"Do you want a monster to come out of your closet?"

A lot's been going on this week. Yesterday I went to the dermatologist to have the, as my cousin refers to it, hole in my head, checked. I was all pumped for him to say it's fine and that if I didn't mind having the cyst there it could stay. Wrong. It has to come out, but at least it's not infected so it will be a much easier procedure. This also means I will have a bald spot on top of my head a lot longer than I anticipated. Good thing I watch Jerseylicious on Style and can properly tease that area of my hair. Thank you Tracy, thank you.


The kids are doing so great! I'm literally amazed with the things they come up with now. Let's start with the princess.


No, not her Halloween costume, apparently this is everyday wear when you are as cute as her. She's a big fan of Monsters Inc and we have seriously watched it a million times, I don't even think I'm exaggerating. Anyway, Scott was putting her down for her nap the other day and apparently she pointed to the closet and said "monster!". Scott asked her if she wanted a monster to come out and what does my darling say? "Yes!" This is also the child that wants an apple when she is watching/reading Snow White. I'm definitely going to have my hands full....

Now onto my Bubba man, Mr. Aaron....


He's a smart little you know what. He also has superhero like senses. The kid can hear/spot a helicopter or airplane from Kansas, I swear. We were heading to SeaWorld a while back and Aaron starting saying "helicopter! helicopter!". Scott and I (real safe, right?) are both looking out the window trying to figure out where this helicopter is. Aaron even told us what color it was and we still hadn't even found it. I swear this helicopter was miles away, I have no idea how he saw it.

He's also working really hard on signing his numbers and ABC's. Granted his ABC's pretty much look like either a B, D or A, but I love that he wants to do it.

We also broke out the paints the other day. Jill LOVES when we paint, she did at least 6 pictures, and she pretty much covered each page in paint. Aaron likes it, just not as much as Jill. Plus, Aaron takes his time and really puts a lot into what he's doing. Jill just plows through her paintings.

Don't you love it? Crafts are definitely becoming a lot more fun over here. We even colored pumpkins the other day. I'm looking into fun Thanksgiving themed crafts that we can work on so we can display them at Thanksgiving dinner with my family.

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What in the world is going on over here?!

Today has definitely been a WTF?!/totally random kind of a day. Please bear with me in this post...(ps you have been warned, just sayin')

This morning I had my yearly sun-spot check at the dermatologist. Ever since moving to Florida it's become extremely important that someone with vampire-esque skin tone should have their skin checked every year. I like my derm, she has boy girl twins as well. She also promises every time I see her that it gets easier, I wonder if she's lying. So today I told her about this bump I have on the top of my head. It doesn't hurt, doesn't itch, just annoying and kind of well ugly. She looked at it, said it was probably a cyst caused by product buildup from shampoo, conditioner, etc. I'm thinking to myself, "ok, no big deal, we can talk about removal at some other point and time". Now what I thought and what happened are two completely different things. She said, quite matter of factly by the way, "Oh I'll just shave off the top of the bump and remove the cyst." Ok, do you know where the top of your head is? It's where your BRAIN is! So there I am with a needle in my head so they can numb the area and you know just shave a little off the top. AH! She did her thing and the bump is gone but oh my God. I'm traumatized, seriously.

So that happened, great way to start my morning. I definitely deserved a Starbucks run, agreed? And the real stuff, not some tea latte like I have been getting. I wanted the full on caffeine, possibly double shot, deluxe, biggest size ya got. It was delicious by the way and made everything seem so much better.

I get home and begin finalize my grocery list and Scott was cutting the rainforest that seemed to have grown in our yard. Apparently feeling extra motivated he decided to trim the small tree in our backyard. Now, I've mentioned before that we have a wasp problem. When we had the big tree trimmed the guy found a wasp nest the size of a softball (he also got stung three times, I didn't feel bad, does that make me a bad person?), so it is safe to assume that the other tree would be harboring terrorists as well, no? Now I have no idea what made me look out the window at this time, but, the look on Scott's face when he discovered the nest that had "at least 20 wasps, swear to God" was priceless (him jumping backwards and doing a slight arm flail was just icing on the cake). I wish I had video, I really do. I decided this was the time I needed to flee and hit the grocery store.

