Happy Birthday Stellan

The sweet boy I introduced some of you to yesterday is celebrating his first birthday today. No little one should have to celebrate such a momentous occasion in the hospital. He is still in need of many prayers. So please pray for this little man. You can read his story and meet his amazing and strong mother at MckMama.

Thanks for the prayers and Happy Birthday Stellan!

Please Pray for Stellan

Some of you might know Stellan's story, others will not. Please visit his mom's blog at MckMama. Stellan is having a rough time right now with his SVT and can use all the prayers you can send him.

Thanks!

Not Me Monday

Welcome to Not Me Monday, a blog carnival started by MckMama! This lovely little thing allows us to share what we don't do in a nonguilt kind of way. Please visit MckMama's Blog to see what she hasn't done lately!

So lets see what did I or my family not do this weekend. I certainly did not buy 2 bags of Halloween candy and then proceed to not allow my 4 year old to have several pieces of said candy. He hates candy and would never eat on piece before dinner let alone 10. Nope not my kid.

I also did not practically bathe my children in Anti-Bac while they were at their cousins birthday party and a bounce house. I am not paraniod at all and don't worry about H1N1 all the time, nope not me.

I also did not allow my 1 year old to eat a whole box of popcorn at his cousins football game on Saturday just so I could watch the game since I have never seen him play and really wanted to watch not walk around with J. I would never do that.

I also did not allow R to walk around all day yesterday in his new snowboots cause he likes them so much, we never wear shoes in our house. Nope not us.

I also did not tell my husband that if he was cold he could just bundle up cause I was leaving the windows open all day yesterday to try to air out the maple syrup smell that seems to be lingering in our house.

I also am not suffering from my horrible allergies from leaving windows open. I also will not tell my husband that I should not have left the windows open nope not me!

Not Me Monday

Welcome to not me Monday. This blog carnival was created by MckMama! You can head over to her blog to see what she and everyone else have not been doing!

So lets see what have I not done this time. I certainly did not secretly clean and detoy my oldest room while he slept and threw away all broken toys whether he played with them or not and then goodwilled all toys that he didn't play with. I didn't not consult him so I could get rid of more than he liked. Nope I would never do that and I am certainly not doing it to my youngest room this week.

I also did not feed my kids fast food for breakfast lunch and dinner on Saturday, I would never do that I love to cook for my family.

I also did not cry when my son got his football trophey because I was so very proud of him and I am not secrectly wishing it was going to continue because not only did he enjoy it but it did him so much good playing with boys his age.

I also did not count down till bedtime last night, with my Husband gone, I love spending quality time with my boys and would never ever wish the time to go faster so I could maybe have 10 minutes of peace.

I also did not stay up till Midnight last night knowing I would be exhausted this morning because I was watch Slumdog Millonaire and I couldn't tear myself away from the TV.

You should go checkout Mckmama's blog, I bet there are lots of really good not me's!

Living the Dream...

So today I am driving R to preschool and he was lamenting (translated whining) about me not picking him up and how Aunt A picks him up from preschool. He asked me why I had to work and I told him that I had to pay the bills and that Mommy and Daddy like to make sure he has things he likes like TV and warm water. He proceeded to tell me that TV should be free and so should hot water and food. Cause in a warped mind of a 4 almost 5 year old the only thing that is important is playing with Mommy and Daddy. When I told him that without mommy and daddy going to work we wouldn't be able to buy new games for the Wii and new Legos and new Pokemon, he then proclaimed that I must go to work and we will just play when you get home like normal.

Ahh to be young and innocent! I love to hear his priorities!

Welcome to not me Monday. This blog carnival was created by MckMama! You can head over to her blog to see what she and everyone else have not been doing!

Let me start with this little doosey! I certainly did not after walking into my oldest room and see chalk all over the walls, first didn't not tell him we don't write on the walls, but if you are going to please only use chalk, I also didn't add chalk board paint to my list for Lowes so that they can have a place to actually use said chalk instead of their little easel. I would never condone writing on our walls. That is absolutely out of the question.

I did not take our oldest to the grocery store and allow him to pick out 2 boxes of donuts for breakfast this week so I could be lazy and sleep and extra five minutes. I would never allow my healthy kids to have donuts for breakfast. I also did not make my family a very yummy breakfast of sausage gravy and biscuits only to not eat it and drive through McDonalds and get a yummy egg mcmuffin instead. I always eat what I make my kids eat.

I also did not allow my youngest child to have small bites of chips yesterday while I was watching football, who gives one year olds greasy potato chips just so she doesn't have to get up and make a healthy snack and possibly miss and important score in her football game. I would never do that.

I also did not put both my kids to bed early so I could watch Sunday night Football with out interruptions and so I could yell and scream at my favorite team with out worrying I would damage the growing brains of my little ones.

I'm sure I didn't do many more things this week but for now that is all I can think of! Enjoy!

Another Weekend Over!

Well another weekend is over and once again I got nothing I wanted to do done. Why is it I make grand plans to get so much stuff done on the weekends, and when I comes down to it, I play with the boys, and do little else? Is it the guilt of having to work during the week and them going to bed shortly after I get home? Is it my desire to just hang out and be lazy, or is it my inner self wanting to be doing anything except sorting through toys, clothes and just junk that needs to be sorted before Christmas and Birthdays bring more toys, clothes and junk. I just don't know.

What I do know is that right now, the boys have no room for more toys, I need to find a way to organize what they have and get rid of what they don't play with. My poor house is busting at the seams, and sadly it is my fault. I buy so much for the boys and generally they play with the same few toys over and over again. I just love to see them have fun and new toys seems to do the trick. It seems like we can't leave Target, Walmart or even the grocery store without some sort of new and exciting play thing. So my goal on the weekends is always to sort and dispose of.

Well this morning I had a wonderful idea. R is going out of town this weekend so little R and I are going to go through his toys on Sunday and do a major purge. I am going to try to explain to him about how some kids aren't as lucky as he is and then he and I are going to take all the old toys that are still in good shape to the local women's shelter so the little boys and girls can have gifts to. I am hoping this will work, he is really starting to understand this point so I am praying by next Monday we will be able to walk through his bedroom and maybe just maybe open his closet door. A mom can dream right...Stay Tuned!