A Good Day

Today was so nice and peaceful. Soy did have two accidents but other than that I just had fun being with the kids. We went to the park in the morning and the weather was perfect. Soy has so much fun making friends and trying out their toys. London loves playing on the grass and putting leaves in her mouth. Then I did some arts and crafts and Breanne's -- i made a diapers and wipes case--it turned out so cute! I have made a crib skirt, a bib, some beanbags, and that case since I've been out here -- Breanne has inspired my inner seamstress! But I have got a ways to go. But after my crafting time I took the kids home and Soy quietly read books in his room for an hour while I fed London and watched a history channel program about the Great Wall of China. Then we went to the mall and shopped with Katie and Breanne and their two girls and then got some pizza. It was almost a perfect day-- I think it was just my attitude or maybe it was just so much better than yesterday! I love Soy's spontaneous laughter and London's hickie kisses! And the way Soy says "mama"--what cute good kids! Every night when I put him to bed he asks "lay by you? Lay by you?" How can you resist that? He is still getting the difference between you and me-- it will be kinda sad when he gets it right-- it's so cute how he says it now--"help you? Hold you?"

When you have kids that's What You Got!

So I will no longer be accepting or asking for rides from anyone. Joel has been taking our only car to work a lot lately so I have been stranded. I wasn't going to post this first experience but since it applies to the experience I had today I will tell it.... Last week I had some friends invite me to go to a bounce house where the kids could play and so I said I would go. I found out later that I wouldn't have a car and my friend quickly came up with the solution that I would take her sister-n-law's car and so I said okay. I was a little hesitant but decided just to go with it. So we went and had some fun--Soy loved bouncing around and rough-housing. On our way home I decided to grab some milk. When I put it in the backseat of the car it was punctured by a Pinnacle yard sign and started spurting everywhere--so I quickly returned the milk to the store and cleaned up the mess. On the way home as I was getting lost London threw up an entire bottles worth of formula. So I stopped and cleaned up as much as I could but it was everywhere. And that stuff stinks--especially in a hot car. Thankfully, Calli--the owner of the vehicle-- was a sweetheart and I think we are still friends. So today. The Relief Society in our ward threw a desert social and I made a desert for it and talked one of my friends into coming with me and asked her for a ride because i was once again stranded. So we finally found where the get together was and London started to throw up. This stuff was chunky and gross. And it was everywhere--but not so much on the car thankfully. So we had just pulled up and so I sent Kate--my friend who was the driver-- in to get some cleaning supplies. Annie--the owner of the house was amazingly understanding and accommodating and helped me get London in the tub and all of her clothes and carseat cover in the washer. She even gave her a brand new outfit to wear that she had just bought yesterday--in London's size! Weird eh? I wish I had some of that foresight! Maybe I would know when to stay home! So I get London squared away and I start chatting with some of the women and then Kate-- my ride--gets a call from her husband and has to leave but my stuff is still in the washer so decide to stay and get a ride from my husband or one of the other women. So I go get the carseat and come back in and decide to check on my two year old. The first thing I see when I walk into the play room is poo smeared on the sheets of their crib. I find Soy and he is covered in wet thick poo all down his leg. At this point I am not so much suprised but mortified. So I strip him down, throw him in the tub and go to find all of the traces he has left behind. Thankfully everything he touched was washable and I threw it in a pile and went to tell Annie the good news. She was so nice! And didn't make me feel uncomfortable at all. Thank goodness for people like Annie. She made me feel like she was still glad I came despite all of our messy mishaps. Did I mention I was the only one that came with kids? And that while I was cleaning up the tub I got showered on and my hair was soaked? But I learned how to act and how to help when others go through similar situations and that when you have kids that's what you got! We went out to lunch today--before these colorful events-- and I was sitting there watching my kids and thinking how much I loved it and how fun it was (they were both being so angelic at the time) and I saw an older couple and she smiled at me as she was leaving and I thought about her stage of life and I thought "I am going to miss this stage". Did that thought really come from my head? It's amazing how fast you forget about all of the crazy things you go through with kids. Which is why I am recording them for me when I get baby hungry and for my kids and for anyone else who needs to hear that they are not alone.

