Slacking on parenting,discipline and birthdays....

Hmmm.... lets see what I can blog about. If I can even get a blog post posted without getting up to go potty every 2 min;) Speaking of potty

(yes, I just used the word potty. I'm a stay at home Mom what can I say?ha)

Finley is finally potty training...(training not trained) don't get too excited!

3 seems to be the magic number with my kids. I tried to potty train Austin at 10months. You know the first time Mom thing? I read all the books etc. After that I figured they are ready when they are ready.

6 years old is the magic number to start loosing teeth with my kids as well. Landen didn't have any loose teeth so I wasn't expecting him to lose his yet. Something I'm not proud of but Faith and Landen were arguing and I just about had it. So I told Faith, show him who's boss....next thing I knew, Landen comes up crying with a bloody mouth!

Slacking at the discipline. Not something I'm proud of:/

After we all apologized to each other(even me), we told Landen that he would get a special visit tonight....

(so now I'm lying to the poor child, great!ha)

and mentioned $

His scared sad faced sure turned around fast:)

The tooth fairy was out of cash so she had to borrow $ from the oldest boy in the house. (Come on Mom get with it!) Then the tooth fairy felt bad and tried to make the $2.00 look fancy by adding glitter, stickers and a bow made out of floss. Don't be fooled, that is a fake $100.00 she glued the letter too:)

It's all about presentation when they look under that pillow right?

Landen kept telling everyone he got $100.00.

Farrah would argue and say, "No, it's fake!"

Another thing I'm not proud of....Then Landen came to me saying, "Mooooom, Farrah called me the "S" word." So I asked, "What "S" word?" (they don't know the real "s" word) He seriously said to me, "she called me "dumb."

I just looked at him and wanted to say, "welllll" but I figured I should deal with the situation instead of telling him to show her who's boss or something along those lines...

(Lord help me in these last few weeks!!!!!)

Note to self: go over letters and sounds with Landen again!

Lets see what else happened...

my brother got engaged.

It's so nice to see my brother so happy again and Jamie will be a great step-mom to my nephews.

We were all asked to be in the wedding...

bridesmaid, groomsmen, flower girls, ring bearer, jr. bridesmaid and jr. groomsmen. I think we pretty much make the wedding party ha!

Fallon will be about 5 weeks old at the wedding.

Which means I will be 5 weeks postpartum eeeek!

We had to get our dresses ordered right away. 9 months pregnant trying to figure out what size to order. I made the mistake of bringing these 2 into the dressing room with me....

They couldn't stop laughing...

Finley turned 3!

We dropped the kids off at Grandmas and spoiled her as the only child for a day!

Then we went back to Grandma's for some cake and to open presents:)

Thank you to the Grandma's and Aunt Brianna because Mommy was slacking this year in planning a party.

She wanted to celebrate Hello Kitty style....



We took her to Knotts Berry Farm....



Finley's birthday lasted all weekend. On Sunday we went to Great Grandma's for another little party with all the cousins. Aunt Brianna make cupcakes.





Finley thanked her with a makeover:)

Even Berlyn got make-up

hold still....

Berlyn just wanted to eat the make-up

all the cousins and papa enjoying the cupcakes....

she loved all the special attention!

blowing out the candles...

and again....

Finley and Berlyn...

weeeeeee

Faith and Landen got Finley this purse.

Best friends

posers

they asked if they could wear lipstick because it was a special day.

Only child for a day!

The kids and I decorated the downstairs so that when Finley woke up it was all pretty for her:) The kids each gave her cards and presents they got for her with their own money.

I'm "free" 3 now!

Austin picked out a present all by himself and paid for it with his hard earned lawn mowing money.

Thank you Auty!

So I'm 38 weeks.

Fallon's foot is stuck in my right rib.( painful!)

Doc doesn't think she will be big (lets hope he's right!)

I had a cracked rib at the beginning of my pregnancy. Feels like it's broken again??

Faith was 9lbs 10oz foot stuck in rib. She had to wear casts for 2 wks. Hoping that's not the case with Fallon. (Feels the same)

We signed our life away till Dec... Austin is playing football and Justin is coaching.

Austin made starting QB and is one of the captains. He survived hell week in this hot weather. I can't imagine football practice in this heat with my head stuck in a helmet. He loves it and can't wait for games to start.

Faith will be cheering for the team and Landen is helping Dad.(water boy):)

I'll be sitting on the sidelines cheering the team on with 3 cute little girls by my side:)

Yesterday, I felt so blessed, had my house cleaners come (because I'm slacking at cleaning it myself;/ ). House was all clean, laundry was done and put away. Got a massage and pedicure. My Mom even called and said she bought me a new diaper bag:)

Today, I'm really sore....house cleaners put a wax on my bathroom tile floor. Let's just say I'm clumsy these last few weeks and slipped getting out of the shower. I pulled every muscle in my body with that fall...I'm embarrassed to say that was my 3rd fall this pregnancy. These kids keep leaving toys out that I can't see because of my belly!

