Mommy, I see dead people!!!

 So last night was like any other night. I put Graham and Parker to bed for the night, Parker fell asleep first. Graham was playing with some stickers in his crib but was not yet asleep, when suddenly he stood up in his crib and was VERY UPSET.

He said MOMMY THERES A LADY-MAN!!

A lady man, is a woman.  Graham calls men a man but he calls women a lady-man. He has been doing this for a year now.

Just a side note, my twins are 2.5 years old. They turn 3 in April.

So anyhow I said no Graham there is no one there, go to sleep. However, He was very persistant and was becoming more and more afraid. So I went over and unzipped the crib tent and took him out. He was grabbing onto me like crazy and was very upset. I asked him what lady-man and he kept pointing RIGHT THERE RIGHT THERE. I turned on some lights and told him everything was fine. I asked him, once the lights were on and if he felt better. He said NO, THERES A LADY-MAN! I sat with him for a few minutes and told him to just tell the lady-man to leave and go away. He said GO AWAY LADY-MAN GO AWAY LEAVE. So then I said to him, ok so is the lady-man gone and can you go back to bed? He said no. but...................

I started walking to his crib I went to put him in it and he went BERSERK!!  He started screaming and his eyes got all big and he looked so frightened. He screamed and screamed no no theres a lady-man. He would not let me put him in his crib. Imagine trying to put a resistant cat into a cat carrier so you can take the cat to the vet. 

By this point I was feeling the heebeejeebes. If ya know what I mean. So I played along some more and said ok Graham where is the lady-man. He said shes in the kitchen. Well I walked in there and immediately felt really strange. Like the hairs on the back of my neck must have been standing on end. I had this weird chilly-ish feeling.

OK so I took him to the master bedroom, woke up Daddy and told him to just lay there with Daddy.

So wow that was pretty freaky!

One of my friends suggested on facebook that it if there was a ghost. saying they exist.....that maybe it was my Aunt Verna who died on Friday morning.

So whatcha think, shall I call in the Ghost Whisperer?  hehe

OK yes I know that Jennifer Love Hewitt does not really see people into the light for a living.

P.S. WHO HATES THE NEW LAYOUT AT MEETUP.COM BESIDES ME AND EVERYONE IN MY PLAYGROUP OF 100 MOMS?


ON that note, I will remind you of BlogHopPalooza.  Be there or be square.

INTRODUCING The Star of the Blog World for January 2011!!!!!!
You will see this on the 5 hosts blogs and hopefully more blogs all throughout January!!! It is a month long mega blog HOP!!!!  Want more followers, get on board NOW!!!!




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BlogHopPalooza

Your 5 Blog Hostesses

1. Mommying On The Fly
2. Life With Twins and Multiples
3. Family Organic
4. The Thompson Twins
5. TwinHappy

The Rules

1. follow the first 5 blogs..

2.leave a comment that they have followed so we may follow back.
optional BUT a GOOD idea for all

3.add the badge

4.feel free to blog about it and add linky

5.follow others and have a blast

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diaper bag woes

I have tried several diaper bags out since my Twins were born in 2008. One was just a simple little black diaper bag with a long shoulder strap. It really was not very helpful. Then I tried out the larger version of that same diaper bag, I found it to be just as useless. Instead of it being an important thing that I always brought with me, it just sat in my mini-van. I have a few re-usable shopping bags that I end up throwing all of the essentials I will need for the day into.

The shopping bags are pretty easy to carry along but tend to be quite bulky, and make it quite hard to locate something you need in a pinch. I always end up digging and digging through the bag trying to find what I need. There are no compartments to keep anything in, so I always tried to turn back to one of my various diaper bags.

I finally ended up with the Skip Hop Duo Double Deluxe. I loved it, I really did. Well, really I just wanted to love it. Now don't get me wrong, it is a really nice diaper bag. It has a lot of great compartments. It is nice, stylish, easy to carry, and has these great shuttle clips that clip it to your double stroller. However if you pack the diaper bag 75% full of stuff you will need for your Twins(or more)......It will tip your stroller over, seriously.

