Our Cast or the co.

Sweet Moe- Moe is a derivative of my childhood nickname Monkey, thanks dad. I apparently acted similar to a howling primate early on. Don't worry as time passed I became much more sophisticated and mannered. All though sometimes I still think a lot of things could be solved with some well flung poo.

I am 27. This was a scary birthday it meant that I was no longer a youngster but I haven't quite joined the 30 club. Not that the I was ever part of the cool kid crowd with the clubbing or anything. Having been co parenting since I was 21 I never got into any wild club but I do know where all the cool play places are. The ones that don't have a 2 beer maximum.

I am still defining who I am in life, between being wife, mother, sister, aunt, friend, employee, domestic goddess,  etc and in that there is juggling everything so nothing gets left behind or missed.

The Hubs- He is 34 and our veteran parent in the house since he's been doing it since the tender age of 19. Sadly given the nature of his industry he is on the road and works erratic hours. The kind of crazy erratic hours where sometimes we don't see him him during waking hours for a day or two. That means a lot of the time it is  just me and Mini Monkey solo.

Also given that he grew up out here on the west coast that means there are some major differences in our styles and culinary habits. He tends to be more laid back where I am a bit more of the detail orientated perfectionist who is stressed out of her mind. We also tend to have the great kitchen rice versus potato debate but apparently that's just another Midwest-West coast thing. (more details to follow stay tuned)

Mini-Monkey- The baby, our little surprise after I had given up on being a mommy. I expected to be fulfilled with my role as step mother to the 3 older children and than whoops we found out in March 2012 we were adding one more. He is doomed to monkeydom too given that as soon as grandpa found out I was pregnant . Beyond that he is your not so average health happy baby.

That's the family Monday through Friday give or take school closures, holidays, etc. Given the nature of my husband's divorce come the weekend our family expands to include his other three children. I guess I should say that is when our family completes when everyone is under one roof and chaos ensues. Given their age and that they primarily reside with their mother I will keep their information break and give them equally awesome aliases.

Spud-At 14 he is the oldest and ringleader of the shenanigans a lot of the time. Having entered that awkward teenage faze of funky smells and techdepence. Someday we hope to see his face not illuminated by the glow of an ipod and maybe converse without the chime of a txt or game notification

The twins or the girls-They are 10 and they give us balance with 2 girls to the 2 boys. The odds are still against us with a ratio of 2:1. PonyGirl is just that obsessed with horses of all kinds and tends to have bit more attitude than sister. SharkBait is our marine biologist in training, she's also the more sensitive twin.  I could go into more details but given that I am not primary parent I want them to be safely vague and not resent me later on.

So that's a little snap shot of us. Nice to meet you and how do you?