Sunday, December 18, 2011
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Saturday, April 3, 2010
I had a GREAT week!
This last week my mom, dad and sister came for a visit! We did lots of fun things! Including celebrating E's first birthday!
Her gift from Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Katie... farm animals that sing!
E's new toy from mom and dad. She loves it! Plus it's a big hit with her sisters!
Yum cupcakes!
Family photo... we are all very tired here!
Blowing out the candle. please forgive my weird eyes here.
Ohh, and while my family was here E took her first steps! It was very exciting as she had 7 people cheering her on!
On Monday we hit the Museum of Science in Boston. It was AWESOME! There are 3 floors of tons of fun things to do for kids and adults. We picked a perfect day because it rained cats and dogs from the moment we left until Tuesday night. No lie 24 hours of pouring rain! It also caused one of the worst floods in decades here in MA. A flood so bad, that even President Obama came by to see the damage.
There is a small butterfly garden at the Museum of Science. This was our first stop, it was great, we all loved it! We even watched a monarch butterfly come out of her cocoon.
P riding a bike with "bones"
Tuesday our low key day. We went to the museum that is right next to where we live. We actually live in a National Park (an urban one). This is a Mill. Our Building was once a Cotton mill, so it was really neat to see what it was like 190 years ago. It's amazing what the 'mill girls' had to do each day. Did you know that Lowell was once the largest manufacturer of cotton in the US?
Her gift from Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Katie... farm animals that sing!
E's new toy from mom and dad. She loves it! Plus it's a big hit with her sisters!
Yum cupcakes!
Family photo... we are all very tired here!
Blowing out the candle. please forgive my weird eyes here.
Ohh, and while my family was here E took her first steps! It was very exciting as she had 7 people cheering her on!
On Monday we hit the Museum of Science in Boston. It was AWESOME! There are 3 floors of tons of fun things to do for kids and adults. We picked a perfect day because it rained cats and dogs from the moment we left until Tuesday night. No lie 24 hours of pouring rain! It also caused one of the worst floods in decades here in MA. A flood so bad, that even President Obama came by to see the damage.
There is a small butterfly garden at the Museum of Science. This was our first stop, it was great, we all loved it! We even watched a monarch butterfly come out of her cocoon.
P riding a bike with "bones"
Tuesday our low key day. We went to the museum that is right next to where we live. We actually live in a National Park (an urban one). This is a Mill. Our Building was once a Cotton mill, so it was really neat to see what it was like 190 years ago. It's amazing what the 'mill girls' had to do each day. Did you know that Lowell was once the largest manufacturer of cotton in the US? I don't know if you can really tell in this photo, but I've put on a bit of weight... and for good reason.... baby #4 is due in late summer. Earlier that morning we found out that we are having a.... BOY!
On Wednesday and Thursday we hit the city. We had so much fun that I only got this one picture. This is H at the USS Constitution Museum in Charlestown.
On Wednesday and Thursday we hit the city. We had so much fun that I only got this one picture. This is H at the USS Constitution Museum in Charlestown. We also... took a trolley tour of the city, stopped by Fenway Park, walked around the Commons, did the Freedom Trail, visited Quincy Market (where we ate some delish New England fare, including Dukin Donuts), and did some shopping and more walking! They say Boston is a walking city and we sure walked!
I am so glad my family came to see what our life is like on the East. If we weren't going to be heading west soon, it would have been much harder to say goodbye~
(T-3 weeks until classes are over and T-6 weeks until graduation! yippie!)
Friday, March 5, 2010
as of late
Things are a bit out of order, but here's what we've been up to these last few months.
this picture captures p. she is one funny gal.
E is on the move. i can't get her to stop for one second for a picture (and she refuses to wear socks). she is really starting to play with her sisters... i love listening to them make each other laugh!
Here is our model H. today she is wearing a mom original. i repurposed this shirt which used to be mine and added some ruffles to cover a stain. she looks so cute in it and loved telling everyone at school that her mom made her shirt.
The family took a trip to the New England Aquarium during the girls mid-winter break. We had so much fun that we only took a few pictures. this is the 150 year old turtle that lives in the aquarium, this picture does not do her justice. She is huge, probably as long as i am!
(i love p's face in this one)
For this adventure we took the train into the city. D rides the train a few times a week and this was our (the kids and i ) first run at it. It is so much faster than driving and significantly less stressful. E got to ride in her stroller the whole way there.
