one minute.

There are those times.  You know the ones.  When you would like one minute.  A mere sixty seconds.  All. To. YOURSELF.  

Those are the times when my kids seem to need me. 

For 500 different reasons. 

"Mom, can you help me with the TV?"

"Mom, can you get me a chocolate milk?"

"Mom, can you watch me?"

"Mom...mom...mom...mom....mom."

and most day...

Most days I handle it pretty well.

Doing the whole Mom thing...

trying to be as patient as possible.

but other days...

it takes everything I have not to lose it.

My husband works all the time.

There is no reason other than we can't survive without the overtime could use the money.

So I am here.  

alone.

with them.

all the time.

and sometimes...

sometimes it get really really really overwhelming.

Reagan can be a little in your face.

She is kind of a high demand kid.

We created her.

We made her this way.

She was the baby...and we waited SO very very long for her.

Then when she was finally here...

We spoiled her absolutely rotten dotted on her.

She had not only me, and her Dad...

but her older sister...who happened to be almost 8 years older than her...

So if I didn't take care of it...

her Dad did...and if he couldn't do it...

then Reilly did it. 

She didn't ever have to cry for more than a few seconds...

She didn't have to wait for ANYTHING.

and I don't know how she could have ever thought that we weren't all here for her for her every need.

Well now that adorable baby is almost 6...and she still thinks we were put on this earth to spoil her rotten jump at her every word.

Don't get me wrong...she is one little independent bugger. 

If she can or she even just "thinks" she can do something herself...

she will.

The thing is..she has no patience.

Zero.

Nada.

Zip.

And I am pretty sure it is driving me insane.

My Mom always said I was going to have to live with the monster we were creating...

and she was SO very right!

Yesterday, Ryan asked me if I though I would have more patience if I wasn't a preschool teacher...

and I said...YES!  

Of course, that made me sad. 

I am sad that she doesn't get the me she would get if I did a different job.

It isn't fair to either of us.

I love that little snot so stinkin much.

She reminds me of me in SO many ways.

She may be the funniest human on the plant.

She is incredibly smart.

She is ridiculously outgoing.

She is a good friend.

She has a kind heart.

She loves to snuggle like no one else I know.

She loves with her whole heart.

She is pretty flippin incredible.

but really....

One minute.

Sixty seconds.

Is that too much to ask....

{Sunday Snapshot} Easter in Pictures..lots of pictures..seriously CRAZY amounts of pictures...

Eggs?  and...a clean palate!

Silly Face time...

and the teenager joins in...



The final product...

Egg hunt...inside...

Her "special" teenager egg..

Easter outfit...

With the family...

The outside hunt...

Our boys...our super cute boys...

Who thought it was wicked funny to NOT look at the camera...

It's ok boys... I can work with that!

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you're missing out...

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Sunday Snapshot {A weekend with some faves..}.

So last weekend was the last cheer compition of the season....

for both girls.

We've been waiting for this one...it's at Six Flags New England...

Come on...people....we're talking roller coasters here!

We also knew a few of our favorite people were going to car pool up with us...

and that makes it super duper fun!

We had started hearing a few days before the competition that is was going to rain...

this completely bummed us out! 

We crossed out fingers...

and headed out.

Early.

VERY VERY  early.

and every single seatbelt was taken...

Which lead to some cuddling...

and talk of marriage in 20 or so years...

Of course...some parents got a little out of control...

but that tends to happen when you drink astronomical amounts of coffee from you favorite coffee place...

I think getting there is my very favorite part of trips...

short trips or long trips...

getting there is so filled with excitment...so filled with promise of wonderful memories with amazing people...

Spending three uninterupted hours in a car with these people...

believe it or not it makes me happy...

cause I get to see a little of this...

and a little bit of this...

I get to sit back and relax and enjoy the chitter chatter of best friends and little brothers and sisters... to put my feet up and just enjoy the ride...

I love watching my kiddos...

all of them...

the ones that live with me..

and the ones who I have grown to love...

I love watching them all...

let loose...

and have fun!

but most of all.

I love love love to watch them perform!

and these little guys...

they took a respectable 3rd...

out of 9 flippin teams..

we'll take it!

and then..

after freezing our butts off..

in the cold..

rain...

for hours...

and then...

we had a different kind of fun...

a Six Flags kind of fun...

 and getting to do it withsome of your besties...

well it just makes it that much MORE fun!

until the next competition..

until next year...

I will try to memorize...

this smile..

Remember the taste of fried bread dough...

with cinnamon AND sugar..

of course...

remembering new friends...

who we hope become old friends...

and remembering what it's like

to snuggle up on the way home..

with one of your favorite people...



There's a whole lot of fun to remember from this weekend...

but most of all...

I hope we remember ...

how great it was to be together...

with each other...

becasue it truly doesn't get any better than this...

Link up with my friend Stephanie....

and her wicked fun Sunday Snapshot..