Sigh

There are days I really dislike my children.

Today was one of those days.

It began with a mammoth Eden tantrum, complete with kicking, screaming, drooling, and rolling on the ground.

In front of company.

*sigh*

It ended with another identical tantrum from Eden, only this one was longer.

Lucky me.

In between those two tantrums, Winnie gifted me two of her own tantrums - first ones ever - when I took a lollipop away from her.  She flung herself on the ground and proceeded to follow Eden's tantrum format.

It's great when your toddler AND your sweet baby both turn into demon children in the same day.

And by the way, Winnie's tantrums were in front of company, too.

I know, I know, you don't have to tell me how lucky I am. Four tantrums in 12 hours.

Jealous yet?

So I uploaded photos tonight to remind myself that my children are not devil spawn and that usually I like them.

Just not today.

Daddy ABC Book

Before Kevin left, we wanted to do some things that would help keep him in the forefront of the girls' minds while he was gone. So we decided to make a Daddy ABC book, in which all the photos of the things starting with each letter of the alphabet had something to do with Kevin. We worked on taking the photos over about 2 months. I haven't actually put the book together yet, but at least we have all the photos. I figure I'll get it done soon...ish.

Here are some of the photos we took.

W is for Wagon


L is for Lawnmower (boy were these hard to focus so sorry they are a little blurry)


T is for Toothbrush (these crack me up because of their facial expressions - again, low lighting = poor focus)


J is for Jacket (in the middle of a hot spring day - don't you love this look complete with shorts and jammies on?)


I'm tired of photos, people!


K is for Kiss


Out-take - that's enough kiss, everybody.


Out-take - this one cracks me up, too. I especially love Winnie's attractive facial expression.


One more out-take, just one of happy Winnie.


More later!

A little overdue

I finally uploaded a bunch of photos that have been sitting on my camera. They date back to April 19. So, this post is a little outdated but the pictures are totally worth it (in my humble opinion).

We celebrated Winnie's birthday not on the actual day but twice a few days late so at least she got double cupcakes. Here's the celebration (and by that I mean the cupcake-eating post-dinner with Kevin, Eden, Winnie, and me) at our house.



See? I told you. Pictures are totally worth it. :)









I love Winnie's facial expressions while she was devouring her cupcake.

Random Daddy shot:





And because there are so many more photos and because it's late and because one of my clients had her baby today and because Winnie did not sleep well last night...I'll pause in my photo post and post some more tomorrow (or the next day).

Gone

It's just me and the girls now. Kevin's officially gone, on his way to Saudi Arabia, eight hours ahead of us.



Our last day together was uneventful. He did some yard work. We took showers. We drove to the airport and stayed until we saw his plane taxi down the runway.



It wasn't terrible.



It wasn't fun.



*Deep breath.*

So now life will readjust to three girls and one dog. We'll be able to do facetime with Kevin and email him and Skype with him. I have all kinds of things planned to pass the time and to send to him.



Luckily we'll probably get to see him twice while he's gone since he gets 30 days of leave while he's there. We'll probably meet in Europe some place both times, since we've heard him coming home for a week or two and then leaving again is even harder than when he left the first time.

So far so good. I'm fine. I promise I will call/email/visit if I need something.

But.

If you happen to throw a random email or text my way every now and then, I wouldn't mind.

Toodles.