Blah Blah Blah......yakety schmakety

I cannot stop talking. Ive discovered this. I would rather share my thoughts as they come into my head than do most anything else. This drives Tom nuts. Ive just got alot to say. Quote from the love of my life "You need girlfriends alicia".

We joined the YMCA last night. I am excited about it. Anyone want to take Zumba in wenatchee with me. I am still going to take it up here on mondays but an evening class down there would be fun too. Can you tell that I love Zumba? I want the soundtrack for it. I am not a good dancer, in fact I usually look like I am having a seizure. however, I think that I entertain other people in class with my "going to pass out at any moment" look that I usually have pasted on my face. Not to mention the "lovely" shade of crimson that my face turns about halfway through it. But golly do I feel good afterwards.

My kids have been fairly well behaved these last few days. Shocking I know. Natalie and I are reading Charlottes Web together and she really enjoys that. I had to control my tears yesterday when I was looking at her and realized that only for a short time longer is she going to be my 6 year old with both front teeth missing who wants nothing more than for me to "kiss her face off". She asked me yesterday if she could get a pig someday. I had to tell her to ask Daddy in her "super sweet girl" voice. =) Mommy kinda wants a pig too. and a goat, and some sheep, and a horse or 4. Lol But for where we are right now, I am perfectly content with a husband, 3 kids, 4 chickens and a dog. Thats "farm-ish" enough for me.

(Karalee, I miss you too! Terribly. Sorry I dont call enough. I'll make it a point to do that more! )

Merry Belated Christmas!

"Santa" brought me a new oven! I have a window that I can see what I am actually baking! I actually entertained myself by watching our dinner cook this evening. Sad...yes. But I loved it.

We got Boston the mario game for the wii. Tom and I stayed up late last night and beat it. =) Actually Tom beat it and me being Luigi and all had to stay in the bubble most of the time. Thats ok. It was some serious quality time if you ask me.

On christmas eve one of the people tom works for showed up at our doorstep with 3 awesome tube sleds for the kids. He had sewed the covers for them and had each of their names embroidered on them. Blue for Boston, Red for Natalie, and Green for Luke. They are the nicest sleds I have ever seen! I am so excited for the kids to get to use them.

Boston is complaining about his ear again tonight. I guess that entails a trip to the Dr tomorrow. Its getting a little old here. That is 3 ear infections this month alone. 2 for boston and 1 for luke. I wonder whats causing them? Any ideas?
Oh I have one! Maybe it was the moon sand that Lucas crammed into his ear? Or the mini lego? I guess there is just no telling with these boys.

Quote of the day: " Quit trying to take a picture of my butt!" ~Boston as said to his sister with her new camera.

What?

1. My fillet knife
2. My kitchen shears
3. A remote to a DVD player

Yes. Tom found all 3 items today in my master bathroom under the sink. I havent the foggiest idea of how they got there. I sure hope that I didnt do it. But you never know, It is ME we are talking about.

I.B.S.=Itchy Butt Syndrome?

I watched Boston scratch his butt at the breakfast table today for 10 minutes strait. I asked him to stop, I mean how gross is that!? People are trying to eat and you are scratching your tush! His response was " Yeah but.....My Butt is really ITCHY!"

Well he is his fathers son.

Some statements

• Natalie is in the Nutcracker tonight. I am excited to watch it and excited to be done with the "normal" activities for the next 2 weeks.
• We have over a foot of snow now and are expecting more.
• We watched my niece and nephew Jillian (2) and Christian (6mo) this past weekend and were asked by more than one person if we were morman. Sorry to say that even with the crazy amount of LDS and JW missionaries that we get here in the boonies of leavenworth...I still have yet to be converted =) "We are perfectly happy in our faith and our home church" ~Alicia S.

I had a stocking exchange with some friends last night!( Mom's always seem to get screwed on the whole"stocking" thing. That was so much fun! I got some really awesome stuff and I got to get rid of some of the excess christmas cookies that I had hanging out at my house. Woot!

Anniversary?

So, I gave up caffeine one year ago yesterday. Not a drop since then. I think that is a serious accomplishment! I still drink pop, just caffeine free pop which makes for an interesting time when we go out to restauarants. Waitresses usually look at me weird. Dans food mart has diet caffeine-free pepsi on TAP! I love that place minus the weird smell that it has. =)
We got 6 inches of snow last night! I am going sledding today! It is sooooo pretty outside. I am going to count the hike up the hill as my workout. I bought a Jillian michaels DVD and she pretty much kicked my ass. I have visible biceps though, which I think is cool. Tom does not like them...but theres not much I can really do about it except not lift more weight.

A Christmas Carol

So...My newest "thing" is dangly earrings! I love them, bought a new pair tonight even.

Tom took Natalie to see A Christmas Carol in 3D. He said it was WAY to graphic and scary for little kids and should not have even been rated PG because of it. While he was at the movie with her I took the boys shopping. We went to the mall and saw Santa. Santa SANG to them. They loved it. Boston asked for the new wii mario game and luke didnt tell santa anything he wanted, Instead he just announced that at the end of jingle bells you are "supposed to say ,Hey!". I love my boys. We went to macys and smelled all the perfume, rode the escalators twice(cool mom here!) and then went to Fred meyer where I promptly dropped them off in the playplace and went looking for cute earrings. I found them and they were 50% off! SCORE!

Home at last!

I am so happy to be back at home and back to "normal".

A few key points to my last week

• My SIL Liz got married this last weekend. Beautiful wedding, even prettier reception. I got a new and much more likeable brother in law out of it too! Yay!
• I hosted thanksgiving at my house and that went over really well too. I did not get to eat any pie though. (or mashed potatoes...or stuffing)
• I went shopping on black friday, I left my house at 3:30 and didnt return home until after 7 and I still only spent 20.00
• Last wednesday my hubby took me to a movie and drinks afterwards, It was the nicest "date" that ive been on in a long time. I love that man.
• "Mom, I really love Dad. Not you." ~Boston
• I lost 4 lbs! Woot! However my treadmill just broke last night. So we will see how i do this week.
• I upped my vitamin intake and my hair has stopped falling out! This could be my happiest news yet!

It was an eventful week but I am so happy its over with. Stress and Alicia do not mix well. I need a Girls night out! Who's with me!?

Ok Ok!

I admit it.

I am Jealous.

My husband is in Las Vegas and calls me this morning to talk and he tells me that he went out dancing last night. This is very UN-Tom behavior. I havent even danced with him since high school. I didnt even realize that it was jealousy I was feeling until later. Lucky girls. Now I desperately want to dance with my husband.

Mrs Magoo

Do you remember Mr Magoo? The cartoon about the old blind/senile guy?

I have started to feel like the female version of that character lately. Its been a bit nuts.

• I could not find my keys today. I found them in the fridge 3 hours later.
• I took my 3 year old into target with his underwear on the outside of his pants and did not notice until my 4 year old pointed it out.
• I screwed up the spelling of my last name and second guessed myself twice today.

Its been crazy.

So you want to hear something gross? Im going to tell you anyway. Sorry. While we were at target this evening I took the kids into the bathroom. They all go into their own stalls and I go in to check on boston. In his stall there was Blood (not his) all over the floor and he had walked in it and was tracking it everywhere! Seriously, If you bleed on the floor wouldnt you clean it up or at least tell someone. I told the people at the counter but still, I had to take his boots off and wash them with the anti bacterial soap in the store. Makes me want to gag. Seriously people! have some respect!

Lucky

Do you ever stop and just wonder "How did I ever get so lucky?"

I have the BEST husband in the entire world.
3 Great-ish kiddos. (they have their moments, we all do =))
and
The blessing of being a stay at home mom.

Today was just that day for me. I just basked in it. Thanked God for it. And will continue to thank God for it. What a great feeling.

Gag-Worthy? Really?

I ran over the foosball table again this afternoon. This time I didnt tell anyone. (Shhhh its a secret)

Other than that, I was a very good housewife today. =) I made gumdrops, cleaned house, grocery shopped ALONE, and hung up Yankee Car Jars around the house (because they smell delicious, thats why!)

Sooooo....Yesterday I took Natalie out shopping and we went to Bath and Body works. She LOVES that store. She tries on everything until she stinks and makes my eyes water. I love her anyway. She got to buy an Anti bacterial had gel and thought she was the most awesome kid ever because of it. I smelled everything looking for a yummy scent for my house and I found it, Its called Apple cider and I bought the house spray. I brought it home and ended up spraying it this morning throughout my house. It took about 10 min before Tom came in the room and was like:

Tom: "Ummm is that the spray you bought yesterday?"
Alicia: "Yes it is"
Tom:"Could you not use it again please, Its Gag-Worthy"

God bless marriage. I am apparantly going to be tossing it.. unless anyone wants it? I liked it, apparantly I have "gag-worthy" taste in scent.

The real purpose of beans.......

Lucas: Mommy, My nose hurts!

Me: Why does your nose hurt?

Lucas: I put beans in it.

Me (Internal dialogue): WTH! You have got to be kidding me! *&^&*#%$!!!!

Me: Come here and let me see. Yep there are beans up there. Why did you put beans in your nose?

