Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Kids say the darndest things.....

You all know that Jasmine is out of school since last week friday. Well yesterday I was doing my usual daily cleaning of the house and she stopped me after an hour and said.....well, the conversation went like this:

Jasmine: What are you doing mommy?
Me: I'm cleaning the house.
Jasmine: Why?
Me: Umm because that's what I do everyday.
Jasmine: EVERYDAY?!?!?! You do all this everyday??? Wow, I'm never getting married cause I don't want to do this.
Me: Well honey, it's not that bad, I actually enjoy it and it keeps me busy while you are at school and daddy is at work.
Jasmine: Oh I didn't know you did this everyday!
Me: What did you think I did?
Jasmine: I thought you wrote in your blog!!!

SNAP, crack that whip!!!!! So she thought I wrote on my blog all day LOL
I wish, is all I can say, if I could just sit on the computer and write and read all day, that would be wonderful.

So with kids being out of school I've had to come up with some sort of schedule for the summer. While school is in session I usually don't need to do this because we're so busy with errands, school projects etc.
If I don't do it now though, I have to deal with the sibling rivalry, the fight over who gets control of the TV, the constant whining "I want a snack", "I'm bored play with me". You know what it's like right?

So I've decided that everyday we do a craft together. The kids LOVE crafts and making cool things and it gives me time to bond with them too, plus we get free homemade decorations. I get this catalog from Oriental Trading Company and they have tons of craft kits and supplies. I just ordered a whole bunch that we can do together, and they are very inexpensive.
Like this one, I ordered this Flower Recipe Holder, Magic-Scratch Bookmarks, Smile Face Fun Pencil Toppers and some others.

My MIL had given Nicholas a Foam Picture Frame Kit, so yesterday we sat down and made those, the kids had fun decorating their own.





Today we're baking cookies. Heath Bits Peanut Butter Cookies. They are SO yummy, if you love toffee, peanut butter and chocolate then you have GOT to try these.

Tomorrow morning we are picking up report cards at the school. Jasmine is excited just to see her teacher. She LOVES her and is very relieved to know that next year she can still go visit her and see her at school. Amazing how much they bond with the teachers, especially the good ones.

Well that's it for me, I have housework to do, cookies to bake and kids to love. It's a lotta work I tell ya :)
Hope you all have a fantastic day and I'll see you back tomorrow :)

9 comments:

Donnetta said...

Yes mom... isn't that all you do all day is sit around, watch tv, eat bon bon's, paint your nails... and of course be on your blog. What a great life mommy!! :-) This was too funny!!

Hope you are feeling better. Thanks for stopping by my place even when you weren't. That meant a LOT to me!

someone else said...

Those frames are just the cutest!

Anonymous said...

I am definitely going to be placing a huge order with them in the upcoming week. Thanks for the wonderful idea. Our children don't get out of school until June 8th and they actually have their report cards mailed. I couldn't stand my child's teacher and I am thankful for the end of the year. Your blog is a stress reliever for me.

Courtney said...

Thats too funny I get the same catalog & was planning just last night to get some crafts for the kids to do. Great minds think alike! Or maybe just wacky military wives do either way good idea! LOL!

Heather Hansen said...

You clean EVERY DAY?!? Ha ha ha. That's SO funny.

Love the crafts. Cute! I like doing crafts with my kids too.

Sandra said...

momrn2 - Thank you for dropping by, I know you're so busy with your little one so it means a lot that you took the time to come by....and no need to thank me for visiting you while sick, I wanted to be sure your DD was doing ok and remind you that I'm still keeping her in my prayers :) Huge hugs to you :)

morning glory - Aren't they the cutest? They had a lot of fun making those :)

faith - I'm glad my idea will help you and the kids do some crafts together. Thank you for visiting my blog, I love reading yours and just know that I've been keeping you and the hubby in my prayers :)

courtney - Yet again we do something alike LOL We definitely have a lot in common LOL I like to think it's because great minds think alike, but deep down I think I'm just a wacky military wife LOL Love ya girl, you always make me smile :)

Heather - LOL yeah can you imagine, the audacity of me cleaning everyday LOL Kids are too funny. Hope you come back and visit again soon :)

Sandra said...

Em - I'm glad that my comment brings you some sort of calm or at least acknowledgement that I DO know how you feel. More than ever I really wish we did live closer so I could come see you and give you a big hug. The chips and chocolate thing....I do it all the time, "woman time" or not LOL I'm thrilled that you think I'm worth taking tips from, that is so sweet :) You know if you ever need anything I'm here right? Just find me here or email me or whatever....:) Hope you have a great day Em. Love, Sandra

Anonymous said...

I know you already read my "slacker" post for today so you know that I DON'T clean everyday and I DO spend more time on my blog(s) than I should. I'm jealous (well, kinda...sorta...not really) - sorry.

And I didn't call my blog LooneyBin4Sure for nothing!!! These kids are making me nuts and they've only been home for a week!!! I love crafts, but hate cleaning the mess... what a silly contradiction to have them make a mess to keep them from making a mess - that's just me. What do I know?

Okay...bye.

Sandra said...

Liz - LOL I wish I could spend more time on my blogs, unfortunately this thing of being a mother and a blogger at the same time doesn't really work at times LOL

Jules - LOL Yeah I had to laugh when she said that, she had this innocent and shocked look on her face to discover that I did indeed clean instead that of writing on the blog LOL