Monday Meme...

What Your Favorite Color Pink Says About You:

Blissful --- Content --- RomanticIdealistic --- Expressive --- ArtisticFunny --- Quirky --- Individualistic

http://www.blogthings.com/whatdoesyourfavoritecolorsayaboutyouquiz/">What Does Your Favorite Color Say About You?

For me this is right on. I am most of these things. I am told I am creative, energetic, compassionate, loving, maternal, content, happy, always try to see the good side of situations, naive, and very optomistic. :)

Here is the meme: oh and I tag whoever wants to do it. I don't like to tag specific people because some like it and some don't. :) If you do the meme please send me a comment and let me know you did it so I can read your answers....I am also nosey lol. Have a happy productive Monday!

You Can Only Type One Word
Not as easy as you might think.
1. Where is your cell phone? purse

2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend? hot husband!

3. your hair?blonde

4. Your mother? close

5. Your father? grandpa

6. Your favorite thing? family

7. Your dream last night?none

8. Your favorite drink?crystal light

9.Your dream car?1960 corvette

10. The room you're in?family room

11. Your ex? who cares.

12. Your fear? snakes

14. Where were u last night?home

15. What you're not?liar

16. Muffins?blueberry

17. One of your wish list items? suburban

18. Where you grew up? at home

19. The last thing you did? dishes

20. What are you wearing? sweats

21. Your TV? on

22. Your pet or pets? cat

23. Your computer? fast

24. Your life? happy

25. Your mood? good

26.Missing someone?yes

27. blog? Yes!

28. Your car? minivan

29. Your work? family ceo/daycare owner

30. Like someone?yes

31. Chocolate? favorite!

32. Your favorite color? pink

33. When is the last time you laughed? today

Sunday Musings...

Happy Sunday everyone! Of course I am happy..the picture above is what I was doing yesterday! My mom and I went for a "day at the spa" together. We were supposed to do it Mother's Day weekend but they were full so that is ok. we both had gift certifcates so we went together it was in a word AWESOME. Although so I would not feel guilty while indulging in a day there while Hubs was child wrangling...ooops I mean watching the kids lol ...I did deep clean the kitchen.
Honey Nut went with her brownie troop on a horseback trail ride trip that the girls earned after selling so many girlscout cookies this year...they even had enough left over for boots for all the girls...let me tell you I have not gotten Honeynut out of her pink cowgirl boots since she got them.
In any case my mom and I spent a wonderful day at the spa and then afterwards we went out to lunch. I was a little bewildered to find myself coloring on a napkin with a pen because I am so used to helping someone color at resteraunts lol, but otherwise it was a blast! I mean afterall we had massages, facials, manicure, and pedicures. I was so relaxed and in such a good mood when I got home that Hubs is actually considering loosening his wallet a little to make this more then a once in a ten year thing.
I went to sleep at a reasonable time too...thought I would get a good nights sleep..wrong. Trix had the sniffles yesterday and it turned into a full blown cold overnight and Honey Nut was up awake till 4am this morning because she was also stuffy, and not to be outdone Lucky Charms is also stuffy this morning. Of course when I got up at 4am with the other kids I gave them some childrens cherry nyquil so they could breathe and in my sleepwalking did not think about the fact that they were in MY bed when I gave it to them and it is RED and they hate it, and Trix refused to close his mouth after it all went in and he drooled all the medicine out on my sheets and right through to my mattress! So I had to go grab some oxyclean and make a mixture to scrub it out of my mattress before it became permanent. I don't know if you all know or not but it is very hard to put a mattress in the washing machine. go figure.
The kids are missing Sunday School today which upsets them but we promised if they are feeling a little better by afternoon we might still go get them the new sandals they have been begging for. it is an outdoor mall. We were planning on taking them to visit Grandpa and Nana but decided that unlike other family members who shall remain nameless...we don't want to take sick kids or kids with a virus over there and get them sick. It is just rude. I wish the daycare parents I care for would remember that too when they bring their sick kids to daycare lol. So all in all it is a good weekend. I hope you all are having a great weekend. :)

The Cheerio Queen

Lots of news and pics! (long post grab some coffee first)

