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thinking

Thinking about moving....

Will update all of you when I set up my new digs...

over at another blogging site.

Should be within the next day or two....

happiness

What is happiness? What does it mean to you? What is it in life that makes you happy?

This afternoon after picking princess up from her dance class, we had some ice cream out on the bench in the sun. We talked, we laughed, we spent a very very happy 1/2 hour together in the sun.

I was happy.

It was a moment that I wish I could have bottled (or at least have taken a picture of) and open it up every time I need to feel 'happy'.

Being an adult, being happy goes hand in hand with reality. I mean, if I have no money I probably wouldn't able to send princess to her dance class or have been able to afford that delicious ice cream cone for her. I might not even have the luxury to take off work early to enjoy the sun with her.

I have always been able to find happiness with the cards I was dealt with. But would I be able to do so if I would be dealt some really tough reality?

Boy, with a rough and sleepless night like tonight, I wish I could have bottled the wonderful time this afternoon and open it up to let out some sunshine, warmth, and happiness.

round two

When princess was two, she had the terrible twos really REALLY bad. Her tantrums can give supernanny the run for her money. She had tantrums daily and the longest lasted for about 45 minutes and almost each tantrum ends in hysteria and vomiting. (archived here)

That and her night terrors were the reasons why I didn't think we're going to have more than one child. (archived here, here, or here)

Alas, my perfect lil Boo has finally reached that stage. I never thought that this day would come because she is always very logical and reasonable and princess was (and still is) always emotional.

Today, out of the blue in the car on the way home from day care, she started to kick and scream and threw a tantrum over something I have no clue about. (Well, I guess if I had a clue, she probably wouldn't have to throw a tantrum, right?) Anyhow, the tantrum continued from the car into our home and lasted for a good 20 minutes.

Lucky for me, I have had ample training from princess' tantrum days that I learned to block out my emotions and ignored it and let her cry it out. However it still did not stop the headache that followed.

I'm hoping round two will be easier than the round one with princess. But judging from what I saw today, I have my work (with help of Tylenol for me) cut out for me.

*Stock pic from last year ... didn't have time to find my camera today.

But trust me, it looked very similar to this TIMES TWO, or THREE or maybe FOUR *

** Why is it that I've been having so much trouble with the spacing in Blogger lately?? **

kiddie snippets

*Below are just snippets of the kids lately that I want to document and remember later.... *

"Mommy, can you live with me even after I get married?" princess asked one day.

"Sure honey" I answered as warmth filled my heart.

"Well, since I don't want to cook and drive, you can live with me and do that for me, right?"

*silence*

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"Boo, can you go tell Ashley that she has 5 minutes left before bath time?"

*silence*

"Boo, did you hear me?"

"Yea Mama."

"Can you help me go tell Ashley?"

"MAMA, I'm busy!"

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"Mama, where Daddy go?" asked Boo very seriously one Sunday afternoon.

"Daddy went to work, Boo."

"No No, Mommy. Daddy upthairs" (upthairs - upstairs)

"Boo, Daddy went to work." I repeated again.

flustered, she said, "Daddy play pewter work! pewter upthairs!" (pewter - computer)

*AHA Daddy - your kids thinks you play games on the computer for work!*

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My Mom took Boo out for ice cream and toy store one Saturday afternoon.

"Courtney, do you want chocolate ice cream?"

"No. Ashley chocolate. Courtney strawberry." Boo corrected my Mom that she likes strawberry and it's her big sis that likes chocolate.

*at the toy store*

"Courtney, would you like Lola to buy you a dolly?" (Kids call my Mom - Lola)

Boo looked at my Mom with a confused look... and stated ...

"No. Courtney want puzzle."

Because Ashley is the one that likes dolls and Courtney, likes puzzles.

note to husband

Dear Husband,

We have received a ransom note for your alarm clocks. The noted stated that at a random date your clocks will be taken by force from our house. If the ransom is not met, they will be 'taken care of' and you shall receive their remains in our back yard.

Please take care of the matter immediately.

From your loving wife...
and kids...

teehee...

I can't help but post this picture of Boo. She looks soooooo darling.

*This one is so going on my FB page!*

teehee...

confession

Seriously, I'm such a Facebook junkie.

Not only do I like to see what people I know are doing, what they are about to do, or what they have done already. But ... I love to secretly stalk people.

I'm SO sick.

I love to look up people that I might know from the past. Typically either those that are sworn enemies or those who were a secret crush of some sort. I don't like to connect with them, but I just like to look them up and see if I find them. Sometimes I would find them and lurk around their profile, gasping at what they might look like now and occasional snickers at a few that did not age gracefully or gasps at some that the time has done good for them.

So far, I have snickered at alot of past crushes and gasps at a few enemies. How do some people get better looking with age?

Do you stalk on these social networking sites?

trying something new

For almost the past week, I've been trying something new.

I've been trying to get A & C to sleep together in the same room.

Ever since we knew we were having a second girl, we've envisioned having the two girls eventually share a room together. Not just for bonding experiences but selfishly, it frees up an empty room in our 3 room home for our home office. We currently have our home office junk literally stuffed into our master. Which makes our master bedroom really really REALLY crowded.

Anyhoo... back to trying to get the girls to share a room.

I am absolutely loving it! I can read the bedtime stories to both of them in bed at the same time... and it really is a boding experience. (Our current fav is 'Waking Beauty' - which is a twist on the fairy tale 'sleeping beauty'.) I would then tuck them in and work on my laptop while they fall asleep.

This is great! I now can not just put them to bed, but also steal about 15 to 20 minutes all to myself in silence while I catch up on some reading/surfing/blogging.

Now.... the trick is to get Ashley to agree to this sleeping arrangement permanently. She is still holding on to her 'room' because that's where she keeps the-important-things-that-Courtney-can't-touch.

Maybe a bribe of Disneyland trip??