Why I Love My Life:)

Alright, so every day is not so easy, but this a.m. The Peanut and I played Santa. We went around the house, putting presents under trees, checked "sleeping kids" a.k.a. stuffed animals and he made a sleigh. It was fun to be a little kid again!!

I wouldn't miss this stuff for the world!!! Chaotic, hectic and mind boggling at times, I love my life!!!

No Offense, But.....

If I am going to look out my window in the Winter time, I would much rather see a breathtaking site with snow than the one I saw this morning:( I ask myself each and every day as I freeze my butt off, lose my mittens and waddle like a penguin why in the hell do I stay here??? What is the point of living in a frozen tundra???? I love snow, but with nothing to show for it but butt freezing temps and skin dryer than sandpaper...What's the point??? If I could get my family and friends to all move with me, we'd be OUTTA HERE!!!

Now, I love my state, but really, REALLY there is nothing here besides people that keeps me here. I am not a lover of hunting, fishing, skiing, (water or downhill....Although I will say I would LOVE to cross country ski), boating, canoeing, farming, etc. I am lover of beautiful mountains, water, (not just plain lakes since I live in the land of 10,000 lakes), adventure, and more mountains. Now I implore you, come with me....Let's leave this God forsaken cold crap. Onward!!!!! (off to put my slippers back on....My toes are freezing. grrrrr!!!)

Tree Time!!!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree......la lala la la la la....

Friday night was the annual Monahan Tree Decorating!1 (minus Dad who came and supervised and put a couple ornaments on). The boys LOVE this night!!! For me, it is an exercise of letting go....Letting go of the fact that there are 700 ornaments on the bottom of the tree, letting go of the fact that the "good" ornaments made their way to the back of the tree this year. Letting go of the fact that my beaded garland did not reach all the way and my ribbon garland is getting old and annoys me:) Yes, the tree decorating is therapy, as my little Elves think it is the BEST thing in this world. For the record, I only moved 5 ornaments that were on the same branch. It was left as is besides that;)

This was Benny's year to put on the Santa. A tradition that I had as a kid and plan to carry on with my dudes. He thought he was the you-know-what!! Look at that face!!!

It was a great night. No one cried or carried on about being poked by real needles and I was not left to finish the job. Good times!!!

It's about the little things.

So last week we FINALLY got around to getting new beds for Ry's new room. Now let me just say this is a long and complex process. Noah's room will become Ryan's room and Noah will be moving in with Ben....(Dear Lord in Heaven, help me get through this transition. Please give me strength to not strangle these two as the beat and tease each other and keep me up all night. Please keep my wine glass full. Amen.)

John was all proud of himself as he found some mattresses that came in a box??? Yes, they did and the are comfy!! Anyway, he brought them home and the boys had a party of sorts jumping on them in the formal, (or attempt to be), living room. It was all fun and games until they started to see who could do the best flips.....I put the smack down on that one:)

Noah is currently sleeping on the mattresses as Ryan will NOT sleep in a BABY room until it is painted and ready for HIM. Noah, on the other hand is LOVING his big boy bed and looks so little in it:( :( I have no more babies people......Let's take a moment of silence for this.......okay, that's done, carry on:)

Because some days you just need it:)

Some days, you just need this. My Benny did this for me at school. As I sit here in my too tight p.j. pants with a big hole in the side, blue socks and black slippers, yellow t-shirt and a nasty, sloppy pony tail, I need to see this:) Thank you, my Benny!! Mommy loves!!!

Moon Sand.....I hate you!!

Once upon a time, about 3 years ago, a handsome, young 6 year old came to me and begged for Moon Sand for Christmas. Those big, brown eyes......How could I not. The commercials all said, "easy to use. Easy to CLEAN UP." Yeah right!! Well, that handsome brown eyed boy played with it once or twice and I cursed it each and every time.

Fast forward to today. My handsome blue eyed child asks me, "Mom, that's Moon Sand up there!! (it's been hiding on top of the "beer fridge"). Can we PLEASE play with it????" Now let's not forget the difference between Mr. Brown eyes and Mr. Blue eyes and his accomplice. The difference, my friends is RULE FOLLOWING!!! But I had a brain fart and thought, it won't be that bad. One hour, and two baths later, it WAS that bad. Moon sand in ears, Moon Sand in hair, even Moon Sand in armpits. Two baths and a slow bath drain later, all was right once again, (oh besides Noah trying to dump the entire bathtub out onto the bathroom floor while I put clothes away). Sigh...Never dull here.

So the moral of my story....The creators of Moon Sand should be dealt with and should have to suffer major consequences for their actions. There should be a panel of Moms that OK all their creations. They should not lie:) THAT is my profound thought for today!!

p.s. Mr. Blue eyes looks like he has brown eyes in this photo. You know who I speak of:)

Halloween!!

A few days late, but hey!! We had a great time out and about with some good friends for Halloween. The boys got a great loot and the weather was not too cold. I am still enjoying the fruits of their labor:) :)