Saturday, March 29, 2008
AWK...WEIRD moments...
Today was one of "those" days! Not so much for me but for my oldest. It seemed no matter which way she turned, when she answered her phone, where she looked...well, tons of awk...weird moments. She called me to ask me where I was during the WORST awk...weird moment and the conversation went a little like this:
Daughter: "MOM, WHERE ARE YOU, you don't understand!"
(What she didn't know is that I saw the moment that she was about to get emotional about before she did...THANKS GOD)!
Mom: "Yes, I do, I see you and I will be in your presence in 15 seconds"
Daughter: "No, you DON'T understand!"
Mom: "BOYS ARE DUMB!" (Enough said)
Daughter: "Ok, I am going to church!"
This all came after many awkward occurances but she was content going to church and working it out with God. She just needed her mom to tell her "BOYS ARE DUMB" and well, just to be there! I WAS HAPPILY!
(PS...My oldest told me that I blog about her a lot...I told her she was an easy target. She laughed and said she knew)! I love her great attitude about the awkward moments in life)!
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Boss says....
TAKE THE DAY OFF IF YOU WANT....
Before she finishes her statement...I agree! AWWWW.....
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Not ignoring...
I miss blogging and my blogger friends, SO SORRY! Coming down off a super busy week last week with Easter and needing some down time I just didn't do the puter thing at all! Easter was amazing, tiring, frustrating and great...it's a LONG story! All in all, it's over and we are moving on to the next holiday...Mother's Day!
Moving news...looks like it is definitely in the works and we are all getting super excited. The kids are excited for Lake Priviledges and I am excited for space! The packing has started and they all hate that but they either do their own or there is a chance a few green trash bags make their way to the trash bins!
David and I had a GREAT date night at a wonderful restaurant called Agora in Irvine. It was a Braziilan Steak house and let me tell you it was YUMMY! We had been given a gift certificate over a year ago and never used it and now we are glad we did! Anyone up to a night out...we would HAPPILY GO AGAIN????
Who had the brilliant ides to give kids candy and then start Spring Break...I have decided that they should come home on that Friday with disclosures:
1. Do NOT shop with your children for food!
2. Do NOT shop with your teenage daughter for clothes! (That is if you want
to leave the stores before nightfall!
3. Do NOT leave the 3 children unattended for long lengths of time and
expect them to get along for the entire length of time NO MATTER WHAT
THE AGE DIFFERENCE IS!
4. Cartoons are ANNOYING!
5. Bubble rap is ANNOYING and should be kept out of the hands of 8 year olds
or 15 year olds who enjoy terrorizing their little sisters!
6. Don't forget to pick up the dog at the groomer, even though that sounds
like a great way to get rid of said dog!
7. Don't show up to Spaghetti Factory with a large party at 6:30pm and expect
a table in less than 2 hours! Don't show up STARVING!
8. Bathing suit shopping in MARCH...ARE YOU INSANE!?!?!
9. BATHING SUIT SHOPPING AFTER "NIBBLING" OUT OF YOUR CHILDREN'S
EASTER BASKET...BAD DECISION!
10. I thought ALL kids liked to sleep in...I must have been given the wrong kids!
11. Tell ALL your kids that EVERYONE gets toothbrushes, underware and socks
in their Easter baskets!
12. Hide the Easter candy for parents who need a "pick me up" to keep up
with said children who are home for too many endless hours.
13. Kid movies are GREAT naptimes for mommy!
14. YOU WILL MISS THEM WHEN THEY GO BACK TO SCHOOL!
Well, that's my life in a nutshell...I will now move on to reading your blogs, laughing, crying and missing all of you!
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Friday, March 21, 2008
2 Meals down....12 more to go!
Today started our Easter services which means...meal services for us! We did 2 today (one for a Prayer Breakfast) and we have 12 more to go BEFORE noon on Easter! Prayers for strength! Tonights meal:
Grilled Pork Roast with Cinnamon Apples
Grilled Sweet and Sour Chicken
Garlic Mashed Potatos
Rolls
Asian Pasta Salad
Fruit bowls
Gourmet Desserts
Does this explain the exhaustion already taking effect? You should hear about the meals for the rest of the week, come see me and I promise to share a meal and menu's!
HAPPY PRE-EASTER ALL!
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Lauren Mulderrig
Watch this name, watch for her headlines...she WILL be big, I PROMISE! November of 1993 I met this amazing little girl, her amazing little sister and her equally amazing mommy and our lives have been blessed ever since! She is AMAZING!
I babysat her and her little sis Amber for years, loved them like my own, they dawned my doorstep Monday through Friday every week for years and every day I loved on them like they were my own.
Tonight I shed a tear for the joy they have brought to my life but most of all the proud moment our family was blessed to be invited to share!
Lauren debuted her very first (and let me tell you NOT HER LAST) CD tonight and our family shared in her moment...HOW AMAZING! Like I said...WATCH for her name...she is AWESOME! You can say someday to your friends, I know someone who knows this little girl FIRST HAND...trust me, it will be a proud moment! Listen to her CD, look her up on MYSPACE, then tell me that I shouldn't be proud...I won't be convinced! I am PROUD! You should have heard this older sister sing to her little sister tonight...you would have cried like I did! OH...and the BOY singing next to her...pretty amazing too!
LAUREN YOU ROCK and YOU ROCK OUR WORLD! LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU...THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR NIGHT WITH US!
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Monday, March 17, 2008
Good parent...Bad parent!
