Home Sweet Home!
Miss A and I made it home yesterday evening! We traveled alone for the first time since she was a manageable person 🙂 She did pretty well…not perfect, but I wasn’t expecting perfection. Thankfully she was kicking the side of the plane by the window and not the woman’s seat in front of us! I consider that a victory!
We do miss our baby H though….a lot. Auntie S better send daily pictures…and come see me in 2 weeks when I’m in Florida for my 3rd time this summer!
It is H O T hot out there today! What was supposed to be a beach day has turned into a sprinklers and cooling off in the A/C day! Well…that is A…Mommy is watching her in the sprinklers and cleaning the house! Oh the fun life of a SAHM.
Stay cool…Happy Thursday & welcome back Emily! We hope you are enjoying your new home!!!
Most days I feel like a terrible mother. I am overwhelmed, exhausted, aggravated, irritated, and moody. I feed her chicken nuggets or pizza because I know with certainty that she will eat it. I also use the television and an arsenal of Disney movies as a babysitter since they are free and actual human babysitters are not.
While I know in my deepest part of me that none of those things listed above make me an actual bad mother, in the part of my brain where my intentions lie, I feel like a failure. Oh yea, and this is my blog so I can vent about my failures, even if people reading think I’m crazy! (secret…I am crazy)
I feel like A has taken control of my life, and in turn I have lost a very important part of myself. The part that existed before I was A’s Mommy. I love being creative and learning, and reading and being productive. Now, the creativity is watching A color while I make sure the crayons or paint or pens or markers stay on the paper and not on my furniture. The only thing I learn is about toddlers and their behavior and how the princess of the day falls in love. My reading … well … there were 3 days of 50 Shades, but most of it is either a 5 page story or something about raising my toddler. Being productive. Yea…gone. We’re stuck in the house if it is too hot, too cold, too cranky, too tired, too…well…anything really. Especially now that potty training a 2 year old really means sprinting through your errands to make sure she doesn’t pee in the aisle of a store. (sorry Kings Pharmacy)
Yesterday morning, as I started my day as usual, with A refusing to use the potty, insisting on cookies for breakfast, and demanding a “MOVIE MOMMY”. By 8:30am I had had enough. Then she told me she wanted to wear a diaper…and I thought I was going to throw her against a wall & jump off my roof. Obviously she asked to go potty 10 minutes later and the diaper remained dry…oh this girl is testing me!
I decided that if we were sticking around the house, I was going to take back some power. We officially unplugged today. I am proud to say that we made it through the entire day with no movies or tv. We painted, we read books, we played with her dollhouse, we danced, and she napped….really well actually. There were a few tantrums about the movies…but we got through them. I plan to keep the tv off for a few more days…we’ll see how it goes.
Some people will read this and think…”Wow…it’s about time she took the tv away” and they’ll be right…it is…but I do what works for us until it stops working. It has officially stopped working…and so here we are! Trying something new. I’m showing A the side of Mommy that puts her foot down and doesn’t pick it up…
I am hoping the rain goes away, the sun comes back out & we end up here ASAP…
She’s way easier to handle on the beach! A real beach baby!
Happy Thursday!
Just me and A, takin’ a ride on a boat! It’s one of my favorite places to be…out on the ocean…A seems to love it too, but in this photo she is eyeing a cinnamon bun and just wanted the photo to be over!
I hope everyone’s Thursday is a great one & that everyone Embraces the Camera today! There’s nothing like a potty training 2 year old to make you realize that these early years are flying by and how important it is to capture the moments you want to remember forever.
Wishing Emily & her family a great trip cross country and lots of luck in their new adventure!
This Thursday I’m embracing the camera with my lovely sister Auntie S! We had some really good laughs over last weekend when she came down to visit during our vacation!
We are all waiting to see if she will break the girl streak & have the family’s first boy! We’ll see soon enough 🙂
Mister LK and I were married 3 years ago. It feels like yesterday and a million years ago at the same time. I married my best friend that day & he’s been making my dreams come true every day since. I am so thankful for my husband who does everything he can to make me a happy wife. He told me last night that he does this selfishly…so that I will be happy and in turn be nice to him! Not only did I marry a handsome, funny, caring man…but he is SMART too!
Happy Anniversary Mister LK…I am still shamelessly in love with you!
Yesterday we celebrated another happy occasion! My step sister, Auntie Sh & her fiance J got married! It’s a great time for a wedding! Check out the happy couple, and adorable flower girls!
** Please excuse the photo quality…we are having a little repair done to my lens & so my photos will be taken with my ever versatile IPhone for a little while (sigh) **
Big Thursday here at the LKSquared house. Today Miss A is getting her ears pierced. It’s been a long time coming, since she asked for earrings about 6 months ago and I was too chicken to take her, but today her Grandma is coming over & we’re gonna do it…
I’m scared, but I don’t think A is!
No earrings…..
I hope this goes well…otherwise I’m shipping her to Grandma’s for the week!
Update! 
She did AH-MAZING!!!! She was brave and cried for .2 seconds…she asked for some medicine to make it feel better, and now she’s telling me to look at her pretty earrings! I love you Miss A….your inspiring & teach me something new about you everyday. Happy earring day!
I love our family! We’re having a blast with our newly 2 year old Miss Sassy pants…
Some things she’s said in the last few days…
After telling her I was going to my room for a minute…”Don’t even think about it Mommy”
When I told her I have to steam my floors…”I want broom floors. No you clean Mommy, we clean TOGETHER”
When she saw some ants on her floor “Mommy….Spiders on my floor…..clean up spiders Mommy”
When Auntie E told her to “get a grip”….”No YOU get a grip”
She’s a funny girl!
oh Thursday….I think today I will make you a Daddy day!
Our baby is going to be 2 on Saturday. I don’t know how I am going to handle that. She is so big and really closer to a little kid than a baby…
I think you’ll find me crying in bed on Saturday…if you are looking for me! I wish I had more to say, but talking about her turning 2 is making my eyes water, so I gotta go!
Have a great Thursday!
9 days until A turns 2. How crazy is that?
I have been having lots of fun with this little munchkin lately…she’s been keeping me very busy & laughing all the time! Today…we are sending thanks out to our friends in NC the G Family for an AWESOME birthday present they sent over! They sent us a bounce house!!!!!! A is going to freak this morning when I set it up for her! This should help get her nice and tired for nap time!!!
Happy Thursday everyone! Go Embrace the Camera…your kids will thank you!
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