Procrastination Central or One Tired Mama?

  A little of both I believe, as it was my full intention to get back into this blog again a year ago!  No matter, here I am again filling you in on the latest from my world as a mommy to a fashionista and a fashionisto.  The babies are growing up, my sweet Kylie whom I started this blog for is now a sassy 6.5 year old 1st grader and her little chubby baby brother is now a somewhat slimmed down 2.5 year old ball of fire.  I love their growing independence and while they still take fashion advice from mommy, they are not afraid to voice their opinions in terms of their individual tastes.   

  So why the long lull in blog posts?  I think we all set ourselves up for failure when we say that once the kids are asleep, we can catch up on all the things we couldn't get to while they were awake.  Wroooong!  15 minutes into an episode of Real Housewives and I no longer have any functional control over my eyelids.  They pop open for a split second at the sound of a dramatic cat fight, then glue themselves shut 20 seconds later once the hair pulling ends.  (Only to re-opening again in a few hours to the sounds of slamming doors and pitter pattering feet of a sleepy toddler, stumbling into your bed for the 100th night in a row.)  Exhaustion aside, being a parent has it's pretty awesome perks.  Sure I can't take a whiz alone like most normal people, I may or may not have cheerios on my pants at any given point, and the term "personal grooming" sounds like some kind of Greek mythology.  But, what I do have is my own fan club comprised of 2 of the most enthusiastic and adorable people I know who think all my jokes are hilarious, shower me with affection 24/7, write me love letters about having "fun wit Mom at the beech" and more importantly think I am the most awesome human ever.  Can't argue with that!  I'm working hard every day at trying to slow down and appreciate these fan club years.  It's a struggle but I have to remind myself that 15 years from now, when I am actually accustomed to the lack of rem sleep, my fans will likely suspend their membership in favor of the Justin Biebers or Taylor Swifts of their era.  I'm pretty confident they'll renew their membership to the Mom Fan Club again once they've decided to change it to the Grandma Fan Club.  Which isn't slated to happen until at least 2040, but it's definitely something to look forward to.