A great picture Michelle took of Claire when we visited Sacramento in May, 2014.
Mother's Day 2022
4 years ago
Monday, August 11, 2014
Babysat
Claire was babysat A LOT this summer. She learned how to love others and not scream for mommy every time I left her side. Stranger danger also subsided. Here's a picture of her at Auntie Dede's house one of the days, we had LOTS of helpers, so grateful!
4th of July
1. Super cool that we were able to go out our door and watch fireworks with the kids without having to go to a show for them!
2. BBQ with our wonderful neighbors
3. Sister watched claire for me all day, since Rob was working
4. Awesome husband sold a house at work today, which make it feel totally worth him working on the holiday.
5. I could keep going, but am grateful to live in the USA where all these little things that happened to me today are even possible!
2. BBQ with our wonderful neighbors
3. Sister watched claire for me all day, since Rob was working
4. Awesome husband sold a house at work today, which make it feel totally worth him working on the holiday.
5. I could keep going, but am grateful to live in the USA where all these little things that happened to me today are even possible!
August 2014
How are we already to August? The kids start school next Monday (Breanna - 2nd grade) and Ethan (Kindergarten). I'm very excited about it actually. Having 2 in school will be great, 2 at home, I won't feel so outnumbered.
We've had a relatively good summer and hopefully the kids will remember the fun things that we did and not the boring days (you know that has to happen too).
This summer we have:
- Had Friday summer day camp with Grammy and Grampy
-Went to Winter park for a family reunion. Got to swim, hike, play games, family talent show, play some more.
- Went to the North Pole
- Swam at several pools
- Had LOTS AND LOTS of thunderstorms, lightning, rain and hail!
-Drove up to the top of the continental divide with their dad
Played with cousins
Went fishing
Flashback to Easter Sunday with my family.....
Fast forward to Auntie Shell visiting Colorado, we miss her so much when she's gone!
We've had a relatively good summer and hopefully the kids will remember the fun things that we did and not the boring days (you know that has to happen too).
This summer we have:
- Had Friday summer day camp with Grammy and Grampy
-Went to Winter park for a family reunion. Got to swim, hike, play games, family talent show, play some more.
- Went to the North Pole
- Swam at several pools- Had LOTS AND LOTS of thunderstorms, lightning, rain and hail!
-Drove up to the top of the continental divide with their dad
- Celebrated Deanne getting married with a bridal shower
-Put pennies on the train tracks
Dressed up as superheroes
There's plenty more, this is just a tiny bit of the summer.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Someone please take the fish away from this household
Many times I have heard....you will miss these days. Don't wish them away.
Today I regret to tell you that you are wrong. I will not miss today. That does not mean that I don't love my children. That does not mean I won't miss their cute chubby bodies, messy fingers, kisses, hugs, I love yous, innocence and fun.
It means I will not miss today.
One mess after another after another was how this morning started (not different than any other morning in the Douglas household). I continued to push through and get the requirements checked off the list of my responsibilities.
Morning diaper change times two, check
Breakfast, check
Older two kids showered, check
Older two kids dressed, check
Baby dressed, check
Okay, tired of saying check, you get the picture....
Load all 4 kids into car
Pick up cousins for school carpool
Drop off oldest and cousins at school
Come home and do some dishes
Pick up some toys
Put baby down for first nap
Had kids watch a 30 minute show - momma needed a break
Forgot to tell you my day started before this.....at 9:30pm, 12:30am, 1:30am, 5am and 7:30am. (all approximate times). These are the times that I tried to help Claire back to sleep or fed her back to sleep. The last 3 nights have been this bad with her....so momma is already tired before day began.
11am....1st nap is over, made lunch for kids and myself
Cleaned up lunch
Held baby while scheduling things on calendar and dr. appts. on phone
I got off the phone and thought, that's it, these boys have got to clean this up, this is the last straw (They had put dirt and mud on the front porch). So....I went to get a broom for them to clean it up (still holding Claire).
I knocked the broom somehow into the fishbowl while getting it out of the closet and turning towards the front door. Broken glass, fish, rocks and poopy fish water was all over my kitchen.
The next hour was spent cleaning up the disgusting mess. All over dishes, drawers, floor, etc. The fish somehow survived. The boys thought they needed rocks and food, so they washed rocks from outside and put them in the bowl with the fish with food.
I put Claire in a pack n play in the family room so she wouldn't get hurt and I could clean, I put Luke in there with her. She screamed the entire time I cleaned, even though Ethan and his friend put about 100 toys in their for her.
I used every towel in my house....so then I would put them in the laundry machine after they were soaked and I had them soaking in water/detergent. Towards the end of this debacle I saw Ethan's lunchbox (fabric) was wet from the spill. I told him to put it in the washing machine and to make sure nothing was in it.
