I am very thankful for him!
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
A Month of "Mayhem"
Anyone else feel like the month of May is moving too fast?
It's only the 7th and I already feel like it should be over.
May is important in our family for many different reasons but this May is extra hectic....so far this month this has happened.
May 2-3: "I HATE SHAKESPEARE"--Janea was in her first school production as a middle -school student. She did a great job! I am one proud Mama and look forward to supporting her through many more productions!
May 3-5 Fishing with Grandma and Grandpa! We went down for Kids Fishing Day at Bennett Spring...love this place but it was COLD! We got a record snow in May here in the great midwest! Usually the first of May is warm and nice...this weekend not so much but we still had a great time and the kids enjoyed fishing, feeding the fish and hanging out with their grandparents~
May 4th was also a big day as my wonderful parents celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary! I pray that Dan and I are able to have as productive a marriage as my parents have!
May 6th--Beautiful weather returned and we decided to enjoy an evening at the park. Jayden loves the park! As we were going I remembered that our church had a fundraiser for our Mexico team at Burger King...so we went and supported them and I didn't have to cook.
This week has brought Wax Museum of Famous Missourians for Jaron and he dressed up and did a speech on Walter Elias Disney for his Famous Missourian.
Janea is finishing up her Map Testing and working on finishing the school year with many research projects.
Wednesday is AWANA awards night for Jaron
Thursday is Dan's birthday and Muffins with Mom for me and Jayden at our school.
The weekend ahead is full of Mother's Day and Calvary's commencement for my parents....and until school's out I don't think we get to have a breather as we have upcoming meetings and inductions into NJHS for Janea!
Thankful for a busy month and enjoyable things!
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
I'm Quirky and I know it
Today I realized that I am really a weird person for many different ways...and I am cool with that....
I like ICE cold water BUT I prefer my soft drinks lukewarm and room temperature.
I love playing outside and being in the great outdoors BUT I don't like the smell of children after they play outside.
I hate having cold feel at night BUT I can't sleep in socks...I will kick them off in the middle of the night.
I hate listening to people snore BUT I can't sleep if I can't hear a fan because I worry that the air will be too still and I will suffocate.
I love snuggles and hugs BUT I hate them from little feverish bodies and then I feel bad because that is when they need them most.
I love Spring and Summer and warm weather BUT if I have a sunburn I get really resentful of them.
I know in the grand scheme of things these things don't really matter but I do find them a little interesting as I continue the journey of improving myself.
I like ICE cold water BUT I prefer my soft drinks lukewarm and room temperature.
I love playing outside and being in the great outdoors BUT I don't like the smell of children after they play outside.
I hate having cold feel at night BUT I can't sleep in socks...I will kick them off in the middle of the night.
I hate listening to people snore BUT I can't sleep if I can't hear a fan because I worry that the air will be too still and I will suffocate.
I love snuggles and hugs BUT I hate them from little feverish bodies and then I feel bad because that is when they need them most.
I love Spring and Summer and warm weather BUT if I have a sunburn I get really resentful of them.
I know in the grand scheme of things these things don't really matter but I do find them a little interesting as I continue the journey of improving myself.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
BUSY
So I am busy right now.
Super Busy...you know the kind, lots of stuff going on, lots of programs for the kids, lots of places to go, lots to do...BUSY.
I'm rushing here, I'm trying to do this, I'm trying to finish that, I'm going so fast I don't know if I am coming or going. I'm BUSY. And it's not the good kind of busy...some of it is, other is not.
I've got stuff for my class at my school:
I've got stuff for the Big kids
I've got stuff with Jayden
I need time with the hubby but we are currently juggling all the little stuff.
It's busy...and I feel like I am failing.
But I'm not,
I'm making the time, I'm trying to meet the needs of the family.
I'm a little stressed but I am trying to prioritze and make sure that the important stuff gets done, that I am meeting all the needs of the emotions and not just focusing on the checklist. It's hard, but I am doing it.
So we are Busy...and we will make it to SUMMER!!! Only a few weeks left!
Super Busy...you know the kind, lots of stuff going on, lots of programs for the kids, lots of places to go, lots to do...BUSY.
