Mommy questions-- answered.

Borrowed from friend Janelle...
1. Typically what time do you wake up? What ever time my kids wake up-- anytime between 6:30 and 8 ( eight is a miracle)
2. On a good night what time are your kids in bed? 7:30, but with the summer that gets later and later.
3. How long have you been a mommy? 4 years
4. How old were you when you became a mommy? Just before my 22th birthday
5. What is your favorite kids tv show? I like Blues Clues (but my kids don't really)-- Anything that is educational-- love the Baby Einstein DVDs-- those are the things my kids watch most often.
6. What is your least favorite kids tv show? Sponge bob-- we do not watch that at our house.
7. What is your favorite chore? I really love to cook-- which means I clean the kitchen a lot-- it is most often the cleanest part of my house.
8. What is your favorite meal to cook? I love to make pot roast with seriously yummy potatoes and gravy and the little baby carrots-- not much effort and of so yummy. I like to make a lot of things.
9. What is the meal you cook most often? Currently it has been this great recipe for sloppy joes and sweet potato fries.
10. What is your kids favorite meal? Shape Macaroni and Cheese-- if I can't get them to eat anything else, I can always get them to eat that.
11. What is your favorite thing your husband does with your kids? Plays with them on our family room floor- chasing and growling and tickling-- he wears out the knees in his pants doing it. I love him! He is such a great dad.
12. What are 5 things that make you smile when you’re being a mom? 1- When my kids make each other laugh. 2- When Ethan does what I ask him to do the first time I ask him (not the 50th) 3- When my son finally reels in a fish. 4- When my husband walks in the house with flowers. 5 - When the sun is shining and it is warm so that we can spend the day outside.
13. If you could take your kids anywhere where would it be? Sea World-- we went to San Diego last summer and I still regret not taking them-- they love the little aquarium in Salt Lake.
14. When was the last time you went out without your kids? We just got home from a date a little while ago-- the new shrimp dishes at Olive Garden are amazing!
15. What is your favorite past time/activity to do with your kids? I love to snuggle and read books-- especially when they are fresh out of the tub-- least favorite thing is taking them to the store.
16. Name 1 thing you said you’d never do as a mom. Say "because I SAID SO!!"
17. Name 1 thing you do that your own mom did? Made us work before we could play.
18. What is your favorite quality that your mom has? My mom never gives up or quits anything! Even stuff shes says she is going to quit (like catering). She ran a marathon on her 45 birthday. I watched her train all summer-- it was an amazing moment for me to realize what an absolutely incredible and strong women had raised me-- hoping that I have some of that in me.
19. What is your favorite kids book? I would have to say that I love books written by Amy Hest/Anita Jeram-- the "sam" books. "You can do it Sam", "Don't you feel well Sam", and "kiss Goodnight."
20. What is your advice for new moms? Try to laugh through it all. And quit worrying about everything! It has been much easier to raise my 2nd child because I tossed the **** books in the garbage.
21. What is the scariest or most heartbreaking moment as a mom? When I had sat down to nurse Bostyn after putting Ethan in front of his favorite show and locking the front door, only to come downstairs 10 min later and realize that he is gone-- the door was open. After searching and searching I ran through the field and looked up the street where there was a white thing (Ethan had on a white shirt) lying on the road surround by people and two screaming girls an knowing that my son had been hit by a car-- he came running out of the house behind me a few seconds after I hit the ground sobbing.-- it was a dog that had been hit. I went out and bought every kind of child proof lock you can find and had them installed on my door.
22. What is your most joyful moment(s) of being a mom? When my children wrap their arms around me or snuggle their head into me and tell me that they love me.
23. When was the last time you were told ‘I Love You’ by one of your kids? Tonight when I went up to tuck my sleeping Ethan into bed after getting home from my date.
24. When was the last time you told one of your kids ‘I Love You’? When I tucked Eth in.

Tag anyone who wants to put their feelings of motherhood in writing.

Catching up!

Otter Pops

In my ever changing and somewhat hectic life I seem to look for constants. One, sort of humorous constant is that of the otter pop. Normal families have otter pops during the summer, our family has otter pops all year long. I am not sure when this happened. I wouldn't say I am an advocate of plastic tubes filled with brightly colored sugar water. But my freezer would tell you different. One of Bostyn's first multi-syllable words was "popcickle". The green ones are always gone first because they are Ethan's favorite. Bostyn doesn't care what color she has as long as it has a paper towel wrapped around it so her little hand doesn't get "cowd". FYI: Otter pops cost twice as much when they are out of season and Walmart is the only one who carries them all year long-- at least in Cache Valley.