Carsyn Says Bachelor Edition

I will preface this by saying I know it may be completely out of line to allow my 4 year old daughter watch the Bachelor.  But here's how it happened.

Every night I tell the kids its night night time and that they need to go to bed.  They're reluctant but they both go upstairs to their rooms.  Hank usually picks out what stuffed animal he wants to sleep with and plays in his room for a few minutes.  After I shut his door Carsyn sneaks back downstairs to watch TV.  I usually let her pick one thing to watch.  

We started this tradition and then this happened.

Me: Ok, time for bed.

Carsyn:  Well, what are you going to do?

Me: Well, Carsyn I could lie and and say go to bed, but the truth is I have to take a bath, fold laundry, do dishes, and maybe watch a TV show.

Carsyn: Oh. Like a grown up comedy.

Me: Yes.

Carsyn: Well why don't I just lay here on the sofa and sleep and snuggle with you so you don't get lonely.

Me: Ok. I am a sucker

So I turned on the Bachelor and thought she'd be out in 5 minutes.

Unfortunately girlfriend was hooked.  And honestly she had some great opinions to share.

Here we go.

The opening scenes come on and show hot air balloons

Ohhhh….this is going to be great!

Fast forward and Chris is on a date with a girl who's name I can never remember.  Apparently they are seeing some sort of love Dr.?

They said they are in Arizona.  But I'm pretty sure they're in China.  Cause that lady looks like a Chinese Emperor.

I like her.

Her hair is pretty. Can you fix me a braid like that tomorrow?

At this point I"ll add they look super uncomfortable.  I'm uncomfortable and I'm pretty sure CPS would be on their way over if they knew we were watching this so I hit fast forward.

Looks like the girls are going white water rafting.

Someone is surely going in the water.

I think they'll be fine.  

I told you so.

I decide she predicts this show better than me and ask who she thinks will win.

If I was on that show he'd pick me.

Oh mercy

I'm definitely perfect.

Double mercy.

And I think Hank should be the Bachelor someday.

Ok.

And mom, when I"m a wedding girl someday I don't want to wear a white dress.  You can wear a white dress.  I'll wear red.

Classy

And marry Maddox.

Maddox is your cousin.

I know. I love him.

Well. Maybe that's not the best idea.

Ok.  I"ll marry Alex.  Will Ella give him to me?

That's another cousin too, but that's sweet and completely innocent so we'll talk about that some other time.

Which girl do you think is the prettiest?

The one with the pretty lipstick.  She stays mad all the time.

Clearly that's Ashley.

They show Ashley.  And for the life of me I cannot get a decent picture of her.

Is she the one Carsyn?

She's the beautifulist but looks better with red lipstick.

I like Whitney, Carsyn.  That's her….do you like her?

Nope.  She's bossy.

Side note.  I googled Whitney for Rosie to show her which one she was and this popped up.

Got to be for the KY girl.

Oh ok.  Well what about Chris?  Is he cute?

He looks like Uncle Robby.  And Daddy too.

So he's cute?

Sure.

Britt doesn't shower.  Thats so odd.  Do you think she smells bad?

Nope.  All girls smell like roses.

Britt is going on the hot air balloon!

I really want to go on one of those.

Do you think all of us can fit in the basket?

I don't want to go if our family can't fit.

Lets take one to Hawaii.  

It will be so nice.

They just blow hot air all over you so you don't get cold.

Can I take some playdoh with me?

Where is my playdoh?

Can we play playdoh?

Interest is fading….

But we found some playdoh!

Chris is wearing a leather jacket.  Do you like it?

Oh yes.  Daddy wears leather jackets and they look good.

I tell Carsyn to look Whitney gets a rose.

My favorite is going to get her sad face on. (Laughing)

Clearly a 4 year old shows no loyalties.

Side note.  I'm glad Ashely hasn't dropped the v world yet because I'm not prepared to explain that.  Pretty sure we're walking on rocky ground just watching this.

And its so odd Britt sleeps in makeup.  But Carsyn says her red lipstick really makes her eyes pop.

Than promptly falls asleep and thank goodness.

Because these girls appear all sorts of crazy.  

How do you feel about Kelsey?  Does she seem disingenuine?

I think Britt maybe doesn't shower.  I mean her makeup is always on.

I think Chris is in over his head.

And I think Ashley is a short timer. 

My money is on Britt.  Maybe Whitney?

Thoughts?

Lately

Happy Monday lovelies! Have y'all recovered from your Super Bowl food coma?  I'm moving a little slow today but that's ok for a Monday right?

We visited my friend, Amber this morning for her Matilda Jane trunk show.  I just love this company so much.  Not only are their clothes beautiful, they are so comfy and well made.

This outfit was from last fall's collection, but this Spring is just as beautiful.  So colorful and so much attention to detail.

I love the versatility of their women's pieces too.  Not going to lie, 75% of the time you'll find me in their big ruffles or finns.

Hank is not much of a fan of shopping.  Or venturing out of the house when its below 30 degrees out so we went to Starbucks afterwards for a nice little reward. And I might be shamelessly stalking every store in town for the new A + O mugs.

