We are the Millers

Check out Shannon at Life After I Dew  for So What Wednesday. So what if: ~I forgot it was Wednesday and almost forgot to post this. ~Ashlyn took my mom out to lunch for her birthday yesterday and it was the cutest thing ever.  She was so excited to take her Nana out. ~Everyone in our house is sick.  Except Ashlyn.  Somehow she has been able to avoid the plague in our house.    ~I find it funny that everyone is terrified of my son.  I know he's a handful but the fact that no one wants him one on one both amuses and irritates me.  If my 75 year old great grandmother can handle him and his sister at the same time, he can't be that bad! ~We weren't invited to any cool parties this year so we are staying in for New Years.  We are all sick anyway so I can't even guarantee that we will stay awake until midnight. ~My house is a disaster right now and I'm just too tired/sick/lazy to clean.  ~I'm so excited for 2016.  I may be sharing why on the blog soon

Check out Shannon at Life After I Dew  for So What Wednesday. So what if: ~I went through a blog purge and deleted 200 blogs that either went private, got deleted, haven't posted in a few years or I just don't read anymore.  It took me 3 hours.  Social media can be such a waste of time. ~I changed our Christmas Eve box to the Christmas Eve Eve box.  We are never home on Christmas Eve because we have dinner with my Mom's side of the family so we don't actually get to enjoy anything in our box.  Not this year!  The kids will be able to put on their new matching PJs and watch the Christmas Thomas movie I got them. ~I'm a little nervous that the PJs in said Christmas Eve Eve box won't fit the kids.  I bought them last year after Christmas for like $3 each and they are both one size too small.  They look big so I'm hoping they will be ok.  ~The kids are driving me insane lately.  Bryan is going through a very serious tantrum stage.  Ashlyn is going thro

My kids have a pretty specific bedtime routine.  While the timing is always flexible, the routine itself is pretty spot on.  They get a bath every other night.  On bath nights, they get their milk before bath, take their bath, get dressed, brush teeth, read a book and go to bed, all usually by 9pm.  On nights that they don't get baths, the routine is the same, minus the bath. Ashlyn's hair has been out of control lately.  It's been very dry and tangled and just a mess.  I asked for some help on IG and FB and got some great suggestions.  I've tried some already and they haven't really worked.  In an effort to help keep her hair from getting so bad, I figured I would try moving bath time up so that she wasn't going to bed with a wet head.  I thought this would help dramatically with the tangles. So we moved bath time up and hour.  Kids take a bath early but then get to go back downstairs for some milk and for an episode or two of their favorite show.  We still

Check out Shannon at Life After I Dew  for So What Wednesday. So what if: ~I don't know if my Mom's Christmas present is going to come in time.  I ordered it almost two weeks ago and it still hasn't been scheduled for delivery.  ~My husband and I are hooked on The 100.  It's really not a very good show but we've watched half the season already so now we are invested. ~We actually watched The Ridiculous 6.  I had been seeing stuff posted on Facebook about it so we checked it out.  It was so bad.  It was one of those movies where the funny parts were really funny but the rest was terrible. ~I need to change internet providers but I'm dreading it so much.  Our internet is really bad because of where we live and we don't have many options.  But I know how crappy switching can be so I'm not looking forward to it. ~I'm so over having a cat.  I love my Joey but he's old and lazy and has some crazy ideas about when it's appropriate to use

I can't believe my little girl is 4.  Instead of doing the basics like I always do, I asked Ashlyn a few questions.  I love that she can answer my questions.   What are your favorite things to eat?   ~broccoli, grapes, corn, peas, mac and cheese, spaghetti, noodles   What are your favorite toys?   ~my pink stuffed elephant that I sleep with every night, my horses, my new doll   What are you favorite things to do?   ~draw, color, play, have birthdays, go places   What are your favorite shows and movies to watch?   ~My Little Pony, Frozen, Charlotte's Web (she's been watching this a lot lately), Minions, Home, Daniel Tiger, Octonauts, Rescue Bots, Dinotrux, Dragon Tales, Dinosaur Train   Who do you like better, mommy or daddy?   ~both mommy and daddy (but she says if she had to pick one it would be mommy)   She doesn't have her 4 year check up for a few weeks but she's somewhere around 40lbs.  I'm not even going to try

I don't know how four years have passed so quickly but they have and I have a four year old. We started off the day with some donuts.  Ashlyn loved her donut, Bryan was really interested.   After donuts, blew up a bunch of balloons for the kids to kick around.  It's such a simple thing but they love it so much. We really just relaxed the rest of the day.  I cleaned up the house while the kids played and watched movies.  We ran out to get Ashlyn's Frozen cake in the afternoon but that was about it.   We don't do big parties for most birthdays.  We just do the big numbers, 1, 5, 10, etc.  But we did allow Ashlyn to choose a few people to celebrate with us.  This year she only picked a few people: her Nana, Gran and cousin, her Great Uncle and Aunt and her GKat.   We had spaghetti for dinner because that's what Ashlyn asked for.  We ate, had cake and she opened presents.  Pretty typical birthday party.  She asked for a Frozen theme so that'

Check out Shannon at Life After I Dew  for So What Wednesday. So what if: ~I've been on and off with blogging.  It's about every other week that I post only my SWW post and every other week I post an answer to a question or two.  It's still more blogging then I've been doing this past year. ~I am completely done with Christmas shopping!  Now I just have to wait patiently for everything to arrive so I can wrap it. ~The kids have been acting insane lately.  Running around the house like wild animals, screaming at each other, hitting each other, fighting non stop.  This better just be a little phase they are going through because, otherwise, Mama is going to need a lot of gift cards to the liquor store. ~I LOVE our new furniture!!!  I'm so happy we got it.  I wish it was a little smaller because I like open space but it really looks nice. ~I'm a little disappointed by our Christmas card this year.  I love the picture and I love the card design but the p

Original List of questions:  Q & A Questions List If money was no object, where would you go on your dream vacation and what would you do? ITALY!! I've always wanted to go to Italy.  The only reason we haven't gone is because I didn't think I could tolerate the long flight.  I hate flying.  But if I could go anywhere, that's where I would go. I would want to see all of the cool tourist attractions like the Colosseum, the cathedrals and chapels, the fountains, the Vatican, the lakes, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Palatine Hill, Sistine Chapel.  There are just so many things to see and do. The Grand Canal is what drew me in to begin with.  Streets of water with gondolas as transportation just seems awesome to me.  Venice is probably where I would spend most of my time.  I would eat as much Italian food as possible, especially the pizza.  Blue Grotto looks like an amazing little place to check out too.  Getting into the cave looks a little challenging but t

Check out Shannon at Life After I Dew  for So What Wednesday. So what if: ~This is my first private post.  I hate that I had to completely block off my life from certain people but I know it had to be done.  I'm just happy you're all still here with me! ~I have no idea if my email subscription is still working.  It stopped working because I had changed my blog name and had forgotten to adjust it on my feed burner but now it doesn't seem to be working at all. ~I'm almost finished with my Christmas shopping.  I love being done with time to spare! ~I always wait until I have purchased all Christmas gifts before I wrap them.  It's an organizational thing.  I like to separate gifts by person and wrap them all in the same paper for each person.  OCD at its finest. ~I'm a little too excited for our new furniture that is coming today. ~I was really surprised to see Home on Netflix already.  I wasn't sold on the movie at first but I guess it's a cut