Halloween begins in September

Hey. Business first. Check Woobee blankets out in the November issue of Pregnacy magazine. It's a sweet spread. An assistant editor for Pregnancy came into the booth this weekend at the Mom2B show to see if I had seen the piece (which I did not attend, but Woobee did) and said that her editor owns a Woobee blankets and loves it so much she tells EVERYONE about it. You gotta love that!

Halloween. Here is Lola in her new costume her Grandparents bought her when they were visiting. She's killin' me peep peeping around the house, pecking on everything saying "bauk bauk". Ava is Wonder Women. I can't help but sing "she's a wonder Wonder Women" every time she wears the costume. I'm stoked to have scored cool costumes. It has taken me 5 years to figure out that if you want a decent Halloween costume you have got to get to the stores in September...SEPTEMBER!!! My girls could be so over their costumes by Halloween. Ava is a Halloween kind of girl. For two years straight since when she was 3 & 4 - and I am talking about everyday for two years- Ava told me what she wanted to be for Halloween. Not the same thing, but a different costume everyday. Although her choices often repeated themselves, it was tricky to commit to anything in September or even October 29th since on the 30th she would have something else in mind. Now we are asking her to choose in September, explaining that this is THE costume she will be wearing, or she can choose a costume we already have (which are many). We'll see how it goes. So far it looks like 5 is the magical age of costume commitment. Hallelujah!

I blame my husbands new full time job for my lack of blogging. For those of you who haven't checked out my archives, my husband was injured and had to do a job retraining program. At the end of June he graduated from his program and his internship offered him a full time position. He actually could not even start full time until I came back from the ABC Kids Show. You would think I would be ecstatic about some financial stability, especially since times were so tough for so long, but even though things were stressful we had flexibility. That means we co-parented and shared car pooling, cleaning, shopping, etc. My husband is super hands on, so having him around is actually a help...I know it's not the same for all husbands, I'm lucky that way. But the 40 hour work week is definitely putting the axe down on being flexible.

I am such a big believer in the 30 hour work week, or four 10 hour days. How the hell do families get anything done with people out of their home for 40-50 hours a week? It is no wonder everyone is so stressed out in this country. Even if the dad goes to work and the mom stays home (or dad stays home), someone is spending their whole day taking care of the home, the children, and the families social schedule (a job within itself) while the other person is handling the 40 + hours a week job. My husband is so bummed that he doesn't get to see his daughters more than 2-3 hours in a day, and when he does get home I am handing off the baton and running in the other direction. It's pure craziness. How do families stay connected? And then there are those of us moms who chose to start our own businesses and are taking care of the family and managing to squeeze in 40 hours a week - total insanity. What the hell are we thinking!

Anyway, I know you all can relate.

I do want to give a shout out to my girl Heather in Little Rock. She is not only an amazing person, but she has amazing products called the Prego Planner and the Tot Tag (which would've saved me when my girls were small). Her company is called Braelyn Bounty Bug. You should check it out! She is a mom worthy of your support.

Okay I have written a book!!! Catch you all later.