I can't get over how cute this girl is! I wish we could adopt her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wqc1vvaEng
The Sloths
Lazywife, Mr. Sloth, Demand, Prophet, Rooster, and King
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Don't Forget
Things I don't want to forget
How Demand tells "chokes". Not only does she call them "chokes" and not "jokes" but they make so little sense that sometimes she doesn't even get them.
I love how Happy plays a game where there is a "shawk" (Shark) in our fireplace. He does a good job at trying to make us afraid of it. And I have to admit at times to keep him off my heels, legs or whatever he is hanging on at the time I'll say, "Go get the shark, (Happy)!"
And I hope I never forget how the sweet smile of Pax. I love how you enter a room and he lights up his face, smiles and starts talking to you. And even if he is really trying to say, "Mom please pick me up, Happy is trying to feed me Hot Wheels."it's sweet just the same.
How Demand tells "chokes". Not only does she call them "chokes" and not "jokes" but they make so little sense that sometimes she doesn't even get them.
I love how Happy plays a game where there is a "shawk" (Shark) in our fireplace. He does a good job at trying to make us afraid of it. And I have to admit at times to keep him off my heels, legs or whatever he is hanging on at the time I'll say, "Go get the shark, (Happy)!"
And I hope I never forget how the sweet smile of Pax. I love how you enter a room and he lights up his face, smiles and starts talking to you. And even if he is really trying to say, "Mom please pick me up, Happy is trying to feed me Hot Wheels."it's sweet just the same.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Update from this morning
Trip to SuperTarget went fine despite the bitter cold and Happy crying the first five minutes. Playdate went well and I was even able to get Pax to fall asleep in my arms (a Sloth miracle) The kids brought baloons home so Happy was entertained and didn't fall asleep in the van. Happy went down pretty easy for his nap, crying only half as much as he has been lately.
Mommy got a few minutes of rest in too.
Thanks for the prayers.
This man inspires me.
Mommy got a few minutes of rest in too.
Thanks for the prayers.
This man inspires me.
11:15pm-went to bed
12am-Pax hungry
2am-finally get Pax back in his own bed
2:05am-Happy wakes up screaming. The only way Mr. Sloth can get him to stop is to give him what turned out to be the loudest toy we own.
2:45am-I remove toy which is keeping me awake and give him a book.
3:30am-Happy wakes up screaming again. Mr. Sloth eventually takes him downstairs as his 'tornado siren' of a cry is bound to wake the other children.
4am-Happy back in crib and not crying after a chat with Dad.
5am-Demand comes in and is cold and needs to be covered.
6am-Pax hungry again.
And I can't have coffee anymore.
We have a playdate this morning and we have to stop at the store first. I'll have to wake up Happy which feels so wrong. Straight from the playdate I have to drop Demand off at Good Shepard but I know the boys will fall asleep in the van which means Happy might not transfer well to his crib.
This could be it, this could be the day that does me in.
12am-Pax hungry
2am-finally get Pax back in his own bed
2:05am-Happy wakes up screaming. The only way Mr. Sloth can get him to stop is to give him what turned out to be the loudest toy we own.
2:45am-I remove toy which is keeping me awake and give him a book.
3:30am-Happy wakes up screaming again. Mr. Sloth eventually takes him downstairs as his 'tornado siren' of a cry is bound to wake the other children.
4am-Happy back in crib and not crying after a chat with Dad.
5am-Demand comes in and is cold and needs to be covered.
6am-Pax hungry again.
And I can't have coffee anymore.
We have a playdate this morning and we have to stop at the store first. I'll have to wake up Happy which feels so wrong. Straight from the playdate I have to drop Demand off at Good Shepard but I know the boys will fall asleep in the van which means Happy might not transfer well to his crib.
This could be it, this could be the day that does me in.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
From Winter to Food
Big week of homeschooling planned. The theme for this week is food for Little Saints is "Let's eat out!" All about food which is what this family likes. There are so many cute ideas for this chapter we may just do all of them. Demand is going to love it! It's also the month dedicated to "The Holy Name of Jesus" I'd like to do something with this theme but I haven't decided what to do just yet.
Last week the theme was "Winter" and we made snowflake crystals. Here's what we did.
They turned out so nice and they were so easy to make.
We also painted a winter scene. It took some convincing. Demand is really into the show "Sid the Science Kid" right now and a particular show involving rainbows. She can name the colors of the rainbow in order....which is better than her mother can do. She wanted paint a rainbow and I had to convince her to try and paint a snow scene. Then we shaved a bar of soap onto the picture for snow while the paint was still wet. She thought it was fun! (Apparently it was an Irish Winter scene as we only had Irish Spring in the house)
That microplane has never been so clean!
Eventually she did paint a rainbow.
