So What Wednesday

It's Wednesday! I'm liking up with Shannon again.

This week I'm saying so what to...

• I used the rubber band trick this morning. I wanted to wear my black shorts and they didn't want to button.
• My appt was this morning and I haven't updated. I will, I promise.
• I totally look forward to school days and time away from my boys. I love them to pieces but I love alone time too.
• I can't work a flat iron. I've tired. whatever. my hair sucks. 
• Speaking of hair, I still haven't gotten my box dye. It's on my to do list. 
• I keep lotion in my car b/c I always forget to put it on before I leave the house. 
• I think my kids are the cutest little boys on the planet. I really, really do.
• I have so much to do before the boys' furniture is here this afternoon...yet I'm blogging. Signing off. 

Aye ;)

Boys love to dress up...but not like princesses (well they might but we don't have princess stuff). Instead of princesses we dress up as pirates. I was cleaning out Conner's room the other day and Parker found his pirate costume from last year. I knew I had stowed a few away so I grabbed those quickly and off they went! All I heard for a good half hour was "aye" "my a pirate" "aye". I die.

A Pirate snack...do that call that booty? 

What does a pirate say? "AYE"

Ration Bag

Conner has some amazing teachers this year (not that Parker doesn't) and they make even bringing snack a huge, big deal. Since the very first day of school, all he has talked about is getting the "ration bag". I knew that the ration bag was for snack (we were briefed at meet and greet). A ration is (Thank you Webster) A fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime: "the bread ration". That totally means snack! Yesterday, I knew he would bring home the ration bag and he was beyond thrilled. The bag is FULL. Dude wanted to bring cheese and crackers and applesauce and spoons. So we did.

See, he's so excited. I had to take pictures of the letters.

Random thoughts...

Can Wednesday just hurry up and come so I can get to my ultrasound so I don't have to worry anymore?

Why can I get nothing done while my kids are at school?

Why can I get nothing done while my kids are home? I see a trend. LOL

I tried the pinterest "go to bed w/wet hair and wake up with fabulous hair trick" and it  was the ultimate FAIL. I seriously laughed out loud.

I started using coconut oil on my face...omg. do it. amazing.

The next baby I get to photograph was born yesterday. i love newborn goodness.

I have to leave now to go pick up my little loves. I DO miss them when they are gone :)

Weekend

Yes, it's Sunday and I'm going to post about our weekend. Friday night we headed out to the rodeo (brought the camera but they weren't allowed) with some friends and their kids. I didn't think any of the kids would actually sit and watch but they still liked it. They liked running from us and having us chase them, they liked eating dinner with no table and drinking Sprite. They liked watching the barrel races and they liked visiting all of the quarter horses. Those horses are beautiful! The horse owners were very nice and didn't mind that we pet them. It wound up being a very late night but everyone was happy; isn't that all that matters? Yesterday started with soccer meet and greet. We would be the lucky ones to get the team with no coach. After the coordinator tried to convince me to coach (good joke dude, I'll be bringing 2 kids alone most weeks and I want to take photos not coach), two other dads stepped up. The kids were all very cute and it should be a fun season. We might even make some new friends. Once our soccer meeting was over we headed over to IHop for breakfast with the in-laws and then we went to their house to play.

Parker asked my mil if he could see the horsies so off they went. She has 3 horses (and I don't know anything about horses so I'll call 2 of them regular and Gizmo a pony). I know that Gizmo is a pony. My kids always pet/ride Giz. He's super friendly and very, very docile. He just stands there and lets the kids pet him, he loves treats and doesn't mind being saddled up.  **sorry that these have my photography logo on them....the full size files were taking too long to upload; I used my resizing program and it includes a logo***

Friday FIVE

I used to do this alot and I'm resurrecting it! Maybe I'll get all crazy and make a button!

Five things you love about Fall

Pumpkin Spice Lattes

The gorgeous colors (these are the N GA mountains)

Sweaters and boots and jeans

Cool Crisp mornings

Cinnamon smells (candles) and fall decor

I love fall decor SO much that I can't wait to pull all of my stuff out and shop for more. I'll probably do a whole post on just fall decorations and yummy cinnamon/pumpkin smells. YUM

What are your favorite 5 things about fall

So much to do...

I already feel like I have so much to get accomplished before the next member of our family (yay!) arrives in March. I know, I have LOTS of time but I also have 2 other little people to consider. There are some changes coming to their little worlds and I'd rather the ones I can control happen before March.

• Put both boys in one room, make it a big boy room (new furniture and all that goes along with it.)
• Transition kids to sharing a space, but not a bed. 
• Get rid of toys.
• Go though baby clothes, sell if it's a girl
• Find the baby gear.
• Buy new baby gear that I got rid of.
• Celebrate (oh and plan) Conner's 4th birthday!!
• Celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas
• Decorate for Thanksgiving and Christmas
• Figure out teacher gifts for Christmas
• Figure out gifts for the kids for Christmas
• Get Parker's current room all baby ready (not a ton to do in there, but if new baby=girl, I have lots to do)

I'm tired just thinking about all of it. start now and it will fall into place, right? right?!!

I know you're wondering if I bought my box of hair color and no, I have not. It's on my to do list. I am hopeful that by Monday, I'll have new hair, at least a new hair color.

just for laughs...I previewed this post (I never do that) and realized that on the side where I say that 6.5 years after we started dating, we got married...yea, it looks like 65 years. Totally cracked me up. I must fix that but not before I figure out why my almost 4 year old is having the fit of the century. he's all by himself on the couch; dude should just take a nap. we'd all be a little happier....

Mornings and Hair Color

No, the two don't go together but I want to talk about both so I figured I'd just do one post. First mornings...