Trix lost his first tooth!
Happy Friday! ok so if you look to the left I think you can guess what some of our good news is! Trix lost his first tooth yesterday! He also lost his second bottom tooth a couple hours later but we don't know where he lost it he just appeared and said it was lost so we left a note for the tooth fairy explaining that he lost two teeth and not just one. :) Let me tell you , no one has ever seen a child more excited about losing his tooth. You would have thought it was Christmas around here. He had to get on the phone and call Grandpa, Nana, Great Grandma and the milkman....this is huge because Trix hates to talk on the phone. Then last night at bed he was so


Honey Nut's first scrap page!

excited that he was still up at 9:45 when I got home from water exercise waiting for the tooth fairie. He kept asking me...Mommy? how does she get in the house, what color are her eyes, is she nice? Then after I answered all of those he went to bed...finally some peace...not quite. Two minutes later..."Mommy? can we go look on the computer and track where the tooth fairie is and how soon she should be here?" This was because he remembered the Santa Tracker from xmas! You would think being up so late he would sleep in right? NOT! That child was up at 5am grinnning ear to ear proudly clutching a dollar in

Mommy's scrap page

each hand that he received for each tooth and a hand written note by the tooth fairy herself complete with a little glitter over her name. Bless his heart he is so cute...he does not even know that when mommy went to bed after he finally fell asleep that she actually cried just a little because this is her first baby boy and a little bittersweet to see him grow up. I know I am a woos. The Other big news...HUBS GOT A JOB! He has been in lots of interviews but this company came across and Hubs was the only one who fit their qualifications..apparently they have tried others in the position because they needed

kids doing puzzle time

the position filled. The only problem was their pay was quite a bit less then Hubs commands for a salary. Nevertheless he held fast and said I can take a little dip but not as low as your position normally pays. Afterall the medical is good but not as cheap as it was at the other company. We prayed and prayed and prayed for God to find him the right position. Yesterday he got the email proposal...This company loves my hubs...they not only went up over their max but they went up quite a bit higher then even hubs or I expected! The best part? S-T-A-B-L-I-T-Y.
This company has it...the dept hubs is in has 3

Reading time!


total people in it and they have all been there 8 years or longer which is pretty much unheard of in credit. Hubs is a credit analyst. So he took the position and even has two weeks to play around and have fun with no stress of getting a job since he has one now...the position does not start until June 1st. Medical kicks in one month later which is good. Then he just about went into complete euphoria and passed out a few minutes later after he sent the accept email for the position...the reason? The company is having their summer get together in June. They invited Hubs and a guest and it is to a suite at the baseball game! I mean the "suite" where all the hoity toity people sit..it is fully catered and they have lots of other stuff too. How cool is that? I want to thank everyone who prayed for us because we have been able to float along well since Hubs got laid off originally. We have managed to stay afloat and not fall behind which is great. The Lord really did take care of us.
Last but not least the pics I have posted are some of the homeschooling things we have done. The one above is Honey Nut and Lucky Charms during reading time which I am excited to say they are finally becoming avid readers. They like this time. I had to turn them into that they were not born with a natural love for reading which pretty much devastated me because I am a huge reader and grew up in a home were reading is almost a sport. :) Also the pic of my scrap page was when I told Lucky Charms it was time to go home from the park. Even funnier I showed him my page and you know what he said? " Mommy, I don't yike that page, it is not very nice to do that to me" he said this with a huge frown and look of disapproval LOL! Of course Hubs and I fell out laughing. He was not pleased that I showcased the temper tantrum haha. Maybe he will think before he reacts then haha.
Well if you read this far then here is a *cyber cookie* for you....fat free of course for those of us on the may day challenge.

