Pictures From the Beach

Makin’ Changes

Well.  Things have gotten crazy around here.  I have discovered I have taken on too much and had to make hard decisions.  One of those is to stop reviewing at Does Mommy Love It?  Caroline is going to be the girl in charge instead of us being a team as much.  Mommy Loves Does Mommy Love It? so it will always be close to my heart and from time to time I’ll be in there behind the scenes  Last night I did a re-design of it that is still in the works.  I’m really excited for some of the changes Caroline has planned though.  She has a team of really great reviewers that will each be posting once a week.  I know that Does Mommy Love It? is going to be better for it.

My focus is going to be on continuing to get The Bomb Mom off the ground.  Right now in order to save as much as possible I’m wearing every hat from design, to website management, to fulfillment and onward.  I love it, but it is a lot right now.  

Obviously I have done some re-arranging of Mommy Zabs.  I have some plans for this site as well.  The design is not quite complete so expect some changes over the next week or so.  It’s so funny because there have been times I have thought of shutting down this site all together.  But I have been doing it since 2004 and I just can’t bring myself to do it.  At times I have created controversy, friction between my friends for voicing my honest opinions… something we are supposedly able to do on blogs… but I have hated that friction and don’t all together understand it.  Those nights I lay in bed and have had to stop myself from wiping out this domain all together.  BUT I just can’t do it.  So for now, if your still reading, I’m still here, writing.  I MAY try to be less overtly opinionated on the politics…  I don’t know.  That’s hard because it is a large part of who I am and what I care about.  But now more than ever the people I love are polarized.  So maybe this just isn’t the place for it anymore?  I mean it should be able to be… but I also like not having my friends disown me.  I don’t know, we’ll see how long this lasts…

Okay, I forgot to mention I have a HORRIBLE cold.  Oh and that we had to take Owen to the ER today because we thought he broke his arm (he didn’t).  And also that my sweet little O graduated from Preschool today (sniff).  Time is flying.  I started this blog when he was born… and now he is moving on to Kindergarten.  Wow.  Well, more on that and pictures and video tomorrow.

Owen is In A Phase

What is it with my kids these days?  Especially my four-year-old (Owen)… who is just testing the limits at every turn lately.  I briefly mentioned the digging up of the back yard.  Then locking me out of the house.

Yesterday I fell asleep with Avery during the boys “rest time”.  The boys seemed to think it was the perfect opportunity to sneak out of the house and walk to my neighbors to see if he could play!  Luckily JJ was home and caught them sneaking back in (the neighbor was taking a nap).  We are now going to make both sides of the door require a key to lock it.  We live across from a pond and it just isn’t worth the risk of them sneaking out and ending up in it!

Today, less of a big deal, but strange none-the-less, I went up to check on them knowing they were out of their bunk instead of resting.  In the middle of their play was a puddle on their carpet.  My 2-year-old (Lukas) wears a diaper so I knew he was not guilty.  Owen NEVER has accidents.  He never wets his bed or anything.  The bathroom is literally 5 feet from the spot.  So what is he up too?  I would think it was a cry for attention because of Avery’s arrival, but he adores her and gets more than enough attention.

Anyway, everyday there is something new.  I just hope I can parent him right through whatever phase this is.  And I pray God’s protection on the dangerous things he is doing that I DON’T see!