This little Bunn E Hung ouside

by the kids playhouse all day today. I can't believe I was able to get as close as I did without scaring him away.

Day one of demolition

We are making our Sun room part of our Living room. Today, I removed the strip from the bottom of the walls and took out the carpet in half of the sun room. I am so impressed with myself. I think I might be a little hard ass!~
photos suck because I was lazy and took them with the DS. LOL

untouched


without the carpet and
the wall to the right will be leaving soon :)

another from yesterday

It was suppose to rain today

but it is a good thing it stopped in time for my fun family shoot! This family lives out of state and will be leaving tomorrow. It was Today or nothing. Hope they love their pictures!

not much time to post

so I am going to add another park picture. My kids love the new park we have been going to. I think I may be there a lot this Summer.

Migraine from Hell

so this is going to be short and sweet! My girls at the playground yesterday and their new friend.

WEIRDO

I have been so cranky lately and not sure why. You would think with all the beautiful weather I would be in a great mood. Anyway, today We did Weirdo pictures.

Report Cards

were sent home yesterday. Mya did pretty good, but did get 2 N's. That means she needs to improve. The one I was confused on though...It was counting 1-90. I had her count for me and she counted 1-127. I don't know, maybe she is like me and chokes when she takes tests at school. The other area needing improvement is recognizing quarter, nickels and dimes. These kids have to know so much more then I had to when I was in Kindergarten. I was shocked to learn they were learning fractions. Over all though she is doing really well and I am proud of her.

Happy Green Day

Yesterday, Mya came home from school and said that she was to wear Green for today. I said, "You have that green shirt in your drawer in your room and you can wear that." It is the only Green shirt this kid owns. I thought she will love this because it used to be her favorite shirt and her 2nd favorite color is GREEN! Wow was I ever wrong. She now doesn't like that shirt. So I told her that she wasn't going to be able to wear Green because that shirt is the only shirt we had that was Green. Then she made the suggestion to spray her hair Green. I wasn't all into that idea, but this morning I shocked her by spraying it Green. It actually was cute. I told her I needed some pictures for my Blog and she was all about that. She loves to be the talk of my Blog. While I was taking her picture, she said she was posing like they do on "TOP MODEL". I love my kids!

This pose HERE not the "TOP MODEL" pose



This possibly is the "TOP MODEL" pose

Broken!

I think the time change has just messed up my life. I am so lazy during the day and the kids and I can't fall a sleep at our regular bed time, which then makes it seriously hard to wake up in the morning. As hard as it was to get going this morning and get Mya ready for school I did it. The whole time I was thinking about the delicious heavenly taste of coffee I would have once I was back from taking her to school.
My body seems to be so broken these days. Not sure if it is old age kicking in or what, but I ache. My hand has so much pain. I am guessing it is tendinitis or some shit like that. Then add on the possibility of endometriosis and I am just DONE~...
Apparently so is my coffee pot!~ I went to make that coffee that I desperately needed, turned the water on to fill the pot and then .........it happened........something I feared would happen someday..........I clanked the pot off the sink and our Love affair was over in seconds.


The relationship we shared was a special one that lasted for a wonderful 3 years. Now my heart is broken like the rest of me.

Mya's storey

I just love to listen to Mya play teacher with Laken. It is really funny that she can read the early reader books, but when she plays school she just makes stories up from looking at the pictures. Today I decided to document her story while she read it(making it up) to Laken. It went like this:

SAY BOO(really what the book was called)
Say Boo. This book is called, "SAY BOO" Ben was scared of the darkness.
Then she paused a moment and said LAKEN YOU NEED TO LOOK AT ME WHEN I AM READING. BACK TO THE BOOK. Then he looked in the mirror in the dark. Then his mom talked to Ben. Then he went in the woods painful in the dark. The owl said "WHO" Ghosts don't say "WHO". Cows were up, down and under him and then he went down and saw the cow and he said "MOO"
Laken says something, but Mya didn't know what she was meaning so this is what I hear next:
LAKEN, I DON'T WANT THE T.V. ON OR YOU CAN'T DO BALLET. BACK TO THE BOOK. Then he went! LAKEN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT, BUT I'M NOT LISTENING. LAKEN COME ON!(she is quite the bossy one today).
Then he saw a bird. Coo he said. Then he met a bat. He didn't know and the ghost said "BOO, BOO, BOO" The ghost explained "BOO, BOO, BOO" said the other ghost and Ben. Then End!~

