April 29th

Yesterday, April 29th, was Mommy & me muffins & tea. It was basically a mothers day show at school. The kids all sang a few songs, and sat at the tables with their mommies and had a snack. I enjoyed spending time with my oldest boys, Bradley & Parker. I didn't really enjoy being at the school. I really get bad vibes from the other mothers there. I am the youngest mom, and I feel like they all look down on me. I watched the teachers chat it up, and take pictures of the other moms with their kids, but not me. I don't really care though! As long as my boys have a good time, and learn what they need to at preschool, it doesn't bother me if the other parents there aren't friendly.

The boys singing at school.

I told Bradley to smile, he is such a goofball.

Parker eating his snack at school

April 29th is also my moms birthday. So, Brad and I spent the rest of our day cleaning the house, since my mom likes the house clean. Brad and Bradley even vacuumed. I usually do the vacuuming, but it was so cute watching daddy and Bradley do it. Daddy vacuumed the hard to get area's, and Bradley vacuumed the rest. Bradley is such a big helper! I also made a strawberry shortcake for my moms B-day. It turned out really nice, I was surprised considering I've never made one before. For dinner Brad and I took my mom out to eat. It was nice. I just hope my mom had a good time. I took a picture of her and the boys which turned out perfect!

My mom aka mom-mom and her grandsons.

Battle of the Bee's

Every year we have a problem with Bee's. It has usually been the annoying harmless carpenter bee's. Although the carpenter bee's are destructive, they have never stung anyone. This year we have yellow jackets and wasps! Yesterday, somehow a bee got into the house. Brad was upstairs getting ready for work when he yelled for me to bring a fly swatter. I sent Parker with the fly swatter, and then learned of what was going on. At that point the bee (which was a yellow jacket) had escaped Brad and his fly swatter. Brad searched that bathroom top to bottom and just couldn't find the darn thing.
Later in the afternoon right before Brad was getting ready to leave for work, Bradley had to go upstairs to go potty. Bradley was afraid to go because he knew the bee was up there some where. Brad and I assured him the bee was gone. A few moments later Brad and I hear Bradleys extremely panicked cries for help. We both shot up the stairs thinking the bee had stung him. Instead we saw a panicked Bradley screaming "Help me, the bee, please help me" and running after the bee with the fly swatter! It made me laugh that Bradley had taken the duty of killing the bee into his own hands. Daddy took the fly swatter away from him, and we searched for the bee once again. Bradley knew where it had gone and pointed Daddy into the right direction. We heard the buzzing, and Brad finished off the bee.
It didn't quite end there.. Brad put the dead bee in the toilet, and Bradley was pretty upset about it. Bradley attempted to flush the bee down the toilet, and it would not flush! The toilet did flush, but the darn bee's body floated back up!! Poor Bradley was so upset that the darn bee wouldn't go away. But finally daddy did get it to go down the toilet. Then Bradley was OK and was able to finally go potty. Poor kid! Now, the boys are afraid a bee is going to attack them when the go to the bathroom.

Vacation!

Right now I am really excited about our vacation. It's starting to feel closer, especially since we made our reservations. It’s still a little over a month away but I just can’t wait! Bradley & Parker are also both very excited. Lately their have been several cartoons that they watch that have had episodes where they are at the beach. Each time they saw these shows they were glued to the TV. I have also showed Bradley & Parker photo’s of the beach, and even the rides that are online that we will take them on.

There are a few things I am worried about though. One being the money. Brad and I have been planning our trip and trying to find “family friendly” restaurants that aren’t too pricey. Every place I have looked seems expensive. Brad and I don’t have much, and have been putting money aside trying to save for this vacation. It really is a shame though, because if we had that extra $200 that is stolen out of each of Brads paychecks we’d really be set. But unfortunately we don’t, and we are robbed out of it each pay.

