out n' about issues

I've been busy! And by that I mean that I've been out n' about, doing things, seeing people, going places. It's been awesome. First, I stayed in for like 2 days working on more than one sewing project...one of which was an adorable pink damask car seat canopy for my gorgeous friends Joy's baby shower...

I know, totally one of those women who makes you think holy crap why didn't I look this good?
"WOW she is so beautiful pregnant- she's GLOWING! I hate her lol. 
Pretty sure I was glowing and looking this good for the first 3 months... and thats it... :)

PS I can totally make YOU one if you want.
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Don't judge me....I put up the Christmas tree and some other Christmas decorations. If it were up to me we would skip Halloween altogether and I would have the tree up from October to December. 

(PS, why can't my house dress up like Christmas for Halloween?) The house just feels so much warmer and inviting with all the twinkling lights everywhere, and I love having reminders around me all the time about what this season (and every other season) should really be about- the Savior. 

With the tree up and the weather cold and wintry, I felt the need for some hot chocolate. So my partner in crime- Allie- and I went to Starbucks to get our fix. Sounds so relaxing, right? Ha, funny joke. We took the girls. They were alright until we decided to get them out of their seats... which is the point when all heck broke loose. Some really nice guy came over to talk to us and struck up a convo about twins. Turns out he has twin 9 year old boys at home. He was saying that as soon as you have twins, you realize how many other people either have twins or are connected with twins somehow. Little did he know that I was a twin myself and that Allie also has a twin sister...

To answer the question in your head, YES I am growing my eyebrows out after a long argument with my tweezers finally ended. It's awkward, I know. 

Fast forward to this morning. Amanda Marie and I and the gang (five girls under 3) got up super duper early (9 am :D) to go to our library reading group that happens every Tuesday. We missed the very first one last week because we were all sick. We had heard about the class two months ago and thought it sounded fun, but we were told we had to call the day, no, the MORNING that the signups opened up or else we would not get in. Honestly they made it sound like the Alpine Country Club of all library groups. So i called the MORNING of signups and got us on the list...just in the nick of time. :) 

(This is all taking me back to a recent episode of Modern family- Lily and preschool- hive five if you know what I'm talking about.)

I got all pretty for this kids reading group, only to get there and realize that all the other moms had just rolled out of bed for this. Hmmm...don't need to wear makeup next time I guess lol. All I know is, when the lady in charge told everyone to "stand up and put your hands up above your head like a rocket"I thought she meant everyone. 10 seconds into the song I realized that in a room of 15 parents and tons of kids I was the only adult standing up, shaking my hips from side to side, hands above my head, pretending to know the words of the rocket song. Country Club of library groups? Not quite. 

Whatever, I was a DANG good rocket. Psh. 

Since  my kids are perfect and they sat still the whole time literally ran around the whole library group for 30 minutes, I needed a coke. (duh.) Off to Mcdonald's playplace! Here is where everything else I blogged about ties in. First, there was 2 other moms with twins there! One mom had fraternal twin boys, four months old and SO CUTE! They were so smiley and sweet. Another lady had fraternal twin girls, eight months old. They were really sweet too! It made me think of what Starbucks guy said- once you get looking twins really are EVERYWHERE! 

Is it just me, or should some adults be banned from Mcdonald's playplace? Yes, that's right- I said ADULTS. Clearly, there is a sign that says 

"Toddler Area only- Children 3 and under ONLY may play here"

My IQ isn't that high, but even I understand what this means. After one lady's big 6 year old knocked my girls down twice and made them cry, I was ready to make HIM cry. I have no problem telling other people's kids how to behave when they wont, so I asked the boy nicely to go play in the "big kids" area. He didn't listen. I tried to make it obvious that I was irked by standing really close to the girls and repeatedly saying "Boys watch out!" and "NO NO NO NO NO". The mom finally came over and threatened her boys with time out...twenty times. Without ever actually following through. 

What do you do in this situation? Do you confront the mom and ask her to remove her kids who obviously don't belong there? Do you ask the kids directly to leave? I don't know what to do when that happens...

What would you do?