30-something

So I have this friend, lets just call her...Craven. *grin* she turns 30 tomorrow. She seems to think that this age means that shes OLD!! Even though her 9 year old (we'll call in instepid) says that your not Ancient until 40, she still thinks that the world is ending at 30. I'm here to tell her, and all you 20-somethings that life doesn't END at 30 and to point out some of the great things that happen in your 30's:
1. Women reach their sexual peak in their 30's. THATS something to look forward to.
2. Men DON'T (another good thing, so that they aren't going in 5 seconds)
3. Although you are considered an adult at 18 by the law you are not truly an adult until your 30's. Maturing mentally & emotionally.
4. your Old enough to argue with your parents!
5. You are no longer the one who doesn't know anything at work.
6. You actually have a little money in savings.
7. You don't have hangovers any more (not by choice but because you've got kids)
8. Your house is half paid off.
9. Alot wiser to make proper decisions.
10. Nobody calls you "kid" anymore.
11. You know every mindgame/ trick a women throws at you now.(women, you can stop playing those games)
12. You make your own rules.
13. Did I mention Sex is better, much better?

So those are my 13 reasons why everyone should enjoy their 30's.
So, Maven...er Craven...enjoy being 30! You can't change it anymore than you can change the fact that Jackson is coming *grin*

COUNTDOWN TO SCHOOL 11 DAYS

Countdown to School

Ok folks...help me out. I have 14 days until school starts (thats 2 weekends!) on September 11th. So we are going to have a countdown.

TODAY we have 14 Days Left.

I will resume the countdown another time...like when I have less than 2 weeks ;)

Bodily Noises

So yeah, if ya got 2 boys, bodily noises are bound to be funny. Trouble was in The Master's lap yesterday while we watched a bit of TV. (though this consists of pausing several times and often takes us about 40-60 min to get through 20-30 min of a show) He was doing the indian sound on his mouth with his arm as The Master was bouncing him. We were laughing when he all of a sudden learned how to flubber. He thought this was great (maybe because we were laughing and cheering him on)! This continued for a while until he moved to making fart noises with his lips. By this time, we're both praising the kid. Hence the family of bodily noises begins. I can't help it, fart jokes are FUNNY! so yeah, we are raising our boys to be ALL boy!

We got out on Saturday evening (THANKS CHANCY!) and after stuffing ourselves full of good mexican food (mmmmm), we went to the Theatere. We debated back and forth on movies and The Master finally picked Little Miss Sunshine . For those who know nothing about this movie, there is a good reason for that! The poster for this movie is just a yellow VW buss with some people running and trying to jump in it. This really is the best poster for this film. I can't tell you much about it without giving it away, but its safe to say its the best Comedy I have seen this year. I was laughing so hard I was stomping my feet. I HIGHLY reccomend it!

Weekends are for Sleep

Why don’t children get this? 650am is NOT an acceptable Saturday morning rising time, Especially not when the Master was out till 2am and I have to get up with them. I keep telling them that until they can get up, turn on cartoons and get your own cereal, Saturdays are for sleeping in, but they aren’t listening. Oh well, *I* normally get to sleep in on Saturdays, so who am I to complain today? Especially when Chancy is coming to baby-sit later.

Coffee…I need coffee. That would help, I think. I’m a bit fuzzy on the subject having stayed up till all hours last night reading a compelling book. Damn you Dean Kootz! Your supposed to end chapters so that its easy to put down the book, not end them so that we have to read and find out what’s next! Then the next time we check the clock its 1230! That’s not very fair, now is it?
Well, I’m going to take my boring Saturday morning because no one but me and other mothers are up (and no other mothers are online to chat, the ones *I* know anyway) and go have some coffee, feed my kids and finish the damn book I didn’t finish last night either. I’m still on a cliffhanger chapter…of course.

Updates are boring...so deal ;)

So I have two computers…one upstairs, and the other downstairs so that during the day I can do things like IM and read blogs. So my downstairs computer went Kaplewie this weekend and then again today. My ties to sanity were cut. Instead of reading blogs, I choose to read my book and finish it and then call anyone I knew was at home and bug them. This took all of 2 hours. My children loved the fact that mommy wasn’t in their favorite spinny chair and spent the morning taking turns spinning in it. I was gleeful for naptime and the chance to read all the things I had missed this morning (like Kraft Dinners comment for me to post a new entry).

