Happy Halloween
10.29.2010
Cute Kid Contest + Ice Cream Cupcakes = Somethin' Fummy
Thanks for being here doll faces. I just wanted to say that your all very beautiful.
I've busted my ass off to have a fun, exciting contest and want everyone to know that I will make it extremely successful because I do cherish this blog and the people that I've very much been involved with. So, a special thanks to all of our lovely sponsors. Please check them out, all of them. Scroll down to click their shops. They have amazing items and I'm sure between the 3 winners, you'll all love their gifts. Another thanks to Brittany. At the beginning of this, I was going back and forth with her to get everything organized and she's a busy mom as well so I know how frustrating things can be. I'm proud to be working with her and lucky to call her an actual friend from blogging. She will have her blog updated with all the contest details shortly so that you can vote over there and that way her viewers don't have to feel like they need to come here to do so.
The Voting Page is Up and Running. For all NEW entrants, you may add your child's name to the poll under OTHER. Please just make sure that your following all contest rules before doing so. Otherwise, I will delete.
Your child's photo will be updated as soon as we verify your submitted post. Simply add your entry to the linky. I noticed the last two aren't linked correctly, so please be sure to follow the simple steps. If you have trouble, please shoot me an email. I will delete all the ones that don't link correctly.
Also. Everyone can only vote one time per ip address. You may post asking to get votes for your cutie, tweet, facebook, pretty much anything to get your votes.
BUT
You may choose up to 3 favorite kids. So you can vote for more than one cutie.
So everyone-PLEASE go vote
I hope everyone has fun with it. As difficult as it may seem, it is not. Just find a moment to join the fun.
I apologize for all the minor details but they have to be there.
We made cupcakes from scratch. Batter and icing. So so yum! I couldn't have enjoyed the weekend better. I really need a bigger kitchen though. :)
I've busted my ass off to have a fun, exciting contest and want everyone to know that I will make it extremely successful because I do cherish this blog and the people that I've very much been involved with. So, a special thanks to all of our lovely sponsors. Please check them out, all of them. Scroll down to click their shops. They have amazing items and I'm sure between the 3 winners, you'll all love their gifts. Another thanks to Brittany. At the beginning of this, I was going back and forth with her to get everything organized and she's a busy mom as well so I know how frustrating things can be. I'm proud to be working with her and lucky to call her an actual friend from blogging. She will have her blog updated with all the contest details shortly so that you can vote over there and that way her viewers don't have to feel like they need to come here to do so.
The Voting Page is Up and Running. For all NEW entrants, you may add your child's name to the poll under OTHER. Please just make sure that your following all contest rules before doing so. Otherwise, I will delete.
Your child's photo will be updated as soon as we verify your submitted post. Simply add your entry to the linky. I noticed the last two aren't linked correctly, so please be sure to follow the simple steps. If you have trouble, please shoot me an email. I will delete all the ones that don't link correctly.
Also. Everyone can only vote one time per ip address. You may post asking to get votes for your cutie, tweet, facebook, pretty much anything to get your votes.
BUT
You may choose up to 3 favorite kids. So you can vote for more than one cutie.
So everyone-PLEASE go vote
I hope everyone has fun with it. As difficult as it may seem, it is not. Just find a moment to join the fun.
I apologize for all the minor details but they have to be there.
We made cupcakes from scratch. Batter and icing. So so yum! I couldn't have enjoyed the weekend better. I really need a bigger kitchen though. :)
Hannah was placing chocolate chips in the batter while M filled em up.
Chillaxin
Buttercream Frosting
and then some cupcake ice cream cones
We will def. be baking more this weekend.
Happy Halloween
Have a nice Weekend
I Don't Want To Grow Up
I went to pick Hannah up from school yesterday after the nurse called and told me she was crying that her stomach hurt. I explained that it was probably just her nerves and she advised me she was really crying. The tears wouldn't stop dripping down her face. At that moment I could see her face and knew how bad she needed me. As much as I explained Hannah's situation to her, I felt that something wasn't right about the last couple weeks. This just isn't the place for my child to feel so uncomfortable at. She should feel safe, protected and at ease. But she's not feeling any of that.
I knew I needed to speak to the principle upon arriving at the office but the lady that came out said I needed to make an appointment. I said I needed to speak to someone now and I'm not waiting until Monday. What kind of school is this where you can't walk in and speak to the principle or the vice.
