Catching Up...

 I've got a busy little boy who finds every cupboard that is  not locked...

 And is very happy about it!

 See? 

We have cans and pans all over our floor most of the time!

 We've had broken cupboard doors for a looooong time

and I finally decided to do something about it

You know, it's one of those things that just got overlooked,

til our busy little boy started taking stuff out every day

(don't worry, it's all safe stuff and he can't open any of it anyway)

 Look!

My no sew $3 curtain...I cut it off and got a spring rod and it worked.

I didn't have a choice in the color for that price,

 but hey, 

it looks a ton better than before!

 I painted our upstairs bathroom

We used to call it the "purple bathroom" 

then it was the "blue bathroom"

I hated the blue

I had to pick quick, because we had a painter that time 

(someone Tom works with)

and I picked blue...that was 2 years ago

(since then, I've had another baby)

so now, I painted it WHITE!

I love it.

I think.

We still have colored rugs and colored towels...that's OK

The reason we keep  painting it, is because we get this thick,

brown stuff oozing out of the walls...it's slimy, we have no idea what it is

The painter had no idea what it was

This time I got a good primer and hopefully it's gone for good.

We'll see. 

 Now that the "white bathroom" is done

I need bathroom pictures of the 2 littlest!

Simeon loved being outside the tub...

but not so much inside the tub....he's used to the sink!

 She loved taking a bath with Sims

 My next project is the stairs....painting them white, getting rid of that blue...

 Then we can put up our Stations of the Cross...hopefully before Easter!
(this is what it was before we painted it the last time)

 Found this on Pinterest...worked super!  

Crescent rolls, with pepperoni and 1/2 a cheese stick, rolled up and baked

1/2 the kids loved it and 1/2 did not

Speaking of 1/2 the kiddos liking something and 1/2 not,
we were out of buns and used bread for our hot dogs today,
Bread?
You'd think there was mold on the bread or something.
(there wasn't)
Jeepers.
I mean, this is what I grew up with, we never had buns!
We had bread for hamburgers too.
Kids today are spoiled.
This is one of the kiddos who liked it!

 I was just as sad as everyone else about the Holy Father,

but this picture puts things into perspective, 

his first day and his last day as our Pontiff

He's aged quite a bit in 8 years, 

why is it 8 years with him have flown by, 

yet 8 years with Obama are taking foooooorever?

 Betty White....Betty, Betty, Betty....You are celebrating your 90th soon, right?

 I love you as much as the next person,

but aren't you even thinking about the next world yet?

You should be.

Don't you worry about some old people's souls?

 And young people....come on--need I say anything about this?

I can't even bring myself to watch even a little of this stupid show.

And finally, these will be gone soon...

Simeon is officially not taking a bottle anymore.

I am sad just typing it.

I try to rock him, as he screams and kicks

finally his tired body gives in and he falls asleep in my arms

as his mama's heart is breaking each time.  

(this usually only takes a few minutes, but it feels like forever)

(he needs to be weaned to a sippy cup without the spill proof thingy by surgery next week)

(he can't form a suction with a hole in the roof of his mouth)

Saturday he had no nap, he wants that bottle to fall asleep...

So hard to wean him at the age that seems too young to do so.

But

it must be done

And it will be fine.

I have been done pumping breastmilk for 4 weeks now,

and

I have enough breastmilk frozen to last til May sometime!!

May!!  

Yay, that's enough to get him past his surgery and then some! 

Well, this was a mixed up post of things on my mind...

God's blessings to you all!