Fun 4 Mommies...

Wow, 5:45pm & all my pizza-faced princesses are fast asleep. Aidann dipped out in the middle of eating her english muffin pizza (Yum, recipe in "2 Feed a Toddler" tab) & shortly after Asher started shouting from her highchair, "Please, put me night-night! Please!". I mean, we didn't even go anywhere today & just played at home. Anyway, it was very interesting brushing their teeth while they were fast asleep!Anyway, on to tonight's post...Check this out mommies...

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-M&M Momma

Bow-a-holic Ramblings

Okay, so because of a birthday party this weekend that gave out hair bows for party favors (totally loved!), my bow collection has officially reached ridiculous! In the middle rearranging the bows to try & accommodate everything, out of curiosity I decided to go ahead & just count them... I will not give out exact numbers in hopes of skipping the eye rolls & shaking heads, but we'll just say 300+. Now, to those who may not have lil' ladies or just not care to get into the whole bow thing they would probably say, "Wow, that is more than enough". Well, I tell you non-bow-addict it is not enough! You may have a pink bow, but then there is the light pink outfit, dark pink outfit, animal print pink outfit, fancy pink outfit, casual pink outfit. I mean, you have to have like 20 different types of pink to just keep up! Then multiply that by 3 lil' girls with tons of different pink outfits & don't forget the times you do triple outfits & have to have all matching bows! Geez... You feel me know? Even with my medium collection, there are still some holes like lime greens, oranges, yellows, blues, dark purples, grays, reds, tans, more browns, & fancy over-the-top bows. I mean, don't EVEN get me started! Lol...
-M&M Momma

Dancing to Aidy's
favorite princess song
"Bippity Boppity Boo"

Playing dress-up
with daddy!
She's painting
his nails...Lol

Easter Update

Today was a very busy holiday, so I don't have anything too deep for you. Got to spend some time with my family, had a lovely dinner at Jay's family's house, & then ended the day at the firehouse visiting Jay & the rest of his crew. Great holiday, time to get back in it tomorrow. Hope you all enjoyed yourselves & your families also. Time to work off all this Easter food now. :)-M&M Momma

Venting...

