the never ending laundry saga

[Emily]

Do you ever feel like your laundry just..never ends?? I've got laundry from a family of 5, diapers, and now extra laundry from a 2.5 year old who is regressing in potty training, after being fully trained before Christmas. *sigh* It just never ends, as I sit here typing I'm surrounded by 5 piles of laundry [I fold in piles of owners] and I still have half a basket full sitting beside me. I have to wash diapers at some point...I should essentially put them in tonight before I go to bed because they take a while, on hot setting and with 'smart meters' it costs more to wash them during the day- uurg. This is a venting post, if you hadn't noticed already ;-) Who created this smart meter anyway?! People who work out of the home aren't affected, because well...they aren't home to do laundry anyway. But before the smart meters came into play, daytime was my prime time to get laundry done- because the kids were up and I could put the laundry away just as fast as I folded it. With the new smart meters, you can't use the dryer [ or heat ...I don't know?] until 9pm!! That means I either can only do laundry on weekends [it's cheap all weekend , no matter the time of day] or I have to wait until 9pm to get it done which means I'm not folding until 11pm , but I'd rather wait and fold next day but because of the amount of kids running around and "helping" I can't fold until they're in bed anyway. *big sigh*

Anyway.... do you ever wish you could get a little laundry fairy come in and magically all your laundry was done and put away without you even getting off the couch? If you have one ...please send them my way, I will be forever in debted to you !

My little man is all grown up..... sorta

(Emily) big tears over here, my youngest little man hit the 1yr milestone today- and when I think back to where we were a year ago today, and what we've been through up to this day and it makes me proud to say- my little man was able to eat cake today.

Happy birthday 'Little Man'  xoxo

Lions, and tigers, and.... Kids? oh my!

Well I went back into the daycare thing, full-swing! I have 3 daycare kiddies , on top of my 3 kids that are stuck with me for life [ha..ha..] and it's so much fun! So far, the new little ones are adjusting magically, and I haven't lost my mind yet. Funny thing is- my day only gets long, once my daycare hours are over! Go figure!

I'm a Jk mama now!!

(Emily) Well , the day is finally here! My oldest starts Jk tomorrow... I can't believe it, I really can't! He's 4yrs old now and starting school at an actual educational institution!! He's been in preschool since January, which has been WONDERFUL and I miss it so much, and so does he , but this is a....SCHOOL! He's even riding the school bus, I think when that day comes , when he climbs on that bus for the first time and picks his seat to wave from the window...THAT'S when I might shed a tear or two....or five minutes worth.

But right now, I'm sitting here labelling all of his new clothes, bag, lunch bag, shoes.... getting him all ready to meet the teacher tomorrow!

(Emily) where's the frost?

No....seriously people...where is the frost?! I have enjoyed summer, for the most part- the disgusting heat, too high humidity and nasty bees/wasps...I have not enjoyed, but all the summer fun we've had as a family I've loved so much! But now it's ragweed season...which for some- means nothing. For me...it means runny nose, itchy skin, itchy red swollen eyes and all around discomfort. YUCK. no amount of allergy meds are helping, I'm using eye drops like they're just straight water, and I'm still suffering- but not in silence! So fall- anytime you want to grace us with your presence..I will welcome you with open arms!
On a happy note- I saw some maple trees turning red the other day!!! Fall is definitely on it's way, it's my absolute favourite time of year!

Thankfully the kids allergies haven't been acting up too badly, just their larger than life attitudes ;-)