My daughter. I’ve told you about her right? Well… I can feel the gray hairs trying to force their way out of my scalp. They have Mia written all over them. 3 year old girls are hard work, full of manipulation and have a certain flair for dramatics. She can turn on tears in a second flat, and I’m not talking a tear here and there.. I’m talking a waterfall full of them.

Tuesday, I pick her up from school- the teachers said she got very weepy when it was time clean up and get ready for home. The teacher tells me, we have a lot of kids crying to not come to school and leave their mom, mine? She doesn’t want to leave school and come home TO mom.

Wednesday, I pick her up from school - I can hear her SOBBBBBBBING all the way down the hall way… “I DON’TWANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNA GOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOMMMMMMMEEEEEEE” OMG? What!? She rounds the corner and the teacher says… she’s doesn’t go home. (with a snarky little smile, that I may or may not have imagined) At this point, I am embarrassed and I’m trying to calm her down, but more tears are falling and she can’t even breath she’s crying so hard. Ummm. It’s not like she comes home and I lock her in her cage and let the rats & dogs take over and she goes back to becoming a feral child and has to eat scraps of porkfat and moldy bread that I shove through the bars of her cage. I advised the teachers to please not call family services, that she does have quite the nice little home life and not look at me funny.

By the way, my mother thinks this is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo funny.

*a tish a tosh a razzamatazz.. is a song M leanred in school yesterday, along with jazzhands.. it’s quite the little number that is NOW STUCK IN MY BRAIN!

First off, thanks for the birthday wishes for my baby boy, who’s actually not anywhere near being a baby. He had a fantastic birthday and birthday weekend. Of course, his birthday extravaganza turned into LETS HAVE A DRINKFEST, and mama woke up with quite a little headache!

In other news, I FAILED the knitting Ravelympics. I took a quite a big project, and I do believe I would have finished, however - the Olympics just happen to coincide with the most busiest 2 weeks ever. I tried to knit as much as I could, but one huge realization that hit me square between the eyes, I do not have 4 to 5 hours a day to knit. Who knew? But.. it’ll get in time for baby to come, which the dates keeps getting pushed back. We don’t want to talk about that with the mama though - it’s a sensitive subject. So here it is: Blanket as WIP:

I am in love with it, and I can’t wait to for the little bambino to make himself OR herself shown!

So, we have one more day of the this Labor Day weekend - and the weekend thus far was fantastical. Birthdays! Beers! Presents! Sparklers! GOLF! and .. then some much needed outdoor quite time for this mama.

Ahhhh. Sweet Silence.

Damn mosquitoes.

I don’t know what to say. Our baby boy turns double digits today. *10*

*because I can never just pick A photo

off off and away. fly my little chickadees. fly. of course, miles is used to this..him and his crew were off and running to catch the bus and made nothing of the morning. now, my girl. my challenge. my partner. how will she re-act? more importantly, will I be ok? well, we parked the car. she said I didn’t even have to walk her across the street, that she would be ok on her own. I asked her if it was ok to walk her to her classroom and meet her teachers, I got the ok. In we went, and away she flew. with a quick hug and she told me “i’ll be ok mommy, i’ll miss you, but I’m going to have fun” and that was that. My BFF called to see if I was ok, and I was. She asked if I had cried, and well.. no. I tried… I really did. I squeezed my eyes really hard together to try and make some form of condensation leak from them, didn’t happen. I came home, went for a run and now I’m going grocery shopping before her first day is done. Their confidence amazes me.. one proud mama here.

Summer vacation is over. Over. We had a great summer, we did some fun things and Miles & Mia made some new friends. We got a lot of outside time in and I have no complaints of what our summer brought to us, except you know .. the usual. That it was over in a blink of an eye and now I’m having a hard time dealing with the fact that I have a kid going into 5th grade and turning 10 all in one week and that my baby, my partner in crime during the day - is going to pre-school! GULP!

I thought I was ok, I thought I was ready to spread my wings and be alone for a while during the day, come to find out, I’m a little nervous. A little panicky.

Thankfully I have a great support group. My hubby ofcourse who thinks it’s time for me to be on my own and do something productive without a 3year old in tow, my parents who have always been supportive of what challenge might come my way, my friends near & far - who have faith in me that I am strong enough to be without mini-me for two and a half hours, 5 days a week.

But, even with all the support - tomorrow, at 9:15am… life is going to hit me like a ton of bricks.

It’s just before 830p and it’s dark, pitch dark. My knitting peeps all met at our favorite outside cafe tonite, I am thinking of them knitting in the dark and they might be a wee bit chilly. What is UP with this weather? Rain every day for weeks, then cooooool, not fonzie cool either, cool temperatures and now, the daylight savings is slowly going away. Please oh please summer, stay just a little longer, I beg of you. I did get a full dose of summer today, as we loaded up the car, met some freinds and hit the beach.

