Ain't no party like a glow stick party

Sometimes I feel like life with kids for all parents around the world is the same - we're all dealing with the same monotony of all that goes into taking care of small humans day in and day out. However, in our house, if I had to pick one thing that may set us apart from other households, it is our glow stick parties. A few months ago Maeve started acting afraid of the dark and so Adam thought it we bought some glow sticks for her to play with in the dark it might help her enjoy it instead of be afraid of it. Eventually this turned into nightly dance parties with glow sticks, nighttime baths with glow sticks and her sleeping with at least one glow stick every night! I used to give all the baths around here but now it's sorta Adam's thing ever since he told them he'd give them one in the dark with glow sticks. He's taken over and I am not complaining! It is pretty cute to watch them both fascinated by the glowing water. We've gotten some pretty fun pictures to show for it all too!

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One night Adam decided to put some on the fan and turn it on.... It looked pretty cool, not gonna lie!

Maeveisms Chapter 2

My mother in law recently came up with the term Maeveisms for all the funny things Maeve does/says. What a perfect term for it! I'm sure it comes as no surprise these words/actions come from her given the above facial expressions 👆 - she is clearly quite the character. All I did was ask her to smile! 😂 I've worked up another good batch of Maeveisms so here we go....

1. She has been doing this one for awhile but I don't think I ever mentioned it, or knowing me I did and just think I didn't because mom brain! I make these Lentil sloppy joes from time to time and instead of calling them sloppy joes she calls them trader joes... 😂😂😂. We do happen to love that store so I can't blame her for the confusion!

2. She's pretty sassy and has developed a bit of an attitude that she throws at me sometimes. Just the other day with attitude in her voice she said to me "I do NOT have an attitude!" - picture whiny voice with the hands on the hips. Yep. You keep talkin girl. She likes to turn my discipline tactics on me sometimes and if she doesn't like my proposal she will say "Here's the deal!..." 🤦‍♀️I also often say to her "here's your options" and now she says that back to me sometimes too. 😥🤷‍♀️

3. One time I said to her "I'm just gonna run do something real quick, I'll be right back" - she kinda protested for a minute and I assured her I'd be fast and then she said "No, no! Mom be slow, just go slow so you don't hurt yourself!" 😂😂 Just looking after me, that sweet girl. 😍

4. I don't remember the exact situation but I had approached her surprised about something and asked her when she had done that thing and she replied "Oh, 6 minutes ago!" - excuse me, what? How old are you?? 😂

5. She has the best memory but for some reason still always recalls things as having happened yesterday. Doesn't matter if it was yesterday or 3 months ago, she will still just say it was yesterday and remember it as if it was! Cracks me up.

6. We were at Toys R Us a while back and she was obsessing over a play microwave. It was pretty cheap so we went ahead and just bought it for her and she always refers to it now as her microwaver! 😂😂

7. She has always loved her white stuffed Lamby but as of late she's been especially attached. We can't even leave the house without it. One day I tried to get her to keep it in the car while we went grocery shopping and she resisted so I said "Lamby just has to come?" and she responded "yes, I'm obsessed with him!" 😂😂😂 - you got that right, girl! During that whole shopping trip she was being especially cute and helpful and when I told her we had picked up the last thing she said "Yay! We are done with our errands!" - she really picks up on everything I say haha. I am pretty impressed with her vocabulary!

8. Recently she's been having fun climbing into Rowan's exersaucer (and looks like a total giant as shown below 😂👇). She was praying before bedtime one night and said "We thank thee for our healthy bodies. We thank thee for our healthy exersaucer that I like to go in." 😂🤔 Not sure why she considers it healthy but she had me laughing!

9. Her new phrase is "I'm good!" - I asked her the other day what veggies she wanted for lunch and gave her the options. After thinking for a minute she said "Hmmm.... I'm good! (without any)" - unfortunately I don' think it works that way sis. You gotta pick one!

10. Sometimes she likes for me to lay with her for a couple minutes at night before goes to sleep. Usually before I even decide to call it quits, she is ready to go to sleep and says "Leave me mommy!" 😭😂 💔 I'm glad she feels ready, but still a little heartbreaking!

And that's a wrap for this time. Peace. ✌️

Easter

I can't seem to get myself caught up here on blogging. Such is life, right? I chip away at posts, life continues, and more things happen to post about! 🤷‍♀️I'm tempted to just bang out a bunch back to back so I don't feel behind anymore. We shall see if I can get the motivation to do that.

Easter! Let's talk about it. We had a fun one and I prepared for it last minute as per usual. The festivities started the weekend before when we went to a community egg hunt. When we got there Rowan needed to eat first so I stayed behind in the car for a few minutes getting him happy and fed. Adam ended up calling me telling me there was really loud music playing so I ended up just staying in the car the whole time anyway to spare Rowan's ears. A bit of a bummer because I knew Maeve would be more into the egg hunt this time, but luckily it was super fast and the event was about over anyway so before long they were back in the car. According to Adam it was pretty chaotic so Maeve still needed his help, so I didn't miss much. He didn't get to snap any pics during it but I got this pic of her by the car and she's killing me in Adam's jacket. She got cold so he helped her out. 😍😍 She was so excited to show me her eggs!

I can't even... 

On Easter Sunday itself I pulled together some cute little baskets for the kids and Maeve ended up dominating most of Rowan's stuff too - figures. 🤦‍♀️Luckily he doesn't care too much yet!

Love these little sleepyhesds with their baskets. 

That afternoon we went to Portland, TN and had an early Easter dinner with my Aunt and Uncle and cousin and his family at his house. The food and company was great and its fun seeing them every now and then now that we live in the area! We had a little egg hunt with the kids and dyed eggs too. Maeve had a blast with Cam (cousin Chuck's son) - he's so cute with her, they are little buds. It was a little unusual in that it was conference weekend too, so we didn't go to regular church meetings and dress up. So I didn't end up caring enough to get a family photo, but Maeve and I did wear our matching spring leggings so that had to documented. 😉 It was a fun little Easter spent with family!