The Cheerio Queen

WFMW

Ok so this is not a new tip but one worth mentioning. :) I have been checking out different cd's from the library for the kids to help "control the mood" so to speak around the house. I noticed that there is more hectic times then others throughout the day around here especially as a homeschooling mom with a full daycare. :) In any case I have always made sure to have mozart on during school work because I for one know it works to help improve math and especially speech. As you all know Trix has sensory integration dysfunction and what tipped me off to the fact that something was not right was the fact that he was not speaking, he was trying but everything he was saying was coming out wrong. If you know me you know that talking is something I am known for. lol Anyway I read about a study where a child was autistic and had years of speech therapy etc but would not speak, then the doc did a controversial "mozart therapy" treatment twice a week where the mother would bring in the child and they would put earphones on the child and play mozart music. In a few months the child started speaking! Clearly too! I figured it was worth a shot. So I started playing it before my son went to school and within 3 weeks my son's teacher called me to ask if I had gotten him speech outside of school because she had noticed a big difference in his speech! One other thing I noticed was that he was calmer and not so "overload on his senses" too. So I dug back into my preschool teacher memories and started experimenting. I have certain music I play for different times of day. Usually when it is creative play like with playdough or gak I put on whatever kids cd I checked out from the library, school work is mozart or some form of classical, lunch time is either smooth jazz, or sometimes I will get quiet time cd's from the library to help transition the kids from activity, to lunch, to quiet time. My kids love music and get a good appreciation for different times. Interestingly enough my son with the sensory issues has the best ear for good music! He is passionate about his worship cd and will dance for an hour if I let him, he also loves big band swing music. :) ok so it is not rocket science but at least my days are not as hectic, I also will play softer music right before we get in the car to go somewhere where I want the kids to behave. It calms them down.
works for me!
The Cheerio Queen

Tuesday 2post!

Ok so after posting the other day about not posting pics of the kids a dear friend emailed me and mentioned that it is not quite as scary as I thought it was. She should know her hubby is a police sergeant and a darn good one too. He also teaches womens self defense courses and he does that out of his own compassion for teaching women knowledge to protect themselves. If your ever in my area let me know and I will find out when his next class is. He is great...he mostly teaches you statistics as well as some moves. I totally trust what he and my friend said so I decided since I have the new camera and am so

Lucky Charms reaction to having to go home from the park! lol




excited about some of the pics I have been taking with it that I would show off my angels. Hope you like the pics! I am pretty partial of course so I think they are adorable but here are the pics and get used to me being the overly proud mommy who shows off 7 million obnoxious pics of her kids lol!Thanks Jess!







My sweet boys...arent' they cute?

















Honey Nut posing for mommy :)
















Trix...gotta love that face!

Till Next Time!
The Cheerio Queen

Tales from the scales...

Hello everyone,

Just checking in on my weight loss challenge. I am not sure I lost any weight this week because I did not weigh in yet. The reason being, the first two weeks I don't like to check the scales. I like to focus on eating healthier and starting and exercise program. :) You can read down below about my choice in water exercise and how that first class went. I am eating much better. I picked up slimfast again for breakfast. Hey it works for me, I also usually either eat whole wheat pasta for lunch, or whatever frozen diet dinner is on sale this week..usually weight watchers. The reason I chose these is because I am super busy during the day and am more likely to stick to healthier eating if I don't have to think ahead and pre cook something, or get to where I am hungry and then start looking in the cabinets and hoping I don't find something that is not so good for me. This is tough for someone who is still praying every day that they declare chocolate a food group of its own. *blush* I do try and use portion control any other time except for when we went out for lunch the other day to celebrate mothers day and we stopped by claim jumpers and I had to have the cheeseburger so I did not dissappoint the kids who were "taking mom out". If you don't know their cheeseburgers are not exactly the same size as the 99 cent ones at mcdonalds. They are HUGE. To my defense though I was not able to eat all of that or all of the fries and decided to take them home for later ...waste not want not you know. But when we got home and I went to have it for dinner later...the kids had eaten it, ok so I was not so thrilled but at least it helped keep me on the right track. I will go to water exercise again tonight. I do have a quick tip for portion control though, I know a lot of people use kids plates for dinner because they are sectioned off , but I use the left over cleaned out containers that the frozen diet meals come in! Hey who knew they are not just good for holding finger paint?

Good luck to everyone who is posting today! I hope everyone has a success story! and if you don't that is ok we are still with you anyway! I do feel a lot better today then I did last posting day. :)

Be sure to check out the May Day Weight loss challenge over at :http://talesfromthescales.net/

Till Next Time!

The Cheerio Queen

Happy Monday. :) a picture and a weekend update!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day! I know I did. Here is a recap of my weekend.

