Change.

So a little while ago I went back to work very part time, you know so I could get out among the adult world and not talk about potty training issues!!!! I have to say that I loved it and was having a lot of fun......BUT as of Sat. I no longer have a job, I quit! I want to spend time with my girls and my honey so that we can play and swim and do what ever we want without mom having to go to work and miss out on the fun. Sounds good to me, I just hope that I don't miss my adult time.

Also today is the first day of the couples league at out local golf coarse and me and my man are going to play, I can't wait I love golf and hope to play more!! Just wondering if it matters that I haven't even swung a golf club yet this year????? Oh well I think it will be fun, I just hope the weather holds and the rain waits until Saturday to come, or just not to come at all, that would be fine with me!!!!

Saturday will be a busy day for me, Olivia has her dance pictures and that means for 3 hr of craziness. WE have 3 costumes 3 hair changes and about a billion girls all trying to get beautiful for the 2 min of smile and say cheese..... should be fun, Olivia loves her costumes and I hope that the day runs smoothly!!! after that it's of to work for my last shift!!! I think I will be tired after all that fun!

happy weekend to you all and talk to ya later!!!

Peace.

SUN

Sun sun glorious sun!!! Yup it's come to town and now all my free time will be spent outside in the yard pulling weed's, chasing the Dog and making sure the little one doesn't forget to look both way's before she crosses the street!!!

I love yard work, it is so fun to get everything looking nice so that when your done you can say, dang my yard looks good!!! I started the clean out from the winter yesterday and now I am ready to go to the garden store to get all my pretty flowers. I have to say that this is my favorite part of all, the design the color sceem and how it will balance in the yard and in my flower pot's. I will be trying some new things this year.... hope I like the change, if I get really motivated I'll post some pic's, but we all know that I tend to be a little lazy about this, so we will see!!!

Hope you all have the sun shining in your life and can get outside and get down and dirty!!!!

Emma.

Sick

Yup it has been a ruff time at the Lemke house... First Gracelyn had a cold. Nothing very serious she didn't even have a fever, I just knew she didn't feel great.

Then I got the COLD yuck I felt like crap.... I felt so bad for Grace because I don't think I was nice enough, If she felt like me then she did great!!!! I hate to be sick, it is so hard to get all your mom stuff done when all you want to do is lay on the couch.

And now Olivia is very sick, she has a fever soar throat and looks like crap( well she is still my miss olivia so pretty but you can tell she is very sick) I took her to the doctor last night to make sure she didn't have strep. The doctor wasn't the one we usually see, but he was great!!!! HE walked in and asked Miss Olivia if she swallowed a horse.... NO SHE SAYS WITH A BIG GIGGLE!!!! No strep but he did give us an atibiotic for and ear infection, that we didn't know was the problem.... but thanks just the same!!!!

So now all we can do is wait to feel better, wait for the sun to shine, wait for our trip to AZ, wait for my mom to come, wait for me to loose the last 10 pounds that don't want to leave my bottom. WAIT WAIT WAIT!!! What else is a mom to do????

Stuff

Well nothing much has been happen en in the Lemke house, just a lot of cleaning up after kids and waiting for the weather to get warmer!!!! Please hurry and get warmer please ,please, please!!!!

Earlier this week we had a couple of warmish day's. I was so ready to get out of the house. I bundled the girls in winter coats and headed to the park. Our neighbor hood has community walkways and parks, so we didn't have to go far for a little fun! Wow it was so nice to go to the park. The girls were all giggles and they loved every minute. They swung on the swings and laughed and laughed, so did I. It made my heart happy that they were happy. I am glad that when you let the little things in how much they can mean in your life!!!

The warmish weather gave me about 40 min. of free time today. Grace was the first one out side. She went out with the dog with no shoes or a coat. I got her back in the house and putt the proper things on her and sent her back out, ahhhhhh she played and played. I was so happy, I picked up the phone to call my mom and we talked the whole time no interruption's. Wow it was nice to talk to my mom, I love her and miss her so much!!! So while I'm visiting with my mom and telling her how cute Gracelyn is, I look out and I see her drinking a juice box while she is sitting in her little play house. The only problem is, I didn't give her a juice box!!!! She must have found one left over from wow who only knows how long ago!!!!! YUCK YUCK but all is well!!