So we usually try and incorporate cooking into our week somehow but a whole week around it will be fun. There's a muffin puzzle letter match game, home made playdough (I'll make edible) cakes made from playdough, pretend pizzas, real pizzas, pasta sorting and a bit on loaves and fishes...hmmm maybe daddy can make bread for this one! All sorts of fun! We also have a playdate this week, doctors appointments, and Good Shepard and I have a party to go to on Thursday. Busy, busy.
Last week the theme was "Winter" and we made snowflake crystals. Here's what we did.
They turned out so nice and they were so easy to make.
We also painted a winter scene. It took some convincing. Demand is really into the show "Sid the Science Kid" right now and a particular show involving rainbows. She can name the colors of the rainbow in order....which is better than her mother can do. She wanted paint a rainbow and I had to convince her to try and paint a snow scene. Then we shaved a bar of soap onto the picture for snow while the paint was still wet. She thought it was fun! (Apparently it was an Irish Winter scene as we only had Irish Spring in the house)
That microplane has never been so clean!
Eventually she did paint a rainbow.
So we usually try and incorporate cooking into our week somehow but a whole week around it will be fun. There's a muffin puzzle letter match game, home made playdough (I'll make edible) cakes made from playdough, pretend pizzas, real pizzas, pasta sorting and a bit on loaves and fishes...hmmm maybe daddy can make bread for this one! All sorts of fun! We also have a playdate this week, doctors appointments, and Good Shepard and I have a party to go to on Thursday. Busy, busy.
Phun with Phyllo
For Christmas Mr. Sloth got me a cooking class for the two of us. He had over fifty classes to choose from and he choose. "Phun with Phyllo". It was a great choice since neither of us excel in phyllo. I made baklava once (and loved it) but haven't used it since. Mr. Sloth's mom came over around noon to watch the kids and I had a "Meal Deal" in the crockpot ($5 for the roast, potatoes, celery, and carrots were free!) waiting for us when we got home.
It was a three hour class that started with a demonstration. At first our teacher seemed really annoying and I knew Mr. Sloth was thinking the same thing, but once we got into the class we learned to like him.
We made :
Three-cheese Roasted Bell Pepper Phyllo
Sauteed Butter Rum Tropical Fruit Baklava
Roasted Garlic Cream Cheese Phyllo Pockets
Phyllo Wrapped Asparagus (Our favorite)
and Sweet Phyllo Crisps which sandwiched angel food cake with raspberry sauce and lemon curd. (My second favorite)
We had just a few too many and were a bit nauseous on the way home but it was so much fun. It combined three of my favorite things. Cooking, drinking and not washing dishes.
I've already planned on making a few of these dishes in the few weeks. I'll make a version of the Baklava for book club in two weeks and we'll probably make the asparagus when we have our parish priest over for dinner (if I ever get back to him with some dates).
Way to go Mr. Sloth great Christmas Giving! Sorry no pictures maybe I'll take some when we recreate the recipes later.
It was a three hour class that started with a demonstration. At first our teacher seemed really annoying and I knew Mr. Sloth was thinking the same thing, but once we got into the class we learned to like him.
We made :
Three-cheese Roasted Bell Pepper Phyllo
Sauteed Butter Rum Tropical Fruit Baklava
Roasted Garlic Cream Cheese Phyllo Pockets
Phyllo Wrapped Asparagus (Our favorite)
and Sweet Phyllo Crisps which sandwiched angel food cake with raspberry sauce and lemon curd. (My second favorite)
We had just a few too many and were a bit nauseous on the way home but it was so much fun. It combined three of my favorite things. Cooking, drinking and not washing dishes.
I've already planned on making a few of these dishes in the few weeks. I'll make a version of the Baklava for book club in two weeks and we'll probably make the asparagus when we have our parish priest over for dinner (if I ever get back to him with some dates).
Way to go Mr. Sloth great Christmas Giving! Sorry no pictures maybe I'll take some when we recreate the recipes later.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Quick Week Update
I've tried all week to post but time has not been my friend. So I will try and do a quick review of the week.
Monday: When Mr. Sloth left for morning Mass I was doing my hair, Demand and Pax were in their jammies and Happy was asleep. Twenty minutes later we burst through the Church doors five minutes early for Mass. Mr Sloth was most surprised.
The rest of the day was equally crazy. Demand and I did some Math while Happy refused to nap and we had to leave for ballet at 2pm. At 1:45 pm Mr. Sloth called to remind me that friends were coming for dinner. (Hmmm, didn't know that actually.) So we went from ballet to Trader Joes (by the way Trader Joe's wasn't made for 'big' Catholic families to shop) all during yet another day of snow. We got home at 4:30pm and I started Orange Chicken and fried rice (Thank you Trader Joe's) Our friends stayed until 8:30pm so kids didn't get to bed until 9pm (and remember Happy didn't nap)
Tuesday: Don't remember. Too exhausted.