[Not the venting part yet..Lol, I'll let ya know. Coming up soon...]
So today we definitely put some miles on the old SUV running here & there & everywhere today, but it was fun! We had a family get together at my mom's house where we enjoyed food, egg hunts, and tons of picture taking of course. We then got to visit the park where they had train rides, balloon making, "bouncy boxes" (Aidy's term for jump castles), & a big Easter bunny walking around that my kids sooo could have dealt without. Once Aidann laid her eyes on that thing she informed us that definitely ready to leave to go home & go "night night" instead. After the park, we headed to 1 of the lil' girls' friend's 1st birthday party. Once again an another adorable princess themed birthday! We told Aidy and Ashy the party was at "Pump It Up", a wonderland filled with blown up slides, "bouncy boxes", & all that fun stuff. Aidann's only concern was birthday= eat cake and ice cream! Well, the kids konked out in no time at all, so lets see if I can get a lil' something out there...
[Okay, now I am about to get into the whole venting part. Proceed at your own risk. Lol, just kidding]
I know it is a given & people are always talking about how much pressure is on men/daddies these days to provide for their families. Especially, the ones that serve as the sole provider of their home. I totally agree, they have a lot on their plates & I am by NO MEANS trying to take away what a huge responsibility & honor that is, but I also think mommies tend to take the weight of the world on their shoulders a lot of times as well in different ways-or maybe its just me. Lol. Children are a HUGE part of our hearts & when they hurt, we hurt. The littlest concerns about what some might consider so minimal & stupid, could also by the BIGGEST deal to us mommies. I have definitely noticed this unhealthy tendency in myself so much more since taking on marriage but especially mommyhood. I am always concerned: "Am I giving this child enough attention?", "Am I spending enough time with my hiusband", "Am I doing enough to enrich the girls' lives?", "Did I handle this situation right or that situation right?", "Am I disciplining enough?", "Am I discplining too much", "I didn't get everything on my to-do list done", "The laundry is starting to pile up", "The girls are having a growth spurt now I have to hurry & get enough clothes", & yaddah yaddah yaddah. Sometimes these worries even cause us enough stress they rob us of sleep-And goodness knows we need as much of that as we can get. Haha! The very last concern on our minds is usually ourselves!?! Gosh, I can't even tell you how many times I have to actually stop & remind myself to eat or drink in a day. 1 of my girls (who is just fine now thank you GOD), was dealing with a lil' health issue recently. I literally felt like there was an actual weight sitting there on my back the weeks leading up to the surgery. My neck was constantly aching from all the stress & I was fortunate to even get 2 or 3 hours asleep each night. Now, a lot of people might sit there & help me try to justify the anxiety I was dealing with, but seriously it isn't okay. It's not healthy & its not right. As mommies we need to sometimes check our baggage at the door, take a deep breath, & just realize evryhting will be alright. I have to give my hysband credit because the other night I just unloaded absolutely everything on him. Not in a mean way, but just kind of venting & letting it off my shoulders. A man's 1st instinct is to try & "fix it", but sometimes a woman just needs their guy to listen. Props to you Jay for just listening.We have to find a way to release it. A hobby could be helpful. My mom told me this story she read in a book once (Forwarning, Mom. I will probably butcher it). But basically in a nutshell there was this guy who was always so stressed out. Finally 1 day he decided that he would save all his worrying for Tuesdays only. So, anytime a worry would come up any other day, he would tell himself he would just have to save the worry about it until Tuesday. And you know what, 9 times out of 10 that worry worked itself out before Tuesday even rolled around. (I need to try that out). Anyway, what a good awesome logic. Stress is just not good for us or on our bodies, its not productive at all, so why do it to yourself? Go out and get a pedicure, I DARE you! Take a load off for awhile. Your a great mom & God's got it handled okay?Have an awesome night all!-M&M Momma

Birthday Girl!

Aidy's favorite part!

Obedience to the 3rd Power!

So, a rule that my husband & I make a point to enforce is that once the girls are put to bed, they need to stay in bed (Ashy is.... improving). I hadn't heard a peep from Aidann in awhile. I decided to sneak upstairs to see what she was up to. Talk about taking mommy & daddy literally & taking the word "obedience" to the ultimate power. Apparently, she had to go to the bathroom but didn't want to disobey..... Awe.

Yes, that is an Elmo potty chair on the bed.

-M&M Momma

Time Out!

No, you're not in trouble but I have a lot going on right now so I need to take 2 personal days. Thanks to all my friends & family & all your support at this time. Nothing but great things ahead!!! Be back Thursday. Thanks again & feel free to refer back to old posts, enjoy the various pages, & please "follow"/join if you have not already.


-M&M Momma

"Where Did Your Pants Go!?!?"

Don't let Asher's pictures deceive you, she has the tiniest lil' waist ever! Anyway, yesterday we decided a family walk would be fun so we changed a few diapers, took a few potty breaks, changed some outfits, got on some shoes, filled some sippy cups, got the strollers out, and then we were finally ready to get going. Asher wanted to start off our journey walking, well there we were half way down the street & not only had she lost a Croc, but her pants were completely gone as well!?!? Yay, "Where are your PANTS!?!". Apparently, our super ninja Asher had oh so slyly slipped out her lil' necessary piece of garment (her shoe as well). So the pants hunt was on! Eventually after some top notch detective work, the pants & shoe were located & the family walk was back on!-M&M Momma

Ash chillin' by the house
as we try to locate
missing Croc & pants

THE pants

And the prize for
greatest daddy goes to...

Earlier that day in church class
Awe...
They caught it on a cellphone

Post church pose

Watching mommy sing on stage