He picked out his cake pop and said "Mommy, how I eat this?"  I told him he had to bite and he bit the whole thing off and replied "All gone."  I love that boy.

We had a very low key weekend as usual.  We cooked and I did a little reading.

What are y'all reading now?  I'll keep you posted on how this one turns out.

And speaking of cooking, its not Super Bowl weekend without some guacamole, right?

We always use The Pioneer Woman's recipe and its so so good.

Carsyn finally started ballet again last week and she absolutely loved it.

I'm so proud of my little tiny dancer!

And you can tell Hank is too!

Cheers to a great week ahead friends!

Lately

Thought it would be nice to do a little update of sorts of what our January has looked like.

Carsyn has been falling asleep on the sofa next to me most nights.  I know I need to get back to the norm with bedtime routines, but its pretty nice to have the snuggle buddy.

Hank got a much needed first haircut last week!

Look at my big boy!

Cupcake reward from Rosie!

We got our first decent snow and Carsyn and I ventured out to play and left the boys inside.  They're such wimps when it come to cold weather!

Hank does like to watch from inside though!

We had a little girl's night out with my bestie and friends for the Miranda Lambert concert.

I totally tried to pull of my look that night without the leggings, but Carsyn came in my room and said "Mom! You forgot your pants!"  Sooooooo leggings it was!

Y'all know I miss my Rosie something terrible, but she visits us a lot and I make sure to get the kids out of their pjs and have them waiting on her when she comes through the door.  They get so excited!

Our Christmas

 

Figured I'd try to share a few Christmas pics with y'all before Valentine's Day rolled around..

 

I struggled this year with getting the house all ready for Christmas and figuring out what trees to put where.  We spend a lot of time in our basement family room.  Its next door to the playroom so we figured it best Santa deliver presents there even though the big trees were upstairs.  Mrs Claus wasn't feeling so well so Santa set up really late getting things together for Christmas Eve morning.

 

 

All Hanky kept asking for was a train and Carsyn wanted a doll house.  Santa also brought them a hot dog and ice cream stand.

 

We opened presents from mom and dad a little later.  Carsyn always gets a little blue box and when asked her favorite gift I always think she'll say the Tiffany box!!  But. Usually its something completely random.  This year it was lipgloss.  She's such a little turkey.

We wolfed down some breakfast casserole and cinnamon rolls (which by the way took 5 HOURS! to make).  #neveragainpioneerwoman...

And headed to the EKY.
 

Aint no 102 degree fever stopping me ;)

 

 

First stop- Camp Rosie.

 



 

Hank decided to deliver elk sausage to family members!

 

 

Next stop was Papaw Leon's and I swear its just one of my favorite places.

So many cousins to play with.

 

I love this picture so much.  Papaw Leon in the background opening things...Shane laughing and talking to his sister...the two girls playing Frozen and Hank with his remote control 4 wheeler.  So much love and laughter.

 

Christmas morning at my in-laws and Carsyn with her serious face. Be still Hank and smile so we can open more presents.

 

Much better!!

 

Time to get dressed up and head back to Camp Rosie.

 

 



Sweet Emersyn! Is she not the cutest?
 

 

Boys being boys!!

 

Hank's new ride!!

 

The boys favorite presents!!Watch out WCS!

 

 

 

I have to add here gift giving is Rosie's love language.  Every year she has something special in mind for me and Mel.  She kept acting sneaky in Chicago and we found out she was getting us matching jackets! Insert twinning emoji here!!

 

I've also been hinting forever for some bracelets and she surprised me with some little orange boxes.

 

 

Perfect compliment to the KJP anchor Mel gave me.

 

 

Love my family so much... How many more sleeps til we do it again??

 

Resolutions……Schmezalutions

Hey hey friends!

Hope the holiday season treated you well.  I'm so sad its over and apparently that's the consensus in the house because Carsyn keeps asking if Christmas is over yet in the weepiest voice you could ever imagine.

Therefore its still Christmas here.  And I might be typing this in the glow of my Christmas tree.  Maybe.

That sucker will be coming down this week though.

I need a fresh start.

We always do a bit of traveling around the holidays and it never fails to leave me frazzled.  Therefore I declare the week between Christmas and New Years the week we act as slovenly as possible.  We stay in pjs.  We play with toys.  We nap.  We eat frozen foods.  Its glorious.  We bake and eat our weight in chef mix.  (Actually that's just me).

So come the first full week of January I'm ready to tackle projects and make plans.

Y'all know we moved back in the fall and I've just never felt settled here.  Well, we closed on our old house in Paintsville and though and I cried and sang weepy country music the whole way there I walked out feeling much better.

The current homeowners were the sweetest couple with FOUR! children.  Thoughts of our old happy home being filled with pitter patters and laughter makes my heart swell.

So I"m moving forward. Back to blogging more.  Finding activities to do in the new town.  Finding ballet classes for Carsyn and Karate classes for Hank.  Finding friends.  Just being optimistic and happy.

So there you have it.

My New Years Resolution.

Be Happy.