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Monday, August 22, 2016

Still Learning as I Go

On Friday, I met with a co-worker during his last day at Ameren. He mentioned that he has six kids.

The three oldest were his from a previous marriage.

One of them was his wife's from a previous marriage.

Two of them were theirs together.

I mentioned, "Oh, my husband has 5-boys!"

He said, "No. YOU have 5-boys."

So, of course I rambled, "Well, I'm still getting used to it. We've only been married for five-ish months."

He said, "You might not have kids of your own, but you need to start changing your mindset to they are your boys now also. They will - as they get older - start using it against you if you don't start claiming them as yours. They'll say 'well, you never loved us like our mom did' and they'll start using it against you."

SO, from now on, you might hear me say "my boys" or "our boys" or "we have five boys"... because I do love each of them as my own. I just know that I'm not trying to or will ever take the place of their mother. :-)

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Back to School - Fall Semester 2016

Today is my first official "back-to-school" as a Stepmom! Let's see what grades they are going into this year:

The twins are going into 2nd grade.

Jake is going into 5th grade.

Cody is going into 6th grade.

Lucas is going into 7th grade.

The boys were with their mom this morning... so I asked her to send pictures.

Now, we all know that my pictures are "different"... So I asked her to take pictures of their faces and then I asked for "Jennifer pictures" (which means, they have to look away or turn around).

And they all know now what that means and instantly ask, "IS THIS FOR YOUR BLOG?!?" :-)

Yes, these pictures are for my blog...

So here's before school this morning...

Before school with their mom.

Here's after school...

REALLY?? :-) They're all passed out!!

Tired of school already... On Day 1!

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Conversation with the Twins

I took the twins grocery shopping with me on Saturday.

First, they convinced me to go to Schnuck's instead of Hyvee so they could each get a free cookie. (kids under 10 get a free cookie at Schnucks)

Then, on the way home one of them said, "If we get to pick our car when we turn 16, we're going to pick a Chevy."

So I asked, "Why a Chevy?"

And they said, "Chevy gets a lot of awards for their cars." (I'm sure they've seen the commercials.)

I asked again, "Well, that's 9-years away... What if you change your mind?"

"We won't." :-) oh... ok... Let's make note of that!

The Firemen

Watch out girls... These two firemen are going to be running around when they get older! (I know you can't see their faces, but they are DOLLS!!)

The Firemen

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Vacation with Five Boys

So... What's it like going on vacation with 5 boys?

It's fun! I mean, how often do you say these things while you're on vacation?

"My boys are lost inside the Gay Dolphin gift shop. Where did they go???"

"We went to the beach shop and the twins got stuffed poopy emoji's!"
Five seconds later...
Twin #2 holding both poopy emoji's under his butt, "Look! I'm doing a double poopy!!"

"No ice cream if you're going to throw up in the car!" Yes, I'm a bit scarred...

Best one of the week...
"He got stung... umm... by a jelly fish... umm... by his wiener... Can I get the Vinegar spray from you, please? So we can spray it... umm... up his shorts? Thanks."