...I have been slacking on this blogging thing though. As we all know, the holidays are crazy time. As we all know having twins (or just more than one child - or hell, just one child) is crazy time. As we all know running a household is crazy time. So needless to say it has been crazy time here. In addition to my "regular" crazy times, I have decided to add a little more crazy to my life. I am starting a company and developing a product. More info to come later, but this process is insanely busy. Trying to fit the work in to nap times has proven to slow things down dramatically. Stuff gets pushed aside and one of my favorite things (writing) has taken a hit.
There are so many stories of fails and wins lately and I feel like I could write about 10 posts with all of them. I will try to be concise though and maybe just put them in list form instead of writing a whole story about them. Something like the 12 days of Christmas, but 12 days of mama fail mama win. Yea...I like this idea. Here goes:
Mama fails
1. On the 1st day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me a lesson on their reaching distance by grabbing the coffee mug and spilling it all over themselves...mama panic. No burns, phew.
2. On 2nd day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me falling off the small slide in our living room head over feet and landing on the tile. No injuries, phew.
3. On the 3rd day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me pulling down the display near the pharmacy of light up pen things causing them to spill all over the floor. Pharmacist insisted she will clean them up.
4. On the 4th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me more random poop incidents than I can handle. Squatting in the closet; continuing to poop after dirty diaper was cleaned off and you went running, pooping along the way; rolling around behind a pile of pillows and clothes, poop getting smeared on wall and floor; one boy reaching into the other's diaper of poop...and on and on.
5. On the 5th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me...more gray hairs than I can tolerate on my head.
6. On the 6th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me a heart attack when they learned to climb furniture.
7. On the 7th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me a lesson to not let them "help" unload the dishwasher when you think it's safe...they will find the knife you didn't know was in there.
8. On the 8th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me a brain so addled that I backed up out of my garage straight in to my husbands car...with babies and MIL in the car.
9. On the 9th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me a decision that they both no longer liked the foods they have loved for the past 4 months and will only eat bananas.
10. On the 10th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me the ability to not care about wiping noses on just about anything including my sleeves, pants, wipes, towels, onesies, their shirt, the cat etc...
11. On the 11th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me the knowledge that they are stronger than they seem after the dog flat out ran in to (at full speed) one of my boys sending him flying backwards. Luckily landing on grass. Little crying, but tough guy shook it off.
12. On the 12th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me a week of changing nap schedules, each boy different, everyday a different nap skipped, and the inability to plan anything because I never knew when they would sleep.
Mama wins - Surprise, I'm running out of time and somehow the fails outnumber the wins...sigh. At least the wins count for twice as much :)
1. Mama got her hair done. Hair dye and a fabulous stylist to cover the gray and make the mom bob look "not as mom-y"
2. Being so close to saying mama. I get a "mum" out of James sometimes. Maybe he's British?
3. Saying dada. Of course...
4. Both walking. Well, one running and one sloppily toddling after his brother
5. Changing to front facing car seats. Don't criticize...it's the only way we are all staying sane in the car, which makes the driving experience safer.
6. We got the boys first haircut. Holy moly...you'd think this would be ripe for a mama fail. But the boys were great. The only bad part is they don't look like babies anymore.
There are so many stories of fails and wins lately and I feel like I could write about 10 posts with all of them. I will try to be concise though and maybe just put them in list form instead of writing a whole story about them. Something like the 12 days of Christmas, but 12 days of mama fail mama win. Yea...I like this idea. Here goes:
Mama fails
1. On the 1st day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me a lesson on their reaching distance by grabbing the coffee mug and spilling it all over themselves...mama panic. No burns, phew.
2. On 2nd day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me falling off the small slide in our living room head over feet and landing on the tile. No injuries, phew.
3. On the 3rd day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me pulling down the display near the pharmacy of light up pen things causing them to spill all over the floor. Pharmacist insisted she will clean them up.
4. On the 4th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me more random poop incidents than I can handle. Squatting in the closet; continuing to poop after dirty diaper was cleaned off and you went running, pooping along the way; rolling around behind a pile of pillows and clothes, poop getting smeared on wall and floor; one boy reaching into the other's diaper of poop...and on and on.
5. On the 5th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me...more gray hairs than I can tolerate on my head.
6. On the 6th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me a heart attack when they learned to climb furniture.
7. On the 7th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me a lesson to not let them "help" unload the dishwasher when you think it's safe...they will find the knife you didn't know was in there.
8. On the 8th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me a brain so addled that I backed up out of my garage straight in to my husbands car...with babies and MIL in the car.
9. On the 9th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me a decision that they both no longer liked the foods they have loved for the past 4 months and will only eat bananas.
10. On the 10th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me the ability to not care about wiping noses on just about anything including my sleeves, pants, wipes, towels, onesies, their shirt, the cat etc...
11. On the 11th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me the knowledge that they are stronger than they seem after the dog flat out ran in to (at full speed) one of my boys sending him flying backwards. Luckily landing on grass. Little crying, but tough guy shook it off.
12. On the 12th day of MFMW my toddlers gave to me a week of changing nap schedules, each boy different, everyday a different nap skipped, and the inability to plan anything because I never knew when they would sleep.
Mama wins - Surprise, I'm running out of time and somehow the fails outnumber the wins...sigh. At least the wins count for twice as much :)
1. Mama got her hair done. Hair dye and a fabulous stylist to cover the gray and make the mom bob look "not as mom-y"
2. Being so close to saying mama. I get a "mum" out of James sometimes. Maybe he's British?
3. Saying dada. Of course...
4. Both walking. Well, one running and one sloppily toddling after his brother
5. Changing to front facing car seats. Don't criticize...it's the only way we are all staying sane in the car, which makes the driving experience safer.
6. We got the boys first haircut. Holy moly...you'd think this would be ripe for a mama fail. But the boys were great. The only bad part is they don't look like babies anymore.
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| Happy twins facing front |
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| First Haircut |
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| First Haircut |
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| John running, James crawling. Two different directions |
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| That's one bad mutha... |
