Tantrums, ear infections and vomit

I know, I know...this was going to be the best title ever for the week of Thanksgiving.  But I've been wanting to write this post for weeks now since then and never got to it. Maybe I should give you the story behind the title before giving you an update about my life?!!!

I picked up my daughter from spending the night with my parents.  Her ear hurt, but I told her if it truly hurt that bad she would be crying.  As if on cue, the tears came.

We got in the car and headed home.  As soon as I stepped in the door with my son, he literally threw up all over me.  Not baby spit up, full on vomit...and Beth was screaming in the car because she couldn't get out and her ear hurt.

In a moment of, is this really happening?!!? I called my husband, interrupting 1 of his meetings...ummmm, I don't EVER do that, so yes, I'd become THAT stay at home mom.  Here's how the conversation went:  

Me:  John just threw up all over me, beth is screaming in the car, I need to get changed AND call her doctor to get her ear looked at.  Any way you could come home early??!!! (I was willing to beg at this point...then, it hit me like a freight train...I had interrupted his 3pm meeting) I'm sorry, I just interrupted your meeting, I'm sooooo sooooo sorry?!

Wonderful hubby: I'll be home as soon as I can be when this meeting is over.  

Might I add he was home by 4:30pm and is usually home sometime after 5:30...My daughter was literally shaking uncontrollably during dinner, but our thermometer showed no fever.  My wonderful hubby somehow got her calmed down and her shaking under control.

By the time I got Beth to her doctor that evening she had a 103 degree fever and an ear infection. We got the antibiotics that night and life moved on.

Nevermind about the update of my current life, just sit there and giggle at this story...as I'm sure many other moms have had similar experiences with their kids.

The above pic is of my son: he has figured out his teeth are good for opening just about any packaged food within reach.

Quick update

I have been missing in action on my blog and writing lately! Quite frankly, I'm still trying to get settled into our house along with having two wonderful, busy kids!

I have crafts I want to share and always have fun kid stories to share, but there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day!

I'm hoping to make more time to write. However, I'm not making any promises because I need to be realistic. This blog is my hobby and I'll update it when I can.

I'll leave you with a picture of our Elf Sparkle Heart who made a delivery on Valentines Day. 

November: A Month Of Thankful from Tara's Corner

It's so hard to believe that we are already at the end of October! Before we know it, we will be ringing in 2014! 

For some of us, 2013 has been a wonderful year, for some it has been filled with stress and heartache, and for a few, just another year has passed. One thing I know for sure, is that even though not every day is good, there IS good in every day. That leads me to one of my favorite activities this time of year:

Every November, I do what I call 'A month of Thankful'.

Every day I post something on Facebook I am thankful for. It could be anything...something as significant as the wonderful people in your life (make sure you single them out, it can make someone's day to know they have helped make your day/life a good one), or as simple as that first cup of coffee you have in the silence of your home before the rest of the world wakes up and you have to start the day. Or how good your bed feels as you climb in and go to sleep at night. It's much easier to focus on our struggles and to forget all the wonderful things/moments/people we have in our lives. I myself have faced some struggles recently that make it hard to focus on the positive, and that makes me think it is even more crucial that I participate in the 'Thankful posts' this year. I think you will be surprised on how something so simple can change your outlook on the day. Please join me in sharing with your friends, loved ones, the world, everything that you're thankful for. Until next time, have a fun, safe Halloween and a wonderful holiday season!

-Tara

**Tara and I would both like to see you participate in this activity even if you don't post everyday. Feel free to friend request us on facebook so we can see your Thankful posts. -Angie

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Wacky Wednesday: Gum Happens on Eyebrows

I was in the kitchen doing dishes.  

I thought she was cleaning her room(that was what I asked her to do).

She comes to me with tears in her eyes and I see this sad face:  

Umm, Who gets gum on their eyebrows?!? My daughter apparently! While holding in my laughter I was trying to figure out what happened.

Here's her story: 

 Mom, the gum was sticking to my fingers when I was trying to put it in the garbage.  I tried to get my fingers unstuck and the gum just went on my eyebrows(hand gestures included).

The more questions I asked the more she stuck to her story, but gum just doesn't "accidentally" get in your eyebrows. 

