A very good day

No, this has been a GREAT day and hopefully will get even better!
This morning the girls and I headed to CVS b/c for some reason they keep giving me these 10/50 coupons so I HAVE to use them! I got 3 razors, 2 bottles of styling balm (for the frizz I call my hair), 2 boxes of Honey Bunches of Oats, 2 candy bars (Reese's cups are my weakness), a trial pack of Crest Whitestrips, and 2 tubes of toothpaste for .26 out of my pocket and I got the $18 of ecb's that I used back! I learned so much from A Full Cup, I don't get on there as much anymore but if you ever want to learn how to save check them out!

I went to Target and a bunch of their toys were 75% off!! I bought super nice gifts for the many birthdays that we have coming up for next to nothing. Now I hope nobody tries to return them :)

I get to cross the girl's tiles that I have neglected at the local pottery store off my list of things to do before #3 comes as I am going there tonight to finally finish them! I can't wait until we get them back and hung up, they are turning out really cute! Oh, and I am eating at my 2nd favorite sushi restaurant before hand - all cooked I promise :)

Lastly, Piper got into the preschool that we were keeping our fingers crossed for! Woo hoo!! I am most happy about this b/c not only is it just an awesome place but it is right around the corner from our home, although I do love how much money I saved today too :)

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No time to blog!

Why? Well, b/c I am just too darn busy when I do have a free minute entering some of the fabulous contests that are going on during the Bloggy Giveaways Quarterly Carnival!

Here is a lazy blogger's post - I will let the girls do all the talking :) Don't mind the construction in the background, we are in a constant state of projects down here. Last thing before I go back to my contests - check out Sleeping Beauty's head, it has an Aflac helmet on so she must be going racing :) My kids crack me up every day!

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Are you a boy??

First let me start out this post by saying "Ahhh, coffee." Ok, back to my question - are you a boy? That is what I keep asking the babe that is kicking and boxing my belly every day. If you know me I have said this through 2 other pregnancies and was wrong both times but this time I really think it is, I mean I my "Mother's Intuition" has to kick in at some point doesn't it?. A few weeks back I had to report to the lab so that I could take the 3 hour gd test - with the girls in tow. If you haven't had the pleasure of getting to take this particular test (and I hope most of you haven't) you have to fast until the test is over, yep a pregnant mama fasting. My last meal was supper on Wednesday and I was not able to eat again until 11:30 on Thursday - and they wonder why you feel lightheaded. The test results came back normal but for my levels to even be high was odd and I know that every pregnancy is different but I have never had to do that before so there is one reason why I think the little bean is a boy. As I sit here the kid is doing flips in my belly - hello it is only 7 am. Piper was a very calm babe and barely moved, then came Violet who I thought was CRAZY but this one, let's just say that this one wakes me up sometimes at night with all of the break dancing in there. The heartburn is just about ridiculous every night. The other day I had a salad and even that didn't settle well, however, I did eat a hamburger with jalapenos and had NO issues at all :) How bizarre is that - must be a boy. Lastly is an old wives tale, and I know it is just a tale b/c Piper had lower heart beats on the doplar and Violet had high but babe #3 has been low the entire time which from what I understand old wives say is a boy :) A little boy would be good for us though, Matt would get to buy trucks and tough things that our girls aren't really in to so that would be fun and the little one will be forced into wearing beautiful dresses and probably getting his locks styled by our little princesses. Think of a little boy with 3 other women in the house, that is a man that you would want to marry! A few friends of mine that are all done having kiddos offered me their little baby boy clothes so we would be all set right out of the gates. We'll see what happens here in 7 weeks - stay tuned :)

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OUCH!!!

Why oh why must they package children's toys so that I have to get out my tools to get them out of the box? We purchased a Sleeping Beauty wand a few weeks back and while trying to get it out of the box for Violet, who was pulling at my leg, I ended up stabbing myself with the scissor I was attempting to try and cut off the tie wraps with. It bled and bled but I put on my Scooby Doo band aid and went on with life. After almost 2 weeks it still hurts, I think it is infected :( Guess that I have to go to the doctor and find out what the dealio is with my thumb before it has to get amputated :)

What a nice day it was here today - 60 degrees woo hoo! The girls got out and rode their bikes and Matt took down our Christmas lights, yep we are THOSE people that leave our lights up through January :) Actually it has been either rainy or Matt has had to work which is why they were still up but our neighbors don't know that. I have been meaning to take a picture for a while now of my tulips which probably won't end up flowering this year b/c of our crazy weather. They started sprouting maybe 2 weeks ago when it was like 70 and then it got real cold and now it is warm and the cold is coming again - following that? The spot that I chose for these doesn't get a ton of sun to help them out either. Next fall I will move them b/c they are the neatest colors.



Finally, we had a yummy supper tonight - crab and crusty bread. The local grocery store ran a sale this week on crab legs and our girls LOVE them! How funny is that? I bet I didn't eat crab until I was in my 20's for the first time and our kids have been eating it for years already. Tonight Piper showed interest in helping to crack them. Normally they eat it as fast as we can crack it so Matt and I end up eating a luke warm supper. Now we need to get our 2 year old interested in helping out too :) BTW, it hurt my thumb the entire time - last time I whine about this I promise.

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Preschool

It's that time of year down here where all of the preschools in the area are having their open houses and registrations. 2 years ago we put Piper in a preschool and that lasted less than 2 months, she was just too young and I could not deal with her crying each day that I left her. We had good intentions sending her though, with Violet being a new babe I was afraid I wouldn't be able to keep her socially active with kids her own age or have messy fun activities with her but after pulling her out I realized that I could do it. So, there are 2 places that we are looking at near us that offer a 3 day a week program which is hard to find for 4 year olds. Not only are good places hard to find but they have lotteries to get in them. 50 families going for like 6 spots - craziness! This morning we are going to look at the 2nd place which is a church near us. If she gets in to 1 of them great but if she doesn't I know that I can get her ready for school myself. With the 3rd babe coming I will have to structure out time a little better and I'll just need to find more families out there like ours to socialize her with and search out free activities for our family to do during the days. Just a few weeks ago I was very anxious about this situation but once again Matt came in and calmed me when I needed it. He is confident that I can be a mother/teacher but some days I am not so sure. Anyway, another new journey either way for us - she doesn't even look like she should be in school yet does she :(

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Wordless Wednesday - Learning to write

This morning Piper actually asked to write her letters after breakfast - yeah! Not the best pictures b/c my kitchen has weird lighting in the morning. She had her hair up and then put her crayon in her "bun" but when she tried to take it out she had to take her hair down that is why she looks different in the photos.

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A Southern Snow Day

Yep, schools were canceled down here. I am not sure if parts of the 2 surrounding counties got more than the dusting that we did but I sure hope so to cancel so many things today. The girls saw the snow at breakfast and wanted to go and play in it, I am sorry to say that there wasn't very much playing going on since there wasn't very much to play with :) Anyway, I thought that our northern friends and family would enjoy this :)

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