Jennifer

Family Night in Florida

August 12, 2007 by Jennifer 3 Comments

As we were winding down a family day (Sunday's are our family day's as The Man has to work 6 days as week so we always make sure to do something special as a family cause the girls miss their daddy so much) at the pool and cookout, we all had our jammies on and sitting around the coffee table to play one of the girl's board games… what do you know the once beautiful sky today

Turned really black fast and you could tell we were in for it… all of sudden it was like the gates had been open….

Here comes the fierce down pour of rains with the mean lightning behind it. I for one believe this was our worst storm yet in the 6 weeks we have been here… What gets me is the girls are NOT afraid of the storms at all and want to just run and jump right in front of the sliding glass doors. Ummm NOPE! I kept telling them those lightning streaks are not fun.. yes they make look funny but they can hurt. They just thought oh silly mommy until… bam we hear and sound and there goes the power.

Since we are non-prepared floridians now that have no flash lights or candles we are sitting around in the complete darkness singing and snuggling. We sang the I Love You Barney Song, Old Mcdonald had a farm, Twinkle Twinkle little star, and Splish Splash Bible Bash. We were all cracking up as the girls would sing the songs each in a different way. I was in tears at times laughing so darn hard HA!

What could have been a ruined family night actually turned into quite a blast. Now the girls are tucked away sleeping right here in the bed with me and as soon as I hugged them and kissed them they literally fell asleep that fast.

This was a gentle reminder though.. get candles and batteries in stock hehe!

What does your family do during power outages at night?

Which one looks like their mommy?

August 11, 2007 by Jennifer 6 Comments

Am I the only one that loves to look at past year pictures? I just love walking back down memory lane with my girls. Well I came across this picture of my brother and I. Aren't we just the most adorable siblings you ever seen LOL

Well I went and found pictures of Madisyn and Lyndsee around the same age I was… so let's see what you think. Which girl looks like me 🙂

Jen and Madisyn

Jen and Lyndsee

I showed them to "the man" AKA Scott last night and he could see similarites in both that he pointed out, so I'm curious to see what everyone else says too.

Tag You are It Jen

August 11, 2007 by Jennifer 3 Comments

A fellow mommy blogger Steph (go meet her.. she has an awesome blog) wants to know 3 things that I am grateful for.

Here goes 🙂

1) I am grateful for all the mommy, mommy I want this, no I want that because that means I have two beautiful daughters who I adore so much!

2) I am grateful for my clients that keep me making money for our family and that in return lets me stay at home to raise my daughters.

3) I am grateful for water that I drink tons of each day so Jen can soon reach her ultimate weight loss goal!

There you have it moms 🙂

Now I would love to hear three grateful things from:

Stef @ Mommy Musings

and Amanda @ Contest for Moms Blog

Lurkers.. I know you are out there

August 10, 2007 by Jennifer 6 Comments

Hi there fellow mommy bloggers 🙂

I just checked my stats and I'm averaging 150 to 250 hits a day… so I want to hear from you. Don't be shy.. I LOVE LOVE LOVE speaking with other moms and I love reading mom blogs so come out of the lurkedom world and lets chat 🙂

Let's start here… what are your plans for the weekend?

What Is Your Child’s Lovey

August 10, 2007 by Jennifer 7 Comments

Most kids you know from the time they are born get adapted to a lovey and will need it every place they go right? I always tried to get my girls to love a favorite blankie just as I did when I was a little girl. My girls would never want anything to do with a blankie. I would buy several and even made them myself but nope… they just weren't going to have it ;).

After a couple years, Madisyn did finally want her Wiggles Blankie at night, but that only lasted about a year or so until she proclaimed loud and clear that I don't need that blankie mommy and threw it at me LOL. She gets her 'tude from her mommy .

After my second daughter was born Lyndsee… I of course tried different blankies with her too but nope she didn't want my ole stinking blankets either HA! She wanted something that she could have anytime at the drop of a hat and it would never get lost. Ta DA… here is Lyndsee poo's lovey:

That's right her mommy Jen!! Let me explain this… when she was about 5 months old she would have to have my hair when she would nurse or fall asleep. I just thought it was her natural way of holding onto me. Guess what she still has to have my hair… if she gets hurt, or just wants to snuggle or when she goes to sleep or when she wakes up in the middle of the night she has my hair. Sometimes even if she sees a person she doesn't know she gets up in my arms and goes straight for my hair. Now I think this is just the cutest thing ever and it warms my heart that I am her lovey except at 3am in the morning when I get woke up from a deep sleep with fingers in my hair hehe and I go crazy until I realize its just my precious 2 year old hehe.

I know the other night Scott was just waking up to get out of bed to go to work and Lyndsee had rolled over to get her daddy's hair thinking it was mine. He said he laid there just a few more minutes until she drifted off to a good sleep before he got up. I was so proud of him and that warmed my heart when he told me… 🙂 He has always be a big fan of our co-sleeping even if the couch has to be his bed at nights when the girls kick him out of bed 🙁 LOL.

So what about your child? What is their lovey and does any of your children use your hair as their lovey?

Jennifer

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