Edibles...

You know, I have been thinking. Since having my first child, who is now 3, I considered going into a business to create edible items for kids. It never failed that I would bathe her and then apply that wonderful smelling lotion, only for her to attempt to lick it off my hands. As I rub it on her face, she just sticks out her tongue. Now the wiser, Kayla I distract to apply lotion to her face, then quickly stopped myself the other day from making my way down her arms to her tiny little hands. Hands which very quickly enter her mouth at every chance they get. Not smart, I thought, to put it on her hands, just to end up in her mouth.

Maybe I should invest in organic lotion, so maybe whatever is ingested could at least, possibly be found in nature in some form. If I was business savvy, I could attempt to launch my own product. Come to think of it, why stop with lotion. All things should have an edible version! My 3 year old also licks chap stick from her lips....she just put the pump of the hand sanitizer in her mouth tonight. Only a small amount got onto her tongue; luckily she made a horrible face and after I made her stick out her tongue to wipe any remains off, hopefully she will not want to try that again. Toothpaste is another item not safe around Olivia. She has eaten almost a half tube of hers before and even tried dad's. Luckily, hers states "safe to swallow", but I am not sure they mean half a tube! That is the downside of making things taste good, I guess.

If only Billy Mays were still alive, we could launch a product...just another of those missed opportunities!

Never say never...

You know the thing you are always like "I would never let my child do that!"? Don't be so quick to say that. When you have a child, you bend more...then you have another child and you almost break, lol! You find yourself doing what it takes to complete another task.

Tonight, for example, we attended Member Night at the Zoo. We walk in and kids are everywhere in bathing suits swimming in the river walk and fountains. Of course, Olivia says, "I want to swim, too." Needless to say, mommy does not have a swimsuit for her little darling. So, we proceed to do other things with the promise that she can take off her shoes/socks to wade in the water as we leave.

Mommy sits to feed Kayla, Daddy takes O to the water. Next steps are sketchy, but they go something like daddy gets in the water with O, then proceeds to take a phone call, and by the time we are ready to load up, Olivia is completely soaked! When we arrive at the car, the only choice I have is to strip by child down and have her ride home unclothed (yes, stark naked) covered with a blanket. I am all the while thinking "what if we for some reason were to be pulled over and have to answer to the cops why our 3 year old is naked." The cop would have probably never understood, unless he/she had kids:)

Journey...

I once read something that said... "you are the author of your own story." That has always stuck with me. So, what time is better than the present to start writing some of it down. Writing, to me, has always been somewhat therapeutic. Believe me, there is no time more so than now, that I can use some intervention!

When thinking of my life as a journey, the word "incredible" came to mind. There were lots of other words as well...crazy, hectic, mundane, and several unmentionable choice words we all feel at times, but sticking to the positive is my new mantra, so I went with incredible. Being a mom, wife, daughter, sister, friend, cousin, niece, aunt, granddaughter, employee, and many more things depending on the day or occasion, I am often pulled in many directions. Sometimes that is overwhelming, but when I stop and think about how blessed I am it is truly incredible. I have parents to bother me, a brother to annoy me, children to depend on me, a husband to re-direct me (lovingly), friends to pull on me for time/advice; I have a house to worry about cleaning, a job to sometimes stress me...and so on. There are just so many people in life searching, needing, wanting, deserving, and when I think about my life, it is incredible:) Not that there isn't more I want to see, accomplish, learn, and give, but I want to start appreciating more what I have, because it is so much!