I also am posting a picture of Mya with a patch on her eye today. we found out that Mya was almost blind in her right eye when she was 3. I had always told the doctors that she was more clumsy then I felt she should be, but they always said there was nothing wrong. Until one day we had to take Laken into the peds when she was sick and in walked the doctor who was drawn to Mya. He asked if he could test her eyes and I of course said yes. It was then that my heart broke in half. Mya looked at the letters and said, "I CAN'T SEE!" as sad as I was, I was also thankful for finally finding the reason she was so clumsy. We were referred to Doctor Cheng in Pittsburgh(who is supposed to be the best there is) It was then that we were told she would have to patch her eye and wear glasses. I thought that the glasses would be a huge problem, but that was the easy part. It was getting her to wear a patch that became the biggest stress on my life! I had a newborn to take care of mostly by myself and had to try to get my 3 year old to wear a patch on her good eye and learn to do things only using her bad eye. I first started out buying really cute patches on the internet that cost a ton of money only to have her cheat and have no change in her vision or crossing of her eyes after 6 months. Dr. Cheng said we needed to switch her onto the adhesive patches(which completely scared the shit out of me thinking the fight she would put up)Actually it was the easiest one of all for us to deal with. Over the Summer we kind of slacked on the patching because of swimming, and then my Dad was in his horrible accident and then I just completely kept forgetting. Now I am trying to get back on track and today we did well with it. I was proud of her. Soon we will need to visit Dr. Cheng again and probably at that point will be discussing her surgery. Something that I am so fearful of. They say the surgery will be simple, but I think when it is your own child surgery is never simple. It scares me to death. So here is my big girl and her patch today.

3 months and 18 hours

later and FINALLY I was able to get music on Mya's DSI. Actually I tried around Christmas time and that was a total fail. Today I decided to give it another try and like always when I can't figure something out I go to YOUTUBE to find videos to help me learn. I am almost sure I learned from a nine year old. I think I realized today that I am now my Parents. Well actually I learned I was old and out of date, but not really today. It may have been last Summer when I was talking to my 2 teenage neighbor girls about the card catalogs in library and they had to clue what the hell that even was. Apparently it is all done on the computer now. Anyway, Now Mya will drive us crazy listening and singing to her music on the DS while her Dad and I are trying to hear the news or something. Plus now of course Laken wants hers to do the same(which means I have to try to do this all over again).... Then Their father and I will be trying to hear over 2 girls listening to music. Oh well....When I see their faces light up, it makes it all worth it.

I have a smart 3 year old

YEP I DO~ She just told me, "Mom that cereal smells like......"(CAN YA GUESS WHAT SHE SAID??


DRUM ROLL PLEASE~


CEREAL
Were you waiting for a better answer? Really what did you think it could smell like? Isn't she a smart one? I think she takes after her Daddy. No, but for real she is totally smarter then I give her credit for. Today we found out that she can say our phone number! I was really impressed! She also can count to 20 minus a few numbers and last night on her new DSI she was writing letters and numbers that I didn't know she knew how to do. Just now she came and sat on my lap and said, "Mommy I love you" I kissed her on the cheek and said "I love you to Honey!" then she said, "do you know why I love you? I love you because I love you!" I am thinking this kid is going to grow into a witty adult.

So excited

Every time Bill and I go somewhere we are not familiar with, we borrow my Mom's navigation system which is really outdated at this point. So...Today we went and bought a Garmin. I can't wait until it ships.

this is the one that we bought


SO that is what we went to Best Buy for originally, but not only did we buy that...we got the 2nd little monkey her own DSI. I just said about 2-3 weeks ago that she was not allowed to play with Mya's because I didn't think she would understand it at all. I WAS SO WRONG~ About a week ago,I found her playing with it and she really does know what she is doing. It is her early birthday present! My kids are so spoiled! Blue is her FAVORITE color and look how cute she is playing it on the way home.

Lucky

I was so lucky to be able to babysit this sweetie pie today. What a gorgeous girl she is and such a good baby! It was so fun to have a little tiny baby to get pictures of.

I think this Little stinker takes after her Mommy. Yesterday, she woke up and started to complain that her ear hort(hurt). So I took the rice pad that I made for Mya a week and a half ago, warmed it up and told her to use that for a while. I was for sure we were going to be making a visit to the Doctor's. It turns out that I think she just wanted to be like her big Sister. Maybe she just wanted extra attention....I am just glad that she is ok.



Now onto Mya! I am just so proud of her. Her teacher sent home a really positive note the other day. It said that she works hard and tries her best in Kindergarten also that she is very polite and attentive. Makes me feel so great knowing that I play a part in that. Mya's teacher now lets the kids bring home some of her books from her class room. I cannot believe how great Mya is getting at reading the early learning books. Amazing how fast these kids learn!

