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Are you happy to be back to school? Are you getting into your school year routine? LMA and I have been having a hard time getting back into a posting routine. We haven’t quite figured out why that is. Was it a mistake to have given ourselves a posting break over the summer? We still posted, just not every day. Maybe that feels like ...]]> So here it is, Wednesday the second week back to school. Activities have started, routines are being established. How are all you Lazy Moms feeling out there?

Are you happy to be back to school? Are you getting into your school year routine? LMA and I have been having a hard time getting back into a posting routine. We haven’t quite figured out why that is. Was it a mistake to have given ourselves a posting break over the summer? We still posted, just not every day. Maybe that feels like our new routine?

This is what my week is looking like so far. Up early, kids dressed, lunches made. Possibly a work out (or probably not), think about what’s for dinner. Putz around on my computer. Run errands, meet a friend for lunch, do some laundry. So far my days sound pretty great don’t they! And they are great, really great! I have no complaints.

First Day of School 2009

It gets a little crazy when the kids get home. I’m preparing snacks, going through backpacks, supervising homework, reminding about chores, cooking dinner, running the shuttle bus (shuttle SUV?) to activities. All the things moms do all the time.

The biggest change in our home is a new chore chart. Our kids have always been responsible for certain chores, but nothing was written down. They did what we told them when we remembered to tell them. Now we have plan and it’s in writing. I’ll tell you more about that another time.

Well, that’s what’s happening here in Lazy Mom Leslie’s world. Nothing exciting or out of the ordinary. But, it’s my ordinary, you know? And that makes it exciting to me!

First Day of School 2009

Lazy Moms have been too Lazy to blog!  Have you noticed?  Actually, I have been very busy at home, I just haven’t felt like telling you about it.  OK, that’s not really it either.  It’s the picture taking to go with the blog post.  It’s a pain in the rear. 

What’s your Monday like?  Mine has been pretty productive.  I have done 2 loads of laundry, taken the dog to the groomers, run 2 miles and I am fixin’ (Yep, that’s a word!) to go work on dinner.

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Lazy Moms have been too Lazy to blog!  Have you noticed?  Actually, I have been very busy at home, I just haven’t felt like telling you about it.  OK, that’s not really it either.  It’s the picture taking to go with the blog post.  It’s a pain in the rear. 

What’s your Monday like?  Mine has been pretty productive.  I have done 2 loads of laundry, taken the dog to the groomers, run 2 miles and I am fixin’ (Yep, that’s a word!) to go work on dinner.

So, is your Monday manic or mundane???  What’s on your plate for today?

During the school year I get up a little earlier on Fridays and make cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Don’t give me too much credit. They’re Pillsbury out of a can, I’m not Pioneer Woman! But my cooking is not the point.

The point is I am doing something special for my kids. I am making them feel loved. I am making Friday a ...]]> Do you have any traditions that your kids love? We have a few of them. I shared one with you here. Another one we have is Cinnamon Roll Friday.

During the school year I get up a little earlier on Fridays and make cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Don’t give me too much credit. They’re Pillsbury out of a can, I’m not Pioneer Woman! But my cooking is not the point.

The point is I am doing something special for my kids. I am making them feel loved. I am making Friday a little bit more fun. And most importantly I am making memories with them.

So when my alarm went off at 6:30 this morning (very early for this Lazy Mom!) I woke up with a smile on my face. I remembered that it was the first Friday of the school year which meant Cinnamon Roll Friday! I hadn’t said anything to the kids the night before. When they woke up they were thrilled and so excited that Cinnamon Roll Friday was back!

I love being a mom.

We got dressed up and went for a yummy lunch.  We had sushi.  Do you like sushi?  My Mom says she doesn’t like it, although I swear she hasn’t tried it.  She says she has, but ...]]> Yep!  It’s my birthday today!!  And, since my birthday consisted of a tennis match, LML and I celebrated yesterday.  But, it was more than a birthday celebration.  It was a back to school celebration.  Even though LML and I saw each other plenty of times this summer, we so needed some quality time without our kids!!!

