Not all fun and games...

Sometimes being a mom is just plain hard! It's hard to raise a child the right way!! It has been one of those days with Amber today. She woke up on the wrong side of the crib and to top it off we went to a little girls birthday party today and Amber had to get a spanking while we were there!!! She took a toy and purposely hit me with it. So off to a bedroom we went to have a spanking and a talk. Before all of that, she was being very clingy and wanting me to do everything with her instead of all the little kids she had there to play with. You could tell that she is an only child and I am her "playmate." It just makes it worse when you are in a social setting and you are trying to encourage/correct/discipline your child with other eyes watching you. Can you tell we are fixing to enter the 2 year mark with her? :)

On a lighter note I bought this the other day and Amber LOVED it! I had a coupon so I decided to try it since Amber has become a picky eater lately. I thought this would be a great way to get her veggies in. I brought it with me to the pool and so for a snack this is what I gave her. All organic Ella's Kitchen food pouch:

It was neat to her because all you do it twist the top off and then she can squeeze it out into her mouth. I tasted some it was actually sweet tasting but all organic nothing added to it. I'm not going to replace this with trying to get her to eat regular veggies when we eat them but its a nice little treat to give her and she doesn't know that its good for her :) By the way, this really helped to clean her out :) So also if she is constipated I will be buying some of them!! :) TMI???? :) 

Looking forward to

The summer is upon us. We have the temperatures to prove it. My car said 101 the other day and its just the beginning of June! This summer I am looking forward to a few things. 

Visiting this place a lot! Jerry's Snowcones! 

Going camping in the Smoky Mountains at a great campsite called Elkmont. 

This is the river that is at the site and we love tubing down it.

 Hopefully being able to have fresh cut hydrangeas but mine haven't bloomed yet.

 I just planted them this year so we might have to wait till next year.

And lots and lots of swimming!! Amber LOVES it! 

Ricky bought us STOMP tickets and I'm really excited to see them! 

Awkward

So we are all still here on earth and Harold Camping was wrong. This past Saturday I think I thought about it once as an after thought considering I knew that this guy is off his rocker. He has quickly "redeemed" (if you want to call it that) himself by stating that he miscalculated and it will really be Oct. 21, 2011. I would just like him to tell me what the above bible verse means? What is sad is that he claims to be a Christian so this just gives Christians a bad wrap and yet another reason for us to be made fun of.

Swimming in Kleenex

These days a kleenex has been attached to my nose!

I think I need this at my house so I will never run out:

I have been taking Nyquil at night and then Walgreens brand of Allergy Sinus-D during the day. The good stuff, you know the kind you have to show your license to get!! However, for some reason with me that after I take Nyquil more than one or two nights it starts to make me stay awake instead of doing the opposite. So I'm going to switch and take some benedryl tonight and see if that helps. 

I also have been doing the Netti Pot which helps get that nasty stuff out! 

Just wondering what things do you take to get over a bad sinus, allergy infection? Am I missing out on some really good medicine??