Picture this, Sicily 1912  your hometown, a nice sunny morning around 9:30 am. You just parked your car in the parking lot at the local park. You get out, go to the back of your minivan and get out your double stroller. You get it all opened up, get it ready to put your Twins into and then you attach your fantastic Skip Hop Duo Double Deluxe diaper bag, with those awesome shuttle clips....right to your double stroller. It looks great, right? YES!! It does! The best thing about it is that you do not have to try and carry it while pushing your Twins in the double stroller! WooHOO You are SET, right? No! not so much because all of the sudden when you are walking away from your double stroller, diaper bag masterpiece you suddenly hear a BAM! Uhhhhhh, your diaper bag just pulled the whole freaking stroller down. nice.  *shakes fist at diaper bag and stroller* So, you pick it up, put in your Twins, lock up the minivan and push that HEAVY loaded down stroller across the parking lot, down the long sidewalk, to the playground.

WOW are you winded!
So when you get home, later on you decide to re-pack that diaper bag. You pull out a few things you do need but can sort of live without. Then next time, you think it will be fine but it PULLS THE STROLLER DOWN AGAIN, WTF!!

This obviously will never work, so you go back to keeping the diaper bag in the van and just carrying a few mega essentials with you in a re-usable shopping bag. boo.

Diaper bags  yarrrrrrrrr!

I really just want to stop this re-usable shopping bag madness, I normally have 2-3 with me full of stuff. Yikes! It never works out well. Plus now that my Twins are almost 3 years old, they often just walk with me holding my hand. This poses to be an issue if you are lugging a re-usable shopping bag too. I recently asked my FaceBook Mommy friends if they knew of a decent backpack that has a cooler compartment in it. I am always carrying the cooler bag with us too!! I carry a lot of bags with us!! I was shown the link to this Picnic Time Zuma Insulated Cooler Backpack.

It looked good, so I ordered it. I do like it, it is nice. I just hope it works out for me. I do have some pretty major back problems. It really does eliminate the need to carry a cooler bag and a diaper bag though. I love it so far. I really do feel I will continue to keep my Skip Hop duo double in the van though. It is a really nice bag. I just do not wish to carry it along with me. It is really bulky and, well it pulls my stroller down if packed 75% full. It does have it's place in my life though.

So, I ordered the Picnic Time Zuma Insulated Cooler Backpack in black but before I chose that color, I looked at the other colors. I could not help but to laugh at this fluorescent lime green one. I was joking with my friend Lisa from Mommying on the Fly about how if I had the fluorescent lime green one, low flying planes could spot me at night. hahahhahahha  Ok I guess ya had to be there. :)

It is NOT TOO LATE  to get yourself added to BlogHopPalooza, spread the word please...it is for ALL Mommy Bloggers!!


INTRODUCING The Star of the Blog World for January 2011!!!!!!

You will see this on the 5 hosts blogs and hopefully more blogs all throughout January!!! It is a month long mega blog HOP!!!!  Want more followers, get on board NOW!!!!






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BlogHopPalooza

Your 5 Blog Hostesses

1. Mommying On The Fly
2. Life With Twins and Multiples
3. Family Organic
4. The Thompson Twins
5. TwinHappy

The Rules
1. follow the first 5 blogs..
2.leave a comment that they have followed so we may follow back.

optional BUT a GOOD idea for all
3.add the badge
4.feel free to blog about it and add linky
5.follow others and have a blast

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Mom Bloggers

If you are a Mom with a blog, please get your blog added to

BlogHopPalooza

It is not just for Moms of Multiples!!

We have a facebook fan page for it now too!!

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Linky McLinkersons... All Mom Bloggers

For Any and All Mom Bloggers...not just Moms of Multiples.

Tag Back Tuesday...We're Teaming up with Mommying on the Fly!

Welcome To "Tag Back Tuesday" .. If it's your first time... or you come every wee... THANK YOU!!!

We have found so many hidden gems with these blog hops.. !! 

 How it Works

  First rule is..... There are NO rules... Except.. Have fun.. Follow if you want and please NO giveaways or adds .. 

***But a few simple suggestions***

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But ALL optional

• Add your blog to the list. (NOT your giveaways or adds please!)

• Grab our button and add to your blog...

• Follow the first 3 entries which includes your Host Blogs and our Co-Host of the week.