We got dressed up and went for a yummy lunch.  We had sushi.  Do you like sushi?  My Mom says she doesn’t like it, although I swear she hasn’t tried it.  She says she has, but I’m pretty sure she hasn’t.  She likes all of the parts that make up sushi, so why wouldn’t she like sushi???

Do you scrapbook?  Or did you ever scrapbook?  I used to do it.  When I did, every moment in our lives became a photo op for a cute scrapbook page.  So it goes with blogging.  If you have a blog, no matter where you are or what you are doing, you start keeping mental notes on things you want to blog about. 

After our Lazy day out, LML and I bullet pointed all of the things we wanted to tell you. 

• Our waiter was good looking.  Not hot.  But, cute.  He was much too young for us, but we thought he reminded us of a “Smith” from Sex and The City.  In fact, I was willing to bet money that he had a last name for a first name.  I was wrong.  His name was Austin.  That was my second guess.  He has a city for a first name!
• We went shopping and some stores seriously need to work on their marketing.  They still have all of their summer stuff in the windows.  We are OVER summer.  Can you hear us, store?  Change it up!!
• Ann Taylor Loft has gotten more expensive over the years.  Do you remember when it was cheaper than going to Ann Taylor?  Not anymore.  Now it’s just the casual version.  Bummer!
• LML’s boobs looked big.  Yes, you read that right.  They did.  She had on a new bra and a low cut dress and she had some cleavage working and I wanted to be sure you knew!!  She was smokin’!

And, those would be random thoughts by Lazy Mom Amanda!

Oh, when I got home from my tennis match today, this darling package was waiting on my front porch.  I had no clue who it could be from.  LML bought my lunch yesterday so it couldn’t be from her.  Oh, but it was.  Look at how cute this is:

How cute is this?  It’s a darling picture of LML and I and all of our kids.  It’s on a canvas square.  But, the question is where do I put it?  Right now it’s in front of my kitchens sink.  I have a big area there, but I don’t want to leave it there because I don’t want it to get wet and ruined.  I love looking at it and want to make sure it’s somewhere I will see it on a daily basis.  Suggestions?

Thanks for all the birthday wishes.  You are the best virtual friends any girl could have!!!

Who am I kidding? I’m talking about my best friend who is training for a marathon. Her crazy self is probably out for a run! Please join me in wishing LMA a Happy Birthday!

Are you a yahoo mom or a boo-hoo mom? My friend Lisa told me that her daughter’s school uses those terms. They say that at back-to-school ...]]>

In honor of the first day of school we have our friend Patti guest posting for us. Patti Ford is a wife, mother, painter, organizing maniac and writer of nonsense.  She is a fan of quiet time, wine and more wine.  On Monday, August 24th, if you listen closely you may hear her screaming for joy.  This doesn’t make her a bad person.

Are you a yahoo mom or a boo-hoo mom? My friend Lisa told me that her daughter’s school uses those terms. They say that at back-to-school time, every mom is either a yahoo mom or a boo-hoo mom. It’s no secret that I fall into the yahoo category. That very first day of pre-school I was a definite boo-hoo-er, but those days are long gone. Nowadays I am a jump up and down, heel clicking, high-fiving, cartwheeling mom. I do however know many moms who are of the boo-hoo variety, and I have to admit something: I cannot relate to you. You are as foreign to me as one of those naked tribal women from New Guinea with the long bracelet giraffe necks and giant coasters in their lips. At this time of the year, I am hungry for the structure of school for my son and the free time for me. Does the fact that I want to go to the grocery store alone and get a break from the constant Pokemon chatter make me a bad mom?

Summer is hot. Summer is long. Summer is hot and long. Sure, the first month or so is great, but by July we’ve seen it all, done it all, and my ears have heard it all. By August, I am drinking a bit too much wine, and I am desperate for some time alone. When you can’t even go to the bathroom without getting barged in on or getting a note slipped under the door, you know it’s time for a break.

