The Million Dollar {ok maybe just $5} Questions

In case you've been missing me, and I know you have {not}, Mama is in the hizzie {that means house...I think...}.

At least for today.

I put out a question on my IG {@thismommyofthree} asking y'all what you want me to write about! After an overwhelming response from...2 people {shoutout to my homegirls @loveandcrayons & @themrscicero}, here ya go lovelies!

How do you manage to be a...

1.) Beauty?

I have to give major props to Instagram filters for this one...cause trust me peeps, I ain't that beautiful. After not showering for a couple days, walking around with spit up and graham crackers on me and barely getting to brush my teeth and wash my face every day...Instagram filters are my savior. However, on the rare occasion I actually GET to make myself look halfway presentable, it can range from a minimal amount of makeup to ALL the warpaint. If I am just running to the store or something quick, I only use my BB cream ( Olay Fresh Effects is the ONLY kind I will use, it's $12.99 but is a big tube so it lasts), concealer, mascara and a little blush to give my ghostly white face some color. If I am going somewhere where I actually care what people think, which is rare these days...I pile on ALL the war paint.

Moisturizer

Primer

BB cream

Foundation

Concealer

Blush

Bronzer

Eyeshadow

Eyeliner

Mascara

Eyebrow pencil

Lip gloss

It takes me about 30 minutes to get my face on and I am a big perfectionist so I have to make sure everything looks good or you best believe I will wash my face and start over! The biggest issue for me is my mouth. My lips are very pigmented so I have to put concealer on them to mute them in order for my lipgloss to look good. I don't like for my natural lip color to show through and will never wear sheer lip gloss. I love my full coverage, sparkly nude or pink gloss {so if anyone wants to be a doll and mail me some, I won't turn it down...kidding...kinda...} I am also always on the hunt for the perfect mascara. Right now I use CG Clump Crusher and/or VS Volume Plump. I also have to use blackest black to make my eyeballs "pop".

2.) Mom To An Honor Roll Sweet Boy?

I just have to say that when I typed that out all I saw was "sweet roll"...is that a bad thing? 

So, B didn't make honor roll this first 6 weeks but only b/c his writing was a 2 and he needed a 3. His teacher said he just needs to use more detail in his writing and needs to use better punctuation. I am forever telling him to add a period to his sentences. He really is the king of run on sentences at this age, no lie. He is reading at a 4th grade level and I can't tell you how awesome this is. I was worried when he started learning how to read, I wasn't sure if he would keep up with his classmates but it looks like he is flying past them now! I am so glad school is going well this year and we have finally broken through the "homework wars" which were a total bear since Kindergarten. He HATED having to do homework and I hated having to help him because he acted like it was torture and most days we were both in tears after trying to get him to just DO THE WORK. I don't know what happened this year, somehow the light bulb just went off and he has no problems. Makes this mama so incredibly happy. 

3.) Have a newborn, toddler and bake cakes mid-day?

I have a personal chef, maid, and a nanny. 

Oh wait, no I don't...I was just daydreaming. 

To be honest, I am not sure how I made that cake a few weeks ago during all my normal daily madness...maybe I blacked out? 

Either way it was yummy and everyone liked it which was my goal. 

I have learned that having a baby and toddler all at the same time requires balance, patience and learning to accept that my house will NEVER be clean the way it was before {but it does get cleaned little by little}, laundry will NEVER get done in one day like it did before {who needs clean clothes anyway}, until baby is a toddler, dinners will NEVER be eaten as a family {which we already went through with C so we are used to that}, and my house is ALWAYS loud and crazy. I am pretty OCD about my house and laundry so it's definitely taking getting used to not being able to do everything when I want to and I can't say I am always happy about it because I don't like knowing my bathrooms haven't been cleaned in almost a week but that is just the reality I face for now. I get done during the day what I can when Noah is napping but I will tell you that right now, that isn't much because I have a 20 month old who needs mommy's attention so I put the duster down and let him climb all over me and we practice our ABCs and watch Bubble Guppies. It's really hard when I have to tend to Noah and C wants me to play because right now I can't do both at the same time and it kills me. I literally get the death rays from this kid multiple times a day, so I make it a priority to spend time with him even if it's for 10 minutes while the baby power naps or is just happy in his swing. I love having a little baby but I will not lie, life will definitely get easier when he is a toddler too because C will have a playmate and BFF and maybe I can get my bathrooms cleaned {and 10 minutes later have to clean crayon off the walls}. 

Lastly...

4.) An amazing wife? 

I don't know if I would call me "amazing" because if you ask my husband he will tell you I am always freaking out for no reason, am very controlling and I have been known to burn dinner once or twice {thank goodness for fast food...}. I have to have some things done in a certain way {i.e.The laundry...} and it's just easier for me to do them than to have someone else do them. 

Now, I am not all "no more wire hangers!"  controlling, so don't worry. I just get it from my dad and it's part of my personality. Like it or lump it. 

I just try to be a good wife and keep my husband happy. I know I don't always succeed but I try as hard as I can and I know he loves me no matter what. I make mistakes, I freak out for no reason and he has to bring me back down to reality, but I am human and that is ok. I am married to an amazing man and it is I who am the lucky one. 

Boom. Done and done.