Real Messy Me!

Today is the day we expose the real us!
Jen over at Denton Sanitorium has done it again...issued an assignment , if you will, to help us realize the realness that is sometimes hidden in Blogland!

This is what I wear when I take Emily to school.

PJ pants, then throw on the shirt I wore the day before that is lying in a pile

 (in a specific piling place in my room) and boots or crocs.

Sometimes I add my goofy 1996 eye glasses 'cause I 'm too lazy to put my contacts in.

I have had to pump gas several times in this get-up...with the goofy glasses.

Okay...Please go here to see the fixed-up me!

Not sure if you can tell what this is....but it represents

what my house smells like when you walk in the back door.

Not the Pumpkin spice or french vanilla candle type smell...
No...the smelly gym bag type smell.

We can't keep it in the garage because bugs might get in it...cause there's

probably some sweet tarts or an old cheese stick stuffed inside it somewhere!
(This is too real...isn't it?)
Okay now...please go smell your Yankee candle
 to see what my house would smell like if you came to visit!

This represents the reality of my life with 2 little wild boys.

This is my neighbor's broken window.

One of my boys kicked the soccer ball toward their house on purpose because

we don't have a practice goal and he was tired of running after the ball.

When asked, "Why on earth would you kick a ball toward their house (where there are many windows), he said, "I didn't think I could kick it that hard." Hmmmmmm.

The good news, which hopefully speaks to my most wonderful parenting style...

(I have to keep something sacred over here)
is that he came to me immediately to confess and he will be raking lots and lots

of leaves to repay the $195.00 that it cost us to replace the window! 

The incident occurred just a few weeks after my other little boy threw a piece of ice
at a friend, who then had to get stitches. We are still waiting on the final medical bill.

At least I won't have to rake leaves this year!

Please don't be scared! We just keep the door closed!

This represents the trials of living with a teenage girl!

She has so many clothes she can't keep them put away...
or maybe she just has better things to do with her time....like text her friends or
play around on Facebook....or study for Spanish at the last possible minute....
or ask us to drive her somewhere....or take a really long shower and use
up all the hot water and leave her mess all over the bathroom....
or ask us for more money....or text her friend again!

The good news is, I took this pic yesterday (she didn't know it), and last night after I had
 tucked the boys into bed....I came out to find that all of those clothes had been put away.

Today she was wearing the cutest shirt.

I said, "Where did you get that?"

"I forgot I had it...I found it in my closet!" Ta Da!

So many of my bloggy friends have photos of their beautiful lush lawns

and well manicured flower beds.

Sadly, this is my lawn in the front of the house.

We have the most fabulous house right on the corner of the cul-de-sac.

There are about 17 kids that live within 2 blocks and guess where they like to

play "Cops and Robbers"? You guessed it! And BASE is my front porch!

My lawn really doesn't stand a chance.

 We planted new grass last week and it is starting to come in.

 The kids have been forbidden to play in the grass for a few weeks....

so they have switched to Four Square in the driveway!

We always said we wanted our home to be the one where the kids would play!

We'll just have to wait a few years for the lush lawn, I guess!

And the last thing I would like to set straight involves meal time!

We are on the run a lot. Yesterday we had another volleyball game.

This was our dinner. Frozen chicken nuggets, salad, and applesauce.

Sometimes when we are in a hurry, we have cereal for dinner.

Does that make you cringe and think..oh my gosh...can she be serious?

I hope you are saying...Yay! Someone else feeds her children junk at times.

Let me say this! Even though it may not be gourmet or even decent,

 we eat it at the table...together. We say the blessing and do our best to

have some soft of order...and table manners.

When we are all going to be home, I'll fix spaghetti... or pork loin...or chicken casserole.

But really...the kids would much rather have cereal or Sloppy Joes!

And in the morning they'll eat a good breakfast...usually waffles and fruit...or cereal! Ha!

For now, I think that should be enough reality from over here! I hope you can identify with some of my messiness! I hope to find comfort in your reality as well!

Knowing that I am not the only one being exposed today is quite comforting for sure!

Please head on over to Jen's blog to see and hear about other bloggers who have also exposed a little of their messiness.....and if you haven't done so already, feel free to link up with your messiness too.
And Anna cheated...kind of...but you've gotta check her out...you'll love her post!