Aubrey Ann dressed herself…
Posted by Brandon on June 24, 2010 about Aubrey Ann, 1 commentThis is what happens when Aubrey Ann dresses herself, a silly hat, green boots and a backwards dress without panties.
Life is too short
Posted by Mari Jo on June 15, 2010 about Family, 2 commentsAs I was folding laundry today, watching AA play, feeling enormously pregnant, I began thinking about how short life is. It is all going by so fast. It seems like yesterday I was feeling AA bump around in my tummy, and now, in a blink of an eye, I am almost 8 months pregnant with Landon.
As I sat watching AA play princesses and puzzles, I was folding a massive load of laundry and I came to a couple of conclusions. They may seem silly to you, but they are rather freeing for me.
Life is to short for…
1. Folding anyone’s underwear. I vow to no longer fold underwear for the rest of my life. From now on, it is getting shoved in a drawer.
2. Moving things to dust. I mean, doesn’t the dust just fall around it anyway?
3. Folding fitted sheets (who actually does that well anyway?) I am just going to ‘ball them up’ and call them good.
4. Facebook, other than the very occasional update, or to get in contact with someone who you don’t have their phone number or email (I think I figured this one out several months ago, but it definitely belongs on this list)
5. Making certain things from scratch. No matter how hard I try, my crescent rolls aren’t nearly as good as canned. I shamelessly raise my white flag.
6. Worrying about my thighs, especially while I am pregnant. I don’t like them, they obviously don’t like me, let’s just move forward.
7. To remove my waterproof mascara every night. Probably gross to some, but it is still not going to happen in this household.
8. To give my child nightly baths during the summer. Yes, we count swimming (only for one day, not consecutive days in a row) as a bath in our household.
9. Edited to Add just for Cassie: To buy white clothes for my kids. Seriously, they shouldn’t even make clothing in white until they are in grade school sizes.
10. To use regular plates every night, I probably use paper 1-2 times a week now.
And now my second list, close to the same, only these are the things I WILL be doing
Life is too short to not…
1. Allow my child to get messy, or germy. The way I look at it, she is just a walking germ with a booger on it already, might as well let her be a kid and have some fun, right?
2. Play on the floor everyday. Princesses, animals, blocks, puzzles, you name it, I am doing it.
3. Kiss my husband every day. And I mean, kiss him really, really good. Tight lipped kisses will simply not do.
4. Laugh extra hard at jokes, even if it makes me pee a little when I am pregnant.
5. Let our kids stay up a little late to watch a movie, or read ‘just one more’ story.
6. Give one extra hug or snuggle.
7. Sing baby mine, at every nap and nighttime.
8. Eat a cookie.
9. Jump in the pool, before testing the water first. And encouraging my daughter (and sometimes cold sensitive hubby) to do the same.
10. Enjoy every second of being a wife and mother (x 2!). It is a crazy roller coaster ride sometimes, might as well put your hands up and enjoy every high and low point!
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What’s this word?
Posted by Brandon on June 13, 2010 about Aubrey Ann, Comments are offAubrey Ann was standing at the fridge trying to sound out the word she just created. The sounds were perfect, the word, not so much.