Lucas: They fit.


URGH! Nothing to finish off a day better than bean retreival in a 3 year olds nose. I did get them out(I have mad skills you know...=)), there were 4 of them. This child of mine sure makes my days an adventure, not always of the good kind. But an adventure none the less.

Karalee helped me with photoshop.

Well...I learned a lesson this week

What I should know about driving the company car.

1. Dont BLAST Miley Cyrus and sing along. "Nodding my head like ...yeah..........." This draws negative attention to company.
2. I didnt pay attention when my light turned green because I was preoccupied with said Miley Cyrus song.
3. I shouldnt glare at the people who honk at me to go on the green light. Its not my fault they dont like Miley Cyrus.
4. I need to remeber that my husbands cell phone number is plastered on the side door of the car. There is nothing more embarassing than being "told on" at 28 years old.

I also managed to drive over the foosball table yesterday. dont ask me how i did it. Im not exactly sure. But it got hooked under the expedition and I managed to drag a 150lb foosball table out of the garage and into the driveway before I knew it was even stuck.

And....Poor Keri heard the noise and came out the help before she even knew what I had done. Apparantly EVERYONE is aware that I cannot seem to go a week without destroying something.

Well, At least Im fun =)

I got an E-mail...

and Cirque Du Soleil's "KOOZA" is coming to seattle in June! I am going. My birthday is in June and I am taking myself and Tom as my present to myself. Anyone want to join us? (I'm guessing no, but hey, it dosent hurt to ask)

Smoke Anyone?

So I preheat my over so as to put a loaf of rising bread into when it is ready.

Instead I get a kitchen full of smoke. Yeah, Lucas had previously poured orange juice into my oven. ALL OVER THE BOTTOM. When I asked him about it he said, "Mom! I cook!"

Hey......I quit.

Vomitpalooza!

So Lucas woke up screaming at 1 am and he was throwing up all over himself. I scooped him up and took him into his bathroom and as he was leaning over the toilet throwning up he started having diarrea at the same time. OMG I swear I was unaware that a kid could have that much fluid in his little body. I got him, the bedroom, and the bathroom all cleaned up and I got all the laundry thrown into the wash (God Bless Bleach!) and put him back to bed. He woke up with a pretty high fever so he and Tom have just been laying around all day. A few prayers would be appreciated, Its been a difficult week (sick kid wise).

Some blessings when kids are sick

1. Bleach...enough said
2. Antibacterial soap
3. Scented Candles ( I much prefer the scent of mint chocolate over vomited spanish rice...Sorry TMI)
4. White Sheets and blankets
5. Crib mattress protectors/lap pads. These have been a God send for saving bedding/carpet. I am so happy that I never got rid of them after my kids grew out of the "baby" stage.
6. Vaporizer, yeah it pretty much just makes me feel better to have it running. =)
7. The ability to deal with it. I love that I have no inhibitions dealing with them when they are losing fluid from every orface of their body.

Here I am!

This is one of my new favorite pictures of myself. My friend Sarah took it while we were on our "girls only" vacation in late August. I am holding Natalie and that is my little neice Kaylee next to us.

And I do......love what I do!

Ok...So this is Chief. Scariest freaking scarecrow out there, Looks like something out of a horror movie. And Yes......I had to have Jake take the picture because I am THAT afraid of him.

My Boss Linda is so much fun. I love all her cute decorating and bright colors. It really adds to the atmosphere.

On my wish list =)

This too!

One of my personal favorite signs.

Yeah.....I made that. I love the ooziness (sp?) of it. Makes my mouth water....mmmmm Cherry Pie.

Ok, So I am missing a picture of Jake. I'll have to get one on here soon. Maybe I could be in the pictures sometime too! That is a novel concept. I'll have to work on that.

Madmoiselle Poulet(s) of the Chateau Sauvageau

Yeah Yeah Yeah....so its a picture of my chickens. Get over it =)
I just fixed my picture thing on my computer so now I can add pictures again! Woot! Blogs are so much better with pictures. Im going to try and catch up and I might even just add some pictures to my previous blogs.

Living with Spiderman

AKA: Lucas Sauvageau

While dressed in full spiderman attire he colored little spiderwebs onto my couch with ink pen.

At dinner tonight he sang "Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the boobies". I mean....really? He has been obsessed with touching mine lately. Its getting really irritating. Anybody know what the deal is with that? (other that the fact that he is a male child) =)

I quit.

Things to love....

I absolutely adore......

1. Cirque Du Soleil
2. Autumn
3. Babies
4. The sound of Boston's little 4 year old snores.
5. Having a fire in the fireplace
6. The smell of wrapping paper
7. Baking cookies, cakes, and pies.
8. Southern cooking
9. fresh, clean sheets
10. Meeting new and exciting people

I absolutely despise.....

1. Icy roads
2. The "something is rotting" stench that sometimes emits itself from my home in various places.
3. The amount of drunk people that I encounter during Oktoberfest.
4. folding and putting away laundry (My hubby has been doing it for me lately! =))
5. stepping into a puddle of something in socks (clean ones I might add!)
6. trying to relate to something you've never experienced.
7. Feeling like I am missing out.
8. being overly busy. I do like that it is MUCH slower here than in the last town we lived in. things just seem to edge their way by and I am ok with that =))
9. Jr High/Highschool kids (I forgot how they stand around in bunches and squeal. I HATE that!)
10. BLACK SHARPIES!

So Natalie was a Jr cheerleader at the football game on friday. That was my 1st football game since highschool. Before we left I went to go and get the kids ready and I noticed that both Boston and Luke had shirts on that were colored on in black sharpie(Those things are banned from the Chateau Sauvageau!!) They both in big letters had written on them "Go Natalie!" and a little stick figure cheerleader. She was designing her own fan club! Thats my girl! I cant get mad cause I would totally do that too =) Smart girl.

Oh Snickerdoodles....and a cheerleader too!

I gathered 3 eggs today! Yay! (y'all are going to get tired of my chicken updates soon, but hey...Its my blog =))

So I decided to go ahead and get cracking on my christmas baking. Ive made a few different kinds of cookies and fudge and frozen them with my foodsaver (My kitchen "must have" at my house). However it is incredibly difficult to get a good stash of goodies built up when the Hubby decides that he "needs" some of it. He went and opened some of them today and helped himself.

The boys are doing better. Boston is not 100% yet so I am just going to keep an eye on him and hope that he feels better soon. I hate being helpless when it comes to making them feel better.

My wonderful boss sent me home with some snickerdoodles and Boston thought that was the greatest thing ever. I just love her. She loves my kids and they know it. Thats was really all he ate today, snickerdoodles. I am ok with that as long as he is eating and at least getting some water down. We have the humidifier going at that seems to help both him and Tom to breathe better.

Natalie informed me that she wants to be a cheerleader for halloween. Now I have to try and come up with a costume for that. Maybe i can try and make one? Um....Brooke? Karalee? Anyone!!!

Well Im off to the bakery for the night! Talk at you later!
(Oh! Congrats good friends of ours (you know who you are! )I am Super thrilled for you! Now if we could only con my hubby into complying! Ahem! )

The Flu, the Power, The headache......

The flu has taken over the male part of my family. All 3 boys have it. Natalie and I are just doing our best not to get sick. Poor Boston's eyes are swollen up so huge it looks like he had a good beating.
We got snow last night. We have about an inch on the ground right now but its just raining and making it slushy for me to try and drive in at midnight tonight. I made it out of our driveway last night, I only slid backwards once. yay for me! I got to work and noticed that all the lights were off. But Jake's car was there. I saw him in the window and then noticed that he had candles burning on our workstations. Then the lightbulb went on in my head. The power is out.
Great.
We called the PUD from my cell phone (which was charged, OMG its a miracle!) and were informed that power was not going to be restored to that area of peshastin until 4 am which is when I normally get off work.
Great.
I got to go home and he decided to stick it out. I sure hope that all is well tonight so I can actually get some work done. Driving home I pretty much slid down my driveway and ended up in the lawn while trying not to plow into the garage door. ( I do have mad skills you know) But anyhow....I made it home safe and sound back to my Flu ridden family. What happens next is anyones guess. =)

EeeeK!

Somebody please tell all the creepy animals to get out of my yard! Its fenced for goodness sake! Happy chased off some animal with a LONG black tail this afternoon. All i could see was two hind legs and the tail. It was big. Thats enough for me to want to stay inside.....oh and the freezing weather helps that too.
So while I was pretty much trapped inside I decided to bake (Suprise!). I made Oatmeal butterscotch and walnut cookies and fudge. It was just the right weather to make fudge and the boys were even semi helpful and didnt trash the whole house while i was cooking either. We picked up Natalie from Cheer Camp at 5 and she said that she really liked it. While she was at cheer camp I tried my hardest to think of who the cheerleaders were when I was in high school....I drew a blank for the LONGEST time. I'm just going to guess for my high school buddies on here. Ready?

1. Brandi Dechenne
2. Syrina Thatcher

Yep. That is all I can think of. Am I right on any of them?

