Sunday, Monday, Tuesday...

So here's some stuff that has been going on...
Sunday:
"You're a WINDOW WASHER!!!"
The girls came up with a new name to call each other. I guess by the way that they react when they call each other the name, that it must be pretty offensive...
"You're a WINDOW WASHER..."
Lynn first called Ashley this despicable name, and Ash cried in horror.
Then Ash turned around and called Lynn the most horrible name, and Lynn dramatically objected, "No I'm not!!!"
Apparently "window washer" is their generation's equivalent to my generation's "taco bender" or "gas pumper"...
Monday:
Lynn had a make-up day at pre-school. They had a St. Patty's day party. She pinched Mer because he wasn't wearing any green to work. I made sure that everyone else had on the color.Got a visit from Dad #2 - Esteban a.k.a - Steve... this is the most awesome carpenter who built my cedar chest and my cradle... awesome man! This is the first time he's seen Peyton. He brought Ash a choice of 4 donuts... so he has her won-over.
Had a fun day making bows and bracelets with Jen...
Dad's eye needs a follow-up procedure... Grandma might be having small strokes??? Mom almost burned their house down following grandma's instructions for the microwave...
Got Peyton's "Peyton green" swimsuit!!! She wasn't too happy with the pic I got. But isn't the suit cute!!!
I found my long forgotten Mounds eggs! How "eggs"iting... (Haw-Haw!) I love it when I find something that I have forgotten I bought...
Does anything look wrong with this pic?I walked around all day with...Yep, a "L" sticker, for LARGE SHIRT not for my LARGE boobs, on my shirt, right underneath my boob, ALL DAY... to drop Lynn off at school, when Steve came, while Jen was here, Talia looked at me like I was crazy... ;) And I found it... later... and I thought people were checking out my rack all day...
Tuesday (today):
Lynn had school.
Ash, Peyton and I went grocery shopping.
I bought more Sunkist AND root-beer... I have rationalized that I need the caloric intake if I am going to go all out exercising... I have to feed Peyton too! See, I am good at rationalizing...
I also got Peyton's Old Navy suit in the mail, I needed a back-up.
So now I really have 4 suits for her. I found 2 more...
4 hours 10 minutes and 56 seconds... that's why Brooke will soon have call waiting... sorry Austin!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

7 hours of sleep?!?

We watched "The Incredibles" for our movie/pizza night tonight. Thanks to a sweet sister in our ward... We ALL enjoyed it. Lynn thinks that she is Violet and Ash thinks she is Dash...
Had a good day today, had a baptism. That was after a night with seven, yep, count 'em, 7 hours of sleep. Ash woke me at six, and Peyton was still asleep! I would have gone on till eight, but there's Ash...

New Developments...

This is my new pic... as much as I loved the one Brookers took of me when I was prego, I wanted to update, just like I want to on my template, but don't dare... I felt a little cheeky...
Peyton has started playing this game today while she nurses. She stops nursing to smile at me, and then goes back at it, then stops, and gives me another smile. It makes for a little longer meal-time, but I can't complain, I love it!
Meanwhile, my three year-old Picasso has been updating our couch... about every other week, there is a new addition... she started the masterpiece about a month before Peyton arrived, what a stinker... notice the technique on her circle though... very impressive!
Yeah, that will be fun to clean... but I'm hoping to not do it tonight. I am hoping to go have fun scrapping with the RS sisters. Just me and Peyton... maybe not too much scrapping, but some much needed "girl time"... and not the kind that you get hanging-out all day with a tired and hormonal 3 year old and a sheriff of a 5 year old...

1 month old... and I relapsed...

