Our Rock Family

A couple days ago the boys and I were so completely bored, so... we raided our sad excuse of a backyard for some rocks, glued some googlie eyes and pompoms to them, then I added facial features with a Sharpie. Voila! One bonifide rock family :) 

The "Panoramic" View :P

Left to Right: Me, Alex, Joseph, Noah, Zipporah

Also, Alex comes home TOMORROW!!! And my kids have been near angels the last few days. Ah, happiness :)

3 Tales, 1 Post

So, my DH has been away for a full week now, and let me tell you, it's been no picnic without him. Part of it is that I just can't sleep in my freaking California King sized bed without him (too much empty space... it freaks me out.), and nobody is willing to sleep in it with me (yes, I really did ask.) which pretty much just leaves me tired and cranky the next day. No bueno when you have two preschool-aged boys and a toddler princess. The other part of it is that it's been raining like crazy on and off lately and the fabulous US Navy had gotten things screwed up somewhere down the line so he wasn't getting paid (also no bueno), leaving me with three very antsy children and no money to even put gas in my car so I could take them to the playscape in the mall. Yikes! Thankfully, he got paid like two days ago, so we've been here and there running errands and whatnot. 


Oh and I have an awesome funny! Two days ago, I took the kids to go get some Taco Bell for dinner, right, and when we pulled up to the house, I started yelling in my best Coraline voice as loud as I could (still in the car mind you), "We're HOoOOOOme! We're HOOOOOoooOOoOOME! We'reHomeWe'reHomeWe'reHOOOOOOOOOOME!" It was pretty awesome, and the kids found it very amusing, so soon we were all yelling "We're Home" at the top of our lungs, and laughing hard. Finally, I turn around in my seat and look at Joseph and say, "Joe, why do you love me? I'm crazy!" And you know what that adorable little four-year-old heathen told me? He says, "Because you got the Freaking Cuteness, Mommy!" And it's the little things like that that make me want to keep them... even when it's just me and them, and no spouse for two weeks. I'm just glad it's not seven months with a newborn again. Yeckh. Talk about no me time haha. 


On a totally different note, I bought craft supplies! I've been meaning to for like, EVER, but I finally went and did it :) I'm now PrePared for those rainy days when my kids are going out of their mind with boredom. I'm ready for whenI'm going out of my mind with boredom lol. It's amazing the joys some googlie eyes, craft glue and fuzzy pompoms can bring, I tell you what! Tomorrow, we're making Chuzzles!