My poor husband is sick. It sounds like he is hacking up a lung. He is trying to bare through it and I feel so bad for him. I just keep making him tea and making hot meals and at least that makes me feel better ( I hope it makes him feel better too.). Poor, sweet man.

Just another day here at the Chateau Sauvageau...

I got my 1st "white" egg this morning. Which means 1 of my 2 white leghorns has started laying. Yay! Pretty soon I will be collecting 4-ish eggs a day. Omlets galore!

I havent gone to work all week because my wonderful coworker Jake has swine flu and I am way to chicken to work from 12-4am by myself . Ummm......creepy. And with cheif outside! Yeah, I think not. (freaking scarecrow!) So I will not be returning to work until tuesday night. I need a new cute apron. (Brooke, do you think you could help me make one? I'll try to keep the foul language to a minimum this time! I am a sewing retard for those who didnt know, Brooke is not.)

I did however take my boys to Smallwoods Harvest a few days ago and that was the 1st time that I have ever been there when they let the llamas out of their cage to just roam around the whole petting zoo. It was Freaking Pandemonium! My kids screamed, I was face to face with the llama that spits. The llama took the feed bag out of my had and took off with it. The donkey hee-hawed in Boston's face and permantly scarred the boy of all things "donkeyish". It is not easy to try and walk out of a petting zoo with two 35ish pound appendages attatched to you when you are just as scared as the kids and trying not to show it!!

My daughter read me a whole book last night. Do you ever just sit there in awe of your child? I cannot believe that she is 6. It seems like she was just learning to walk, now she is taking over the soccer field!? Missing front teeth!? Where has the time gone!

The Evil Serpent

So....Boston and I come walking back toward the house this afternoon after feeding the chickens. Boston is about 6 feet in front of me and screams like a banshee. " A Snake!" So at this point I grab him and leap on top of the hot tub. I can see it on the garden rocks below me and about 3 feet out. Its HUGE! So what do I do you ask? I take Bo inside tell him to stay put and then I run to the office and get Keri (toms employee) to come and help me rid my yard of this evil serpent. She goes after it with a shovel.

I love her.

She is my new hero.

She needs a raise.

I HATE SNAKES!

3 year old boy for sale!

He was supposed to be taking a nap.
Luke pooped into his toy bin, it got everywhere including onto the picture my mom had just crosstiched for Boston, all over the carpet, the bed and the bathroom. When I was all done having him help me clean it up I asked him "Is there anything else you want to tell me?" and he answered "Yes, I peed in my pirate shit." and yes he had.

deep breath alicia..............

I quit.

(If you didnt read previous postings about lucas' speech "Pirate shit" is really pirate ship)

Happy October 1st!

...and Happy Birthday to miss Makaila! The Big 3!

We decorated today, I think that halloween is the best season to decorate for. Its definately my favorite because its not freezing cold outside yet and the fall colors are so stinking beautiful. We out up the huge Scooby Doo in the courtyard along with a 4ft tall Frankenstein. The kids love them and that makes it all worth it.
Boston is doing good, it is extremely difficult to make a 4 year old stay off his feet all day. He just wants to be up and playing! I did force him to snuggle with me a little bit though =). He dosent seem to be in much (if any) pain at all. Thats good, but i still want him to just rest.

So we have this Scarecrow at work named "cheif". I am terrified of that thing. I swear that he moves and at 4am when I get off work my mind is not in a good state to be messed with. I find myself parking as close to the door as I possibly can so that I can just jump in my car and get away from that creepy thing. Jake (my co-worker) thinks its funny that I am scared of it, but secretly I think that he is too. =) Its ok He's 30 and Im 28 and sometimes its alright to be a weenie. I think that this freaky scarecrow qualifies as one of the many stupid things that I am terrified of. You want a list?

Stupid things that Alicia is Scared of

1. Scarecrows
2. Snakes
3. Live Turkeys
4. my house when Tom is not home
5. People with "beady" eyes. ( I dated a guy like that....super creepy)\
6. Dark water
7. ALL FISH

Thanks for the comments Wendi. I am a comment junkie, It gives me some sort of feedback and feeds my Narcissism =) Just Joking

Skin and Blood and Bones....Oh My!

I just get out of the shower and I hear a scream. I go running to find it (naked). I find Boston (4 1/2) in the dining room with blood all over his right foot and he is hysterical. The breakfast nook bench had tipped over onto his 1st and 2nd toe. I scooped him up and put both him and luke in the car and grab my purse and get in, once i sit down and realize that I am still naked. I run back inside and put on whatever is closest and run and jump back into the car and drive to the Leavenworth ER. My boy has 2 broken bloody toes and is done with soccer for the year. Sigh.
We are home now and he is on the couch watching spongebob all doped up and his foot is elevated but I am just beat! What a way to drain all of your stored up energy!

Its about time!

at 18 weeks one of my chickens laid its 1st egg 2 days ago. I was Ecstatic! Natalie ended up breaking the egg within 15 minutes, but still! Ive got eggs! Getting chickens is finally paying off!

A new found addiction.

My favorite store hands down is Sephora. Its nothing but makeup and perfume and I LOVE it! I don't usually even wear makeup but lately I have been a little more pressed to try. Ive been to a few of the stores but my favorite one so far is the one in Bellvue square. I could spend hours in there just smelling everything that they have to offer. I need to go and spend a day at the mall, Its been WAY to long since Ive gotten to just shop like that. I might see If i can take Ashlynn with me, She is the worlds best shopping partner.

Its date night tonight! Woot! I love Wednesdays lately,mops/ soccer/awana/date with my Tom! Its like the best of everything all rolled into one day!



I lost 3 lbs this week =) Yay! Sorry, I have to share this with someone! )

Zumba

I went to my 1st Zumba class this morning and I found out 2 things about myself.

1. I am aerobically retarded.
2. I am horribly out of cardio shape.

However, It was fun. I do make hip twirls look good I must admit, minus the super sweaty redness of my face of course. I had no idea that it was going to be an HOUR long! an HOUR! I did an HOUR of cardio and didnt quit. Hell must have frozen over or something. =) I sure hope that this pays off in the long run. I am actually looking forward to going next week.

silicone goodness

I want new boobs. Once I get rid of this weight (again) I am going to another consultation, in seattle this time. The one in wenatchee does procedures a few months apart and I want it all done at the same time. I am really looking forward to it, I have a relative that got new ones and hers look AMAZING! I just might be giving that Dr a call =).

I joined Curves in cashmere. I love it there! What a fun way to exercise. No pressure, Its just fun to go in and chat and workout all at the same time. I am however already developing biceps, not good as I tend to bulk up fast. I just dont want to look like a man! (with boobs! =))

Did you know...that old navy sells shirts in tall sizes! I am so excited to get to buy a shirt that the sleeves will go all the way to the end of my arms and not hike up between my wrist and forearms, This is exciting for me! (For those who didnt know I am 5'9 with loooong arms and legs) I have never minded being tall with the one exception that I cannot sit on my husbands lap without looking really weird, you know like an oversized child with an attatchment disorder.

Yeah....I'll just leave it at that =)

Toothless Wonder

Natalie lost her front right top tooth. Its adorable in a hillbilly type way. I love it. She talks a bit with a lisp now (just like her mama!). You know, I took speech therapy for 6 years from 6th grade until I graduated and all it helped with at all is just making me more self concious about it (It also got me out of math class). But I didnt like to have to report to the retarded kid room once a week.

Yeah, I think that warped me.

Do NOT.....

add benefiber to everything you eat! I am paying for that stupid decision.

Enough said.

You know you are pathetic when......

1. You wait for your children to go to sleep so that you can catch the latest episode of iCarly that you recorded "for the kids".
2. You spend over an hour researching how to dry bananas the correct way.
3. You know that you get 2 hours to yourself tomorrow and still cannot think of anything other than housework to get done during that time.
4. You fantasize about a tattoo that you are still to chicken to get.
5. You consider adding "benefiber" to everything you eat, just because.
6. You secretly want black hair even knowing you'll look like a high school goth.
7. You paint your fingernails "slut red" cause you have nothing better to do.
8. You get excited about going to work at midnight.
9. You read ahead in the chapter book you are reading to your children because you really want to know what happens to Junie B!

Yeah you guessed it. Its ME! Such is my life =)

Alicia is the ASS MASTER!

Sorry, I just wanted a catchy title. =)

But really, My butt is flat. Flat as a pancake flat. Im working on it and its getting smaller. But it still is flat. Anyone know of anything I can do to help this situation? Ive been doing the pilates and that is really helping me lose weight quickly. I love it. My butt is killing me, so i know its getting a workout. Im actually standing as I type this =).

Natalie scored 2 goals at her soccer game this weekend. I was soooo proud of that kid. Once she scored she looked over to make sure that we were watching and then she got all shy about it. It was pretty cute. Boston just likes to run and eat snack at half time and afterwards. Thats my boy. Luke played in the dirt the entire time, again....thats my boy.

The other day I was sick. I slept most of the day and had to miss an important PTA meeting and I couldnt go with Natalie's class to the fair which I really wanted to go with her! when I woke up at about 3ish I had a nametag on that Natalie had made for me, It said "mom" in purple crayon and I had a smokey the bear pin in my hand...with all the wording in spanish. I love my little girl. I mean how cute is that!

