Now We Have to Make Signs?

On September 5, 2015September 5, 2015 By JillIn Mommy Musings, Uncategorized7 Comments

I was worried, nervous, excited, and happy that my firstborn was starting her first day of kindergarten! We laid out her outfit, packed her lunch, and I must have read the school checklist of what she needed over and over, making sure we had every last requirement and school supply tucked away in her backpack, ready for a fantastic first day of school.
I tossed and turned and imagined the worst…we all slept in causing lateness, Gia woke up vomiting, she wouldn’t like her teacher, or the other girls were sick…It was a classic case of the day before school jitters…
But unbeknownst to me, when I was stressing about the first day, was this whole sign situation…seems the biggest crime I committed was not having one of those creative first day of school signs! Upon clicking on Facebook I was swarmed by post after post of adorable, smiling students posing creatively with posters like “Mary’s First Day of Kindergarten – Favorite Food, Favorite Activities, and other cutesy categories…

Whaaat! All my planning, organizing, and cheerleading for this day and I totally felt like I failed! It seemed like everyone I knew had a sign! Well, at least in the Facebook world- Why hadn’t I known about this?

This brought back memories of my first few weeks of college where all I sported was matching sweatpants and sweatshirts because from what I had heard college was all about comfort, sweatpants, and pizza, and then all the girls were decked out in dresses and skirts and I looked like the biggest geek!

I had one matching sweatsuit that was dark gray and my friend and I joked that I was a giant oil spill….thank goodness those clueless days are over! Or so I thought!

Oh well, my gorgeous Gia had an awesome first day! We made it on time, she had all of her supplies, and she rocked kindergarten – What more could a mom ask for?

Sidenote: I really wasn’t that upset about the sign situation! It was just a little thing but I thought it would be a good topic to jumpstart my blog writing again which has been so sadly neglected! Here’s to hoping I can write a few more posts this year!

Life is super busy with three girls!

Lemon Sprinkles

On December 30, 2014 By JillIn Uncategorized7 Comments

Hello everyone! I’m back! It’s been a very long time since I have written a post. I have wanted to but I just couldn’t find the motivation to sit down and hammer out some thoughts. First of all, I am pregnant with my third child and it was a rough first trimester, feeling sick and exhausted, the usual fun that goes along with being preggo, but then I just lost energy, thinking of all the baking, crafting, and running around that I used to do. When I think of the writer of girlyreports, I reflect on a frantic mommy, trying really hard to do it all…and in the end it just wasn’t as fulfilling as it should have been. Not for me or my girls.

I also didn’t like many of the posts about quitting sweets, quitting baking, or any other of the unrealistic proclamations I used to make…but it was a year of self discovery, accomplishing a lot, taking on numerous projects, doing tons of activities and lots of entertaining, and for that I am proud. The ability to handle a lot, without help, is something I feel is so important, liberating, and freeing and that is what I can take away from last year’s girlyreports.

This year I plan on writing about actual life a little more, the sprinkles (the good stuff- the fun, feel good, colorful, sweet toppings that make your vanilla days a bit more fun) and the lemons- the sour parts that are inevitable…boring, grumpy, and irritating. Life will never be without lemons. There are too many things out of your control – just accept it, get annoyed, be sad, cry…and figure out a solution.

So this year my theme is “Lemon Sprinkles” – a little of this, a handful of that, and an acceptance that doing more and more doesn’t mean feeling extra fulfilled – sometimes all you just need is a handful of sprinkles on your plain cupcake to evoke the biggest smile.

Happy New Year’s! I can’t wait to see what 2015 will be like!

Oh Pizza

On September 28, 2014September 28, 2014 By JillIn Mommy Musings, The Cookie Chronicles, Uncategorized3 Comments

“Ugh, I have such a headache…” I would moan to a college roommate as I made my way to the center of the apartment…suddenly going from feeling disgusting to punch drunk giddy talking about our antics of the night…Who slept over? Who slept out? Who made a fool of themselves?… And then …the dreaded question…

“Did we get Papa’s last night?”

Oh no…

“How much pizza did I eat? ”
Three pieces…

“Oh shit, not again, oh and breadsticks too- damn, I am never drinking again!”

Yea, that was probably par for the course back in the day, and unfortunately through my wild twenties as well…

SO MUCH PIZZA

And a few sizes bigger in my jeans too…

I was young and free and reckless.

But then I moved on in life, finally got married, and then had children…thinking that it would be so much easier to stay healthy and eat better without so many late night food situations…

And then came the toddler years…

“Oh want to have a play date, we’ll do pizza.”
“Come on over, we’ll just get a pizza – so easy with the kids, right?”
“Ugh, I’ve had the crappiest day, I’m just ordering a pizza.”
” My child won’t eat anything but pizza so that’s what we’re having.”
” Oh, look, another invitation for a birthday party – pizza and cake.” ( Not calling anyone out on this one- my daughter is having a birthday party in a couple of weeks and that’s what we’re serving)
“Let’s go out – I guess we’ll just get pizza- at least everyone likes it.”

Aghhh…when will I ever get away from pizza?
Not to mention…
Goldfish, donuts, ice cream, cookies, and CUPCAKES:)

And my weak self control….sigh

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