Humorous Conversations With a 3 Year Old

Maggie: Mom, can I have my Polly Pockets?

Me: When you go poop in the potty you can have them.

Maggie: I can't go poop. I'm too busy.

Later on that evening.....

Me: Maggie, don't throw cereal all over the floor. I am going to have clean it all up!

Maggie: Start cleanin' Mom!

Help! My House Stinks!

In the past two days, this little gremlin has gotten into more trouble than her brothers have their whole lives. Yesterday, she wore her dogie costume. Somehow she managed to pull off her diaper inside her costume. (Don't start the potty training lecture with me, I got it from her Dr. yesterday) While she was laying on my bed she told me she peed in her costume. Sure enough, she peed in her costume and on my duvet cover. How does one get pee out of a duvet cover?????

This morning, she smashed cereal all over my bed, leaving crumbs everywhere. That is nothing compared to what she did tonight. While I was cleaning the kitchen she managed to grab the shampoo and conditioner bottles. She took them behind a chair in my bedroom (gosh, I wonder why she took them BEHIND the chair!?), and poured them all over the wall, the chair and the carpet. This isn't normal hair product, this is kids Suave that smell like fruit. Some of us have issues with smells when we are pregnant and one of the worst smells for me is fruity smells. Currently, my room smells like grape conditioner. I have no idea how to get this smell out of my room. I have two windows open and a this air purifier running. I think I'll put a clothes pin on my nose to sleep through this nauseating smell. I can't sleep downstairs because someone put this ultra powerful air freshener down there that makes me gag when I go downstairs. This sums up the title of my blog, MY HOUSE STINKS!

The End of October

Maggie has been talking about Halloween for two months. She assigned costumes to everyone in the family. Dad was going to be a "Star Wars Guy". We thought we better not disappoint her and Dad dressed appropriately. Unfortunately, Maggie was not happy with the costume and cried every time she saw her daddy. These are some of the things she said: "take it off Daddy!" and "Daddy, I don't like you!" It spiced up our Halloween quite a bit.

Football season is finally over, at least Max's season is. Having Dad as the coach made the season very busy. Max is a great little player and had fun playing this season. I think the team won one game. Well, they are only 8 years old! It is a relief to have one football event over with. Before the season ended this was our schedule... practice on Tuesday and Thursday. Game on Saturday morning. A side note, our "home" field was in Riverton!! Utah football on Saturday afternoon as well as any other college football game. Sunday, any football game that has an old Utah player on the pro team. Football, football, football. I am drowning in football.

I was a little shocked to walk into the local market to see that Christmas candy is here. I mean, we have a month before the season even starts and it's all over the shelves. No one has an excuse for saying they didn't have a chance to get their candy in time!!!

UEA Weekend

We went to Grandma's for UEA weekend. This is EVERY ONE'S favorite place to go for breakfast. It's in Salina, UT. It's one of those restaurants that cook all the deep fried stuff that our hearts don't appreciate but our taste buds do. My breakfast wasn't even that great but I'd still call it one of my favorite places to eat. My favorite waitress is Sharon. I wish I would have taken a picture of her when I was there so I could post it. She is so nice and gives us whatever we want. She knows us so well, she gives Maggie 6 or 7 little half-n-half samples that go into coffee. My mom, tried to give it back to her (I think she was a little embarrassed that Maggie drinks them) but Sharon insisted they were for Maggie. Maggie drank them all. Sharon decided to give my kids ice-cream cones before breakfast. The other waitress was shocked that Sharon would do such thing, I could care less. Anything to keep the kids happy before the food comes! Seriously, this is what Max eats when he's there: two scones, one huge pancake, two pieces of bacon, and an order of scrambled eggs. Then he eats anyone's scrambled eggs that aren't eaten. I haven't seen him happier. Well, I highly recommend stopping by the restaurant if you are ever going to one of the canyons. If not for the food, for the atmosphere. There aren't too many places like that around. By the way, I didn't take this picture. My friend Katy took it. I've raved about it so much she stopped there on her way to Richfield. She loved it.

Pumpkin Patch!!

We headed over to the pumpkin patch on Friday and had a great time. They had lots of fun things for the kids to do and it didn't cost us a thing. Maggie liked playing dress up. Max liked pulling the kids around.

Happy Birthday!

Three years old! Seems like yesterday I was riding to the hospital to have her. I still remember the contractions as we drove. I was hoping that I wouldn't be sent home because I was afraid I wasn't dilated enough. Nope, I was an 8+, I wasn't going home. Even though I was almost ready to have her, I still took the epidural.
Another memory was when we about to take her home. She was so fussy at the hospital. I looked at the nurse and asked her "what's wrong with her?" She gave me a look I would only understand days after she was home. The look said "good luck". We had our rough start but she's been such a gem. She always has us laughing. When we aren't laughing, our eyebrows are lifted because she's said something astonishing. Happy Birthday cutie!!

Motha of the Year

Call the Davis County Clipper and nominate me for Mother of the Year!! I give myself all that credit and more because I made chocolate chip cookies for my kids today. Seriously, I did, I stood up for 45 minutes or so and made the cookies. Half the dishes are done too. I was a bit disappointed that my kids didn't scream cheers like "M-O-M! M-O-M!" when they saw the cookies. Although, Michael did tell me that I am the best chef ever. I'll take it. It's just been so long since I thought I could make it through the baking process. What was more incredible was that I didn't eat half the cookie dough before it went in the oven. No, no, I have learned the consequences of doing something as silly as that. The reason why I finally buckled down and made the cookies was that I've been feeling guilty that I am making my kids buy school lunch everyday. I know they won't eat the lunch that's on the menu. I still make them buy because I don't want to make their lunch everyday. Michael will come home and say "I ate carrots for lunch today". That's all he eats from the lunch, the carrots. I am always grateful for pizza Wednesdays because I know they will eat the pizza. Basically, I made cookies to make up for every day the kids are deprived of lunch. I don't think they understand the real meaning behind these cookies. Now that I understand it, I will still make them buy school lunch and I might make cookies next month. Oh wait, Halloween will be over and I can send them with a lunch bag filled with candy. Problem solved. Please, still make that nomination. The contest comes around Mothers Day, and by that time, I'll be really needing those prizes!