mothers' day

i've been racking my brain trying to figure out what to post about on mother's day. something sweet about how much fun, or rewarding, being a mother is. how much i appreciate my own mother. and every other woman who has thus inspired me in my own job as mommy...

but the time got away from me. saturday night was suddenly on me, and i didn't have time to take to write down my thoughts. instead, i was making sure the laundry got put away. that the boys were bathed. that the baby had clean diapers, and that we had the food for sunday.

sunday morning came, and i thought i could spend a few minutes to blog. but i ended up finding shoes for my almost 8 year old. i also took the time to snuggle with my baby. then i had to talk to my older boys about innapropriate behavior, which led to a discussion on lots of other things. then it was a mad rush to get of the door to church.

then while at church, fussy puked all over himself, and all over me. and i though "this is perfect on mother's day". so came home to change him. he figured out he was tired, and fell asleep in my arms.

and now that i'm here, i've totally forgot what i was going to say.

but what is a post without pictures? well, kind of boring. so here's some pictures of mothers. doing what mom's do. thank goodness for mommies!

happy mother's day!

fussy climbing the couch

just look how proud he is to make it all the way up. he did this like 8-9 times that night. he hasn't done it since!

2 things

1) baseball season has started. i wonder why they take the names from the current major league for the names of the kids' teams. in soccer, they let the kids make up their own names, but in baseball, you kind of are at the mercy of whoever your coach chooses.

i was running late to get chilly to his game, and was wandering around the itty bitty fields, asking who was the coach to all the different teams. as soon as i saw the team on the shirt, i knew that was the team my kid was going to be on. yup. chilly is a red sox. have i ever mentioned how big of yankee fan's we are? that comes from living in new york in 1998. best season ever.

so, my kid gets the uniform. a t-shirt emblazoned with those words "red sox" and a hat with a big b for boston.

2)chilly decided that today, he was going to wear his baseball shirt and hat to preschool. i told him no. i didn't want him to get his shirt dirty for his game tomorrow. nor did i want him to loose his hat. i explained that to him. we went to school. all was fine.

i picked him up from school, and what is he wearing? his red sox shirt. he totally sneaked out of the house wearing it under his other shirt. he gets in the van and we head home and i ask him if he also sneaked out his hat. which he immediately tells me he forgot at school. i told him too bad, that i wasn't going back. he gets to live with that consequence, and miss his hat for his game tomorrow.

so? what if i am a soccer mom?

i am a soccer mom. although this week is the last week of that. next week i get to be a baseball mom. baseball mom doesn't sound as good as soccer mom. but it will be more true. anyway, to prove that my kiddies play soccer, here's pictures.

chilly' team...well most of the team. obviously the picture guys didn't want to include the retake that had MORE of the team. whatever. either my kid stinks or the kid next to him is invisible. does the picture guy see that?

apparently the coach this year was once a professional soccer player. like in europe or something. that's pretty professional right? he was an awesome coach, he kept taking out my kid (which i don't mind) and putting in the kids that actually paid attention. what do you expect with a bunch of 4-5 year olds, right? anyway, i don't think we've won a game yet. i don't know if we've even scored a goal...


look at this kid. he's a ham. and not the good mia hamm kind. no, he's a regular chatty mcchat. notice the one glove on his hand? that is because it was so freaking cold. i think we've had one game about 40 degrees. yeah, spring soccer sucks.

and again, what's with these pictures. did they actually have the kids take them. can you say LAME? i'm so not impressed.

harry's team. all 4 of them. not really, he actually has a pretty decent team. in fact they have won most of their games. and harry is pretty darn good. as long as he doesn't try to drop kick/ballet the ball. he then just gets really embarrassed and won't play.

yeah, so what is up with this? well, we had pictures at 4 pm. yeah. how many kids made it? that's pretty much it. it sucks because can't they just retake the picture like AFTER the game? whatever.

oh and notice the cheery expression on my son's face. that is because he totally lost his socks and was wearing one yellow and one gray. i told them you wouldn't be able to see it. he didn't believe me and was really grumpy. totally ruined the whole dang game. what a turd.

and again, who was taking the pictures? were they blind? did you not notice that my son was pirate winking? couldn't you take another one? geesh. i'm glad i have this picture that i can save for his kids. again, he's really grumpy, but still, is that my kid? it doesn't even look like him.

i'm so over paying money for pictures. i guess i should bring my own camera next time. maybe i could sell my pictures to the other mom's who are sick of this kind of half assed picture taking.

tagged.....

thanks april! i really love and hate these kinds of things. alright, i want you to think i hate them, just because that would be more...cool, but i really love them. yeah, because we all know i love to talk about myself. so here i go, giving you random insights into my life.

Four places I go to over and over: walmart, preschool, regular school, walmart. or the soccer field (at least for the rest of this week)
that sums up my day actually. over and over again. i feel like a revolving door some days. or a revolving mini van

Four people who email me regularly: sierra trading post, oriental trading, my in laws with their pro mccain propaganda (or would it be anti-hillary?), and uh....the library. telling me my books are in, or most likely, that they are overdue.

Four places I like to eat: my mom's is number one. sunday dinners there are the best. somewhere that doesn't have a playground. i guess the third would be any place without a kid's menu. and fourth...the pizza place in new york that we would go to. it had the best new york pizza. just a little hole in the wall kind of place with the greasiest pizza ever. but it was the best.

Four places I would like to be right now: now that i'm thinking about new york, i'd like to be there. i'd also really like to be somewhere sunny and warm. i also really love the condos up on the mountain. and last, uninterrupted dream land. 8 hours of it. that would be a change.

Four TV Shows I watch all the time: i like survivor, e.r., and the amazing race, and maybe the office if i catch it. other than that i don't watch much tv. every once in a while i get sucked into law and order, or a documentary of some sort. the other day my kids were engrossed in the antiques roadshow. that was kind of weird.

Four people I think will respond: does anybody read my blog? HA! hmmm i'm going to tag kelsey-boo, megan, my cousin, my sister-in-law. they might read my blog, but they may not. sorry big d, i already know all about you...

dear mr. and mrs birdy,

it was so nice to see you lately! i've been watching you out the window and you seem so intent on something. it looks as if spring is wonderful for you. you look as if you are ready to increase your family yet again! i think it's awfully funny how you torment my poor dog, but you are much too quick for her. please don't mind my curious kids, and go about your daily stuff.

and i just want to add, that i hope we are going to be good neighbors. i hope we can get along well enough to talk to each other, gossip about the other neighbors. in fact, why don't we get together for a nice barbecue? lets say....saturday? why don't you bring the kids?





see you soon!


love,
meemer

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