My friend Jennifer and I were recently talking about the desire to go on a Mom Vacation. She is a yahoo mom like me, and we are both in desperate need of a mommy break. When we found that all of our trip ideas were too expensive, we came up with a solution: Women’s Prison. Not the kind you see on Cinemax After Dark, where you get shanked in the shower or become someone’s “special girl”. We are talking about The Martha Stewart kind of prison. The one where you get to watch TV, read, take arts and crafts classes, play board games and socialize. It would be like one long slumber party. Women only. Sure your kids can visit, but you will be separated by glass. A few added benefits to this whole prison idea are the fact that you don’t need to worry about makeup, and you get to wear those roomy jumpsuits. Casserole night in the big house? Go crazy! You want extra dessert? Go for it! Those jumpsuits have room to grow! After that vacation, I mean, unfortunate incarceration, we’d both be revitalized and as good as new. My willingness to go to prison for a kid break, should let you know just how much of a yahoo mom I really am.

Maybe yahoo and boo-hoo are hereditary. I am fairly sure that my mom was a yahoo-er as well. What makes me think so? Hmmmm…..maybe it’s the fact that from the first day of summer until the last, we were pushed out the front door immediately after breakfast and not allowed back in until dinner. On extremely hot days when my sister and I were starting to hallucinate, getting nearer and nearer to severe heat stroke or death, we would try to quietly sneak back into the house. Unfortunately, my mom had the same bionic ear as my idol Jaime Sommers, so we never made it past the screen door, even after using half a can of Crisco on the hinges. We also slept in a tent in the backyard quite a bit in the summer. At the time I thought my mom was being cool, but now I realize that she had simply found a way to keep us out of the house at night as well.

As kids, of course, we all loved the summer and hated school. As a matter of fact, the first time I skipped school I was only in the 6th grade. I told my parents goodbye and went to the bus stop, then dove into a bush when I saw the bus coming. My friend and I made our way back to my house by diving into a series of shrubs, rolling and crawling around like elite navy seals on a top secret mission. We snuck into my basement and hid there all day, surviving off of a freezer full of popsicles. We repeated the entire sequence in reverse at 3 o’clock, and then walked in through the front door proclaiming our exhaustion after a long day at school. That was the beginning of a long string of school skipping that only increased in excitement and creativity, and would last until high school graduation.

So, my son dreads his return to school and I crave it. Is that so wrong? There must be more of my kind out there. If everyone else is a boo-hoo mom, then my faith in womankind will be shaken to its core. I know that some of you are probably secret yahoo moms, but due to the fear of being branded a “bad mom” you are pretending to be a boo-hoo-er. I say drop the charade and be proud of your yahoo status. Next week let’s party like it’s 1999! And next summer, about mid-July, when we are all fed up with the noise and the word for word re-enactments of every iCarly episode ever made, let’s get together and commit a crime. Maybe a drunk and disorderly group situation is all we need to get a vacation in the Martha Stewart “Hotel”. I’ll supply the wine, and my fair share of the “disorderly”. Bring a friend…the more the merrier. Yahoo Mom’s unite!

So Lazy Moms, are you a Yahoo mom or a Boo-Hoo mom? LML and LMA are both Yahoo moms. Without a doubt Yahoo moms! In fact, as I write this, in my head I am picking out the color of polish I want on my toes tomorrow! On Tuesday we have lunch plans. The days of freedom are stretching out before us! Of course, come May we will be ready for school to end and summer to begin. But for now…YAHOO!

It’s also time for our kids to go back to school. Monday is the magic day around here. In honor of that please leave us a comment telling us what you did or plan to do the day your kids go back to school. Are you going to get a pedicure? Are you going to lunch with a friend? Or are you cleaning house or spending the day at the office?

Leave us a comment and we will pick a winner Sunday evening. The winner will receive ...]]> It’s time for a giveaway!

It’s also time for our kids to go back to school. Monday is the magic day around here. In honor of that please leave us a comment telling us what you did or plan to do the day your kids go back to school. Are you going to get a pedicure? Are you going to lunch with a friend? Or are you cleaning house or spending the day at the office?

Leave us a comment and we will pick a winner Sunday evening. The winner will receive a brand new copy of Saving Dinner by Leanne Ely. It’s full of great recipes! The best part is that they are grouped by week and Leanne provides you with a shopping list for the week. All the hard work is done for you!

We can’t wait to hear what everyone has planned for the first day of school! Maybe we’ll get some great ideas on how to celebrate enjoy the day!