I'm rushing here, I'm trying to do this, I'm trying to finish that, I'm going so fast I don't know if I am coming or going. I'm BUSY. And it's not the good kind of busy...some of it is, other is not.
I've got stuff for my class at my school:
- Mother's Day Projects
- Finishing Portfolios
- Finishing Lesson Plans
- Finalizing Summer Stuff
- Keeping up the the Schedule
- Parent Teacher Conferences
I've got stuff for the Big kids
- Janea's in drama, so that means play practice, chauffeuring her to rehearsals, late pickups from school, Saturday workdays
- Jaron will have a 504 meeting for some issues he is having and that means taking time off work and finding childcare
- Youth Group
- Last nights at Awana
- Going on a weekend with Grandma and Grandpa
- Projects, Map Testing and Finals
I've got stuff with Jayden
- Muffins with Mom
- Parkwood Sunday
- Well baby checkups and special outings to the park
I need time with the hubby but we are currently juggling all the little stuff.
It's busy...and I feel like I am failing.
But I'm not,
I'm making the time, I'm trying to meet the needs of the family.
I'm a little stressed but I am trying to prioritze and make sure that the important stuff gets done, that I am meeting all the needs of the emotions and not just focusing on the checklist. It's hard, but I am doing it.
So we are Busy...and we will make it to SUMMER!!! Only a few weeks left!
Sunday, April 21, 2013
"Sticking" Together
"Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones but words will never hurt me"
remember that rhyme? It isn't true...words do hurt but this post isn't about the words it's about Sticks.
Sticks....lots of sticks!
We have 4 large trees in our front yard. We have one large tree in our back yard. We had a very snowy winter...which means lots of sticks have fallen off of our trees and into our yard.
The husband hates sticks! Especially when he is mowing our yard. They kick up, poke, clog the mower. So every time he mows he sends the 10 year old around the yard to look for sticks.
The 10 year old isn't the greatest at finding all the sticks...but he gets a lot of them. I too went around looking for the sticks and Dan helped a lot too!
The big question then becomes what are we going to do with all these STICKS! It's usually a really high pile!
This weekend we took care of the sticks by burning them. In the past we have burned them in the fireplace...a horrible messy job that drive me as the mom crazy! There will be stick particles and dirt everywhere.
The husband knows that I hate this so we went out and bought a fire-pit this weekend. And we burned sticks yesterday...for almost 2 hours! We had a lot of sticks.
Dan was busy mowing the lawn, so I got put in charge of manning the fire. I really don't fire. I was badly burned as a young child and fire makes me really nervous. But the job needed to be done and I am a much more logical choice to man the job then the 10 year old. The firstborn was off doing the drama thing at her school.
So yesterday the lawn got mowed, the sticks got burned, we worked together. It was good...I smelled terrible last night and was super tired but I felt like we had accomplished something.
On a cute note...the toddler got a lawnmower for his birthday from Grandma and Grandpa and he was going around and around the house yesterday just like daddy mowing the lawn! I wish I had had my camera out to capture the cuteness of it all!
remember that rhyme? It isn't true...words do hurt but this post isn't about the words it's about Sticks.
Sticks....lots of sticks!
We have 4 large trees in our front yard. We have one large tree in our back yard. We had a very snowy winter...which means lots of sticks have fallen off of our trees and into our yard.
The husband hates sticks! Especially when he is mowing our yard. They kick up, poke, clog the mower. So every time he mows he sends the 10 year old around the yard to look for sticks.
The 10 year old isn't the greatest at finding all the sticks...but he gets a lot of them. I too went around looking for the sticks and Dan helped a lot too!
The big question then becomes what are we going to do with all these STICKS! It's usually a really high pile!
This weekend we took care of the sticks by burning them. In the past we have burned them in the fireplace...a horrible messy job that drive me as the mom crazy! There will be stick particles and dirt everywhere.
The husband knows that I hate this so we went out and bought a fire-pit this weekend. And we burned sticks yesterday...for almost 2 hours! We had a lot of sticks.
Dan was busy mowing the lawn, so I got put in charge of manning the fire. I really don't fire. I was badly burned as a young child and fire makes me really nervous. But the job needed to be done and I am a much more logical choice to man the job then the 10 year old. The firstborn was off doing the drama thing at her school.