I continued cleaning and Claire continued screaming b/c I wasn't holding her. 10 minutes later Ethan came back and was soaking wet. I screamed, what did you do?
Well, he had "made sure the washing machine had nothing in it" even though I meant, make sure the LUNCH BOX has nothing in it. So he had pulled all the sopping wet towels out of the washing machine and onto the carpet in the hallway which was now soaked.
That's it, I lost it and started crying (Claire was crying harder though). Cleaned up that mess, so now I have the washing machine going, several loads to do in the dishwasher. Picked up Claire finally and started to get her bottle, blanket and pacifier, which I dropped the blanket, leaned down and knocked her head into the wall.
This will not be a memory that I will miss.
All is well, both babies are napping now, I sent Ethan to his friend's house and Breanna is at school....until they get up and it starts all over again.
I shouldn't have made them clean up that mess on the porch right? Looking at the pic now (which I made them clean after the whole event) looks tiny and insignificant compared to the mammoth clean up session that just had to happen after this.
Today I regret to tell you that you are wrong. I will not miss today. That does not mean that I don't love my children. That does not mean I won't miss their cute chubby bodies, messy fingers, kisses, hugs, I love yous, innocence and fun.
It means I will not miss today.
One mess after another after another was how this morning started (not different than any other morning in the Douglas household). I continued to push through and get the requirements checked off the list of my responsibilities.
Morning diaper change times two, check
Breakfast, check
Older two kids showered, check
Older two kids dressed, check
Baby dressed, check
Okay, tired of saying check, you get the picture....
Load all 4 kids into car
Pick up cousins for school carpool
Drop off oldest and cousins at school
Come home and do some dishes
Pick up some toys
Put baby down for first nap
Had kids watch a 30 minute show - momma needed a break
Forgot to tell you my day started before this.....at 9:30pm, 12:30am, 1:30am, 5am and 7:30am. (all approximate times). These are the times that I tried to help Claire back to sleep or fed her back to sleep. The last 3 nights have been this bad with her....so momma is already tired before day began.
11am....1st nap is over, made lunch for kids and myself
Cleaned up lunch
Held baby while scheduling things on calendar and dr. appts. on phone
I got off the phone and thought, that's it, these boys have got to clean this up, this is the last straw (They had put dirt and mud on the front porch). So....I went to get a broom for them to clean it up (still holding Claire).
I knocked the broom somehow into the fishbowl while getting it out of the closet and turning towards the front door. Broken glass, fish, rocks and poopy fish water was all over my kitchen.
The next hour was spent cleaning up the disgusting mess. All over dishes, drawers, floor, etc. The fish somehow survived. The boys thought they needed rocks and food, so they washed rocks from outside and put them in the bowl with the fish with food.
I put Claire in a pack n play in the family room so she wouldn't get hurt and I could clean, I put Luke in there with her. She screamed the entire time I cleaned, even though Ethan and his friend put about 100 toys in their for her.
I used every towel in my house....so then I would put them in the laundry machine after they were soaked and I had them soaking in water/detergent. Towards the end of this debacle I saw Ethan's lunchbox (fabric) was wet from the spill. I told him to put it in the washing machine and to make sure nothing was in it.
I continued cleaning and Claire continued screaming b/c I wasn't holding her. 10 minutes later Ethan came back and was soaking wet. I screamed, what did you do?
Well, he had "made sure the washing machine had nothing in it" even though I meant, make sure the LUNCH BOX has nothing in it. So he had pulled all the sopping wet towels out of the washing machine and onto the carpet in the hallway which was now soaked.
That's it, I lost it and started crying (Claire was crying harder though). Cleaned up that mess, so now I have the washing machine going, several loads to do in the dishwasher. Picked up Claire finally and started to get her bottle, blanket and pacifier, which I dropped the blanket, leaned down and knocked her head into the wall.
This will not be a memory that I will miss.
All is well, both babies are napping now, I sent Ethan to his friend's house and Breanna is at school....until they get up and it starts all over again.
I shouldn't have made them clean up that mess on the porch right? Looking at the pic now (which I made them clean after the whole event) looks tiny and insignificant compared to the mammoth clean up session that just had to happen after this.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Date with Dad
7th Birthday
This is long overdue. Here are pics of Breanna's 7th Birthday party. She was thrilled to have a Frozen party. The birthday party fell on the Friday before the Superbowl so some of the kids were in their Bronco gear b/c of Bronco's day at school (including Breanna). Rob allowed her to invite her entire class from school. Thankfully only 13 showed up. It was a LOUD and fun party. She was SOOOOO happy. That made me happy. She smiled almost the entire time, which was awesome. 
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