3 {P's} in a pod

literally!!!




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poor little guy!

Preston woke us up around 3am this morning. He wasn't feeling too good. He climbed into bed with us, but then around 6am he started throwing up! Poor guy! He spent most of his day laying on the couch. The one thing that would make him feel better was to take a bath. I think he took at least 5 baths today!

At one point, I tried to at least get a shower. {Accomplished!} I was trying to get blow dry my hair, and let him soak in the tub. I kept checking on him to make sure he was okay. I wasn't gone 5 minutes....and I found him like this:


He looked so peaceful sleeping in the tub. FINALLY he was getting some rest. You know how it feels to feel miserable, right?
He slept for at least 20 minutes, until he tried to curl up into a fetal position and put his face in the water. That woke him up real fast.

On a positive note, I think he is feeling a little better. We'll see if we get any rest tonight.

I absolutely HATE getting sick, but it's even worse when my KIDS get sick! Poor little guy!

mental note:

"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children.I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
— Marjorie Pay Hinckley

3 minutes!!

Yesterday

I made this soup with these pumpkin bread bowls.

If mine had turned out as pretty, I would have taken pictures!

But.....they sure did taste good!

{double} trouble

I remember having a book when I was little {my very own book--something rare when you share everything with your siblings!} It was called Double Trouble. That, now, seems to be the story of my life.
My two boys are like "monkey see, monkey do!" What one of them does, the other has to copy. Granted, they are best friends, and I am glad that they have each other. But, on the other hand, I think I am going to start pulling my hair out with all the mischief/disagreeing that they do!!
There is always two extremes. Either they are getting along and playing and having fun-so much that it brings a smile to my face and I am so content with my life. Or, they are screaming and whining, and not sharing and following me around and driving me crazy. I wish there was a happy medium. Someday, right? I hope!
Ah, I do love them. And I am so glad I have them. There is nothing else that could bring me so much joy than having my children in my life. But, I will be the first to say. It is hard! I admit it! But, as hard as it is, I love being a mother. I love each of my children. I think I understand, at least to a small degree, how much our Heavenly Father loves us unconditionally. How blessed I am to be a Mother. How blessed am I to have these three beautiful children in my life!

So, speaking of double trouble. Sorry I got sidetracked! The boys got bunk beds. They love them. They love to stay awake talking. For hours. Okay, not talking. Laughing and playing. I guess there isn't anything around that though, right? That's what they will do. Always. As much as I don't want them staying awake at night when they are supposed to be sleeping, at least they are getting along.

ooo, spooky!

This was too much fun!

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big green tractor revisited!

You all saw the video of Parker singing his favorite song. The other night Preston was singing it. Those two boys are too much alike, I tell you!

*Don't mind me and by beautiful duet with Preston. I had wanted it to be a solo. I'm not the best singer in the world!
*Also, you can here Parker in the background. He is actually in the living room singing at the top of his lungs.
*And don't miss Paisley trying to distract Preston by splashing and crying, but it doesn't deter Preston one bit!

open {WIDE}

Guess who went to the Dentist? {and ♥'ed it?}

it's the {little} things

.....like wearing purple and green hair bows....... that make celebrating Halloween so much fun!


Halloween colors aren't just orange and black anymore!

31 days of Halloween (day 1)

I'm going to try this. We'll see how it works out. I really want to get into Halloween this year. But so not in a spooky way! Each day we will have some sort of activity that goes along with a Halloween theme.
Wish me luck!

First up?

Mummy dogs.

How can you go wrong? A hot dog wrapped in a crescent roll dipped in ketchup. {okay, so it's not the healthiest meal in the world, but I did make them eat their broccoli all gone!} Oh, and we did minus the cheese. ♥