So yesterday the lawn got mowed, the sticks got burned, we worked together. It was good...I smelled terrible last night and was super tired but I felt like we had accomplished something.
On a cute note...the toddler got a lawnmower for his birthday from Grandma and Grandpa and he was going around and around the house yesterday just like daddy mowing the lawn! I wish I had had my camera out to capture the cuteness of it all!
Saturday, April 13, 2013
A Parenting Perk
This month we hit the start of a milestone year...the year where we will have a 2 year old, an 11 year old, and an "official" Teenager...13!
I'll be honest, I'm a little bit intimidated by the the layers of parenting this brood.
We are now juggling tantrums, school projects, school activities, boys looming on the horizon, and the never ending driving to this event and that event.
I will admit though it has it perks. We have a built in babysitter(if her schedule allows) case in point last night.
Yesterday and every Friday my class at school is very CRAZY! We have 8 very loud boys in the class and they are very crazy and by Friday it's brace yourself, and hold on for dear life! It was extra crazy yesterday. And I was kidded out...literally.
So Dan and I talk frequently as we drive home for work and I suggested that I could use a night off this weekend if Janea was game to watch the boys...he had had a very busy week as well and was also in need of some spouse time so he volunteered to get her from Drama practice and then informed her of the plan.
I had enough Papa Johns' reward points for a free pizza! The kids love pizza so that was their dinner...I just payed for extra cheese sticks on the side. Dinner for them, under 10 bucks!
Dan and I enjoyed a nice meal out without the kids. It was nice to talk and chat in the car, to enjoy a meal with no real interruptions and me not having to think about cooking something!
An hour and a half off. It was nice, it was really nice and it basically cost us very little for babysitting...a pizza dinner and new ear buds for Janea.
I'm very appreciative of a daughter who is willing to babysit and allow us as parents some much needed time off as a thank you for all we do for her!
I'll be honest, I'm a little bit intimidated by the the layers of parenting this brood.
We are now juggling tantrums, school projects, school activities, boys looming on the horizon, and the never ending driving to this event and that event.
I will admit though it has it perks. We have a built in babysitter(if her schedule allows) case in point last night.
Yesterday and every Friday my class at school is very CRAZY! We have 8 very loud boys in the class and they are very crazy and by Friday it's brace yourself, and hold on for dear life! It was extra crazy yesterday. And I was kidded out...literally.
So Dan and I talk frequently as we drive home for work and I suggested that I could use a night off this weekend if Janea was game to watch the boys...he had had a very busy week as well and was also in need of some spouse time so he volunteered to get her from Drama practice and then informed her of the plan.
I had enough Papa Johns' reward points for a free pizza! The kids love pizza so that was their dinner...I just payed for extra cheese sticks on the side. Dinner for them, under 10 bucks!
Dan and I enjoyed a nice meal out without the kids. It was nice to talk and chat in the car, to enjoy a meal with no real interruptions and me not having to think about cooking something!
An hour and a half off. It was nice, it was really nice and it basically cost us very little for babysitting...a pizza dinner and new ear buds for Janea.
I'm very appreciative of a daughter who is willing to babysit and allow us as parents some much needed time off as a thank you for all we do for her!
Happy Birthday's!
This week was Jayden's 2nd Birthday and the anniversary of my sister's birth! They share a day!
They are honestly some of my favorite people in the world! So thankful for both of them and their special days!
Happy Birthday to you both! May you each have many more years of love and fun!
Friday, April 5, 2013
Toddler Fun
Tonight, Jayden and I played in his room and we did the following:
- Built a train set, took it apart, remade it, and then drove a car on it....bububububub...
- Climbed on the bed and spun in circles(I didn't do this but sat and watched)
- Hid 2 legos in a blanket bucket and then hid ourselves in the bucket and then covered mommy up and said peek a boo
- Cooked some imaginary food and shoved it in mommy's mouth...(still working on the concept of gentle)
- Sang Ring around the Rosie about a 100 times and got dizzy and fell down.
- Shared kisses and hugs
- Got into jammies
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