now that's a lot of kids

these may be the first pictures of the whole family since saul was born.

i can't believe that he is already two months old!

see all these smiling faces?

they are alot of work.

but they are also everything to me.

despite all my parenting failures,

they sure do look happy!

fall. (or falling.)

these past few weeks have not been my finest, y'all.

i have had several, no, MANY parenting fails.

i wander to and from school pick ups with my eyes half-opened.

i seriously think i am averaging 3 to 4 hours of sleep per night.

i am actually surprised we even get to school most mornings, and we haven't even been late!

however, i am usually walking them in wearing a slept-in, milk-stained t-shirt.

in any case, my kids and/or life are winning.

i am not.

i believe that hanna has averaged about ten lollipops per week lately.

i wish i was kidding (they do keep her quiet though!)

elias and his BIG personality are getting lots of unneeded attention at school and soccer.

i wish i could exaggerate how naughty he can be.

ada is not a fan of school and hates homework.

she cries and sometimes throws it at me when i ask her to do it.

she is only in second grade, couldn't she have waited until third?

my post baby body is not for the faint of heart, and certainly causes me much distress.

but sit ups while nursing are not my forte

(but i may have tried it.)

i am almost an expert at serving cereal for dinner 

with a screaming baby in one arm and a screaming two year old in another.

and, almost all of my laundry is clean

but none as been folded.

instead, i run from room to room throwing unfolded, BUT clean, laundry in kids drawers just so they are not empty.

my list of insufficiencies could go on

and on

and

ON.

but, i can still see humor.

in mischief,

in my muffin top,

in potty talk.

and just so i can remember these sleep deprived days

-at a nice restaurant hanna was asked what she would like to order and she started chanted "chocolate penis, chocolate penis!"

-the other day i asked hanna to go potty before she went to bed.  her response to me was "i not need to go potty mommy!  i just went pee pee in your shower!"

-elias got in trouble for sticking his tongue out at a teacher at school.  when i asked why he did it he replied "i don't think i did that mom.  i don't remember feeling the air touch my tongue."

-today the fire truck visited elias and hanna's school.  elias was chosen from the crowd to demonstrate stop, drop, and roll.  when he got home he asked me "mom, can we set the kitchen on fire? i want to show you what i learned today."

he was serious.