Now no matter what you say we all play this game a little bit! Don't get me wrong in the end we are on the same team but my children will play "good parent, bad parent" to find out who is going to give into the choices they are trying to make. I hear it coming, sweet talk, offers to do extra chores, pick up the little one from school, or whatever happens to "work" to butter up the choosen parent. Mondays happen to be the day both my husband and I are both off work, feeling a little more relaxed, love hanging out together BEFORE the kids come home from school, plan a family meal and afternoon time as a family. I love this day, we love this day and look forward to it each and every week. It never fails one of the three God given children will "test" us this day to find out where we stand though it never fails we are always on the same team in the end. Here is my issue: WHY do we have to go through the same song and dance to get to the same conclusion? Is this just my children who play this game? Our oldest is trying to find herself (I am realizing this more and more, thanks Julie), our middle is the perfect challenger for this game though in the end loses everytime, our little one loves the sweet talk and cute routine to get her way.
My kids are pretty good for the most part, definitely NOT perfect and definitely pretty close to normal...but this is where they challenge us! Why? What did we do to make them think that this game would work, ever? We usually agree on the yes's and No's, we laugh at the same efforts, but they try. UGH!
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Friday, March 14, 2008
Hint....
BUT.....NOT too far! We think we found our new home...it has bedrooms for each child! After searching and searching this might be the one! I was SO proud of myself for finding it and wanting to share the great news with the oldest daughter who will finally have her own room again after sharing with her baby sister who is 10 years younger, I made a quick call to inform her that she would have her own room. I was quickly INFORMED that they LOVE sharing a room and will continue to do so and we will make the extra room an office...WE WILL SEE HOW LONG THAT LASTS! Still in the next day or so I should have more info, just know it's close and as of now the McTag's are staying in So. Cal, until the next Trader Joe's tease!
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
What's your favorite candy craving???? I can help....
Tomorrow I have been invited to a place that only drops in on the dreams of a 4 year old....IT'S CANDY HEAVEN!
I received an invitation to a Candy Warehouse of sorts in LA. They only sell to the resale public, it's not a public place. I have been told that there are more Swedish Fish than my dreams could EVER dream of. I wish I could invite ALL of you to go but the best offer I have is...email me, text me, call me and I will purchase your candy dreams for you!
Can you imagine? Can you imagine the talk on the way home? I don't indulge in tons of sugar so I can only imagine that we will be talking fast, high on sugar and living in my 4 year old dream! I will take as many pictures as I possibly can...
CAN YOU IMAGINE......
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Monday, March 10, 2008
Eye openers...right before our eyes...
As our daughter has ventured into a life of more freedom we have come to realize quite a bit about us, our children and our guidance. First of all, she LOVES to be "on the go" and that is not something we are used to but we attempt to give her wings to fly. We love watching her fly BUT have a few wonders about how well we have done in the Christian influence area. We do have a few rules when she goes out, we ask the usuals, where are you going, when will you be home, who is going with you? We do have a set curfew because of the DMV requirements right now. 10pm on weekends (our rule), 11pm on weekends (DMV rule), one for one right? Also the "who are you going with?" question is difficult, as we don't want to "pick" her friends, we want to "guide" her friendships and also give her an oppportunity to share her faith and invite her non-believing friends to her church activities and services. I feel this is where we are not challenging her. I hear a distinct difference in her tone when she is sharing time with her "church" friends and her "school" friends. While she thrives to be a leader at church she doesn't want to fall into the clique's that are SO strong there. This keeps her from inviting her school friends to church, I am not sure why. She is a leader at Christian Bible Club at school yet hangs with students who aren't part of that club but WON'T bring them to church. Have we not taught her how to share both lives with one another? Have we not given her the wings and strength to mesh both worlds? We need to work on this! We need to find a way for her to be comfortable enough to mesh both worlds as she ventures out. We need to figure out why she is not entirely comfortable in both of these worlds to not step out, even at church. I understand the "clique" thing as we have taught against this but it has held her back a little. We invite TONS of kids to our beach home every summer, will she invite each diverse group at the same time? I don't think so unless we teach her or help her find her place that she is not entirely comfortable but challenged enough in her faith. We will work on this...not quite sure how, but we will. There have been MORE eye openers this last year as she grows bigger wings than we ever had anticipated! I thought those first years of that we were parents we learned a ton...NOT EVEN CLOSE! The kicker is we have 2 more kids to learn with...at least Kelly has a better chance at having seasoned parents!
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Monday, March 3, 2008
Opinions needed....but I KNOW the answer!
My daughter and I are going to New York in April. When I asked her if she wanted to join us on this "Purpose Driven" trip she jumped at the chance. I thought it was so great that she wanted to "step up" and venture into this avenue in her spiritual growth. I quickly realized...she is STILL a teen with a heart for a boy!
Here is the story, her "friend" goes to school in New York at a college preparatory academy. She asks me if I think she could stay a couple of extra days and visit this "friend." Really I have no problem with this, then I realize the reality of the issue. Not only would I be leaving her in NEW YORK as a 17 year old girl, she would need a hotel room and transportation to and from the campus hoping her "friend" could make time in between classes (keeping in mind her "friend" is NOT allowed to leave the campus during the school week). This doesn't seem like a sensible extension of our trip. Keeping in mind the cost of an 8th grade girl going to DC needing extra spending money (hoping for $100, thank you LINDA), I am thinking that this sounds like a "costly" mistake and for lack of better words....
NO NO NO!!!!
Moms....am I being unreasonalbe? I haven't passed on my final answer to my daughter since she only told our boss her "real" plans! She asked for a couple extra days, no details! Does she think I am insane??? You will probably hear some crying and weeping when the answer is given no matter what part of Orange County you reside in. I hate to break her heart, but then again I REALLY LOVE HER!
PS....Julie, I added this pic ALL by myself on the MAC!
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