Mama of 2 P's in a Pod

So I attempted to fancy up my blog today and realized I only have 2 followers! TWO! Is that true? Are there only two of you who read this? If you do read it and don't follow it yet, scroll down to the bottom and become a follower! I promise to come up with fun things to blog about!

It's hot! Not just hot, but sweltering hot! We expect this kind of heat in Kansas in Mid-July and August but not late June. We've had a heat index of 102 or great at least 4 out of 5 days this week! I'm ok with the summer heat but this kind of heat just zaps the motivation out of me! Kris has been working in this heat, not a big deal when they're not running calls and are able to relax in the cool air of the firestation. However, when they are in the truck, he sits next to the engine in the Aerial truck, in the one space where there is no air conditioning! So needless to say he's a bit worn out. I managed to take the P's swimming earlier this week and we dealt with the heat that way but we haven't been playing outside much at all. In fact, normally this time of year, they are playing and running and enjoying themselves at the Firefighter Union picnic. This year, not so much! The first night was full of a surprise storm that rained out any outside fun. The se...

I am so glad Kris and I were blessed with little girls who like to be silly. Little girls who have the best laughs and even sweeter giggles. Little girls who can melt you heart in one moment and then give you a mouthful in the next. Both P's are very strong-willed in such different ways. Big P likes her thoughts to be known and refuses to give in when she has her own opinion, and while this drives me absolutely insane sometimes, I know in life, it will be a good tool for her to have. Little P is very strong-willed in her own right. She knows what she likes and isn't easily swayed to like something just because big Sister does, which gives me hope that she won't be so easily swayed by others as she enters those peer pressure years. They as such a fun duo, and I love being around them so much more than I have appreciated in the past. Maybe its because they are both at the stage where they're pretty self-sufficient?! Maybe its because they're personalities are so stron...

Wow! I'm just floored by the amount of drama that some people in this world like to stir. I am also floored that a group of women, MOTHERS none the less, are so quick to jump into the high school drama world when it comes to helping out a fellow mama. I am so disappointed in these people and their true show of character. A good friend of mine is in a bad place right now. I won't go into detail because it is her business and her life but she needs some uplifting and some help. I don't have much to give money-wise or time-wise but I'm willing to help and I thought the mommy group we were part of would be too. And there are those who are so willing and so helpful too. Then there are the ones who can't stand to see someone else in the lime ligth (even if it is truly a sad situation like this) and have to try and stir it up. So while I am grateful to the mommies who are willing to dig into the already dry well and help out another mama, and I'm glad to know I can hel...

I try very hard to be positive on this blog, because yes I have, WE have a lot to be thankful for and are truly blessed. However, sometimes, life throws little things at you and its hard to keep that positivity going every minute of every day. Those little things sometimes turn into bigger things and they start to overwhelm. We are at a standstill right now when it comes to home. I won't get into many specifics, some of you who read already know the situation. But while we got some good news that could take us 4 steps forward, it came with an exception that has us back 4 steps. So we're stuck, literally. Its such a hard place to be. We can see the dream right there just within our grasp but have all of this reality tied to it and not enough time to get it all going. So the roller coaster ride hasn't stopped its just at that dead space that has no hill to climb or ride down, its just coasting along and we have no idea which direction its going to go. So stalemate....

Well we have lost tooth number two in the P & D household! Big P would not let her daddy or I go near the second wiggly tooth. She took it upon herself to pull it out at daycare Friday! So the tooth fairy made another visit, this time leaving a .50 cent piece behind, which she thought was very cool! Little P keeps trying to tell us she has wiggly teeth too, oh little one please just wait for that! We've had alot of birthday celebrations in our family this past week, Kris' included. We had a nice time with family last night and even some time with an old friend and his family. Much needed! The P's are really liking daddy's jeep. Unfortunately Mother Nature has decided to bless us with lots of rain and thunderstorms lately so it hasn't been out of the garage as much as most of us would like right now. But its still fun when we get a chance to go out and let the wind rip through our blonde hair - well three of us anyway! Here's a pick Kris recently took of our ...

I recently decided to try out the Twilight book series, by Stephenie Meyer . I wasn't really interested in the hype at first, I mean seriously, Vampires? But when the time came for Kris to leave town for a few days, I decided I wanted to fill my mommy time with a little bit of indulgence for me, which is usually reading. One of my sister-in-laws was already all into the Twilight craze, which wasn't suprising. But my other sister-in-law, the one I didn't expect to enjoy it, was actually very excited about it and couldn't stop talking about it either. So I figured I'd at least give it a shot. I mean I needed something worthwhile to fill my mommy time when the P's had their bedtime, and what better indulgence than reading a book you can't put down. I started the first one Wednesday night, and before I knew it, it was midnight, this was the same way Thursday and I finally finished it Friday night. I couldn't wait to get the P's to bed so I could find o...