The girls on their first train ride. We have taken the subway dozens of times, but for the train we get to see outside and sit in our own chairs!
At the beginning of Feb our town put on a Winter Fest. It happened to be one of the coldest weekends we've had so far, so we didn't last very long. But since it all happened within walking distance of our apartment we had to check it out. In the picture below we are headed back to our place after watching the human dogsled races!
These are the origami roses that D made for me for Valentines. Each has note written inside. He nicely decided to glue them so that i can't read them, but our posterity can. I love that these flowers will never die!
E is on the move. i can't get her to stop for one second for a picture (and she refuses to wear socks). she is really starting to play with her sisters... i love listening to them make each other laugh!
Here is our model H. today she is wearing a mom original. i repurposed this shirt which used to be mine and added some ruffles to cover a stain. she looks so cute in it and loved telling everyone at school that her mom made her shirt.
The family took a trip to the New England Aquarium during the girls mid-winter break. We had so much fun that we only took a few pictures. this is the 150 year old turtle that lives in the aquarium, this picture does not do her justice. She is huge, probably as long as i am!
(i love p's face in this one)
For this adventure we took the train into the city. D rides the train a few times a week and this was our (the kids and i ) first run at it. It is so much faster than driving and significantly less stressful. E got to ride in her stroller the whole way there.
The girls on their first train ride. We have taken the subway dozens of times, but for the train we get to see outside and sit in our own chairs!
At the beginning of Feb our town put on a Winter Fest. It happened to be one of the coldest weekends we've had so far, so we didn't last very long. But since it all happened within walking distance of our apartment we had to check it out. In the picture below we are headed back to our place after watching the human dogsled races!
These are the origami roses that D made for me for Valentines. Each has note written inside. He nicely decided to glue them so that i can't read them, but our posterity can. I love that these flowers will never die!
Monday, March 1, 2010
practical ideas
a friend and i were talking about what kind of healthy snacks kids should eat. we also discussed and lamented about getting kids to stop snacking all day!
what works for us is breakfast with a snack around 10 lunch at 12:30, snack around 3 and dinner at 5:30. we try to limit desserts and sweet snacks.
here's a list with ideas!
all this talk of food is making me hungry...good thing it's almost snack time!
what works for us is breakfast with a snack around 10 lunch at 12:30, snack around 3 and dinner at 5:30. we try to limit desserts and sweet snacks.
here's a list with ideas!
- apple slices and peanut butter
- crackers (triscuits have the least amount of ingredients with the highest fiber) and cottage cheese
- yogurt with frozen fruit (greek yogurt tends to be lower in sugar)
- bagel with Nutella
- fish crackers(whole grain), string cheese and cherry tomatoes
- veggies (bell pepper, cucumber(with skin), carrots, celery, sugar snap peas, cherry tomatoes) with dip (hummus, bean dip, light dressing)
- applesauce(natural, no sugar added) with granola
- sugar-free pudding with banana slices
- baked potato fries (regular or sweet potato)
- open face grilled cheese (whole grain english muffin or tortilla)
- whole grain tortilla with peanut butter and banana or apple
- popcorn (lowfat, no heavy butter, i like smart pop)
- high fiber granola bar
- whole grain tortilla roll up with turkey, cream cheese and tomato
- cheese and crackers
- "ants on a log"
- fruit skewers
- veggie and cheese skewers
- smoothies
- hard boiled egg
all this talk of food is making me hungry...good thing it's almost snack time!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
word of the day
you know how you hear a word and it gets your mind thinking? just one word set off tons of ideas.
today i heard one of those words. i didn't hear it until late afternoon, but since then it has been rolling over and over in my mind.
before i jump into the word, i must give a reason for my absence. my computer died. i mean like no resurrection...ever... kind of dead. i pondered and even prayed about what kind of computer to buy. i researched and wished. i wanted a mac, but i walked into bestbuy for what felt like the bazillionth time and walked out with the cheapest pc i could get my hands on. someday a gorgeous white mac will sit on my kitchen counter, but for now this cheap pc will adorn my desk. it is much faster than my old pc, and it does all i need it to do. and my budget thanks me.
so on to that word.
it is.... long-suffering.
i don't want to sound too negative, but mothering right now, our situation in schooling and the distance that we live from family. ummm and the COLD, they are my long-suffering.
long suffering is like enduring right? and if we endure it well, then the reward is great. better than i can imagine, i hope.
