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March 6, 2002
Stephanie's School of Gymnastics ~
Yep, you read that right! I'm not opening one, it seems that I already own one. The rent is high, the pay is low, but I have three full time students that simply refuse to leave. What is a Mom to do?
You are not allowed to do cartwheels in the kitchen ~
The other day while on the phone, I heard a loud thump in the kitchen and knew beyond a shadow of a doubt what had occurred. Excusing myself from the conversation and without even having to turn around I called out "Lexi, you know that you are not allowed to do cartwheels in the kitchen". As if I should even have to say it! What would possess anyone to do a cartwheel in such a small place and one with hardwood floors no less!! Aye Carumba.
Wow ~ your face is REALLY red!!!! ~
As if the cartwheels in the kitchen weren't enough, both of the girls (Lexi and Kimmi) have taken to doing headstands against the wall (I used to do this when I was little). They take the throw pillows off the couch, place them on the floor and then use them for padding for their headstands. Kimmi is quite good and it irks Lexi to no end that her LITTLE sister can stand on her head longer than she can. I have to say that Kimmi's face looks like a tomato in no time, but she refuses to right herself as I believe that she would stay up there until she passed out if it would continue to annoy Lexi. Sisterly love strikes again!
EEEWWWWWW she stinks ~
Last night Kimmi and I were cuddling in the recliner and Mackenna wanted up for some lovin' too, I picked her up and sat her next to Kimmi who starts gasping and as she's plugging her nose shouts, eeewwwwwww she stinks!!! As I'm trying not to laugh and breathe in at the same time, I plug my nose too, Mackenna looks at Kimmi, looks at me and plugs her nose, we were cracking up!! Germ was laughing so hard that he missed the picture opportunity!! What a little personality she's getting!
As if being the only boy weren't hard enough ~
Poor Germ, he is such a good sport and even goes along with the girls when they refer to his underwear as panties, but he drew the line at this one! The other night Lexi crawled up in his lap to snuggle and watch TV, as she was climbing up, she kicked him in the crotch. As Germ was struggling to breath and trying not to cry, Lexi wanted to know what happened, Kimmi (who was already in his lap) pipes up and says, you just kicked him in the WEINER and then poked him there. I thought that Germ was going to die!! Not only was he in pain, but now he was embarrassed!! The things that he has to put up with! He is so outnumbered that I don't think he will ever be able to recover and we've ruined him for life. LOL!
Is my butt bleeding ~
While making dinner the other night, the girls were fighting, over who knows what. It doesn't matter now as I'm sure that it didn't matter then, but anything to annoy each other. Anyway, I hear this scream and then the high pitched shriek that only dolphins and Lexi can make and then she appears with her pants around her ankles and her butt high in the air and asks me if its bleeding......WHAT????????? I asked what was going on and Lexi said that Kimmi pinched her in the butt and she wanted to know if it was bleeding. Give me a break!!! Not only was it not bleeding, but it wasn't even red ~ of course I had to go through my whole spiel on keeping your hands to yourself and leaving each other alone and I'm sure that they will never touch each other again ~ YEAH RIGHT!!!!! LMBO!!
Pity Party ~
The other day, Lexi was sharing her miserable mood with everyone and trying to contaminate happy little Kimmi, I told Lexi that I was not going to her pity party and Kimmi looked at me with tears in her eyes and said Mom, will you still come to mine? Lexi and I got hysterical and the dark cloud was lifted and all became well, I wish that it would always be so easy to change their moods. How I love to witness the comments made in their innocence.
The (guilt) trip of a lifetime ~
I have the opportunity to go on a one week cruise to Alaska in a couple of months and I don't know what to do. My SIL invited me to go with her, her dad and his girlfriend were originally going to go, but are now unable to. The cruise is incredibly cheap because he just needs to get rid of the tickets, so he wants to sell them for $350.00 each. Money is definitely not the issue, we can afford for me to go, I guess that I am the problem. Germ is unbelievably supportive and said that he will kick my a$$ if I don't go and that he and the girls can survive without me for a week. He also said that I deserve to go, that I never do anything for myself or spend any money on myself and that I need this time away to just hang out with my SIL (she also has three daughters). My Mom said that she would come over every morning (Germs has to leave at 4:00 a.m.) and stay with the girls, get them ready and drop them off at daycare. Our wonderful daycare provider said that I am stupid if I don't go and that she would keep the girls if Germ had to work late. So all the bases are covered there and I know that I don't have to worry about the girls staying with Germ as he is such an incredible daddy.
So again, I have to say that I am the problem!! While I know that the girls will be well cared for, I feel incredibly guilty. Trust me when I say that the free spirited independent woman in me wants to grab my purse and go now, but the Mommy in me is fighting to stay. I am really conflicted about this!! I know that time away would be wonderful, but what about my babies?? Again, I know that they will be fine, but aren't I supposed to be here to make sure of that? I have never left Kimmi or Mackenna for more than overnight and have only left Lexi with my Mom for three nights when Germ and I went out of town after Jake died. A good friend of mine said to me yesterday that I will be a Mom for the rest of my life, but this opportunity will only present itself once. I agree with that, but then on the other hand I think that Mackenna will only be this age once. While I'm not as concerned with Lexi and Kimmi (who by the way both think that I should go ~ although Lexi did cry) it's Mackenna that I'm really concerned about. Germ said that she has reached all the newborn and toddler milestones until she starts talking in sentences and it's not like I will miss anything major. But it's the minor things, like bedtime kisses and hugs and the out of the blue "I love you Mom" and sleepy little morning cuddles. I am just so confused!! Please give me some guidance or words of support regarding this decision, it really is a huge struggle!!
Reality Bites ~
Survivor
I KNOW I'm not the only one to watch this drivel, so why were there no juicy posts about the girls washing their naked bodies in the Amazon River last week? Why on earth would CBS run that? Come on!! It's not like it really has anything to do with the story line and it even irked Germ so I know that it had to bug someone other than us!
American Idol
Does Clay remind anyone other than me and Germ of Lyle Lovett?? Who is your favorite??
The Family
Did anyone else watch they premiere of this new show this week? We actually did and it wasn't so bad, it seems that everything else is re-runs lately and it captured our attention enough to watch it this time. I'm not sure that we will continue, but I have to watch it at least one more time to know for sure.
Wow, re-reading this it seems like Lexi is a little monster. I just want to clear up the fact that she is a wonderful, caring little girl who for the most part is great. It is just some type of growing pains that she is going through right now that I believe that she doesn't even understand it herself. She has become whiny and pouty and it's on both my mind and nerves a lot. I have to keep reminding myself that this too shall pass and my wonderful little Lexi will return, hopefully sooner rather than later.
I suppose that about wraps it up for now, but let me know what you think about the whole cruise thing and what I should do. Oh and I'm still waiting for all those wonderful connections to pour in so that I don't have to make any more donations calls........anyone..........hello???????
From me and mine to you and yours ~
Stephanie
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