Not Everyone's Mama

(If you’ve been to my CT blog, the first part of this post is the same as over there so that I have my layouts where they need to be.  Just scroll down past my layouts if you’ve read it already.)  I went to check my ArtsCow account yesterday because I knew that 2 of my free photo books was expiring soon.  Turned out they were expiring yesterday.  I had 27 layouts ready to go that hadn’t been in a book yet.  I needed 3 more because they give you 30 free pages.  So, I hurried up and made 3 layouts, the cover, spine, and back.  The cover is so simple.  I just took a piece of the same paper for all 3.  Wrote my layouts vol 1.  ROFL  and put 2008 on the spine.  The layouts didn’t have any rhyme or reason to them.  Not all were of the kids – some were of Pato, some were of myself.  That’s why I called it that.  I know, I’m so imaginative.  Hey, where your on a time limit.  LOL

There’s Jordan at the 4th of July parade.  He is just growing up so much.  I used Baby Got Back, Old Edges 2, Just Bag It – Journaling papers (which are free in the store), the yellow glitter is from Li’l Tart, the silver glitter is from Flashy New Year.

These are the best pictures I actually got of my kids at the parade.  It was so sunny.  No one wanted to look at me.  Oh well.  It’s a memory.  ROFL  I used everything from my Some Gave All kit, Some Gave All – Add on (still free on my CT blog), and Some Gave All – Alpha (which you still have time to get on the CT blog for doing this month’s challenge.)  I also used my Old Edges 2 here.

And the last one.  Miss Katiana wrinkling up here nose at the parade.  LOL  I used Berry-Licious and Old Edges on this one.

Really quick on the ArtsCow if you sign up now you get 400 free prints and a free photo book with 30 pages.  (Plus, referring your friends gets you LOTS of other awesome stuff for free!)  Shipping is kind of high as it’s coming from Hong Kong I’ve heard, but I got 1 – 30 page photo book, 50 4X6′s, 50 5X7′s, and an Italian charm watch with Pato and my picture in it for $28.  That was the shipping.  So compared to what I’ve paid at Shutterfly for one book, that wasn’t bad to me.  And I’ve heard the shipping doesn’t take long.  I’ve also read really good things about the quality of their prints.  I’ll review it when I get my stuff.  )

I am pooped lately you guys.  I cannot wait to get out of this first trimester can’t keep my eyes open tiredness.  I usually stay up until 1 or 2 in the morning and lately, if I don’t lay down with Alyce during her nap, I’m ready for bed at 8.  Is  that not sad?  LOL  Pato took the oldest 2 with him last night to get his and Jordan’s hair cut.  Then they stopped to get tacos at a stand.  I slept for about an hour with Alyce.  Then got woken up when they got home by Katiana FREAKING out.  My goodness.  It was raining really hard when they got home.  And Pato had his hands full.  So, he did what we always do with a 4 year old – get her out of her car seat and let her walk with us.  We don’t have to carry Katiana very often anymore.  Unless there is a lawnmower near by.  Pato said they walking up to the door and all of a sudden this huge thunder hit and the lightening lit up the whole sky, and Katiana FLIPPED out.  Screaming, crying, running with her eyes closed.  He picked her up and ran her to the house, but the damage was done.  She was soaked just from the run from the car to the door.  And she was crying so hard. 

We got her out of the wet clothes and I wrapped her in a blanket and just held her, rocking her.  She wouldn’t calm down for the longest time.  It really scared her.  I let her in on a little secret that I’ve kept from my children.  Mommy is scared of thunder too.  I didn’t tell her it’s close to a phobia and that it’s really hard to mask it while I’m with my kids.  LOL  I just said, that mommy is scared of that boom too.  But you know what?  I know when it booms, my whole body jumps and I’m scared, but in my head I have to know that the thunder is just a big loud noise and that it can’t hurt me.  So then we sat and rocked and talked about the big boom.  I don’t think she likes thunder anymore than she did before we talked, but at least she calmed down for a bit.

Kat is one who is scared of loud noises period.  My other 2, noises have never bothered them, but poor Kat takes after her mom.  I’m not so much scared of loud noises, as I’m not a fan of them either.  The thunder though, that’s a fear for me.  An irrational one, but a fear none the less.

If the rain stays away today, we are going to the camel and ostrich races as Prairie Meadows.  Who doesn’t love a good ostrich race?  Huh Kristine?  ROFL  I think my double stroller is wet though.  It was on the porch last night when it rained.  Pato moved it as close to the door as he could, but it got wet.  I’ll have to put it out in the sun if it ever comes out today.

Pato works today, so I think it’s going to be myself, the kids, and my parents going.  My brother Josh said he wasn’t too impressed with them last year.  Here’s a post I did last year about this time about the races.  There’s some pics I found on the net about other camel and ostrich races.  LOL  If you go, look how far my CT and I have come in a year! 

Have a great day!

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