We frolicked in the ocean, we dug deep holes, we flew kites, we ate, we soaked up the sunshine!
However, I did forget to re-apply sunscreen and may have got a little red, just a little. woops!

School is right around the corner, so close I can taste my freedom. It’s bittersweet, for the little M, it’s the beginning of the rest of her school career - this will catapult her into public education. She’s ready, but am I? ::sniffsniff::

My Ravelympic project? Ummmmmmm. Yeah, that’s chugging right along. I will for sure not medal.. but I will finish by Sept 4. That’s the day the receiver of this precious blanket will make his/her way into this world! Let me tell you something, I know the mama is ready, but so am I. Yay BABY!

Where are the weeks going? What is happening to my poor neglected blog. I’ll tell you what.. between the fantastic Olympics that we watch around the clock, working on my Olympic project that I do not for see finishing by closing ceremonies next Sunday. But, I will finish in time for who the project is intended for , and thats all that matters!

Mr. Knitpho took a day off and we headed up to the Maine for the day. We went to a zoo and an amusement park and Mia and I got to stroll along the beach and we even saw a light house … you can see the pics hereif you are inclined However, after it was all said and done and my dear 3 year old daredevil daughter went on every ride you could possibly imagine and more without batting an eyelash at the speed or the height of it, this picture captures it all.

After stuffing our faces full of salt water taffy and seaside treats - we made our way back home with two exhausted kiddies and two VERY exhausted parents. The weekend is busy with friends, family and freshly made blueberry pancakes that my kiddies picked yesterday!

Happy Sunday!

so i have since settled down from my last post.. and I thought the whole things was very humorous and made me have quite a chuckle. S
Since we’ve spoke last, we’ve been pretty busy. Two weeks til school starts, so we’re busy getting supplies and just trying to cram as much summer as we can until August 26. Dear Dear August 26. When both my kiddies will start school and I can grocery shop in peace.
Also, the Ravelympics have started, if you don’t know what this is, (your lame) I mean.. you have got together with a team, and you’ve decided on an event and you try to knit a (challenging) project from the lighting of the torch, up until the thing gets snuffed out. We had fun little party at Erins with all my BAMFK peeps with LOTS o FOOD and drinks and I was off and running, and then I came to a screeching halt. You your best breaky screechy noise.. and that was me. I had troubles, I could get my squares to look like I wanted them too… so, I gave the project a time out and took a breaky break. I e-mailed the designer (thank you Ravelry!) and she said she’s help me if I was still having trouble, but everything I was doing sounded right! So.. today. The squares came off the time out bench and I just went with it. Putting a lot of love into this little blankey! Now. I hope the extra love I’m feeling for the blankiie now cancels out all the swearing and throwing I did in on Sunday.
So.. here it is:

I’ll be able to get some major squares in, we’re heading up to Maine. Squares! Squares! Squares!

Ummm. You know? If you start a blog, join a community… be prepared for whats out there. Good or bad. But.. the good thing about having your own blog, is your can type whatever the hell you want…

I love my blog. I have “met” some pretty awesome people through my blog, and not only met them live and in person, but have developed some pretty great relationships otherwise. But you know.. it happens, there are just some people out there, that act like total DOOSHBAGS and you think..how do they make it in the real world. How does one function in society on a daily basis. I mean, I wouldn’t know how to function outside my home, since I am a stay at home mom, and all I do all day is walk on my treadmill, talk on my cell phone and read cosmo. I bet you didn’t know that about me, did you? Yup, I have the luxury of doing that all day long. So, when I join an onlne fitness community, to help motivate oneself for losing weight - I never expected sore losers. But, I guess there’s one in every bunch, who just has to whine that they can’t keep up with the rest of the pack.

So, I’ll just keep on, keepin’ on. I’ll post on my blog, with pics of my kids. I’ll do the research before posting a question so I don’t get beaten down for being a lazy googler. I’ll be honest with my points on my exercise, because in the end - as much of a bitch as I play on tv, I do play by the rules. I’ll do my best to talk to my BFF and Plurk, while I walk on my treadmill for hours a day, because having two kids, a house and husband and two dogs.. I have ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD to do nothing else, except accrue introplay points.

Sincerely,

Bitchycakes or pusscakes… I don’t know which one I am..but I’m one those. I hope it’s bitchy cakes.. it has a nice ring.

Think I can change my name on my license?

to show off my kids….
this here is a 5 Minutes for Mom little summer photo contest that I entered the pic in … there are tons of great photos, but I thought, why the heck not!

what SCREAMS summertime more than a 9 year old doing cannoballs all afternoon?