i believe our long suffering, be it mothering or otherwise, it's for our own good, it's for our experience. as i get older (gasp) i realize more and more,that i would never want to go backwards. i mean who wouldn't want to go backwards knowing all they know now, but i would never what to start over.
i look at the teenagers i teach on sunday, the teenagers walking around outside (because they are ALL over), and i look at my kids, and i think never, never do i want to learn it all over again.
i don't know how they will do it. wait i do know. they will do it all by practice and failure. they will watch me, and take mental note. i hope that they will look at me and think: there is someone who has succeed and i can do that too.
i hope most of all that i will somehow be a mother who knows, knows what they need, when they need it. knows what they need to know to make it back to where they came from. knows how to help them become who they are meant to be not necessarily what i need them to be (man that's hard). a mother who knows that without the help of a loving Savior who sacrificed it ALL, that we could never endure this long suffering and be better for it in the end.
so, if i ever walk into the bestbuy again, i will remember that watching my 4 year run away and her 6 year sister bring her back by her ear, is long-suffering. i will remember that even though the geek squad is the slowest bunch of experts out there, it is long suffering. i will remember that you only learn that you are going to be wet and cold AFTER you jump in dirty melted snow. i will remember that learning how to listen takes practice, even though the not listening part is the hardest for any mom to endure.
today i heard one of those words. i didn't hear it until late afternoon, but since then it has been rolling over and over in my mind.
before i jump into the word, i must give a reason for my absence. my computer died. i mean like no resurrection...ever... kind of dead. i pondered and even prayed about what kind of computer to buy. i researched and wished. i wanted a mac, but i walked into bestbuy for what felt like the bazillionth time and walked out with the cheapest pc i could get my hands on. someday a gorgeous white mac will sit on my kitchen counter, but for now this cheap pc will adorn my desk. it is much faster than my old pc, and it does all i need it to do. and my budget thanks me.
so on to that word.
it is.... long-suffering.
i don't want to sound too negative, but mothering right now, our situation in schooling and the distance that we live from family. ummm and the COLD, they are my long-suffering.
long suffering is like enduring right? and if we endure it well, then the reward is great. better than i can imagine, i hope.
i believe our long suffering, be it mothering or otherwise, it's for our own good, it's for our experience. as i get older (gasp) i realize more and more,that i would never want to go backwards. i mean who wouldn't want to go backwards knowing all they know now, but i would never what to start over.
i look at the teenagers i teach on sunday, the teenagers walking around outside (because they are ALL over), and i look at my kids, and i think never, never do i want to learn it all over again.
i don't know how they will do it. wait i do know. they will do it all by practice and failure. they will watch me, and take mental note. i hope that they will look at me and think: there is someone who has succeed and i can do that too.
i hope most of all that i will somehow be a mother who knows, knows what they need, when they need it. knows what they need to know to make it back to where they came from. knows how to help them become who they are meant to be not necessarily what i need them to be (man that's hard). a mother who knows that without the help of a loving Savior who sacrificed it ALL, that we could never endure this long suffering and be better for it in the end.
so, if i ever walk into the bestbuy again, i will remember that watching my 4 year run away and her 6 year sister bring her back by her ear, is long-suffering. i will remember that even though the geek squad is the slowest bunch of experts out there, it is long suffering. i will remember that you only learn that you are going to be wet and cold AFTER you jump in dirty melted snow. i will remember that learning how to listen takes practice, even though the not listening part is the hardest for any mom to endure.
Monday, February 1, 2010
the fun post
so... we have a little problem at our house....
we can't seem to get to church on time!
i HATE being late to anything!
so....we have instituted the "perfect attendance" award for our family.
with h being obsessed with her own school perfect attendance this award seems like it will be a great idea!
at the same time we have also added 3 other awards. these awards will be given out on Sunday night and can be rotated each week.
-biggest helper award
-nicest person to be around award
-perfect attendance (for the person ready the soonest on Sunday morn)
-neatest table manners award (this is a HUGE challenge at our house)
i have come to find out that starting these kinds of things in a family takes two factors:
-support (from the spouse, as in, 'yes, honey, that's a good idea, let's do it, and i will help you' )
-family excitement (a few years or even months ago, they would have had NO idea how fun this is going to be)
next week i'll tell you how it went
next fun thing:
i made this soup, with a few modifications and it was SO good! my kids loved it, i loved it and we finished the whole pot!
