Monday Musings

The kitchen arrived a little while ago. The box weighs over 80 lbs. I barely got it in the house and it scraped my leg up in the process. I cut the box open, took out the instructions, glanced over them, and put them back in the box. I think I'll wait for Joe to get home for this.
I'm really hoping he'll make an exception to his "I don't need those de-masculating instructions!" rule, otherwise we'll probably be working on it for days and end up with an upside-down refrigerator!

Summer and Camryn are playing with Play-Dough. This is their first-ever Play-Dough experience. They're having a lot of fun. I was trying to only give them one color at a time but that didn't last long. Now, there is only one color instead of six.

So ya know that cute picture of the Mommy and Summer manicures? What I didn't tell you was that 10 minutes after I took the picture and posted that entry, Summer walked in and said, "Mommy, I messed up my nayas." Sure enough, every bit of polish was gone. It's great that she was able to tell me that in a full sentence, but it would have been nice if it had lasted longer.

Yesterday evening we went over to my parents' house for the University of Kentucky vs. the University of Louisville basketball game. That is a huuuuge deal around here. Our state is basically divided between UK fans and U of L fans.

My family are huge UK fans, that's where the majority of my family, including my parents, went to college. We played somewhat poorly, but managed to tie the game in the last 30 seconds. Then, because we were afraid to get too close and foul, U of L made a 30-something foot 3-pointer, winning the game. UGH. Now, not only did we lose, but we have to hear about losing from all of the U of L fans for the rest of the season.

The girls are driving me insane with their whining about wanting more Play-Dough or certain toys across the table and dropping stuff all over the floor and arguing about who's is what so I think it's time to clean up the Play-Dough. Hopefully later in the day I'll be able to post some pictures of the girls cooking us dinner in their new kitchen.

Diaper Cake

I just got done with the diaper cake. I got my friend Audrey to go shopping for supplies with me right after the girls went to bed. I had promised Joe I wouldn't leave him with all three kids so that was a compromise. We went to Target first. They have great baby stuff and I knew they had a scrap-booking aisle so I figured they would have all the ribbon we would need.... and of course, I was wrong. The only ribbon they has was with the birthday stuff and they didn't have a single roll of thick brown or solid pink ribbon. So, we had to go to Wal-Mart, too. We were in a huge rush but we managed to get everything I needed.

It turned out pretty cute. I was able to fit quite a few things on there and it's got at least 90 size 1 diapers. Hopefully we can get it to the shower all in one piece. The shower is at Olive Garden and I'm bringing Summer and Camryn with me, so that should be interesting. I'm glad Nicole is going with me, she'll be able to help me shove breadsticks in their mouths to keep them happy!

Xavier is still here, passed out on the floor. He' s such a calm baby, so he's usually no problem at all. Right now I just desperately want to go to bed, so I'm hoping Nicole gets here soon.

I have not bought a single Christmas gift. I really did not want to wait till the last minute. I kept thinking I would just order gifts online. I did a lot of window shopping on Target.com, making wishlists and such for things I wanted to get the kids and others, and found a bunch of awesome stuff at urbanoutfitters.com, but didn't order anything and now I bet it's too late to get anything by Christmas. Looks like we'll be joining all of the other last minute shoppers in the rush!

This play kitchen is the main thing I want to get for Summer and Camryn. They certainly don't need any more toys and they're too young to think, "We got jipped by Santa!" if they don't get that much, so we aren't going all out or anything. But I think a play kitchen is something any little kid would get a lot of enjoyment out of. I can remember playing with mine for years.

I'd better stop now before I start rambling. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!