Once upon a Teen Mom

My Teen Mom Story: Motivation... I hope!!

2012-03-18T14:03:00.001-07:00

Hey Everyone!

First, I wanted to explain the title of my Blog channel.

Once Upon a Teen Mom means just that, I started having children

when I was a teenager. To be exact I became pregnant with my

Oldest son Logan when I was 16 years old! and for the record YES

I know that is awfully young. I am writing this blog post because I

want to reach out to other teen mom's who I know are struggling. I

want to say..... your life is not over by any means. Your life I am

sure is more difficult than that of other teens who do not have

children or are not pregnant. That is just inevitable!

Being a teen mom is a challenge! yes! but all I have to say is

PLEASE please please DO NOT give up on your dreams. If you

had a dream of becoming a lawyer or a doctor or a model

(whatever it is). You do not need to give up just because you have

a child. Success in life= motivation. Motivation can easily

disappear when you are sleep deprived and broke! Regardless,

baby steps and you can do anything you put your mind to!

For myself I ended up leaving high-school in grade 10 because I

was so very pregnant. I lost a lot of friends and I of course was sad.

That didn't stop me though. Because well I was smart and ended up

getting pregnant again!?!?! (Crazzzy I know!) when Logan was

only 5 months old! shame on me I know. After that.... I realized

holy doodle I need to get my life back on track because I NEED to

support these adorable little beings and the only way to do that was

get back to school finish my grade 12 and get my butt to

college........somehow........ It took me 4 YEARS to finish my grade

12, which was to be expected when ALL of my time was devoted

to these little boys at home. To boot I ended up getting pregnant

AGAIN when I was 21!! After Matthew was born (my youngest) I

almost gave up I figured I was being a horrible mom trying to get

and education because eventually I never got to see them. The truth

is my children are more greatful to see mom working her butt off to

someday in the future provide them a life and not be living off of

the government or working for minimum wage, and you know what

THEY are worth all the hard work and so am I. I could go on

FOREVER and give every little detail of my ADVENTURE (which

it was). The moral of the story is.... DO NOT GIVE UP! When you

are a teen mom statistics show are HUGE % of us end up as

"failures" meaning not finishing school and becoming a productive

citizen. Use that statistic as a challenge!!! You can beat the stigma.

YES people will look down on you YES people will give you are

hard time but nothing feels better than going to bed at night

knowing you ARE being productive. NOTHING feels better than

confidence! Your kid(s) will thank you, you will thank you. YOU

ARE WORTH IT. It is hard to come to terms with your lost your

teenage years and partying may not be an option when you have

mounds of homework to accomplish and dishes to wash! Trust me I

KNOW!! I am now 25 years old I have 3 sons 8,7, and 4 years old.

I currently am finishing up my last year of Nursing college :0D

(WHOOP). If I can do it SO CAN YOU!!!~~ If you have any questions feel free to ask :o)

Love ya's!

Nicole ~:o)

MY ST. PATS DAY MAKE-UP Happy St. Pats Day!

2012-03-17T13:31:00.001-07:00

MY ST. PATS DAY MAKE-UPHave a Safe and Happy St. Pat's day!

This is my contribution to Green and gold :o)

My son Matt wearing his green :O)

MY MAKEUP: ST. PATS DAY INSPIRED

Mascara: Voluminous False Lashes (270) Eye Liners: Black Top and Bottom lashes: Revlon Color Stay (Black) Bottom water line Rimmel London Soft Kohl eyeliner (pure white)

I used Naked- half Baked as my gold tone in the corner of my eye extended on to lid

Wet n Wild Eyeshadow Collection: 738 Comfort zone. I used #1 Brow bone #5 Crease #4 Lid #6 over top of eyeliner upper/ lower lid.

This is called Markwins (no idea where from sorry) I used the third light blueish color to soften out my crease with a fluffy brush.