(modifications: i cut it in half, 2 chopped/seeded tomatoes instead of a can, 1 can of chicken instead of cooked. fyi: quinoa cooks just like rice, but rinse it first)
fun thing number three:
dads who do girls hair!
we can't seem to get to church on time!
i HATE being late to anything!
so....we have instituted the "perfect attendance" award for our family.
with h being obsessed with her own school perfect attendance this award seems like it will be a great idea!
at the same time we have also added 3 other awards. these awards will be given out on Sunday night and can be rotated each week.
-biggest helper award
-nicest person to be around award
-perfect attendance (for the person ready the soonest on Sunday morn)
-neatest table manners award (this is a HUGE challenge at our house)
i have come to find out that starting these kinds of things in a family takes two factors:
-support (from the spouse, as in, 'yes, honey, that's a good idea, let's do it, and i will help you' )
-family excitement (a few years or even months ago, they would have had NO idea how fun this is going to be)
next week i'll tell you how it went
next fun thing:
i made this soup, with a few modifications and it was SO good! my kids loved it, i loved it and we finished the whole pot!
(modifications: i cut it in half, 2 chopped/seeded tomatoes instead of a can, 1 can of chicken instead of cooked. fyi: quinoa cooks just like rice, but rinse it first)
fun thing number three:
dads who do girls hair!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
there's some things you should know
you should know:
-i am not mad. anymore.
- my "madness" only lasted a few days, which might have been after a week or so of sleep deprivation from a sick and vomiting infant
-i am trying to document a process
-because life IS a process
you should know:
-that i am a generally happy and mostly positive person
-that i love my children and husband...fiercely
-that i am learning to love being a mother and motherhood
-i know that this time WILL go fast, and i WILL look back and wish i could do it again... even the vomiting... well maybe not the vomiting
you should know:
-i know that i believe mothering is divine
-that i CHOOSE this
-that i want to be good at this
-that i know that through this process i will become more like God
you should know:
-that i understand that not ALL mothers feel like i do, but i think if you are really honest with yourself, you might have an inkling about what i am writing about
-that i DO like to have fun....
so next post... it will be FUN!
-i am not mad. anymore.
- my "madness" only lasted a few days, which might have been after a week or so of sleep deprivation from a sick and vomiting infant
-i am trying to document a process
-because life IS a process
you should know:
-that i am a generally happy and mostly positive person
-that i love my children and husband...fiercely
-that i am learning to love being a mother and motherhood
-i know that this time WILL go fast, and i WILL look back and wish i could do it again... even the vomiting... well maybe not the vomiting
you should know:
-i know that i believe mothering is divine
-that i CHOOSE this
-that i want to be good at this
-that i know that through this process i will become more like God
you should know:
-that i understand that not ALL mothers feel like i do, but i think if you are really honest with yourself, you might have an inkling about what i am writing about
-that i DO like to have fun....
so next post... it will be FUN!
Friday, January 29, 2010
disclamier: this is me in the raw.
"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." - Anonymous
for days i wake up mad. before i can even crawl out of bed i am mad. and it only gets worse. i get madder and madder the more my children talk to me, the more things they need, the more things that take away from me being able to breathe. i spend the days thinking about how i just want to breathe.
when i am mad my voice goes up two octaves aka i yell. i am yelling so much that my own voice is annoying me. i have always been a yeller. it's my thing. ask my mom, ask my husband. i yell. i am yelling so much that d looks at me and says 'stop talking'. i know it's because i am yelling about something that doesn't need yelling. but it makes me madder. i yell at everyone for everything. the only one i haven't yelled at is the baby, but oh i have come so close.
get your coat on
get/find your shoes
get out of the fridge
no you can't have snack
stop taking your sister's stuff
stop fighting
stop yelling!
i am mad until they go to bed. then in self pity i ask Heavenly Father: why am i so mad? funny, i don't get an answer
i can't put my finger on it
what is making me so angry at my kids?
why am i MAKING myself miserable?
in desperation i turn to the bookcase. the bookcase always holds something that will either distract me from my current state of being or will help me to get out of my semi-truck sized rut.
this time my eyes fall on the book i 'stole' from my mom years ago
'a joyful mother of children'
can i be joyful? is that possible? do i really WANT to be joyful? won't it take MORE work to be joyful?
the answer deep deep down inside under all that anger and resentment, is a quiet and soft, yes, to all the questions.
i am tired of being mad. being mad is a huge bummer at the end of the day. i am disappointing myself, my kids, my husband and my Heavenly Father.