So here is to stuff that makes the day's go bye and to warmer day's to come.

Emma.

How young is to young????

olivia is my oldest she is a whooping 5 years old and let me tell you I am in big trouble when we enter the teen years!!!!! She has been in love with a boy she had in her preschool class last year. They are not in the same class this year but me and Little G's mom have been able to get the too together for a few play dates!!!! Lemmer(aka Brian my husband you know the one I shacked up with) we really like this boy. Little G is fun to be around and has manners and best of all he has a little brother Gracies age so she doesn't drive him insane!!!!

So the other night G's mom calls me and asks if Olivia would like to go to a movie with her and G??? Olivia's response was I would be honored to. She is such a polite little girl. I told the mom to bring G's brother over and let him play with Grace then every one would have a good time.

The morning of the movie came and Olivia was so excited that she could hardly stand herself. Her dad gave her some money for lunch and the movie and she told Lemmer that she had her own money in her piggy bank and that she would just use that.. so cute dad said you save your money and take mine!!! I wonder how many year's until he says to her.. get your own money honey!!!!????? She had herself a little purse to put her money in and asked me if she could please put on so lip gloss? I said heck ya darlin a girls got to look her best!!! Olivia says she is going to marry this boy because he has blonde hair and blue eye's just like her! What else could a girl ask for?

Gage came and got Olivia and they were so nerves all giggles and so dang cute. I made them pose for pictures, because I knew this was a blogging moment!!!!
So they were off for a good time and I was left with the two still in diaper's, yuck!!! but I didn't have to change any bums so I was very happy about that! the two Minny's did really well and hardly fought over the toy's!!! I had them paint little bird houses and they turned out so cute!

So the date came to an end all were happy, even mom and Oliva and Garce both miss there men!!!

So how young is to young, to fall in LOVE????/

Band-aides

So what is it about band-aides that make the little ones feel better???? I even stopped buying the cute ones with the princess on them and all pink, to the no fussing around get the job done brands in hope that the band-aide thing would slow down, but alas it has not. It doesn't matter the brand as long as it is on. I mean it doesn't even last a minute before the youngest one takes of the band-aide and then want me to put it back on her. A little hard to put the band-aide back on when she bends it in half, so that means another band-aide until she is satisfied with the result.
The other child will put the band-aide on and wont take it off for ever. Some times we had to bribe her to remove the band-aide, or do it in the tub when she was not looking. so funny how too children can be so different.

So this morning while Grace and me are the only ones up in the house because it's 4:30 well and the dog, Grace leans in to give Rambo a huge and a kiss, well I think he was a little tired too because he snipped at her and made her cry, and immediately she cry's band-aide!!!! No blood no scratch only one sad little girl that her buddy snipped at her. So mom and baby go to the kitchen in search of the last two band-aide's I have in this house (boy I hope nothing big happens that someone might actually need a band-aide) So we put band-aide on, and yes it is no where to be found I guess it's all better now, well until the next time

BAND-AIDES BE WARE OF THE LEMKE HOUSE!!!!!

Potty Training

I am in potty training HELL. Yes I have begun the task of potty training my 2 1/2 yr old. She is a very strong willed child and does what she wants on her own time.

This is not the first attempt at the toilet, we have visited this moment 2 times already and I gave up after a few day's of her not even wanting to sit on the toilet. The signs are definitely in place and I know she is ready!! So why will she not go number 2 in the toilet?????? it has been almost 3 weeks and no number 2.(in the toilet) I am so over this but I don't want to give up I know she can do it I just need to find the trick that will finally let her know that it's cool to go number 2!!

Alas I have gone back to the pull ups and no undies. I know your not supposed to do that but I can't handle the mess any more. She still goes to the toilet and does well.

See I am in hell and I want it to be over so badly, Olivia was done with her training in two day's, so this 3 week thing I am way over!

So wish me luck and dryer cleaner day's!!

Emma.