  

Our Highlighted co-host of the week (will be chosen randomly from the past weeks' Linky)

NOW, follow as many other blogs as you would like. ***Please leave a message so we know you followed.***

PLEASE these are NOT mandatory, but it is polite etiquette to at least follow the first THREE.. It's almost like going to someones house and eating up all their food and not even saying thank you!!!! I have seen many co-hosts end up with maybe 3 new followers and we have had 60+ link up, and that's just SAD!!!

• After you follow a new blog make sure you leave them a comment letting them know Just how awesome they are and that you are now a follower so that they can follow your Awesome Blog back... 

 **There is NO obligation to follow any or follow back.. Only follow those you truly enjoy....

and our Co-Host of the week is......


Amy from Nine-Ninety-One 
She's got a really cute crafty blog... I absolutely ADORE her posts and tutorials... 

 

So, head on over and show some love......

Sooo, click, like, follow and tell your friends...

To Be eligible for the Co-Host of the week, our badge must be visible on your page....




and a Shout Out to our Past Co-Hosts.. of the week........

1.  Our Crazy Little Life
2. Live Well Spend Less
3. The Baby Bottom Line
4. Mama to 4 blessings 
5. Bassgiraffe 
6. Paisley Passion 
7. Adventures of a Military Family of 8 
8. A Contest Queen's World 
9. The Adventures of Goober Grape and Monkey Man 
10. Mom to 2 Posh Little Divas 
11. Reflection of Something 
12. Nine Ninety One

INTRODUCING The Star of the Blog World for January 2011!!!!!!

You will see this on the 5 hosts blogs and hopefully more blogs all throughout January!!! It is a month long mega blog HOP!!!!  Want more followers, get on board NOW!!!!




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BlogHopPalooza

Your 5 Blog Hostesses

1. Mommying On The Fly
2. Life With Twins and Multiples
3. Family Organic
4. The Thompson Twins
5. TwinHappy

The Rules
1. follow the first 5 blogs..
2.leave a comment that they have followed so we may follow back.

optional BUT a GOOD idea for all
3.add the badge
4.feel free to blog about it and add linky
5.follow others and have a blast

Read more

Linking up with other Blogs written by Moms of all types

The best way to find awesome blogs and show others your blog seems to be using BlogHops and adding yourself on a linky.  Interesting stuff I have learned lately about the blogging world.

So as many may know, I recently teamed up with a few other awesome bloggers and started a month long BlogHop.

HOWEVER, what you may not know is that...... This bloghop is NOT limited to
Mothers with Multiples!!  It is for ALL Moms of all types!!

So please do let others know to come link up and get themselves added to

BLOGHOPPALOOZA!

INTRODUCING The Star of the Blog World for January 2011!!!!!!

You will see this on the 5 hosts blogs and hopefully more blogs all throughout January!!! It is a month long mega blog HOP!!!!  Want more followers, get on board NOW!!!!




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BlogHopPalooza

Your 5 Blog Hostesses

1. Mommying On The Fly
2. Life With Twins and Multiples
3. Family Organic
4. The Thompson Twins
5. TwinHappy

The Rules
1. follow the first 5 blogs..
2.leave a comment that they have followed so we may follow back.

optional BUT a GOOD idea for all
3.add the badge
4.feel free to blog about it and add linky
5.follow others and have a blast

Read more

143 and counting!!! Get Noticed!

INTRODUCING The Star of the Blog World for January 2011!!!!!!

You will see this on the 5 hosts blogs and hopefully more blogs all throughout January!!! It is a month long mega blog HOP!!!!  Want more followers, get on board NOW!!!!




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BlogHopPalooza

Your 5 Blog Hostesses

1. Mommying On The Fly
2. Life With Twins and Multiples
3. Family Organic
4. The Thompson Twins
5. TwinHappy

The Rules
1. follow the first 5 blogs..
2.leave a comment that they have followed so we may follow back.

optional BUT a GOOD idea for all
3.add the badge
4.feel free to blog about it and add linky
5.follow others and have a blast

Read more

Tag Back Tuesday

Tag Back Tuesday is another day of the week that you can gain more followers and find other great blogs to follow on a weekly basis. 

We have found so many hidden gems with these blog hops.. !! 

 How it Works

  First rule is..... There are NO rules... Except.. Have fun.. Follow if you want and please NO giveaways or adds .. 