i know we all want to hear that there is some magic book that makes everything all better. a bandaid of sorts. that there are words that suddenly change you and BAM you are joyful!
this book isn't it. i am actually kinda annoyed at some of what she says. She sounds so... so... happy.
and then. i realize something. and this is not the first time i have realized it, so i guess i remembered it.
the atonement applies to motherhood.
when i am mad my voice goes up two octaves aka i yell. i am yelling so much that my own voice is annoying me. i have always been a yeller. it's my thing. ask my mom, ask my husband. i yell. i am yelling so much that d looks at me and says 'stop talking'. i know it's because i am yelling about something that doesn't need yelling. but it makes me madder. i yell at everyone for everything. the only one i haven't yelled at is the baby, but oh i have come so close.
get your coat on
get/find your shoes
get out of the fridge
no you can't have snack
stop taking your sister's stuff
stop fighting
stop yelling!
i am mad until they go to bed. then in self pity i ask Heavenly Father: why am i so mad? funny, i don't get an answer
i can't put my finger on it
what is making me so angry at my kids?
why am i MAKING myself miserable?
in desperation i turn to the bookcase. the bookcase always holds something that will either distract me from my current state of being or will help me to get out of my semi-truck sized rut.
this time my eyes fall on the book i 'stole' from my mom years ago
'a joyful mother of children'
can i be joyful? is that possible? do i really WANT to be joyful? won't it take MORE work to be joyful?
the answer deep deep down inside under all that anger and resentment, is a quiet and soft, yes, to all the questions.
i am tired of being mad. being mad is a huge bummer at the end of the day. i am disappointing myself, my kids, my husband and my Heavenly Father.
i know we all want to hear that there is some magic book that makes everything all better. a bandaid of sorts. that there are words that suddenly change you and BAM you are joyful!
this book isn't it. i am actually kinda annoyed at some of what she says. She sounds so... so... happy.
and then. i realize something. and this is not the first time i have realized it, so i guess i remembered it.
the atonement applies to motherhood.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
here is our christmas eve pizza. it's a tree... can you tell? for christmas eve dinner the kids and hubby requested pizza. i complied and gave into my dreams of having a gourmet christmas dinner with well dressed and well behaved attendants. YAH RIGHT. pizza's a big hit around here and we all enjoyed the easiness of it. especially me! very little clean up! i think we will make this a tradition!
P got a tinker toy set from santa. it turned out to be a great gift for d. this was his creation. we had a very relaxing day skyping with family and talking with my sister Angela on her mission in England! actually the day was kinda boring, i missed spending time with the extended family. but the girls enjoyed going to town on their candy and toys. i let them eat WHATEVER they want on christmas!
our christmas finest! they didn't end up wearing them until the last sunday in december because we had a major snow storm the sunday before christmas and church was canceled.
note to self: don't buy 'dry clean only' dresses for little girls. H was sprayed with chocolate by another 6 year old at church. the dress is now clean and wrapped in plastic only to be brought out for VERY special occasions. regardless they looked adorable! these were an awesome find last year at an end of season sale at Macys!
we had our first over night visitors over the new year holiday. the woodburys joined our busy house for a few days and we took them to the city. it was one of the coldest days we have had here in MA. the temp was not over 20 and we were FREEZING! not only that check out how the day went:
-arrive at the parking garage after sitting in traffic and a cramped car with a poopy diaper baby. i thought kristen was going to throw up on me!
-let kristen out for some fresh air and unstrap crying baby to find.... a poop explosion! change baby and put her into the only spare clothes we brought, a onesie and light pants. wrap baby in eskimo suit and pray that she will some how not get hypothermia in the kiddie backpack.
-enjoy the sites
-stop for lunch at quincy market (fun place btw). take p to the bathroom. eat lunch. try to take p to the bathroom to find that a woman has passed out in a stall and they won't let anyone in
-head out to the fridged cold and forget that p has to pee. arrive at harvard square. enjoy scenery. look down and see that p has peed on harvard's steps (d loves the idea of this). -walk/drag a wet and cold girl all around to find out that there are NO children's clothing stores near by (really why would there be?)
-buy $20 sweats from the harvard coop. instruct child to go "commando" and wear wet pee boots with no socks even if she doesn't want to!
-finally get back to parking garage to discover that the baby has also peed through her diaper and has partially frozen limbs.
