A quick pregnancy "song" :)

This is how I feel personally with MY OWN pregnancy both now and previously.. I had a song in mind when writing it. Think "Figaro.." like when the Robin Williams sings it as a cartoon bird in the beginning of Mrs. Doubtfire... Corny I know but if you read it fast while thinking of it, then it will flow the way I was thinking about it! :) ENJOY!





You're about to be sick, so you pee on a stick, then up very quick, pops up those two lines
Your stomachs all fizzy, you start to feel dizzy (often quite dizzy!) at the same time you're fine

Still in some shock, you go see the doc and no it's no crock but instead very true
You're congratulated, feeling elated, then you get dated on when you'll be due

You start to feel nervous as you get curvous (did I just say curvous?) as months go by
You're starting to think it's blue or it's pink, either way diapers stink.. oh goodness oh my!

Everyone knows, you're pregnant (it shows) good bye old clothes! Now it's pants with a band!
Food's getting creepy, you're always so sleepy, even get weepy! Now THAT I can't stand!

Annoyed with the petty, you're never ready and a lot of times sweaty yes that's really gross!
Sleeping's not easy, you often feel queasy, love foods that are greasy probably MOST!

Yay look at me, I again have to go pee, this has to be at least number nine!
No it's not fun, but it has to be done, to go number one.. oh man there's a line!

My running is frail, I feel like a whale, hate chips that are stale, I need a new bag!
Go out for a drive, feeling almost alive, for close parking I strive, I saw it first hag!

My walk is a waddle, I need baby bottles, my stomach I coddle, as I'm feeling it kick
A good baby shower, count down the hours, stomachs not sour! no more getting sick!

Good bye any fear, the dates almost here, time to go dear! Grab the bag and let's go!
In a gown on a bed, he's up by my head, I feel almost dead and it probably shows!

On the bed lying, I start to hear crying, happiness flying! My pain is no more
No way in harm, but instead full of charm, I hold out my arms, my baby is born!

The day it was long, now visitors gone, nothing went wrong. Now some sleep to be had!
It began with a stick, it was not at all quick, but worth getting sick. She's here and I'm glad.




Still a ways to go... But it never hurts to have fun... :) -Super Mom

A kids birthday...

                Ah birthdays.. The yearly event celebrated with wishes, cards, gifts, surprises and cake... Well for KIDS anyway. I can't help but wonder though if they were celebrated as actual BIRTHdays... Think about it. One day for mom every time she gave birth... So say if you're a mom and you have three kids, you would then have three days celebrated as your birthdays. It seems fair if you think about it.. If you've ever had children, then you know how UNFUN it is. And it's not just a day.. No, it's almost a whole year leading up TO a day. I mean kids get stuff ALL THE TIME for all kinds of reasons and some times for no reason at all. Moms have to wait for a holiday or birthday... Ok so then the father and children wouldn't have their own days... Ok, ok so maybe we all keep our own days BUT, I think that you should be able to do whatever you want on that special day. "But after a while, birthdays don't matter. It just reminds me how old I am!" WRONG! If you feel that way, then just do what I do.. Instead of getting a year older, I simply have "anniversaries" of a SPECIFIC birthday. For example, this last birthday of mine, I celebrated my 25th birthday for the third year in a row! Easy right? Yes! Today was my youngest daughters birthday and we did everything she wanted. Shockingly, we got off pretty easy! I had asked before how she would start her day on her birthday and she said "a spa day!". Easy! When I woke up this morning, I took my oldest daughter to get balloons, a spa mask, new bath bubbles, a back scratcher, new lotion and some other spa like stuff. We got home and set up everything. I was putting all of the stuff in a bag and my oldest daughter had the handful of balloons on their strings she was taking to the living room. All was good until from the other room I heard "Awe man! Dad! Why did you leave the fan on!!!" Greeeeaaaat... So I walk in and luckily only ONE of the balloon strings was eaten by the fan.. As quickly as I could I untangled the mangled string from the base of the ceiling fan while my husband kept the birthday girl out of sight for a few more minutes. I go back to bagging the rest of the stuff and setting up the living room "spa" for the my little princess. She was surprised! She ran in to the living room in her underwear and gushed over the banner and balloons around the room and then her eyes landed on the bag. She pulled out all of her stuff and said "Do I get a spa day?" "Yes baby!" All smiles from then on. She had her feet soaked, rubbed, a small shoulder massage, facial mask, nails and toes painted and we put her hair up with a little tiara. Then she says "Should I wear my birthday dress from last year?" Every year since she was two, her main thing she always asks for is a new dress. It's never a plain cotton dress. It has to look super special and "fancy" as she says. So, while we were out getting everything else, we stopped and found a blue silky satin like dress with ties and beads and little jewels in the middle of it. It was gorgeous. And when she asked me about the old dress I said "Yeah, I guess. But.. I don't know if it will still fit.." I told her I would go get it and told her to close her eyes. She opened her eyes to a new dress and I knew I did well when I heard her shrieking and jumping up and down. So cute... We started to watch Frozen at her request and after telling her that eventually we would make our way to Toy's R Us for her to pick out her gift, it didn't take that long for her to get completely restless and want to just GO. So we did. I was pretty sure we'd be walking out of there with something pink or girly like a new Monster High doll or something. We went through the whole store and looked at everything! Legos, Monster High, My Little Pony, Barbies, Dolls, and what do we walk out with... A giant two and a half foot submarine with two divers complete with missiles that really shoot AND a shark attack set with a great white shark, killer whale, two smaller sharks and another diver... I know right... Unexpected! I had to ask five times on the way up to the counter if that's what she really wanted.. And every time I was answered with an excited "yes!". It's a nice surprise but surprise just the same! After the toy store we grabbed some lunch and headed to the park where she ran with her sister all over the playground for nearly two hours. While they played, my husband and I sat in the shade at a picnic table. While we sat there I couldn't help but hear "CAWWW! CAWWW!" from up behind me... My first thought.. that damn bird from outside my window FOLLOWED me! And if not him specifically then it was a not so distant cousin! They were BOTH so ANNOYING! And he hung around for about 15 minutes! It was time to go... After the park we cooled off with giant slushies and went back home to bust out the new toys. Later there was a silly string fight and running around outside. I asked her what she wanted for dinner and it was simple.. Mac and cheese.. An easy pleaser today. LOVE IT! She had her exquisite cuisine and then we brought out the birthday cake complete with a number 6 candle and some sparkler accent calendars. It was chocolate just like she wanted and the look on her face as she scrunched her nose to make her wish was priceless. The best part was that she fully let me capture all parts with my camera with the sweetest smile all day. She told me more than once that it was a great day and she's very glad she's six now. I feel very accomplished for having a easy pleaser today! So even though it wasn't a day celebrating me giving birth to the beautiful little girl who fills my life with joy... It was me making that little girl feel like an absolute princess. And even though I've heard "It's my birthday so I get to do whatever I want right?" about 17 times, I will still give her her own day this day next year and every year after. (Plus, the more I do while they're young for THEIR birthdays, the more they will owe me for MY birthdays later on!) :) Happy Birthday baby girl! I hope your day was as wonderful as you said it was!!! (On a personal note, I am going to enjoy NOT doing everything all over again tomorrow... ) ;) -Super Mom