I was very nice to these people but now your making me get vicious. They call Hannah down because I felt that I wasn't going to get to speak to anyone, but then I told the office ladies that they should call her teacher back because I wasn't leaving until I spoke to someone. Give me a counselor, a somefreakingbody. Don't claim I can't speak to anyone. The office seems pretty empty. No authority in sight. But she tells me she's going to get the school counselor. He's busy though. She'll see if she can find him. I'll wait. I waited longer than necessary and Hannah had arrived for me to pick her up. I finally get up and tell the desk ladies to tell the lady who is finding these people in charge to forget it. "She obviously don't think it's important when I told her it was urgent. I'll just call later." Oh no. Wait we will try to find him. Finally he does come out and seems to be a fruit freaking loop but I sit down to talk to him anyways. Hannah waited in the office while I discussed everything with him behind closed doors.
Whether or not he takes my info and relays it to the principle, teacher and everyone else in that school is his job. I've discussed in letters, via phone and now in person. I will also take the fifth to rip this teacher a new one if it even lasts until then.
I was pretty sure that Hannah just didn't go to the bathroom like we discussed and she's very flustered with it all. She knows she needs to go but she either forgets or holds it in because I'm not there to help her. Yes. I still wipe my kids ass. I don't need poop on her hands or her clothes, so I do it at home for her. She's well aware of how to do it. I taught her. But she's little and has a hard time reaching. She refuses to do it the way I taught her and believe me, I've repeatedly shown her. Some kids just have a hard time with it. But as much as I talked with her and taught her how to be a big girl, she's my baby and just needs me still.
After we took a bath, had something to eat and made cookies, we worked on homework and then rested for bed. We talked. A lot. I don't let a day go by without knowing everything about my children and discussing all the details of life because I need to make sure that when I'm not around, they can take care of themselves.
She cried and we both got very emotional. I cried because I don't want my babies to feel like no one is there for them. She expressed no one is there at school. I know what the school is like. So when she gets off the bus she heads to have breakfast and then hurries to get to class. Because all the aides and teachers are on a tight schedule, they make it seem like these kids don't have a minute to go to the bathroom and I know that is why she feels like she cannot. But I explained to her that if someone is rushing her, then she just needs to ignore it and take her time. Go into the bathroom anyways.
Aside from the whole bathroom situation, she has not been herself. I know my kids and when something is obviously making my child not act like her normal happy self, then I need to get to the bottom of it. She is very feisty and aggressive lately. Meaner than ever and overall just not Hannah. So when we talked, I make sure no one is hurting her at school in any way, shape or form. Ask her thoroughly if the teacher is saying mean things or any of the students bullying her. Everything seems to be fine, except when she gets on the bus for an hour after school, she starts crying again about how she has to go pee like every minute and she has to sit with two other girls and she just doesn't want to be on the bus anymore or go to school.
I can't make them pick the kids up later or change the bus schedule because I already tried. I said she's just going to have to remember to go potty before she gets on the bus and after lunch. I know she doesn't have a problem with incontinence. But she does have major health issues. After her antibiotics, I gave her the inhaler as prescribed but also feel like that is not what's best for her. It seems to make her off the wall and it could be making her feel sick. Which is frustrating because if it's not breathing problems, it's stomach problems. If it's not that, it's something else.
I'm guessing she may also have an allergy to milk, peanut butter and other foods but the doctors office is so damn difficult that it takes nearly 20 years to get to the bottom of something. It's not that easy to switch doctors here and I've been through the hassle time and time again. Last year it was a constant back and forth blood testing, along with hospital trips and day surgery. It just seems like everything we are doing is not working or works for a minute and then doesn't pull through. Something else happens.
In the midst of it all, I'm considering home schooling again. I home schooled M when she was this age and I feel the best thing for my daughter would be to do this. As much as I'd love for her to learn from someone else and be connected with children, it's not the best environment for her. If it was a different school, different situation then maybe. But for now I think she's happy at home with her mama hen and feeling safer in my presence.
I knew I needed to speak to the principle upon arriving at the office but the lady that came out said I needed to make an appointment. I said I needed to speak to someone now and I'm not waiting until Monday. What kind of school is this where you can't walk in and speak to the principle or the vice.