Not much new here though. Still RPGin it, online and in real life. Still on Tomeweaver www.tomeweaver.net and playing Buffy and D&D. I’m a geek of RPG epic proportions.

Trouble and Volume are still up to no good. Volume fell asleep by the pool yesterday. A first for him. He did NOT wake up gracefully so we ended up leaving. They have been fighting today over the spinny chair and an alphabet puzzle. Trouble has slept the last 2 straight nights in his bed. One more and his crib gets moved out of the room. Volume is holing on to his crib and resisting all attempts to move into his bed. He’ll get there. We have learned NOT to push him. He takes 6 steps back and digs his heels in hard.
Hope everyone’s week goes well! I get a break Thursday morning *hop* so I’m happy about that. So exciting, aren’t I?

Things you never thought you would hear yourself say!

Wednesday August 16, 2006

So I was talking with Kraft Dinner yesterday and we were talking about the list of classic things that you know you were going to say as a mom. For example:
"Don't run with Scissors!" or "Because I said so!" things you KNEW you would say as a mom.
Me, I find myself saying things like "There is enough mermaid for the both of you!" and "Volume, that's your BROTHER's penis, you have your own!" or "Trouble, chips are NOT breakfast food!"
Being a mother now adays is very interesting. ;) my tidbit of the day...

Mom Burn Out

Saturday August 05, 2006

So yeah, the little ones actually went to sleep in their big boy beds! Thats my huge news of the week. They choose to do this ON THEIR OWN! I think, inside of a month I can be done with cribs. Next step..ditch the high chairs *grin*. We're on the rise...I can feel it.
So ASD kids require a LOT of work to keep them going. Mine are in the phase of wanting me all day long. If I get 30 min peace to read straight, its a miracle. (ask Maven, AKA Kraft Dinner who talks to me almost every day) We have a school area set up in the basement that we are in 2-3 times a day, puzzles, books, computer stuff, legos...the list goes on and on. By friday, I'm pretty much hosed. I can't WAIT till they go back to school and I get 2 hours a day to ALL ME monday through thursday. I can actually clean my house without aid, Go grocery shopping without the weekend being here and complete things I want to complete!!! Imagine the concept.
For now, my gripe is that Superdad (who I think I'm going to call The Master instead...as in the game master, not the dirty one, you sickos ;) ) has no set time of coming home (through no fault of his own, its the job) and he is mentally fried when he gets here. So pretty much, main care m-f is me. He helps, but you know. Weekends I TRY and get down time, but having so much to do that can't get done during the week, it usually gets pushed to the back burner. I just feel so overloaded and wonder how these moms in the 50's did it! I think Kraft Dinner is right when she said thats why they hid alcohol all over the house!
So what I'm thinking is I need to just start taking it. But then I know The Master will also just start taking it. I need a happy medium where we both get mental down time and I get adult time without pretending to be an addict and going to AA meetings *grin* It seems the free classes at the library always fall on the worst nights and I don't want to pay for something and then have him have to work late...so I think I just may be stuck for another month. Someone, anyone, help keep me from talking in Dr Seuss rhymes all day!!! *grin*

Geek Convention

Tuesday August 01, 2006

So we had people here all weekend and it was a total geek convention! Gaming every single night with some video games on top for added fun. My mom took my children from saturday afternoon until sunday evening to aid in our till four am geekdom. I thought even SHE couldn't screw up the meals. I put everything together in little bowls in sets of 3 for each meal and put them in her fridge in the order they would eat them and I got about 4 bowls of random food back. *shrug* what can ya do?
Volume learned something new on the way home from grandmas. He learned (with a cold I might add) how to squirt milk out of his nose and how highly entertaining this is. Wow, was that a gross combination! It might of been funnier without the green combo of the cold...UGH!
Shout out to Blonde who came to visit and brought me (from her husbands character to mine) a 4 ft pepperoni. Carried it on the plane and everything! Also, When asked by the security guys told them it was a 4ft long sausage and licked her lips. My kinda girl! She was entertaining and fit in well with the rest of the gang. She's saving up to come again next year.

Grocery Shopping and TV??? and Volume on the loose!