Overload!

I feel burdened. I have alot on my plate and it is beginning to wear on me. Granted, I dont work full time or anything but It just seems like school, soccer, preschool, MOPS,PIE, Awana, and a JOB on top of it are just starting to wear me thin.
The plus side of my life lately ? Ummmm.....I am 25 lbs thinner. =)

Natalie loves school. But not soccer.
Boston loves soccer. But not MOPS.
Lucas loves anything where there is going to be food. =) He is my boy!

I canned grape jelly the other day with the grapes from our yard and it turned out soooo yummy. I had never made jelly before and I was seriously impressed.
I got alot done today that I had been wanting to get finished. I used my food saver and packaged a TON of food that I had been meaning to get done. My goal is to completely fill the freezer before it snows. Im about 1/3 of the way there. I was going to make a few lasagne pans to freeze but when I priced it out its actually cheaper to buy it already assembled and frozen than to make my own. Stouffers here we come!

I love musicals

I think in another life I was a broadway actress. There is nothing I love to do more when I am alone than to sing and dance! I am horrible at both, but I just LOVE it. Mamma Mia is my current favorite followed closely by Hairspray.
Tom agreed to take me to the Opera. I just have to get tickets. I am so excited. That is something I have always wanted to see. He took me to the Symphony when we were dating and I liked it, but I got a little bored just watching people sit there with instruments. At least at the opera there is some sort of story line for me to follow. It is the only kind of "musical" I think I will ever get him to attend. He does not share my love for song and dance =).
Boston had a soccer game at 9:30 this morning and Natalie had one at 11:00. It was pouring rain and Natalie's game got cancelled. She pouted about it by locking herself in her bathroom and making us almost a half an hour late to Boston's game. I was LIVID! What a selfish thing for a kid to do. Oh well, we talked about it and things should go better next week. She is a 1st grader now and already likes school. Im happy she likes it so much. Bo and Luke start on the 14th and I am really excited about that. I can get a little bit of time to myself in the mornings to wither go to the gym, clean house, grocery shop alone, or even just get some extra needed sleep. AMEN!

I admit it....

I am easily entertained. www.peopleofwalmart.com

This site is so stupid yet so true. Check it out.

The Pirate Boat

I was watching Luke play on the floor with his toys the other day. Here is how our conversation went.

A: Whatcha doing buddy?

L: Playing with my pirate shit.

A: With your pirate ship? ::while trying to keep a strait face::

L: No with my pirate shit!

A: No sweetie, Its ShiP with a P sound.

L: Yeah! Shit!

Yeah, About that. We are going to have to work on the "P" sound. We have now taken to calling it a pirate boat.

Cause I am not going to lose my hair again!

I take vitamins. Alot of vitamins. I take almost 400mg of Biotin a day, just in reassurance that my hair is not going to fall out this time. (whenever I seem to fluxuate weight my hair tends to fall out on the sides) I had a mullet for months last time! It was horrid! But I have noticed that I am starting to smell "vitamin-y" my skin smells weird, almost bitter. But I am learning to make the best of it.....and my fingernails are hard as rocks! Love that!
Boston had his 1st soccer practice of the year last night and he did really well, much much better than I was expecting him to do. He seemed to like it. Natalie had gotten a flattened cardboard box and wrote "Go Boston!" on it. It was the sweetest sibling guesture. I love how much my kids really do love eachother.
I watched The Green Mile last night with Tom and we just snuggled together on the couch. It was a really nice evening. I miss getting him to myself like that. He really is a dream come true. (not to mention I think he is super hot!)

So

I went shopping with the kids for school clothes today and ended up spending a small fortune. Oh well, at least they'll look cute. (Or so I hope...I am a self proclaimed "fashion retard") I got both Natalie and Boston new shoes too, I tried really hard to talk Nattie into some super cute pink and white Adidas but no, she wanted the Hannah Montana shoes. I give up. Of course I had to end up with good old spider man for Bo.
I am considering leaving the blonde life for a bit and trading it in for some brunette for the fall. Ive been blonde for so long that I think the dye has soaked into my brain J/k. Something funny, I told Tom about needing to get my hair dyed again and he said "I didn't know that you dye your hair". Really? We have been married for 8 years and you have no Idea what my natural hair color is? (Its VERY dirty blonde for those who are curious.....It suits me =).
Our grapes are ripe out on the vine and Tom and the kids have been eating them all day. Its cute how much Natalie absolutely loves eating home grown fruits and veggies. I think that she is going to be my little farm girl someday. Who knows.
Did you know that my husband has NEVER read my blog? I couldnt believe it. but alas its true. look at all he is missing out on! =) Love to all my readers! Subscribed or not....I love you all anyway!

I am anxious

about school starting again. I think its just because all 3 of them are going and Im worried about what I am going to do without them to keep me busy at home. Geez, I hope I dont have to resort to more housework. School starts the 2nd and Boston has his 1st soccer game that night. Craziness! I never did get around to getting my kids swimming lessons this year either. Bad Mommy! I do have to head to town tomorrow to pick up all Natalie's school supplies, and shoes for both Natalie and Bo. She is more excited about getting a lunchbox than anything else. I think its pretty cute.
Lucas is potty trained! Woot! Its about stinking time too!
Ok, my husband needs new underwear, I mentioned that I could pick some up at the store tomorrow and he went on a rant about how he loves the ones he has. (They are mostly spongebob....for crying out loud!) Should I just buy him new ones anyway?

Mama needs to go shopping!

I am in dire need of a new wardrobe. I look soooo not put together. I am definitely going to have to really put some effort into looking better. The last thing I need is for my husband to be embarrassed to be married to a frumpy looking lady. He says that he isn't, but hey, It doesn't hurt to try. (I did get a new purse! Its a start!)
I am making scalloped potatoes for dinner, thats Tom's favorite. It sure smells good cooking, but I dont really care for the flavor. He however will snarf it down as fast as I can get it on the table. =) I love that guy.
The Boys went through 9 packages of baby wipes today, just playing. Sometimes I really want to strangle those little bundles of love. They had them all over their room and had filled two of their plastic bins with water and were sitting in them. I had left them in their room for maybe......10 min, if that! Those kids of mine are fast!

How I start my day

I am in bed and Luke comes to my side of the bed and announces "Mommy, How come you arent in the kitchen where you live?"

Really? I "Live" in there now?
Things are really looking up for me I tell ya!

I thought this stuff wasnt supposed to happen until they're teenagers.

I noticed Luke laying on the couch on his back today. He announced "Mommy! Look!". He had taken 6 of Natalie's rubberbands for her hair ( the little ones) and wrapped them around his penis. It was PURPLE! I panicked and tried to get them off as fast as I could (Hello! My grandchildren are going to come from there!) I got all of them and he slowly turned back to the fleshy toned color that he needs to be, but seriously! Why me?! He is only 3 for goodness sake, What am I going to do when he's 14?

To top that off, He is mad at me for taking them off. He wanted to "show Daddy". Daddy doesnt really need to see all this, I promise.

Good Lord be with me!
I quit.

Its my Anniversary!

I have been married for 8 years! I am such a lucky girl. We are going to eat in Seattle tonight to celebrate. Hooray for excellent food!

I had been awake for about an hour when the phone rang and it was the East Wenatchee sewer district saying that they were going to have to put a lein on the Lacey Place property if the sewer bill wasnt payed today. I didnt even know it was overdue. Our renters at the property had just decided not to pay for the last 4 months and not tell anyone. I was MAD! What a way to start a day. So now we have to cover their bill because they cant seem to pay and then bother them about it until we get payed back. SOOOOO FRUSTRATING!

Anyhow.......
Boston woke up this morning and walked right past me and I asked him where he was going...he said matter of factly " I'm going to give Natalie a hug" . What a sweet boy. I love that kid.

Something else of note....
It has been 9 months since I have had caffeine. Crazy huh! I am very proud, but really missing my diet pepsi. However, I bought diet caffeine free dr pepper and am happily enjoying it as I type this. =) I hope everyone has a great day!

10 Random thoughts/things for the day...

1. I will NOT eat green beans any other way than canned. No matter what anyone does to them to make them taste better. They dont! But I LOVE canned ones.
2. Im considering getting some ducks next spring. Thier eggs are better for baking than chicken eggs.
3. Dish soap + sidewalk chalk + Sauvageau Children = A Very Large mess!
4. I love that my husband golfs. I think its cute how excited about it he gets about it.
5. I get excited about going to work. I look forward to it all week. (I work tonight! Yay!)
6. Heat + Cabin Fever = Grumpy Alicia
7. I despise washing my car. I put it off until my husband tells me it HAS to be done.
8. Boston was completely naked this morning when he got up except for his red sox hat.
9. My kids know all the words to the "clifford" song on TV and sing along. I think its adorable.
10. Ralph was here this afternoon and Luke was naked from the waist down. I was embarassed, but hey....He's a boy!

Something Smells Fishy Here........

