go potty for the 8th time since 11:00pm last night and couldn't go back to sleep since Addi and Chris were both asleep in my bed having a contest of who could snore the loudest. So I dragged my sorry self down stairs hoping to go to sleep on the couch. I got a few of Addi's birthday gifts out and blew up some balloons (we have a tradition of doing that on the bday morning) and settled in to watch some tv, hoping I could find something to help me fall asleep. You'd think with over 300 channels there would be something decent on. Not really. Although I did find a cool show where a lady went fishing and caught a dolphin, tuna and marlin and then went gator hunting. :)

I finally went back upstairs to Addi's bed and fell asleep at around 7:15. Mason woke up at 8:00 with his mommy sensor was on full alert and found me in Addi's room. I decided that my entire family, including the baby, was conspiring against me sleeping so Mason and I woke Addi and Chris up and went downstairs to see her open her gifts. She got a CD player, a High School Musical 2 CD and the Enchanted Princess DVD. I tried to take some pictures as she opened her gifts, but I kept falling asleep. Mason had the hardest time trying to be happy for Addi that she was getting presents and he wasn't. It made him super grumpy! Chris wasn't too happy having to deal with me and Mason both being so pleasant (not) and trying to make breakfast.

Thankfully, being the wonderful fella that he is, he sent me back upstairs to bed to take a 30 minute nap. Then the madness started. We got ready and went to Mason's soccer game (where he kept fighting with the oposing team, what's up with that?) that lasted until 11:30. Then we rushed home, changed our clothes and loaded the van to go to Addi's birthday party. (her party was at our church) The only problem was we couldn't find anyone with keys to the church. So we drove around for about 20 minutes until Debra, my mom away from mom, saved us and borrowed us her keys. We got to the church at 12:35 and the party was supposed to start at 1:00. We forgot the main dish (hot dogs) and didn't have ice or ice cream so Chris ran to Walmart while the kids and I, ok really just me, set up the gym. There was too much to do in too short of time, so 1/2 of the guests came and helped me set up. I was having contractions and I have a cold and I'm an emotional pregnant wreck so I just cried my eyes out the entire time. My poor friends thought I was either in labor or losing it. (Apparently it was the later since I'm still pregnant.) But thanks to my sweet friends everything got set up and everything was fine!

Addi's party was great. It was a movie star party. We watched "Shark Tale", ate hot dogs, candy, popcorn, soda, cake and ice cream, and played with glow-in-the-dark bracelets. Addi received a ton of nice gifts: 4 Barbies, a Barbie car, clothes, the Grease DVD, a princess writing lap desk, make up, a set of nutcrackers (what she wanted, seriously) a princess towel and purse, books, and more that I'm sure I've forgotten. She had a lovely time, playing with all her friends. I did end up having a decent time once I calmed down and could relax a bit. Almost everyone stayed to help clean up, love all you guys THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! And we headed home.

On the way home we were listening to the radio and heard them mention that they were giving tickets away to High School Musical on Ice that is coming to Nashville this week. So I looked at Chris and thought why not and called. What do ya know? I was the 9th caller and won a 4pk of tickets. I was squealing and sounded like the biggest dork. Mason thought it was hilarious to hear me on the radio. My neighbors were listening to the radio, heard me win and called to congratulate me. So funny! Addi and Mason are so pumped to go.

Addi wanted to have ribs for dinner on her birthday so we went to Logans. Big mistake. Neither Chris nor I felt good (he had a headache-I have a cold) and the kids were both amped up on candy, ice cream, soda and cake. So needless to say, it wasn't a very fun dinner. Addi dropped my coke glass on the table where it spilled all over her and me and then rolled to the floor and shattered. Mason kept laying down and crawling under the gross table, eeeewwwww, and burping and talking loudly. Addi kept playing with the blinds on the window and sticking her arms in the bbq sauce of the ribs. We were all maniacs. By the time we got done and got to the car, all 4 of us were all angry with each other and couldn't wait to get home.

Luckily we made it home with no deaths and all cooled off. The kids both took baths, Chris and I took some Tylenol and we all played with Addi's new toys. We survived another birthday. I'm sure Chris doesn't understand why I have to go nuts planning parties for our kids and today neither do I. But tomorrow, I go into planning mode for Mason's next birthday in January. :)

stuff

I have original titles don't I??

Last weekend my good friends Joanna, Sandy, Emily and Debra gave me a baby shower. It was so awesome! Everyone was so generous and we had a great time! We got tons of stuff that we needed, so all we need now is our baby boy!