Thursday July 27, 2006

So I went to the grocery tonight, actually two different stores and on my way out of meijer as I was strolling along with my cart full of food I hear a familiar sound of the wiggles. I look to my left and what do I see but a shopping cart that has one of those car things in the front and inside is a little TV playing the wiggles!!! Wiggles Cart I was flabbergasted! TV at the Grocery Store??? I mean, on one hand, I can understand. For those of us with Spirited Children (Cough Maven Cough) it might be a boon IF they will watch the wiggles or Barney. But is it good, or another reason for kids to watch tv. Me, I’m on the fence with this one!
We went to the Children’s museum today and that was a blast. Trouble loved the water and the legos and the play kitchen (the one who goes to bed with Kitchen utensils) and Volume loved that he could run and there were books all over the place! All in all, grandma and I needed a nap! They, however, aren’t napping well so I got a 15 min one on the couch. After my talk with Maven about caffeine and what not.
I did come home to find out that Volume, in his new found climbing ability, decided to climb OUT of his crib and INTO Troubles and wake him up screaming while I was at the grocery. That was mildly entertaining ;)

Bedtime Wierdness

Tuesday July 25, 2006

So my parents babysat last night so we could get out. We went to see Clerks 2 (fantastic movie if you’re a Kevin Smith fan, which I am). We get home and they tell me everything went fine…but that I shouldn’t be surprised when we get Trouble up in the morning. I look at her, quizzically and bite. Well, she says, you know he has been getting into the drawers lately. I nod. She says he took a French toast flipper thing to bed. (kinda like tongs, looks like a whisk) Only My son takes kitchen utensils to bed *shakes head*.
So we head off to bed last night and I wake at a better time this morning only to find out that in my sleep, I have some how twisted my ankle!!! How I get these “sleeping” injuries I have NO idea. It seems I wake up with more trouble than I go to sleep with and I wonder if some alien is transporting me in my sleep to do some triathlon. I guess just like how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop, the world may never know.

Why Monday's Suck

Monday July 24, 2006
I feel a lot like that commercial for the U.S. Army. “We do more before breakfast than most people do in their whole day!” Now, granted, it wasn’t before breakfast, but it was before 9am, does that count?
My morning:
My adorable twin boys wake at about 7am. I get them out of their room and we head downstairs where I *TRY* to lie down on the couch and rest a bit more. Nope…no way. We have to have crackers, and a video, and get dressed right away.
About 720, its time for breakfast. I get them set and fed and start to get my own breakfast. I’m able to eat it in peace (which is a feat in and of itself) but RIGHT after, Trouble comes and asks for juice. (This does not involve words, but involves pulling me to the fridge. Did I mention they are non-verbal?) Then he wants to go outside because the dog wants out for the third time this morning.
So it’s now almost 8 and we are outside playing in the rock bed with volume on the slide and then right back inside. I give The Maven http://stay-at-home-mayhem.blogspot.com/ a ring and she’s about to hop in the shower so I let her go. I get back inside and Trouble finally says “on” to get his computer on and then proceeds to take me over to ask for school (we do a school type thing in the basement at least once per day).
So we do school and come back up. Volume decides he wants to play on MY computer upstairs (which we never do until the afternoon) and proceeds to throw a major fit on the stairs when I say no. When he comes back down I get him set up on the computer down here for a bit.
The Maven calls back and in-between us both dealing with our preschoolers, we chat a bit. Trouble proceeds to get into almost every drawer in the kitchen and I have to put up the kabobs and the knife sharpener because he has decided these make good toys. It is now almost 9am. I sit down for 10 min and manage to sign up to start a blog, since The Maven has decided the world should hear about my antics. Welcome to the wonderful world of Stay-At-Home-Mom of Twins with ASD and who are allergic to ALL nuts! My life is NEVER boring *grin*

My Name

Comes from a few things....the first bieng M.O.M. stands for mother of multiples. I have identical twin boys, we'll call them Trouble and Volume. They are 3 1/4 years old and have ASD. I call them Volume and Trouble because they are loud and into everything. The second part comes from my mothers day card this year:
http://www.bluemountain.com/display.pd?prodnum=3093969&Searchstr=see%20mom&st=t&path=35616
I am currently 32 years old, a stay at home mom, married to a good man, we'll call him SuperDad for now. We are both total gaming geeks. We play RP games and computer games and board games....games games games. Also love movies (have about 500 DVDs) and reading.
So thats my explination of my name. Welcome to my boring blog *grin*. I hope to entertain you with stories and antics of Trouble and Volume.