Sleeping Beauties

Well, if you read the previous post, you know I lost my mind earlier today. It is late at night, but with Brian out of town my night owl comes out to party for a couple of nights, but I am kind of tired so this may get weepy and emotional.


I am not sure what finally caused the losing of the mind, but it happened at 3:00 this afternoon, I was hiding in my sewing room, on the phone crying to A.G. that I had finally reached my breaking point.


I went in to check on my non napping children to encourage them to get a book and lay on their beds quietly. I come in and Sarah is already on the bed laughing. Of course I ask her what is so funny, she points to the overturned book shelf and tells me she took her diaper/pull up off (while we are doing better with the potty training, not well enough not to use a diaper or something at nap and bed time) and she needed to pee, so she peed on the book shelf. I cannot even begin to imagine what expression I was wearing on my face, but I know I started crying before I walked out the door (after she was rediapered and laid in bed) and at some point in time I thought, I know I have NEVER peed on the furniture....why in the world would my child do this. Is she nuts????


Then after A.G. talked me down I went in to their bedroom to rescue them from themselves, then the most lovely thing happened. I was done for the day, so I gave into my non napping children and we watched Word World on tv, which by the way is a fabulous show for those of you who have never seen it. I was sitting on the couch trying to think of the best way to keep my sanity between now and the time hubby comes home from TX, LATE Sunday night, when my sweet, sweet Sarah climbs up on the couch with me cuddles to my side and says, I love you, Mom, I cuddle with you. I leaned over and hugged her and said, I love you more. She smiled back up at me and because she is super smart and observant she said, see, you aren't sad anymore.

How sweet is that and how easy it was for that simple gesture to change my entire afternoon and the rest of my evening.

I love these pictures, I love these girls. They try my patience and wreak havoc on my hair bringing me more greys than I like to admit, but look at the sweet sleeping faces.....look at that lovely, curly, mess of what we at the Stahl house call hair. They are lovely children, I am so glad they are mine. I can say that and mean it now, at 3:00 this afternoon it may have been a lie. :)

Does your day ever feel like this??

I think I am on the brink of losing my mind? The worst part is....no nap time.

Birthday

Okay so the girl's birthday celebration started weekend before last and continued through last weekend. These sweet little girls are going to grow up thinking that their birthday lasts a week. Here are some of my favorite pictures of the girls celebrating their birthday. I love this silly, silly picture of Molly. Grandma bought them "party hats" and they loved them. And of course Molly has to wear her glasses upside down.

Sarah loves taking pictures with my camera....see above 3 pictures.

Thank goodness Grandma gave her one of her own for her birthday

Our much anticipated Pat Pat Rocket

Taking pictures in the dark, on the way home.

Silly Grandpa!

Potty Training......Nightmare!!

I had such high hopes, such high hopes for my girls. They were so resistant until here recently when we started talking about it for their birthday. Sarah enjoyed peeing in the potty before bath time, but not Molly. I tried and failed twice before and gave it up until they were 3. A wise, experienced Ms. Kathy recommended I wait until they were 3.

So I did and it hasn't been easy. I don't think I thought it would be easy, but it has been quite hard! At first they were both doing well, but then it slowly started going down hill. And today, I think we all just fell apart. I say "we" because I definitely lost my head....and my mind! I think I need prayers, lots of them.

Tomorrow is MDO and we all get a break. We are going to stay home the rest of the week and the weekend as well,but Brian is leaving tomorrow morning at 5:00 and won't be back until Monday afternoon, late. Please....say prayers, LOTS of prayers!

Ten Things Tuesday

I know for most of you it is Wednesday already, but it is still Tuesday in my world, and I so desprately wanted to do the list this Tuesday.



1. I got to help put my kids to bed tonight and left as soon as they were in bed, but when I got home, the house was QUIET.



2. My husband and I share bath duties.



3. I have a babysitter so I can go to girls night out on Thursday....yeah!!!!



4. A good friend and a late night run to Target, a wonderful treat only a fellow stay at home mom can enjoy.



5. A friend (A.G.) good enough to call you at 8:00 to go to Target.



6. These fabulous shoes that I found at Target, on sale!





7. Potty training is going so well, we only had 2 accidents all day, yeah big girls!

8. I love my "business", and it is going so well.

9. Brian is going deep sea fishing in Mexico Thur - Sunday, which is sad because we will miss him. However, it is an opportunity of a lifetime and I am excited he is getting to go.