We made it through our first week of both kids going to school. Every day when they got home they both melted down from being so tired, but we're working on refining our schedule and getting it down to prevent such issues.

I decided to redo the kids' bathroom. It's a Disney Princess/Cars theme. The kids love it. Thankfully we have 2 sinks so they each got their own soap dispenser, hand towel and rug. Addi's is a princess carriage sd , a pink towel and rug. Mason's is Lightening McQueen sd, a blue towel and rug. I got those cool vinyl stickers to put all over the walls. They both love it!

Have you read the book Twilight by Stephanie Meyer? Holy cow! I finally jumped on the bandwagon and read it. It is sooo good. I couldn't put it down. So today I got onto amazon.com and promptly ordered the 2nd and 3rd book of this series. SOOO good! Amazon rocks too.

I'm 37 weeks pregnant and so ready to deliver. I have started having major stomach issues. I have MAJOR heartburn, chest pain and nausea and vomiting. Good times, huh? Some moments I feel like I can be patient because 2 weeks and 5 days really isn't that long, but other times (especially when I'm in major pain) it feels like an eternity.

I'll end with some cute pics of my babes!

No more pity party

You'll have to excuse my last post. I was having a terrible day. I guess if you can't complain on your own blog, where can ya complain, huh?



So to combat my grouchiness, here is a list of all the things I am grateful for today:



Our new van. Yes, we are officially ready for the baby to get here now that we have a van. I swore I would never drive a van, but it has so much room, has 3 rows of air conditioner vents (a must in this 100 degree+ weather) has electric doors and lots of fun little nooks and crannies to store our stuff. It's a Kia Sedona. It's black with roof racks, that we feel that jazzed it up a bit and makes it look a little more sporty.


Even though my kids didn't sleep very well last night, they both woke up so nice and sweet this morning for school. When Mason, who hadn't opened his eyes yet and was fighting waking up told me that he wanted his mommy and gave me a big hug-well, that's one of my favorite parts of being his mom. Addi and I didn't even get in a fight about her hair this am. I put it in rollers last night so it was curly and pretty. They both had a great day and love school!


I took some sweet newborn baby pictures today. Baby G is 7 weeks old and he and his parents were fabulous! I took over 400 pictures and a ton turned out sooo good. I couldn't help holding and smooching on his sweetness. I CAN'T WAIT for our baby to get here.

While I had the back drop up, I took some really cute pics of my kids. Addi was super tired and grouchy, but even that didn't stop the gorgeousness that is her!! I will post them soon.

Chris came home from work early and let me take a quick nap. He's the BEST!!!

We went to Cracker Barrell for dinner. The pancakes there are just killer!

Good friends with encouraging words!

A nice warm bath to rest my achey body in!


There, now that feels better. It's much better to be grateful then grouchy! Have a great weekend everyone!

Tired??

Do you ever just get tired? Ya, I know you do, we're parents and adults right?

But what I'm talking about is tired of not measuring up? Tired of skipping out on your laundry to take your kids somewehre fun only to find out that you have no clean underwear for tomorrow. Tired of trying to make your family your priority only to find out that your friends are mad that you haven't spent enough time with them. Tired of feeling like crap for the last 8 months-non-stop!!!!!!!!! Tired of having to explain to everyone on the planet that yes, you really are doing your best at life. Tired of having your kids rag on you because they are hungry and the pizza hasn't finished cooking. Tired of not having enough hours in the day to get everything done. Tired of not having the energy to do everything on your to do list. Tired of no matter how hard you try, you just can't make everyone happy.

I'm quite TIRED tonight!!!! Excuse my whining, I'll hopefully be happier tomorrow!

First days of school

Mason's first day of school was on Monday. He was soooo excited. He woke up at 6:00am , got himself dressed and wanted to leave right then. We all took him to school and walked him in. When I picked him up that afternoon he said that he great day and loved school!!!

Addi's first day of school was today. She was really excited too! She was only there for a 1/2 day then I got to go and have lunch with her. After that it was time to leave and she wasn't happy about that. She wanted to stay the entire day. She drew the cutest picture of herself in class with her polka dot shirt on. She is going to have a great year!!!

In other news, it's hotter than heck here! In fact today was a record hot day. Of course it would be when I'm pregnant. Whatever!!!! This is what the thermostat said in my car. 110 degrees is ridiculous! I'm moving to Alaska!