So my beautiful 6 year old daughter was "helping" me without my knowledge. She neatly poured out my coriander into the kitchen trash and promptly refilled the jar with food pellets for her fish Apple Dumpling and then placed the jar back into my spice rack. I was unaware of her antics until I was making soup yesterday and added "coriander". In about 10 minutes something started to smell really "fishy". Not yummy salmon fishy either, Like dead on the riverbank fishy. When I realized it was my soup I started checking all my spices and sure enough, I had added a teaspoon of fish food to my wonderful vegetable soup.
Natalie's Explanation: "Apple Dumpling likes it so I thought that you might too mommy"

I love kids.
I quit.

I found my cell phone

at the bottom of the washing machine. Sigh.....Time for a new one. Soooo If you called in the last few days or left me a text, I havent gotten them and its best just to call my house. =)

My sister in law had given us a huge box of peaches and apricots so I made a bunch of peach jam and let the kids eat the rest. They loved them. However, they loved them on my carpet all over my table and all over the back porch. Nothing like finding slimy apricot leavings on the carpet I tell ya! Thats what happens when the kids get up before I do and decided to "make breakfast" for themselves. I quit.
I love having AC in this house! It is soooo nice to not have to suffer or have grumpy hot children. AMEN!
In the last 2 days.........

1. The Boys flooded their bathroom
2. The kids dumped out an entire bottle of 7.00 mouthwash from the dentist.
3. The next day they dumped out half of Natalies mouthwash (which I had hidden!)
4. Luke smashed blueberries into my cream colored carpet.
5. They tied the sled to the back of Natalie's bike. (I'll let you guess what happened next)

SO in all honestly it has not been that bad of a week. I have had MUCH worse....I really do love what I do. I thank God for these little "Blessings" daily. I dont know what I would do without them!

Meals Matter

Have you ever visited http://www.mealsmatter.org/ ? Its one of my favorite websites. You can plan a menu online and it can even repeat meals that your family likes daily,weekly, biweekly etc...you get my drift. They have some great meal ideas too, and they include calories for the entire meal plan not just the entree. I think that this site saves me a ton of money because I never go to the store without a list in hand.



Wow...I just looked outside and its pretty dark out for only being 6ish. Crazy, I wonder if a storm is coming in.



Anyhow, Tom and I went to our 10 year high school reunion. I had alot of fun. I truly believe that you have to make your own fun if there isnt enough provided (i.e....some people seriously complained). I talked to everybody that was entirely approachable and had a really great time. We even went and visited Tim Cross, a friend whom we had lost touch with and I had completely forgotten how much fun he was to be around. The last time we had seen him was at our wedding almost 8 years ago! I did however lose my cell phone. I cannot find it anywhere! Urgh!



I went to Wenatchee this morning and took Boston to the dentist and had NO mishaps! Crazy I know! We went to Target afterwards and bought backpacks for the coming school year. This year is going to cost me a fortune! 42.00 for 3 backpacks! I havent even bought supplies to put in them yet!

While the husband is away...the wife will

Bake!
Yep. I made bread and cookies and cake this evening so far and its not even 6pm. I even went out and picked a ton more cherries for some more pie filling to can.
I desperately need to decorate this place, but I am just not good at it.I have a ton of pictures to hang and I just dont want to do it. I need some serious motivaton. I just keep telling Tom that I "decorate with scent", you know...baking bread, scones, garlic anything. It keeps it smelling like I can cook, which is a very good facade =).
I went and spent a bunch of money at the Academic Toolbox yesterday, I love that store. (For non locals....Its a teacher supply store in wenatchee) I ended up coming out with a spongebob colorfelt set (Dont hate!) and one of those huge school calandars that are in every 1st through 5th grade classroom. Why you ask? because it had pumpkins on it and I love them. =)

So a joys of boys moment for you: Boston was in the store with me and announces to the lady standing by the door. "You are very pretty and you have big boobies". WTH! Who had been teaching my kid things like this?! I was sooooo embarassed, there was nothing I could even say except "I am so sorry." and Pack up my kiddos and pretty much run out the door. And just for the record we do not even use the word "boobies" in this house. I am mortified that he not only learned it but that he executed it in a sentence!

Call me Crazy

But I love to hang laundry out on our clothesline to dry. LOVE it! They smell wonderful and I think it just plain makes me feel good. The simple pleasures of a semi country lifestyle. My chickens are really happy in their new coop. The biggest one quit attacking me every time I went out to feed them. I was considering eating that one for awhile =).
My sister had her baby on Monday. Christian Paul Castle. He is adorable. 6 lbs 2 oz i believe. He is so tiny to hold, I forget what its like to have one that small. I dont know where my camera is so I havent posted pictures for awhile. I will as soon as I find it again.
(Just a little note for people who send me e-mail and I havent responded. I havent forgotten about you, I just dont answer non -urgent email until the end of the month or else i never get anything done.)
So I dried some apricots yesterday and I accidentally left the dehydrator on all night, they looked very much like the pits that I had removed from them the night before. I just rehydrated them in water and set them out again. Second times a charm.
My sister-in-law and her Fiancee are coming over this weekend and hopefully we should get to spend some time with them. They are going to be busy so even a little time is better than no time.

Oh Lucas,,,,,,

Soooo last week I hear "look mom!" and Luke came in the room so stinking proud of himself. He had shoved a raisin so far up his nose that I couldnt get it out. I had to pin him down with my knees and proceed to stick tweezers up his nose to retrieve the raisin. That is not such an easy feat with a 3 year old. After about 20 minutes I got it out and he was mad at me about it all day because he "wanted to show Daddy!" I thought kids outgrow the whole "shove items up their nose" phase at about 2, apparently not in this household.

Note to self: no more raisins in the house.

On a good note! Luke is peeing in the toilet! Woot! This has taken FOREVER to get to this and I couldnt be more thrilled about it!

A little more joyful.....

I made cherry pie filling from the cherries in our yard today. It looks so pretty in the jars. Now I just have to wait for the raspberries and blueberries to ripen so I can crack down on those too.
I really havent done alot lately. I just sit at home and play with the kids. I love my children but I gotta get out some time soon! I get a little cabin feverish if i have to stay inside too long. We did have an awesome lightning storm the other night though. That was seriously cool.

The boys made themselves breakfast this morning at 6am. Dry boxes of jello. All over their beds and the carpet. At least it was dry. (it smelled good too.). But hey, I always wanted to hang laundry outside to dry and now heres my chance =).

Tom and I are headed to Seattle on thursday and I am excited to get out of the house and have some time with my family outside of the Leavenworth area. Im thining about going horseback riding with Natalie this next week. Im sure that she would LOVE it. She talks about wanting a horse all the time.

Well Im off to do some housework! Talk to you all later.

Anger and Rage

So.....Tom came in this morning and handed me his bible and announced that he had read some verses that he would like me to read. They were on anger. I know I have a problem. I have for years. This new situation with his brother really takes the cake though and Ive decided not to back down against the decisions that I have made to not let him see/speak to me or my children again. Ive decided to get some counseling to help me think through this even though I am about 98% positive that this is the best decision. I made this decision not because I am getting revenge but because he hurts them, and NO adult should ever hurt a child.

4th of July weekend

We went to valley hi on Thursday night and I had to leave for work at midnight. It went well, I love working there (Homefires Bakery).
The kids loved the fireworks. But I officially am DONE with my husbands awful brother. I NEVER want to see that Child Abusing Bastard for as long as I live and I will make darn sure that he doesn't get to come around my children. He is the most disgusting, vile, controlling, self-absorbed idiot on the planet, A well dressed piece of white trash.
OK I think I'm done.
I hate him
OK now I'm done.

Working Away...

I started my 1st day of work last night at 11pm. I have not had a job in 6 years, I havent wanted one. I work from 11pm until I get done and only 10 hours a week. It went wonderfully last night. I made tons of cookies, pies, scones, and cinnamon rolls. I love it because my children pretty much will never even know that I am gone and Tom is here to watch them at night so that we never need to find a sitter for them. How sweet is that?!

Le sigh

I love being a mom.

Did you know that it only takes 1/2 of a roll of toilet paper to completely stop up the toilet and flood the kids' bathroom?
I do now.

Heres a list for you....

What our toilets dont handle well.

1. Blocks
2. Matchbox Cars
3. Little People Figurines
4. Spare Change
5. Crayons
6. Dog Food ( that almost made me puke)
7. A Size 2T Sweatshirt
8. Legos
9. Lincoln Logs

These were not all from Luke either, actually most of them were from Boston.

That sweet Oval headed man of mine.....

