I haven't forgotten.

I haven't forgotten about blogging, I swear.  A lot has happened in the past week or two that has caused me to be super busy. 

I got a job!  My life as a stay at home mommy is now over, for now anyway.  I decided to take the leap and put out my resume to a few ad's I saw for job openings and one actually called back.  I didn't expect anyone to actually call me in for an interview, let alone actually hire me!  But they did!  My job isn't fun or glamorous but it had great pay and open our family up to a lot of possibilities we wouldn't of had before.  I work a lot of hours but it will all be worth it. 

Daddy got a new job as well!  He is still in the same line of business but at a different company that seems to treat their employees a ton better.  His hours were able to be cut so he could be at home with the kids a lot more.  He is now in charge of basically everything.  It is a huge awakening for him.  He didn't realize just how much I actually do.  I think every dad should get to experience what us moms do at some point. 

Khloe turned 7 this past week!  I cannot believe I have a 7 year old!  We had her party today and boy did she rack up!!!  She invited her whole class, and even tho I thought no one would actually show up, she had a pretty good turn out.  She said it was her best birthday ever.  She says that about every birthday, but that's my goal, to make each one better.  Goal met this year!

I am still planning on blogging but it may get cut down to once a week.  I will try my best to keep it up. It will take a while to get use to the new schedule and routine but I know we can all do it! 

Until next time,  Toodles!

Episode 7: Sunscreen Body Paint

So far this week has been pretty tough.  Between pin worms and terrible two's it feels like I cannot catch a break.  This week's stress level is probably at at 9 on a 1 - 10 scale.

Khloe was finally able to start her new A.D.H.D. medicine after fighting with Wal-Mart's pharmacy and switching to two more pharmacies after that.  Apparently Wal-Mart was running it as a generic and her insurance wouldn't approve it.  But we finally got it figured out and swapped pharmacies two times due to them not having it in stock.  The new medicine seems to be working really well for her.  Her teacher actually stopped me today in the car rider line to tell me how great Khloe has been since starting it and how focused she is.  So that's a GREAT thing.

She turns SEVENNNNNN in eight days.  I am pretty much freaking out.  It seems like just yesterday I was bringing my baby girl home from the hospital.  She is super excited about her birthday party!  She has invited EVERY kid in her class and is having an emoji themed party!  I am making a heart eyes emoji cake with poop emoji cupcakes per her request!

Tonight we attempted to practice Khloe's spelling words in the living room but Max kept bothering her and it was really distracting.  So after fighting for around 10 minutes we decided to move to her bedroom and lock Max out.  I told Daddy to watch him but he apparently was tuning me out.  I had to send Khloe out to get a pen and hear her scream, "MAXXXXX!!! Daddy, Max got in to your sunscreen!"  I stayed where I was and had Khloe come back in.  When we came out from finishing her work I see the floor and his chair covered in sunscreen.  It was terrible.  But, Daddy learned the lesson of not tuning me out!

Monday, in a FaceBook group that I am in I decided to stand up for a friend by commenting on a thread that she was being attacked in.  I won't get in to full detail but after her being attacked and me saying what I felt needed to be said we ended up being called "retarded."  Now, I have a special needs cousin, a child with A.D.H.D., suffer myself with mental health issues, and know a lot of special needs people, some of which I hold very near and dear to my heart.  I was really offended by this.  The person who called us that saw no issue with using this word and continued to verbally assault both my friend and I.  Later on on the thread a mother, who said her child was special needs, backed up the woman calling us that word and said in her opinion it is not a bad word.  This really saddened me.  I will end up doing a whole post about this subject sometime this week.  I am compiling facts and studies and what not.  But, with that being said, if you believe the words retard, retarded, sped, or anything of the sort is okay then please educate yourself.

That is all I have for the time being.  I am beyond exhausted and ready to curl up in bed and drift off into dream land.

Happy dreaming folks!

Buggin out!

