Lot’s to ramble about today….
1. So Friday it rained here which is a very good thing. It is possible San Diego will be put on a strict water rationing program. I was informed this is for S.D. not Poway but since we are right down the street I can only imagine we are next. This frightens me on many levels the least not being I may have to take shorter showers. Oh, and I do two loads of laundry a day so my kids might have to wear something dirty if I can’t wash as much. The whole point of this point was to say it rained Friday and all I wanted to do was curl up on the couch with a fuzzy blanket and watch Season 3 of John and Kate Plus Eight. I love this show. I love any show on TLC. I can’t WAIT for a new season of Little People In A Big World. My mom thinks I’m weird but I am just fascinated with the Roloff’s. I am digressing again. SOOOO Friday night, while it was raining, and before I watched my new DVD, the hubby and I baked cupcakes. This is a feat in itself as I am not a domestic goddess. I even made, from scratch, frosting. Be afraid. It was soooo good. I used butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar and a little vanilla. Mmmmm. I put a dollop of red food coloring in to make the frosting a beautiful pink in honor of my little Miss. I was so proud of myself that I took a few pics.
2. Hold on to your hats folks I have decided to endorse a product here. It has taken me 13 years and 5 children but I have finally found it. The perfect sippie cup. You can breathe now. People, people, people it is no exaggeration here when I say I HAVE BOUGHT EVERY SINGLE SIPPIE CUP known to man. For reals. I have spent more money on sippie cups than on a pair of Jimmy Choos, and that my friend is a sin. I have bought fancy cups, plain cups, expensive cups, cheap cups, emergency cups and thought-out cups. I have ordered them from catalogs and websites. I have bought them from Walmart, Target and the grocery store. Total craziness but if you are a mom you know the importance of a sippie cup and if your not a mom you will. One universal trait all sippie cups share is this: they are NOT leak or spill proof. No matter what the packaging or advertising says. They are not. Period. Until now. I found this little beauty at none other than Jamba Juice. It was one of those panic moments when I was in for a long drive and realized I had forgot Little Misses cup. I just happened to be in J.J. getting a delicious Strawberries Wild when I looked over and saw this little green cup. It was so cute and I was desperate so I bought it on the spot. Best investment EVER. This baby is awesome. No leaks. No drips. No spills. You know when your kids leaves their sippie in the car seat and it sits upside down all day and you come out to put them in the car and it’s wet with apple juice and then you have to find something to put in the seat for your kid to sit on? Won’t happen ever again. I have put this cup to the test girls. Run out and get one today. I think I’m in love. 
3. My eldest child will be 13 in less than two weeks. I will not write about this yet. He really wanted a new phone for Christmas but since we were not eligible for an upgrade and the phone was going to cost like $250 we decided to wait until his birthday. Saturday I took him with me to Michaels and then I made a surprise stop at the AT&T store. He was so excited and picked out this really cool green phone that slides out and flips over and apparently does anything and everything short of laundry. The result of this phone purchase is I am now the recipient of 127 text messages a day. Sometimes I am in the very next room and I will hear the little ding sound my phone makes and I am such a sucker because I think “Oh, wow someone is texting me” so I will get up and go check and read “Hi. Mom.” That’s it. I fell for it every time. I was not the lone recipient. He also drove my hubby crazy with such nonsense. He would have drove Jack crazy too but he got his phone taken away from him on Friday at school. Texting in class. Now I have to go sign it out in the office and if you think I am running down there for such silliness you don’t know me very well. The office can keep the dang thing for awhile. The rest of the story is this: I copied my phone log into my son’s so he can bother other people with texts and leave me alone. If you get a crazy (misspelled) text from an 858 number you’ll know who is responsible. Sorry but I was desperate.
I agree about the JJ cup. We’ve had that cup for a few years now and still no leaks! It even got left outside for a few nights and got a bit grimy looking but it still works like a champ. It is one of Jessica’s favorite take-alongs.
SOOOOOO mad…no Jamba Juice even close to the midwest. thanks for getting me all excited about nothing!!! love your blog..always makes me laugh and realize i am not alone and not going to go insane. now if you ever get checked-in…i’ll die!! hows that book on “how to raise teenagers”???!!!! only 9 years left…samantha turns 4 in a month!!!
ps – absolutely love the roloffs too…getting to know the dugars (17 and counting – family that looks pentecostal, but not!!)…havent tried jon and kate…but will!!!
When is his birthday? Ty’s is the 18th. You know his name was Noah until he was actually born and then he didn’t seem like a Noah to me.
He got his first phone last week and I’ve had to warn him several times about the texting. We got the cheapest plan available and added on a text package, so he “only” has 250 texts a month. Which seemed like plenty, but now I’m not so sure.
Oh Jen, you always have some laughable moment for me. I can totally see (or rather smell) the sippy cup that has leaked into the car seat with apple juice. Saw those green ones in JJ not too long ago, however I don’t think my baby would drink out of it (now my teenager absolutely! She loves green!). Can’t believe Noah will be 13. Ugh where did all our younger days go. I get the same kind of texts from Faith all the time (and google talk from her laptop when I’m in the same room). Well, at least he still wants to talk to you some how
If he starts texting me, I’ll text him right back. (it might take a bit longer, I spell EVERY word out HEHE~!)
I LOVE Jon & Kate Plus 8! And just about anything on TLC.
Oh, Jennifer. Please give Noah my cell # and Kyle & Todd’s too! Really! I miss him soooooo much. Give me some ideas for his gift, okay? Thanks. Kyle will be 23. Gasp!