Mommy Moments

Would you let your child out in this?

I was out shopping at Costco the other day, getting last minute things for Monkey See and Monkey Do’s party on Saturday…  As I walked through the clothing section, I looked up at a young girl… and by young, I mean she had to be high school age.. and she was wearing the above shirt… Then I hear her call to her mom who is just on the other side of the table… I was speechless.. Actually, I wanted to ask that mom how she’d let her daughter out in a shirt like that. I would assume she’s too young to be doing such things with boys, but who knows now a days.. 

I know my girls are only 3, but I can honestly say that neither I nor their daddy would ever let them out of the house in a shirt like this one. Would you??? I’m really curious about your opinions!!! Am I just too overboard about this? Leave me a comment!!!

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Well, yesterday was Monkey See and Monkey Do’s big birthday bash…. We had somewhere around 40 people here, and it was a blast. I’ll admit… I was stressed as heck yesterday morning, but once everything was all said and done, it was a pretty darn good party… 

About a month ago, we decided that we were actually going to throw a party. It was supposed to be a small, cozy, family and a couple of friends event. It ended up being a huge party. The fun crazy stressful part was that there were going to be some family members here that don’t exactly get along. Yaay… As long as everyone behaved themselves, I didn’t care. My whole idea is, if you aren’t here for the girls, then leave.. 

Anyway.. This past week was spent cleaning house from top to bottom, steam cleaning the carpets, dusting, scrubbing, you name it.. It had to be done. It was an absolutely crazy week. 

So, we woke up around 630am, when the girls came into our room to wake us up… We got ready, and dressed the girls up. The party started at 1100am. We had a few things left to do before then. I had to finish cleaning the counters, run a vacuum over the carpets, scrub the BBQ down, and start making the snacks… I got it all done! Our first guest arrived around 1115. Good thing, because I was running late. Once they arrived, though, everyone started coming…  There were people from our families, friends from Daddy’s work, friends from the girls’ play groups, and more friends from their daycare at Gold’s Gym… They were all so much fun to have here. 

Daddy took charge of the BBQ’s, and I was able to talk to everyone and play with all of the kids, fill up water balloons, and set up some good snacks. Yes, I said water balloons. We warned the parents that we’d have some water games. It was a must. It was pretty hot, so a good cool down would be fun for everyone. 

We ate a feast of Jalapeño Poppers, Hot Dogs, Bratwurst, Corn on the Cob, Baby Back Ribs, salad, and chips & dip… It was sooo yummy! After we ate, we let everyone relax a little bit, and then brought the kids in for presents.. The girls made out like bandits!!! They had a stack of presents here… it was absolutely crazy! They had so much fun opening everything, and they actually did a pretty good job of telling everyone “Thank you” after they opened their gifts.. I was so proud of them! 

Instead of the traditional cake, we had cupcakes. It was so much easier to deal with, and the kids loved it. It was getting late in the afternoon, and most of the kids were beginning to crash…  As soon as we pulled out the cupcakes, smiles formed, and it was like they had a second wind… We knew it was getting hot, so we told everyone it was water balloon time! The girls had gotten into the water balloons earlier, so there weren’t as many as there should have been, but, there were enough for them to have fun throwing them at their parents. The kids had hardly gotten wet, so I ran out front to grab our sprinkler.. and boy was that a hit… even some parents got in on that! 

After a good run through the sprinklers, and some awesome photo opportunities, it was finally time for everyone to go home. Most of the kids were super tired by this point… Everyone dried off, and said their goodbyes. It was an amazing day! I loved seeing the smiles on all of the kids’ faces. It was awesome hearing them laughing and giggling and playing with each other. Honestly if I could, I’d do this more often.. I just don’t know if my pocketbook could handle it!!! LOL.. 

Here’s a link to some of the pictures of the sprinkler time… It was great!!! 

I don’t know all the details yet, but I’ve just been invited to do another morning show in Sacramento! As soon as I know, I’ll let you all know.. Ya Know!!! LOL

I’m so excited! 

