Coffee Talk

If we were sitting down with a cup of coffee these are the things that I would tell you are on my heart right now..

+ Jack is in the throughs of potty talk. He thinks all things poop and butt are hilarious. I think they are not. I try to discipline him but he just thinks its funny. Yesterday my girlfriend was bringing him home from lunch bunch with her twin girls who are in his class and he potty talked the whole way home she said, I was mortified! He got the iPad taken away... Everyone says that its the age and its boys. I'm still sick of it. I hope he stops soon. Mommin' aint easy y'all!

+ I am so behind on replying to blog comments. I love so much interacting with my followers and I have got to sit down and reply to all the comments. You'd think I would learn to reply as I read the comment. Something to work towards!

+ It has been so freaking hot this week. I'm talking in the 90s with intense humidity. It was cooler in August than it has been this week. I'm over it. I want to wear my fall clothes. My boys have nothing to wear right now. I need the fall temps to come and stay!

+ I have gotten in a terrible habit of writing my blog post the morning of. I was doing so well getting my posts written the night before or even a few days ahead. Lazy is what I call it. I need to get back into my routine. Nap time seems like the best time to do this!

+ Right now Brittany and Owen are getting me through my days! We have a group text going and man I'd be lost without them. It's amazing how you can never have met someone face to face yet feel so connected to them.

+ Trying to eat right and lose weight is a constant struggle. Why can't that be easy! Give me all the carbs and sweets, especially this time of year!

+ I am headed to the mountains this weekend with Jack and Graham to see my best friend. I hate driving on the highway and I'm slightly freaking out about doing this 4+ hour drive by myself with the boys. This will be our first road trip without Patrick. Thankfully they are both forward facing and can watch the DVD player, I'm thinking I'm going to pick up a new movie or two to surprise them!

+ I am a terrible housekeeper. My cleaning lady was here on Tuesday. My house was spotless. Some how today it looks like a bomb went off. I try to pick up daily. I blame it on two little boys who like to pull toys out everywhere. Also, my kitchen. Why does the kitchen become the landing spot for so much crap! I blame it on no mudroom. Le sigh.


So there you go. Some of my thoughts and confessions...and seriously, if you have any tips on helping me parent my potty talking boy pass them my way!!

*Linking up with Annie and Danielle

A Day In The Life

It's no secret I am super nosey! In fact, I like to say its one of my best qualities (ha!) Of course my favorite posts I read are day in the life posts. I love to see what everyone is up to and if anyone else has a day similar to mine. Usually I'm terrible about remembering to take photos throughout the day and by lunchtime I've already forgotten. So yesterday I decided to tape a reminder note to my phone and you know what, it worked! I successfully was able to get photos throughout the day!

This is a pretty standard day for us during the week.

6:36 am - I don't usually set an alarm but try to be up by 6:30 so that I can drink some coffee and wake up before Patrick leaves the house about 6:45. Jack is always up and downstairs by the time I wake up. This morning I was extra tired so when Patricks alarm randomly went off at 6:36 I shot out of bed with a startle!

6:45-7:30- I am downstairs drinking coffee, making sure my blog has posted, linking up, reading blogs and waking up. Jack is usually just chilling watching a show on the iPad and eating breakfast. I don't like the lights all bright that early in the morning so usually there is just a dim lit lamp on, I promise we weren't sitting in the dark ha!

7:30- I pour Grahams milk and grab a breakfast bar for him before I head upstairs to get him. This morning I started making my grocery list for the day. Before I go wake Graham I will throw on my clothes (usually workout clothes) and pick out their outfits for the day. Then I go wake sweet Graham up, he always greets me with a smile and "mama!"

7:30-8:30- We are all downstairs the boys are usually content watching a show, hanging out, eating breakfast. I'm still usually drinking my coffee and grab a bite to eat. By about 7:20 I start to get the boys dressed and ready for school.

8:40- A quick check to make sure bookbags are packed and we are out the door.

9-12- The boys are in school during this time so once I get the dropped off I am off to do all the things. Today I was going to a 9:45 barre class so I had just enough time to run home and do a quick straighten up of the kitchen and den. I threw a load of their laundry in and headed to barre. After barre I ran a few errands and went to the Neighborhood Walmart Market for groceries. I'm usually a Harris Teeter girl through and through but I'm finding that I don't mind the walmart market and it definitely is much cheaper!

12:00- I pick the boys up and we head home for lunch and to get ready for nap. Patrick beat us home today so he already had the boys lunch ready to go (win for me!) This time can usually be melt-down city for Graham. And just like most days he has a tantrum because I wouldn't let him eat my applesauce but instead gave him an applesauce pouch.

1-4 - The boys are napping and this is when if I have done all my chores for the day I take a little time to sit on the sofa and catch up on a show. I'd be lying if I didn't say the occasional nap may occur as well. About 2:15 today Jack was wide awake and ready to come downstairs. Most days he will sleep for 2-3 hours but today he was not having it. We snuggled up to watch a Mickey Halloween episode  and did some playing before I had to go wake Graham up at 4.

4:00- Once Graham is awake both boys will have a snack and we will play around the house. I am ready for it to get cooler out so that we can go outside and play. I can't stand the gnats in our neighbor so mama doesn't like to go outside right now ha!

5:00- We headed out the door to get Jack to his soccer game. Graham stayed home with our sitter. Jacks game was from 5:30-6:30 and after we went to grab a bite to eat with Patrick's dad.

8:00- We are home from soccer, Graham is in bed (he goes to bed at 7) and its time for Jack to have a quick bath and get in bed. He didn't even protest bedtime tonight so I know he was worn out from soccer!

8:30- Both boys are asleep and I sit down to work on this blog post and catch up with Patrick. We watch a show that we recorded Sunday night before going up to bed.

10:00- I head upstairs and get in bed and pray that both boys sleep all night, although I can guarantee that Jack will be up and in our bed at some point during the night!

So other than the soccer game that is a pretty standard day in the life for us! Usually we cook dinner at home and the boys go wild from the hours of 5-7!

*linking up with Andrea and Beth

Weekending- 32nd Birthday

This was such a fun weekend!

I feel like our weekend really got started on Thursday! We went to the NC State/Louisville game. It was an 8:00 game and so fun! State played awesome and we ended up winning. We stayed the whole game so we didn't get home until a little before 1 a.m. Needless to say I was riding the struggle bus Friday morning!

 Friday evening my bestie came to town with her little girl. They arrived and we all went over to a girlfriends house and had pizza and let all of littles run around and be wild!

Saturday morning we woke up and Jack had a soccer game. Brooke and Grace stayed home with Graham (thankfully!)

After Jacks soccer game we took the two big kids to lunch and to one of our local garden nurseries for their fall festival. The weather was so hot and humid but the kids had fun!

Saturday night we left the babes with my sitter and we headed out to dinner to celebrate my birthday. We met up with several other friends and had dinner at this great steak place, a favorite of ours! Its a tiny hole in the wall and literally he comes around with a slab of beef and asks how many ounces you want. You get a great salad bar, steak, potato and piece of bread. That's it. Its definitely a local favorite and a little gem in North Carolina.

Sunday morning we woke to rain! Brooke and Grace had to head back home after breakfast. We spent the rest of the day being lazy. Patrick and Jack ran some errands and I hardly moved from the sofa most of the day. Everyone got a good afternoon nap, and I even watched one of Hallmarks fall movies!


That evening my FIL came over and we had burgers and cake. It was a great day spent with the ones that I love most! Here's to year 32, may it be even better than year 31 ( and with a lot less sadness!)

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

*linking up with Biana