The other thing I am worried about is the boys behavior! Especially my precious Dustin. Dustin is by far the most rotten. Recently we attempted to take a trip to the lake, and it did not go well. Dustin wanted out of the stroller so he could be like his brothers. So, I let Dustin out and he tried to crawl right into the water! After that Brad and I both tried sitting on the ground next to the water with Dustin so he could chuck rocks into the water. But that wasn’t good enough for Dustin, he was angry and wanted to play IN the water! So back into the stroller he went. Dustin ended up screaming the entire trip. Bradley and Parker were always real good as babies, and we always took trips to the lake. They always enjoyed it. Now, Dustin is such a hard baby, and has to have things his way or no way! Dustin’s personality reminds me so much of myself, and his looks are ALL daddy.

But all and all I still feel like our vacation is going to be great. I have those few worries, but I think the boys, Brad and myself are all going to have a good time. It will be our very 1st family vacation, and I am just so excited! Oh yeah, it will also be the 1st time I've been away from my Pebbles & Molly for so long. Ugh, I know that sounds strange, but my doggies are my kids too. I will miss them.

Hockey Game

Yesterday Brad & I went to the Hershey Bears playoff game. They won 3,2! Yea! Go Bears! It was really fun. We actually were sitting in the 2nd row right by the glass. It was a great game. Brad & I both had a good time.

Before the game I was pretty bothered by these two parents (if you want to call them that) they had 3 small children waiting to get into the building for the hockey game. Well, it was cold out yesterday and all 3 of these children had no jackets. The older two which were probably two and three were crying and shivering how cold they were. Then I noticed the infant on the mans chest in one of those baby holders. The baby had no blanket, no coat, and was only wearing a sleeper. It was extremely windy and freezing! This baby’s little lips were quivering and it’s hands were really red. I just never would have imagined parents would not think about how cold it is out, and expose such a young baby to the cold without a jacket or blanket. Maybe it’s me but it really bothered me. The mother or if you want to call her that, had a zip up sweatshirt on & in my opinion should have taken that off and covered up the baby. The father could have at least wrapped his arms around the baby and tried warming him that way, but he just left his arms at his side and acted like he didn’t even have a baby attached to him. Oh, and let me add the father was even quivering because he was that cold. That just tells you how cold it was, I personally was freezing. I just felt so horrible for that little baby.

Mommy & Me, Muffins & Tea

For mothers day Bradley & Parker are having a little celebration at preschool. It’s called “mommy & me, Muffins & Tea”. I am kind of excited to see the boys do their little song, and see what cool new craft they make. They are so proud of the things they make. Today they made a rainbow book. Bradley and Parker were both so excited to show them to me. Bradley did admit that Mrs. Dieter helped him! My favorite part of their little book is the final page that has their handprint that is the colors of the rainbow. Each finger is a different color, and the palm of the hand is purple. I give those teachers a lot of credit, those hand prints look really good! Usually the boys are so messy when it comes to paint that their hand prints would be speared all over. But in their book they are perfect, So very cute!

For mothers day I told Brad I want some pictures of the boys, especially Dustin. Bradley & Parker had lots of pictures done of them as babies, and Dustin has not. I really want a good picture of Dustin. Dustin is mommies little man, and definitely is my attachment. Dustin wants no one else but mommy.. I have to admit I love it! At times it does get annoying though, since I can’t get anything done without Dustin being attached to my leg! Plus Bradley & Parker did get their school picture this year, so Dustin needs a picture too.

Also May 20th or 21st (can’t remember which) is Bradley and Parker’s preschool graduation. I am pretty excited about it. There will be a family picnic and a graduation ceremony. I am sure it will be adorable. I will definitely be taking lots of pictures to post, and video too! Although technically Parker isn’t graduating his 2 year old class because he is staying in it again next year. I think the reason they want Parker in the 2 year old class is to keep Bradley & Parker separated from each other. Bradley and Parker fight terribly anymore. I know my brother & I fought a lot as kids, but I didn’t think we fought when I was Bradley & Parker’s age.

One more thing before I end this post.. Dustin is walking! Not a whole lot, but definitely walking. I am so proud of him. He has taken as many as 6 steps before sitting down on his own. He is very unsure of himself, but doing good. Dustin also knows he can get around much quicker by crawling.

