Veggies vs Dessert!

Tonight I thought I would be a good mother and actually make dessert for my family. The truth is I had forgotten to buy ice cream (my family's Sunday treat) and so I had to try to come up with a Sunday dessert fast. I have fond memories of my mother making pudding for dessert and putting them in these gray "Tupperware" cups. I remember seeing them in the fridge and getting so excited for pudding. Well, I looked in the cupboard and did have two vanilla puddings. I whipped them up and put the pudding into these much prettier ice cream glasses. I stuck them into the fridge to get hard and just couldn't wait until the kids ate their dinner, so they could see the pretty pudding I had made. Well, the kids ate their dinner well. They gobbled up their green beans and chicken. I think they all had seconds of their veggies. Now, it was time to unveil the yummy surprise. When I brought it out they all turned up their noses. All three of them said, "I don't like pudding!" Of-course, they have never had it and so they really didn't know if they liked it or not. A normal mom would have just said, "fine, it is dessert! You don't HAVE to eat dessert." Well, not me! I worked hard (sort of) and wanted them to try it and like it! Can I just tell you, my kids are so weird! We had to force feed them DESSERT! My parents were over and we were laughing so hard. "EAT YOUR DESSERT OR YOU WON'T GET ANY MORE VEGGIES!" We have never had to force our kids to eat veggies. They LOVE them...every kind! Apparently we have to make them try desserts. CRAZY! We finally got Melanie to taste it by giving her gram crackers to dip. Spencer took his "one" taste and wouldn't eat anymore! We tried and tried to get Chelsea to try it and she just refused. Oh well, I guess they are not pudding eaters. Wait! Maybe, I will try chocolate!!

Stay strong fellow Californians!

I don' t know about you, but this has been the hardest thing ever. I was just sent this picture and it is exactly how I have been feeling. We are in this together guys. Be strong!!

When you just have to go!

The other day I was out doing my daily, early morning 4 mile walk with my friend Stephanie. I had Chelsea in the jogger and on about the 2nd mile, Chelsea "has to go potty". Well, you know when they have to go, they have to go? So, I asked if she could hold it. She said, "NO, mommy!" Of-course, they don't tell you until they really HAVE TO GO! So, we were in a little trouble. We asked her if she wanted to go in the bushes, she looked at us like we were weird-os. Spencer does it! I guess we never "taught" her to do it. So, she did know! She started to cry! We had just past a school a mile back and we were like 2 miles from home. We were also on the Borchard grade, which is a pretty busy road. I didn't know what I was going to do. Until my brilliant friend Stephanie spotted an "Andy Gump". Most people call them out houses I guess, but to me they are "andies"! It was sitting on the side of the road where some workers had been working on a project. Everyone knows that these things are the MOST disgusting things ever and I wasn't about to let my 3 year old go into one and pee. "The bushes were cleaner", I said. As we got to it, Chelsea recognized it (from our summer beach trips, I guess), jumped out of the stroller and started for it. Stephanie and I looked at each other. UMMMM...I peeked inside. It was the most beautiful Andy I had ever seen and smelled. It was spotless. It even had a fresh roll of TP and sanitizer for the hands. I then noticed the service date and time. They came and serviced it like 10 minutes prior. So, yes...we used it! I didn't hear any honks as cars roared by, so maybe no one we knew saw us. Let me know if you did! I kept looking over my shoulder. So, Chelsea was happy and we were able to finish our walk. So, the moral is don't laugh when people have Andies in front of their houses, you might have to use it sometime and you will be glad! THE END
P.S. this isn't a picture of the actual Andy. If it were, I would have just knocked on the door of the house behind it. I didn't have my camera, so this is just a picture I found on the internet. Our Andy was on a lonely road with no houses.

Just playing around!

My girls LOVE High School Musical and are very excited for #3 to come out in just a few weeks. Chelsea and I were playing around with JIB JAB today once again. Sorry everyone, but I post these mostly for my own kids to look at and their cousins! They love them! Enjoy! I might be a little bias, but I think Spencer looks way hotter then Troy! Oh, and those who know my mom have to check this out. Yes, this was this past last summer. Doesn't she look HOT! Oh! and mom, while we were messing around, Chelsea kept wanting one of grandma with Troy. She said, "make Grandma Troy's hunny!" I said, "Grandma already has a hunny!" "Oh yah...grandpa right?" Chelsea said. RIGHT!!

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Six Quirky Things About Me!

