Supper Nanny Would NOT Approve

Well the kid has gotten out of his bed at least 15 time tonight, so this last time I was just ignoring him, going about my business... and what do ya know - it worked. He fell asleep. Yeah, it's on the entry floor with a dinosaur boot on his hand, but he has his blankie and water bottle - so it's allllll goood!

Tagged

Not really sure how this tagging stuff works, but Jen tagged me on face book (thanks) and so I thought it would be fun to share all my 'dirty little secrets' LOL.

1. Often times my house is filthy but my closets are neat and tidy

2. I hate when my bed is not made first thing in the morning (Craig sleeps many mornings - ugh)

3. My fantasy is a food storage room filled with food in alphabetical order and all the labels facing out properly rotated (yeah Craig doesn't get this fantasy either...)

4. I have a lot of initial enthusiasm for new things/jobs but it always dwindles

5. I am way more self conscious about my body at 30 something then I ever was as a teenager or 20 something

6. I like driving around looking at houses

7. I will get a boob job someday

8. I ended up in college on accident (but it ended well - I graduated)

9. I hate going to school to eat lunch with my kids - it's not my kids... it's the lunchroom monitors

10. I have to actually pick a day each week (Sat) to cut every ones fingernails or else I forget

11. Low maintenance used to be a good thing - but it's starting to show

12. I'm like a little old lady who looks forward to going out to get the mail everyday!

13. I like to travel because I don't have to cook the entire time we are gone!

14. I am way not frugal by nature

15. If there are no prices on items in a store I will inevitably still manage to pick the single most expensive thing there!

16. I'm secretly starting to see the appeal of mini-vans though I swore I would never own one. But, the doors open and shut at the push of a button and the kids can get in and out without having to remove car seats!

17. I'm pro-choice when it comes to seat belts! I think it's stupid to have a law telling me (a grown adult) to wear one...

18. I like trashy romance novels

19. I never learned to ride a bike (it's coming back to haunt me because Anna says why should she learn to ride when I never did - sassy little thing)

20. I really, really, really can't wait for residency to be over - oops not a secret

21. I would like to be a 'runner' and run a 5k race - which is very laughable considering I drive to my mailbox

22. I lied in a church talk (Craig says it was a lie I say it was good story telling but now I feel guilty)

23.My toenails are always painted red (in my mind this makes up for the fact that I have cracks the size of the grand canyon in my feet)

24. When I was 16 I got 2 $200 speeding tickets 7 days apart

25. I have never cheated on a test of any kind. (which is why my grades where always mediocre.)

Oh Yeah I did the hair! I amazed even myself. Considering all I ever do for myself is a ponytail.

What a night. The girls had a father/daughter dance at school so not only did they get all gussied up to go, but our neighbor and friends rented a limo and let them ride along! Watch out future boyfriends. The standards are pretty high!

Side note: Craig just told me when they got there they had to check in by last name and since he wasn't sure how I RSVP (through bekah or anna's class) he started with the A's for Rebekah Anthony. At which point Anna declared (adequately loud enough for all to hear) her name wasn't Anthony her name was Randall and to go find the 'R' line!

Side-side note: Despite the fact that Anna looks miserable in all the pictures she was so excited she was practically jumping off the walls!

It's just too cold when the frost is on the inside of the door! And your heating bill runs in the $500 range (so much for getting ahead! LOL) Those of you in South Dakota can sympathize and those of you in Alabama I know are just green with envy!

mom colten randall

Apparently I use his whole name way too much! Not only do I call Kaid by his whole name, but often I mess up and use Kaids middle name for Quinns middle name too. Now he thinks you say (fill in your name) Colten Randall anytime you really want emphasis.

Thoughts on Babysitters

Every 4 weeks I get 25 minutes to myself (usually I don't even have to take the baby with me). I go to the beauty salon and get my eyebrows waxed. yahoo! Today I went and came back before Craig had to be at work, ok... then Kaid looks at me and says "mom, your gonna babysit us?!" Uhhhhhhh No, this is my parental responsibility, but really how is today 'babysitting' any different from the 364 other days in the year that I am with you? Why, in your mind am I a babysitter today? Do you expect more out of me - more playing, more conversation and less work - less laundry, less dishes done? Just curious why am I a babysitter today instead of a mom?

Just Imagine

OK, so we did all the usual Christmas stuff - it just seems that Craig always has one baby and I always have the other so we don't get to documenting too much of it... That being said, Some friends went with us to chop down a Christmas tree (on the coldest day of the year) at this great Christmas tree farm, we had sleigh rides and hot cocoa and I made a point to remember the camera - and now just imagine that Craig and I are in this picture instead of our friends and that there are a few more kids standing there. Our tree looked about the same as their tree, we all had on a lot of scarves and hats and gloves so that's about the same... but unfortunately we totally forgot to take a single picture of Christmas (any of it!) Oh how I cracked myself up when I realized that I (queen of picture taking) have no pictures of Christmas 2008.