Wii Love it!!!

Okay, so I have to admit I actually went out and bought a Wii. I NEVER thought I would actually want to go blow the money on a video game system. My hubby wanted one of these a while back, and I said maybe after income tax. Well, I played my aunt Nancy’s Wii and was instantly addicted. Holy crap I love it! My right arm does not love this thing though lol. I love playing the tennis game, bowling, baseball, and golf (go figure)!!

So now Brad and I have the sports pack, a skiing game, and Wii fit. Wii fit is great, and very shockingly I am some kinda Yoga expert LOL. I’m pretty good at some of them, and actually got expert. I am not very fit (like I once was) and I am hoping this “wii fit” helps me. It was absolutely great watching my husband use it too. This thing is SO much fun. My mom & I even spent hours playing it. This thing was worth the money. Bradley & Parker like playing it too. They do need some assistance since they are only 3 and 2, but they impressed me at how well they did do. Even Dustin paid attention and tried climbing onto the wii board. I will give this thing credit, it is unlike any other video game I have ever played. I love it!

Easter weekend

The boys had a good Easter. The Easter bunny was good to the boy's and left a trail of jelly beans leading to their baskets. Daddy had predicted Dustin would be a vacume and suck up all the jelly beans up off of the floor. Daddy was right! Dustin loves jelly beans, and all kinds of goodies.

Bradley & Parker did pretty good with their Easter egg hunt. Brad & I did one with the boys, and then my mom & I took the boys over my aunts house & my aunt Nancy did a nice Easter egg hunt for them. Aunt Nancy filled the eggs with really cool stuff. The boys had little people, and sesame street characters, race car shaped chocolates with peanut butter in the middle, and Spongebob chocolate money. The boys had a good Easter weekend. I was just really upset that Brad wasn't around on Easter and had to work. I wish he could have gone over my aunts house with us. We all got to play the Wii and it was a blast! I want a Wii so bad!! My husband was the one to originally want one, but now I want it, and we are just gonna have to get one!

Today (the day after Easter) Brad rushed to Walmart to see if he could get any good deals on the leftover Easter stuff. Brad ended up getting Bradley & Parker two baskets. One was a soccer ball & some goodies, the 2nd a basketball with goodies. Everything else was picked over, or gone. I guess everyone had the idea to run to the store the day after Easter & get some deals.

Well, here are a few pictures of our little boys on Easter!

Bradley, Parker, & Dustin hunting for eggs at Aunt Nancy's

Mommy & Daddy on Easter, right before daddy left for work.

Easter at Preschool

At preschool the boys had their little Easter parade. Of course I had run out of space on my video camera, ugh! But Brad did manage to record a big 2 minutes of their show. They sang the song “hip-pity hop Easters on it’s way”. I don’t know the real name of the song, but I remember singing it when I was a kid. Whenever I go to the preschool I feel so young! I am the youngest mom their.
Well anyway, I wanted to post some pictures of their day at preschool. They made these adorable hats. Bradley & Parker were both real proud of them. They also dyed eggs at school, and Bradley & Parker brought those home as well. The boys really enjoy preschool.

Bradley & Parker wearing the hats they made. The hats have bird nests on top. Too cute!

Singing, and dancing.

Easter treats at preschool, yummy!

Dustin walking daddy around, this was cute!
My favorite picture of Bradley & Parker. They are such handsome little boys.

Easter weekend

Easter is coming up really fast, and we are ready for it. Only there is this one problem.. Brad has to work. I am so upset about it, and it is so unfair. I say it's unfair because he is the only one stuck working both days, Saturday & Sunday. Everyone else was given either the Saturday before Easter off, or Easter day off. And then here is Brad who has 3 little boys, who are looking forward to Easter and their daddy may not even be able to be with them. Ugh! I swear it is always something anymore. Almost everyone where Brad works do not have kids, Brad is one of the only ones with a family. So it is truly unfair that they would make him work versus someone who doesn't have children. But what can you do? Nothing.

