You Look Mah-vah-lous

We have a morning schedule around here that rarely ever changes. Baby wakes mom up; mom gets him out of his crib and heads downstairs for bottle #1. Devil Child is either up and roaming the house, or, upon hearing mom rescue baby, she is following downstairs. She sits close to mom and baby during bottle feeding and pleads, "I NEED breakfast!!!" about ten times as mom replies, "As soon as the baby is done, I'll make breakfast." Miss Priss soon follows downstairs to await breakfast. Baby is done with bottle and goes into swing. Mom "makes" breakfast (not sure you can consider it "making" breakfast when 90% of the time it's cold cereal), and either lies down on the couch for a couple minutes of closed eyes (notice I did NOT say "sleep"), or if she is feeling motivated, runs upstairs to quickly shower before girls finish breakfast.

After dishes are cleared we all head upstairs for the bathtub. Once everyone is squeaky clean, girls enter bedroom for an attempt to dress themselves. After baby is dressed mom follows girls to re-dress in something appropriate. Then it's back to the bathroom for teeth and hair brushing. Devil Child is first on the stool for mom to brush teeth and put pretties in her hair, while Miss Priss combs through her own mop. Then we switch and Miss Priss hops up for her 'do and shiny teeth. Mom slathers little faces with lotion and lips with chapstick. Now baby is ready and girls are beautified, and mom can finish getting herself ready while girls make beds. Hooray! We're ready for the day! Unfortunately it's usually 11:00 by now, and half that day is gone. Baby is beyond ready for a nap, and girls have begun asking for lunch. Such is life with three little ones that don't get ready by themselves yet.

Why do I take the time to share this otherwise uninteresting routine with you, you ask? Well, lately Miss Priss has added a new "grooming technique" to her routine that I find a little -- um -- humorous. Once she's all done; bathed, dressed, teeth brushed, hair up, and face and lips moisturized, she now looks herself in the mirror, licks both of her pointer fingers, and "straightens" out her eyebrows. Sometimes it's just once, other times it takes two or three tries to get them to look "just right." No idea where this came from.

The first time she did it she looked at me afterwards and said, "Mom, do I still look great if I do this?" With a smile that hid a giggle I said, "Of course you do, honey. You look great no matter what."

I'm a Slacker ... So Sue Me

Okay, okay. I'll admit I no longer have the right to EVER ask anyone to put up a new post again. I'm seriously lacking the motivation for blogging lately. I'll not waste time on trying to update the last two months; sufficeth to say we are all still alive. The girls have come down with strep and have been "homebound" this week. From what I've heard, babies under 2 yrs. or 12 months (depending on who you talk to) can't get it, but my Little Man had a fever yesterday and has spent all of today throwing up everything I've tried to feed him. Can't get a good look in his throat, obviously, so who knows.

The Christmas countdown is on, and Miss Priss reminds me each day how many days are left. She's like my own personal talking to-do list that lets me know every day that I'm not ready. Gone are the days where I was completely done Christmas shopping by Thanksgiving weekend. I'm now one of those crazy ladies who spends Christmas Eve running to the last few stores still open at 9pm trying to figure out what the heck I'm going to put in these stockings.

But the best part of our week HAD to be the snowstorm. It was so exciting for us, since we had been cooped up for days. Not to mention that we live in the desert and that snow is just about unheard of for us. What's that, you say? You heard nothing of it on the news? Hmmm. I'm not sure why; it was quite an event here.

It started out as just a little flury ...

And then it really started coming down ...

The girls got to make snow angels ...









And Mini Man just had to get in on the action ...


It was so beautiful and amazing!!! And now we have no need to be jealous of all our family that has had snow for weeks now. I got my "snow fix" ... sans all the scarves, hats, coats, mittens and boots. Just the way I like it.

Thanks, Grandpa and Grandma Darlin', for sending down our very own early White Christmas (and for the presents, too!!!). Our snow day was something desperately needed in this house full of sickies.

Santa's Helpers

The kids got elfed today. So cute. Even our "scrooge" in the middle is having a good time.

P.S. Sorry it's been so long. I'll try to get pictures up soon. Love to all!