Things my kids say

So my kids say some pretty silly things here are a few examples:

I made Lily a bologna sandwich and she pulled all the bologna out and ate it then we had this conversation:

Lily: "the aliens ate my bologna look their tip-toying outside"

Me: "oh really? Well you still have to eat your bread."

Liam: "What happened to the dog food?"

Lily: "The aliens ate that too but they didn't like it so they stole my bologna."

Liam: "This is a mystery, I'm going to solve this mystery and save the day."

Me: "Are you going to find the aliens"

Liam: "I think the dog ate the dog food and Lily ate the bologna. Good news Lily there are no aliens!"

Lily: "Oh."

Liam: "Oh my gosh! Oops sorry am I allowed to say that?"

Lily: "Can I have a pet dragon mommy please? Pretty please mommy a dragon I'll take care of it."

So its getting closer to Lily's first day of school and I must say I am so emotion filled for her. I want so much for her to succeed and fit in. I worry that my nervousness for her will rub off and make her nervous. But then I see her excitement and totally disregard for my neuroses and I know she will be alright. When we went to parents night they said its harder on the parents than the kids and I know that's the truth. I was at target the other day and they had "congrats you're going to Kindergarten" I actually got weepy.

My worries for her are:

• is she still too immature?
• Will she get left behind because she likes to be in her own world?
• Will they still really help her with her speech?
• Will the other kids take advantage of her kind unassuming nature?
• How is Liam going to handle being away from her 8 hours a day?

Do all parents worry about these things or is it just me?

My bucket list

I saw a few other people do this so I thought I should put mine down too.

1.) Own a home

2.) Be in a sketch on SNL

3.) Perform on stage at a concert

4.) Be debt free

5.) Be independently wealthy

6.) Take a family trip to Grand Canyon and river raft the Colorado River

7.) Move my parents closer

8.) Learn to surf

9.) Learn to play guitar

10.) See Lily, Liam and Logan grow up to be happy and healthy

11.) Be able to pay for all 3 to go to college

12.) Go back to school and become a Marine Biologist

13.) Be able to be a stay at home mom

14.) See one of Ryan's "inventions" work

15.) Go on a Disney cruise ending at Disney World and stay in Cinderella's Castle

16.) Go to Harry Potter Theme Park

17.) Write for a gossip column

18.) See NIN in concert

19.) Not care about my weight

20.) Go to Alaska and see the Orca's at "spa bay"

I am sure there are a lot more but those are the start. I also decided that like so many others (today is copy cat day I guess ha ha) I want to start a goal of the month. So for August I want to start working out at least 2 times a week. Go to bed earlier. Take the kids to the park at least once a week. Get Lily new school clothes. Finish our "redecorating" efforts. Be more creative.

Man that's a lot of stuff I don't know if I can accomplish it all so I won't add more ;)

Bad Mom?

So I have had my 3rd child. I can't help but feeling I am failing miserably at being a great mom to all 3 of them. My newborn obviously requires the most hands on attention and by the time he is settled and calm I am so exhausted I don't have the energy to play/chase my eldest two around the house. They are so great and eager to help however when the baby is screaming and I am flustered the last thing I need is 4 little hands fighting me over grabbing the diaper or wipes. I am trying to let them help when the situation provides. I knew having 3 would be hard so I was not disillusioned into thinking this time would be a dream however my husband has been working so all the workload falls on me. I have to do all the late night feedings I have to get up in the morning with all the kids and my eldest two don't nap anymore so I am I think physically drained. I feel like my house is in a constant state of disarray we have piles of laundry toys are everywhere and I am pulling my hair out. But then the baby coos and my eldest two say "I love you mommy" and I realize maybe I am doing something right. So I am going to stop blogging right now and enjoy all three of my kids behaving.