Compromising Positions (aka Beach Beauty)

Wow, it's been forever since I've gone this long without blogging. Things have just been moving at the speed of light and I'm usually too tired to sit down and write after a long day of kid-wrangling. I don't want to jinx myself, but everything has been wonderful lately. I've been having so much fun with the kids and Dave has been in town for most of our adventures. But the big kicker is that I've been doing well even when he's gone. I know you single moms are thinking, "So you can take care of your kids and keep your sanity when your husband is away. Big deal." Well, it is (or was) a big deal to me. I guess I just depended on Dave way too much to walk in the house every night and handle whatever was going wrong.

Big science test you need help studying for - Talk to dad.

You threw the remote control and busted the new tv -

Wait until dad gets home.

What are we having for dinner - Let's see what dad wants.

I know, you're crying a river for me. Parenting without David has just been my Achilles heal and I'm finally getting the hang of it. Hallelujah!

For David's birthday a few weeks ago, we headed to Florida for a quick weekend of water fun. We didn't know how Ash would react to the ocean but he loved it. The temperature was perfect, the water was warm and waves were nonexistent (perfect for the little boys.). The ocean was so clear we could swim out 100 feet from the beach and still see our feet perfectly. We had the best weekend we've had all summer and of course, this mommarazzi took a zillion pictures.

And on an entirely different note, Dave and I were caught last night. Yes, JD (at 12 years old) walked in on his mom and dad in a, shall we say, compromising position. In our defense, it was 11pm and the kids had been in bed for a good 2 hours. I guess we've learned our lesson about locking the bedroom door. Live and learn, live and learn...

I Think I'm Finished Gagging

Spaghettio Slob

Today I had to decide between an unbelievably healthy, all-organic lunch or Spaghettio's. After realizing I didn't have anything organic or even mildly healthy in the house, I chose the lunch of champions - Spaghettio's with meatballs (come on, I'm sure it's full of body building protein.) After I served Kai and Ash, I left the kitchen table to fix something for myself. Kai yelled, "Mom, come see what Ash did!" The little stinker had poured his entire cup of milk into his bowl of Spaghettio's. He had also mixed in a handful of Tostido's covered in French Onion dip. I know many of you are thinking, "There is no way she made that poor kid eat that slop." You're wrong. I thought today would be a good day to teach the tot a lesson. If you mess with your food, you eat it! It almost made me gag but I watched Ash (unenthusiastically) eat the entire bowl of meatballs, noodles, tomato sauce, milk, chips, and dip.

We've been having fun for the last few week mainly playing in the yard and swimming in both of the grandparent's pools. It's amazing but JD and Piper start school next week. It doesn't seem right to go to school in early August. It's in the mid 90's and it feels more like beach weather than school weather. JD is starting his first year of middle school and I'm a nervous wreck. I really think he's ready but middle school hormones and social issues scare me to death. If he turns into a back-talking, eye-rolling, rude 13 year old, I'm gonna kill him. That is, if David doesn't beat me to it.

The boys are really becoming good friends even though you'd never know it by looking at my pictures. I'm finding it extremely difficult to get a photo of the boys together (this is mainly due to the fact that they run around like monkeys on crack.) Maybe one day they'll fall asleep on the couch together and I can take a closed-eye photo session with them.