Piper Down!

So, I have finally managed to catch the sickness that has been milling around these parts. I feel like crap, but it has definately been worse (once you have two 9.5 pound babies naturally nothing else seems that bad).

Parenting while been sick is by far my least favorite thing (besides parenting with a hangover - which I've only done once and quickly learned that my vodka days were far behind me. Besides, I felt like a total loser!). I have learned to be easier on myself when I plug the girls into the TV so I can think about only one thing at a time, because as many of you know when you are your own boss & only employee there is no one else to take orders to the post office, take extra fabric to the manufacturers, or order more frickin' snaps.

When I am in peak form I can run Woobee Kids and parent my girls without even thinking twice. I have mastered making errands fun for all, cooking dinner and emailing symentariously, and have my girls believing driving 1/2 hour to one of my sewers house is actually a treat - she has a little dog they love. Anyway, enough complaining.

Check out the Northwest Enterprising Moms web site. It is a wonderful non-profit just starting out to help support moms that own/run their own companies. We are getting quite the roster of experienced business moms. We are having an amazing event in November...fashion show, vendors, kids kick butt craft area, etc. Anyway, I am the current vice president of the org and really think it is going to be a wonderful help to moms all over the world.

Some Relief for the Tattered Mompreneur

Lola has tuned a corner in her development that is making my life soooo much easier. I just realized the extent of this change and I have to yell it from the mountain tops! LOLA DOES NOT TEAR CLOTHING AND PRODUCT OUT OF BASKETS AND BOXES ANYMORE!!!!!!!

Now, this may not seem like a big deal to some of you, but if you have finally taken (not found, but taken) the time to actually fold those 3 baskets full of clean clothes then your toddler comes in and starts a fringgin' yard sale yanking clothes out and crawling into the baskets it could seriously put you over the edge. At least me over the edge. Even worse is getting boxes upon boxes of product all neatly stacked from my manufacturer and that same chip off the ole block toddling into the basement and ripping through that product like there was a cookie at the bottom of each box. ARRRGH! Big deep breath...the chip is only a two year old and doesn't actually understand that she is about to send her mommy into the corner sobbing.

But not anymore!! Lola can officially pass by a basket full of clothes and keep on moving. She can see endless open boxes of Woobee's everywhere and choose a toy instead of box diving. Finally her mind is getting stronger than her will and she is actually able to stop herself from doing something she knows will make her mommy crazy. Good times people!

Only now I have baskets full of folded laundry all over the place:)

The Woobee new Urban line below is finally coming in. Custom gray striped ribbon ties and the new shag plush material - soft like cotton candy - make these blankets, bibs and burp dreamy. My two favorites are the lilac/pewter (which I am so in love with I can't see straight), and the new turquoise/pewter. I have some blankets on sale at my site so make sure you do a little early Christmas shopping and Woobee the Ones You Love!

Rollin' in Woobees

I have been working so hard to get a new Woobee product line out and I am finally seeing the fruits of my labor. The new shaggy plush fabric for Fall /Winter is so fun. Cotton candy soft and a titch longer and brighter in color than the current plush.

The new Urban line that will be available in the very near future is awesome! The striped gray ribbon is the perfect component that ties it all together. My favorite new blanket is the lilac/pewter Urban - it actually soothes me:) I will be doing a photoshoot tomorrow with just product shots and put some up for viewing. I am very excited about this new fabric. Dealing with textiles can be such a headache!

Keep a look out for the new Woobee products.

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.