Writers Block

I have so much to say, but i'm afraid of the feelings it would hurt if i let it all come out, so till i figure it out I won't write.

I will say this much though, my mom always says that women are spaghetti (in 10000 thoughts at once) and men are like waffles (in 1 thought at once) well today i've been kind of like spaghetti in a box. I've had a lot of things going on and have not been able to focus on anything.

I have an emotional little boy who wants his daddy, dada dada dada, and daddy just left. Must go comfort him.

We are still here...

Our computer cord is broken so we have the laptop sitting at the kitchen table. I like to write and update my blog here when i am cozy, sitting at the kitchen table isn't too cozy.
The last 2 days I have had a severe headache and just haven't felt like getting on the computer at all. I've also been trying to spend some time away from it.
I have taken a few pics and a video that i want to share, but i am having trouble figuring out how to get the video uploaded onto here, i just don't have the mindset lately to do too much indepth brain using, things on the computer.
I am off on Monday and Wednesday, so maybe i'll get some computer stuff done then, but till then i leave you with this....

This is *not* Shaving Cream...

If you've taken any sort of Child Devlopment classes or worked in any grade school classroom you probably know the Shaving cream trick for cleaning; you take a can of shaving cream and squirt it all over the tables in the classroom, then you let the kids go crazy drawing pictures and smearing it in. Then when it's all gone you wipe the table down and all the gunk from crafts and markers seems to be gone away....

That's not so much the case when the secret ingredient is SOUR CREAM!!!! My little bug decided to decorate the kitchen table with sour cream last night while i was washing dishes. I think that more sour cream got all over the table and him, than in his mouth. All in All, he was pretty darned proud of himself for getting it all over the place and making a kitchen table masterpiece....

But Moms, you must remember that when things like this happen, don't yell spank and scream, grab your camera and give your little bug a kiss! (after the mess is gone, of course!)

Mommy to a Boy!

Every mother of a Boy knows that things like this

can and probably will happen. I have a friend who has had many more adventures like this with her son and  is now starting them with her younger son. Whenever my dear friend shares her adventures with her little boys, i can't help but chuckle and think "that's going to be me some day" and of course, we've started small, but i know that i'm a mommy to a boy, so I will have many more wonderful lessons of patience like this.
I can't help but smirk and laugh with this little boy who is such a blessing to my life...

Ps. this morning at breakfast we found a very, very faint display of artwork on our kitchen wall, courtesy of our darling jude and a black ball point pen!!!

Thomas Nelson Publishers

Many of you don't know, but I from time to time receive free books from Thomas Nelson Publishers also known as Bookfish. I have only received a few of the books and mostly i've tried to get them to be children's so that Jude (and any other children I may have in the future) can have them in their library.
The best part is that the majority of them are Christian. You can get self help books. Bibles. Etc. And they are yours to keep, as long as you write a review on your blog for the book you read.
It actually won't let you select a new book till you have written your review for the current book.

If you like to read and love getting free books, i highly recommend signing up.
Also, if you have any other links for these types of things, please feel free to post them in the comments section so we can share the goodies!

Due to arrive soon:

An Ugly creation turned not AS Ugly...

This is what happens when you have a half oven, that has no temperature knobs:

This is what happens when you're Me and can take pretty much any terrible situation and make it into a good one:

And I must say, it was a pretty darned good cake in the end!

To Do: Lists

My dear husband doesn't always understand the need for me to make a list. He often times gets frustrated when I sit down with my little notebook and my pen, and start to jot down everything that's floating around in my head.
Without lists: I'd be dead. Not really, but i sure would feel like I've lost my mind. My mom says that's because I have a spaghetti brain and husbands have waffle brains. We, as women, have a trillion things on our minds and those neat little $1 store pads of paper come in very handy as we try to remember it all.
Take for instance going grocery shopping with your children, if you go to the grocery store needing to get a b c & d, but have no list, you end up getting e f & g, forgetting a & d, and getting the wrong b or c, so therefore you must list!

I have an ultimate list, it's a list of adventures I want to go on with my children. Sites that I want to expose them to, allow me to share that list with you (before I forget!)

