Mama of 2 P's in a Pod

Its a busy time of year. School starts in less than 3 weeks and that means Big P will soon be a kindergartener! Little P will be in Pre-K and the shuffle of the school year will begin. Somewhere in there I will have to find time to focus on 4 online classes, come up with a short story for a contest I want to enter and find time to get going on writing my book. I can do this right? I also need to find more time to work out! We've been doing good the past couple of weeks, hope to keep the momentum going! Kris is seeing a personal trainer and I'm taking some classes that are literally kicking my butt into gear! The P's are excited about the school year. There is so much to do and I want to be involved as much as working mama can be! We'll see what we can do. I guess its time to put on my "Super Mom" cape and do it! Here's a fun picture of the P's from last week. They have Swim to Me Puppies and decided they wanted to wear the puppies' goggles. Silly g...

We are now the parents of a 4 AND 5 year old. Sounds kind of scary when its put that way. Little P turned 4 yesterday. Her big family party is Saturday but we took her to Chuck E Cheese last night to celebrate. She had a blast and it was a nice, small crowd of some family and some friends who came with us. I will have to post some fun pictures from that soon but here are a few of my favorites of Little P! She is such a delight to have in our lives. She is a kind, sweet, loving, empathetic, hilarious little girl. She keeps us laughing, keeps us smiling and can melt our hearts with one little pout of her lip. She drives her sister crazy but loves her even more. Thank you Little P, for being the Grace that God gave us!

Yes, yes she did! We took the P's out to dinner last night. It was a fun evening and everyone was on their best behavior, mommy and daddy included. They had just spent some time with Grandma and Grandpa and a few animals including a sweet Yorkie Poo and a kitten. Well Little P decided her ear itched, so she brought her leg up to her ear, and scratched it with her big toe. Just like the animals she had just seen. Kris and I were flabergasted, did she just do that? It was one of those moments as a parent where you just want to laugh so incredibly hard at their imagination and actions, but know better and should advise her that is not how people scratch themselves. It was purely innocent and incredibly sweet as well as hilarious so we ended up telling her that was how animals did it but still laughed too so she knew she still entertains us well. I wish we would've gotten a picture of the moment because it truly was funny!

Little P had me laughing pretty hard at bedtime a few nights ago. She informed me that she didn't need a bedtime so I asked her why she thought that. "I'm a vampire mommy, and vampires don't sleep!" What have I started? We were out at dinner the next night as a family, when Big P said something that made us all laugh. I ordered the quesadillas, forgoing the the all-you-can-eat buffet. She watched me as I smeared some guacamole and sour cream inside and said as sweetly as could be. "Mama why do you like rockamole?" I love it when they get a word wrong, there is something so sweet and innocent about it. A not so sweet moment, at least for me, was a few days ago when Big P was standing next to me at the mirror. She kept looking at my face and then her face and back again. She said with a very disgusted look on her face "Mama will I look like you when I grow up too?" We do look a lot alike right now and I worried when she asked this. She glanced at...

Oh no. I have finally sat down to put all of my ideas onto paper/in a document and I can't find the right words. I know its the first draft and its going to be ugly so I shouldn't worry about sentence structure or anything like that. (I never worry about it on here!) But I can't get the thoughts to form into words much less get my fingers to type them. I've been carrying around a composition notebook with hopes that will inspire me, nope, nothing! The thoughts are coming about 100mph however I can't find a way to connect them to print! UGH! I am finally in the right mind set and ready to do this so why is it so flippin' hard?

Wow this year has flown by. They all do now and sometimes its a little overwhelming to know how quickly time truly passes. Of course that is not always the case when you're waiting for something, like say for the work day to be over. That clock just ticks and sometimes it seems like it ticks backwards. However, that is NOT the case when it comes to watching our children grow up. I am trying get a grasp on time with them. Little P turns 4 this month and it seems just like yesterday she was 2 and learning how to keep up with big sister. I can't change how quickly it passes by, but I'd like to change how I spend my time, particularly with the girls. I realized that summer break is half over and I haven't really kept my promise in making sure its been a fun one. I've spent too many evenings inside camped out in the AC, instead of taking them outside to ride their bikes or blow bubbles or just to be kids out in the dirt finding bugs. I haven't read nearly as much TO ...