my mar mar

we love and miss her so much! 

The toughest job on the planet

Parenting. It is by far, the toughest job on the planet. I wish someone would have warned me beforehand. Thanks A LOT, guys! lol jk! I knew what I was getting myself into, I just didn't realize how tough it was going to be sometimes.

We seem to be having the same issues with Sophia at school. She's just SO social. Which is not a bad thing, you know, at the right times. But, during school she's just such a distraction to herself and to the other students/teachers. We had parent/teachers conferences a few weeks ago and it wasn't good. She's a good girl mind you, she just likes to TALK a lot, while the teacher is talking. We go through this every year. I dunno know what to do anymore. I don't like to spank my kids, only because whenever I do, I end up hurting myself somehow in the process. LOL Because I'm so damn clumsy. So, I try not to spank. I'll threaten the shit out of them with ass whoopin's, but I hardly dish em out anymore.  We tried the groundings. No phone, ipods, ds, tv basically nothing electronic. We've tried the sitting in the corner staring at the wall for a day, the No toys, we've tried it all and NOTHING seems to work.

missing...

it's so weird going out without the kids. while it's nice to have them out of my hair for a few days, i think we all needed this break from each other, i can't help but miss them. and going out without them is just plain weird. it's like a part of me is missing. like i left my hand at home or i forgot to bring along a few of my fingers. lol i can't explain it. i just feel incomplete without them. and i miss them very much. i am enjoying my alone time though, don't get me wrong. i got to sleep till noon the other day. that was AWESOME. but there's nobody around to pick on or nothing at all for me to do, besides clean up and who wants to do that?? lol i can't believe i'm gonna say this, but i can't wait till next week, when everything is back to normal. i miss our hectic morning routine. i miss our hectic afternoon routine. i miss cooking them dinner. i miss homework. i miss them fighting over the remote. i miss sophia's attitude problem. not really. lol i miss ernie's whiney sensitive self. and marley misses them too. she'll go up to their doors and wander around the house looking for them and then she'll start to cry. poor marley. i know how she feels. =( i also miss having sophia around for when my hubby says something retarded so we can roll our eyes and laugh at him together. that's always fun. LOL

Christmas 2010

One of the best Christmas' EVER.  We usually go to my mom/sisters, but since I've got kids now, it's not the same for me. I need to start my own traditions for my children. We had it here this year, and it was awesome. Me and the kids spent all day thursday cooking and baking and making memories. My brother came over friday  and my mom got here early saturday. My dressing was a hit! My cake was a hit! Everything was so nice. Took lots of pics with my itty bitty canon! and even a lil video of the kids on Christmas Eve!

the kiddos on Christmas morning

Christmas eve, they get to open one gift:

this was christmas morning Round 1:

and then we cleaned up after Round 1 and my mom got here with Round 2 of gift opening: (Round 2 was awesome!)

the aftermath! my poor house!

some of the goodies! mmm...

and it was my neice's first christmas! how cute is she?? i just want to eat her!!

 

and here's a lil video of the kids on Christmas eve! they're so goofy!

we are so blessed.

 

Christmas vacay...

this is what my kids are doing... 2 are glued to the tube and the other 2 were sunbathing this morning! =D ahh... now that's the life!

and then we played a few games of CandyLand.

and how cute is it that marley wanted to play candyland too? um not. she was just waiting till we all turned our backs and then she ATTACKED the little gingerbread men!!!

marley's a lil booger!!

 

 

 

 

 

sunday

can someone tell me why i get more joy out of a little bitty cheap point and shoot camera than i do out of my very expensive dslr?  i mean, seriously? gah. my hubby got me the little canon i wanted, and i love it! it's so teeny tiny! i'm afraid i'mma lose it, but i still love it anyway! here are a few shots i got after the battery finally charged up! just a typical sunday over here. the kids and me cleaning and hubby watching football.

 









 



 

 

 

quick update...

ernie had a birthday this week. on monday he turned SIX! i can't believe it. they're growing up so fast! birthday person gets to choose what we're having for dinner at our house and birthday boy chose fish sticks! lol we had a nice little dinner and he got plenty of gifts from all of us. lots of toys! and then CAKE! yay! gotta love cake! nothing fancy. we're planning on having something bigger for the rest of the family soonish.





that's about all that's been going on. this is the kids last week of school before the winter break. i'll have them home for TWO whole weeks. god help me. i haven't even started christmas shopping!! gah. and we're hosting christmas at my house this year!!! omg. i need to plan a menu and .... so much to do still! procrastinate much? lol  it should make the holiday that much more fun! ha. that's about all i have for ya today! till next time!

me him her and him...

LOL such a long blog name. and i'm no good at picking out names either. nonetheless, i needed a blog. i have SO much to blog about yet, nowhere to do it.  i missed it. of course i won't share the super personal stuff, that will remain on the facebook group for my friends! don't you love that new fb feature?? me toooo!



so, here we are in DECEMBER! can you believe that? 2010 flew by. it's been a memorable year, that's for damn sure. I had so much fun this year, i ain't gonna lie. MEMORIES, MEMORIES, MEMORIES!!!! the kids are growing so fast. we had to go buy sophia a whole new wardrobe the other day because the clothes we bought her at the beginning of the school year didn't fit her anymore, she had a major growth spurt in the last few months. my goodness!! ernie is still wearing a 5T though! he's so little, but oh so smart! he started kindergarten this year and he's such a bright kid! love it! everything has been ok around these parts, we have our moments though, i can't lie. well, i should say, i have my moments. those moments where i wish the circus was in town so i could run away with them! i've spent a few sunday afternoons locked in my bedroom crying or just avoiding everyone and everything a few times, but nothing too serious. one thing is for damn sure, we are certainly blessed.

halloween '10

we have some new members in our family!! let's start with my beautiful niece, Santina Rose. She was born on Sept. 7th and omg you guys, I can't even begin to express how much I LOVE her!! she's so freakin' beautiful and such a happy baby! she's always smiling or always has a lil smirk on her face, you can't help buy love her! I'm such a proud tia! (aunt) i miss her everyday. my brother was living here for the majority of the year, they just moved out shortly after santina was born. =(





and then a few months ago we there was a little someone hanging out in our back patio. she was just lurking around and looked pretty scared and hungry so i fed her and gave her some water. the next day she was still there and sophia beggggged to keep her. we went around the neighborhood asking if anyone was missing a dog, but no one seemed to have ever seen her before. she's now part of our lil family and we all love her. she's the sweetest most gentle dog i've ever seen in my life. she's soooo nice. not like my roxy who is soooo mean. lol we love our little smelly smelly marshmelly!



thanksgiving was at my sister's this year. i actually had a really great time. everybody was on their best behavior and it was nice.  of course it wouldn't be a holiday without some sort of family drama. it's not worth discussing on here, i'll just say that some people are just so UGH. and you know how i do, when you piss me off, you're cut off.  drama drama drama. and that's just last weeks drama. wait till i tell y'all what happened a few weeks ago with my dad and one of my cousins! OMG. i'm still livid about that non sense. i'm so glad i live 2 hours away from everything and everybody. it helps serve as a buffer from all that family politics, ya know?

that about sums up all that's happened in the last few months, not really but you know, in blog terms it does. thanks for reading!