Tuesday, February 24, 2009

He looks homeless today.

OK I am at the point in my motherhood where I am not going to start a huge fight with my kids on what they are wearing. Really...I mean there are times in which I find myself saying: "No you can't wear that shirt to church, it has holes in it". But for the most part I allow them to wear what they want, and mainly I'm speaking of the boys. Brielle would run free in her diaper all day if I let her.

So back now to my boy Christian, who got himself ready for school today. He came out of his room smiling and I really did not want to see that disappear so I said nothing about the small homeless person that stood before me. Starting from his feet he had on muddy snow boot, which is fine because it's been messy muddy around here so I'll let that one slide. His pant were tapered khakis with pleats, I'm not sure where they came from, I know I didn't buy them, I know I wouldn't buy them. Did I mention they have pleats? Now I know what you're thinking khakis don't sound so bad, and they aren't, but these just git back from a wrinkle convention, and they were the facilitators. Hovering over the wrinkle diseased pants was his Boston Red Sox t-shirt which also attended the wrinkle convention, but wasn't in the higher echelons like the pants. Did I mention they were pleated? OK so Christian's beautiful smile couldn't hide the fact he had a mystery smudge running across the front of his nose. The reason I call it a mystery smudge is because I can't figure out what caused it. It wasn't the usual marker, or pen, nor toothpaste, dirt...nope. Still a mystery, and still on his face, and he's now at school. His hair was more than disheveled, he had bald spots because of how he slept on it. I did get him to brush his teeth, but the rest I let walk out the door. I am crossing my fingers hoping nobody notices, but there are a lot of Mom's that help with his class that only have one child, and that one child always looks presentable. Not mine, not today...but we kissed each other goodbye when they bus showed up, and he told me he loved me...it's a great way to start the day, even though his pants were pleated.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

A new blog...

I have decided to start my own blog, something in my life that is just for me....OK I am laughing while I write this because nothing in my life at this point is ever just for me. Somehow my kids sneak in the mix and suddenly it's about them...hence the blog title. I am in that business, the business of Bare Baby Bottoms that is.

I can't seem to get away from them, and at this point for the most part I don't want to. I love Ruthie's dimpled cheeks, but only when they are cleaned...poo takes away the cute factor in it all. Brielle's little butt running free after a bath is something to smile about, and although Micah and Christian are getting bigger I have to laugh as they streak across the hall from their bedroom to their bathroom so nobody in the house catches a glimpse of their bottoms. I haven't yet given them the idea to undress in their bathroom...They will figure it out soon enough I'm sure.

So back to me. I know have have a blog already about the family, but because of the time constraints that putting all the pictures it takes I really don't get to write about our lives. Like today driving down the road listening to Micah and Christian go back and forth about how to say Kermit the Frog's name. Christian was calling him Kermin, and Micah informed him that he was wrong and the name was Kermint. Brad and I laughed, but our laughter turned to annoyance when the debate became and argument.

By the way Brad was with me this afternoon because while I was doing my make-up I got a wood shaving, the size of a plank, from my eyeliner pencil caught in my eye. It is unclear to me how this happened, but it hurt. So my husband drove home from work and brought me to the eye doctor to have the particle(it felt like a plank) removed. It's a humbling experience walking around with one eye closed because you injured yourself while putting on make-up. To further the warm feeling of humiliation after the doctor swabbed the plank out of my eye he had to put it under a microscope in order to see it. I'm hoping the eye doctor is a hardwood enthusiast and he wanted to see what kind of fine wood I had scraping my eyeball.


By the way since my plank removal I may be lending my much needed advise to your lives. (Matthew 7:5) I know you will be looking forward to what I have to say. :)

Well that's it for now. I'm quite sure we'll share some time again soon!