Elsy’s Stay at Home Mom Blog

My parents have their birthday in the same month. Dan and I have it the same day! Today, to celebrate our birthdays we decided to take a drive to Dallas. We did stay in Dallas about 5 years ago but we did not really get a chance to explore. Our two oldest children came with us and one of the things that I enjoyed doing was the museums they have there.

Dan and I then came back to the Round Rock area and took the kids to see a movie. After the movie was over the little ones were tired and went home with the Grandparents. That gave Dan and I the rest of the day off which was really nice. We went back to the movie theater and saw a movie we both wanted to see for a while and then had dinner at a nice sit down place.

It was very nice!

As a parent it is very difficult to have your little ones with the flu. My kids are so small that I feel so helpless when they are sick. Dan II has been very ill for the last 3-4 days. He was very congested and could not sleep very well because he could not through his nose. Sometimes the flu comes on so strong that sometimes ear infections follow and that is exactly what happened to my little baby.

He had a sore throat, low grade fever, nasal and chest congestion, ear pain, hungry and tired but could not do either because of his congestion and sore throat.  As a parent this is what drains us, not being able to comfort them and not being able to take their aches and pains away.

Taking him into the bathroom while the hot water was running seemed to help with his congestion a lot. The new “Tylenol Plus Cold” helps a lot.

His Doctor prescribed antibiotics and ear drops and that is helping also.

I am happy he is playing and smiling now. God knows I’ve missed that smile!

Well as some of you know I work for a tax service place and right now during the off season I only work 8 hours a week. To bring extra play money I have signed up with Google adsence. My husband makes good money with Adsense and I want extra money as well.

If I can make an extra $100-$150 a month, I will be content. This would be totally passive money making which is great. The other thing I am looking into doing is to sell likes off my site. I am just waiting for some changes that needs to happen to my website for that. Hopefully my husband can help me out with those changes.

All in all I am looking to make between $200 to $250 from those two things alone. In the future I would have to see where I go from there.

The PayPer Post I used to do does not thrill me any more because a lot of the stuff there is just spam. Not interested in that any longer. My husband is making more then $400 a month of this passive income. Not really doing anything just writing here and there about what interest him.

I figure, if he can make money like that so can I.

I need a better way to do this, like not doing it at all if you know what I mean. I never realy enjoyed doing laundry. My husbands helps me sometimes and he does it so quick. I just don’t like doing it.

I have tried many ways to make it easy on me like putting the hangers in the laundry room to hang the clothes are I take them out of the dryer but I always drop something behind the machines. I tried folding in the kids rooms so I can put things away at the same time and the kids think it’s play time and make a mess of my piles and stuff.

There is just no easy way to do this.

The party was a success. Everything was perfect. The kids had lots of fun. The parents seemed very happy and relaxed. The food was great.

Family came from Houston and stayed over the weekend. We cooked for them today and they were very happy. As much as I like to plan parties, I think I am done until December. I have about 5 months of relaxation.

Everything gets crazy again about mid October and right before Halloween. Thanksgiving will be next. Mikey’s Birthday Party will follow. My Dads’ birthday party is before Christmas and Mom’s birthday party is before new years.

Yep, better enjoy it while it last!

My husband was eating at Rudys the other day and got a phone number to this place that rents moonwalks here in Round Rock. The name of the Company is Jump 4 Less and their phone number is 512 818-5111. The deal that I got was a 13×13 moonwalk plus two tables and 12 chairs for $110. The size of the moonwalk is perfect for my toddlers and their little friends. Last time, the moonwalk was big which was nice but not needed. What I did need was more eating and sitting places which did not have.

For Genesis’ birthday I have plenty sitting area outside where parents can eat and watch their little ones as they themselves relax and chat.

I really do like to entertained and want everything to be just right!

My doctor put me on a diet exactly 6 weeks ago. I am loosing weight and I’m very exited. Last time I weight myself was over a week ago and I had lost 11 lbs.

I am not exercising like I would like but my appetite is now under control. After Dan II was born I gained so much weight it was not funny.

But, I am happy that I am now loosing weight.

This past Monday was Memorial Day and my husband and my brother did not work.  We barbecued and hang out in the back yard most of the afternoon.  The kids had lots of fun in their little pool that my husband bought for them since the one they had last year got messed up. 

Anyways, Monday felt good to me.  I really like having my husband home on weekdays.  Holidays are very special to me for that reason.  I get to spend more time with my whole family.

There is one week left till the party.  I still have a long list of things I need to do.  I hope everything is done quick.  I have my husband fixing a couple of things that needed to be done.  My Dad is keeping up the yard so that it looks nice the day of the party.

My Mom and I are still debating what should be on the menu.  We need to make up our minds quick since we have less then a week.

This week, I will be ordering the cake as well.  There are also some things that I can not buy till a couple of days to the party to make sure they don’t go bad.

 I am exited.  I want my little Princess to have a great Party!

Sundays are our Church/Family Day. We get up in the morning, get dressed and out the door we go. After church we usually go and hang out all day. Sometimes we go to the mall or go for nice long drives. The kids love Church/Family Day.

This morning they got to go hang out with their friends at church and in the afternoon we went to this Park where they get to ride a cool looking train. We pay $2 per person and go for a 15 minute train ride around the park and after that they go play in the playground.

All this is after having lunch and taking their naps of course.

By doing things like this we have been able to find really cool spots like that water park in Cedar Park. The kids love that place so much. I think we will be visiting the water park a lot this Summer!