New Year Interviews

I'm a little late posting this, but in January I asked the kids the yearly questions...here are their answers!  Except for Marlowe of course!
Tennyson
Fave book - The Berry Blossom Festival
Fave movie - The Lorax
TV show - My Little Pony
Song - What Makes You Beautiful (One Direction)
Place to go - Grand Slam
Food - cereal
Dessert -Banana Split
Thing to do - play the wii
Toy - My Little Pony train
Holiday - Christmas
Outfit -owl t-shirt
Color -pink and purple
Best friend - Maya
Fave thing at the park - firetruck
Drink - lemonade
Store - kohls
Veggie - carrots
Fruit - watermelon
PJs - fleece owls
Restaurant - Bakers Square
Cereal - Cookie Crisp and Krave
What I want to be when I grow up - a Dancer

Truman
Book - dinosaur Train
Movie -Cars
TV Show - Chuck
Song - Dinosaur Train theme
Place to go - Grand Slam
Food - Mac and Cheese
Dessert - ice cream
Thing to do - play the wii
Toy - scooter
Holiday - Christmas
Outfit - Dinosaur shirt
Color - red
Best friend - Alex
Thing at the park - swing
Drink - flavored water
Store - Rainbow
Veggie - carrots
Fruit - cantaloupe
PJs - Buddy
Restaurant - Buffalo Wild Wings
Cereal - Cinnamon Toast Crunch
What I want to be when I grow up - Big Truck Driver

Funny...if I asked them these things today, I don't think any of their answers would be the same!!

Road trip!

I guess there is nothing quite like a trip to a government office to get me riled up enough to blog, seeing as it has been quite awhile.
Since the birth of bambino #3, I seem to have "misplaced" her social security card.  And as it would have it, that number is needed if I want to claim her on my taxes.  So, off we went this morning.  And by we, I mean me, the 4.5 year old, the 3.5 year old and the nearly 7 month old.  We drove the half hour to the one and only office location serving more than 3 million people, lucked out with someone pulling out of a spot just as we got there....no then it changed.  We sauntered up to the door only to discover the line to go through security and get a number was out the door.  As we stood in line, I peered into the office and saw the waiting area.  Luckily for us there was a nice lady in front of us and a nice lady behind.  We chit chatted about the line, how long it would take, if there was any other offices, or another way to do this...etc.  The older two kids got squirrely right away, so I knew this was going to be fun.  In the end, we walked away after 15 minutes, but I learned a few valuable lessons.
#1) any city area of over 3 million people needs multiple government office locations.  Especially when you are only open 9:00-3:30.  People get in line an hour or more before the location opens.  And they still have to wait 2 hours.
#2) there will be friendly, understanding people in line and there will be everyone else.  We are all in line, we all have to wait, let's try to be friendly.  No one, especially young children, need to hear that kind of language upon your arrival in line.
#3) I'm not sure if Hell has a waiting room, but if it does, it may be located at a government office.  I'm almost certain none of the people I saw sitting in there looked like they did when they arrived at the SS office.  That waiting room had the innate ability to suck the light, life, joy, and years out of anyone,
#4) to the employees at these Government offices, the ones who work hard and the ones that don't...lets try to speed it up.  I know some situations are trickier than others and may require more time to get things sorted out, but when the waiting room is that full and the line to enter the waiting room is out the door, is there any way we could hurry it up?  Just asking.

Luckily for me, I had an brain surge and was able to locate the number through other means, so a trip back to the social security office has been postponed!  Hopefully until all children are in school and only I have to suffer through the wait.  Mind you, three hours alone, no children pulling on me, begging for snacks or tv, three hours to sit, read, snooze, play games....sounds more like the waiting room to Heaven!! :o)

Nothing

I haven't solved the hair dilemma, but maybe I will just attempt to bring the ladies mullet back!! If you see me and it looks like I have a mullet...just smile and keep on walking.

While I know this blog doesn't get a lot of traffic, I used to enjoy blathering on and on about whatever random thought popped into my head.  These days, it seems even my random thoughts have been lost in the wind.  Between making meals, cleaning up, getting snacks, cleaning up, stopping fights, changing diapers, feeding a baby, doing laundry, getting groceries, running errands...I don't have random, fun thoughts anymore!  That or it just seems silly to waste my time with my silly thoughts and ramblings.  

How do you find something to keep you sane, give you some me time, when life keeps you running back and forth taking care of the needs of other people?  That being said, I certainly don't feel like I accomplish much in any given day.  However, I suppose if all three children are fed, dressed and relatively clean, we've had a productive day.  If we can get through it without too many tears or raised voices, then it's been an even better day. 

One day there will be time for random ramblings again.  But by then, they may be voiced from my bed in the asylum  :o)

Hair Today...

To cut or not to cut...to grow or not to grow?  This is my hair in its various stages since Tennyson was born. Prior to that, my hair was straight and almost down to my waist.  We're not going there again.  However I don't know if I want to let it grow or if I should hack it off again or stay in the middle.  If any one feels so inclined, please leave me a comment.  

Dilemma Dilemma

The hardest thing about having a baby is trying to figure out what to wear, after having that baby.  Unless you are some celebrity with a crazy trainer who gets you back into your pre-baby clothes three days after giving birth, most of us probably struggle with our clothing choices.  I lucked into being back into most of my clothes after baby #2 three weeks later, but that was due to a baby who didn't let me sit down for more than 2 minutes at a time and made it impossible to eat anything remotely resembling a sit down meal.  I don't recommend it.  So, here we are four weeks after baby #3 and I prefer staying home for the main reason that it allows me to wear my pajamas and not have to worry about trying to find clothes that fit.  Maternity clothes are too big, pre-maternity clothes are too small, but I don't want to spend money on in between clothes!  What's a girl to do?  So far it's been maternity capris/jeans that haven't fallen down around my knees yet and a couple regular tops.  Tops.  That's the trickiest because you have to find one that doesn't accentuate the left over baby weight but that also allows for nursing.  Double whammy!!  So far my shirts have either been stretched out, baggy maternity tops or pre-pregnancy t-shirts that are a little tighter than they should be.  Not sure what look is more appealing:  frumpy, poorly dressed slob, or is that lady four month pregnant?  As long as I am toting the newborn with me, the too tight look seems more acceptable because people can hopefully see I've just had a baby, instead of alerting TLC's What Not To Wear that I need a makeover.

So, if you see me around and I am wearing the same outfit for the fourth day in a row...I promise I wash my clothes! :o)

And if you have any solutions/suggestions that don't require a new wardrobe for this extra weight, please feel free to share them with me.  Unless it requires me going on a liquid only diet for the next 6-7 weeks, because that's not going to happen!