Ten On Tuesday (on Wednesday)

1. I woke up at 7:10 Monday morning. You know, 20 minutes before we're supposed to leave. Surprisingly, we got out the door and everyone was on time! I don't know how we did it!

2. I'm motivated! I will resist the candy in the jar that I stare at all day long and I will be happy with my Lean Cuisine for lunch! It's really not that hard for me to eat well, I just have to start the week off right.

3. My parents and Joanna spent the weekend in Mammoth and I'm so proud of my dad for snowboarding! If I didn't have the kiddos I would have gone up there in a heartbeat. It's too hard to go on vacation with little kids. Just the one in summer is good enough for me!

4. Kayley and Cole are going up to Aunt Lisa's this weekend. I'm going to do some crazy cleaning in the house and the garage. I think I'll clean the carpets, too. Saturday and Sunday I cleaned out my closet and pulled out all my old clothes that are way too big and cleaned out the kids drawers to get rid of all the stuff that's too small. I have lots left to do though. The kids have grown out of some books and toys so I want to make room for the things they actually play with.

5. Cole had a 103 degree fever this weekend. It was not fun. Putting my child in a cool bath is not what I wanted to do but it was necessary. Poor kid, he screamed the whole time. Thankfully it worked and he slept most of the night (with the exception of watching Finding Nemo at 3am) and slept in until 9. He woke up fine and hasn't had a fever since and has no signs of sickness. I

don't get it. Maybe he's getting a tooth.

6. I took Kayley to the dentist yesterday. She doesn't have any cavities and the dentist was very proud of how she (and her mommy) brush her teeth. Did you know you're supposed to help your kids brush until they're 10?

7. I did a killer cardio and leg workout on Monday. I'm sore but it's a good sore. Tonight it'll be abs and arms!

8. I had so much fun with Kim and Peyton while they were here. It's kinda like old times plus three kids. Ok, it's not like old times with three kids but it was still fun!

9. The place we went for dinner after Krista's graduation was so tasty. It's this little italian restaraunt in Camarillo off of Carmen. Everything was homemade and it was amazing food!

10. I'm getting my hair cut tomorrow. I'm going to cut my bangs really short and just a trim for the rest of my hair. I'm excited!

It's another beautiful day today!

I took this picture outside the door of my office yesterday morning:

What a view!

Last night Kim and I got a pizookie to go from BJ's. I loved every bite. Tomorrow is my day off and we're going to hang out (with no kids!) in the morning. In the evening we'll be off to Krista's graduation! I can't believe it's already been 2 years since she started her master's program.

I had lunch with Becca today. She picked up some things from TJ's and we sat on the grass outside my work. It was nice to visit and not spend a bunch of money on lunch.

I packed my gym stuff and brought it to work with me today so when I leave I'll pick up the kids and go straight to the gym. Adios three extra pounds!

Ten On Tuesday

1. I will be looking forward to 4pm today.

2. This is hilarious!

3. Cole has finally started behaving. I put this list on how things work on the whiteboard:

1. Warning

2. Time out

3. Spanking or vinager (for naughty words)

This has always been the way I have done things, I just think he likes knowing what will come next. I make him go look at the list and it works like a charm.

By the way, the jar with rocks is working. He loves to put on his shoes to impress me!

4. I'm ready for it to be summer. I'm excited for vacation and a trip to Lisa and Greg's for their company picnic in June. I'm also ready to be tan. But no sunburns for my skin this time around.

5. I love Urbane Cafe.

6. I just ate a Lean Cuisine and it was great. Try the chicken in peanut sauce next time. Yum!

7. Kayley and I chewed those tablets from the dentist that show where you need to brush. We had a big laugh!

8. I'd like to go see Robin Hood.

9. I'm thankful that Tyler got on disability.

10. Krista, you're right. Failbook.com is so freaking funny!

My Weekend

I had a really busy weekend. It was really great though.