***But a few simple suggestions***

<a href="http://mommyingonthefly.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll269/peekab00o/toes-1.png" border="0" alt="Mommying On The Fly"></a>

But ALL optional

• Add your blog to the list. (NOT your giveaways or adds please!)

• Grab our button and add to your blog...

• Follow the first 4 entries which includes your Host Blogs

  

 

PLUS our Highlighted co-host of the week (which we will choose randomly from the past weeks' Linky), then as many other blogs as you would like. ***Please leave a message so we know you followed.***

• After you follow a new blog make sure you leave them a comment letting them know Just how awesome they are and that you are now a follower so that they can follow your Awesome Blog back... 

 **There is NO obligation to follow any or follow back.. Only follow those you truly enjoy....

and our Co-Host of the week is......

 


 

So, head on over and show some love......

Sooo, click, like, follow and tell your friends...

To Be eligible for the Co-Host of the week, our badge must be visible on your page....




and a Shout Out to our Past Co-Hosts.. of the week........

1.  Our Crazy Little Life
2. Live Well Spend Less
3. The Baby Bottom Line
4. Mama to 4 blessings 
5. Bassgiraffe 
6. Paisley Passion 
7. Adventures of a Military Family of 8 
8. A Contest Queen's World 
9. The Adventures of Goober Grape and Monkey Man 
10. Mom to 2 Posh Little Divas 
11. Reflection of Something

INTRODUCING The Star of the Blog World for January 2011!!!!!!

You will see this on the 5 hosts blogs and hopefully more blogs all throughout January!!! It is a month long mega blog HOP!!!!  Want more followers, get on board NOW!!!!




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BlogHopPalooza

Your 5 Blog Hostesses

1. Mommying On The Fly
2. Life With Twins and Multiples
3. Family Organic
4. The Thompson Twins
5. TwinHappy

The Rules
1. follow the first 5 blogs..
2.leave a comment that they have followed so we may follow back.

optional BUT a GOOD idea for all
3.add the badge
4.feel free to blog about it and add linky
5.follow others and have a blast

Read more

Thanks for the award!!

Thanks to Mommying on the Fly for this awesome award!!

Now I am told I need to pay it forward!! Sounds fair to me!!
Rules for accepting this award are:
1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this on your blog.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pay it forward to 15 recently discovered great bloggers.
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their Blog Award!


7 Things about Me

1. I have no sisters or brothers
2. I love to take pictures!
3. I am from Central PA but have lived in Central FL for almost 21 years.
4. I will be 35 in July.
5. I started & organize a local playgroup, home preschool group, and this blog.
6. My children are... Haley(14), Cameron(12), Mackenna(10), Graham & Parker(2)
7. I hope to eventually visit, Hawaii, California, Denmark, Germany, Italy, & England

Now to Pay it Forward.....

The following blogs win this award too...

(in no particular order)

1. Ditt and Dott
2. The Gerwer Quads
3. Twin Happy
4. Beth, Will, Rod, and the quads
5. ABC Triplets
6. Multiple Baby Pileup
7. Multiple Multiples
8. Our Life with Multiples
9. Perez Party of 8
10. The Cox Quads
11. The Fisch Tank
12. The Howell Quintuplets
13. The Mott Multiples
14. Making Baby Koenig
15. Our Lil' Kingdom

Check out these great blogs!!!!!
I would love to award more but the rule is to keep it at 15!


P.S.  DON'T FORGET ABOUT BLOGHOPPALOOZA!!!  Get your blog added!!

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almost 100!!

INTRODUCING The Star of the Blog World for January 2011!!!!!!

You will see this on the 5 hosts blogs and hopefully more blogs all throughout January!!! It is a month long mega blog HOP!!!!  Want more followers, get on board NOW!!!!
yah I am excited so I posted it early... besides many of you all will be hung over on January 1st anyhow.



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BlogHopPalooza


Your 5 Blog Hostesses

1. Mommying On The Fly
2. Life With Twins and Multiples
3. Family Organic
4. The Thompson Twins
5. TwinHappy

The Rules
1. follow the first 5 blogs..
2.leave a comment that they have followed so we may follow back.

optional BUT a GOOD idea for all
3.add the badge
4.feel free to blog about it and add linky
5.follow others and have a blast

Read more