I was very nice to these people but now your making me get vicious. They call Hannah down because I felt that I wasn't going to get to speak to anyone, but then I told the office ladies that they should call her teacher back because I wasn't leaving until I spoke to someone. Give me a counselor, a somefreakingbody. Don't claim I can't speak to anyone. The office seems pretty empty. No authority in sight. But she tells me she's going to get the school counselor. He's busy though. She'll see if she can find him. I'll wait. I waited longer than necessary and Hannah had arrived for me to pick her up. I finally get up and tell the desk ladies to tell the lady who is finding these people in charge to forget it. "She obviously don't think it's important when I told her it was urgent. I'll just call later." Oh no. Wait we will try to find him. Finally he does come out and seems to be a fruit freaking loop but I sit down to talk to him anyways. Hannah waited in the office while I discussed everything with him behind closed doors.
Whether or not he takes my info and relays it to the principle, teacher and everyone else in that school is his job. I've discussed in letters, via phone and now in person. I will also take the fifth to rip this teacher a new one if it even lasts until then.
I was pretty sure that Hannah just didn't go to the bathroom like we discussed and she's very flustered with it all. She knows she needs to go but she either forgets or holds it in because I'm not there to help her. Yes. I still wipe my kids ass. I don't need poop on her hands or her clothes, so I do it at home for her. She's well aware of how to do it. I taught her. But she's little and has a hard time reaching. She refuses to do it the way I taught her and believe me, I've repeatedly shown her. Some kids just have a hard time with it. But as much as I talked with her and taught her how to be a big girl, she's my baby and just needs me still.
After we took a bath, had something to eat and made cookies, we worked on homework and then rested for bed. We talked. A lot. I don't let a day go by without knowing everything about my children and discussing all the details of life because I need to make sure that when I'm not around, they can take care of themselves.
She cried and we both got very emotional. I cried because I don't want my babies to feel like no one is there for them. She expressed no one is there at school. I know what the school is like. So when she gets off the bus she heads to have breakfast and then hurries to get to class. Because all the aides and teachers are on a tight schedule, they make it seem like these kids don't have a minute to go to the bathroom and I know that is why she feels like she cannot. But I explained to her that if someone is rushing her, then she just needs to ignore it and take her time. Go into the bathroom anyways.
Aside from the whole bathroom situation, she has not been herself. I know my kids and when something is obviously making my child not act like her normal happy self, then I need to get to the bottom of it. She is very feisty and aggressive lately. Meaner than ever and overall just not Hannah. So when we talked, I make sure no one is hurting her at school in any way, shape or form. Ask her thoroughly if the teacher is saying mean things or any of the students bullying her. Everything seems to be fine, except when she gets on the bus for an hour after school, she starts crying again about how she has to go pee like every minute and she has to sit with two other girls and she just doesn't want to be on the bus anymore or go to school.
I can't make them pick the kids up later or change the bus schedule because I already tried. I said she's just going to have to remember to go potty before she gets on the bus and after lunch. I know she doesn't have a problem with incontinence. But she does have major health issues. After her antibiotics, I gave her the inhaler as prescribed but also feel like that is not what's best for her. It seems to make her off the wall and it could be making her feel sick. Which is frustrating because if it's not breathing problems, it's stomach problems. If it's not that, it's something else.
I'm guessing she may also have an allergy to milk, peanut butter and other foods but the doctors office is so damn difficult that it takes nearly 20 years to get to the bottom of something. It's not that easy to switch doctors here and I've been through the hassle time and time again. Last year it was a constant back and forth blood testing, along with hospital trips and day surgery. It just seems like everything we are doing is not working or works for a minute and then doesn't pull through. Something else happens.
In the midst of it all, I'm considering home schooling again. I home schooled M when she was this age and I feel the best thing for my daughter would be to do this. As much as I'd love for her to learn from someone else and be connected with children, it's not the best environment for her. If it was a different school, different situation then maybe. But for now I think she's happy at home with her mama hen and feeling safer in my presence.
10.26.2010
I Haven't Croaked, Just Yet
Good day lovely faces. I'm still on planet earth. I won't be an evil little ghost any time soon, so for those wishing I did croak....hmmmm...too bad! Mmmkay then. Just wanted to touch base and let y'all know that I'm shopping for a new laptop, since the Sony causes fires and such. We haven't found a really good one in stock so I've been using Mackenzie's little one, which isn't so fast and drives me nuts because the damn screen is so small. I will gladly update Freckles and Fudge with a new header when I get the new computer because it's been too long and now I'm getting impatient.
