Tuna Noodle Comfort

There are things in this crazy mom world of mine that simply give me a revelation that I'm not really the same woman I used to be: a glimpse at my stretch marks peeking out of the tankini bathing suit I tried so hard to feel comfortable in last weekend on vacation, the peanut butter or banana stuck to my shoulder where a child has sucked on me, or the diaper, wipes, sippy, and crackers that fall out of my purse when I am trying to dig for my wallet. Yesterday, I had the revelation once again when I wanted some sort of reprieve from a crazy day. In my younger days I would have gone for a run or ridden my bike to a coffee shop to sit quietly and read a book. These days, it's a bit harder to go somewhere in the middle of the day and impossible to go somewhere by myself. So, yesterday I found myself looking for comfort in . . . food. I hate to admit it and it makes me feel like a stereotypical housewife on a weight watchers commercial. You know saying how I used food as a comfort. Anyway, I did it. I found a bit of comfort in a big pan of tuna noodle casserole, the classic disgusting yet delicious lot of noodles, cheese, cream of mushroom soup, bread crumbs, the whole works. It was so comforting in fact that I sat on the couch and ate over half of it all by myself! I may have to make a pan of it every Monday.

Manic Monday

It always feels like Monday's are a little crazy, at least at our house. We try to keep up on most of the housework through the weekend but usually the laundry is ignored and one or two other things so I feel like its a mad dash every time the girls go down for a nap to try and get a few things done, and I like to try and have a minute to myself, yes I'm selfish like that. Anyway in the midst of the mad Monday dash I decided to take the time to actually sit down and have a snack with the girls, the adorable pics are the result.

A Weekend Getaway!

We're headed out of town for the weekend. I can't tell you how excited I am! Brant has a 1 hour meeting in Duluth, MN, so we're making a vacation out of it. We've booked a hotel room in a hotel with a pool. Noah, of course, thinks we're awesome for it. I am looking forward to the car ride to visit with Brant and work on some knitting. I'm looking forward to hiking tomorrow and maybe trying a new restaurant or visiting a fun shop. I'm looking forward to eating a few vending machine snacks late in the night. I have to say, though, I am most excited to see Ruby 's perfect, pale body in her itty bitty bathing suit!

Toddler Time

It's officially begun, we've made the switch from babies to toddlers and here are the events that occurred in a course of two days that made me realize what had happened. 1) I go into the girls' room to get something out of their closet. By the time I come back Kaelyn
has pulled the diaper bag off the chair taken the full box of crackers out of it dumped them all out on the floor where she and Elyse are happily eating them.
2) Kaelyn takes a glass bowl out of the dishwasher, I startle her and she drops it and it shatters all over the kitchen floor. 3) I'm feeding Elyse a snack and turn to see Kaelyn on the floor with the Purell bottle open and its all over her hands, I quickly call a friend to get the number for poison control having recently read an article about how infants are getting alcohol poisoning from hand sanitizers! 4) Not to be out done by her sister Elyse is somehow able to unscrew the lid off their teething tablets bottle and is happily popping pills I once again call my friend for the number to poison control (it is now programmed into my phone and on the fridge). And so the world of the toddler has begun!