My Monday Mind Dump...

1. Random Fact: I do not like, nor eat vegetable medley's. It's that I do not care for the word "medley" I do believe.
2. I checked out 12 magazines, 3 kid books and 2 kid videos from the Library. They were all a week overdue and I returned a video case without the actual video. I owed $12.78, but could only pay half. Then, the kind Librarian Lady looked like she might go into cardiac arrest when I asked if I could go ahead and check-out the zoo video. I'm NOT the library's friend.3. raspberry fingers are 'da bomb!
4. So are cute babies
5. So are hills that you can "slide" down on your bum6. And so are knit hats. That are too small. That look like frogs. And wearing them in the dead of summer.7. Here's a look at a day in the life of every mom in America. This is how our day starts...

...an hour later...

...and a quick tidy up before a nap....

...after nap....repeat. A lot. Lawdy Mercy, I can't imagine what it's gonna look like with more kiddos!

8. Last Summer I thought it would be fun to grow my own veggies in buckets out back, but I was the size of a small house, so I didn't produce anything due to laziness and trying to produce my very own child. This year I thought it would be fun to grow wild flowers in those buckets, but they look more like weeds if ya ask me.

And some, just aren't doing too hot in general. That's my fault.

9. Kidd-O's "New Face" alert!

10. I've got a busy couple of weeks heading my way, so I think we'll just go ahead and bury our heads in the sand now...literally.

Have a great week y'all! Thanks for stopping by!

My Monday Mind Dump...

1. I started running. Again. Ask me in a month how well that's going.

2. My BFF and I started a very exclusive BFF Book Club. Ask me in a month how well that's going.3. I started Pinterest and can't get enough. Ask me in a month how well that's going...although I'm sure this will be the one thing that sticks, because it's awesome.4. Y'all know that I love ALL things Disney, but have you ever thought about how depressing the movies really are? From my recollection, every.single.movie has a heartbreaking family situation!

Cinderella? No parents, just a wicked step mom.
Snow White? Same as Cindy!
Ariel (Little Mermaid)? No mom and then she leaves her dad for a pair of legs.
Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)? She has both parents, but they drop her off in the middle of the woods with scatterbrained fairies for 16 years.
Belle (Beauty & The Beast)? No mom and a loony toon dad!
Princess Jasmine (Aladdin)? No mom and a dad who forces her to marry a creepy old man.
The Lion King? His dad dies right before his very eyes.
Bambi? Absentee father and his mother gets shot.
Pinocchio? Geppetto wishes his wooden puppet was a real boy, which is kind of nutty, but hey, I guess it's a nice story.
Dumbo? Don't. Even. Get. Me. Started.
I could go on, but I think ya get the drift.

5. Got the ol' hairs cut this weekend, which was nice....

6....and I went to a consignment sale, which wasn't. These people are CRAZY! Picture a bunch of momma bears at one fishing hole, trying to find food for their cubbies. Now multiply that by a gazillion. I'm not cut out for bargain shopping. I'm not even crazy about what I got!7. Highlight? Dinner with 2 of my oldest friends. Not old, like age. Should I say my longest friends? Except, they're not tall...How do I say this!? 20 years of friendship was at that table. There, that's better!8. It stinks when you think you've read between the lines, looked at all the signs and still call that baby they wrong gender. I swore I'd never do that...but I did.
9. To the lady at the store who my son ran to, and then tried to give her an extra sloppy kiss...sorry 'bout that.

A Letter to All Daughter's-in-law...

Dear Fellow Daughter's-in-Law,

Recently I have become very aware that my son, my baby, will someday (if the Lord wills) be a husband. I will be a mother-in-Law. I am already a daughter-in-law and I have been blessed with a wonderful mother-in-law, I wish everyone were so lucky! However, I know many DIL's feel like they wound up with the wicked witch of the west....and maybe they did. But, as I have begun to reflect and think about a MIL's postion, I have become very aware of what that really means. What it means for me now, currently as a DIL, and what it means for my future as a...GASP...Mother-in-Law myself.Right now, in Kidd-O's opinion, I make the best PB&J's in the world, I know that he prefers ice in his drink, and I know what makes him laugh. I am his world. And for many years to come, I, his momma, will continue to be his world. No one will make a better Sunday dinner, no one will fold his laundry like me, I will be who he comes to for a hug when he falls, and eventually, for a moment, I will be the only girl in his life that he will allow to kiss his cheek, because all the other girls will have cooties.
Until she comes into his life.