10. Watching the girls play their version of kickball outside with Brian tonight.

11. Brian got home EARLY tonight. Yeah!!

50 Things

I just wanted to see if I could come up with 50 things. I am not terribly observant, so I will be shocked if I can, but I am going to try.

Molly Ann

1. She was not named after my mom, we realized after we picked out the name and thought about it for a while that it was my mom's middle name.

2. She has blonde/light brown hair and NO ONE in my family does.

4. At night while sleeping she drools something fierce (like her mom).

5. She also sleeps on her stomach (like her mom used to LOVE to do)

6. She has flat toenails like her dad.

7. She is a dancing FOOL.

8. She can find an object and obsess about it.

9. She is potty training way better than her sister even though every night before bath her sister would potty and she would refuse.

10. She is a happy morning person....happy morning person.

11. She loves to laugh at her own jokes.

12. She also loves to laugh when she toots. (which we are trying very hard to break her of)

13. She never meets a stranger.

14. She LOVES her Sophie.

15. Wears dancing shoes all the time.

Sarah Beth

1. While going to sleep at night she rubs her feet together and can't keep her legs still (like her mom).

2. She loves the noise of the fan while she is trying to go to sleep.

3. Loves bath time and NEVER cries or complains when she has to have her hair washed.

4. Has a very sweet smile, but is always thinking about something to get into so behind that sweet smile is a very sneaky girl.

5. Loves to be outside and being dirty.

6. Says Gracias instead of thank you.

7. She will tell you she loves her Sophie, but when she gets in her bed she pushes her in the floor.

8. She is smart like her daddy and can figure just about anything out.

9. She has a fierce determination.

10. Misses me most when I am away from them.

11. Has wonderful bed head in the morning.

12. Never complains when you brush her teeth and sings the brush your teeth song after and some times during.

13. Loves to sing and has a wonderful memory for song lyrics.

14. Likes to have her hair fixed and never complains when I brush her hair.

15. Requests hugs and sugars every night before she goes to sleep.

Jamie Lane

1. I don't have a favorite color, I never have. I have pretended to in the past, but in reality I care for all colors the same. I probably like orange the least, though.

2. I love music, love music. It makes me happy!

3. I rub my feet together at night to help me get calmed down to fall asleep. Drives Brian CRAZY, just ask him and watch him roll his eyes.

4. I am a morning person, but I am also a night owl.

5. I love watching movies!

6. I love my hair, I complain about it being curly, but I love having dark hair.

7. I sing all the time at the house and my kids ask me not to sing. I am not sure if it is because I sing too much or if it is just that bad.

8. I have ugly toes, really ugly toes. However, I used to think they were grand, but I have decided since then that all toes are nasty.

9. I think Uvula and Vagina sound like nasty words and people shouldn't use them.

10. Brian said I snore worse than him.....I am not sure how he knows how badly he snores, but mine must be pretty bad :)

Brian Wayne

1. He hates his middle name.

2. His last name is German for Steel and he works at a steel mill.

3. He can fix almost anything, it is impressive if you don't know this about him.

4. He is the hardest worker I have ever known, even when he isn't happy with his job he gets up and goes and NEVER complains.

5. He also never takes all his vacation days and is NEVER sick.

6. His legs are shorter than mine....hehehehehehehe.

7. He loves his girls more than anything in the world and is a wonderful daddy.

8. Loves to hunt and has even hunted for animals I have never even heard of.

9. He is restoring his 70 Mustang that he drove in high school, unfortunately he doesn't have much free time so he may not get to finish until after the girls graduate!

10. Works with metal in his shop and makes awesome stuff.

Crafting.....3 year old Style

So my Granny (the girls great granny) sent them birthday cards with $3 and one to grow on. We went to Hobby Lobby with Ash and John Mark to do some fabric shopping for the grown ups. I found a few things, but not much. I told the girls we would take their money from Granny and let them pick something out with their money.

I was so happy when they chose a piggy bank craft kit. There wasn't much crafting, just some painting, glitter glue, and stickers, but they loved it.

They took their $4 and their piggy bank up to the cash register and paid for their purchases. They had such a good time painting and glitter gluing. That they chose a craft instead of a toy, makes me tear up just thinking about it. Here are some pictures from their crafting.