Wee Scream 4 Icecream

Although, I am a SAHM I tend to wear MANY hats, don’t we all? I am wife, mother, daughter, sister, maid, chef, Dr., and the list goes on…One thing that has always seemed to remain very much the same is that kids flock to me. I have been babysitting since I was 11 and have seen MANY kids grow up before my eyes. This year marks the year that all my “1st set of babies” graduates (you do the math and you can figure out how old I am…LOL). Now with that said, I thought this “watching kids thing” would end after I had children of my own…nope they just keep flocking my way!! Most recently I was a sitter “fillin” for a friend. We had lots of fun with the girls ages 4 and 2. Crafts, outside activities, “school”, movies, “camping”, eating (lots of it!!), park days, games, and just plain fun!

To end our “season” together I took the girls for icecream and we came home for an “icecream porch picnic”!!

All of the girls wanted chocolate!! And of coarse my Pumpkin was the only one that ate every last bit of it (that girl will never let chocolate go to waste!) We had a few spills and O’no’s but over all they stayed pretty neat.

I’m not sure what we are looking at in this picture (probably a bug) the little one really hates bugs and the entire block could hear her if she saw one!

Our icecream social went out with a bang and we are now onto our next “kid adventure” starting next week, I will take on yet another family of 2 kids (soon to be 2 nd and 3rd graders) this ought to be a trip! Im still in baby land over here…nursing, diaper changing, naps, etc.

bumps, bruises, O’my!!

Well you know you haven’t blogged lately when….your husband say’s I can’t believe you didn’t blog about “fill in the blank”…LOL

Our little house has been keeping pretty busy these days! Summer months tend to bring about chaotic schedules in our little piece of the world. Our days are filled with out door play, exploring, and fun. At the end of the day I am whipped (so are the kiddos) AMEN for 7:00 bedtimes!! With that all being said I will now….”fill in the blank”

K.Bear fell out of her crib.….or climbed we are not really sure!!


I was out visiting with a friend who just had a baby…and got that heart stopping phone call from my very panicked husband “K fell out of her crib”….

Me: Im coming…

DH: O.K

Me: Handing back the newborn….Running like mad through the hospital to get home to my sweet little one….is she hurt? Does she have a bump?…. Does she need stitches? I knew we should have put that mattress down sooner…..(mothers guilt kicking in) I walk in the house to quiet (this is good…she stopped crying) Amazingly, thank God she is fine!!! Checking her over 1000 times….not a bump, not a bruise, nothing but a little cut on the top of her ear!! WOW!!

I might add Pumpkin climbed out of the same crib at 18 mo (on Mommy’s time) so I know that thump to the ground that my poor husband had playing through his head all night. A very helpless feeling indeed when your children get hurt. We have been so blessed with only minor bumps, bruises, and scrapes I pray it stays that way because this Mama who once wanted to be a nurse…LOL has over the years developed a phobia of hospitals (I am a complete germ-a-phobe) at all cost I would like to stear clear!!

So here’s to some SAFE, Fun filled Summer months!!