Back to school...

                There is a certain joy that hits you as a mom when your kids come home from the last day of school before summer vacation. No more homework, plays, studying for tests, class parties, reading logs, field trips, field days, school lunches, pick ups, drop offs, and especially...Fundraisers. Done and over for a couple months. Ahhhh... Sure the kids don't ACTUALLY sleep in like you would like or expect them to and on those "bored days", they always want to be going somewhere doing something until you actually GO then you hear "Can we go home now?". Swimming, lake trips, vacation, seeing family, cook outs, playing outside... Ahh.. Summer. Ok so that same little feeling joy some times ironically hits you when the first day of school is days away. Isn't that strange? To look forward to a quiet house for a few hours a day with the freedom to roam or shop without your walking, talking, sometimes dragging, whining accessories on your arms isn't that strange I guess. So you get this list in the middle of summer. It's a piece of paper that lists everything that each student needs to bring in on their first day... And yes, if you have two kids.. twice as much. There are things like: Two boxes of pencils with 24 or more, dry erase markers, colored pencils, four pack of pink pearl erasers, box of 24 or more crayons, hand sanitizer, fiskar scissors, six composition notebooks, two packs of wide ruled paper, one pack of washable markers, four glue sticks, one 3 ring binder, one pack of post its, six folders and one pair of ear buds.. Seriously, that was the list that I myself received for my soon to be third grader.. The other list has almost everything the same minus three notebooks for first grade! So the rounded total for BOTH sets of crap for my kids to take in to school equaled about $35-$40. That's just stuff they take in! That's not including back packs, lunch boxes and clothes... Ok.. I get it.. helping out the teachers and school... It sucks to buy for two but I couldn't imagine being a teacher and having to buy all of that for 18-20 kids! School starts Monday and last night we had the whole "Meet the teacher" thing. Being nice... I took the school supplies (EVERYTHING ON THE LIST..TWICE!) and gave them to both teachers. The kids met them, saw their rooms and listened to the same back to school speeches we hear every year. We had to stop in the gym to get our car passes and buy the girls' homework folders. We do both of those and then I see ANOTHER line saying "Fee's".. I went up to one and almost cried. This lady sitting at her little desk with her collection box looked at me and looked up my kids names and their teachers and THEN tried to tell me that I need to pay $18 PER STUDENT! I looked at her puzzled for a second then I said "So... this is IN ADDITION to everything that I've already purchased and turned in to the teachers..?" "Well yes ma'am. This is to cover their books and classroom materials." What?? It's not like the books are NEW.. and as far as classroom materials.. Uh.. I turned in TWO BAGS of materials already! It's not like one of my daughters is going to use all of the 48 pencils we bought for themselves... Even throughout the school year I get notices and requests for money or additional materials so WHAT AM I PAYING FOR? I kept looking at her a little puzzled and finally she says.. "Well, if you're not ready to pay today you can always do it later on.. It's not like they won't let the kids use the stuff if they don't pay today." Do you think I paid that day? NO. If they really send something home saying I need to pay.. I will. But seriously? If you have every parent with just one kid paying $20-$25 in materials and then another $20 in folders and fees, then a classroom with 18 kids is sitting pretty with between $360 and $450 in actual materials AND another $360 from fee's and folders.. For what? Parents pay for field trips, clothing, plays, sports, and whatever else so... what is left to buy..? It was just a question that nobody had an answer for. I mean books... teachers don't pay for their classroom books. So what? I really don't know. I do know that as of now, I'm tapped on school stuff! It's crazy how much things change over the years.. Am I the only one thinking that's a little crazy....? Anyway.. All I know is that Monday morning that alarm will go back to it's five day routine of buzzing at 7am, followed by breakfast requests, last minute bag stuffing, making lunches, fixing hair, helping find shoes, shuffling kids to the car, driving that same way to and from the school and then closing the door behind me as I step into a quiet kid free zone... For a few hours anyway... Bring it on! -Super Mom