We had a great weekend. We headed for the seattle area on friday and first stopped at Deception Falls. That was beautiful! The kids really loved hiking which I thought was weird because they have never really expressed an interest in it before. We stayed the night with Ralph and Sarah. I had a ton of fun there. Their little girl announced to Tom, "Most people have round heads but yours is kinda oval". It was so funny. But he asked me at least 3 times in the car on the way home "Do I really have an oval head?", Silly paranoid man of mine =).
We went to the Mariners game on Saturday with Kevin and Mary and I had a really good time there too. We went and saw their new house and I really liked it. I cant wait to see what they do to it. Kevin very much decorates with his personality. I was sitting next to Kevin and the game and Natalie whispers to me "Mom, I know why you like Uncle Kevin,...cause he's your brother". It was cute but I had to explain that he really isnt my brother and that he is Robin's brother. I think I got her all sorts of confused by the end of that night. We drove to our hotel in Lynnwood and put the kids to bed and both Tom and I crashed. Sunday we took the kids for a swim and then we went to IKEA! I loved it! We spent about 40 bucks but I came out with a TON of stuff! (Including 3 kids step stools, Thanks Sarah!)
The kids started Vacation Bible School yesterday and they love it. Its from 9-12 all week and all of them go. Ive been kinda bored and not able to entertain myself while they're gone.

Ug...A little rant. Yesterday I heard my chickens freaking out and ran down and saw the neighbors husky in my coop. He killed 6 of 10 chickens. I was so angry! That dog has killed 16 chickens on mine in the last 2 months! I was really tempted to leave the dead ones on their porch. (Not the nicest idea, but I was mad!)

Books anb Toys and Computers.....Oh My!

My Children think that the Leavenworth library is the greatest place on the planet. They pick the library over the pool, ice cream, etc....
I thought I would give a little run down of what probably goes through Lucas'(3) head the moment we arrive at the library.

1. Run through the door even after mommy just said not too.
2. Notice computers with headphones.
3. Stalk children currently sitting at the computers with headphones.
4. Take 1st available computer and YELL "mommy look!"
5. Get bored after 5 minutes and get up.
6. Head to kids section and immediately dump out the blocks as loudly as I can manage.
7. Get up and head to another toy to destroy.
8. Notice Librarian glaring at me, so I turn the other direction.
9. See mommy looking at the videos and decide to go and "help" by pulling them all off the shelf for her.
10. Sing while mommy is checking out.
11. Mope because mommy makes me clean up my messes.
12. Get upset and cry when its time to leave because I didnt get enough time at the computer, blocks, books, movies...or anything else that I can muster up.

I love those kids. The older 2 are ususally pretty good in the library. What I find amusing is that we have the exact same computer games at home but the never play them at home. We usually get 3 movies and about 5 books to last a few weeks. We have officially read every Junie B. Jones book available. I love those books, I laugh when I read them. Psst....When Natalie brought home the christmas one from the school library I waited until after she went to bed and sat on the couch and read it. I am a Dork. But thats ok =)

Post #101

I cant believe that I have written that many blogs. Thats pretty good for me!

Tom worked in Chelan yesterday so we decided to go up with him and spend some time at the lake. We went to Lakeside park and the kids had a great time playing on the toys and in the water. The boys were climbing around on the toys and it took me a few minutes but I noticed something different about lucas....meaning he was naked. Go figure, I yelled to him to put his shorts back on and he just looked at me with a strange face, grunted, then pooped on the ground right there infront of God and everybody. I quit.
We went to eat at the Winery and it was delicious...always is. Then we just drove around the backroads of manson for awhile before heading home. We got home got the kids in pajamas and then i sent sent them in to use the bathroom and brush their teeth. Boston has a few pennies in his hands and he goes pee into the toilet then accidentally drops his pennies in the water, without hesitation he just reaches into the pee water and picks them out and heads off to bed. Gross! I dragged him into the bathroom again and gave a good lecture on hand washing and never picking things out of the toilet. Urgh. I feel the need to wash my hands again, This is going to be a neverending battle.

Oh the last few days....

have been fairly busy for me. I threw a baby shower for my sister yesterday and I think that it turned out OK. I'm not really good at the whole party planning thing. But we played a few games and April got loaded down with baby boy presents. She was happy.
I turned 28 on the 11Th. I'm weirded out that I am officially in my "late" 20's. I got a new set of pots and pans (Yes I asked for them). So now I can cook and have pots with lids that fit =) . I don't get my actual "birthday party" until the 21st. So that my family can incorporate fathers day into the whole thing. Tom and I went out to dinner at the Wild Huckleberry and then went and picked up our kids from my parents and that was that.
On Saturday we took the kids to the Drive in and saw Coraline and Monsters VS Aliens. DO NOT let your children see CORALINE. What a horrid movie. Just some really inappropriate almost nudity and scenarios in an animated fashion. Disgusting and a disgrace to the movie screen. Monsters VS Aliens was funny though. I really liked it (or what I saw of it. Im old remember, I fell asleep.)
Oh! I registered the kids for Vacation Bible School and Fall Soccer this morning. It felt good to get all that done and now I dont have to worry about it. I am going to try and not over schedule them this fall. We will see how I do =)

So what does that make me?

The scrotum saver?

I am really tired of dealing with my boys and their "junk" issues. Today after telling the boys to go clean their room I hear Luke start screaming bloody murder, the "im hurt" kind not the "im mad" kind. So I go running in there and he is standing there butt naked with a clothespin type clip on his balls. The sight was kinda gory(think "Theres something about mary") and it took me a few minutes to get it even loose without breaking the skin. I got it done and he just clung to me and sobbed for about a half an hour before he fell asleep. As I was sitting there holding him I just have to shake my head and laugh a little. This does seem to happen alot. I hope that it dosent do any damage to my grandkids =).

Slow Down!

I wish my life wasnt flying so fast right before my eyes. I watched my baby girl graduate from kindergarten today. Cap and everything and I thought, Its not much longer until she graduates from high school. I seems like I blinked and all of a sudden my "baby" was a "big girl". I took alot of pictures and I hope they turn out ok, It was kind of blurry for me because I was bawling the whole time. Im sure other people there thought I was nuts. Tomorrow is the official last day of school. I am pretty ready for it because I really want to have my munchkins all to myself for a while. We are going to go on alot of outings this summer and I am really looking forward to it. Museums, parks,waterslides, fishing...Im definately going to keep them busy.

Show Em how its done!

So, I bought my kids a slip-n-slide, just a cheap-o one...nothing fancy. I set it up in the yard and they were so excited about it...yet had no idea what to do with it. I told Natalie to run and then slide but she would slow down almost to a stop before she got to the edge of it. The boys just splashed in the spray that came out of the sides of it. So, I had to show them how its done! I got my bathing suit on and started about 25 feet back and ran towards the slide and then totally dove onto it. I went flying not only down the slide but about 6 feet off of the slide on my stomach. Natalie shreiked "Mommy! That was AWESOME!" It was a great mom moment. I felt on top of the world, I love that feeling. They just wanted to be with ME all day after that moment. I dont think that I will ever forget it.

My baby girl is growing up too fast!

Natalie lost her 3rd tooth last night. She was so proud. I cant believe how big she is getting. I took a picture of it but its on my film camera. She told me today about a bicycle assembly that they had at school. I love how interested she is in most everything that goes on around here. She loves to be involved in everything.

A little mommy rant:
I have my children help me in the kitchen. Yep, Its a fact. A lady at the school this morning started raving at me when she found out that my kids help me cook as in : peel vegetables, stir pots, measure ingredients. She was telling me how dangerous it was. Sure, maybe if I left them unattended! Which i NEVER do. My kids even have their own little safety knives (thanks brooke!) that they use to slice carrots, celery and potatoes. I see nothing wrong with knowing that by the time my kids are 8 they could completely cook a full meal! Sheesh lady! Im not an idiot!

ramblings of today.....

Day 9 results: Smiling and being genuinely happy to see him makes a huge difference in his day, I can tell he is exhausted and just wants to be appreciated and I think changing the greeting makes him feel so much better after a hard day.
The next few dares are relatively personal so I have chosen not to include them. Sorry guys, I have to keep some of my life "private".
My grandma and her husband came to visit today. It was a nice suprise but my house was trashed! I just had to tell myself not to apologize and just enjoy the company and it seemed to work pretty well for me. (we had a lesson on hospitality at MOPS =)) I learned alot.
I have been trying hard not to spend as much time on the computer. That is really hard for me because that is where i get pretty much ALL my information. But I was seeing it robbing time from my children and I need to be giving it to them.
We let the kids run through the sprinkler today and they thought that it was the greatest thing ever. They hardly got wet but had a blast anyway.
Boston had his last day of preschool on thursday and he was really sad about it. I love that he loves school so much. Luke is really excited about going in the fall and we are really working hard on potty training. ELMO video and everything! Does anyone have any advice?, he is just stubborn!

Day 8 results

I burned the list in the campfire this weekend. It felt good to toss it in there and let it burn. I am an incredibly selfish person. I am definately working on that. Its my greatest downfall and Im not going to let that deter me from having a wonderful marriage/family.

I skipped a few days but am picking up right where i left off.

Day 9: Love makes good impressions
Think of a specific way you'd like to greet your spouse today. Do it with a smile and with enthusiasm. Then Determine to change your greeting to reflect your love for them.

We went to Alta lake with the Boon family this past weekend. I had alot of fun and got a killer tan all except for I got a bit of a burn on my chest. I think that the kids liked roasting marshmallows and swimming the best. Tom and Brian got to do some fishing and Brooke taught me how to knit! Yay! I am officially able to knit! Woo hoo!
The bad news....when we got home I went out to feed my chickens and all of them were gone and there were feathers everywhere. Their coop was broken where a rather large animal had gotten in and got my chickens while they were sleeping. I am really upset about it. Those were MY pets and I loved them. Luke and I went down this morning and bought new chicks. Tom is helping me fix the temp coop and then we will start working on the big one tomorrow and we are building a partially burried run and installing locked doors.

