A day in my life: Part 1-Morning Madness

So a little while ago a read an awesome post by my cool friend Tara that inspired me to capture a day in the life of my family, just as we are. Tara's post made me think that a lot of times we post about big events or wait till everyone looks cute to take a picture but that isn't an accurate portrait of our daily life. So I decided since I always have my phone with me, I'd just use it to snap pictures for a whole day to capture what it really looks like.

I will warn you that the picture quality isn't that great since they are phone pics after all, and also major nerd alert on all the pics I took of myself cuz you know, it's hard to take yourself seriously when you're doing a self portrait. Also pardon my scrappy hair and no make up but lets be honest, that IS how I look most of the time.

So here it is! This is part one (from about 7:30am to Noon.)

Wake up to hear giggles from the girls room. Surprise! Brinley is in Teya's bed. They think they're so funny.

Number one priority: stick the potty trainee on the pot.

Cam's awake!

"Cam! cutie tootie Cam! I love you my baby brudder! I love you cute little baby!"

"Can I hold my baby brudder? You cutie cutie cutie!"

Time to fix the girls' hair. Where should we put Cam? This spot looks good.

Pigtails while we brush our teeth. Man I look hot in the morning!

Big girl Teya getting dressed all by herself

She sees Cam! "Tootie!! cutie tootie tootie! Oh my little tootie, my cutie little tootie" (That is a direct quote)

"Brinley! Come down for breakfast! Brinley?! where are you?"

"Here I am! I find my fishy hat! See?"

"white squares" (aka frosted mini wheats") for the girls. Brinley showing off a square with tons of frosting.

Oatmeal with honey roasted almonds and vanilla almond milk for mom. Lately I'm an almond junkie.

Load all the nuggets in the car to take Teya to preschool

Waiting in the drop off line at Teya's school

Did I mention Teya's preschool is on a farm? Drive slowly, chickens crossing : )

Rush back to send Brinley off to preschool in her teacher's carpool. The girls are now gone.

Nap time for the little Tooter.

Treadmill time for mommy

2.5 hard sweaty miles.

Still no shower or make up but clearly I need it!

post work out snack. I swear these oranges taste like candy.

Now for resistance bands and light yoga

Tomorrow is my weight watchers weigh in so I'm pretending I'm on the Biggest Loser and it's my last chance workout! Bob and Jillian would be proud.

Finally take a shower after my workout.

Tootie boy wakes up! Happy little dude.

Feed Cam, play with Cam, cuddle Cam. yeah for one on one time with just me and Cam!

Cam helps me document my workout on my running calendar/inspiration wall

Here's a closer look. Taber's half marathon training plan on the left, my work out calendar in the middle, my 5K training plan on the right, and pictures and goals to inspire us.

Change little stink. please pardon the pile of diapers on the changing table. I'm too lazy to walk 5 feet and put them in the trash until they pile up so high that I have to. Don't judge. : )

Mom and Cam are dressed and ready to go get the girls. (and yes, I showered and got back into loungy/workout-ish clothes. I like to be comfy at my "workplace" : )

Mommy's snack for the car. I did not in fact eat that whole bag of carrots, but I like to be prepared just in case.

Gotta go to the bathroom. Play with your farm toy till I get back.

Load Cam man in the car, off to get the girls.

Waiting in the pick up line at Teya's preschool. it's 11:30 and I'm already busting out the "mommy juice."

There she is, aww, I missed her : )

We get home with Teya and Brinley arrives from her preschool at the same time! Aw, I missed her too!

Next up: Load the kids in the car and head to Wal-mart in the rain, to pick up mother's day cards....To be continued....

I Pity the Drool

I used to wonder why little baby outfits came with bibs.

Babies don't eat food, why do they need bibs?

Well now I know.

Introducing Cam, the king of drool.

He has at least 20 bibs and goes through several a day.

So much for cute outfits, I should've invested more in cute bibs since his clothes are always covered by them.

Luckily my friend Kendall had the foresight to make him this super adorable (and yet so manly) drool bib. Who needs a cute outfit, the bib speaks for itself.

And slobbery drool or not, he still melts me with that smile.

Here's a little video of King Drool in action.

Pretty impressive spit bubbles from this guy.

April Sunshine

Even though April started with a snowstorm, it ended with some beautiful sunny days. The girls have been happy to spend nearly every waking moment outside.

Our neighbors have come out of hibernation as well and the girls have a new friend, Zenoh, who moved in a few months ago but who we just met now that it's sunny. He will be in Teya's kindergarten class in the fall and for the last week they've spent many hours playing back and forth between our two houses.

The girls #1 favorite activity to do outside besides jump on the trampoline is sidewalk chalk. The Easter bunny brought them some 3-D chalk and it was all the rage last week. The girls wear their 3-D chalk glasses everywhere. They're starting a new fashion trend : )

And of course sidewalk chalk means hopscotch

Teya's an old pro

And Brinley is really getting it now too.

I remember her jumping on the hopscotch last year with her little bob hair cut and squishy toddler belly. She's changed so much in a year!

Today I snapped a few pics after church because the weather was so nice. Here are my two handsome men.

And my lovely little ladies

I got these dresses as an option for Easter but we went with something different. (you'll see in the Easter post coming soon) Still love the bright springy colors though.

And here's my attempt to get all 3 smiling and looking at the camera. Guess that's the best we could do ; )

Kidnapping Daddy

Taber has a 45 minute commute to work. We don't make the trek out there very often but last Friday I had all three kids in the car for a Dr. appointment and when it was over the thought popped into my mind, "the kids are already dressed and in the car, maybe we should drive down and visit Taber at work!"

We called to make sure he could pencil us in, and when he said, "YES, definitely!" We were on our way. All of Taber's employees and coworkers loved the kids and were especially smitten with Cam who put on a good show of cooing and smiling for them.

After meeting everyone in the office we kidnapped Taber and headed over to Chili's. Eating at a restaurant with 3 kids is a whole new crazy adventure.

Cam wasn't interested in the food, he just passed out on the bench. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to fall asleep anywhere?

We're still working on our restaurant manners, as in, small bites, not the entire corn dog.

That's a little better.

The girls were so happy to get some extra time with their Dad and it was a nice way to break up the day for all of us. I think we'll have to make Daddy kidnapping a more regular occurrence : )