For those newer viewers, I like to change my stuff often. And not being able to do so right now is buggin' me. But I did make some changes to the Cute Kid Contest.
Some people may have felt it was too complicated or confusing, so I broke it down a bit. There will be NO age limit. This will be just like any other giveaway I've hosted here on Freckles and Fudge. You just need to create a post including pictures of your kids and submit it on the linky form over on the Contest Page.
For the Top Part of the form, just list your Blog Title, kids name or both, your url to the post and then your email address, so we can contact the winners by email.
There will be 3 winners. 1st place $500 worth of Etsy shop items, 2nd place $50 gift cert. and 3rd place $25 gift cert. Please check out the sponsors and their items to get a sneak peek at the items you could be winning. Now I have more sponsors to add to the list and will continue to carry these kinds of contests out here on Freckles and Fudge. The next one I hope to host is for a Hot Mom, Dad, Friend...etc...So please jump in and have loads of fun.
Your post can be short and sweet. Just show us your cutie.
As far as voting goes, I will post a poll once the entries get submitted. The polls will be throughout this site. I will be posting indidvidual posts asking for you viewers to vote for the cutest kid, (in your pinion). So this way, everyone is going to be involved and have a blast.
If you have any other questions, simply ask. I'm checking my emails still and will respond asap. Bryan just called and told me he will be here to set the new computer up. I'll be back shortly. In the mean time, create a simple post and start submitting your cuties.
Have a nice day! and i will show much love when i return:) thanks for being here!
For those newer viewers, I like to change my stuff often. And not being able to do so right now is buggin' me. But I did make some changes to the Cute Kid Contest.
Some people may have felt it was too complicated or confusing, so I broke it down a bit. There will be NO age limit. This will be just like any other giveaway I've hosted here on Freckles and Fudge. You just need to create a post including pictures of your kids and submit it on the linky form over on the Contest Page.
For the Top Part of the form, just list your Blog Title, kids name or both, your url to the post and then your email address, so we can contact the winners by email.
There will be 3 winners. 1st place $500 worth of Etsy shop items, 2nd place $50 gift cert. and 3rd place $25 gift cert. Please check out the sponsors and their items to get a sneak peek at the items you could be winning. Now I have more sponsors to add to the list and will continue to carry these kinds of contests out here on Freckles and Fudge. The next one I hope to host is for a Hot Mom, Dad, Friend...etc...So please jump in and have loads of fun.
Your post can be short and sweet. Just show us your cutie.
As far as voting goes, I will post a poll once the entries get submitted. The polls will be throughout this site. I will be posting indidvidual posts asking for you viewers to vote for the cutest kid, (in your pinion). So this way, everyone is going to be involved and have a blast.
If you have any other questions, simply ask. I'm checking my emails still and will respond asap. Bryan just called and told me he will be here to set the new computer up. I'll be back shortly. In the mean time, create a simple post and start submitting your cuties.
Have a nice day! and i will show much love when i return:) thanks for being here!
10.23.2010
Feel The Boobies
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10.22.2010
Welcome To My Kitchen
I've been baking a lot. Can't wait to bake more when the girls get home. Will be posting some Halloween goodies after the weekend. Here's to a nice relaxing weekend, some cookies and lovin'.
Bryan came home for lunch. I said, "Aren't they pretty?":
He said. ILL those are ABSURD.
Indeed they are. Who cares.
Have a nice weekend.
Garden Of Eden
Morning Lovelies. Can we get a TGIF, hell yeah. I am so stoked about it being today. I wanted to introduce you to a very delightful shop. Garden of Eden Designs has the most beautiful handmade jewelry and eye masks. Perfect for your wardrobe or a gift for your best friend.
You can tell by her designs that she makes them with love, style and class. This necklace is by far my favorite.
She uses recycled clothing. She's Eco-Friendly and awesome.
Stop by, take a look and indulge.