For my face I used MAKE UP FOREVER HD (#117) as a concealer I used BOURJOIS healthy mix Radiance and Anti-fatigue (light radiance)

You can't see but anyhow; Bronzer I used Rimmel London Sun Queen (003) and as my blush I used Physicians Formula (Rose Pearl)

Closed :)

Open and glowy
Have a Fantastic night everyone!!
Love ya's
Nicole ~:o)

Stupid Rock: Failed Park Attempt

2012-03-17T10:51:00.001-07:00

Hey Everyone!

So I thought I would tell you about my failed park attempt. :0)

First, the weather forcast said High of 18 naturally I want to get out there and enjoy the warm weather we

have been having the last week. (treat for March). So two out of my 3 sons and my sister were off, off to

the park. This park is a drive for us it is not in walking distance from my house. This trip was doomed as

soon as I put my car in park. For those of you who do not know my middle son Brayden has Autism.

Today was NOT his day. So we get out of the car I head for the bench :p hoping the kids would head for

the climber and NOT this swings, I am so not motivated to push them on the swing right now. haha. Of

course they head for the swings, as polite as possible I try and convince them to play on the climber. (FAIL)

Ya that was not going to fly, it was either swing or nothing. Matthew my youngest looked like he needed

therapy after I said no to the swings so I got up and my sister and I pushed them for a while. That was fine

and dandy but than the unthinkable happened?!? My son Brayden became obsessivly attached to a giant

rock. This Giant rock little did I know was going to be the cause of a meltdown! Brayden became obsessed

with this rock (for whatever reason). Other parents were looking at him like (weirdo). He was hugging this

rock kissing this rock (gross) and talking to this rock like he was in absolute love. Matthew my youngest

wanted the rock and so they fought, and fought, and fought again over who can sit on this rock! I could not

for the life of my convince these two little boys to come and actually play! A rock boys... it's a rock!

Needless to say we left the boys looked like they were ready to choke slam each other. It was surpisingly

easy to get them home.. I pulled out the Boy's want to eat lunch?! My sons NEVER turn down food.~~~ A

rock ruined our trip...really? haha just gotta laugh I suppose. :o)

Love ya's

Nicole ~:o)

To Clean: OR not to clean

2012-03-17T07:15:00.001-07:00

Hey Everyone!
March break is OVER :(
Monday I need to be back in class 8:30 "eager" to learn.... With all of this amazing weather I just want to be outside :o)
Okay so getting up this morning was difficult. My children were nice and quiet downstairs, I atempted to call them up to my room. I selfishly wanted them to watch cartoons in my room so I could lay in bed for 1 or2 shows.. haha!
I have some tidying up to do today (:s) by some I mean dishes, laundry, cleaning bedroms, mop etc.
However, all I want to do I get the kids dressed, go get my other son Logan from my mothers house and drive to Rotary Park, and stay there, alllllll dayyyyyy :O)

Love ya's!

Nicole ~:o)

Pillow time~

2012-03-16T21:33:00.001-07:00

I survived!!!

Blog post was successful whoop.

What a day today, I shall return tomorrow and explain.

I will also go into detail of what I want to share with you all..... I have a pretty entertaining story, and my life is

ANYTHING but BORING.

It is safe to say that this blog is geared more to Mom's (dad's are welcome too) and mom's who are into

fashion and MAKE-UP!! (One of most secret, not so secret passions).

Pillow time~~

Love ya's!

Nicole ~:o)

Hey Everyone--Losing my Blog virginity?!

2012-03-16T21:13:00.000-07:00

Howdy Everyone!

First, I would like to welcome you all to my very first Blog..... yay ~:o)
I am excited to get a Blog up and running finally!
Starting a blog has been on my to-do list for quite some time now. I honestly pondered if anyone would be interested in what I have to say!!
I am going to leave this one short, I just wanted to make sure that I knew how to post.

Please stay tuned because lots of veryyyy INTERESTING things to come in the very near future... Or shall I say BEWARE hahaha

Love ya!

Nicole ~:o)