This is a tag from my friend Sarah! It only took me a week to think of things. By the way I tag Denise, Becky E., Kasea, Evan Mackay and who ever else wants to do it! These things are fun! Thanks, Sarah

Here are 6 things that make me a little Quirky!!!! (sorry it is so long)

1. I love Taco Bell! If someone offered me the choice of Taco Bell or food from a fancy Mexican restaurant, I would take Taco Bell! This might sound gross to some of you, but there is something about their refried beans and their famous hot sauce!! YUMMOOO! The BEST thing is, it is cheap! Yah, I know and fatting! My roommate in college, Becky and I used to drive ½ an hour away to get our taco bell. THEN, we would steal extra packets of hot sauce. OH COME ON…you know you have done it too!

2. I HATE SHOES! Most girls love them. Why? NOT ME! The only time you will find shoes on my feet is at 8:00 in the morning while exercising! It just doesn’t feel good to exercise barefoot. My tennis shoes are off the feet by 9:30 a.m. and don’t return to my feet until the next day at 8:00 a.m. I am always barefoot! I am guilty of driving all the way to the store, several times, only to return home for shoes. Is it even legal to drive barefoot? I do it all the time! I don’t know why this is exactly?? It could be because my mother never wore shoes, so I followed her sweet example. It could be because I wear a size 12 women’s and they don’t make very many of those. No cute ones anyway. I think the real reason is because you usually have to wear socks with shoes and socks are just not OK! Here is my thing on socks. Socks are the most annoying things ever. You put them on, either with shoes or without shoes, you start walking…everything is fine for a while and then that random seam above your toes begins to shift and before you know it your whole sock has shifted and that seam that is supposed to stay above your toes is now under your toes. AND the part that is called the heel??? HUMMM!!! That is the most irritating feeling! You know what I'm talking about. You are left with the uncomfortable feeling of a crooked sock. OK, then there is HOT FEET! Is it just me? My feet get SO hot in socks and shoes that my feet burn like fire and sweat. I really hate that feeling. Don’t even getting me going on the whole tights/nylon thing. Those are a whole other feeling. Girls, you know what I am talking about. Sandals and flip-flops are the only way to go. You slip them on easily and in one second you can take them off with just as much ease as putting them on. I lived back east, in the coldest weather ever, for a time. My friends would laugh at me as I walked around in sandals on the icy snow. Yah, I would freeze, but to me, cold feet are better than hot, sweaty feet!

3. I am so competitive. Maybe it is because I have 4 older brothers. Who knows? I guess it has made me part of who I am today. My competitive nature has helped me many times, but there is one time that I will never forget. I was in labor with my second child, Melanie. I was dilated to a six and I was beginning to feel the pain. There was a woman who came in the same time I did. We shared the same midwife. We were moving along at about the same pace. I started begging for an epidural. Those who know epidurals know that they can slow your delivery process down. Dan looked at me in the eye like a true coach and said, “do you want to have your midwife deliver this baby and get out of here, or do you want to be sitting here while your midwife is delivering the women next door?” I knew right then I had to go natural and beat that women! I did it too!

4. I have to be comfy! I really don’t like dressing up just to run my kids around all day! I hate that all the moms are looking beautiful when taking their kids to school. It is 8:00 for peat sake! I am in sweats or for those hot days…sweat shorts. I do get dressed in “clothes” after my shower, but as soon as I get home, I change again! NO SOCKS though!

5. My friends laugh at me! I am an organized freak! No, I am not OCD by any means. I just like things put away the right way so I can find them. That is, things that are out in the open and that have many parts. My scrapbook room on the other hand, is a mess. It makes my husband mad. I so bad want to organize his garage! I tried once. He got really mad at me and told me to leave his stuff alone. He said he won’t be able to find anything if I organize it. WHAT??? OK, so you have to see my kid’s toy cupboard. I would take a picture of it, but no camera today…sorry! You will have to just come visit me.

6. I have this thing about toys. We have a LOT of toys for our kids and this is why. It’s all me!! OK, say Spencer gets Spiderman for his birthday. Well, I automatically think, he has to have batman and robin and wonder woman and flash…see, where I am going? I have to complete the set. If Melanie gets a Cinderella Barbie, she has to have Snow White and Ariel and Sleeping Beauty…This has slowed down a bit as I am running out of room in my toy cupboard and I am really sick of picking up toys off the floor constantly. Bad, Bad, MOMMY!