It is school time so that means dreaded contagious things such as flu, colds, lice, or pink eye.  It is always something when you have school aged children, unless you are truly blessed and lucky!  We've had our run in with all sorts of stuff.  In preschool Khloe got the flu, numerous colds, and scabies.  Yes, the dreaded scabies.  In kindergarten, well actually a few weeks prior to it starting, she ended getting lice.  That was literally a nightmare to get rid of.  Well this year we were introduced to something we have never really heard of and never known anyone to have it, well if they did we were never told. 

Pin worms. 

Friday night, while shopping at Target, Khloe needed to use the bathroom.  Upon exiting the bathroom she says to me, "Mom!  There was worms in my poop!"  She had, of course, already flushed the toilet so I figured she was making up a story, she's really good at story telling.  So I shrugged it off but told her next time she goes to please show me these worms.  Sure enough Sunday she calls me in to inspect her poop... and there they were... FREAKING WORMS!  I was in complete and utter shock!  She thought they were cool.  So off to the doctor we went first available appointment on Monday. 

From what I got from the doctor, pin worms are extremely common and even more extremely contagious, especially in children.  They can be breathed in through our air, picked up by touching something another infected person had touched, basically if it is around you you're probably going to get it.  I thought at first it was because of hygiene, and sometimes that can contribute to getting them but its not fully the cause.  They can get worse and spread and never go away due to hygiene but even the cleanest of person could get them.  It takes just one time of breathing one of those suckers in and bam! you got worms.  

The treatment was simple, a dose of a banana flavored liquid and washing of all bedding, floors, toilets, clothes, and bodies every days for the next few weeks.  Everyone in the household had to be treated, even though she was the only one with symptoms.  I've spent the last day scrubbing the absolute crud out of my house.  If there were any worms today they are dead now.  But, I will start all over tomorrow and every day following for at least two weeks.  Needless to say my house will be the cleanest its ever been for two weeks and our water bill will go up considerably! 

I swear if its a bug and likes human hosts we will get it. 

If you suspect you or a loved one may have pin worms feel free to click here for more information on symptoms and treatments.  

Here's a funny meme... it kind of relates since lice suck just as bad, maybe worse, than pin worms. 

The Tooth Fairy

In our house we get visits from the Tooth Fairy when a tooth is lost.  Khloe has lost a good bit of teeth in the past year or so, I do believe its a total of five or six. 

Tonight, while at dinner, she bit down on a chicken finger and started squealing, in pain, and saying her tooth was coming out.  After some begging, and Daddy calling me a wimp, I reluctantly pulled it.  Am I the only one that gets the heebie geebies when touching things like teeth?  I hope not!  Anyway, with a slight tug her tooth came out!  Right there in the middle of Hardee's!  She was super excited that she would get visited by the Tooth Fairy tonight.  But this is where issues start.

The tooth that came out was pretty nasty.  She was eating when it was lost but this was beyond food grossness.  We have been having issues with her brushing her teeth lately and no matter how much we try she just doesn't brush her teeth very well.  I try really hard to watch her while brushing and assisting her with proper techniques but with multiple children sometimes its not always possible, especially in the mornings.  I think mornings are probably where she slacks of the most.  I have to get her up, do her hair, get her dressed, wake up Daddy, lay his clothes out (I try to do this in the evenings but I forget a lot), make breakfast for both of them, get all of their stuff ready to go, and wake Max up.  So as you see sometimes, most times, its hard to stay on her in the morning with all the running around and stuff I have to do. 

We talked to her about how it isn't only gross to not brush your teeth but completely necessary to brush them at least twice a day, and do a good job at it, because if you don't  your teeth will get sick and possibly fall out.  Daddy explained how bad his teeth were and how he really doesn't want hers to be like his.  He explained how the teeth falling out are making room for her new teeth and that if they fall out new ones will not grow in their places.  I wasn't convinced this really sunk in and registered in her brain at all.  So I took things into my own hands. 

Well, not my hands but the Tooth Fairy's hands.  I spoke with Mrs. Fairy and explained to her the situation and she agreed to help out.  So tonight when she visits she will leave a note, with a single dollar (which is the going rate in our household for any tooth after the first one or ones lost on birthdays).  She sent me a picture of the note, which I will put down below, but please don't judge Mrs. Fairy for she is extremely busy and did the best she could! 