I don't know what mornings look like at your house but they start with me waking up my kids at 7:30. We have to leave at 8:40 for school and they like to sleep in. If it were up to them, they would be waking up at 8:40. I know you're thinking "LUCKY" but my kids don't go to bed at night. Most nights they go to bed around 10 when the hubs and I decide we've had enough of their sweet little voices. Some nights, they both wind up in our bed (so glad it's a king); usually it's just Conner that comes in but sometimes Parker wants some early morning (think 3am) snuggles. I usually lose my pillow. We keep an extra pillow of Conner's in our bed...it works that way.

Why on Earth would I want to upset THIS? well, I love that I get 2 mornings a week to myself.

Look how peaceful!

I wake them up and we start our day. Typically Conner "hides" and Parker laughs and then finds him under the blankets. Conner never sleeps in a shirt...it's his new thing.

Let's move on to less cuter things. I am a member of Vocal Point (are you?).  Vocal Point is this great website where you can sign up for coupons and samples and freebies! You have to be selected for the freebies and I got one...it's from Nice'nEasy. I get free hair color. All I have to do is blog (duh) and give a review after I try out the product. I received a coupon for a free box of non-permanent color (washes out in 28 days, really I'm skeptical). I'm thinking of trying a darker shade, although I think my hair guy might kill me if I do it and it screws up my hair. It says it is a 15 min process, blends away gray (don't have any of those yet) and washes out in 28 shampoos. It contains no ammonia and it suited for first time colorers.

I have no idea what color I'll choose..knowing me, I will play it safe and stick to blonde.

I do like these

Reddish might be fun!

I really like this one

I'll hit up the drug store and see how brave I decide to be. The good news is that it washes out right? RIGHT?

So What Wednesday

I'm linking up again for So What Wednesday


This week I'm saying SO what to..

• I let the kids destroy the house and around 5:30 every day, I run though here like a maniac trying to get their messes picked up.
• I haven't done laundry in about a week. We all still have clothes to wear and my sitter (who will gladly do the laundry for me) is coming tomorrow. I might be saving it for her.
• I have a sitter every Thursday after the kids are in school...whatever I need time to work. 
• All I want to do is buy shoes. They always fit.
• I may get very huge this pregnancy. VERY. I can not stomach the clean foods right now. I'm praying that I can soon though. I'm over this nausea all the time.
• I put carnation instant breakfast in my kid's milk every morning. They are refusing to eat breakfast and they have to have something. It's way easy for me too.
• I came home from dropping the kids off Monday and only mopped the floors. I could have done a lot more but I sat on the couch.
• My face is all broken out. I have NO clue what to do. I remember it breaking out when I was KU with Conner too.
• I'm crazy stupid excited that I will be getting a mini van (hello Mommy mobile). I will miss my altima though. I love that car.

What are you saying So What to? 

Gluten Free

Gluten free...WHAT?! no way!! That's what I'm saying. Josh has been having some ailments for a while now and after testing everything, including a muscle biopsy, the drs have no diagnosis. They have no label to give us for all of his problems and the reason he feels crappy most days. Gluten intolerance has been in the back of my mind for a while and I've done research on it a few times. Everytime I mention it, he writes it off...until NOW. See, his mother has decided that FIL has a gluten intolerance and they are all gluten free (not 100% I've seen their pantry). I guess now since she thinks that might be the problem it could be. Now, I'm not going to say anything to my precious husband b/c that's not nice but DUDE...sometimes I know things too. I digress. Symptoms...oh yea, let me get back on track. Symptoms of people that have an intolerace to gluten include:

• Weight loss or weight gain
• Nutritional deficiencies due to malabsorbtion e.g. low iron levels
• Gastro-intestinal problems (bloating, pain, gas, constipation, diarrhea)
• Fat in the stools (due to poor digestion)
• Aching joints
• Depression
• Eczema
• Head aches
• Exhaustion
• Irritability and behavioural changes
• Infertility, irregular menstrual cycle and miscarriage
• Cramps, tingling and numbness
• Slow infant and child growth
• Decline in dental health

The ones that are in bold are things that Josh deal with daily...and more so on days when he consumes lots of grain products (sandwiches, pizza, spaghetti...you get the idea). He is on medication for severe acid reflux b/c of the gastro-intestinal issues. He's had muscle biopsies for the aches in joints/muscles. One of the first things I told him (a year ago) when he started showing an interest in medical help was that maybe he had a gluten intolerance. I guess he really likes his bread :)

Let me be honest, I am NOT afraid of going gluten free. Many, many of the foods that I ate (I won't say eat b/c I just can't stomach good foods right now and I know eating is better than not so I eat and even if it's junk, I'm eating) were gluten free. Clean eating doesn't involve a lot of whole grain products (carbs). It does include complex carbs though. Me, I'm not scared and we could totally do it. Josh, on the other hand, will have a hard time with it. I cook with little to no grains. Rice...yea, already gluten free. Potatoes...gluten free, veggies...gluten free, lean proteins...gluten free, fresh fruits...gluten free. I think the only thing that may have contained gluten was my oats but I got those from Trader Joe's so they might be the GF variety.

We don't eat a lot of baked goods around here (I eat them all b/c Josh doesn't like them, weirdo) so I don't bake often (poor kids). He will have a hard time w/snack-y foods (cheez-its, crackers, chips) but he will have to get over it....if he wants to really try it. I'm going to talk to him more in depth tonight and if he's up for it, he has to do it for 30 days, otherwise how will we ever know if it will work?

I went to my FAV place for clean eating recipes and look at these...all GF!

Salmon, Radish, & Shallot Roast

 

Honey-Cranberry Chicken with Orange-Paprika Rice

Classic Tacos

 

Creole Chicken & Okra

Alright, now I have a small start...I'm off to get on Pinterest (where else) and get some GF recipes and visit some sites.

Stay tuned :)