Upon my return from the store I noticed the air conditioner guy was here. We've been having an issue with our unit, it drips water in the main vent, so the guy was coming back to clean everything out and hopefully it would stop. Our warranty company decided that it was homeowner error because we don't have our unit serviced every year and we would be responsible for the cost ($430 in case you were wondering). Whatever, it had to get done, I mean I cannot imagine trying to survive a Florida summer sans AC. There is not a deodorant strong enough to mask that smell. So after 3 hours of repairing (sans AC, during the hottest part of the day, we are so smart) it's still leaking. Turns out it was the pan on the unit. It's all rusted out. The guy was really bummed that it wasn't what he thought and get this, didn't charge us. I swear to God! We asked what we owed him and he said nothing since he didn't fix the problem. Who does that? Needless to say that man has our business and possible a few dozen cookies for life.

Since the house was still warm we decided to take the kiddos to the library. I completely forgot that the library closes early on Fridays (apparently librarians like to party it up on the weekends or something), so I just ran in real quick and got the kiddos some new books. This didn't go over too well with the kiddos that were just promised we were going to the library, or as Aaron calls it, the house. So we decided to go to Downtown Disney for a little bit. We let the kids run around the playground by the Lego store. They had a blast:



The fun, unfortunately, was cut short because my little Southern gentleman decided to walk up to a little girls block tower and push it down. He did say sorry though, so that counts for something.

Can I tell you how ready I am for bed? This has been the most crazy, slightly insane, warm day ever. I hope you at least found it comical. Have a great weekend everyone!

Why is she looking at me like that?!

A lot has been going on over here! First things first, I (who should have been named Grace) bumped my head into our new shelf on Monday while picking up the kids toys. Naturally, I had a headache after and thought nothing of it, I mean I did just hit my head. Then the denial of a concussion set it. I felt sick to my stomach and had a headache for a few days still after and thought, nope not a concussion I am totally fine, no need to go to the hospital! Wrong. So Scott made me go on Thursday (as in escorted me to the hospital). All of my scans came back normal (yes Dad, there is something up there!) and I was told I have post concussive syndrome which means I will have all the symptoms of a concussion for a while. I just happened to hit my head in the right place, no bruise, no bump, just a concussion. I'm doing ok now, still a mild headache, which is more annoying that anything else.

So I told you that story to tell you this story. Friday morning I had my yearly appointment at the dermatologist (since I live in Florida and am always in the sun, it's really the smartest thing you can do) and was not feeling up to par. I was so out of it, and the dermatologist definitely took notice. After the nurse stepped out the derm and I just sat and chatted, she has boy/girl twins as well. I could tell she was trying to look in my pupils to see if I was high, seriously. She asked how I was coping with the kids and being a stay at home MoM and if I felt overwhelmed at all. I kind of gave her that, what the frick?! look and then it dawned on me, I totally look high as a kite! I explained that I had a concussion and she laughed and said "Phew! Ok good, I was kind of worried!". At least she was concerned, right? But it begs the question, how rough did I look?!

Through all of it, the kids have been great! They are seriously at the best age right now! Jill has her own personality for sure and is nothing short of entertaining! When the music videos come on Nick Jr (especially The Fresh Beat Band) she loves to mimic the choreography and put on her own show, complete with a ta-da and bow at the end. Diva! She has also found Scott's computer and will probably have her very own blog up soon, be on the look out!

Aaron is starting to talk, A LOT, more. He's still my cuddle bug though and usually can be found in my lap with a book (totally my child!). He's also becoming quite the budding chef and spends most of the time he's not in my lap in the play kitchen. And to prove he is Scott's son, he's a total ham! He now says "cheese!" when you go to take his picture, see:

Together they are hit or miss, and that changes from second to second. Seriously. They have both become very territorial and not very good at the whole sharing thing. It can be really chaotic at times, but then there are moments like this that just melt your heart:

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I've been reading a book on identical twins (review to come to Multiples and More next week!) and can only hope that my kiddos have the same closeness through the years as some of the twins in that book. Based on that picture, I have no doubts!

Before I go, if you love girly giveaways you need to check out Yvonne's blog! She is having a monster beauty giveaway, everything looks awesome! See:


Hope you're having a great weekend!