This year Brad and I were looking forward to watching the boys do a Easter egg hunt. They are at the age now where it is fun. They know what is going on, and they can have fun hunting for colored eggs full of goodies. We will probably take them somewhere to do one egg hunt, and do another at home.
I really wish Dustin would walk though. I am sure if Dustin could walk he would do really well at the egg hunt. Dustin is such a smart & alert one year old. He also follows whatever his brothers do, and learns quickly from them.

an update..

Lately this blog has been a lot of my complaints. It's kind of my spot to let out my frustration at times. But anyway, first I will update on our boys.

This past week everyone has been real sick. All 3 boys had high fevers, vomiting, and coughs. I had it also & it was terrible. I still can't seem to get rid of this stupid cough. But anyway, the boys missed school & Bradley is anxious to get back. This upcoming week at school will be a fun filled one. On Monday they will be dying Easter eggs, and on Wednesday they will be having an Easter parade! It should be fun for them, and cute for Brad & I to see.
Also there is good news for the boys for next year. The school knows we are low income, and have volunteered to let the boys go to school for the price of one. Bradley will be moving up into the 3 year old class, while Parker will be staying in the 2 yr old class. It is probably best that they are separated. I am just so grateful for these wonderful people at this church/preschool. I feel so lucky that they love our children enough to make this exception. I never would have imagined they would do this for us. I really believed the boys would just have to go without preschool next year.

Going onto another subject now;
This summer Brad and I plan on going on our very 1st family vacation. I feel that we really deserve this. Brad and I have been together for 5 years, and have yet to have a vacation. Bradley & Parker are both looking forward to playing in the sand and seeing the ocean for the first time. Bradley is anxious to make a "big sandcastle" as he tells us. Bradley also is really smart, and comes out of no where with things about vacation, for example:
Bradley-"mommy your gonna get a tan"
mommy-"what?"
Bradley-"yeah mommy, a tan, but you need sun lotion or you'll get a boo boo".
He is just so smart he catches me off guard at times. I never once mentioned getting a tan to him, or that we needed to wear sun tan lotion. So maybe he got that from school since he has been telling everyone that he is going to the beach this summer.

Also Brad & I have been seriously looking into buying a van. We are desperate for a larger vehicle. Currently we have 3 car seats crammed into the back of a sporty dodge neon. It is a very tight fit. My mom was loaning us $2,000 for a down payment for a van, but things did not work out. The reason things didn't work out was mainly because of Brad's past crap. It wasn't even his credit, it was the child support for the child that isn't even his. If that child support wasn't on his credit, and so much money wasn't stolen away from us every month, they would have approved us. It makes me sick. So, Brad went to his parents to see if they would help. But of course they wouldn't. The only help Brad and I ever receive is from my mom. My mom is always trying to help make our lives easier because she know's we don't have anything. My mom has even paid half of the boys preschool the entire time they have been attending. Brad's parents could have helped, but they offer no help. But when it comes to Brad's supposed daughter they jump to help her and his ex. I just don't get it. Brad pays so much money to his ex that we can't even survive, his ex has plenty of money to take care of his 1 supposed kid. We aren't even left with enough money to have our own apartment. If my mom wasn't around to help us, we'd probably be in a shelter. It isn't fair. I don't know how we could ever thank my mom for all she has done for us. My mom doesn't even make that much money and our whole family is struggling. With the way the economy is my mom doesn't even know if she will have a job. So, it just doesn't seem right that Brad's parents who have 2 paid off cars, and had plenty of money to spend on his supposed daughter, and have their home remodled, and buy a giant TV, can't even help their one and only child. And to specify, we didn't ask for money, we asked for help with a loan that we would be paying, not them. My mom had already helped us with the loan for our dodge, and couldn't do it a 2nd time. And if you wonder why we would need 2 vehicles.. it's because the dodge is so Brad can get to and from work, and the van would be for me to take the kids to dr. appointments, plus that way we would all fit in a vehicle when we needed to go somewhere together. Brad wants to wipe his side of the family out of our lives. This time I think I have to agree. I am seeing what Brad has been telling me all along.