Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I have NOT slowly stopped caring what I look like at school drop off and pick up. I did NOT start out the year wearing nice pants, hair fixed, and makeup on....and slowly stop caring what I look like all together. I am NOT now going to drop off and pick up with my 'house cleaning' clothes on, bed head, and not a drop of makeup! I would NEVER go out in public looking like I just rolled out of bed!

I did NOT wait in line for about 30 minutes at a local kids resale just to get Eli a SUPER cute smocked outfit for only $10! I would never wait in line that long just to get a great deal on some kids clothes.

I did NOT ask Jason to get my fall decorations out of the attic the weekend and then proceed to open up the containers, pick about four things out, and then pack up the rest because I just wasn't in the mood to decorate {or constantly get fake leaves out of Eli's mouth for the next two months}!

I did NOT spend the part of the weekend with sick kiddos who took really LONG nice naps! I did NOT use that long nap time to work on craft projects instead of cleaning up my house or folding the clothes in the laundry basket {which have NOT been there for going on two weeks}!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I did NOT learn a very important rule about my new moon roof and rain last weekend. I did NOT get a second shower for the day before learning that very important rule. I do NOT now know that you should never open the moon roof after it rains and then go down a very steep hill!

I did NOT get a major laugh thanks to Grant while we were getting ready for church Sunday morning. I did NOT laugh at my child and try{he refused} to take a picture of him while he was wearing Eli's church clothes by mistake. I did NOT think it was hilarious to see a four year old wearing 12 month clothes!

I did NOT stay up way too late a few nights this week. I did NOT spend that time on the internet or watching t.v. just to procrastinate going to bed because Jason was out of town and I hate going to bed alone.

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

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I do NOT not remember half of what happened this week. I do NOT think that my mommy brain has completely taken over...and left no room for my normal brain to think!

I did NOT allow Eli to "clean up" under his highchair. He did NOT feast on old Cheerios, some {yummy-looking} dried up corn, and cracker crumbs. I did NOT think what a big help he was being by eating off the floor because I didn't have to get out the vacuum to clean up his mess. I would NEVER let my child eat off the floor!

I was NOT just a little excited when soccer practice got cancelled this week. I am a SUPER devoted soccer mom who would NEVER be happy that she didn't have to go sit at the soccer fields in the rain.....with a squirmy toddler who loves to play in the mud!

This week, I did NOT threaten to make my children get out of my car if they didn't stop playing the "he's touching/looking at/breathing on me" game. They did NOT {almost} drive me crazy in the ten minutes that it takes to drive from the elementary school to our house! I am NOT SUPER thankful for the DVD player in my new car...it is NOT the only way we will be able to survive long trips!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

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I have NOT been in a big time funk for the past few weeks. The stress of all our activities {sadly church activities are the most stressful right now...but that is a whole post in itself!} has NOT been getting to me...and I do NOT feel like I need a huge vacation from reality right now! I would NOT love to be going out of town with Jason next week....just so I could get a little break from the daily routine!

Despite the funk....I did NOT have a great time Friday night with my GIRLS! I do NOT love Girl's Night Out, and it did NOT make me feel just a little a whole lot better! I also did NOT have a great time shopping on Saturday with my friend Mandy! I am NOT completely thankful that my hubby watched all three boys all night Friday and most of the day Saturday so I could have some girl time!

We did NOT spend the entire weekend listening to it rain and rain and rain and rain and rain {I think you get the point}! It is NOT raining as I am typing this either! Because it did NOT rain all weekend, Henry and Grant did NOT play their first soccer game of the season in the rain and they did NOT get soaking wet! I did NOT get soaking wet too while watching the game....because I would have been smart enough to just stay home with Eli!

I am NOT loving my new car and I have NOT already put over 500 miles on it in less than two weeks. I do NOT run the roads way too much. I did NOT have to go into town four times this week {twice for doctor appointments and twice shopping} which is probably why I do NOT already have so many miles on my new car!

I did NOT tell myself at least three times this week that I was going to start back on Weight Watchers so that I can try and get rid of this extra weight! I did NOT decide it was time to get serious because my doctor is finally letting me decrease my steroids...hopefully meaning that I won't be starving all the time! After deciding to get serious about my diet, I did NOT go and buy ice cream twice this week {because stress overrides serious dieting for me all the time}!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

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This week was NOT a SUPER stressful one for me! We did NOT have a ton of things going on that almost drove me to insanity by Saturday afternoon. I am NOT feeling just a little better today,and I am NOT hoping that this week is a little more calm {yeah right!}.

