Conference Ideas...

O.K. ladies I need some help. Every six months I am faced with the same dilemma, how to keep the kids entertained and quiet while I try to enjoy conference. I am going to print the coloring books from www.sugardoodle.net. Check them out. There is one for younger kids and another for older kids. What works for all of you? I need some ideas!

Something to think about out

I know this is probably a dumb thing to post but I just wanted to share it. We got our boys a new bedroom set along with this armoire. I checked it out to make sure that it wouldn't tip. I thought it was a little flimsy but thought it would be ok for then. The next day I heard the loudest BOOM come from upstairs. I ran up and found Kenyon crying. Luckily, he was ok, but the whole thing had tipped over, while he was climbing up the drawers to see if something was on top, and since the drawers were out I think that saved him because the drawers stopped the armoire from falling completely on its face. The TV and some other things fell out. We anchored it right away and it is safe now. Anyways, I am sure most of you are smarter than I am, but I wanted to share this because I didn't even think of anchoring it. I guess I didn't think my 5 or 7 year old would climb up a dresser and my 1 year old is usually playing around there and things could have turned out a lot worse. I will anchor everything for now on!

CALLING ALL MOMS!!!!

Here's a question for all you MOMS out there:

Does anyone know how to get A LOT of

PERMANENT BLACK MARKER off of corian countertops?

MINE and YOURS...

Here's how it went:

Me: I love you bud!
Cayson: Love you too mom.
Guess what mom?
Me: What?
Cayson: I'm yours!
Me: I know, you are mine and guess what?...I'm yours too!
Cayson: So I am yours and you are mine!?
I'm dad's too mom.
Me: Yup, you are dad's and mine, we both love you huh!
Cayson: I know. (then he sat and thought for a minute)
Mom, I am dad's not yours anymore.
Me: What? You are mine, why did you say that?
Cayson: Dad shares his mustang with me, and he takes me for rides...
you don't do that. (then he thought again)
Mom...I'm yours and mine, and dad's mustang is yours and mine too.

That works for me! : )

I was just wondering...

Does it make me a bad Mom if I was cleaning the garage and ran inside for just a SECOND and when I came back out I found Libby in the ROAD playing with SCISSORS?????? What do you think?

I'm convinced that my kids have guardian angels!

An accident while not potty training

I'm so glad to finally have something to post! I was at the Dr's office yesterday in the waiting room when my little three year old (who in no way is interested in potty training and I'm afraid will go to kindergarten in diapers) looks up at me and says "I'm peeing". She had a diaper on and everything but she's never told me when she's going. I thought "Great, this is progress. She can finally recognize when she's going". She then looked down and she and I saw that she truly had peed. All over the chair in the waiting room. For some reason it had missed the diaper and was now all over her and the seat. Of course I didn't have the diaper bag so I ran to the car and grabbed the spare diaper and wipes. They called us back right after I got it all cleaned up but had to explain to every doctor and nurse why my child was in nothing but a diaper and pray that they understood this was not normal for her to wear nothing but a diaper (at least in public).

I'm sorry if this was a little too much potty humor for you and in case it wasn't, I'll add another quick story for you. Sunday morning that same 3 year old was up when my husband (Sarah's (the wonderful creator of this blog) cousin - and he may not want me to tell this) got up to use the bathroom. She asked him what he was doing and he said that he told her. She told him, "Silly dad, only girls go potty, they don't wear diapers. Boys wear diapers." He responded, "looks like grandma wasted time getting me potty trained then." It was pretty funny.

By the way, anyone have any good tips for potty training? She started preschool today and luckily didn't have to be trained before going. They also told me that seeing other kids use the potty (not literally) should help. Any other ideas?

P.S. I know this is my first post and I'm afraid that I come off sounding like I'm a little obsessed with going to the bathroom. I'm really not. I'm actually a pretty typical Utah county mom with 2 cute girls and a wonderful husband. Like most people I love to cook (especially bake - I recently won 1st place in our small hometown bakeoff) and read. Hopefully you'll be able to learn more about me through future posts!

Calling all Mom's...

Hi Ladies! I have been meaning to add this post for a couple of week now but you know how it is, busy, busy. Anyway, I would love to invite more Mom's to join our blog. If any of you have people you would like to invite just send me their e-mail address and I will send them, an invite. I will send them an e-mail first to let them know I got their address from you so they will know what is going on. :) Hopefully we will have lots more Mom's joining us and lots more funny stories to read. Remember, everyone is invited!

Sincerely, Sarah
sarahbear626@yahoo.com