Valenines Day

You know me, I love a holiday, I love a theme, but I have no urge to go out for Valentines day.

I will give Rob credit, he scheduled a babysitter so we could have a date.  But I opted out of the V day date, we went out on a date with friends the night before.

This is what Valentines looked like at our house:

Taylor and I made 27 Valentines for school

The girls baked cakes for there dads

Dinner with the Fam

Easy meal, store bought rotisserie chicken, green beans and strawberries. Done

What can I say, my baby

Rob and his cake

Then it was bed time for the kids and we watched a movie.

Easy. Perfect. Done.

Happy belated Valentines day,

Elena

Home Alone...

I love this picture, before I felt I looked big and pregnant but now that I am not big and pregnant I love it.

I am having a case of the Sundays.

Remember when you were younger, and you went out all weekend, which started with Thursday night Ladies Night, then happy hour on Friday...., then Sunday would roll around and you would feel tired, and drained and all you want is something cozy and comforting.  A case of the Sundays is when you just want to hide out, snuggle, eat tomato soup and be cozy.  I don't want tomato soup I want Rob.

I love having time alone at my house, and for the most part the only time I get to be alone at home is when the kids are sleeping and Rob is at work.

I like it.  I like to be in my house alone.

But not tonight.

I don't need anything.  I had a good day.  I went a long run, I spent time with my kids and friends, the kids have been happy all day, and now they are sleeping.  This is my time.

But...I want my husband home.  I am over him being at work.

I would like to snuggle on my couch, and watch some TV, maybe he can rub my head (which is just about the best thing ever).

We are going on a date tomorrow night, and it can not come soon enough.  Right now I want date night on my couch, with my down comforter, the TV remote and my husband.

I am having a case of the Sundays.

I like being alone, I married a man that was gone on purpose but tonight I wish he was home.

xoxo,

Elena

Not Quite A Domestic Diva: Instalment One

I dream of having dinner parties and having everything clean and done before everyone arrives, I would love to learn how to cook and bake with out making a disaster my kitchen.

I have not figured it out yet.

Today is Taylor's preschool teacher's birthday.  We love her, and when I love someone I feed them.  For Ms. Grace I am making wheat free cupcakes (she does not eat wheat).

I was going to get up at 6:00 to bake before the kids woke up.

The best laid plans....

At 5:00 the smoke detectors in my house started going off for an unknown reason. There are at least 10 smoke detectors in my house, it was LOUD!

Both kids woke up and were not going back to bed.  Shortly there after Rob left for work.

By 5:40, it was me, two sleepless kids, and 27 cupcakes to bake before school.


 With "help" from my small people we got it done.

Distracting the baby is key

Old picture, my hands were too sticky to get the camera.  I measure, Taylor dumps and stirs.

The Mess

Cleaning 

Success!

I am a work in progress and not quite a domestic diva yet.

Happy Friday,

Elena

a note to my husband and my mother

Rob has been working a lot.  

As I have mentioned in previous posts I like my space, I married a man that was gone on purpose.  I love when he leaves and when he comes home.

That being said, I don't love when he works so much, I miss him and it means I am home alone with my kids.  Which is fine for a day or two but it can get long.

My kids were sick last weekend, I needed to go grocery shopping, we were out of milk, bread and eggs among other things that we use every day. 

I felt stuck,  I did not call a friend to come help because I did not want to subject them to our germ filled house.  It made me think a lot of how glad I am that I don't have to do this on my own.

This is where I would like to talk about my mother.  She was a single mom for a good part of my childhood and even when she was not a single mom, she was kind of a single mom. 

She ran a business and had three kids, not to mention an array of pets.  She was not perfect, she had her struggles but she did a good job and managed to hold it all together.

I would not want this life without Rob to help me take care of it, I would have to live in a condo near a park, because I could not handle it all.
 
I am so grateful that I am able to have this life and I know that I would not be able to do it without everything my mom has done for me and continues to do, or without Rob, he is my everyday.  I don't have to do it on my own.

Thank you both,
Elena