Sante Fe National Forest

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We went on the ward campout with some of the other Pinnacle wives. It was so fun! Sawyer loved the fire and sleeping in the tent. It was so nice to be around big pine trees and see so many stars! And of course a major highlight was dutch oven cooking and smores! We were playing games pretty late together and got shooshed by one of the ward members-- it felt like girls camp all over again. It made me feel young again!

One of those days...

In order of occurrence

• I dropped our new Brita filter pitcher and broke it.

• We got a notice from our apartment complex that we owe them $500 for our cats--$250 of which is refundable.

• AC is broken and they have to special order it in---we are living in New Mexico in July.

• London's diaper exploded while I was otherwise engaged and I found her playing in a pile of poo on the floor (at least it was her own right?).

• Soy dumped genta-violet purple dye for thrush in our white porcelain sink and our counter right as Joel walked in the door from a hard day at work.

So needless to say I have said a few choice words today. I have never had this much trouble with salty language as I have these past couple months.

Thank goodness for Sawyer's hugs and London's giggles! Sawyer is so good to come up to me after he realizes he is being naughty and puts his arm around me and says "sorry mama"---He knows exactly how to melt me. London is all smiles and attracts attention wherever she goes!

Shopping Nightmare

So I went with my cousin Ashlie today to a clothing store with my two adorable children. This store did not have shopping carts so I was just chasing Soy around while holding London. Soy started to fuss and act up and I just brushed it off and then all of the sudden it hit me-- Crap! He needs to pee! But it was too late the flow had just begun and was pouring down his leg onto the carpeted floor. So I was mad at myself for not catching it but told him it was okay and it was my fault. We had just gotten there so I told my cousin he was fine for a bit and to keep shopping. There were some kids clothes there and they were pretty inexpensive so I thought--Hey I'll buy him some shorts so I don't have to carry him home wet. So as I was browsing for shorts he comes to me again fussing and then I heard the rumble. I said a few choice words and continued browsing just hoping I would wake up in my warm bed. After a while I decided I needed to do something. So I bought the shorts. The store did not have a bathroom and so I decided to change him in the dressing room. Well it turns out Soy had one too many strawberries for the day and wow...a little more of a runny mess than what I was expecting. So I wiped him up the best I could with his short but still it was everywhere. So I had to take off his shirt and finish the job. Of course in the process I got poop on the carpet. And of course I had no wipes with me. Ashlie was in the next room coaching me through it as best she could. So we came up with the plan to bee line it through the store and head out. I had a bag full of poopy clothes and a shirtless little boy with new shorts with a very confused look on his face. He actually handled the whole thing quite well. And Ashlie was a champ! Such a great friend to have in a crisis! So we decided after we left the store that I probably should go back in and tell them they had poop on their floor so I went in and said "Hey um...my son had an accident in the dressing room and I didn't have anything to clean it up with so.......I'm sorry?" Probably won't be seen in there again.

Albuquerque Musuem

We decided to ride the ABQ Bus today and go to old town Albuquerque and see the musuem. Soy was so excited to get on the bus! We had to hold him back to wait in line. It's a good thing the rest of the Pinnacle wives came along because they were a huge help with my kids. I had both kids and my obnoxiously big double stroller. The musuem was not really for kids but they were good. I enjoyed seeing some artifacts from the 17th century left behind by Spanish conquistodors --helmets, armor, wall hangings, and weapons. We visited a Catholic church that was also built in the 17th century. It was a totally different feeling walking through that building. We walked through some shops and got some ice cream--Soy was estatic! We got back on the bus and he fell asleep in Diana's arms (one of the technician's wives). Then we got home and life was just great-- London was happy, Saywer was happy we were playing and I was singing and then Soy pooped his pants. What do you do? Try again tomorrow I guess.

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