our bean is one month and 2 days old....I cannot believe how time has up and flown away...
I have learned so much, loved so much, and been blessed so very much,
but alas, I thought I might share some of my new knowlege with y'all, in case you were wondering...
* - 3 is different than 2. Don't let anyone convince you differently. We learned in Kindegarten that 3 was MORE than 2. NEWSFLASH. IT STILL IS. We are happily adjusting, and LOVING these 3 amazing kiddlets - just make sure you are up on those math skills before you procreate!
* - DO NOT, under any circumstance, no matter how important it seems, take three children 3 and under, to the grocery store....even if your very patient and easily humored aunt is with you. It is a suicide mission, and even if you are able to load up on groceries, you will also have $100 worth of shit you don't need, and you will inevitabley be too stinkin' tired to make dinner remembering all the ingredients when you get home anyway.
* - if your little girl disappear with a bag of rice cakes and the dog...she is PROBABLY not enjoying a healthy snack...alone
* - the odds of all three children sleeping at the same time, is way far less than winning the lotto I am SURE. Just because one is sleeping does not mean that the other 2 are, want to, or even intend to at any given point in the next decade.
* - no matter how tired you are, there is always time for cuddles and giggles and smiles....
* - good friends that bring you chocolate covered blueberries because they know that they are your favorite - and don't mind or judge you during a toddler meltdown at 5:30 - are friends for life....
* - just because your hubs saw something nasty spill in the fridge (and told you about it) - doesn't necessarily mean he cleaned it up...
* - weather that allows kids to play outside is FABULOUS...
* - when you are exhausted - your sense of humor is just a step away from any fifth-graders, and seeing somebody fall out of a chair seems insanely funny, enough to make you laugh all day - even if it is not really THAT funny....
* - helpful supportive parents, NEVER go out of style.
* - after nursing two previous children, the third can now be nursed while either crocheting a hat, bathing two others, baking muffins or vaccuming the living room....
* - quiet is bad. VERY, VERY bad...it either means your very expensive lotion is being used as cement to pave a road on your rug, or else some other utterly distructive activity is taking place, that is probably going to cost you a small fortune to fix, or else the rest of you day to clean....unless they are naping, quiet is very very bad.
* - if your hubby is watching the kids, and they are "going to clean the TV"...while holding a tub of vaseline, and a paintbrush each....tell him - this would NOT be the oppurtune time to run downstairs to the basement and start a laundry....
* - baking banana muffins is a great way to start the morning while the kids are watching "eductaional" TV, though I am not at all sure what is so educational about a duck with a beyond irritating LISP that is rescuing stranded annimals 20 times his size....
* - if you can't find it, they probably have it....and are probably not using it for what it was intended for....
*- just because they say that they are "pretend painting" doesn't mean that they are pretending....
*- kids are amazing. They rock my world, every minute of every day, and no matter what they put vasoline on, throw down the stairs, flush down the toilet, or demolish...I officially would have it no other way...I am in love with my teenies...this I knew, but have learned just how much, every moment of my days.
****just a glimpse inside my world to date.....****
hugs and love to you all.....A
p.s. sending hubby big positive vibes today, as he is at the hospital having some not fun tests done - that he is very nervous about....we miss you and are counting the minutes till you will be done....