The lesson has been learned

that there will be no more Markers in the livingroom and if it is on your hands you may not touch the couches. Thankfully this was not a huge mess to deal with. Laken had Marker on her eye from her fingers and it looked like a bad make up job or that she was a fighter. Later in the evening I found a small mark on the couch, but thankfully it wiped right off. The protectant on the couches is really amazing!

check it out

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These will be the death of me

December 31st I had started dieting and lost 18 pounds. Sadly I have rediscovered BILO Grocery stores donut section again. I cannot eat just one. I bought a dozen today and I bet before all is said and done I will have had at least 4 of them. I will be so sad when I do get brave enough to step on the scale again.
Just look at these lil heavenly things.

Beautiful day and lucky kid

Gosh the weather in Pennsylvania is gorgeous today! The snow has melted some and I was able to open the windows in the car when we went shopping. It was so nice to get some fresh air. It is amazing how the weather can change someones moods. I cant wait for the better days to come and stay a while.
My parents took Mya shopping today because that is what she wanted to do for her birthday with them. I didn't want them to come to her party at Chuck E Cheese because my Dad had his 2nd round of Chemo a few days before and I didn't want him to risk getting sick. They spoiled her :) She picked out a dress all by herself and she was so happy she was allowed to pick it out with no help. She got a new bathing suit for the beach and a pair of flip flops, a cover up thing for her to wear over her suit and an ICARLY purse. My child has so many purses I have lost track. Mya is the biggest girly girl! So even though it is to cold for her new dress, I took her out for a quick picture. I am so blessed!~


I couldn't forget Laken. I think I am in love with this picture I took.

Glow Golf

Today we were invited to a birthday party in a place that is glow in the dark golfing. This was the first time I have ever been to such a place. It was pretty cool and also kinda trippy to. The kids really enjoyed themselves though. I did not take my camera to the mall, but my friend took some pictures so I may be able to borrow some for my blog at a later date. LOL~
They were so excited that they were allowed to bring home some of the balloons and I am sure the Mommy of the birthday girl was happy they took them :)





Have I mentioned just how in Love I am with my babies?

This next picture is for Ashley since she asked me about my couches. I only got one decent picture so far

Special Delivery

We got our new furniture today!
Mya got a new bed a few years ago, but she decided that she wanted to share a room with her little sister. So we went looking at beds and Mya fell in love with a nice loft bed. Laken actually said that she would sleep on it if we bought it instead of sleeping with me like she has done for the last 3 years. YES, I know there really is no reason she should be sleeping with me. Matter of fact I was so strict with the YOU WILL SLEEP IN YOUR OWN ROOM policy until I had Laken. Not sure if it was because I will never have any more children and I wanted to savor every baby moment I could or if I was just to lazy to stay up on the nights she wouldn't sleep...Yeah thinking it had a lot to do with being lazy....Although I do love to sleep with my kids. Last night Mya had a horrible time that I took her bed down. She said it is the only bed she could sleep really good on. I told her she would feel differently when the new bed got here, but she seemed to think she was right and I was wrong.
She came home from school today and was so excited about the bed and both girls keep asking me if it is bed time yet. I hope they sleep great and I do not have to sleep with Laken's feet kicking me in the ribs all night.
My neighbors came to see my furniture, but stayed for quite a while because they were so comfortable. I never owned a couch that people enjoyed sitting on so it was nice to see instead of seeing the usual I have a spring up my ass look on their faces.

A very special visit

Today my parents came to visit. Laken was so excited, but I think my Dad enjoyed it best. 4 years ago my dad was in a horrible car accident. He was thrown out of the vehicles front windshield on I95 and survived. That is a freaking Miracle.
September 2009 my Dad was working as usual because that is what my Dad is and always has been is a worker. I got a call from my Mom telling me that my Dad fell off of a ladder almost 20 feet while putting a roof on a garage. He was in so much pain and spent many hours in the E.R while they tried to get him stable. Finally they placed him in a room where trauma doctors would need to keep an eye on him. He started off being very stable even though he did have a small brain bleed, 6 broken ribs(I think) a collapsed lung, broken bones in his back, a broken neck, and lots of cuts and scratches. That night before my Mom went home from the hospital, she warned the nurses that my Dad is tough like a Bull and that he will try to get out of bed. The nurses informed my Mom that there is no way at all that he could do that. She said the moment he would move it would pull on his chest tube and he wouldn't move. They said they would keep a close eye on him. In the morning my Mom called the hospital very early to see how his condition was and he was stable. A few hours later as we were getting ready to go spend the day at the hospital my Mom got a phone call from the hospital. They told her that they had a slight accident. My Dad got out of bed and had fallen and had to get staples in his head. To say my Mom was furious was an understatement. That night my Dad had to be put into ICU where he spent weeks being on a ventilator, unable to talk to us and not knowing if we were bringing him home ever again. Slowly he did begin to improve, but we had another thing to deal with once he was home. Again it was a huge shock to deal with when they told my Mom that he had a mass in his stomach and that it could be his Melanoma coming back. As horrible as this accident was, I believe the reason it happened was to find out about this cancer before it got worse. My Dad was in the hospital for 41 days. The longest 41 days of our lives. Once he was home, my Mom had to tell him that he had Cancer(for the 4th time in his life). He took it way better then I expected, but I know that he misses working and doing what he wants. I love him so much and am happy to see him spend time with my kids that I was so unsure he would ever be able to do again.

boys!