When she enters, she will be his world. And there is only room for one. Which is the Lord's perfect design. But I'm sure for a mother, it takes some getting used to. She will make the best PB&J's. She will fold her clothes her way. She will give the best hugs. He will be hers. She will know it and I will know it.

Fellow DIL's, I encourage you to think about your MIL from a momma's perspective. She rocked her baby, got up with him every night, and she gave up that size 4 waist for him, and lets face it, he left her saggy and lumpy. She went without that haircut so he could have that new pair of basketball shoes. She read to him, sang to him, lost hours of sleep for him.She made him take a shower after she found out it had been 3 days since the last one, and she never missed a ball game. She gave him the best darn birthday parties she knew how, and she loved him more than anyone ever could. She still does. She had his heart, but now it's yours. Yeah, she may be freaking annoying to you, and the mere sight of her may drive you up a wall, but lets face it, she must have done something right! You love her baby. Thank her.Much Love to you Fellow DIL,
The Rookie

P.S
Thank you Robin, Gemma, Mrs. Lee, whatever your name is! Love you bunches!

My Monday Mind Dump...

1. Chris sold his car last week and bought a new (to him) one this week. I think his new car is as ugly as sin and you can bet your bottom dollar that I won't be caught dead in it! It looks like a flea. A Buzz Lightyear blue, flea.

2. I went to a baby shower this weekend and found myself pretending that the empty footie pajama's was actually a baby. Complete with rocking, patting and kissing it....time for another baby? yeah, maybe. Do I have any news? no.
3. Kidd-O's bubble bath beards remind me of Frank Kennedy from Gone with the wind, or one of the Who's from Whoville.4. Speaking of Gone With the Wind, if you know me at all, you know it is my all-time favorite movie, but I have never read the book. I started reading it today. So far so good.5. I'm in desperate need of a haircut. When your sis-in-law asks to see the back of your head and says "Oh, I was wondering what was going on back there," it's time.

6. So, I'm usually on top of current events and politics, but lately I have been anything but!!! What was I doing last Thursday during the debate? Watching Jersey Shore. And we wonder what is wrong with America. Embarrassing.

7. Did you feel the weather this morning? Nice, right? Yeah, well I hate it. That means fall is around the corner, and that means winter is right behind that. In protest, I went to the store and bought a watermelon. I hope it helps keep Summer here longer.8. Kidd-O enjoyed just holding the watermelon and taking it for a walk with his rocks.

9.This kid has had a cold for what seems like AGES! Do you think Kidd-O needed a tissue? probably.Happy Monday!

My Monday Mind Dump...

The Birthday Party Edition!

1. Well, the party that I have been dreaming about for months has finally come and gone. It was almost exactly how I had imagined...I'm sure if I had more than $100 to spend on it I could have afforded to fly Mickey Mouse in himself, that would have been cool!
2. The menu consisted of Hot Diggity Dogs, Oh Toodles Noodle salad, Oh Boy! Baked Beans, and Daisy's Deviled Eggs (nothing literal about the last one, just an alliteration).

I was also determined to have bottled Coke, because I think parties are instantly better when the coke is bottled!

3. I REALLY wanted to have homemade ice cream but I realized it was going to be WAY too involved, so we settled for plain old ice cream out of the tub. But I did make sure to include whipped cream, chocolate, caramel, gummie bears...THE WORKS!

4. The decorations were anything I could scrounge up in my craft closet (did you hear my budget??), 3 yards of fabric, 2 rolls of ribbon, and a buttload (yes, this is a word even if spell check disagrees) of tissue paper from the dollar store. . I practically begged, borrowed and stole...except I didn't steal. Honest.
5. Kidd-O got more presents than he knows what to do with and one present that I don't know what to do with....
...thanks to my grandma. Just what every kid wants and what every parent doesn't. Love you Gokie!

6. I made his smash cake (did you see my budget??), and I thought it turned out pretty well! Cooper liked it too!

7. After he did his damage on the cake, the guys took him out back and hosed him down! What else are 'ya supposed to do?

8. And then I really wanted family pictures! Kidd-O did great...
..Until he didn't

9. Here's the video of us singing to him! We had been practicing for WEEKS since going to another party and him being scared to death of all the cheering. He was GREAT yesterday and all that practice paid off!!!

10. When I saw this picture I was taken aback. Where did my baby go?
He looks like such a big boy!

There it is! Kidd-O's first birthday party!!!
Thanks for stopping by!