Day 8

Love is not Jealous: Determine to become your spouse's biggest fan and to reject any thoughts of jealousy. To help you set your heart on your spouse and focus on your acheivements, take yesterdays of negative attributes and discretely burn it. Then share with your spouse how glad you are about a success that he recently enjoyed.
We are heading out to go camping this weekend with the Boons. Im taking my list with me to toss in the fire.
Natalie had her ballet recital last night and she was beautiful! Ok, So i cried! I love being the mommy of a little princess. I'll post pictures once i get them developed, I used my old school but awesome camera. So I hope I got some good ones.
Boston had Pajama day at preschool and he really liked that. I was the only parent to dress their kid in footie pajamas but hey, he loves those ones!
My MIL came over to visit. It was the 1st time that she has been here. It went pretty good. She had made my boys matching quilts for their beds and embroidered their names on them. They turned out super cute.

Impossible you say?

I.....Alicia A. Sauvageau in the last 20 min have managed too

1. Kick myself in the face. I have no idea how it happened, it just did!
2. Fall down the stairs while going to get ice to put on said face.
3. Slip on a water puddle in front of the refrigerator while getting said ice

Really? Why me? I really just have to laugh about it. Its just life as God planned it for me and Im just going to have to deal =)

Did I mention that I also found Ticks in my bed today? Gross. I just hope they didnt get on me. BTDT!

The Sauvageaus' Visit the dentist....

I officially hate taking my children to the dentist.
Natalie was first yesterday. She went in, had her x-rays...no problem right? Ummm no. The Dentist sits her down and tells her that she needs some sealants and I'm thinking "No biggie, sealants don't hurt at all." She FLIPPED OUT! She screamed and cried the WHOLE time. I had to help hold her arms down while they did it. Oh...did I mention that I had the boys in the room while this was going on? So after Natalie is done and calm, Its Luke's turn. He started screaming for the X-ray and pretty much didn't stop through the whole process. I'm sure they hate us there now. But oh well. Boston did good, but he didn't have an appointment.
On to better things....
Day 6 results: Its pretty hard to remain in a constant pursuance of non-irritability. Its been a day and I think I'm doing good. =)
Day 7 Dare: Get two sheets of paper, on one write all the positive things about your spouse and on the other all the negative. Place both sheets in a secret place for another day. There is a purpose and plan for each. Pick a positive attribute from your 1st list and thank your spouse for having this characteristic.

My husband is....... (I'm only listing the positive on here, I dont ever want to hurt my husband intentionally where the world can see. )

• Hard Working
• Motivated
• Encouraging
• Thoughtful
• Friendly
• Likable
• Beautiful
• Slow to anger

Day 6...still trucking.

Day 6: Love is not irritable-Choose today to react to tough circumstances in your marriage in loving ways instead of with Irritation.
I think I can do this. It does take alot of focus on my part, but I really think that this could be a great thing.

Something I noticed. About 2 weeks ago I got to see my mom and my grandmother interact with eachother. It was not a pretty situation. I "almost" felt bad for my mom as my grandmother was going out of her way to make her feel embarassed and/or bad about herself. I say "almost" because my mom does this to me alot. She will say she dosent, but she does. My mother would NEVER admit it if she was wrong. I dont even think that she notices when she does do it. I notice now that it was a learned behavior. I am going to break this horrid cycle of hurt. I will NOT do that to my daughter or my sons. Sometimes I catch myself being sarcastic with them, and that hurts to know that I learned that and now have to re-learn to stop. But I think with some prayer and practice I can do this.

Still going...

day 5 results: The only thing that he told me that really bothers him is when I start projects or ideas and never finish them. It wasnt that hard to take because that is one thing that I dont like about myself either.

I didnt read day 6 until a few minutes ago so I am going to put that one off until tomorrow so that i can have a full day to accomplish/think things through.

We are going camping this weekend. Im not sure where or with who, but I am really looking forward to the family time. S'mores are the best. Our friend Larry made me some metal hotdog roasting sticks I think 2 years ago and I am pretty sure that It was the best birthday gift i ever got. We use them all the time camping and at home!
This has been such a nice sunday. We went to church, had a BBQ there. Came home , Took a nap, and now the kids are playing outside and I am just getting chance to blog. But I think that I am going to go and finish my sunday =) Talk to you all tomorrow!

The ants go marching one by one........

Day 4 results: Tom and I call eachother all day long. I dont think that he really noticed anything different about yesterdays phone calls. I called him twice just to see how he was and ask if he needed anything.

Day 5 Dare: Love is not Rude
Ask your spouse to tell you three things thta cause him to be uncomfortable or irritated with you. You must do so without attacking them or justifying your behavior. This is from their perspective only.
Ouch. I can already tell that I am not going to like this one.

Boston got an ant farm. Yep. I hate ants. Just looking at them makes me itch. He of course LOVES it and is currently trying to convince me that he needs to keep it in his room. I dont even want to think about what could go wrong with that picture.

Beth, I ordered the oils from mountainroseherbs.com. I LOVE them. Its based out of Oregon so they get here FAST, I think it was 2 days max for my order to get here.

Mommy and Natalie Day

day 3 results: I bought him a new golf shirt so he could look nice while he went out golfing with Ralph. He seemed genuinely happy about it.

Day 4 Dare: Call your spouse today with no other agenda in mind other than to say hello and to see if they need anything.

Yesterday was mommy and natalie day. We went to the cashmere museum which she just loved. We were in the pioneer village outside of it and we came to the church building and I was trying to have her guess what kind of building it was. It had crosses on the wall and a big painting of Jesus, pews and a big bible on the table. She guessed "some kind of house". I told her to look at the pictures on the wall and then guess. She Gasped "Mom! This is Jesus' house!" It was cute. I then had to tell her that Jesus didnt grow up in pioneer times near cashmere. But hey! At least I got a bible lesson in!
After the museum we went to old navy. I wanted to stock up on summer clothes for her while they still had cute ones in her size. She thought that trying them on was the greatest thing ever. In the end we walked out with about 5 shirts, 2 shorts, 2 flip flops and matching purses for her and I. =) ( mommy is a sap).
Oh! My mountain rose herbs order came in! I put the oils on a cotton ball and put it in my car and it smells soooo good! I mix citronella oil with vinegar and wipe that on my window screens and they have been bug free for a few days so far which is awesome considering my house backs a forest. =) Woot! Go natural!

This is not as easy for me as i thought it would be.

Day 2 results: I did really great about the negativity today again. Man that is HARD for me! I also watched TV with him for an hour. Which is something that I really dont like to do because I cant seem to sit still. He really seemed to enjoy the quality time which made me feel really good about it.

Day 3 challenge: Love is not Selfish
Buy your spouse something that says " I was thinking about you today".

Ive got 39 more days so be patient =)

Day 1 results: Tom was thrilled that I mowed the lawn! I could see on his face the amount of stress that it took away almost instantly. That made me really happy.



Day 2: In addition to again saying nothing negative to your spouse do at least one unexpected gesture as an act of kindness.

Im not sure about what I am going to do that is out of the ordinary to be "kind" to him. Backrub maybe? I am already off to a great start with the no negativity thing. Its getting easier already.

The Love Dare challenge

Day 1: Love is Patient
Say NOTHING negative to your spouse at all today.

Believe it or not this is not as easy as it sounds for me. I did not realize what a negative person I can be. Especially to Tom! Poor husband of mine. But on the good side it is 1pm and I am off to a great start. I am keeping "the love dare" a secret from him. I just want to see how it works. (no, he dosent read my blog)

a few notes off of a different book too. "the 5 love languages" Tom's love language is Acts of Service. Mine is Words of Affirmation. Today I went out and mowed some of the lawn(its 2 acres,and we dont have a riding mower =)) to show love to my husband. I didnt tell him I was going to do this, I want him to be suprised. I'll let you know how he responds, Im excited about it, I worked hard and broke a serious sweat. I am counting that as my workout for the day. I hate when you get sweat on your eyelids and dirt on your teeth. Both of those things seem to just come with mowing the lawn.
My kids are being really good for me today. They played outside while I mowed and the boys were ok at the grocery store. Im going to try a glorified macaroni and cheese recipe today, I'll let you know how it turns out.

Something for me to look forward to.

I am getting my "real" chicken coop this weekend. Its a 6'X8' building and I will build an outside fenced run for them once we get it all figured out. I know...Kinda lame that I would get excited about something like this but hey, Its me =).
On to something more fun.....

Boston's translations........for those who want to speak Bo.

1. Toiletries = Toilet Treats...as in "Daddy is packing my Toilet Treats for our trip!"
2. Forgot = Got For ....as in "Mom you Got For my coat! "
3. Crowd = Crown....as is Take me out to the ball game, Take me out to the crown!
4. Rocking = F&cking...not my favorite but he just cant do it! "Mom look at me im F&cking out!"
5. Love = Wub...as in "I wub you so much mom."

