Do you ever feel like a 3 ring circus?

I imagine if you have multiples, you always feel like that.  I was reading a multiples blog last nite (I am so sorry I can’t remember whose it was so I can’t share any linky love) and their post reminded me of going grocery shopping with my twins.

I had the twins and my 1 1/2 daughter.  All I need to get was formula, baby food, and milk–sounds easy, doesn’t it.  But you would be surprised.  Even before I got into the store, I was stopped 2 times.  So 15 minutes later, I finally reach the front doors of the store.  I get my cart and am stopped again.  10 minutes later, I am able to start shopping for my 3 items.

I make the mistake of stopping for a cracker taste–20 minutes shot…cause she has twin granddaughters…so I have to talk to her and compare notes.  Finally I am on my way.

Everytime I stop, everytime the twins make a sound, every isle, every grandparent, every little girl, almost everystep, someone must look the twins, squeeze their cheeks, tell me how blessed I am, that it will get better, that they wished they had twins—are you kidding me?!

I love my kids…all of them…but the twins were very unexpected and alot of work.  They are not only alot of work but we must put in double time with our other 2 kids so they don’t feel left out.

So, that was the last time I took my twins to the store.  I think it was the last time I took them out period (unless to the doctor). 

I love my kids, but I will begin charging admission to my 3 ring circus.  How does $1.00 a cheek squeeze sound?

WORKS FOR ME WEDNESDAY

So we need to do a “what the heck am I going to do for dinner” post.  Well, with 4 kids, I live that everyday.  Today was no different. 

About noon, I opened my fridge, saw nothing, and freaked out in my head.  There is alway hamburger helper…but…yuck…not today!  Quick and the kids love it but I can only handle it every once in awhile.  But wait…what is that I see…staring up at me….my lifesaver…EGGS! 

Eggs are so yummy.  You can do so much with eggs…eggs, sausage, toast-YUM.  Eggs and hash…LOVE IT.  Egg sandwiches..if you have never had…you are missing out!  But I think tonite I will make it special–Scrambled eggs with salsa and sour cream.  Yea…I said sour cream.  I got that from Paula on the food network.  You HAVE to try it.  You will never go back.  And I think I will toast up some bread with strawberry jam.  yea…mmmmmmmmm…I got the perfect meal.  I think it actually took me longer to write this fantastically funny and witty post than it did to plan that meal. 

Now who is going to do my dishes?

More Than Rubies Monday

Ok everyone…this Meme is brand new.  It is kinda for SAHM (stay at home moms).  For more information, check out Kris’s blog.

But here are the answers to her questions…get to know you questions:

• - Give some general info about your family: # of kids and ages (if you feel comfortable giving that info out), # of years as a SAHM, does your husband work at home or outside the home?

Well, we have 4 kids–5 years, 1 1/2 years, and 8 month old twin boys…yikes.  I have been a SAHM since my oldest was born.  My hubby works out of the home.

• - Do you work in or outside of the home? If so, how many hours per week and what is your schedule like?

I kinda work in the home…I am working at becoming a problogger/freelance writer.  My schedule—5am–start to blog–about 7 or 8 am–spend time with kids–naptime–blog–about 3–cleaning and time with kids–dinner–time with kids and hubbie–about 9 or 10 pm—more blogging until about midnight or 2am..yea…kind of crazy…but I have made 30 cents so for!

• - What helps you get through your week? Do you use a planner or “to-do” list? Are you organized or do you fly by the seat of your pants?

Blogging helps me get through the week.  I have something of my very own and I get to socialize.  I do have a planner that I take everywhere with me.  I try to plan stuff out but I usually end up flying by the seat of my pants and by the seat of my kid’s diapers.

• - Do your children help around the house? chores? cooking? If they don’t do much, do you wish they did more?

My oldest helps with picking up and other things I ask him to do.  No cooking or dishes ( oh how I can’t wait for him to be tall enough for the dishes) but he does help himself to the fridge.  My 1 1/2 year old does help sometimes.  The twins are really good at pooping.

• - What do you want to do better? What area of your life is a stumbling block for you? Would you like prayer for a specific thing this week?

I always feel like I could be a better mom.

 Well, that is all she wrote.  See ya next week.  I hope this catches on!

Have You Ever…

…Had 3 kids teething at the same time….yea…loud…headache…asprin…help

….Had 3 kids in diapers at one time…it smells as bad as you think

….Gone though 2 gallons of milk and 1 can of formula in 1 day…man-o-man, kids like to eat

…Watched the same cartoon movie all day just to get some peace and quiet

…well…welcome to the land of kids with a side of twins…

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Works For Me Wednesday

I don’t know if I am solving any world problems, but I have found that just changing how I look at something can make it better and easier.  (funny how the mind plays those tricks on you.)