I woke up Sunday morning at 230am, with a crazy pain in my upper body.. When I say upper body, I mean everything from the waist up. I got up, walked around, drank some water, and came back to bed, praying it would just go away. I walked around a little more, and sat on the edge of the bed. Weird thing was, I felt a sort of cooling/tingle go down my back, and the pain was gone… I figured it was nothing big, and laid down and fell fast asleep. Everything was ok when I woke up for the day, and I did whatever needed to be done… Around 2pm, it happened again. My entire torso was cinched in a vice. It hurt to breathe, it hurt to move, it hurt to sit/lay/stand still. I popped a couple of Aleve, and figured I’d be fine eventually… Nope… It lasted all day… It kind of faded in and out, but it stayed on. My mom suggested taking a hot shower.. and I did.. It helped for a little bit, but the pain came back. By evening, I had decided I was going to go to the doctor the first chance I got. I found my old bottle of muscle relaxers and took one just to get some sleep. 

Monday morning, bright and early, I was still hurting, and was determined to get to Yoga class anyway.. I was on the phone with my doctor’s office right when they opened, in hopes to get a same day appointment with my doctor. I got one, at 245pm… What to do with the rest of the morning?? I went to Yoga.. I’m that dedicated…

While I was doing yoga, it didn’t hurt.. too bad… but the rest of the afternoon, I was hurting! My parents got here around 2pm. Mom stayed home with the napping Monkeys… Dad went with me to the doc.. I had xrays, and they showed nothing wrong with my lungs or basically my upper half… It has to be a pulled muscle, or group of muscles. He gave me more muscle relaxers, which I think I’ve taken 2 of them. I’m so scared to take them during the day because of the girls. I have to be completely alert while they’re awake, or at least, when I’m the only one home with them. 

Dad and I went to the chiropractor just in case I was just outta whack… Wait.. no comments there… I’m talking about my back and ribs here… LOL.. It helped relieve some pressure on my back, but the muscle pain was still there. I think I’m just doomed… Back home, tried to clean up a bit, but OMG, it’s painful… Hmmm.. maybe I can milk this a little…*teehee*

So, fast forward through yesterday, painful day… I did what I could when I could, but I feel like crud!!! Today, it’s slightly better. I went through this super debate in my head this morning. You see, I’m leaving Gold’s Gym for reasons I’ve written about before.. and I only have 4 classes left with my super yoga instructor. I’m seriously going to miss taking his class, and I’ve tried to take as many as possible since I turned in my resignation of membership there. This morning, I went back and forth, should I go and suffer after, or should I stay home, hopefully resting so I can go on Friday? I was all ready to go. I didn’t want to miss class over a stupid bunch of pulled muscles. I was talked into staying home. Daddy and my parents told me I should stay home. Fine. I’ll stay home, but I’m not missing class on Friday… Dammit… 

So this is my sob story of the day… I’m sad I missed Yoga. I’m mad I’m hurting like heck. I’m stressed out because I need to clean up and get prepared for the next 2 weeks of craziness… wish me luck!

I recently got a message in my entrecard inbox from a father who has been trying to help his daughter. She was recently diagnosed with Neuroblastoma. 

You can read more about Serena here. 

I feel so bad that I don’t have the money to donate, but I do know of a fellow Mommy Blogger that has a drive going for donations. 

The process is super simple.. Go here, and you can read the full details… 

A couple of weeks ago, I came across the blog Sacramento Snapshots, written by Julissa Ortiz of Good Day Sacramento. I looked around, checked out her site, and left her a couple of comments… Well, she wrote back to me! She invited me to be on GDS with her, promoting my review blog! Ho-ly cow! YES! I’m currently scheduled to appear on July 24th… Ooooh I’m getting nervous! I hope this all goes well.. 

Now for the fun stuff… I have to find things to review live on the air! She’s going to be bringing a camera crew to my house, and we’re going to be reviewing things in my kitchen!!! I’m so excited! 

