Life in Random

Today was day 1 in potty learning for the last child I will be responsible for learning to use the potty. It was mostly a huge lesson in FAIL! Honestly, I don’t think she is ready. But, I have to keep trying. I can always have the carpets cleaned.

We went through 6 pairs of undies (including 2 pair of bubba’s), but with every accident she became more aware of peeing and would at least immediately sit on the potty after she had her accidents. By the end of the night, she had at least manage to have an accident in the bathroom. It’s progress. Small and minuscule, but progress none the less.

I bought her some Melissa & Doug wooden dolls and I have them sitting on my desk (out of her reach) as her incentive to go potty in the seat. She knows that once she goes she can have them. She begged me for half an hour to put a diaper on her so she could have the dolls. That girl is too smart for her own good. We did have to put a diaper on her for bed time and she used it for all it was worth too.

We’ll work on it again tomorrow. I can’t stop now. The girl is stubborn and if I give in, then she wins.

So, we were going to let the boys design their own shoes this year at the Converse website, but before we knew it, it was time to start getting ready for school and the shipping on the shoes could potentially take up to 6 weeks. We didn’t want to chance them not being here by the time school started, so Gran bought them their school shoes. (Seriously, who am I to complain about all the help?) So, it’s the gratuitous back to school shoe post…..every year.

We will start with Maddux, since he was by far and away the easiest to shop for. He went in and right away picked out these Vans. Tried them on, liked them, the end.

Jakob and Spencer, not so easy. If you ever want to know what it’s like to shop with a girl, go shoe shopping with those two. It’s insane. After about 50 pair of shoes between the two of them, we all finally agreed on these Vans for Spencer and these Nike for Jakob. So, they are going to be pretty stylish this year.

And, I knew there was a reason we had 4 kids. It’s for the by one, get one half off sales. Those aren’t so easy to do when you only have 3 kids. So, Auddie got her some new kicks too. She got these rockin little Converse. They are totally her. And she loves them.

We also got their socks and underwear taken care of. It’d be nice if our school system would release the schools supplies list so we can get those taken care of too. But no, 3 weeks till school starts and not a mention of them. Blurg!

Yeah, they really must. Apparently they don’t know me though, because it wouldn’t take them long to realize I am far more intelligent than they will ever DREAM of being.

Anyway…..It’s nice out today, so the boys are out back playing baseball. I really need to get up and get my dishes done, but this lingering headache just doesn’t want to go away no matter what I do.

I am being all white & nerdy waiting for the Alice in Wonderland live action movie preview to get online. I really want to see it. I can’t imagine it being a bad movie with Johnny Depp and Tim Burton involved. And Helena Bonham Carter. They are awesome.

I’m sort of in the mood to sew today. I have a hundred ideas about things I want to make, but I won’t do it. I really need to start thinking about Halloween costumes because that will be here before I know it. Of course, Maddux can always recycle his Clown being that he hasn’t grown at all since last year.

No idea what Audrey will be. She may be a fairy since she likes Tinkerbell so much, but then she also does not love frilly, dressy things. So probably not.

Anyway, head hurting, gonna go.

See how eclectic I am in my music choices? Well, this one doesn’t have any country on it, but….rest assured,  I have that on iTunes too.

• Obsessed-Mariah Carey
• Halo-Beyonce
• ABC-Jackson 5
• Wanted-Jessie James
• The Climb-Miley Cyrus
• Her Diamonds-Rob Thomas
• I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week-Mandy Moore
• Blame it-Jamie Foxx
• What You Know-T.I.
• He Could Be the One-Hannah Montana (that’s really for Audrey, but uh, mama rocks out too)
• If This Isn’t Love-Jennifer Hudson

With that, I did my dishes, washed my counter tops, thought about vacuuming, cleaned my living room, folded some laundry, thought about vacuuming again, and that was it. Productive play list. Now to make one for when I exercise. Or pretend to.

So, I am sitting here thinking I want to blog about my yummy funnel cakes I made tonight. They were REALLY good and really blog worthy. But, as I was thinking about whether to actually go through with it, a clip for tomorrow morning’s news cast came on. “Dangers on the Playground. Why your child may be at risk in your OWN backyard!” DUNTDUNTDUNT! Um, are you kidding me?

It’s not necessary to scare the bejesus out of some poor, unsuspecting mother. No, your child’s swing set isn’t going to swallow her whole. What’s sad is that I really used to be that mom. I would have heard that line and dropped everything I was doing to tune in. Heaven forbid my kids might end up getting a scratch from the tree swing. There was no way I would have let that happen. It makes me literally ill how these newscasters will prey on the paranoia of mothers.

Go to www.freerangekids.com for more on this subject. She’s better at explaining my feelings on it than I am.

Crap…I got the ADD and forgot I was blogging. I hate when that happens.

Dylan strained a muscle in his back yesterday, poor guy. He had to go to the DR today and get him some good drugs. They appear to be helping because he isn’t complaining about it hurting right now. Actually he is sleeping so, I guess the not complaining kinda goes without saying I suppose.

Anyway, I had full intentions to get all bloggy tonight, but Jill has distracted me with the information that she may be ever so distantly related to Dylan. I don’t think we will find a connection, but I am looking anyway. ♥