so long 2014...

Some favorite things that have come out of my kids mouths the past few months:

Jack stuck his head out the school bus window as it drove away and yelled, "I love you, Mom!"

Yep, right in front of all the other kids.

Major lump in my throat?…check.  Getting teary as I walked back to the house?…check.

We were eating at Taco Bell before heading to 7 peaks this past summer when Jack looked across the table and innocently said, "Mom you look like you just woke up."

Thanks for the honesty, bud. (I wasn't even offended.  I was pregnant and sick and he was probably right.)

After church one day, Sam excitedly showed me a family picture he drew in his primary class.

He pointed to the stick figure that was supposed to be me and said, "Look mom!  I even drew your fat!"

Yes, Sam, that FAT would be your new baby brother on the way...

At stake conference a few months ago, Jack had his head down for a while so I asked him what was the matter.  He looked up with big huge tears in his eyes and I realized he had been silently crying, so I worriedly whispered, "what's wrong buddy?!"

 He simply - yet very honestly and seriously - replied, "I'm so bored."

Haha!!  It was so hard for me not to laugh!  I guess he brought new meaning to the term bored to tears!  Sam also kept whining during stake conference saying, "This is my worst nightmare!"

Not gonna lie, buddy.  Sitting on hard chairs for two hours trying to keep kids quiet….pretty much my worst nightmare too.

Jack spilled chocolate milk on his shorts, so I asked him if he wanted to change his shorts but he said no.  Then Sam spoke up: "One time I peed in my pants and it was fine because then it just dried."

Awesome.

In the middle of the night a few weeks ago, Nora started shouting something in her sleep.

As I listened closer, I realized she was saying, "I want an Oreo!!  I WANT AN OREO!!"

Yes, she is MOST DEFINITELY my child.

As we were driving, we smelled a yucky skunk and Sam started complaining about it.

Jack said, "Hang on…I gotta get the boogers our of my nose..."

(proceeds to pick nose…)…"okay, there we go...(sniff sniff….)….Oh WOW that's PUNGENT!"

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In addition to my kids making me laugh so much this year with their brutal honesty, 2014 also brought some pretty cool accomplishments on my part.

For example:

-Toward the beginning of the year when Nora was a little younger, I mastered being able to make an entire meal one handed.  (Yes, I know, I am pretty much incredible.)

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-I also mastered the supernatural ability to make my bed WHILE all my kids are jumping on it.

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-I was woken up in the mornings a variety of different ways this year.  For example, being shaken awake by Sam asking me to help wipe his bum. (There's really nothing better than telling your kid to touch his toes so you can wipe his stinky bum very first thing in the morning.  Yum.)

OR being shaken awake by Jack asking me to help open a jar of pickles. (And yes he had the jar of pickles right there in hand, so I opened it while still lying in bed, and then sent him on his way to enjoy his breakfast of pickles.)

OR being shaken awake by both of them tattling on each other. (Seriously?!  You are already fighting?!?)

OR simply waking up because Nora's tiny body is somehow taking up my ENTIRE half of the bed and gravity is about to take me right off the edge.

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-Lets see, what else… OH!  Sam got sick and vomited at the ward Christmas breakfast, and then I proceeded to slip and fall in it.  Yes, at over 30 weeks pregnant I slipped and fell in my own child's barf.

WAY cool I know!  Don't be jealous.

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All sarcasm aside, I really am so grateful for my 3 sweet children and for another year with them being healthy and strong.

I always get a little bit of anxiety at the beginning of a new year because I don't like the unknown.

But as long as I have Kurt and the kids to keep me laughing, I'm sure I'll be able to manage 2015 alright.

Happy New Year!

xoxo,

Marie