I need another massage!

Bye for now, maybe next time I will be posting pictures of Fallon:)

and be a little less cranky and clumsy!

the only ride I went on that day:)

Keepin' Them Busy!

Being in the last few weeks of pregnancy it always seems to go by soooooooo sloooow! Then once the baby arrives time flies! Why is that? I'm really trying to enjoy these last weeks. My energy level is so low. I'm not one to sit around but my body is telling me to. Having 5 busy kids that don't understand Mom just laying around doesn't help. I've been trying to plan little activities to keep them busy.

Every summer we have a lemonade sale. It's one of their favorite things to do. We have made it a tradition every summer. Here are some lemonade sales in the past. (look how little they were) We usually have it only one day for a couple hours. This summer the kids did so well the first day they begged me to let them set up a second day.

Austin and Faith made the little stand out of left over pvc pipe in the garage and an old table cloth I had. They borrowed some things from my kitchen to make the table look pretty:)

Austin was the manager, Faith was in charge of marketing (making things look pretty) Landen the professional sign twirler, Farrah the dancer, and Finley the taste tester:) Mommy the photographer and heath inspector:)

Before they could even get all set up they had cars pulling up....

business was booming! I guess it helps if the sign twirlers are cute:)

I parked on the side of the street with the air on. Finley was sleeping so I just watched from the car and took pictures.

They are pros at it now...

I did keep a close eye on them but started to get nervous when they got really busy and Landen was walking up to cars...

I woke Finley up and we walked to be closer to the kids. Even though my kids know to be safe, these days you just have to be careful.

Finley enjoyed tasting the lemonade more than she did trying to sell it:)

such a business man:)

Finely decided to join in, I think she wanted to have her fair share of the days profits.

The kids were asking 25cents per cup but people were paying up to $5.00 a cup! Must of been good lemonade they made. ha!
After about 2 hours Farrah needed a nap...so she laid down and took one. ha!

Some stopped and got out of their cars, some wanted curb side service and others just waved as they drove by.









The kids soon ran out of lemonade and cups and had to close down their stand. I was about to close it down as their health inspector after seeing the way they handled some of the cups. ha! I was surprised to see people actually drinking the lemonade. I think it's cute but would never really drink lemonade from a kids stand. Sad but true. We talked about making sure they kept their hands clean and to use a cup not their hands to fill the cups with ice:)

The second day they were just as busy.

The served over 50 cups.

Even the fire department showed up.

The kids counted their money at the end of 2 days of working...

Paid Mom back for costs on products, figured out profit and split it up with all the employees:)

Now they will give some, save some and spend some. Something I'm trying to teach them. Something I'm trying to teach myself:) ha!

Daddy has been working long hours this summer so by the end of the day I am beat (and so is he)

He still finds time to play with them and give me some peace and quiet:)



Even if it's just taking them outside and having them roll around on the grass! haha!

Well, I better get dinner going.......

or maybe I can get my big money makers to treat their tired parents out to dinner;)

Weekend With The Little Ones

The big kids had a blast at camp. They came home telling me how they ate meal worms and drank oreo, corn, ravioli, chili and (I forget what else)..shakes. ew! I gave them each throw away cameras to take. Can't wait to see what pictures are on those...haha

They had a blast! It took them a good couple days to recover:)

While they were gone we just had the 3 little ones and enjoyed doing fun things with them....

Saturday, I found some card board boxes in the garage and pulled some construction paper from the school room .....

traced some things for the kids to cut out....

Then helped them tape them on their boxes......

It's amazing how happy the kids were with just some paper, boxes and Mom's attempt to copy a picture of the Cars movie....

Daddy did screw in little steering wheels (made out of plastic lids) for them.

Then we told them to get their PJ's on and get their cars ready....

on our way to see Cars2 at the drive-in....

My 3 little ones had a blast!!!!

watching the movie in their own cars!:)

I could of used bigger boxes but this is all we had in the garage;)

A fun memory!


Well I'm at 35 weeks and am so uunnnnnnncomfortable! I don't know how I did this 6 times?! More than that how my husband put up with me pregnant 6 times! ha!

The Ryan household is getting excited to meet Fallon.

Everything is ready to go...

I think Finley is ready to become a big sister!

these are some pictures I took of Finely helping me wash and put away all the baby clothes....

she loves to come up and kiss my belly and say,"I love Fallon!"