This was what my newly three year old told me today:

“I don’t want to love you Mommy because you make me sit in a carseat!”

I had my lady days supplies in the bathroom and I hear Timmy ask Tim, “Daddy are those mommy band aids?”

I was giving the kids a bath and Timmy says, “Mom I’m soaking wet!” It’s ok Timmy you’re suppose to be. 🙂

My dad was using his cane and Timmy asked him what it was. He says cane. Timmy says, “ohhhhhh a candy cane!!! Cool!”

This kid cracks me up!

His chore is to feed the dogs and I guess Tim refilled the dog food container last night because when Timmy opened the container and saw that it was full he yelled, “Look Mommy it’s growing!”

We found one of those curly shells at the beach and I look back at Timmy in his car seat and he has it to his ear saying, “Wait, What did you say?” And he kept looking at the shell and then putting it to his ear. Lololololol

Then the sweetest was he told me he wanted to read the Bible to Gracie. And so it read like this, “Jesus went over the river and though the woods to his grandmas house. And the snow bit his nose.” I was dying from the cuteness. We’ve been singing that song before bed.

I had a little mommy meltdown the other day as I squeezed myself into a pair of jeans. When I looked in the mirror all I saw was a stuffed sausage-like reflection. My husband walked in and I started to cry.

Someone explain to me why our bodies have to show the evidence that we have children but then our husbands walk around like nothing changed, all sexy. It’s very frustrating.

Anywayssss Timmy over heard me whining about my lumpy body and says, “Is it your butt mom?”

I bust out laughing. Then he proceeds to kiss me and ask, “All better?”

Today we went out to lunch with my sweet friend and her little girl. Before they ate their pizza they asked the Lord to bless their food. Now I wish I could say we did the same but like everything else in my life we do it but not with consistency.

Timmy just watched them and then leaned over to me and whispered in my ear all of The Lords Prayer. It almost brought me to tears. He is so sweet.

Just another thing to show me how important consistency is because that prayer is the only one we say everyday with him. And look at that, I guess consistency does WORK.

“Mom can you draw me a door?”

“Sure can Timmy.”

And then he sits there trying to open said door. I love this age!

Today my sweet friend looked at me as we both walked out of the library and said, “Where is your diaper bag?”

She had a fully packed and organized diaper bag. I also had a very nice little bag but I left it in the car.

My bag is somewhat see through, which makes it super easy to find things. It has no pockets or secret zippers but I don’t have a need for all that fanciness.

I breastfeed so there are no bottles or formula to pack. I also don’t bring snacks and drinks everywhere I go and yes my kids are sometimes thirsty and so we find the nearest water fountain. They survive. Mean mom I know.

When I go to a friends house I bring even LESS in my diaper bag, because sister if you can’t use your friend’s wipes that chick is NOT your friend.

My bag is recyclable, is yours? Yup when I’m done with my bag I toss it right in the recycle bin. You also can get them at just about any store and they are FREE! Nothing is free these days but this diaper bag sure is.

Now don’t get me wrong, some of those more traditional diaper bags are awesome and so cute. I had one once, when I was a new mom. But now if I had to worry about packing and restocking that huge bag everytime I left the house I would go nuts. It just adds another step to my get out of the house on time routine. As it is we take about 20 minutes from front door to pulling out of the drive way.

My diaper bag in all it’s glory…

My kids are so sweet. {they can also be monsters but mostly sweet ☺️}

Timmy is on the floor with his toy camera making kissing sounds trying to get the dogs attention so he can take their pictures.

We told him this weekend that Madison is his dog now and that he’s old enough to start feeding her and letting her out. He took it very serious.

Now I used to be a “dog” person. Not so much these days since they’ve decided that they are going to EAT the house. This is Grace hanging out with Madison in the homemade doggie door she made for herself…

We were outside and right now we only have one bike. We are hoping that Santa Clause will bring Timmy a big boy bike and then Grace can get Timmy’s tricycle {the price you gotta pay for being the second child} So for now they have to share and I was pleasantly surprised when I turned around to see this brilliant idea:

Whenever anyone gets hurt Timmy runs over to kiss it better. This is kind of random but only because he just did it to me. Then he gives you a big smile and says, “All better?”

These two are really getting so close. They fight a lot yes but they are best friends. Always looking for the other if one left the room. Always kissing and hugging. It’s so awesome.

It’s very possible that my kids will grow up thinking vegetables come in the shape of a Popsicle… But at least they are getting the healthy goodness, right?!

Organic Carrots were buy one get one so now they are Popsicles.

Berry Carrot Popsicles

A cup of baby carrots, half a banana, a little orange juice, blueberries and raspberries. I steamed the carrots and then puréed them adding just enough orange juice to make it smooth. Then added the rest of the fruit.

The kids LOVED them, me on the other hand not my favorite.

My latest attempt of sneaking some healthy food in Timmy’s diet:

Quinoa Cookies

A cup of cooked quinoa, a cup of oats, diced banana, diced dates, 2 T brown sugar, 1/2 t cinnamon, 1/4 t salt. Mix together. Beat 2 eggs and add to mixture. Baked for 15 minutes on 350. Dabbed melted dark chocolate on too when they came out of the oven. Huge hit!

Veggie Berry Pops

Handful of kale spinach mix, a little orange juice. Blend in bullet. Add berries and a banana. We all enjoyed these.