Housewife Porn - March

This month, Mr. March is featured doing the dishes.

*please pay no mind to the naked toddler sudsing herself up with dish soup bubbles.

Playdate!!

This morning, the kiddo's and I had a playdate!!

I am super excited about this for several reasons.

First, it's been months since Turner has been to a friend / cousin's house. He was excited to play in a different house with his friend and with toys other than his own.

Second, this was an opportunity to get Lauren out of the house. Since I am a SAHM of three children, she doesn't get out and about very often. Most of the time our bi-weekly trip to the library is the only time she ever goes any place. I was excited for her to leave her normal environment and interact with other kids in a place that was unfamiliar.

Third, I love watching my children interact with other kids outside of our home. It gives me an idea of who they are what their personalities are like when they aren't at home with Mom and Dad.

Last, I enjoy talking to other Mom's about how we are parenting our kids. We can really learn from each other by letting each other into our most personal space and see how we interact / entertain / teach our kids.

The kids had a wonderful time.
I had a wonderful time.

It made for a really fun day for all of us.

I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked. It was difficult to make time for photography when I was holding Tyler and trying to help keep watch over the kids.

Here I the three pics I managed to take:

Selecting masks and weapons

 

 

Pre-Easter fun

The kiddo's and I spent this weekend preparing for the Easter holiday.

On Friday evening, my Sis, niece, and nephew came over to visit and we dyed eggs. I only boiled a dozen eggs and they went too quickly! (Lesson learned for next year when we will have five kids participating.) I boiled a few dozen more on Saturday morning for Turner and Lauren since they seemed to enjoy it so much. The best part? They enjoy eating them too! Hubs and I are THRILLED that we aren't going to be stuck trying to eat 48 boiled eggs by ourselves. One can only eat so many boiled eggs or so much egg salad.

Here are the kids on Friday night. (Ryan and Tyler sat on the sidelines and watched the big kids)

And here is Turner and Lauren working on their eggs Saturday morning.

 

This is how Tyler spent her time at the table while the kids colored their eggs.

Saturday afternoon, the kids made bunny masks using paper plates and cotton balls. They turned out really cute. Surprisingly, Turner was the only one who allowed me to take his picture with his. Lauren lost interest quickly and she's the one who always wants to be in costume. Go figure!

 

He also requested I take a picture of "grumpy bunny."

 

 

Tomato Parmesan Soup

I'm typically not a fan of recipes that require a lot of care and maintenance. If food takes longer than 30 minutes from the time I pull out the ingredients to the time I shove it into my mouth, count me out. (with exception of the crockpot, of course!)

I wanted to try something different for dinner this evening and even though it require a bit more work than I'm used to, it was DELICIOUS!

I dislike tomato soup. Whether it's out of a Campbell's can or an uppity Tomato Bisque, I've never cared for it.

I decided to make this for the family and I enjoyed it even more than they did.

The tomato taste is present, but the parmesan and basil dominate the flavor of the soup.

It's pretty amazing.

I found the recipe here:
The girl who ate everything.com

Enjoy!!

Tyler Veronica is 3 months old today!!

Check out Little Miss playing on her floor gym! Go Tyler!
* I wanted to post a video, but Blogger isn't cooperating so these pics will have to do.

You're just ignorant, Man.

So, I have to share this story / rant with you because I'm still very appalled at the ignorance I witnessed at my child's pediatrician's office today.

Calling a person ignorant is harsh.

I assure you, today I witnessed ignorance in it's full form.

First, the definition:
ig-no-rant: lacking knowledge or awareness in general.

The scene: Waiting room of a Pediatrician's office.

In walks a father and three children. They are all clean and dressed nicely. The girls have their hair brushed and styled and the little guys have been keeping up on their haircuts. The man looks to be about 30 years old.

First, I give credit to a man that is out and about taking care of his children so automatically, this guy has earned points in my book.

Second, I give even more credit to a parent that doesn't go out in public in their pajamas and/or take their children out in their pajamas. It's sad the amount of people I've seen taking their kids around while wearing dirty clothing, with dirty faces, and unkempt hair. Typically pulling around kids covered in stickiness and filth, wearing soiled clothing.

But that's a whole other post.

Back to the story...

The father approached the reception desk and said that his wife had called in and spoke to someone about having his son seen by a doctor this morning.

The rest went like this:

RECEPTIONIST: What is your child's doctor's name?
MAN: I don't know.
RECEPTIONIST: Okay. Last name?
MAN: Smith (not using his actual name here)
RECEPTIONIST: What is your wife's name that called in?
MAN: Jane (bear with me)
RECEPTIONIST: What is her phone number?
MAN: Uuuuummmmm (pulls out his phone and gives receptionist a phone number)
RECEPTIONIST: I'm not finding that in the system. What is your son's date of birth?
MAN: Uuuuuuummmmmm.... Mar..no wait, May 30. The 30th or the 31st. (looks back desperately searching for his kids to help him, but they are occupied in the coloring area across the room)
RECEPTIONIST: What year?
MAN: Uuuuummm. Let me think. 2008?
RECEPTIONIST: Alright. His first name?
MAN: (Man answers)
RECEPTIONIST: How do you spell that? Z-A-N-D-E-R?
MAN: Yes.
RECEPTIONIST: Hmmmm. I'm not finding it. Oh, here it is. It's spelled X-A-N-D-E-R. Is that correct?
MAN: Oh yeah. Sorry.

There are so many things I wanted to say but I couldn't get them out because my jaw was on the floor.

Let's recap all of the things this man does not know:

• The name of his children's pediatrician.
• His wife's phone number.
• His son's birthday and birth year; not to mention he almost couldn't recall the month.
• How to spell his son's first name.
• HOW TO SPELL HIS SON'S FIRST NAME!!

I cannot believe there are people out there having children and are so ignorant when it comes to knowing about their children!

I'm not talking about knowing their favorite color or their favorite cartoon. I'm speaking about knowing how to spell your child's name. Knowing your child's birthday.

What is this world coming too? (heavy sigh)

Hopefully, his children will break the cycle.

It worked!!

There are afternoons when I don't have all of the supplies or energy for another craft project and the kids aren't satisfied with any of their bajillion toys.

That's when I get creative and pray that it works.

Here is an idea that was a hit with the kiddo's so I wanted to share it with all of you.

I took a laundry basket and gave the kids objects that would fit into the holes of the basket. Once they got bored with putting things in, we started to make it a race to see who could put their object in the fastest. Then, Turner decided to crawl underneath the basket and Lauren pushed Hot Wheels into the basket with him in it. They laughed so hard when they were doing that.

Another success of keeping the Little's busy without making a mess!!

Lauren chose to work with the objects in the pencil jar.