Do you have magic in your brain?

At Christmas time, Grandma & Grandpa Stone had a snowman on their kitchen table. The snowman would sing if you bumped the table. Katie really enjoyed it this year. She would walk up to the table and slap it in her hand (the table, not the snowman). Grandpa asked her why it worked, she said "I have magic in my brain. The magic makes the snowman sing." Occasionally we'll ask her if she still has magic in her brain, since the snowman is packed away now. Yesterday, Chloe was in dance and the boys were playing at the playground outside of the dance studio. It was windy and Katie was cold so the 2 of us were in the van. I asked her if she still had magic in her brain. She said "Yes, the magic in my brain makes the snowman sing." I asked if I had magic in my brain. She replied "No, mommy you are a big big kid, only little kids have magic in their brains." She told me that Daddy didn't have magic, but Zachary, Chloe, and Nathan did.

So are you a big big kid or a little kid? Do you have magic in your brain?

Stop Eating your shirt!

I knew that once I became a parent I'd say things that I didn't expect. I fully expected to sound like my parents. I totally expected that I'd say parent things "If I've told you once. . ." and "If all your friends jumped off of a cliff. . . " Today after saying "Stop eating your shirt!" for about the 100th time, I realized that this part of my life isn't going to be normal either. Here is a list of things I've actually said that I never thought I would.

• Stop drinking your sisters bottle. To a 1 1/2 year old
• Stop hugging your brother.
• Mommy's in time out. You can't talk to me right now.
• Please stop helping me.
• Stop biting yourself

And I'm sure many more. And I sit and wonder, How did this end up being my life?

Long Time No Updates

It has been a long time with no updates on the blog.

For those of you who know very little about me I tend to overschedule myself. I relate with Mr. Incredible at the beginning of the movie a little too much (yeah I got time). So when making my schedule for the beginning of the year, I added a little to much. I'm still trying to get our schedule set so that everything gets down and nothing gets left out. Last week I wrote my February calendar out so that I could schedule doctors appointments. Excluding Sunday's I have 4 days with nothing. Yep out of the whole month. Here's a little taste of my craziness.

1. All 4 kids + Mom to the dentist.
2. All 4 kids to the doctor - the insurance FINALLY paid Chloe's 2007 wellness visit and now we are behind on well visits.
3. Liz activites - Kickboxing, Pilates, Scripture group, quiliting group, writing group, recipe group
4. Chloe dance & preschool
5. Zac homework, Chloe reading program - daily
6. ChaCha & Pampered Chef for money to pay the bills
7. Don't forget to get dressed, brush teeth, do the dishes, clean the house, shovel the walk, meet with friends, keep up on facebook, read your email, pay the bills, do the taxes, visit with family, dinner to a sick neighbor, and update the blog.

Hopefully now you get a little bit of our chaos and understand why the blog hasn't been updated since December. I wish that I could say that February was abnormal for us, but we just keep getting busier. I have lots of updates (Chloe & Zac's Christmas programs, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Fondue, and many more.) The blog is the only diary/scrapbooking/etc thing I do right now, and I'd like to have a record, so wait for updates. Hopefully in the near future.