Hopefully Khloe's love of money will put some pep in her step and cause her to really get brushing.  We are also planning a visit to the dentist soon.  I think that will help too!  Wish us luck! 

Episode 6: The Squished Tomatoe

Khloe got on pink yesterday!  Her teacher has a color coordinated behavior board and pink is the best of the best!  Oh and she is still un-medicated due to insurance issues.  So this is HUGE for her!  She has her spelling test this morning and I'm not so sure she will ace this one.  She was having issues with "out" even tho it was on last week's list of words and she aced that test.  She, also, sat down and read me a book on Wednesday.  She needed help with a few "big" words, like biscuit and basket, but all in all did a majorly impressive job!  Y'all I'm over the moon with her success if y'all can't tell!

Max had been excelling at his toddler studies as well.  I've been working on his color and animal recognition.  He can sort his Hot Wheels by color using a sheet of paper I colored in individual blocks with different colors.  He loves to learn. 

If I have to watch one more episode of "The Little Einsteins" I will scream.  I'm so sick of pat pat patting.  I cannot, for the life of me, understand why the heck Rocket turns into a boat to get across the river when he can fly!  I know it supposedly helps with imagination but holy cow is it annoying. 

My living room currently has the smell of tomatoes wafting through it.  As much as I love me some 'maters, I do not like their smell.  Why does my living room smell like tomatoes you ask?  Well, because Max decided to take one out of the bowl on the counter and bring it in to the living room to make juice on our floor.  I love how his mind works but sometimes the actions and outcomes are a bit mess, and in this case stinky. 

I cannot remember if I have mentioned our cats yet.  Anyway, we have two, Marmalde and Toast.  Marmalade, or often referred to as fat cat, was originally my mother-in-loves cat but when she came to visit last thanksgiving Marmalade stayed becoming my favorite child.  Toast was found abandoned with all her brothers and sisters by a lady on a Facebook buy sell page.  I saw her picture and knew that was my new baby.  I wasn't looking for another pet at all but something about her screamed "I'm a Davis!"  Toast is now Max's kitty.  They cuddle, she lets him carry her around in the most uncomfortable positions, and she comes to him for love.  Marmalde was originally Khloe's when she came to love with us but has since then decided she doesn't care for Khloe that much.

Currently Toast is laying on the back of our over sized chair swatting Max's head.  I'm not entirely sure why but that is probably because I'm a dumb human in her eyes. 

Max decided it was a fabulous idea to take one of his chairs and use it as a ladder to try to get down a sweater hanging in his closet.  He wasn't completely successful, I had to get it down for him, but he didn't fall! He, also, uses his tiger rocking horse thing in the same way to get a book or his choochoo off of his dresser.  Boys are dare devils! 

This is what I am making for lunch today.  Is it just me or do they look like they don't have any idea of what is about to happen to them?  I feel kind of bad putting them in the oven and then eating them.  

Exhausted

No matter how much sleep I get I am always exhausted.  I feel like I am running on fumes, shoot the fumes of the fumes.  My house isn't staying as clean as I'd like it to be, my laundry is piling up, and my dishes, don't start me on those.  By 8pm every night my eyes are burning and I start yawning up a storm.  I feel like I've lost my way when it comes to being a stay at home mommy. 

I like to keep my house clean, well cleanish.  I keep it company ready for the most part.  If you were to walk in my house at any given time things should be decent.  There might be dishes drying, we don't have a dishwasher... I wish I had one so bad, a few toys scattered on the living room floor, and a cup or two here and there but all in all I'd like to say its clean.  Maybe not spotless but I promise you wont mind drinking from my cups or sitting on my toilet. 

Here lately there's more than a few toys in the living room, there's constantly dirty dishes in the sink, and I am pretty sure there is a ghost or little monster that keeps putting trash on my side tables and counter tops. 

I always have one load left to do of laundry.  It's a never ending cycle, especially since my husband switched jobs and no longer has a uniform service where they wash his uniforms.  I have to wash clothes at least twice a week to keep him, and my house, from smelling nice.  And by twice a week I mean at least two loads each time.  Khloe seems to be wearing three outfits a day, or at least that's what her laundry hamper is leading me to believe.  Which is boggling my mind because we have a system where every Sunday I put out five outfits, underwear and socks included, so that she does not have to touch her clothes except for pajamas.  The same monster or ghost that is leaving trash around my house must also be taking her clothes and hiding them in her toy box. 