Wednesday: Regular stuff and homeschooling during the day. The theme this week was "Winter". Happy loves joining us for 'rug time' and Demand and I had some fun with projects while he napped. Mr. Sloth had CCD and the children were less than civil to me during the two hours he was gone. If I recall, Pax was up all night.
Thursday: Playdate in the morning with cousins. Being on a caffeine free diet* I stood in my bathrobe blurry eyed staring at my calendar and realized that I had to have the kids dressed and at Grandma's (20 minute drive) by 9am....deep breath. The play date wore my kids out. Happy slept until 4:45pm and Demand accidentally fell asleep at 3pm and I had to wake her at 5pm. Sadly Pax was up most of the afternoon and required constant attention. Good thing he's cute.
Since we knew the kids would be up late I found a project for them. My mom told me about making crystals out of borax,water, and pipe cleaners (all thing we have in the home). It takes all night for the snowflake crystals to form but it was great fun and it kept the kids occupied for an extra hour before bedtime.
Friday: I know my limits and I keep Fridays open for play dates for a reason. 8:30am I called my friend for a play date and an hour later we were out of the house. The playdate was great but in the rush to get out of the house messes were made and left. Happy refused to nap again making for a very long afternoon. Thankfully dinner was easy. For meatless Friday we were trying a new French Onion Soup. I used Mr. Sloth's meat slicer on Monday to slice a bag of onions and cook them for hours with a stick of butter. On Friday, half of that mixer was mixed with 2 boxes of beef broth and Worcestershire sauce. It was so yummy! Demand even loved it, but she does love soup. Plus we had some fresh bread thanks to Mr. Sloth and sprinkled some fresh shaved Parmesan.
Saturday:(Today) I was bound and determined to clean the kids room top to bottom today. I woke up at 6am but Happy was crying in his crib so I hid in bed for a while longer and then Pax was hungry. Finally at 7:30am I was up....as was Demand. Happy ended up sleeping until 9:30am. (That kids going through some crazy sleep cycles) I got dressed and got all the basic house work done. (laundry started, kitchen mopped, bathroom cleaned...) and FINALLY Happy woke up and I got to work. I pulled out bed and emptied the closet. I got about half done before lunch, and then I laid down after lunch. Yep, I took a nap by myself. No nursing baby no squirmy four year old, no snoring husband (sorry honey). It was the best sleep I've had in a month. Honest to goodness. I woke up around 2pm and then took Pax and Demand to the grocery store while Happy and Mr. Sloth napped. I was home with the groceries just in time to unpack them and change clothes. I then headed out on my own to get my hair cut.
It's been about five months since my last haircut. Those who don't know me well may not know how thick my hair is. Let's just say that the stylist held 1/4 of my hair and said it would be a full head of thick hair for an average person. I know my hair is thick, in fact it's a problem. If I were to wash my hair at night it would still be soaking wet in the morning. So the idea of waking up, taking a shower and washing/drying/styling my hair is long gone for this momma. We came up with a plan. She thinned my hair. She thinned the center sections of my hair removing about a 1/3 of my hair and STILL it's so thick. Hopefully it helps. She took a few inches off too, boy did I need it.
As soon as I walked in the door at home I started cooking dinner. Mr. Sloth usually cooks dinner on the weekends but being forced to cook "weekday meals' while having children hang on me is less than fun so Mr. Sloth let me have today. I made Chicken Parmesan and we ate about two hours later than usual. I went from my half eaten plate straight up to the kids room to finish what I had started and then cleaned the playroom, took Happy out of the bath and then exchanged Happy for Pax and nursed Pax and then put him to sleep.
Then I walked downstairs and made a margarita.
I hope that bed is as comfortable tonight as it was this afternoon. It was a good day but I'd like to stop now.
* Last week in attempts to figure out what is causing Pax's spit up issues the doctor told me to give up coffee, caffeine, chocolate, leafy foods, spicy foods, and alcohol. Riiiiight. Thankfully after five days we figured out that coffee was the culprit. Unfortunately, coffee is the culprit. It's not the morning that's hard but the mid afternoons when I can't get a nap, I have nothing left to give and I have at least three hours until Mr. Sloth gets home. Oh, well. I'll survive.
Monday: When Mr. Sloth left for morning Mass I was doing my hair, Demand and Pax were in their jammies and Happy was asleep. Twenty minutes later we burst through the Church doors five minutes early for Mass. Mr Sloth was most surprised.