10 things I did today

I really am trying to update more often for all 2 of you that read this. :) But most of the time I don't feel like I have anything interesting enough to say. So I saw this on another blog and thought it was a good idea. Here are 10 things I did today:

-got up (and got my entire family up) before 8:00am for the first time this summer-I am so not a morning person
-took Addi to John Colemon Elementary to meet her Kindergarten teacher, Mr Baker, and be tested by him. He was concerned about her speech, but was ok when I told him that she is already in speech therapy which is actually right across the hall from his classroom. He was really impressed with her penmanship.
-we found out who Mason's first grade teacher is and went to her class to meet her-Mrs. Thomas
-took Chris to the dentist. He had to have a bunch of work done so he had to be sedated. He got done around 11:00am. It is now 8:30pm and he is still asleep. I guess he was pretty tired!
-took the kids to McDonalds for breakfast, then to Walmart to grab a few things, then to Hollywood video to get a PS2 game and DVD's for our day at home.
-did a load of laundry
-made a new peg shelf for our lower bathroom (where the kids hang their jackets and backpacks.) We've had one for a while, but there wasn't enough room to add a hook for the baby, so I made a new one. I just bought a piece of pine that is 1x6x36 and painted it red. Then I distressed it and put some coat hooks on it. The coat hooks were ugly, shiny gold, so I spray painted them with cool spray paint that made the hooks look rusty.
-I also painted an old cabinet shelf I had. It was forest green and just hiding in my closet since I don't have that color in my house any more. I gave it a few coats of read spray paint, then distressed it. I then hung it in the bathroom on the wall by the coat hook shelf. I love the way it all turned out!!!!
-after all the projects I did, my kitchen was a mess, so I loaded the dishwasher, swept, vacuumed and mopped. So much better!!!!!
-fed Chris some yogurt, pudding and applesauce.

Whew! It's been a very long day. The kids and I are now relaxing watching a Tom and Jerry movie. I'm hoping they fall asleep soon, so I can go to sleep too!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Nesting

I have been bitten by the nesting bug. In the past 2 months or so, I have been a maniac. I have:

reoganized my kitchen utensils and cleaned out the drawers, washed all the cabinets, touched up the caulking around the baseboards, touched up the paint on the baseboards, reorganized my linen closet, reorganized the closet in my bathroom, reorganized the garage twice (needs it done once more already) and gave a load of stuff to the Salavation Army, cleaned my scrapbook room, painted Addi's room then touched up the paint in her room, bought and put together a new bookcase for her room, made some artwork and sewed some trims onto her bedspread and pillowsham, painted Mason and the baby's room, painted stars on the wall for Mason and the baby's initials, rearranged their room make room for the crib, painted the dresser, sewed a crib skirt (NEVER again-what a pain) for the crib, cleaned out the kids's old clothes, cleaned and reorganized Addi's closet, put up a new shelf in Mason's closet for the baby's clothes, reorgainzed Addi's hair drawer and I'm sure there is even more because every time I put something away I decide that the cupboard, closet or drawer needs to be reorganized.

Just today I cleaned all 3 bathrooms, vaccumed, swept and mopped, dusted, did 4 loads of laundry, painted the baby's dresser, touched up the caulking and made cinnamon rolls in the Easy Bake Oven with the kids. Man I'm pooped!! I don't have any energy to do anything really, but my need to have a clean house overrides my lack of energy.

I will take pics of the kids' rooms when I get the crib mattress and get the bumpers done.

Hope everyone has a great week!

kidlets

What a summer it has been. All I can say is thank goodness it's almost over. That sounds so mean, but it's hard to come up with ways to entertain these two all day, every day. We put in our playground thinking they would play on it a little bit....um yeah, it's 8 jillion degrees here everyday. I wish I was one of those mom's who are so excited for their kids to be home from school. Don't get me wrong, I love these two but it's been a looooong summer. On a daily basis I hear how boring I am, get asked why I am resting or napping or why we can't ever do anything fun. Nevermind that we have been to the sprinkler park a few times, swimming at the YMCA, to Chuck E Cheese, the Bounce Factory, played in our swimming pool and with the slip n slide, had a few playdates with friends, went to Summer Camp and I'm sure there's more, even though they can't think of one fun thing we've done. Good thing I love them!!! :)

School starts 2 weeks from tomorrow for Mason!!!! WOOO HOOOO!! The Kindergarteners transition in so Addi will go for her testing sometime in the next 2 weeks or so, then go for 1/2 days and full days with part and then all of her class until after about 2 weeks. Then she'll go every day, just like Mason! Yipee!!!

This weekend all clothes and school supplies are tax free here in the state of Tennessee so we will be finishing up our school shopping then. Tax free doesn't seem like that big of deal until you realize that we have almost 10% sales tax. So that 10% of savings helps. I might just work in a new computer monitor for myself too. :)