So… who knows what I can review? I’ve got a couple of things, but I really need an array of things… ranging from toddler gear, to mommy and daddy gear… household stuff… you know.. the works… 

Among other colors of the rainbow…. Last night we took Monkey See and Monkey Do to see the “biggest fireworks show in Sacramento”. We took them up to Cal Expo for their fireworks show. We thought it would be fun for them, and we were right. 

We left our house in a hurry, and went to my parents’ house to pick up some cupcakes that Peepaw had baked for us. We figured it’d be a pretty good snack while we were hanging out, watching the fireworks.. We had no idea what was actually in store for us… We lost track of time while at Meemaw and Peepaw’s house, and ended up leaving their house around 915pm. The fireworks were scheduled to start at 930pm. Lovely… We got off the freeway and were stopped almost immediately by traffic. We had wanted to go to the parking lot nearby Daddy’s old job to watch, but they had that road blocked off… We made a U turn, and went back out to the main road. As we pulled into the Chuck E Cheese parking lot, we heard the fireworks start… They were right on time… Luckily we were able to find a parking spot fairly quickly, so we unbuckled the girls and ran for the back of the lot. There were quite a few people there, and probably about a handful of them had brought their own fireworks to set off after the big show. I’m pretty sure that wasn’t exactly legal.. but oh well… 

The show only lasted 15 minutes. When I told Daddy that was going to be the length of the show, he laughed it off… He didn’t know I was entirely too serious. See, when we spent our 3 years in Japan… They had their summer festival, which opened at Emerald Beach… The beach at the Churaumi Aquarium. Well, their hanabi exhibition was an hour long… not counting the break they took about the middle to reload everything… Oh My Gosh… It was the best fireworks show ever… but I digress… 

Back to Cal Expo.. Yes, 15 minutes.. Rushing out there, getting stuck in traffic, stopping at the first parking lot we could, then rushing back to the car, trying to get out of the parking lot, among several cars with drivers who obviously don’t know or care about traffic laws, and driving home, slowly… all for 15 minutes of fireworks. But it was worth every bit of trouble… We also got 15 minutes of “Oooh, that was pretty.” and “Ooooh I’ve never seen that before.”,  huge smiles, huge hugs, and a “Thank you Mommy and Daddy. That was really cool.” Yup, I know we’d do it all over again… 

Hope everyone had as magical of a 4th that we did… 

Well, I didn’t get to see my friend in the hospital at all last week. They started weaning him off of the sedation stuff, and when he came back to full consciousness, he wasn’t sure what was going on. He doesn’t know why he’s in the hospital… He apparently doesn’t remember doing anything… so I’m not sure where he stands, and what he thinks about anything. 

I’ve learned a lot more about him over the last few weeks. Things his parents have told me, and things some friends have told me. I realize more and more how much I would miss him if everything didn’t turn around like it did. 

So, the update I got yesterday was that his liver is slowly starting to get better, but his kidneys are still not functioning properly. He’s on dialysis, and not sure if he’ll ever be able to get out of that. He’s also being considered diabetic since his pancreas is not working properly either. He’s speaking mostly complete sentences, and he ASKED FOR ME!!! You just do not even know how good that felt to hear that. So, I’m going today. My parents are coming to watch the girls, and I’m going to the hospital!

UPDATE: I went today to see him, and WOW! What a difference from the last time. He was wide awake, and smiling, and even laughed when I showed him pics of my girls. He remembered a lot of things… The last time we all went out to dinner, his PS3, that he still owes me some goodies for my Mac… LOL… but he really doesn’t know why he’s in there… which is just as well. He sat up on his own, stood up with a little bit of assistance, and fed himself some Jell-o..  It was nice to talk to him and joke, and laugh.. I’ve totally missed his laugh, and his smile… He’s on the road to recovery. We’re not sure if his kidneys or pancreas will ever completely recover, but they’re working on it… Keep those prayers and positive thoughts coming!  Thank you to everyone who has been keeping him in your thoughts! Today was a great day! 

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Monkey See & Monkey Do on their very first limo ride… They already have paparazzi taking their photos!!! LOL

They loved it!