Jason did NOT have to go out of town for three days before Grant's birthday party...leaving me with the lovely task of making sure that everything was ready for the party! This did NOT stress me out beyond belief, forcing me to turn to a big tub of ice cream! I did NOT eat the entire tub of Blue Bell ice cream by myself during the three days that Jason was out of town. Ice cream does NOT make me feel better...and does NOT seem to make stress just a little easier to handle:) {It's okay to eat ice cream for dinner after the kids are in bed, right?}

I did NOT let my almost one year old climb up the stairs this week because I was just a little distracted on the phone. I did NOT attempt to get Henry to save my escaped child only to have him 'help' by letting him fall down the stairs! I did NOT freak out just a little thinking that my child could have some serious injuries from falling down 6 steps! He was NOT fine and only had a few little marks where he rubbed his back on the carpet on his way down the stairs!

We did NOT attempt to buy a car this weekend....and I did NOT get SUPER mad because things just didn't seem to work out timing wise for us! We did NOT finally get things straightened out, and I will NOT be getting a new car in two or three months.

Despite all the stress of this week, we did NOT have a great time at Grant's 4th birthday party on Saturday....and he was NOT the happiest four year old around!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

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I did NOT go to the doctor this week and come home with a vial of medicine and a bag full of syringes. I do NOT feel even more like a druggie with all the new and different meds that are constantly being added to my list! When it came time to give myself said medicine with one of the {SUPER scary} syringes, I did NOT sit and hold the syringe for at least 30 minutes before I could muster the nerve to actually inject the medicine! Before that, I did NOT call my pharmacist to get more detailed instructions on how to actually use the syringe.

We did NOT go car shopping this week! I am NOT SUPER excited that I may be getting my very first NEW car in the next few weeks. We have NOT pretty much decided to go with a 2010 Honda Pilot! I am NOT really looking forward to having a car that is reliable and BRAND NEW!

On Saturday, I did NOT accidentally give Grant Henry's clothes to wear and give Henry Grant's clothes to wear! I am much more observant than that, and I would definitely notice if my children were wearing each other's clothes. It would NOT take 4 hours and Grant saying "Momma, I'm wearing Henry's shirt" for me to notice that they did in fact have on each other's shirt. The shirts that they were NOT wearing also did NOT have both of their names written across the front!

Grant {NOT} wearing Henry's shirt!

Eli is NOT officially a walker! He is NOT growing up way too fast....and walking everywhere SUPER fast too! This weekend he did NOT really enjoy his new found freedom in the backyard! I am NOT a little excited that now we can spend more time outside and I won't have to worry so much about him eating every piece of grass and dirt from the ground!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

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Last week was NOT a SUPER busy week at our house! We did NOT do a ton of different things all week, and I am NOT SUPER exhausted from all the stuff that we did NOT do!

{We did NOT go on a last minute mini-vacation to the beach. We did NOT attend Open House at Henry's new school and meet his new teacher. We did NOT take Henry to his first day of Kindergarten. We did NOT go to three birthday parties on Saturday. We did NOT have a busy Sunday at church followed by lunch, shopping, dessert and the cleaning the house! I am NOT exhausted just thinking about the week we had last week!}

While we were on our mini vacation, I did NOT eat a ton of junk food, fried food, ice cream, and treats! I always eat healthy food....especially when I am on vacation. When we got home from vacation, I did NOT continue to eat unhealthy food for the whole week. I did NOT finish off another jar of Nutella and a few various things of candy that had been sitting around the house for a while!

While we were on vacation, I did NOT let the boys take a 'break' from bathtime. I did NOT just let them going to the pool count as taking a bath for two of the three nights that we were gone!

I did NOT change a billion dirty diapers this past week. Eli was NOT on antibiotics for an ear infection...and those antibiotics did NOT give him horrible diarrhea, which means I did NOT have to change his little hiney every hour of every day for the past week! And if I did have to change that many diapers, I would NEVER complain that all my child ever seems to do is POOP!

I am NOT just a little {more} sad than I thought I would be about Henry starting Kindergarten! We have NOT been so ready for him to start school, and now I am NOT just a little worried about how well he is adjusting!

Not Me My Child! Monday

This week MckMama is mixing it up a little and hosting Not My Child! Monday, a fun little twist on our weekly confessions of all our mommyhood shortcomings and oh-so-embarrassing incidents. This week we get to confess all the NOT so great things that our kids have done.....so go check out My Charming Kids to see all the things our kiddos have NOT been doing!

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All three of my children did NOT have a blast playing on the slip n slide this weekend. They did NOT still have on their pajamas while they were playing on the before mentioned slip n slide. It was NOT approximately 3 o'clock in the afternoon. They would NEVER still be wearing their PJs that late in the day, and if they were, they would NEVER be running around in the yard and playing on the slip n slide!

