TP and Ramen

Kiera and Sydney have been doing their best to make me wonder what's going on inside their little brains today. Loulou has been climbing as high as she can get (usually onto Syd's bed) and then screams "mamamamamamamamama!!!!!" when she wants to get back down. Then she wants to hang all over me while I'm cleaning. Classic cry for attention. Textbook even. Unless I'm paying attention to Syd. Hmmmm.....that one's a head scratcher. These are the times she uses to find the toilet paper, or my Avon catalogs, and proceeds to meticulously tear them to shreds. With all the recent sales on school supplies I have the notion to get her a bunch of notebooks and then her have at them. We'll just recycle the shreds.
Sydney on the other hand is very much her father's daughter. Many of you who know him well know that he can go all day without feeling any twinge of hunger, unless someone waves a 22oz. steak in front of his face. Lately this has been Sydney (sans steak). I have to tie the child down to her chair to get her to just look at food. OK maybe I'm exaggerating just a little, but I swear this kids can survive on the microbes floating in the air. That's how little she eats.
Then this morning she wakes up and requests eggs. 'OK.' I'm thinking, 'she likes eggs. I'll make her some.' 30 minutes later she's requesting gogurt. Also normal, she loves those things. What I wasn't expecting was a food request every 15-30 minutes for the rest of the day ranging from more eggs to hotdogs to mac and cheese. I have spent more time in the kitchen today than I usually spend all week. Then came the kicker: My child climbed into a box of stored food and found a case of Ramen noodles. She then brought me the box and said "Look Mommy! I found noodles! Have some?" Yes you may. I already had some "noodles" out, so she kept the box and wouldn't let me have them back! She was so afraid that if I took her box she wasn't going to get her noodles. Call me an opportunist, but I had to get the camera out on this one. This is one of those days when I'll look back and say to her "I don't know why you thought you were starving that day, but you held onto that box of ramen like your life depended on it! And yes....you were naked."

Playing Catch-Up!

OK, yes I know it's been a while. That being said here's whats been going on in the Asmus Clan:

*We're trying to move!*

Not far, still in SC. (sorry west-coasters. we aren't getting any closer.) Also note the word "try". It's been very challenging! Who knew there was sooooo much you had to do to get land ready for habitation?! OK so we knew most of it, but that doesn't mean it's not time and money consuming. I won't bore you with the details, but lets just say it's a LOT!
*We're trying to sell/rent our current house!*
Also a challenge. Our house is a little bit torn up at the moment (read: being renovated), because we're still on the fence about the buy vs. rent argument. Each side has it's pros and cons. I'm pro-anything-that-gets-us-out-of-this-house-and-into-the-new-house-without-losing-money-or-getting-deeper-in-debt. So like I said before: the house is torn up at the moment. Anyone that knows Jesse, knows that he's Webster's definition of "Handy-man". Needless to say, our current house has many fabulous features that have my husband's sweat in them. But with the sagging market for selling and the rising market of renting......it's a tough decision.
*The kids are getting BIGGER!!!*
"Duh!" you say?! yeah well...you got me there. I really shouldn't be surprised. But then I take LouLou to the Dr. and find out how much she's grown, or take out a picture of Syd as a baby and I get all nostalgic. Time is flying, and there's not enough battery life in my camera to capture it all!!!! And I know I can't (read: shouldn't) keep all of their baby stuff.....but dang it! It's hard to let go of my baby's time being a baby! (read: Why oh Why can't they stay this little and cute forever?!?!*sniffle*)
*I'm going crazy!*
Also "Duh"?! Again.......you got me there. It seems that juggling being a mommy with 2 other jobs, a home renovation, and home building has left me very little down or me-time. See? I'm even taking a brief over-lapping nap time to write this up. That's what I mean: crazy as a loon! while I could be painting my toe nails, or even getting a shower (by myself), here I am catching up on some neglected blogging. Oh, well. A Mom's job is never done. Maybe the next post won't be so far off.....if I can ever slow down for a minute!

Easter Holiday

We spent Easter with my (Amber's) family. It sure was fun. We actually spent over a week with them so Jesse could hunt. But alas! The closest thing to a dead turkey Jesse will get to this year is named Butterball. It wasn't for trying though. He went out in the woods twice a day every day. He saw lots of birds at one point, but happened to spook them since he accidentally walked through their nesting spot.

Anyways, the girls really enjoyed their Easter. Sydney couldn't get over the bubbles (so much joy for so little!), And has wanted to read "George" every night since (Thanks Nana & Papa!). Kiera only cared about the grass and eggs. She tried to eat them both. And I have to brag a little bit...I made the dresses and the shrugs! I couldn't find any matching dresses, since the girls have such different sizes. So i just whipped up something simple.

Later we went to Uncle Troy's and Aunt Mel's for Easter Dinner. After dinner we had the egg hunt followed by the traditional 4-wheeler rides! YAY! (yeah I know we're rednecks.......) This time, since there were so many of us, we got out the trailer and the 4-wheeler rides ended up being a hay ride (without the hay).

We love spring!

It's been a busy few weeks! We went ahead and moved the swings out to Nana's and Papa's.
Picked daffodils in Bluffton.


And got our seeds ready to plant in the garden. And we're steady going! This family refuses to slow down! (scroll down to see Pics of our gardening in action!)

S & K Farms

Here's our little Garden! Ok, so it's not so little. It's about 1/2 acre. We've just gotten everything planted. We're going to have corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, squash, butter beans, green beans, and WATERMELON!!! That's the best part, of course.

Here's our tractor. Syd will only ride with Mommy so far.

And this is what we do when it starts getting dark: Hang out in the back yard with Daddy.

We'll put up some more pictures as our crops grow!

Neglected!

There is no other word for it....My poor blog has been sadly neglected! In my defense we have been very busy, and hardly ever home. So here are some pics of what we've been doing the past few weeks:

Learning to sit up! Now Mom can sit me on the floor and let me play by myself so she can clean!


I've discovered how soft puppy-dogs are, and I LOVE THEM!!!!



Sydney's Trying more and more to be a good Big Sister. Including: Feeding Kiera, picking up all the toys and helping Mommy clean!

We've also been to Bluffton, and to Meme's farm and been sick for the majority of this past month! We're getting better though, and hopefully (if we slow down any) We'll get to blog more.

All Worth While

The kids have been driving me crazy! Kiera is very clingy, and despite my almost constant use of the sling, I can rarely get anything done. Sydney on the other hand will go right behind me and make everything Jesse or I have spent hours cleaning an absolute disaster area. Or throw a ball and it lands on the baby. Or squeeze out all the juice from her juice box all over the couch.....you get the picture. We used to joke about having a Velcro wall and suits so we could just stick the kids there. Of course that would never happen, tempting though it is. I think Sydney would be less destructive if she could go play outside, but alas we have no fence to keep her in the yard and off the train tracks, and it's too cold for the baby to go out for long periods. I still work nights and don't get off until late. This makes for a tired and grumpy mommy. I need a vacation, or just a couple hours by myself with no kids or husband so I can feel like I'm getting something done. Even if it's just a nap!

Then Syd snuggles up to me and says "I love you Momma!" or


Kiera gives me one of her infectious giggles (complete with toothless grin)
and it makes my life and all the craziness that goes with it all worth it.