Lotion lotion everywhere!

Most of us have had the luck to be part of a special group, the OMG my child got into the lotion,Vaseline, glue, paste, play-doh, etc. group. And boy what fun it is to be in it right.

My son (2.5) has gotten into this routine of not going to bed when it's bed time. I have no idea what triggered this but it started about two weeks ago. No big deal, I deal with it, put him back in bed on average six times a night and eventually he falls asleep. Well the other night was a particularly bad night. I had already put him back in bed over ten times and he just wasn't staying in bed. Finally around 10 pm I didn't hear any noises so I assumed he finally fell asleep. Oh boy was I WRONG! I heard a noise in the hallway so I went to go check it out. And what did I find??? Well a little boy playing in the toilet. Oh yes the toilet (GROSS). While going to pick him up I recognized a smell and knew immediately it was my daughters lotion. Not seeing any in the kids bathroom I ran to my room and found this: 

and this

To say I was upset would be an understatement. I cried, I yelled at my husband and finally came the laughter. Even though he completely emptied my daughters twenty dollar lotion for her skin which of course is not covered by insurance, when I saw this

I just couldn't help but laugh because gosh darn, if little lotion foot prints aren't adorable then I don't know what is!

What do you do when baking goes wrong

Why you improvise of course. I tried a new cookie recipe the other day and while it was very similar to my regular one, somehow they didn't quite turn out as I had hoped.

I used the same cookie sheets I always use but for some unknown reason they came out like this!

So not wanting to waste about 30 cookies I cut off the tops on all of them in attempts to save them.

It's like muffin tops except cookie tops LOL

And then being the crafty type that I am I flipped these cookies like pancakes trying to prevent the remaining batch from burning.

So if you ever encounter this problem, don't fret and throw them all away, just grab a knife and cut off the tops while they are still warm. If they fall apart during that process don't worry, you can always use them as toppings on ice cream!

Hmmm, do you think they look alike?

I hear all the time how my kids all look so similar and that there is no denying that they're related. For me I see in mainly in their eyes. They all have the exact same eyes. They got Daddy's big eyes and Mommy's coloring (brown). 

I look at pictures of the kids all at the same ages and I don't see it at all. I look at them now and I see the resemblance but to me they each looked completely different when they were younger. So I am asking you, what do you think?

 

I tried to get pictures all around the same age to make it easier to compare. So spill, what do you think?

Oklahoma here we come!

I am so excited. I am literally bouncing off the walls here. When my husband decided to go back to school I knew that moving out of state was a big possibility. At first I hated the idea but it eventually grew on me. So when my husband submitted his application to OU-Oklahoma University last month I have been dying to know if he got in or not.

Well he just spoke with them and he got ACCEPTED! It was so nerve wracking waiting to hear because even though he had awesome grades and made the Presidents list (so proud of him for this) at the local college it doesn't always mean an automatic acceptance.  So now that we have the word we can finally start planning our move. I am very excited for this new part of our lives.

OU here we come!

A belated birthday wish

A week before Jr's birthday I was planning on submitting a birthday wish on Sprout.com for Jr. I thought he would love seeing his picture on TV and having seeing his birthday announced. As we all know things happen and he ended up spending his birthday in the hospital. It was really hard seeing him in the hospital sick and especially on his birthday, a day we should have been at home celebrating. 

So when we got home I contacted Sprout on twitter asking if they would be willing to do a belated birthday wish for him since we weren't able to be at home for his special day. Can I just say Sprout is amazing. I cried, yes I cried when they quickly agreed to air a special birthday wish for him even though his birthday had already passed.

Here is my little man's special birthday wish!

Happy belated birthday my Jr man! 

Thank you so much Shannon & Melissa for doing this, I appreciate it more then you know!

Wordless Wednesday

We got snow a few days ago and what kind of mom would I be if I didn't take the kids out to play in it. 

What do you do when your childs hair is a rats nest?

Why you pamper them of course! Well I see it as pampering, not having to do your own hair, it's like going to the salon for free! Maybe when she's older she'll do it for me haha. 

Back on the subject here. My daughters hair has always tangled very easily. She has my hair (poor thing). A LOT of hair but it's very fine and fine hair tangles enough on it's own, add into the mix curls and you're just asking for tangled hair. Brushing her hair used to be a nightmare, not only for her because could be painful but for me, I hated seeing her cry and knowing I was making her cry just made it worse. I have tried almost every single detangler out there. Scratch off all the kid detanglers, those don't work AT ALL. I've even used Biolage products on her hair hoping they would work. But every time it was a fail. 

I was out shopping one day and like always I ended up in the hair care section of the store looking for something I haven't tried when I came across Three Minute Miracle by Aussie. Excited to find something new I grabbed a bottle and went home and gave her a bath. 

This was the FIRST time I was able to get a brush through her hair without a single tangle. No cries, no whimpers, no whining just completely smooth and tangle free hair. To say I was amazed would be an understatement. 

Now her hair still tangles during the day and sometimes the three minute miracle conditioner doesn't get it all out (no biggie) so I have started blow drying her hair. It gets rid of any knots that weren't smoothed out by the conditioner and it allows for some painless mommy daughter time all by ourselves. 

Isn't her hair gorgeous!

If you or your child have hair that knots easily I recommend you go try some Three Minute Miracle. It's very inexpensive and seriously, this stuff will rock your socks off!