Today I had to babysit in the morning. I have 2 girls and 0 boys. When I babysit I have 2 boys and my 2 girls! When they go home, I thank God he didn't bless me with boys cause I don't think I could handle them. I have a husband and that is enough boy for me.
What a different world boys are from! With my girls I can just chill out, but the boys man....They wanna box, wrestle, and fight! I was trying to get the youngest boy ready to take the 2 oldest kids to school and he banged his head off my lip. Holy Hell IT HURT~brought tears to my eyes and I thought my lip would be as fat as my ass for at least the rest of the day.(of course he did it by accident)....I THINK.
After coming back from our ride to the school, the wrestling began again. I asked him if he wanted a knuckle sandwich and this is how our 3 minute conversation went.
ME: do you want a knuckle sandwich??
the boy: Do you wan a knuckle famich?
Me:Do you want a knuckle sandwich??
The boy: Do you wan a knuckle famich?
Seriously this lasted about 3 minutes
Then he started to wrestle me some more and says, "I'm going to get you in the nuts!" I said, "Did you just say your going to get me in my nuts?" "Yes" he says. Now I am unsure if this grammar is OK for a 4 year old boy because I do not have one remember? "I say...I am a girl, I don't have nuts!" Then his mother calls and I tell her that her son told me he was going to get me in my nuts. She lets out a big gasp of shock!~ Now I know this is not something he should be saying. Turns out he learned it from the older brother which was also told to not say that.
I was trying to get a picture of him and this is the look I get





Seriously....Don't look so into it kid. All in all he is a great kid and I love him to death :)

busy days

The last few days have been horrible and busy and also at times very frustrating!
Saturday afternoon, my husband got home from working a double shift and was extremely exhausted. He was able to snooze on the couch for 2 hours before I had to wake him up so that he could take My oldest to Urgent care because her ear hurt. The doctor at Urgent Care said that Mya was fine, but he thought maybe her Eustachian tubes were clogged. He also told Mya she may want to see what is causing her hair to turn pink and her teeth to fall out. I thought I really like this guy. He made Mya who is not usually comfortable with male doctors...feel comfortable. We were given nasal spray and sent on our way.


The next morning was the day of Mya's birthday party and she woke up crying in pain. I told my husband she needed to go back to the doctor's. He thought I was nuts(which most days I am, but zoloft helps me out with that) Low and behold he was a good husband and listend to his wife just and he should and took her to the peds. Poor Mya had an ear infection and it was a bad one. See, go with your motherly insticts or fatherly instincts and not with what the doctor says. Sadly Mya was not able to enjoy her party, but she did manage to smile for a few pictures...even if she had tears streaming down her cute little face.




Monday, I woke up without a voice and I am sure my husband and kids are enjoying it! I told Bill that he would need to call the school and tell them Mya wouldn't be in because of her ear and though he was only standing 3 feet in front of me he still had to say, "WHAT?" so I repeat myself about 3 times and he said,"Can't you call?" Hello, you cant even understand a damn thing I say how is someone going to that is hearing me over the phone?
My neighbor called last night and told me I sounded like a man. I said maybe I could start a business while I am sick and make some phone sex calls.
Today my voice is slightly better, but still sounds like shit! I felt really crappy when I first got up and took a nap. Then I asked my husband to go to the store for Iced tea because it is my drug of choice. He declined! So as sick as I am I walked to to the store because I need my tea like a fat kids needs his cake. Oh wait....I am that fat kid! I also bought some HO HO's while I was there. My plan for the day is to eat the whole box.

why is this blog called what it is?

It started way back in high school. I am a copier. I like to copy and I see nothing wrong with it :) You know you have all done those slick moves when you were in school, the ones where you rest your hand on your forehead like your concentrating...but really your copying the persons answers in front of you. Setting a book up to hide your face while you copy others work, like the teacher's have no idea what is going on. Hey I thought it was smart at the time, but now 5 years later I realize I was a dumb ass. OK so really You need to add 10 years onto the 5, but when you are a copier...It becomes hard to come up with the right answers on your own.

As an adult copier....I like to try to start a new blog every time my friend does because it is kind of like a competition. She is inspiring somehow. So she just started her like 10 millionth blog I think and there is no way I can catch up to that number, but I can try at least....