Happy Friday
10.19.2010
Standing Beside Her
I can remember running through the woods and then standing on the side of my grandparents house while the cars sped by holding a pillow over my behind so that one of the other kids could shoot me in the ass with a bb gun. We were some crazy kids and still are. My grandparents had ten children. All whom pretty much share the same story with me. My aunt Janet died in a car accident when I was just three. She was young. Nineteen. As much of a baby that I was, I feel a strong connection with her. I look at photographs of her holding me and how much she shines. My freckles and curly hair are just like hers. I look in the mirror and see her. Ironically, I lost my little brother the same way. In a car accident at the age of twenty some nineteen years later. He is buried right behind her. As much time as I had with my brother, I didn't feel nearly as hurt when I lost him as I did her.
All the things I could have experienced with her is a figment of my imagination. As close as I could be with any of my aunts, I am not as I am to her. I can only cry when I look at her and wish for certain things that will never be. The ones that get ripped from you are the ones that would be here holding your hand every step of the way. The ones that would be laughing hysterically with you until you pissed your pants. The ones that would drop anything to come to your side. All of them are gone.
Up until this very moment, I felt a bit of anger towards my mother for not giving us children what we deserved. A better life. A better life than what. We are who we are. As much as I'd like to say she should have given us this this and this, I can no longer say those things. I can no longer be mad for not having what another family has. I can't want something that will never be. I let all the memories of our childhood take over that part of me. I didn't allow myself to remember the good in all of this chaos. I refused to sit down and think about everything that we did and who we shared it with. Because I was selfish and wanted more. She gave me more. If it was not for my mother who brought me into this god forsaken life, I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't be the woman I am today. I am far from perfect. I yell and swear. I get frustrated and cry. I brake down and melt. I have suicidal thoughts. What days I break, are the days I'm put back together. Those are the days I make myself whole again. The things that I experienced as a child were far from what others encountered. My life was the creme de la creme compared to millions of other children. My life wasn't peaches and cream. It was rather dysfunctional. But when you have a hundred cousins and siblings, you tiny creatures protect until the death. We were always together making sure one another was by the others side. We had to. The parents were elsewhere. We had each other and I think if we hadn't we would be far gone. As much of a mess as it was and still is, God gave it to us. He gave me my mother. My mother who is the only one who calls to talk to me. Besides my sister. She loves and always thinks of others. She never forgets a birthday. And as clueless as she may be, not a single fucking person acknowledges that she's the leader of the pack. You should never give up on her. Everyone makes mistakes and no one is perfect. You have to realize, she was born first. She went through more in her childhood than any of the other kids. No one said SORRY to her. No one felt her pain. No one cared or gave a shit that she had the worst fucking childhood and then lived a messed up life because she had NO ONE. She had her kids. And at night when she was all fucked up, she came home to sing "Satin Sheets to Lie On" in my ear. We were the only thing she had.
And instead of giving her the love and support she needs, everyone bashed her. Talks shit about her, including me. I am so sorry mom. I should have had your back from the beginning but instead I was mind boggled and thought that you could have done better. Which maybe you could have but I don't hate you for that. I love you more than the air I breathe, more than anyone except my children. The kids that I wouldn't have if it wasn't for you, so thank you. Thank you for giving me LIFE and letting me have these beautiful girls to raise. You mean the absolute world to me and I love you endlessly. I wish I could hold you in my arms and kiss your cheeks right now like you do me.
10.17.2010
Pumpkin Patch
Let me just tell you how excited we get when something is going on for a holiday around here. It's super magical because we don't often see anything like we would up north. With the sun beaming and the heat in the nineties still, it just doesn't feel like that time of year. But the Church down the street was having this awesome pumpkin patch and we definitely stopped to check it out.
There were some really nice pumpkins and then there were some really warty ones.
Hannah had the time of her life. What a playground. She rolled around in the hay, darted up the hill to sit on a stack and stuck her face in all these things:
Aren't scarecrows supposed to have eyeballs, lips and a nose. Well. I guess this one doesn't.
The little ones are the best.
Dad and I wanted to play.
Chellllllo!
If your actually reading any words typed here then say Crow Away in your comment please. I wanna see how many people actually read. Or do they just see photos and comment on the pics they see. Just sayin.
These girls are the apple of my eye, my pumpkin squash, the reason for my being. I couldn't be more happier, having them is all that matters to me. No matter what we go through, they make me stronger and teach me that life is so special and meaningful. As hot as it was, we had fun and loved being able to sit on some hay.
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