One of my children {which one exactly is to blame is still a mystery, though I'm pretty sure Eli is innocent} did NOT do their business in the bathroom, only to use WAY too much toilet paper...causing the toilet to clog and overflow. The entire guest bathroom and the hallway was NOT flooded with yucky water, and it did NOT take at least an three hours before anyone discovered the mess! My children NEVER make messes, especially NOT ones that have to do with poop!

Henry and Grant do NOT think that dinner time is a race. They do NOT compete to see who can finish their food first! They do NOT eat SUPER fast so that they can announce who has finished in which place. While eating dinner this week, Henry did NOT announce that he was first, Grant was second, momma was third, and daddy was HOME! He did NOT turn dinner into such a big competition that he was using baseball terms!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
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I did NOT relearn some of the rules of baby food etiquette this week while feeding Eli. I was NOT sweetly reminded that freshly pureed beans and a baby that likes to blow raspberries is not really the best match!

The area in our breakfast nook around Eli highchair did NOT look like a whole box of Cheerios exploded underneath it {for most of the week}. I would never let my child make a huge mess with his snacks...and then leave it there for a few days! Cheerios also do NOT seem to find their way into every crease and fold of Eli's chunky legs! Jason and I do NOT play a fun game called "Guess How Many Cheerios are Stuck to Eli" anytime we change his diaper right after he has a snack!

While doing laundry this week, I did NOT remove enough lint from my dryer filter to knit a sweater for a least one of my children! I do NOT think that it might have even been enough to knit one for myself! I always keep my house in a clean and kept state....that includes places that nobody ever sees like the dryer lint trap!

The boys and I did NOT have a great time playing at the Splash Pad with friends this week! While we were there I did NOT let Eli feast on a buffet of grass and pine straw! Eli does NOT seem to really enjoy eating things off the ground, and that does NOT drive me just a little crazy!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
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I have NOT had a pretty cruddy week. It did NOT start out pretty good and then quickly go down hill from there! It is NOT finally starting to get a little better this morning.

The week was NOT cruddy because all three of my boys were NOT sick. They did NOT run a fever, cough, throw up, and just plain old act sick for the majority of the week. We did NOT stay in our PJs all day at least twice last week. And we did NOT stay in the house for three days straight except to go to the mailbox!

On top of all three boys being sick, I have NOT been having a major flare up with my RA. My hands are NOT the size of King Kongs right now from all the swelling and inflammation! I have NOT been a little concerned that if the swelling doesn't go down, I may have to cut off my wedding ring!

I did NOT spend a while looking around at Target {during mine and Karen's SUPER fun mini girls night out!} for foods that are supposed to help with inflammation. I did NOT come home with some yummy orange juice and a bag of scary looking flaxseed {which Karen thinks looks like something birds would eat}. I am NOT completely lost as to what I can do with the flaxseed other than sprinkle it in my yogurt or cereal.

We did NOT have a very busy 4th of July despite all the cruddiness! We did NOT see almost every single person that we are related to {my family and Jason's} at least once over the long weekend. That did NOT seem to make the weekend even LONGER!

We did NOT have two BBQs, go swimming, watch fireworks, and go to two birthday parties in just three days....there is NO way that we would try to cram that much stuff into one long weekend....especially when the boy and I are not feeling our best!

I am NOT feeling a little better today, and I am NOT hoping that this week is a little better than last week!

I am NOT going to remind you to enter my GIVEAWAY for a free 3 month JumpStart membership and one of my SUPER cute personalized towels!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I did NOT enjoy a SUPER quiet week while Henry and Grant attended VBS at my mom's church. I did NOT enjoy the quiet of only having one very happy and content little boy at home for a big majority of the week! I did NOT take a few trips to Target, Hobby Lobby, and Walmart. I also did NOT think how much easier it is to only unload one child from my car when I have to get in and out a million times! This did NOT make me look forward to Kindergarten and Preschool starting in the fall!

I did NOT let my children eat Peanut Butter Cookies for breakfast one morning as we were rushing around trying to get to VBS on time! I always make my children a nutritious breakfast with all the food groups represented...and I would never just let the eat a bunch of sugar and call it a day!

I did NOT eat hot dogs {TWICE} this week! Hot dogs are kiddie food and I would never enjoy eating them twice in one week! I always eat healthy adult food like salads and veggies and hummus!

I am NOT majorly behind on laundry. I do NOT have two baskets full of clothes sitting in my laundry room waiting patiently to be folded! They have NOT been sitting there since last week when I decided that I was going to wash and put up everything while the boys were gone to VBS! I always follow through on my housework, and would NEVER put off doing laundry for that long!

