was spent laying low.  after yesterday, it was a must.  and it was nice.  we did celebrate by Jase taking Ty and his best friend out to Austin Park & Pizza, then home to a movie and sleepover.  perfect way to end the summer.  they had a blast and it was nice to have a somewhat quiet night with Teagan and Taryn.  Teagan went to sleep at the normal time and then I let Taryn stay up late.  we made a cake in honor of her new favorite color….it will make an appearance tomorrow.  until then, I leave you with this, my little man during his bath tonight….

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Taryn:  Mommy, guess what, I taught daddy something new and special yesterday.

Me:  really?  what’s that honey?

Taryn:  That he needs to have paaaaatience at the red lights.

Me:  bwwwwahahahaha.

Bad day today.  The kids were horrible.  All of them.  I was that mother today, glaring at her children in public, frustrated, stressed, took on too much for one day and tired beyond recognition.  All the way home in the car I contemplated the logistics of never going out into public again with the 3 of them alone.  How bad would that really be??  I think Jase knew it was a bad day when I came through the door, absolutely done, immediately handed them off and hid in the bedroom for a few hours […]

1.  Tonight Taryn and Jason had a daddy daughter date night.  They took off to Toys R Us to spend her giftcard she got for her birthday, then they were to head to dinner.  She got to pick and she said she wanted “meatballs”.  Jase called me from the road midroute, thinking they would be eating italian….nope, not our girl, she wanted IKEA meatballs.  I love that kid so much.  She makes me laugh.

2.  Yesterday, Teagan was helping Jase with laundry and Jason had him carry a little towel into his room, put it in the drawer in the closet and close it.  We’re not sure when it happened, but today we discovered Taryn’s pj’s also tucked ever so neatly […]