Saturday is when we spent most of the day celebrating early Mother's Day. It was a chance for us to get out as a family and just hang out together. When you run a home daycare it makes these times so much more special...the kids wake up and ask "Is their daycare kids today Mommy?" I always say nope it is a "mommy daddy day" . We headed out with a mission. Daddy needed a new suit. It was an investment he has been wanting to make for sometime and since he is still interviewing we thought this would be a good one. Clothes really do make the person and the difference when you are commanding a lot higher salary then say a gig at a second rate restaurant (no offense to people who work at restaurants by the way lol). After some searching and speaking with a very nice salesperson , and a little sticker shock we finally picked out a great suit for DH. I told him not only are we investing in a suit for interviews and work but now he will be taking me out to restaurant's on date night that do NOT have a drivethru! :) After that we headed out to the mall to see about hitting some sales because of course we have been suddenly having unusually warm weather a lot earlier this year and the kids have outgrown everything they wore last summer so last week with it being so warm they were pretty cranky because they had to wear pants. Which brings me to my next question and one that may spark a little debate. Hopefully not.

Here goes: Girls....when I was pregnant the first time I was so excited to find out I was having a girl. My dreams of pink, yellow, and lavender bows, and frilly dresses, patent leather shoes etc. were running rampant in my mind. Oh I could think of all the cute outfits she could wear. And since she is my only girl...boy did she! From newborn to size 6x that is. Then when she moved up to size 7 I went into cardiac arrest one day when I took her out shopping for a dress. I noticed this once before when she turned 5 and started kindergarten but there was still more cute clothes then the alternative. The alternative being "hoochie mama" clothes. Explain to me what possible benefits could come from an 8 year old girl wearing something that I as an adult in my mid twenties and single would not wear? What good is it to allow my daughter wear a pair of 24 dollar shorts, that in all reality I could accomplish the same thing with a 5 dollar pack of princess underwear at walmart and in those packs you get at least 6 pairs...they both cover up the same amount of skin. I am not sure what they are charging us for with these clothes...there is hardly any fabric used. one thread is not enough for my daughter who I am trying to raise with some dignity, and taste. The dresses if you can find them are either the fabric consistency of a belly t-shirt, or a flower girl dress (and even those are starting to look a lot sexier), the skirts are short but the salesperson who was about 10 explained to me that it is still tasteful because they have built in shorts underneath. ????? built in shorts underneath? Skirts should not have to require that just to be acceptable. Frankly I don't care of the shorts were sewn onto triple thick tights with shorts...they are still too short! Not only that but the shirts...low cut? What 8 year old had bo&bs that are big enough to pull off that look? Don't get me wrong I know some girls develop very early these days ( a fact my mom brought up at church yesterday when Honeynut was singing and standing next to a girl who was about 9 and she was developing already..I pray for her mom)but there is no need to wear a shirt like that. Call me old fashioned but I miss cute dresses like drop waist dresses, and dresses that went down to *gasp* girls knees? Don't even get me started on the stilettos they are calling dress shoes for girls. ugh. I think I need to get a sewing machine and teach myself how to sew, this way I can make cute dresses that are not necessarily conservative but appropriate.

Lastly and this is a long post I know...yesterday was Mom's day as you all know, we all went to church and Honeynut sang with her leadership team at fellowship time. This was great especially because she tends to get nervous and panic at the last second, so when she did none of that but actually sang where you could here her you can bet I was clapping the loudest in the room for her. :) My Mom came to see her sing and she loved that. I received two treasure boxes from the boys when they were in Sunday school yesterday that they had decorated and put in a little slip of paper that said "I love my mom because" and the teacher filled in their answers. Then Honeynut made me a darling teapot card with a bag of tea in it. :) , and boy did I get a surprise when Hubs gave me my mothers day present from him and the kids...a new digital camera!!! I mean a NICE digital camera! So when you start seeing pics on here that is why. :) Sorry none of them will be of the kids. My blog is public and it is amazing how many weirdos and stalkers, out there. (I just don't want to take a chance lol) In any case the pic of the duck at the top of the page was taken by my new camera!

I finally ended the day with going to pick up hubs new suit which had to be altered and the kids came with me (yes I wanted it that way lol) and as I was driving down the road I noticed it got quiet...I looked behind me in the backseat and all three of my reasons for being a proud proud mommy ...where fast asleep . I thanked God for the many blessings he has given me and said a silent happy mothers day to myself. :)

Hope all your days were great!

The Cheerio Queen