We did NOT go swimming yesterday at the river. The boys did NOT have a great time playing and swimming and building sand castles. We {mostly me} did NOT end up bringing half of the sand from the river home with us in our bathing suits! And we did NOT all get just a little too much sun while we were having so much fun! My boys are NOT slowly turning into Coppertone Babies with better tans than me!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I did NOT have a SUPER busy week this week! I am NOT still exhausted from being so busy. And I did NOT choose to take a nap yesterday while everyone else went swimming because I was SO NOT exhausted!

I did NOT take all three of my boys to the doctor on Tuesday {Henry and Eli both needed well checkups}. I was NOT a little impressed that I made it in and out with all three of them and still felt somewhat sane! Henry is NOT growing like a weed, and ready {ears and eyes checked out} for Kindergarten to start. Eli is NOT above the 90% for weight, height, and head circumference {he did NOT weigh almost 25 pounds and was not almost 30 inches tall at only 9 months old}!

We did NOT go on two SUPER fun outings two days in a row this week. We are taking the summer easy, and I would NEVER overbook my kids!

We did NOT spend all day Thursday {the hottest day of the year so far} picking veggies at a U Pick Vegetable Farm, eating lunch at McDonald's, and swimming for hours! Then we did NOT spend all day Friday at a local water park playing in the kiddie pool, floating in the lazy river, and splashing down the slides!

While we were at the water park, I did NOT run out of sunscreen! I would NEVER forget to bring extra sunscreen with me when we were going to be out in the hot sun all day long! Because we did NOT run out of sunscreen, Jason and I did NOT both end up looking like red and white striped zebras! I am NOT still a little sore from the lovely sunburn, and I am NOT refusing to wear a real bra {gotta love a soft sports bra} until my shoulders aren't hurting anymore!

Yesterday was NOT my birthday! I am NOT 29 years old! I am NOT excited{really I'm not} about being another year closer to 30.....I mean only a year away from being 30!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I did NOT find myself singing an inappropriate song to Eli as I was changing his diaper the other day. If I had been singing a song to him...it would NOT have been a modified version of Play That Funky Music White Boy! It did NOT go a little like this:

*Change that funky diaper white boy*

*Change that funky diaper right*

*Change that funky diaper white boy*

*Lay down your booty and change that funky diaper till you die*

While I was NOT singing that song to Eli, I was NOT reminded of the Friends episode where Ross sings Baby Got Back to Emma! I then did NOT start singing that inappropriate song {only in my head though} either!

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Eli has NOT totally been living up to his nickname of Hoover lately! He has NOT been constantly eating every single speck and spot that he can find on the floor. He is also NOT completely tearing up my floors by pulling up the polyurethane coating and then proceeding to put it in his mouth like it is a yummy treat! I am NOT concerned that their may be more floor in his stomach than actual food sometimes!

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We did NOT take our first trip to the beach after church yesterday! I did NOT have to go with all three boys by myself {well Mandy helped a TON} because Jason ended up working all weekend! We did NOT have a blast anyway! While we were NOT at the beach:

Eli did NOT eat a ton of sand!

And I {technically it was Grant who did the flashing, because he was the one pulling down my bathing suit top!} did NOT flash a few unsuspecting people {including Tracy and Mandy}!!

I did NOT go to bed last night thinking that I wasn't sunburned very badly, only to wake up the morning with major lobster legs! I did NOT neglect to put suntan lotion on my legs while we were at the beach. That would be silly, because legs get sunburned too!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

We are NOT loving the summer!



After my posts about food the last few weeks, I did NOT decide that even though I am happy with what we eat at our house, maybe we could broaden our horizons a little and try a few different things too.

I did NOT take an adventurous trip to Target and roam the isles looking for some interesting {but still yummy} food! I have NOT found my new favorite snack! It is not NUTELLA! I have NOT eaten an entire jar of it by myself in the last two weeks! It is NOT delicious, and I have NOT been sitting at the computer eating pretzels dipped directly in the jar of Nutella!

On my adventurous trip to Target I also did NOT buy all of the ingredients to make hummus. I did NOT actually make the hummus, but then end up throwing it away because the smell was SO BAD! I did NOT put way too much tahini {a weird smelling sesame paste that is only for the very brave} in my hummus, making it basically inedible! On my next trip to Target I did NOT just buy some premade hummus {which didn't smell like feet and was actually very tasty}!

I am NOT just a little glad that VBS is over! We had a great time...but VBS is NOT a ton of work, and I was NOT just a little exhausted by the end of the week! I was NOT SUPER excited that three little girls walked the isle at church during the early service {and I think a few more during the late service} because they had gotten saved during VBS!