My gifts

Boston got off the school bus on tuesday and started shredding through his backpack until he got to a little green wrapped present. He ripped all the paper off of it in record time and then with all the disapointment a 4 year old could muster up "Oh, man! This is for you." It was a handprint in clay that he had painted for me for mothers day and obvoiusly the teachers wrapped them, but it was a super cute moment.
I got Natalie's gift to me in the mail. She went to the post office for a field trip and they mailed gifts home. She made me a bookmark and a little booklet that has all the kindergartners answers when they were asked "How do you know your mom loves you?" Natalie's answer was "Every night she reads me a book". I love it. Its all about the quality time with Natalie that makes her feel important and loved.
I placed an order to mountain rose herbs for some essential oils: Pine,Cedar, and Spruce. I bought lavender a few days ago and have used it combined with baking soda to clean and have been sooooo impressed. Luke didnt have itchy eyes after I cleaned which was really nice and it did a great job to boot!

Oh Aliciabelle.......

I got 2 apple bins today for my new chicken run. They cost me $6.00 each and I am going to pick them up tomorrow. I'm pretty happy about it because my chickens are getting mighty cooped up and I feel bad for them.
Ashlynn had her 1st track meet and got 3rd in the shotput. I am THRILLED for her! She called and was so excited to tell me about it. I made sure that she knew I was darn proud of her too.
The kids and I were in the kiddie parade last weekend and they had a great time. Natalie held the banner for her school and boston rode in the wagon I was pulling. It was a little windy, but at least it wasnt freezing or scorching hot! I dont think that we are going to the big parade. I havent been that impressed with it the last few years, Id rather just skip it and do something that we all want to do instead. (Personally, I just really want to sleep in)
I am not coping really well with not being able to be pregnant again. I really did want 4 children, Its hitting me much harder now that Luke is 3. What makes it really hard is watching my sister and sister-in-law both be pregnant, dont get me wrong, I am thrilled to have more nieces and nephews. Its just hard to hide the heartache. I dont really have an outlet that I can express it to either, Tom just gets irritated with me, he tries to help but i just end up feeling worse about it later. Guilty almost for wanting another one. I dont know....Thanks for listening.

::Sigh::

Boston: Mom! I love you!
Me: I love you too Bo!
( a few seconds pass)
Boston: Actually, I love Dad more than you Mom!

Great.

I went to take a bath last night and noticed that all the jets in my tub were plugged up with tampons. I can thank Luke for that one. He was so proud of himself "It fits mommy!"
Another luke story...ok here you go. Keri (our employee) came and told me that she thought that Luke pooped. Yes, he did. On the floor in front of toms office, and then he tried to just cover it up with a towel so that we wouldnt notice. I mean really! Oh well, I love him anyway.

In the last few days Lucas has:

1. Colored with sharpie in my kitchen table.
2. Colored with pencil on the woodwork in the hall.
3. pooped on the floor
4. tortured the cat
5. feed oreos to my chickens
6. dumped an entire bottle of shampoo down the drain
7. brushed happy's (the dog) teeth
8. cut holes in some of his clothing
9. decorated the toilet seat with stickers
10. and had 2 spiderman action figures melted when he put them in the oven when it was off.

and a partridge in a pear tree............

The bike

"Wow mom! I didnt know you could ride a bike without training wheels!" ~Natalie
This obvoiusly impressed her beyond reason. I havent gotten on a bike since natalie was tiny, like maybe 1 month old or something. So today I go out and get my bike out of the garage and hop on. Whoever said you never forget how to ride a bike is full of beans! It took me 10 minutes to balance and about a half an hour to build up the courage to turn. I was scared! I got the hang of it, but no, its not something I want to continue to do any time soon. =)

Of all the things that I let get to me....

why does laundry have to be the one that really seems to stress me out? Oh well. 3 more loads and I am DONE!

Ok, so it is confirmed by my Dr. I have a non pregnancy version of Pica. Ewwww. So now I get to take supplements and drink way more milk than any human ever should. Hopefully this should start to help here in a few days. Praise God!
A few Random thoughts:

1. I love MOPS. I look forward to going every few weeks and it really helps keep me in perspective. Ive made a ton of new friends up this way, more than I have ever had i think in my whole life (Hi Heidi!). Thanks for the clothes!
2. I was cooking fried chicken the other day for my family, and all of a sudden I start to feel bad for my chickens, I mean....what if they can smell it?
3. Boston told me the other day that when he grows up he wants to be a "grown up" or "Ichiro".
4. I am getting a whole lotta nowhere with luke's potty training. Its really frustrating!
5. I am walking with my kids in the parade this saturday. PD elementary! Come and check us out!

Please dont read if you have a weak stomach......

I really am wondering if I have something more seriously wrong with me than my Dr. thinks. When I was pregnant with Natalie I got really horrific cravings for cigarettes, not to smoke(I've never smoked anything in my life)....to eat. I never did thank goodness, but I had to take iron supplements to help suppress those cravings. Yesterday, they hit me hard again, only this time I am not pregnant. I dont know what to do. I know it sounds like the grossest thing ever but I am really having a hard time with this! I went to get Natalie off the bus today and noticed that I was chewing on something only to spit it out and notice that it was a cigarette butt, I must have subconconciously picked it up off the ground and tossed it into my mouth. What do you think I should do?

Some pictures......

Its the photo-elusive Alicia Sauvageau and her husband Tom. This is my neice Alicyn and her new chicken "star".

The newest Sauvageau family members......Only a few have names. Orangey-Orange,Star,Bob,Spirit,Petunia,Chicka, and Sparkles so far.

And God Said "because.... its funny Alicia!"

That was the answer I got to my "why me" of the day. Hey at least other people can laugh about it too.



Boston and Luke were gathering Easter eggs at my moms house (happy Easter!) and Luke yelled "catch the beeball!!!" and threw an egg (the hardboiled kind, not the hollow plastic) directly at Boston's face and hit him smack in the eye. Now he has a nice shiny black eye. Oh joy. And of course I was scheduled to have him get some up close face shots tomorrow at 9am I had to be embarassed and call to cancel.(sorry Mary!) So now we have to wait until he heals.



On to some little girl ambition......."Mom, If I can't be a ballet dancer when I grow up, I think that I will just work at Mcdonalds" Thats my baby girl y'all!

I did get some of that "mommy gratification" today in church. I was sitting next to Natalie who put her head on me and whispered "I love you mom." I must be doing something right. For everything that I think that Im failing miserably at, there are somethings that I just melt at how much God blesses me with these beautiful little lives. He put ME (tom too) in charge of. What was he thinking?! Well he has a plan and I think its working out as he wants it. Amen. =)

Happy Birthday to the love of my life!

Yep Tom is 28 years young today. I am so lucky to have such an amazing husband! He just rocks my world. Plain and simple.

well a couple new things have come up in the last few days.....

1. Natalie learned to ride a bike without training wheels! (Go baby girl!)
2. Boston learned to whistle. (usually only when I am trying to listen to his siblings tell me something) He's better than me!
3. ALL our snow melted and we have been having wonderful warm weather.
4. We got 10 baby chicks! Im so excited I can hardly contain myself...Im a very doting chick mama =). The kids LOVE them! Natalie was very upset that we are planning on eating the eggs and not hatching more baby chickens.
5. I got to spend this last weekend with my neice Alicyn(12), neice Kaylee(whose 5th birthday was yesterday! Happy birthday Princess!), and nephew Jake-who turned 16 on the 1st!. (but all at different times) This week was a very good "Aunt" week for me. I even got to spend some time with Adrian(4) and Julian(5 1/2) too.
6. I had the best time at MOPS. I love going and meeting new people. I could always use more friends up here so its nice to meet such wonderful women, and yet very encouraging at the same time. We got to hear 3 testimonies today and I loved every minute of it!
7. There is this house up the street about a mile that has the CUTEST chicken coop ever. I got up the guts and drove up there to ask if i could take pictures of it for reference and ended up meeting a really fun lady named kate who is a writer and an artist that also recently moved here. Im going to head up there again soon to just chat. Bonus: she let me take lots of pictures!

Well that really sums up what went on around here in the last few days. Nothing really exciting, yet nothing really boring either. =) Its been a great week so far! Heres to tomorrow!

Home!

Well we made it home from Las Vegas! I had so much fun. I got to see a bunch of shows, Including "0", the one I was raving about wanting to see so bad and it blew my expectations out of the water! It was THAT good! I would totally pay to see it again. What was funny about the trip was that all 4 of us that went (Tom,myself, Adam, and Karalee) all got called up on stage! Tom, Karalee and I at "The Mentalist" and Adam for "the blue man group". It was so much fun. I did not win at the casino, at all. But hey, you win some you lose some.
I read "new moon" on the way down on the plane, some in the hotel, and all the way back too and I finished it tonight. I am so stoked to read the 3rd one! I might have to go and buy it tomorrow. (sheesh, Im just a big ball of excitement arent I?) I'll try and add pictures to this tomorrow after I locate my camera in my luggage. I missed you all!