Seriously?

So, my youngest daughter is going to be 5 in November.  We decided to keep her out of kindergarten this year and enroll her in a young 5's program. (otherwise known as Kinder-ready)  You see, my daughter is what you would call.....moody.  She fights me daily when it comes to putting clothes on.  She claims that all jeans are "itchy", and that her socks "hurt". Seriously....its a challenge.  Along with this, she has anxiety about using the restroom.  The anxiety is about getting "drips".   I wish I knew where she picked this up at.  It drives me CRAZY.  But, because of these issues, we decided that we would take this year to work on those things and just enroll her in a 2 day a week all day program. 

The first week was challenging.  We are in the mid west and are starting to go through our seasonal change.  Which for us, means freezing cold in the morning, and then burning up during the day.  It makes it very difficult to prepare kids for school.  Everyday is about layers.  Hoodies and cardigans are our best friend around here.  So the other day we were going through our normal morning ritual of finding the perfect "non-itchy" outfit.  After a 30 minute struggle, we agreed on a pair of "comfy" cotton leggings with a tunic.  Now, when I say tunic, Im not saying dress.  Im talking about a long shirt that just covers her butt.  She was happy...or so I thought.

I arrived at the school for pick-up at my usual time of 5 minutes early.  This is to ensure that I can gather all of her stuff up right away, and then bolt out of the parking lot before all of the other 50 million cars.  As Im emptying her cubby, I notice that her "comfy" leggings are in there.  The first thing that goes through my mind is that she got one of her "drips" and change into her spare outfit.  No biggie.  That's what the spare outfit is for.    However, that was not the case.  Out comes my daughter...no pants on.  Yup....that's right.  She told her teacher that she was hot.  So she was allowed to walk around the school all day long without pants on.  Seriously mortified.  I received some not so pleasant looks as we walked down the hall together.  Of course the bathroom is not anywhere close.  After poking my eyeballs out, I had to have a serious discussion about how wearing no pants was inappropriate.  UGH.  5 year olds are fun.

So, I finally decided to join in on the age of blogging.  I cant say that I have anything spectacular to teach, or any fabulous life lessons, but I do have my life.  Which can be quite entertaining at times.  I am a stay at home mom with 2 young girls.  They are both wonderful and at times, challenging.  My husband works and does most of the cooking. In return, I do....well...almost everything else.   Just to make sure things don't get boring around here, we decided to add a puppy to our lives.  He is 9 months old now, and very bouncy.

I like to fill my days by sitting on the couch and watching Lifetime.  (not really, but it seems to be what people think I do all day)  I actually like to fill my time by doing various projects throughout the house.  If I could redecorate on a monthly basis, I totally would.  But in the meantime, I am gradually working on small projects throughout our new home.

Most of my blog will be based on stupid things that happen to me or my children on a day to day basis.  Im always amazed at some of the things that come out of my kids mouths.    Recently we introduced our kids to fortune cookies.  My youngest daughter (who we will call Elise) got a fortune that said, "your dreams are inside of you".  Of course she interpreted that as, anything I think about will come true.  She told me that her fortune was going to come true and that she would indeed have a poodle.  Dream on Elise.  Not going to happen.

Im beginning this blog for myself. To keep an online diary of things that happen throughout my life.  If anyone wants to be included, that would be wonderful.  If not, Ill continue entertaining myself and hope I can make it throughout the day without poking my eyeballs out.