I did NOT have an AWESOME time Saturday night with my girls! Girls Night Out is NOT the best stress reliever ever! We did NOT have a great dinner and then we did NOT spend about two hours roaming around Target making way too much just a little bit of noise! I did NOT talk Karen into buying some Nutella....and I don't think she is now in love with it too!

I am NOT going to remind everyone one more time to enter my GIVEAWAY for a SUPER cute personalized beach towel! The giveaway does NOT end tonight at 10 pm Central Time!

Not Me! Monday: Anniversary Edition

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
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Today is NOT my 7th wedding anniversary! I can NOT believe it has really been 7 seven years.

I did NOT forget to take a picture before we left to go to dinner, and I also did NOT take my camera with me. I would never forget to document a special occasion....especially now that I have a nice camera to take pictures with.

Jason and I did NOT celebrate our anniversary by going out to dinner here. We did NOT spend an outrageous amount of money just a little extra on dinner to make it special. It was SO NOT worth it to eat dinner in a restaurant with no kid menus, booster seats, crayons, or actual screaming kids!

We did NOT eat salad, steak, baked potatoes, and broccoli! And it was NOT SUPER yummy! We also did NOT share an awesome dessert of Chocolate Mouse Cheesecake with a cute little sparkler on top to make it special!

After dinner, we did NOT turn into complete lame-o's and go to Micheal's and Target! We are way more interesting than that! We would never spend our anniversary {well not really, because it is actually today} shopping for VBS stuff and shorts for the boys!

I did NOT get a beautiful china cabinet for my anniversary gift. We did NOT buy it at the "outlet" furniture story for less than half the price of the one in the real store! I did NOT finally get to take all of my nice wedding china out of the boxes and put it into my china cabinet after only 7 years!

This is NOT the only picture of our wedding that I have on the computer.

I am NOT just posting it because I am too lazy busy to figure out how the scanner works. I am NOT considering asking Jason to help me with the scanner so I can post some more old pictures of us later today!

I am NOT going to spend my anniversary at Vacation Bible School running after a bunch of screaming preschoolers all day!

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I was NOT just a little excited about Henry graduating from preschool this week. Mothers are supposed to be SUPER sad that their little boys are growing up, not excited that they will be going to all day Kindergarten soon!

I did NOT sit and watch my DVRed episode of The Biggest Loser while eating a very small HUGE piece of strawberry shortcake. I did NOT justify eating it because the delicious homemade poundcake that I had made for Mother's Day was going to go bad {after only 3 days}if I didn't eat it soon!

I did NOT stay up until after 1 am one night this week waiting on my hubby to get home from work. I did NOT stay up {blogging and watching tv} because I hate to go to bed by myself and I would NEVER rather be completely exhausted the next morning than get in that big bed without him.

I did NOT have to hold back my giggles more than once this week as Jason was just a little SUPER loopy after having his wisdom teeth removed! He was NOT a little out of it as we left the doctor's office, and I would NEVER find that funny! I also did NOT laugh at him as he dozed in and out of medicine induced sleep for the majority of the day after his surgery! I am a much more sympathetic wife than that and I would NEVER laugh at my hubby....and hope that he was too out it to remember!

I am NOT going to remind everyone one last time to enter my GIVEAWAY that ends tonight at midnight!! I am NOT SUPER excited about this giveaway, and I am NOT ready to pick a winner so I can start putting together all the cute personal touches {monogramming, picking out flip-flops, and maybe a few goodies for your kiddos} for whichever SUPER blogger wins!

Not Me! Monday

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I am NOT SUPER excite that summer is almost here! We did not spend most to the weekend enjoying the beautiful spring/summer weather!
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I did NOT take some SUPER cute pictures of the boys outside just playing in the yard.

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I did NOT spend almost all day Saturday at the tball field while Henry's team played two....yes I said two games back to back! I do NOT dislike tball {and spending all day at the ball field} a ton just a little.
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I did NOT go out with some of my SUPER friends Saturday night, and I most definitely did NOT have an AWESOME time!! It was NOT really nice to be feeling good enough to hang out with my friends, do a little shopping, and eat dinner!
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We did NOT go swimming for the first time this year! We did NOT have a blast in the pool. Eli did NOT LOVE the water and have a great time swimming for the very first time!
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I did NOT forget my camera when we went swimming! I am much more organized than that, and I would never miss documenting any of my baby's third child's FIRST's! I am NOT hoping that my sister Kerri ended up with some good pictures of Eli in the pool for the first time!

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Have a great week!! And don't forget to enter my GIVEAWAY!