And, for the record, she usually spits her gum in the garbage.

I thought this was hilarious, as I'm stifling my laughter, until I had to attempt to get the gum off those eyebrows!  As my brother said in a text, "Ya know, eyebrows are a catch all for everything, Lol."

1. I tried a warm washcloth hoping it would do something. No such luck, it only caused tears.  This is gum that we got at a parade months ago, it's cheap and it hardened real fast on her eyebrows

2.  I tried Adam's Peanut butter, no luck. If you haven't read my opinion about Adam's Peanut butter, please check it out: Not all Peanut Butters are created equal

3.  I was frantically texting my mom at this point.  She said a greasy peanut butter works best.  I found a peanut butter I only use to bake with and rubbed that on those gummy eyebrows.  Ahhh, success!  It still took some work but most of it was removed.

**She still has a tiny bit of gum left on 1 of her eyebrows.  I'd had enough tears and we just snuggled while watching a movie! It will eventually come off, but right now it just looks like a scab...

And, yes, I'm laughing about it now that the dramatic screaming is over.  I'm that mom who makes her daughter clean her room...such cruelty I know

 

What crazy gum stories do you have?  Please share, I need to know I'm not the only one!

It's been awhile...

I've obviously been taking a break from writing on here. Life has taken some turns and I'm taking time to soak it all in, grieve over loss, and prep for the next step in my family's life. I'll update you more later.

For those of you waiting to hear about the giveaway on this post: Local Flavor Swap, the winner is Catrina. Thank you for being such a huge supporter of my blog, you have become family to me and I want you to know how much I appreciate you!

Continue to stay tuned about the Fit Mom's 4 Life 6 week challenge.  Although I've postponed it for now, I will be doing that in the near future once life settles down.  My goal is to start it early next year after the holidays.

Friday Faves

Life has been a bit busy, but thought I'd try to get back into writing something:

Now, it's time for Friday Faves:

1. Dreaming about owning a home

2. Happy kiddos

3.  It's truly Friday, no rushing out the door tomorrow!!!

4. Finding a house where we want to live

5. Sunshine!

6. Coffee...need I say more...

Local Flavor Swap Reveal,Glitter notebook tutorial, and Giveaway

Chaotic Goddess Swaps

My swap box partner, Becca, is from Florida. You can find her over at: http://www.everydaylifes.com/ and here's the direct link to what I sent her: Every day life flavor swap

She had a rough week, which made the swap box journey a little bit difficult:

1. Shooting in her town, which meant businesses closed delaying the mailing of the awesome swap box

2. USPS delivered the box to the wrong zip code despite having the correct 1 on the box. This delayed the delivery of the box 2 extra days.

In response to that, Becca was so sweet and emailed me a gift card!  Yup, she's awesome just like the contents of the box!

Here are the contents of my awesome swap box:

All things Disney:  Disney along with coffee and lemonade(my 2 favorite drinks)!  All set to go for a movie night! 

Gator and FSU milk chocolate for college football, nail polish the colors of the local school, shells to represent her favorite beach, the Help because I like the movie, and of course Florida orange juice!

Seriously, you would think Becca was one of my best friends!  This box screams ME(and my daughter loved it too)!!

Thanks Becca for all the thought and effort you put into this box!

For the box I filled for Becca I made her a notebook, it originally looked like this:

and I turned it into something Glitterific

 (and yes, I've been playing a disney fairies game on the ipad way too much this week!)

I believe I found the printable states at: 50 states

1. Print it and cut out the state along with the heart

2. Paint it with Mod Podge 

3. Sprinkle with glitter

4. When dry spray with Clear Acrylic Sealer Gloss

5. Super glue heart where you want it to go on the state

6. Paint the back of the state with mod podge and put it on the notebook

There ya go, easy peasy!

For those of you who love giveaways, I've framed a glitter state similar to the notebook I made for Becca:

Here's what I've made for the giveaway, it's in a 5x7 frame:

How to enter the giveaway:

Leave a comment on this blog telling me what state you live in

and/or

Become my friend on facebook: Angie Youniquemom

Winner will be announced in 1 week.