Flashback to 1988

This afternoon I taught Sassy Tahoe and her friend how to make friendship bracelets. You remember those...all the colors of the floss and the clipboard to hold it still while you tied each knot with enthusiasm. I used to make hundred of those things in colors and patterns. Don't even get me started on the ribbon barrettes I used to make.

But Sassy and her friend got bored 1/2 inch into their bracelets then ran off to do something else.

It was fun to be nostalgic even if only for fifteen minutes!
Tahoe Girl

We interrupt this broadbast..

For a Public Service Announcement...

If someone emails you a question or request regarding a service you have purchased or an event they are involved in, PLEASE RESPOND. No response leaves them wondering, are you stealing my money and not going to provide the service I paid for....or...do you not want me at the upcoming event?

I find this situation so frustrating!

Ok, now I feel alittle better!
Tahoe Girl

Hard Work...

When the day comes that you become a parent you are so blindsided by the bliss of that sweet newborn that you never think ahead to the days of adolescence. Babies and toddlers can be a handful and make you want to pull your hair out but they still think you hung the moon because you can make a peanut butter sandwich in the shape of a dinosaur and find their lost blanket.

Fast forward to the year of the "dragon", I mean the 10th year. The year where parents become mean and evil and obviously have nothing better to do than torture their children with horrible things like homework, and teeth brushing. I never thought it would happen to me as i was not going to "be like my mother" and my kids were going to be well behaved and perfect and NEVER say a cross word to anyone including me.

I am sure my mother is laughing hysterically while singing " I told you so!" Why are mothers always right? And how come we don't realize this until we become mothers? Wouldn't it bridge that gap between tweenagers and grown ups if we figured this stuff out at 10?

I love all three of my children with my whole heart and I think that is why it makes me insane when they don't do the "easy" things I ask of them....I am not making them mow the back 40 or clean the horses stalls so is TYING YOUR OWN SHOES WHEN YOUR 10 REALLY THAT MUCH TO ASK? Seriously!!!!

This morning before school did not go well and I am mad at myself for how upset I got at Mini#1. But what are we supposed to do as parents when they didn't come with instructions? There is no troubleshooting guide in the back that explains how to handle issues. If only there was a reboot button or you could "CTRL/ATL/DELETE" and correct the problem. Some days I think animals have it easier....if they step out of line you just nip them and growl and they jump back in line......if only...

So now I sit here second guessing myself since I am now "the mean mom" who obviously plans on torturing her children by making them do their homework today and has "grounded" them from their playdates for bad behavior...

Do you think one day I will get to say "I told you so!" to them like my mother is saying?
Tahoe Girl

Where does the time go?

I cannot believe 2010 is already about to end. Christmas is tomorrow and while everything here in the Tahoe household is mass chaos I wanted to take a minute to wish all of you a Merry Christmas! It all happens so fast these days that it is so easy to blink and time has passed!

I hope all of you have a happy, healthy and blessed holiday season and that Santa brings you joy on Christmas morning! I also wish he magically makes my migraine go away~

Back to cooking the turkey~
love,
Tahoe Girl

That reminded me...

Last night when going to bed, Mini #3 was discussing Transformers with Titan Boy. He kept talking about "Octopus Crime" and Titan Boy was laughing hysterically. Being that I have never seen Transformers didn't realize what was so funny.

Turns out the characters name is "Optimus Prime" and Mini #3 SWEARS it's "Octopus Crime" cause he's a bad guy....but this story reminded me of something hysterical Mini#1 said to me last year.

One day while in the car (probably on the way to baseball cause that is about the only place I seem to go these days) Mini #1 started a conversation with me....

Mini #1: Hey Mom, we are studying Mama Holly at school and I think it they are so cool!

TG: Um, who?

Mini #1: MAMA HOLLY!

TG: Mini, I have no idea who you are talking about but you can sure tell me all about them.

Mini #1: What do you mean you have never heard of Mama Holly, you know "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee?"

TG: (Tyring not to wreck the car from laughing) You mean MUHAMMAD ALI? The boxer?

Mini #1: Yes, Mama Holly! Wait, what's his name again?

At this point I can do nothing but laugh, because he really thought his name was Mama Holly.

They may make me crazy but atleast they make me laugh!
Tahoe Girl

Epic Fail...

We are on vacation this week, sunning ourselves on the Gulf Coast in Florida! So far we have played on the beach, swam in the pool, danced with the dolphins and of course, burnt ourselves to a crisp.

As a mother there is one thing that really makes you feel like a failure. Sunburned Kids! I swear I have slathered and sprayed and completely covered them from head to toe in the thick white veil of sunscreen. Doesn't matter cause the sun finds the one spot I seem to miss or the sunscreen seems to wear off ten minutes into playing in the sand.

Sassy Tahoe looks like she got into a bar fight cause her right eye is sunburnt and Mini#1 has a ring around his belly were his pants rode down. They complain about how bad it hurts and it makes me fell HORRIBLE! I feel I have failed as a mom. Sunburn is preventable and I cannot seem to prevent it this year.

Guess its good we only have one more day or it might look like I am taking home red alligators instead of children.

Tahoe Girl

My recent adventures...

I haven't run away screaming to the hills. Dreadfully I have spent most of my time recently in the dentists chair! Ugh, it has not been fun..

This week alone I have had a root canal, a crown and a filling. I have had numb lips more than not and I am over it! Don't get me wrong I adore my dentist but I am kinda tired of looking at him...

What have you been up to? Hope its been more fun than what I have been doing!
Tahoe Girl