Peyton is one month old... this is the best that I could get... she wasn't too happy with me. I took a lot of pictures. I guess the flash is kind of annoying, and so am I when she would rather just go to sleep and have me not bug her and talk to her in an annoying voice...
Yesterday we had Lynn's Kindergarten check-up. This kid cracks me up! I had bribed her with the new lip gloss if she did well at the dentist, and that bribe carried over into the doctor's appointment. I realized that she'd probably have to get shots, so I further bribed her. If she did well, did everything she was told, and acted polite, she could pick a pack that had three in it. She was being so sweet to me all day. Mom watched the other two so Lynn and I could go solo and get Sam's club done. I had to get Peyton's announcement printed-off... Lynn told me that I was the best mom in town. I later got a promotion to the best mom in the whole wide world, and was told that I was still the best mom in town, and I am beautiful! I'll take her anywhere with me. She could be a great support at my six week check-up in a couple of weeks :)...
So we are going through the normal check-up stuff, eye test, weight, height, temperature, breathing... she is 38 almost 39 pounds... that puts her in the 34th percentile... and she is at 61st percentile in height. Eyesight 20/20 in both eyes. Everything else is great! The doctor goes on to ask questions about her past health history. He reads through a list that I already read through and didn't mark anything, because she's never had any of it... Half-way through, he stops, and asks if I've already read it and just not marked anything. I told him she's never had any of it. Every time he's amazed...
"Does she ride a bike?"
"Trike, we are trying the bike this year."
"Does she wear a helmet when she does?"
"Yes."
"Do you have a trampoline?"
"Do you realize who you are talking to?"
"Well... yes... Do you have one?" He's laughing...
"Of course, how could I not?"
"Get rid of it."
"And be dis-owned???"
He's wacky. I wish that I would have had the presence of mind to tell him how many more things are more harmful, the culprit of more accidents and injuries than a trampoline, like bikes, office supplies...
Lynn had to get four shots. She opted to have them in her thighs instead of her bum. She did well until they gave her that one that burns as it goes in... poor thing. I let her get a lipstick pack that had four... I'm such a softie... Her legs hurt last night. She walked around like a gimp. Now this morning I realize why: she got a tetanus shot, you know, the one that is in a whole cocktail of immunizations... I got a tetanus shot when I was twelve after the needle in the foot incident... and I couldn't play softball the next day, my right arm hurt way too bad to throw let alone swing a bat.
We taught her how to play "Uno" last night, after playing alphabet "Go Fish". She won, the stinker. It was Merrill's strategy that helped her win, he was concentrating too hard on getting back at me for giving him all of my "draw four" cards... he didn't even realize that Lynn only had one card left. Good for her! I fell-off the wagon and had an orange float while we were playing and got her addicted too... I guess that now I am a pusher, a dealer...
I then taught her how to count to ten in Spanish, to explain "uno". Then I taught her how to count in German. She said the numbers so well that I taught her some other words. We went through body parts, and I taught her to introduce herself and say how old she was. Then I taught her how to call Mer a pinhead, and how to tell him that he smells like he peed his pants... Good times!
Ash has movie lines falling out of her mouth. She acts like they just came out on their own, like she had nothing to do with it, and then she tells you which movie it came from. She is always making us laugh, and teasing Lynn to tears....
Peyton has been gassy at night, and some times during the day, not to mention how bad this time change sucks for her... I asked Jen about the gas drops she had, if she thought that gas could be our culprit. The drops worked great! Thanks Jen!!! She has always been a happy smiley baby, but that is at an increase now... she's so happy. My neck isn't getting the crap scratched out of it any more, so I am happy too!
And Hallie turned 10 yesterday... the little punk... way to make me feel old... How do Joe and Jackie feel though?

Before & After

I haven't had a float today...
Took Lynn to the dentist and she did great! It was pretty interesting watching her and seeing how much she has grown since the last time I took her, like 2, 3 years ago... she barely let him count her teeth then! It's funny, I usually would worry so much about how much this is going to cost, without insurance, but I just am not worrying... this faith thing is really catching on to my daily life!
We went to the mall... all 4 of us, me the solo parent. We had fun, maybe too much fun! I found Peyton a swim suit, on line... I should have bought it when I first saw it... It is worth it though, Peyton green, white polka dots, and a daisy... way cute!
We had a good day today.
I wanted to post a picture of my one month old little girl... Mer took the good camera (his) down to work and left it there (!) and the old one, here, has two sets of dead batteries... you'll just have to be patient and wait until tomorrow to see what she now looks like at one month old... it just may be different than the beginning of the week!
Here's all of the photo shoots we've had with Brookers lately... I think of it as "The Ultimate Before & After"...

My name is Mindy, and I'm a float-aholic...

So I know I should be sleeping, or at least on my way to dreamland, as I do have three (yep, count 'em, three) sleeping children... but I have to quickly note some things that have been going on, before I forget (momnesia).
I am addicted to floats... root beer, orange soda, sherbet and sprite... if it's a carbonated beverage, and ice cream, chances are I want it. Good example: lunches lately, what the girls want, I don't, but a float sounds great! I thought this craving would be one that ended once the placenta was delivered, but nope, it continues. I have 3 cans of my carbonated tasty beverages left, I will try to refrain from buying anymore drinks that would inspire me to want a float.
Why isn't "Ben & Jerry's" giving me any problems though???
Lynn: Kindergarten doctor and dentist appointments this week :( It's really happening! She is getting too smart for her own good. The other night, as I was eating a float and talking with Mer in the kitchen, she came upstairs and said, "I know what sex is... it's when you kiss and you are naked." We asked her where she learned that, she said her brain. I know she hasn't witnessed any of that kind of monkey-business at our house... not in the last... almost 6 months anyway...
Ashley: I got up 5 times with Ash in the night last night. The nocturnal visits ranged with reasoning anywhere from "my room stinks, spray it with Febreeze please" (must have inherited that nose from Lynn...), to "the laundry basket at the end of the hallway where I can't see it unless I am out of my bed, is scaring me"... I got up with Peyton only once...
Peyton: Is rolling from her tummy to her side! She is trying so hard to go from her back to... well, anywhere but her back... her little left arm and leg shake so bad, all of those muscles all tensed-up. Her face is trying to help her too...
Okay, I'll go to bed now...