I had Friday off and went to Kayley's Mother's Day party at school. It was very adorable. They sang about dirty laundry and supermoms. Saturday we went to the beach with Kim and Peyton and took pictures. It was super windy but she got some great pictures anyway. The kids were soaking wet when we left. Cole was in his chonies and Kayley wore Kim's hoodie on the way home. It was funny!

Peyton cracks me up. She talks so much. She also calls me stiff. She can say my name right but she doesn't unless I tell her the right way. I love that she says "no like it" and does a great job at communicating and listens really well. Props to Kim on that one. Check out Kim's blog for a slideshow of the pictures she took.

Mother's Day was fun. We went to church and had lunch with the family (plus Tommy. He's practically family anyway). Then my dad and Tommy watched the kids and I went shopping for a bathing suit. Click here to see what I got. I love it because it's stylin' and it covers my whole belly. I already have black bottoms so I didn't get the ones that are shown in the picture.

After shopping the kids played with Noah for a while at the play area at my mom's. Justin and Taryn stopped by for a few to say hello and pick up some things. Then we had dinner with Joanna and Tommy at Rubios (Snapper Jacks was closed, boo).

Then I went to bed at 9:30. Sweet bliss.

Happy Monday!

Rocks and Rewards

We went to Michaels last night to get jars, stickers and rocks for a new reward system I started for the kids. They get colored rocks (so much cheaper than marbles) for good behavior and doing things above and beyond what they were asked. I don't really have problems motivating Kayley, it's Cole who needs help. He can dress himself, put his shoes on, brush his own teeth, etc. He just needs a little incentive. So, when his jar is filled up to the line he gets to go to Chuck E Cheese. And I let them pick their reward. Kayley still hasn't decided on hers. If it were up to me I'd want a pizookie.

Ten On Tuesday

1. I'm driving the Magnum until my brakes get fixed on Friday. It's a gas hog but I enjoy the XM radio!

2. I love that it's sunny this week!

3.I woke up last night with a ton of pain in my abdomen. I don't know what it was from but thankfully it stopped.

4. I really wish the mother of the baby upstairs would quit letting her baby cry right above my bedroom. It's getting really old waking up to him screaming every day.

5. Only a month and a half until Kayley is a first grader! Then it will be summer and the kids and I are going to Shaver Lake with my parents this year!

6. Kayley refuses to put her tooth under her pillow for the tooth fairy until her dad sees it. I told her it's going to be a month but there's no changing her mind. Whatever, the kid has been through a lot. I'll let her wait.

7. Kim and Peyton will be here soon! I'm so excited to hear Peyton talk!

8. I cannot breathe through my nose and I have a headache.

9. I have got to watch it with my eating. I've fallen back into eating junk more often and it doesn't feel good. It's time to get my good eating habits back!

10. Tyler sent me x-rays of his broken leg. So painful.

I think this is the metal plate in his leg

Here's Me Blabbing

It was a crazy weekend. The kids miss Tyler and I'm going a little crazy.

My neighbors are always drinking and having a grand old time. I think I've written before about this one. She stood at the curb waiting for her carpool at 8am with shot glass in hand and brought us jello shots as a thank you for letting them borrow a wrench.

There was one of them last night who kept screaming really loudly and then a couple of them would argue, then they smoked, then they drank some more. It would be funny if they weren't so dang loud. Then some guy came over and tried to beat the crap out of the mother of his child. Something about a custody battle.The woman was actually just as fired up as he was. If grown adults are going to act like that then no one deserves custody. Poor child. That was serious drama that I don't care to see or hear.

Kayley lost her first tooth this weekend. At first she wanted me to pull it out, then she got scared so I didn't. Later on she let me do it and it was only hangin on by a tiny bit. Its quite a milestone in the Batten fam. She's growing up too fast.

Cole was laying in my bed sleeping tonight and out of no where he whispered "wild cherry." Creeper.

I'm sick. I sound wonderful over the phone at work, too. Bring on the Halls and hand sanitizer!