Promises, bribes, threats,rewards..what would parenting be without these ?

Hello World,

Don't know how much you know about me and what I do ? Well it would take a long time to list it all. I am sure it is the same for many moms. Some would consider me to be like and onion , but I do not make people cry, then there is the cabbage, but it is stiff and hard, so I would like to be like a rose , nooo that has thorns,, so a Dahlia I shall compare myself to. What am I talking about ? Layers.. I have many layers ( Oh this reminds me of the clip in Shrek, onions have layers, ogres have layers ) My version is Dahlia's have many layers and people have layers, I have layers and layers.

Click here Shrek video clip to see the video clip. I cannot believe that I found this clip just by googling for it. Amazing technology. See I am already off on a tangent. Like many many of you out there I do a juggling act every single day and I wear many hats to achieve all the things I do. 

So anyway I will get to my story. On Wednesday Priyasha was having an emotional morning and was being very clingy. She is in kindergarten and usually rides the bus. Every so often I drop her off at school on my way to the office or to the gym. On Tuesdays I stay and help in her classroom. Well on Wednesday she decided to imitate the old fashion velcro. She clung to my legs and my heart raced with panic. Her teacher looked at me and re-assured me that she will be fine. I felt helpless as she was peeled of my legs. I walked out of the classroom and did not look back till I was out of her site. I stood outside the gate staring at her classroom and sighed a deep ***siiigghhhh**

What's a mom to do ? I did what was right, I keep on trekking.. I went to the gym and did a kick ass workout... all the while thinking of my baby girl.

Drenched in sweat I stopped by the school again to check in on her and she was fine just like her teacher had promised me. So all sounds good right ? Wait, rewind to when she was crying and holding onto me...her little girlfriend Lauren was also crying and holding her mommy. We met Lauren on day one and she is having a really hard time adjusting to being away from mom. Some of why Missy cries is because she sees someone else cry. She is my sensitive one.

I was so heartbroken to see them both cry, I had a GENIUS MOMENT ...NOT !!!! Have you ever open your mouth and said something and then wanted to reach in your mouth and tie up your tongue in a knot... Yep that was me. I bribed the girls and told them that Lauren could come over and have a playdate tomorrow ( Thursday ). Wait there is more and we can bake cookies... Now remember I work, I had two closings this week, 5 active buyers and cub scouts and girl scouts in the works..yeah did I mention I had layers...

So the minute I suggested it, I wondered how the heck I was going to pull it off. Well I did and it was a blast. I had the other mom follow me home and she visited for a while. Then when she left we baked brownies. I chose to go with the package kind to keep this a simple task for five year olds. We also had very little time to pull it off. The girls learned to measure, take turns and be patient. Lauren had to be picked up right when the brownies were ready. I sent her home with some yummy brownies. It was easy enough for the girls.They did make a mess but it is no fun with no mess right ?

 Now I need to work it off tomorrow with my body sculpting instructor wah wah !!

Okay so a very good friend of mine Kelly has a point.
She said " This is such a sweet thing you did for two little girls. What memories they will have!!!! "  
She also added " That is so adorable! It may have been a bribe in the beginning, but now it is a wonderful memory in the start of a little girl's friendship "


Kellie thank you for being a great friend and for stopping by for tea today. Kellie started her own blog about motherhood too. Please stop by her blog and say hi. She needs some encourage in our wonderful blog world. You can find her here scoutmomx2.blogspot.com

Hope you enjoy my pictures.

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Last , First Day of Pre-school

Hello World !

Last month my little Girly has her last first day of pre-school. You may not know that she graduated from pre-school last year as she met all the academic requirements for kindergarten.Unfortunately for her she is still not five and needs to be in pre-school one more year.

Fabulous for me as I want do not really want her to grow up so fast. Well since she is my last baby this is the last time I have a first day of

pre-school moment.

Since Pravan ( Lollipop ) was in pre-school we have been doing the kissing hand tradition. We read the book and I love that we have done this since his first day.Off course he is not in third grade and I could not get away with doing this in front of the school. He says he it is too embarassing :( **sigh ** They grow up so fast.

The Kissing Hand~A perfect first day story. This is a story about a little raccoon ready to start school. He talks about his

fears to his mother, fears that most children have before beginning school. His mother comes up with a wonderful solution to help her little raccoon remember that she loves him and is thinking about him, even whenshe isn't with him. A wonderful and heart-warming story to share with little ones.

Girly on the other hand still loves being with her mama. She was not shy giving me my kissing hand as her friends waited for her.Some kids cried and refused to let go of their mom. Priyasha was happy to be in school but she also lets me know that she missed me, whenI pick her up. That is what makes being a mommy so worthwhile.

Now we continue this with Priyasha (Girly) and she makes sure that Pravan never leaves the house without giving her a kissing hand.

Daddy had the day off today and I love that he is such a great dad and always makes time for the kids. He is a positive influence in their lives and helps maintain the balance of our discipline in this house when I over re-act.He certainly helps keep the peace with me and the kids.

Girly was most excited today. She picked out this cute outfit at the store and was thrilled to wear it to school. I took her on a date with mommy and shopping was a huge part of our special day together.

Well it seems as though I am slowly aging and I have passed the milestones many young mothers look forward to. I am moving on to a new chapter in motherhood and the this was my last First day of pre-school. One of my absolute joys in life is freezing the moment and here are some of mine that I can proudly share with the world.

Thanks for stopping by. Sorry this has taken me so long to post. Life is crazy right now..

Mwah !!!

A quiet morning can only be wishful thinking..

Hello World

Yesterday I spent most of the day spring cleaning and as you know I love having a clean house. It makes me feel like I have control. Scattered toys, splattered toilets, crumbs on the floor, dishes and laundry drives me crazy. I took care of most of that yesterday so when I got up this morning I would have a relaxed morning. Ya right !!!

Well recently I have been put on mandatory rest and have been asked to slow down. I consciously have been going to bed around 11pm which is two hours earlier than my 1am lights off routine. This morning my wonderful husband let me sleep in until 9am in the hopes that I would not wake up Bitchy today as I did yesterday when he got me up super early to ask me a dumb question... aahhhh finally he did something right.

We had a good start to the day, I had a nice cup of tea while he sipped he coffee that was probably cold since he made it , What an hour ago...why do coffee drinkers sip that coffee forever ???? Pravan got his reading done for the day and Priyasha was happily playing pretend with her dolls. Todd finally sat on the couch and decided to take football of pause.. All of a sudden we heard Pravan screech.. " Mommy look at the trampoline !!!! "

This is the neighbors backyard. Notice their shed lost the roof...

Todd and I were in shock as this gale force winds lifted up the trampoline that was not staked down as we finally got grass, yes we finally got a backyard...that cost way too much for grass, so taking care of it by not staking a trampoline before the roots take to it's new surrounding was priority..

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Todd runs next door to check it out... Thankfully there was no damage.

So we worked together as a team to get the trampoline back into out backyard...

I helped gather all the legs and just when we thought we were in the clear...

There was another gust of wind and the trampoline took off again... Missing hubby by inches. It landed back in the neighbors backyard.

Thank heavens we have wonderful neighbors and they were understanding and came out to help. Just as we got the trampoline over the fence , it blew right back into the neighbors yard. We then decided to leave the trampoline in their yard and weight it done with some wooden pallets.

All of these pictures are courtesy of my eight year old boy. He did a pretty good job taking these from the upstairs bedroom window. He takes after his mama... life through the lense...

So much for a quiet morning and this time I actually scheduled it in my day ****SIGH ***

Much love to you all