Drawings

Isabella loves to draw. It's really nice actually because she will sit for about and hour and just draw.
Here is some of her latest work.

Little Red Ridding Hood.

Me on my wedding day.

"Aint nobody here but us chickens."

Daddy came home with a surprise the other day.

2 Egg laying chickens!

Hard to sit patiently while the chickens explore their new home.

Then 2 days latter we got 2 eggs! Yummy.
Isabella wanted chicks to come out of them, but had to explain we needed a rooster for that to happen. She didn't question it.

Dinner time

I don't know how your family dinners go. I always imagined lots of smiles and full tummies when I imagined how my married life with children would go. It's actually quite the opposite, lots of frowns with what we are having, food being flung on the floor, standing in chairs, tears, whining ect. Sometimes they are nice, but I know at this season of our lives they are a little chaotic.
The other night we had a nice meal, everyone must have been hungry except me. I got up from the table to place my uneaten chicken salad in the fridge, the table was unusually quiet. I didn't say anything because I didn't want to ruin the moment, it was actually almost to quiet. Then Isabella out of no where yells, "NO FIGHTING!" We all busted up laughing and Bobby asked, "Why do you say that?" Isabella just laughed. I said, "I guess she felt it just needed to be said at least once."

bed time advice

I have just put the girls to bed. You would have thought abuse was happening, if you had heard the screams. Normally, I lay with them in our bed, and read stories and cuddle and sing until they fall asleep then move them. It's nice but I'm afraid a new routine is in order, with the new baby I don't think it will be possible to do it all since it takes almost and hour and half. After hearing the screams for "mama!" I'm torn. I question my self, "Am I doing the right thing? Is this natural? Will I scar them? They are only little once." But then I don't want to be any more stressed when the new baby comes. I do plan on reading to them and saying prayers and few songs, but I think what is important right now is getting them to feel safe in their own beds.
I need some input here, what do you do?

Valentines day baking

Maternity Jean time.

This morning as I was getting dressed, I realized my one pair of jeans (sexy boot cut gap jeans) that fit me were dirty . Ketchup on the knees, mixed with some snot, no wet wipe could take those stains out.
I found my low rise size 10 gap jeans, and I wondered, "Maybe these will fit?"
And they did! I was feeling good, 27 weeks still no need for maternity jeans. Then I went downstairs to tidy up the house. I was standing at the sink doing dishes when Bobby comes into the Kitchen, "Oh honey, you really need some new jeans don't you?"

a sweet hearts story

Yesterday we had a full day of activities, Church, hamburgers & fries, 4 mile walk along the river, a visit with great Grandma. After all this we realized we really needed to go grocery shopping, so off to Winco we went.

Let me explain Winco. Winco is a grocery store, that has the best grocery prices in town. You will pay twice as much at any other store. You do have to bag your own groceries which as some of you know is a real pain with kids. It's also always busy and there is no express line. Most of the time peoples carts are full. You don't really want to go to Winco for just for a few items.

Well we are in Winco the girls are hungry and tired, I'm frazzled, and Bobby seems to have gotten lost in the bulk section. I go to find him and the girls see heart suckers lying in a bin (.32 cents for lb).
They beg me for them, so I use this as a bribe. Maddie holds the suckers in her hands and I have to remind her she cannot eat them until we pay for them. An hour latter we make it to the cash register, our items are swiped and Bobby is at the end of the conveyor belt bagging grocery's. I'm trying to prevent Maddie from grabbing stuff off the belt and Isabella is dancing around. Finally we see the suckers and I grab them off the belt before they get lost, at the bottom of a grocery bag. I open one up for Maddie and Bella and they are happy and quiet. We pay get our receipt and we are done. As we are walking out Maddie drops her sucker and the ground it gross. The corners of Maddie's mouth go down and she let out a heart breaking cry. I only got one for each of them. Bobby pulls out a quarter from his pocket and looks at those little quarter machines that sell cheap toys and asks her if she wants a little toy. Maddie sobs, "Noooooo.......... I want heart sucker." He looks at me and hands me the keys to the car. No words were spoken and I just gave him a stunned look as if he's crazy to go back in there again and wait in a long line for a sucker. I take the girls and cart full of groceries out to the parking lot and he braves Winco for a second time. 10 minutes latter he returns with a 3 heart suckers and Maddie smiles and lets out a small, "dank you dada."