Last school year I got to take everyone to their respected places, we only have one vehicle, and got to come home and go back to sleep.  But this year Max is not having any of that.  He is wide eyed and bushy tailed as soon as I strap him in his car seat before we leave.  And he continues to be that way until its time to go to wait in the car rider line at Khloe's school.  That is his nap time and mommy's reading time.

My house has nothing but hard wood and tile floors.  I thought I'd love these floors, thought they would be easy to keep clean because I could just wipe up spills.  Yeah, no.  That is so not the case.  There is always something to sweep up or mop up.  The cats have left a thin coating of hair EVERYWHERE and Max leaves a trail of crumbs. 

 

I am ready for a break.  A nice, kid free, relaxing break.  And I am getting one!  In a month Daddy and I will set out on an anniversary trip to Gulf Breeze, Florida for the weekend.  I am beyond excited.  We haven't had a whole weekend to ourselves in Lord knows how long.  I am ready to have my hiney in the sand and a cold beer in my hand!  We definitely could not have been able to do this without my awesome mother-in-love, yes you read that correctly I am one of the lucky ones to be blessed with an awesome mother-in-law.  She really is amazing.  Y'all I could literally brag about her all day.

Daddy got blessed with a pretty good mother-in-law as well... but I am a bit biased about her since she is my mother.  I'm pretty sure she is where I get my strength from. 

Hopefully our trip will revive me and reset my decent housewife button.  Hopefully Daddy loves it.  He is knows nothing of the trip.  He knows we have his mom watching the children and that I am planning something but he is in the dark about us going to the beach.  Like I said I couldn't have done it without my mother-in-love.  She is a great accomplice.

For now I will continue to run on fumes and struggle getting through the day without falling asleep.  At least I have my trusty side kick, Coffee!

Episode Five: Bad Mommy!

I've been called "bad mommy" plenty of times since I've had kids.  I've been called it by my kids, my husband (during those intense fights that couples have sometimes where you do not mean what you say), family members, and so-called friends.  Nothing hurts worse than being called a bad mommy.  Regardless of the situation or the context of it, it still hurts.

Today the toddler has taken to calling me "bad mommy" anytime he gets upset or disapproves of something I do or say.  It's been more annoying than hurtful but after a full day of hearing it I've started to let it get to me.  I know I shouldn't but maybe this kid is on to something.  Am I doing something I shouldn't?  Am I being too hard on him?  After all he is only two.  

Just as I get to the point this after noon that I feel like I am going to break down and really feel hurt he looks at me and says "love you mommy all my heart."  That's when it hits me.  I am not a bad mommy today.  He is just being a brat.  And he still loves me more than anyone in the whole world.  

This is how my day is going put into a meme!

Brag moment.  We got the results back from our six year old's spelling test!  She got all questions correct!  Not only did she ace her spelling test but she also aced a math test.  I, also, received a phonics and high frequency quiz which she scored a 16/20.  She only missed the 4 because she has a bit of dyslexia when it comes to 'd' and 'b'.  She also brought home a reading comprehension test, of course she got all of them correct.  I am beyond proud of Khloe!  I am glad her A.D.H.D. doesn't hold her back at all.  She still succeeds in school and thrives socially.  

My kids are currently running around the house playing dog pound.  Khloe is the dog catcher and Max is the dog.  I have a gut feeling someone will end up hurt but its nice to see them playing together without crying or screaming.  But I will admit all the barking and running around makes it awfully hard to type and stay focused!  

What would you all like to see more in this blog?  It is great writing about my little crazies and they give me plenty to write about but would y'all like to see other things?  Like meal planning tips, recipes, and living on an extreme budget tips?  Any suggestions would be appreciated.  Comment below any and all tips, thoughts, and even if you just want to say hi!  Feel free to follow me, as well, on here so you don't miss a posting!