wow- i am suffering from some serious writer’s block. it may be induced by way too much children’s television. ethan and lily and watching “Boobah” for the first time as i type this and sadly, they are mesmerized by the brightly colored, penis shaped creatures. why can’t all children’s television be like “The Backyardigans“? (what, you’ve never watched it? i love it way too much.) why am i only capitalizing the names of television shows?

so, what’s going on in your life? anything exciting? any milestones, fantasies, evil intentions you want to share?

stuff i’ve done in the last week

• attended the incredibly fun mel and bj marriage celebration. the most memorable part for me would be watching everyone all dressed up thrashing around to Ministry’s “Thieves”. definitely the first time i’ve heard Ministry played at a wedding. (THEIVES! LIARS!)
• watched the kids. mike is spending more time at school because turns out calculus is, like, hard or something.
• got clothes ready for a giant kid’s resale. in order to sell clothes, i had to follow a gazillion rules. the clothes all had to be hung with the hanger facing the left, tagged in a specific way and organized by size. they limited clothing sales to 125 items- i have about 500 pieces so i’m only selling the nicest ones. hopefully, i’ll make enough money to pay our $300 electric bill. damn the electric company and their expensive juice!
• read too many blogs. i am obsessed. sitting on my laptop watching the babies play is one of the only things i can do because the little monkeys are everywhere. i surrender, they have completely taken over.
• had an exceptionally awkward conversation with the six year old about how babies get out of the mommy and how they got in there. i explained they come out of mommy’s vaginas and he said “so, they come out of girl penises?” i stammered and responded “um, it is more like a hole” but i drew the line at explaining how they got in there. i told him that was a daddy question so we could put it off. is almost seven years old the right time to tell him about this? i didn’t learn till third grade and he’s only in first grade so i’m not sure. after i told him to talk to mike he told me “he is smarter because he goes to college more”. i had to remind him that mommy went to school for 18 years (college + 1 year of grad school) and if that’s the measure of smartness then I win! he came back with “but he puts kinex together and you don’t know how! doesn’t that mean he’s smarter?” and i grinned to myself thinking “I get out of putting the toys together- doesn’t that make me smarter?” in the end, we agreed that we’re both smart.

well, it is time for the 10 o’clock feeding. it is like the sea lion feeding time at the zoo except i don’t throw fish at them, just biter biscuits.

Do you know how to get orange (sweet potato and carrot) puke out of beige carpet? Oxyclean, Spot Shot and other concotions have failed to harness the power of Jack’s puke.

I gave the kid a choice between taking a shower or a bath and he started doing “Eenie Meenie, Miney Moe” but after the catch a tiger by his toe part, he added “Where you at? Where you at? It’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time, Peanut Butter Jelly Time, Peanut Butter Jelly with a Baseball Bat*!”

*He was quoting the Brian version from Family Guy. Yeah, I let him watch clips of Family Guy online with me if they are tame.

clicky for many notes explaining the crap pile that is my purse.

Why?

Because Kristy K asked so here’s what is in my purse. I double dog dare you to show me what is in yours. If you don’t have a purse, what’s in your wallet?

When the baby boys wake up and start crying, I slowly open their door and find both boys standing up in bed. They have tears in their eyes but huge, gummy grins when they see me. They look at me like I’m the best person in the world, the one that makes everything better, and start bouncing up and down while shrieking in glee. I love those teary grins.

The oldest kiddo started school today but more importantly, he started all day school! The kind with two recesses and lunch! I kept glancing at the clock, waiting for him to get home because the house seemed so empty and quiet without him (I didn’t hear anyone say “I’m bored” all day) and I realized this was the most consistent time I’ll spend away from him since I stopped working fulltime. When he finally got home, I barraged him with questions about his day. This is how our conversation went:

Me: “Hey! How was your first day of school?”
Him: “Great!”

Me: “How was your teacher?!”
Him: “Nice!”

Me: “Were any of your friends in your class?”
Him: “Yeah!”

He is obviously practicing his teenage conversational skills at an early age. Later in the evening, after he had time to think about it, he sat down next to me, patted my arm and said “Mom, I’ll never forget my first day of first grade. It was awesome. I love recess and lunch. They had corn dogs or ravioli so I had ravioli and then I picked out chocolate milk. I think I’m going to love art, PE and music. And recess. You have to sit a lot in first grade but I think that’s okay.”

