Mom gets a break!

This weekend I headed to Dallas with a few of my friends from when we lived in Austin. Kim, Karen, Stacy and I met in Dallas on Friday night. We ate great food, shopped, had pedicures and enjoyed a few adult beverages. It was an awesome weekend! Of course on the home front, as typical Sartor fashion, things were not as smooth. Friday night around 11pm I received a call that Gabby was throwing up. She must have caught a stomach bug from one of her friends and generously passed it on to Jackson on Saturday!

Luckily, by the time I made it home today everyone was feeling better and playing with some of the neighbors (thanks John and Shala for keeping Carl and the kids company)! So anyway, I am much refreshed and ready for another week!

The gym, a detriment to my children...

So as you may remember a few weeks back Jackson took a nasty spill at the gym and had that huge gash in his lip.... Well about two weeks ago Gabby had also tripped while playing at the gym and bumped her tooth on the coloring desk. She cried about it a little and complained that day that it hurt, but soon got over it and I never really thought to much about it. Well, Wednesday afternoon we were playing and she smiled up at me with this big smile and I noticed that one of her front teeth was dark. I had her go brush to make sure it wasn't anything she had eaten, but that did not work. After a quick call to the dentist (who happens to be our neighbor) we were heading over to see Dr. Rudd! A quick x-ray later and we are told the bad news that her root has been damaged by the fall and we are going to have to extract it. Sort of like a baby root canal! So think of my poor sweet girl on Wednesday at 2pm, when she will be the first one in our family to have a "root canal"!

Of course, after all this what did I do this morning - go to the gym! Am I a horrible mother or what!

All alone again

So Carl is off to Austin this week and the kids and I are really missing him. With all his travelling lately life can get a little crazy around here. This morning I am really feeling the effects of them not seeing their daddy! They are VERY cranky! Especially Jack, who does not understand why Daddy is not around to give him kisses at night or play hide and seek. I am pretty sure we are all looking forward to Thursday.

Daddy if you are reading this, we miss you!

Happy Birthday Tyler!

WOW! I can not believe my Tyler pants is 5! I am so sad that we can not be there to celebrate your big 5, but know that Gabby, Jackson, Mr. Carl and I are all thinking of you and wishing we were there. I still remember those days before you and Gabby and Kaden were born with all us mommy's big and prego waiting to meet our little babies! And here you are 5 years old and such a handsome and sweet little man. We miss you so much and can't wait to see you again in a few months!

Happy Birthday Buddy! Here is a pic of you and Gabby pumpkin picking 4 years ago! What fun we had!

Wiped out....

This weekend marked birthday party number 5 and 6 this month! Friday night the kids headed next door to Ella's birthday party. They jumped on the huge Hello Kitty blow up slide and ate cotton candy, hotdogs and cake! It was a blast. That night we also had our friends boys spend the night, so we had 3 extra kids! It was a crazy night trying to get 5 kids ready for bed and asleep.

Saturday morning we got up and headed off to Chuck E Cheese for our next b-day party! All 5 kids had a great time. Next was off to Joel's soccer game, which he did very well at and they won 6-1! Finally we headed home for a little R&R and playtime until the boys were picked up.

It was a fun weekend, but having 5 kids has made me realize how crazy life can be. I am very grateful for the two we have and am seriously considering whether we want any more kids!

Totally Disgusting!

Warning: This post is a bit graphic. For those of you who do not have children and have to deal with kids "accidents", do not read!

A few weeks ago Jackson had a poop accident in the tub. Gabby was in the tub with him and proceeded to freak out and scream. Jackson thought this was funny and I tried to explain to him that we DO NOT poop in the tub. That week we had a total of THREE nights with poop in the tub. (Oh, and it happened to be a week that Carl was out of town!) After some serious talking I thought I had this matter under control.

Well, last night Carl and I were in Gabby's room and the kids were in the tub (they have a Jack and Jill bathroom, so we can see them from their rooms) when all of a sudden Gabby starts screaming he's pooping, get me out of he tub! I could not believe that he was doing this again! At least Carl was home this time and I politely told him it was his turn (all week)!

I am hoping this was an isolated incident this week and we are back to "no poop tub" as Jackson says! Hope you have all had a good laugh with this story! Remember it can always be worse!!!!

Happy Birthday Q!

Happy Birthday little man! We had a great time at your b-day party today! Hope you enjoy all your gifts. I know Jackson is looking forward to coming over soon to play with all you cool new toys.

Playing the single mom...

Well Carl is off to Nashville this week for work so I have been trying to keep the kids busy! Luckily they had their days full on Monday and Wednesday with school, but we took some time to have a little fun as well. On Monday we had our little friend Alex over for a few hours. The kids enjoyed a tea party, some dress up and feeding the ducks accross the street.

Tuesday we headed out to see my friend Nancy's horse Louie! The kids had a great time feeding him apples and brushing him. Nancy thinks Gabby is a natural with horses and is trying to talk me into giving her lessons! I told her it is just to far to fall!

Jackson's First Day of School!

So as expected Jackson was not to thrilled with the idea of school. At first when we woke up and I asked if he was excited about school today, he said yes. He even kept on saying yeah school until we actually got to school and he started screaming and crying. I did not get any pics of him at school since I was to busy consoling him, but I figure I will try to catch a few in the next few weeks. His teachers assured me he only cried a little throughout the day. Luckily when I got there he was playing and having a ton of fun, so I am sure it will get better over time!

A clean bill of health!

We headed to the doctor (for hopefully the last time for a long while) this morning. After getting checked out, Jackson was given a clean bill of health. We are SO grateful that this is finally over and did not get any worse. I could definitely tell he was starting to feel better these last few days, but of course wanted the doctor to tell me that he was 100% healthy!

Yeah, tomorrow Jackson will start Mothers Day out and I will finally have a few precious hours to myself. After all this I am needing to recuperate!

Happy Labor Day!

It is always a great weekend when Daddy has 3 full days off. We started our weekend in style with a pool party and BBQ. We spent the afternoon at our friends the Craig's pool and then headed over to our house for an HEB brisket that Carl smoked all day! It was YUMM-O!

Sunday was as lazy as could be. The kids were catching up on some much needed sleep and took VERY long naps! We were extremely lazy all day.

Today we headed out to Arcadia. We took the kids to the park, did some hiking and ate at Pops, which is on Historic Route 66! All in all it was a great weekend and very relaxing - although I forgot to take my camera all weekend!