• The Jelly Belly Factory
• Kohl's Children's Muesum
• Police Station
• Fire Station
• Museum of Science & Industry
• A tour of an Ambulance
• Park (we have tons around here)
• Library
• Kid Movies
• Chuck E. Cheese
• Lincoln Park Zoo
• Ice Cream Shop
• McDonald's Playland
• Picnics
• Key Lime Cove
• the Pet Store
• Brookfield Zoo
• Botanical Gardens
• American Irish Mueseum
• Navy Pier
• The Beach
• Six Flags Great America
• The Art Mueseum
• a tour of the Post Office
• Amish Country
• SPCA
• Sledding
• Homeless Shelter
• Military Base
• Holocost Mueseum
• Court House
• Baseball Games
• a Radio Station tour
• a tour of a Resturaunt
• TV Station tour
• Airport
• Christmas lights Lane
• to see Santa at the Mall
• The play place at the local Mall
• Build a Bear
• Pumpkin Patch
• Hay Ride
• Apple Tree Farm
• Starved Rock
• Forest Preserves (tons more of those)
• Circus
• Fairs & Festivals
• VBS
• Kid Shows at an Arena
• State Capital
• Ceramic Store
• Storytime at the Library
• Farmer's Markets

All of these things and more I want my children to experience. And if I didn't have my list, then I wouldn't of remembered half of them.
So therefore ladies, don't feel bad about having a list (or 2 or 3, or 10) cause you and only you know how your thinker works and if you need a list, then by golly make one!!! =)

This Day x Huh?

Motherhood has been rough this past week or so.
My little boy has, over the last month or so, double ear infection, mulitple kissable boo-boo's, and 4 teeth trying to come in. In addition, he has allergies but loves being outside so his nose is constantly running.
I have been with him virtually all week, which is amazing that i get to spend this time with my son whom i've barely seen for the last 8 months. We however live in a tiny studio apartment and the weather's been crappy so we've both gotten cabin fever. We survived though!!!
I lost my client due to his sister pulling him from the company that i work for so I haven't worked since last friday, i was paying for jude to be at daycare so i was struggling with a big decision on whether or not to keep him in it (me being temp. jobless) and i made the decision to bring him home.
Jude had a rough evening last night. He woke up around 2 and didn't get back to sleep till 6, of course mommy is the one who has the soft, patient, heart to deal with a fussy toddler in the middle of the night, so I got to be the one to deal with the tossing and turning of an antsy little boy. He however did finally get to sleep and as the sun was starting to come out i drifted off till the alarm went off a couple hours later.
One thing i've realized being a mother is, we are the first to rise and the last to sleep. And that's okay....
Anyway today jude went shopping with the guys and grammie and I went to a booksale and a rummage sale. I found him some books I use to have when i was a child and some newer ones that i plan to build my children's library with. They have so many amazing children's books and getting them for 25-50 cents a piece is even more amazing!
Needless to say by the time we got home it was time for his invisible nap, meaning: it didn't happen!
I went home after taking Brandon to work and tried to get him down but he wasn't having any part of it and then...... the landlord knocked repeatedly on our door and told me some jibberish about how we need to keep the curtain inside the bathtub cause apparently the ceiling has fell through twice due to water coming down.... odd. okay then.
So jude and i left, got out of the house. Went to target where he shrieked, screamed, and whined the whole time... Some moronic guy decided to blurt out that he "should smack that kid" and... as a mother i had to do my best not to say anything :-X so i did just that, i gave him a kind little "don't you EVER say that about my child" glare and he ran away.
I didn't find anything at our lovely, ghetto, target so i decided to venture across the street to the Dollar store.. Found a couple things there but jude was miserable so i took him home. He cried and whined the whole way here.
I fed him some yogurt, gave him some medicine and let him help shred white chocolate. Adorable, he ate most of the chunk instead.

We then ate dinner which he wanted no part of and bathed. By 6:15 he was out. like. a light.
My point of all this is that i remained pretty calm considering. I texted my mom and asked her if she wanted to take him *LOL* but she declined.
So my little prince is over in his bed, his lullaby's going softly in the background. Everynow and then i'll go past him and see his sweetness and realize that he is miserable with his ears, his teeth, and his booboos, so i kiss my fingers and press them on his little sweaty head. I put back his covers that he's kicked off and tell him I love him.
He is the greatest motherhood roughness there is.....

Happy May...

How amazing it is to see a life you created, go from this....














to this:
















in just a couple years.... It still baffles me, to this day, that I helped create such an amazing little creature... Thank you God for my many blessings. Amen.