I am amazed that at such a young age (kindergarten) girls are talking about being "fat". I understand where it comes from . . . the mom. But what do you tell your little kindergartner when she comes home from school and asks you if she can drink diet drinks?! Of course you ask why in the heck???? Because a friend told her that if she drinks diet drinks she will be skinnier. Then Sam tells me that this same little girl told her that she would be her friend if she were skinnier and that 2 other boys don't like her because she is fat. SERIOUSLY, REALLY ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
AND SO IT BEGINS . . . . .
Posted by The Rich's at 4/13/2011 04:44:00 PM 2 comments
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
WHY DO I THINK I CAN DO THESE THINGS?!
I like to think that I can attempt everything, but sometimes it's a definite reality check for me. We signed the kids up for swim lessons and their first lesson was today. So I got Sam and Mason ready in their suits and loaded all 3 in the car. We got there and they were bouncing off the wall excited to get started. I thought it would be a good thing to sign them up and have their lessons be at the same time. Good and Bad. Trying to get both of their shoes and clothes off and get them into the pool . . . . tricky. Samantha was awesome, I didn't even need to really be over there watching. She loved it and paid such great attention to her teacher (she told me her teacher looks like aunt Hilary). I tried to watch her as much as I could, but let's face it, Mason and Luella had my full attention. Oh yea, I've been holding Luella in my pregnant arms this whole time. Mason was not paying attention or doing what his teacher said as much as he should have been. He mainly just wanted to play around. I had to kinda yell at him (it was really loud in there with all the fountains), and ask and re ask him to pay attention. But he did it. So then, after their lessons were over, it was tricky to get both of the kids dried off, get their shoes on and get them on their way to the car, with Lu in my arms. Oh and Sam had a major melt down while we were leaving because she didn't want to carry her sandles. So when I finally convinced her to just put her shoes on, and I grabbed the towels with Luella in my arms, have I already mentioned that? I had about had it. Being 4 weeks away from having this baby, carrying Luella on my fat hip, and trying to do something nice for the kids by taking them to swim lessons might have been more than I can handle right now. I'm not complaining, but I am. It's just that if I weren't pregnant, or didn't have Luella attached to my hip it would have been a lot easier. So I texted Ben and let him know that as of now until the end of swim lessons he needs to be off early enough so that he can come and help me with the kids, or I could just hire a sitter 3 times a week. Either way, I really want this to be fun for Sam and Mason, and as much as I would like to be super mom, I just can't.
Posted by The Rich's at 4/05/2011 09:00:00 PM 3 comments
Sunday, April 3, 2011
MASON'S HUGE SUCCESS
This past week has been so dang exhausting! Who would have thought that teaching someone to go potty on the toilet would be so tiring. Mason turned 4 last month and I figure it would be in my best interest (not to have 3 kids in diapers) and in Mason's best interest (so he can go to pre school next fall) to get the potty training done before the new baby comes. We are kind of on a time line. This little boy will be here in a short 4 1/2 weeks.
Posted by The Rich's at 4/03/2011 03:03:00 PM 1 comments