He’s so darn cute.

the house was so clean saturday and now it is so uh, not clean. i just can’t keep up what with all the baby stuff and addictive web surfing urges. sigh.

i need to write a cohesive post with witty comments and deep insights but i can’t because my brain is stuck on baby einstein songs. i didn’t have a nurse yesterday so i had hours and hours of solo kid duty. i did get a break to run up to magpie’s for lunch but other than that, my life is molded plastic toys in primary colors and cheery songs! feel like my brain is melting. i realize how incredibly lucky i am that i have daily help with the kids because it is not easy to do alone but dammit, i do a good job. yesterday, everyone got fed lots of babyfood and bottles, walked, played with, bathed, lotioned, changed (at one point they all three pooped at once. thanks for that), sang to, read to, danced with and rocked to sleep. i am wonder mom, hear me roar.

mike started classes again last night which means i’m in for five more months of angst over homework, tests, grades and procrastination culminating in giant hissy fits before midterms and finals. i think it is easier for me to go to school than deal with the school anxiety of a slacker perfectionist (odd combo, i know.)
i am proud of him for going to school though. it is all worth it.

kiddo starts first grade tomorrow and seems to be very excited but keeps telling me “mom, i’m a little nervous” and then asks to hear the story of me puking on my first day of first grade (they still wouldn’t let me go home).

shit- the trashman is here, gotta go. we have 2.9 billion bags of trash left over from the party that i have to throw in the dumpster.

yeah, i know- this site has been all photos all the time! what can i say, i’ve been busier than usual. hahahaha! busier! as if that is possible- i think i’ve reached the saturation point of busy. or maybe not since i still have time to write this but that’s only because i’ve sat all three babes down with bottles and turned on baby einstein. i know, my kids are going to grow up to be homicidal maniacs with A.D.D. and erectile dysfunction because i let them watch television. as long as they don’t like country music.

erratica

• my laptop mouse has stopped working. or rather, the usb port for the mouse has stopped working. every one of the three usb ports on the laptop/docking station are broken. what do you do about a broken usb port? i want a new laptop. if you buy me one, i’ll be your best friend.
• i have been using the center square (Jim J Bullock for the block please!) as my mouse. it is a hard, plastic pressure sensitive, “finger” mouse but the soft blue circle that used to make it cushy fell off long ago. i am getting a square blister in my right index finger.
• thank you, friends, for giving the kiddo presents on the babies’ birthday. that was an extraordinarily nice thing to do. thank you for the oodles of brightly! colored! noisy! plastic! toys! too. and the diapers!?! YOU ROCK.
• the boy starts 1st grade wednesday you know. my baby! sniff. can’t talk- too “fiddler on the roof sunrise, sunset!”
• husbands get extra points for giving their wives flowers in front of their friends and family because it is the one year anniversary of her getting her stomach cut open, uterus taken out, turned inside out,wiped down and put back in after extracting three infants. good hubby- maybe i’ll get you a bounce house for your birthday.
• next weekend is mel and bj’s wedding! fun! beer! dancing! crazy friends! campfires! w00t!
• my birthday is next month. i’m still excited, i don’t care if i’m getting old. i really am just getting better.
• mike had to get a new social security card and a new driver’s license today. he found out that to get your s.s. card, you need a license but to get a new license, you need a s.s. card. it made his brain hurt but in the end, he prevailed.
• jack got a tooth! he was the 3rd and final contestant in the “who will get teeth” game. lily has two so she is still ahead of the boys.
• oh, karrie- i found those dvd’s and they will arrive shortly in your mailbox. sorry bout that.
• if you start getting targeted google ads for your area, is that a bad, bad thing (like virus) thing? how does msn know where i live? are they stalking me? help!
• i made a complaint to the “civic action committee” today about a crappy house that drives me insane and makes me mutter shit about my property value. next thing you know, i’m going to sit in the front yard with a shotgun and tell the damn teenagers to slow down their stupid cars!
• a lot of my favorite bloggers seem to have their feelings hurt lately and some are even quitting. that makes me very sad.

lily cake

taken by her godmutha.

Mike, Me and the kiddos in the castle of fun bounce house we rented for the Triplefest 1st Birthday Extravaganza.

Jack (yellow), Michael and Ethan (blue) in the bounce house.

Ethan thoroughly experiences his cake.

We had a wonderful birthday celebration. Our friends, families and nurses have been vital in our making it through this year and we are so incredibly grateful. Thank you all!