The rest of the day was equally crazy. Demand and I did some Math while Happy refused to nap and we had to leave for ballet at 2pm. At 1:45 pm Mr. Sloth called to remind me that friends were coming for dinner. (Hmmm, didn't know that actually.) So we went from ballet to Trader Joes (by the way Trader Joe's wasn't made for 'big' Catholic families to shop) all during yet another day of snow. We got home at 4:30pm and I started Orange Chicken and fried rice (Thank you Trader Joe's) Our friends stayed until 8:30pm so kids didn't get to bed until 9pm (and remember Happy didn't nap)
Tuesday: Don't remember. Too exhausted.
Wednesday: Regular stuff and homeschooling during the day. The theme this week was "Winter". Happy loves joining us for 'rug time' and Demand and I had some fun with projects while he napped. Mr. Sloth had CCD and the children were less than civil to me during the two hours he was gone. If I recall, Pax was up all night.
Thursday: Playdate in the morning with cousins. Being on a caffeine free diet* I stood in my bathrobe blurry eyed staring at my calendar and realized that I had to have the kids dressed and at Grandma's (20 minute drive) by 9am....deep breath. The play date wore my kids out. Happy slept until 4:45pm and Demand accidentally fell asleep at 3pm and I had to wake her at 5pm. Sadly Pax was up most of the afternoon and required constant attention. Good thing he's cute.
Since we knew the kids would be up late I found a project for them. My mom told me about making crystals out of borax,water, and pipe cleaners (all thing we have in the home). It takes all night for the snowflake crystals to form but it was great fun and it kept the kids occupied for an extra hour before bedtime.
Friday: I know my limits and I keep Fridays open for play dates for a reason. 8:30am I called my friend for a play date and an hour later we were out of the house. The playdate was great but in the rush to get out of the house messes were made and left. Happy refused to nap again making for a very long afternoon. Thankfully dinner was easy. For meatless Friday we were trying a new French Onion Soup. I used Mr. Sloth's meat slicer on Monday to slice a bag of onions and cook them for hours with a stick of butter. On Friday, half of that mixer was mixed with 2 boxes of beef broth and Worcestershire sauce. It was so yummy! Demand even loved it, but she does love soup. Plus we had some fresh bread thanks to Mr. Sloth and sprinkled some fresh shaved Parmesan.
Saturday:(Today) I was bound and determined to clean the kids room top to bottom today. I woke up at 6am but Happy was crying in his crib so I hid in bed for a while longer and then Pax was hungry. Finally at 7:30am I was up....as was Demand. Happy ended up sleeping until 9:30am. (That kids going through some crazy sleep cycles) I got dressed and got all the basic house work done. (laundry started, kitchen mopped, bathroom cleaned...) and FINALLY Happy woke up and I got to work. I pulled out bed and emptied the closet. I got about half done before lunch, and then I laid down after lunch. Yep, I took a nap by myself. No nursing baby no squirmy four year old, no snoring husband (sorry honey). It was the best sleep I've had in a month. Honest to goodness. I woke up around 2pm and then took Pax and Demand to the grocery store while Happy and Mr. Sloth napped. I was home with the groceries just in time to unpack them and change clothes. I then headed out on my own to get my hair cut.
It's been about five months since my last haircut. Those who don't know me well may not know how thick my hair is. Let's just say that the stylist held 1/4 of my hair and said it would be a full head of thick hair for an average person. I know my hair is thick, in fact it's a problem. If I were to wash my hair at night it would still be soaking wet in the morning. So the idea of waking up, taking a shower and washing/drying/styling my hair is long gone for this momma. We came up with a plan. She thinned my hair. She thinned the center sections of my hair removing about a 1/3 of my hair and STILL it's so thick. Hopefully it helps. She took a few inches off too, boy did I need it.
As soon as I walked in the door at home I started cooking dinner. Mr. Sloth usually cooks dinner on the weekends but being forced to cook "weekday meals' while having children hang on me is less than fun so Mr. Sloth let me have today. I made Chicken Parmesan and we ate about two hours later than usual. I went from my half eaten plate straight up to the kids room to finish what I had started and then cleaned the playroom, took Happy out of the bath and then exchanged Happy for Pax and nursed Pax and then put him to sleep.
Then I walked downstairs and made a margarita.
I hope that bed is as comfortable tonight as it was this afternoon. It was a good day but I'd like to stop now.
* Last week in attempts to figure out what is causing Pax's spit up issues the doctor told me to give up coffee, caffeine, chocolate, leafy foods, spicy foods, and alcohol. Riiiiight. Thankfully after five days we figured out that coffee was the culprit. Unfortunately, coffee is the culprit. It's not the morning that's hard but the mid afternoons when I can't get a nap, I have nothing left to give and I have at least three hours until Mr. Sloth gets home. Oh, well. I'll survive.
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