Day trip to the beach

The girls and mommy

Daddy and Claira.

Girls in sand heaven!!!

Star fish

Madeleine will be a marine biologist.

Long day good thing Bently came for Madeleine's comfort.

Once a weeker

Well I guess I am not the best blogger. I find that it's a good week if I can blog once. Yup that's me. Even keeping a journal I would find my entries to be random. Some days apart but even a few years apart. I love order but if I can not stick to it well you get it. I am going to attempt to place some pictures of the girls. We took the girls to the beach for a day trip this last Monday. Some think a 3 hour drive and a little stay at the coast and a 3 hour drive home makes for a horrible day. Not us it is ideal for us. It also works out perfect. Jeremy is forced to speak to me for hours, the girls get in 2 naps for the day, we exhaust and entertain the girls for hours and all spend quality time together. For me this is FABULOUS. This is our 2nd Annual family beach trip and we plan on sticking to this routine. It fits me like a glove, once a year. Well I hope you enjoy our family day trip.

The heat is on

So I must say that my dear friend Dana has advertised my bolg. Do I feel a little flame under my feet :). Thanks Dana!!!
Well things are just a little exhausting right now. I am counting down to spring break. Not that my children are affected, but my Husband (he is a Jr. High teacher) will be home!! Yay is all I have to say. I have so many plans. I am sure he will appriciate my honey do list. Oh well the price he has to pay for being a husband.

I am still dealing with the aftermath of my stolen purse. I had a little lead. There was a charge made from my debit card for $6.42. Wow they really needed my credit huh. So i called the police and gave them my case # and the officer did not really feel impressed that this was a lead at all. WHAT, I felt like a little investigator and he just untied the knot in my balloon and let go.
A little advice, if ever your identiy or valuables are stolen know your not all that important. Sad isn't it.

So I have heard of this service called life lock. You apparently give them all your information for a monthly fee and they will track it. They will call you immediately if your S.S# or information is being used. So I try and sign up and well you need all the S.S. #'S and a credit card to bill. Guess what I know my S.S.# but I do not know my children's and all of our credit cards were canceled due to the theft. Life is so much fun (My mother is helping me with the fee with her C.C. # and my mother-in-law has access to my 2 girls S.S. #).

A little story to leave you with (a bit of hesitation on my end). So Madeleine came up to me the other day and told me she had a small bum. I intantly wanted to run away and hide because I knew what was about to come. Yes, Mommy has a big bum. I started to argue with her no I don't. She said yes you do. I realized now that I was a little insecure and did not realize she was actually stating facts using her brillant mind. Yes really my bum is big and her bum is small. Ignorance is truely bliss. But hard to come by with a 2 year old.

Looking glass

Well here is the first view into our family's life. So last week I had a very sick 2 year old. We started off with a little spillage, more like an erruption Sunday night. Monday it was a bit of a fever followed with a small cough. Monday night or Tuesday morning depends on when you go to bed. Jeremy and I woke to one screeming girl and a seal. Madeleine woke Claira up and yup croop. I sat outside in the dark to calm Madeleine down and help her breath. She was freaking out and made breathing very hard for her. Once she calmed down she fell asleep. I read up online what to do and they advised you keep your child near you while they sleep. So I was on the floor with her all night long with speratic moans of discomfort as well as seal barks followed with labored breathing. Not a very good nights sleep. Tuesday woke to a very energetic girl after she woke around 930am. Nice for her. Wednesday woke to fever and an unhappy girl. Again a not so good night sleep. She would cry everytime she would feel her nose run, and would make me wipe it every few min. She would refuse to hold her cup while drinking, refused to do anything at all. I had to do everything for her. At first I was the compassionate mother who would do anything for her. After 2 days I was done. I could not handle the freak outs everytime she sneezed (sneezing + colds = yuck). And I just did not want to hold her cup while she drank everytime. I was done. I did take her to the Dr. in the midst of all this. They just told me there was nothing more I could do than what I was already doing. FUN FUN!!!

So Saturday Jeremy is home, I get to go to work YEAH!!!!! This is MY time, I get to be away and work, where I leave everything. It is wierd but for those of you who are mom's and have kids its true. So good day at work, busy (I work at Pier 1 imports). People buying up some fun stuff. I take a few breaks here and there and before I know it my shift ends.

Here is comes the icing on the cake. The big end to my long week......My purse has been stolen from work. Yup...I think no maybe I put it somewhere. We looked through the whole store, trash cans, even the fridge in the break room (absent minded mom's may put stuff in there). NO PURSE. I cancel my bank account, call my husband to pick me up since I have no keys, call the police, the list goes on. Jeremy came gave me his keys, and went to the bank to open a new account. We start canceling our credit cards. The police man asks me questions like "Did you have your social security card in your wallet?" UHMMM I say YES, not only mine but my 2 girls too. UHHHHGG. Why Why WHY?

So I found out someone is stealing purses and wallets from employee areas all over Redding. They are doing an investigation and all I want back are my ID cards and my Bible. Yes hopefully they can read the though shall nots. Oh well. I am going to look at this week as new and full of posibilities.

By the way Madeleine is feeling better, Although I need to go wipe her nose as she is still falling apart. Literally she is yelling at me at this moment. FUN. I hope you enjoy the view through the looking glass into our life this last week.