No More?

The hubby and I have been in a weird place the past few weeks.  He's been working his butt off and by the time he finally gets home from work he is too tired for anything, but he still has to find the energy to do his school work (he's working on his MBA).  Then we have the kids (aka the Crazies).  My daughter is 8 (going on 16), and boy does she have an attitude on her.  I haven't quite figured out how to get through to her yet.  Then my son....my sweet little terror of a 2 year old.  He can be the sweetest little man in the world when it's just me and him, but when Sissy walks through the door, it's game on!  He wants to play with her, and she wants to be alone.  So now we get to the point where they are both fighting over toys, annoying each other, and living up to their nickname (the Crazies!).  One night as I was cooking dinner and attempting to calm down the crazies, my hubby, who was working on his homework, comes walking into the kitchen and says, "we're done".  (WHAT?  WE"RE DONE?????)  Not that our relationship is done (phew!), but that we are done having kids.  He said he doesn't know if he can handle anymore.  My heart sank just as it would if he would have meant that him and I were over.  What do you mean we're done?  No discussions over this?  When we got married, I had my ideal life in mind.  We already had a daughter together, but eventually, I wanted to buy a home, get a dog, and have two more children.  Three, three has always been my number.  He says we've got a boy and a girl, and we should feel blessed with what we've got.  I'm not saying I want another baby right now, but in the future.  I'm still young, and 5 years down the road, I was really hoping to add another little Crazy to our bunch.

Dot Com Mom!

Just got my oldest off to school, so now it's time to clean and play with my two year old.  I recently signed up for a free trial of abcmouse.com (which my 2 year old calls Dot Com!).  We have been working on it for two weeks.  And while he still hasn't figured out how to use the mouse, it has helped him learn a lot.  He knows his colors, how to count to 3 forwards and backwards, he knows his animals, and has added countless words to his vocabulary.  My son is smart, but not nearly as smart as my daughter was at his age.  So I'm hoping that Dot Com will help us prepare him for preschool so he doesn't struggle.  Do you work with your young children?  What are your favorite activities to do with them?  Well, guess it's time to start that cleaning I was talking about earlier! 

 

Grocery Shopping with the Crazies!

I went grocery shopping yesterday, and this wasn't any normal shopping trip.  This was my first coupon induced shopping trip since sometime last summer.  I had my list and my coupons, but I also had the Crazies (aka, my children).  One on one my kids tend to be angels, but together, they create some mega force kid duo whose goal is to get mom's full blown attention.  My first transaction was the most important.  I would receive $10 if I did it right (that is without my coupons added).  I tried to count over and over to make sure I had the correct items.  Then the mega force duo started in erupt.  As you can imagine, I miscounted and forgot about 8 items on my list in all.  Lucky for me the customer service let me grab the items I missed and gave me a $10 off coupon for my NEXT trip.  Not a complete fail, but I learned my lesson......grocery shopping must always be done alone!

My Special Valentine

My husband is not exactly what I would call romantic.  A lot of times when something needs to be planned, I do it (letting him take some of the credit sometimes).  The last few years, I have surprised my hubby with no kids and a dinner with all of his favorite foods.  This year, my Valentine's surprise has already begun!  For the fact that I know my hubby is probably reading this....I'm going to wait until after V-Day to tell you what is is.  But for the big day itself.....I'm stumped.  Money is tight right now (paying off loans....thank goodness!), so I'm in sort of a V-Day block.  No ideas really.  This got me wondering, should I just not plan anything and see if the hubby plans something?  Although, it would be a downer if we ended up not doing anything.  I see all of these wives saying V-Day doesn't matter, and you should love your husband and celebrate your love all year, but what is wrong with one super special day?  Who really cares if it's one big cheesy day full of romantic cliches?  It's just nice to be reminded just how special you are to one person!  What are your Valentine's Day plans?