from SAHM to WAHM

So I am again a work-at-home-mom. I just signed on as a Community Relations Consultant with Plum District Dallas. It is a company that gives you deals in your local area that is brought to you by other savvy moms (anywhere from 50% to 80% off!) It's a part-time job I can do at home while trying to prevent the kids from destroying the house. I've really just given up on having an uncluttered home because with 4 kids, is there anything more impossible than that? I had fun with Minti.com while it lasted. Minti gave me the opportunity to work at home and it saw 3 of my kids being born and I will be forever grateful. It also gave me the experience to land this position with Plum District Dallas. While it's only a contract job and commission-based, it's better than nothing. Let's face it, everything counts when you're a family of 6.


This is a commission-based job and so I don't get paid if I don't get subscribers. So if you would like to help a fellow mom (with twins - if that helps my sob story), please sign up with Plum District Dallas by clicking here Plum District Deals. If you don't click on the link, your effort cannot be tracked back to me.  


You can also pass the link on by copying and pasting this https://www.plumdistrict.com/?ref=u2cd19383a86 . 


When you sign up, you will be able to choose your region so you only get deals that are for you. And if you are in the Collin County area and know of any community gatherings or organization, we may be able to help out by being a sponsor. Just leave a comment below with your contact info and I will contact you back.


Thank you!

manners and jobs

I have a great video to share (and I've been trying since yesterday!) but youtube is PMSing on me. So in the meantime, I want to share something about Curious George.

Curious George has learned to say "Excuse me" at school after burping. So now, he does it consistently. He even tells his Daddy to say it after he belches. And considering that my hubby is a man and most men just let it all out when it comes to bodily functions, this gets funny. Several times a day, the females of the house hear "blurpppppppp" and then a microsecond later we hear, "Daddy, say excuse me!" And this is true even if they are in the opposite sides of the house. Hilarious!

A few days ago, I gave Curious George the job of cleaning up the table after we eat. I have an all natural surface cleaner that I allow him to use. He loves the job! The first night, he was so excited. "This is my job", "I have a lot of job because I'm a big boy", "I have a job to do" he exclaimed the whole time he was cleaning.

I'm a slacker with an excuse...

I am hoping not to uproot our big family, but it is better to be prepared. The company Daddy works for is not doing well and is in the process of laying off more than one half the work force. It's scary. We seem to be in this pattern of staying in one place for only 4 years. But this time, with three little ones, it won't be so easy. But I am hoping we don't have to do that. But to be prepared, it's time to get rid of some junk we manage to haul from house to house. Only now, we have tons of toys to add to it!

We've entered into a new dimension of parenting with the twins. With the little man the time between 15 months to a little bit after 2 years old were the most difficult and this is true with the girls as well. They are at an age where they want to do what they want to do, and any attempt to stop them ends up in a full body tantrum. With two, it's much more difficult.

The other day, when we dropped Big Bro off to school was especially frustrating. I no longer use the stroller now (I don't know why I make it difficult for myself). Instead, I use harnesses. So I put Thing 1 and Thing 2's harness on. Big Bro wanted to hold one, and he's in a mood where he wasn't going to take no for an answer. So rather than lose it, I let him. So he either pulls or pull Thing 1, making her lose her balance. Finally, I was able to get him to give up. But then there was the Exploration room right when we enter the building. It's a huge play area that everyone passes through to get to the rooms. Why it has to be right there in the middle near the doorways, I don't know. The girls went in two different directions. So there I was being pulled in the middle...and then Thing 1 came falling down, hitting her face on the floor. It wasn't serious, but it was the icing on a cake of a very difficult morning.

Today I decided that I can't handle the stress, so I used the stroller. We all need a little break once in a while.