Nice Treat!

Tonight I had a board meeting for the MOMS club, one of the few nights a month I get to myself and the best part of this night out was actually 2 things:

1) Whenever I have a meeting, weather it be for the MOMS club or church, Jason always makes sure he works his schedule so that he is home on time for me to leave......
and
2) Tonight when I came home, all of the toys were picked up, all children bathed and the kitchen was put back in order!!!! What a nice start to tomorrow.....Thanks Honey!!

Question of the Day

While preparing dinner...
"What have you done around here today?"

(Now my day suddenly went down hill)
- got up made breakfast
- changed diapers, got boy dressed, fed everyone breakfast
- unloaded dishwasher and washed crock pot that was soaking
- did a load of laundry, folded load in dryer
- made beds
- played with kids
- called in Scholastic Book order for Ms. Chance
- got Helena ready for school, did handwriting homework, put milk money in bag, approved homework
- made lunch for kids, fed kids, brushed boys teeth, changed diapers
- got dressed, combed hair
- put boys down for nap
- brushed teeth with Helena and waited for the bus
- got Helena on bus, did 2 more loads of laundry, folded
- did some paperwork/made a few calls for Church cookbook
- called shed company about delivery, called to make Drs appt.
- organized some things for Parker, Preston and Peyton's Birthday
- organized some things for Helena's Birthday
- made some phone calls (Room Store about sofa cleaning, Davey Tree about next turf application, Benedictine school about order, etc.)
- ate lunch (2:30)
- did another load of laundry
- when Helena got off of the bus took everyone to Atlantic Tractor, looked at potential birthday presents for triplets (battery powered tractor and backhoe)
- came home and played outside for 1.5 hrs
- came in, got dinner ready, sat down to eat and then

During dinner -
"It is going to rain, so make sure you go outside and put all of the kids toys away."
My Response: "Why do you have to be so rude, why can't we just do it together?"
"I am not the one that got them all out."

After cleaning up kitchen from dinner, putting away indoor and outdoor toys and getting in a pi**ing match over what I did today- I went to get diapers...
"Can you pick me up a snack for later?"
Really???

Some Mommy and Me Time

I have to say that everyday Helena amazes me with something - weather it be a new word used correctly, a new song or dance learned in school, or sometimes the sassyness just floors me!!! But tonight as I am checking e-mails, catching up on blogs, and doing some last minute cookbook things, she is drawing on her easel next to me.

She told me she had some work to do, so she would do it in here with me - the part of this that I love the most is the pictures she is drawing - a hoarse, a girl in a dress, a butterfly - and all of them are clearly what they are supposed to be!! No more guessing what the array of circles and lines are - she is doing really well!!! Now this is not the first time she has done this, she is 4.5, however looking at Parker, Preston and Peyton's current artwork I remember the drawings of the past!!!

For those of you who have never been through the "Look at my drawing! Guess what it is!" game - one day you will understand. Your little one or ones will walk up to you with their shoulders back, chin held high, looking like they just conquered the world and will ask the above mentioned questions. When you reply with the wrong answer, usually several times in a row before being told in a not-so-nice tone what it really is - you will live for the day the lines and circles represent a true picture and the side of your brain that tries to decipher the abstract art will be able to rest!

However when you look back - these are one of the things you will miss and realize that the true life drawings also mean your little girl is growing up - faster and faster than you can sometimes imagine!

Rite of Passage - Helena

This weekend was a big one for Helena - she went to her very first sleepover party! It was for her cousin Victoria who turned 6. Aunt Melissa and I took 5 little ladies to see Alvin and the Chipmunks in the afternoon, then there was pizza, cake and ice-cream, pillow case decorating and some games! I think the girls finally went down around 10:00 (according to Aunt Melissa, I left after the movie and got to sleep in my own bed without one little Miss crawling in during the night!!!)

Only On the Eastern Shore

.....can your wife call you at work (plowing the field in your John Deere) and remind you via cell phone to stop and get milk on your way home from work. Since you are passing the Food Lion on your way back to the house, you just swing the old JD in and park it in the back of the lot!!!

The kids were fascinated when we went to get a few items from Food Lion yesterday and when we pulled in, there it was parked in the parking lot. Helena was ready to take a ride!

I felt just like Norm on Cheers!

This past Sunday morning, after I made homemade spaghetti sauce and put it in the crock pot, I ended up in the ER. After making the sauce I lazily put the tomato cans in the trash instead of recycle and ended up slicing my middle finger on my right hand - so Chester River here I come!! When I walked in for triage the nurse said to me "You look familiar, you've been here before haven't you?"

My response - "Yes, in August for a 2 night stay with 2 of the triplets, November for an URI with Parker, January for stitches for Helena, February for an URI with Preston and March here I am!" I am checking into the frequent flyer plan at this point or just opening up my own Nighttime Pediatrics!!

Only on the Eastern Shore...

... can you be late for a meeting because there were 10 (yes I counted them while waiting 5 minutes) turkeys in the middle of the road blocking traffic. Who knew it was mating season??? Apparently everyone but me. And can I tell you, I think one of them told me off when I tapped my horn to get them to move.