DIAPER ASSEMBLY LINE–That works for me on wednesday and every other day.  With 3 little ones in diapers, you can assume I Hate Diaper Changing!  I hate buying diapers, changing diapers, poopie diapers, dirty diapers, and even clean diapers.  But I have learned to love a sleeping schedule.  My 3 youngest are on the same sleep schedule.  They nap, go to bed, and wake up at the same time.  And thanks to that, they all do “their dutie (man, i am so funny…dutie…get it…dutie…like poop)” at the same time.  So, to make a long blog post short, this allows me to have a diaper assembly line.  I line ‘em up, change ‘em, pile up the diapers, and with one dirty handful, take them to the garbage.

Now all I need to do is figure out how to get some sort of wicked discount on garbage bags!

Now go and check out all the other people who are changing the world one problem at a time!

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Family Fun Time

If any of you are fans of my other blog Kerith’s Korner of Momdum, you may have noticed the Family Fun Friday as disappeared. It is still around but I had a brain storm about it. Then we kept getting sick and it kind of took a back seat.

I have so much fun doing the activities with my kids that I thought that maybe I would try to start a Meme about having Family Fun Time with stuff found on the internet.

There is so much on the internet, that most of the time, a person doesn’t really know where to go for kid friendly and fun stuff. So every week or 2 I am going to give out Family Fun Time assignments, so to speak, on Kerith’s Korner of Momdum. I will give a few web sites concerneing the subject matter at hand. Then we all will go and do our Family Fun Time. Then you can E-Mail (cathicollins@gmail.com) with your story and pictures and links to your blog. I will post them and then give out another great assignment.

Feel free to take any banners I post. I will make more later and post them.

Our first Family Fun Time is Holly Hobbie. You can click here or go anywhere on the web and find family fun stuff concerning Holly Hobbie. Maybe you want to make paper dolls and play with them with your kids. Maybe you want to buy a Holly Hobbie movie and watch it with your kids. Maybe you want to make a day of Holly Hobbie with your kids. What ever you want to do….have fun with it.

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Oh…Poor…Babies!

So here we are again…everyone is sick.  But nothing is worse than a sick baby…except maybe sick twins.  My poor little baby boys…twice the runny noses, twice the runny butts, twice the crying.  And I ran out of infant medicine.  What a bummer.  It seems one of us has been sick everyday for a month. 

 My son and daughter are past the “oh…poor…baby” stage.  They take medicine, no problem.  They can fall asleep when they are coughing.  They can help me with the babies.  But “oh…poor…babies”.  Now I must go and track down some baby medicine.  I hear their runny noses calling me.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Happy Thanksgiving!

Works for me Wednesday–my very first

So this is my very first works for me wednesday so bear with me.

We have 4 kids, including a set of 8 month old twins.  Yea…I know…can you believe it!  Me neither.  But I was scared.  We had only planned on 2 kids…especially no set of twins.  So in the hospital, I was FREAKING OUT to one of the nurses.  She just happened to have a set of her own.  She gave me the best advice I have gotten thus far when it comes to raising a set of twins…or multiple births—KEEP THEM ON THE SAME SCHEDULE–NO MATTER WHAT.  If one is hungry, feed the other one.  If one has a dirty diaper, change the other one anyway.  If one is awake, wake the other one up.  This nurse said that by the time her twins were 1 year old, they were pooping within 5 minutes of each other.  And she is right.  Mine poop within 30 minutes of each other.

This was fantastic advice.  And it prevented me from going crazy.  Because there is nothing worse than a crazy mom with 4 kids.

For more fantastic tips, visit our fearless leader’s blog Rocks In My Dryer.  See ya next week!

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Twins–Shocking and unplanned

Shocking and unplanned…yea…to say the least.  Especially since we had just had a baby and had a 3 year old to top that off.  Kids are wonderful and cute and all that, but when you find out you are pregnant with twins…you feel like you got into a car accident.  You think, “How could something like this happen…This kind of thing never happens to me, This isn’t happening,”…ya know…the usual.  I know some of you reading this will think I am the worst person ever…but I am not.  I am just telling you how it feels to have every plan you ever made stop in an instant.  Even if we already had two kids, twins are a whole different cup of tea.  We had only planned on 2 kids.  When we got pregnant again, we thought maybe 3 wouldn’t be so bad…yea…three kids…that is funny.  But that is the way life is.  Life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans…at least that is what I hear.  I also hear that if you want to make God laugh…just make some plans.  He thinks that is the funniest thing since…well…sending twins to a couple who are convinced they will only have 2 kids…funny.

Not only do you need 2 of everything, but you need about 5 people to properly take care of them.  Before I had twins, I could never image how parents of twins could do it.  Now that I have twins, I can’t image how parents of even more multiples could do it.  I find parenting 2 single births and a set of twins hard enough. 

So, shocking and unplanned…yes.  But they are wonderful.  I could do with more sleep…and less poopy diapers (cause we have 3 in diapers…yes…our garage smells like a poop factory)…but we love them…multiples and all.

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