-after we FINALLY got home after sitting in 2hours of traffic we discover that p has peed AGAIN in her car seat.
awesome
me: being cold. right before the peeing on harvard
walking on the duck pond in the boston public gardens that is frozen solid!
the steps she peed on!
h trying to stay warm!
we really had a great time with our visitors! thanks for coming guys!
this is e.
yesterday at the grocery store some guy came up to me and asked if she was a girl. I said yes, she is wearing a bow, see?
to which he said
thank goodness. i thought i was going to have to tell the guys at the gym about some schmuck who put her boy in a bow!
he walked away and i turned to look at e. she was wearing a green bow, and a brown jacket. BUT the jacket had ruffles. the binky was purple and the blanket across her lap was PINK!
everyone comments on her blue eyes! i guess people in ma don't have blue eyes
she's had it rough the last few weeks with a UTI and a cold coming on. i have had it rough too. it feels like she NEVER sleeps.
i cut p's hair a bit ago. it looks so cute. i will show you later
hope that was enough of an update...
more opinions next time
P got a tinker toy set from santa. it turned out to be a great gift for d. this was his creation. we had a very relaxing day skyping with family and talking with my sister Angela on her mission in England! actually the day was kinda boring, i missed spending time with the extended family. but the girls enjoyed going to town on their candy and toys. i let them eat WHATEVER they want on christmas!
our christmas finest! they didn't end up wearing them until the last sunday in december because we had a major snow storm the sunday before christmas and church was canceled.note to self: don't buy 'dry clean only' dresses for little girls. H was sprayed with chocolate by another 6 year old at church. the dress is now clean and wrapped in plastic only to be brought out for VERY special occasions. regardless they looked adorable! these were an awesome find last year at an end of season sale at Macys!
we had our first over night visitors over the new year holiday. the woodburys joined our busy house for a few days and we took them to the city. it was one of the coldest days we have had here in MA. the temp was not over 20 and we were FREEZING! not only that check out how the day went:-arrive at the parking garage after sitting in traffic and a cramped car with a poopy diaper baby. i thought kristen was going to throw up on me!
-let kristen out for some fresh air and unstrap crying baby to find.... a poop explosion! change baby and put her into the only spare clothes we brought, a onesie and light pants. wrap baby in eskimo suit and pray that she will some how not get hypothermia in the kiddie backpack.
-enjoy the sites
-stop for lunch at quincy market (fun place btw). take p to the bathroom. eat lunch. try to take p to the bathroom to find that a woman has passed out in a stall and they won't let anyone in
-head out to the fridged cold and forget that p has to pee. arrive at harvard square. enjoy scenery. look down and see that p has peed on harvard's steps (d loves the idea of this). -walk/drag a wet and cold girl all around to find out that there are NO children's clothing stores near by (really why would there be?)
-buy $20 sweats from the harvard coop. instruct child to go "commando" and wear wet pee boots with no socks even if she doesn't want to!
-finally get back to parking garage to discover that the baby has also peed through her diaper and has partially frozen limbs.
-after we FINALLY got home after sitting in 2hours of traffic we discover that p has peed AGAIN in her car seat.
awesome
me: being cold. right before the peeing on harvard
walking on the duck pond in the boston public gardens that is frozen solid!
the steps she peed on!h trying to stay warm!
we really had a great time with our visitors! thanks for coming guys!
this is e.
yesterday at the grocery store some guy came up to me and asked if she was a girl. I said yes, she is wearing a bow, see?
to which he said
thank goodness. i thought i was going to have to tell the guys at the gym about some schmuck who put her boy in a bow!
he walked away and i turned to look at e. she was wearing a green bow, and a brown jacket. BUT the jacket had ruffles. the binky was purple and the blanket across her lap was PINK!
everyone comments on her blue eyes! i guess people in ma don't have blue eyes
she's had it rough the last few weeks with a UTI and a cold coming on. i have had it rough too. it feels like she NEVER sleeps.
i cut p's hair a bit ago. it looks so cute. i will show you later
hope that was enough of an update...
more opinions next time
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
we start our mothering careers as rather ordinary looking clay pots with varied shapes and curves, and march directly into the refiners fire.
of course, a fire can either give luster and depth and strength or it can burn and destroy. how well we use the heat is the key.
we can feel the fire making us feel more patient and understanding in spite of ourselves. we can learn to handle the impossible situations with a smile. we can begin to understand the pure love of Christ as we love our husbands and children in spite of their "difficulties". we can learn to expect the inevitable disasters and disappointments of daily living with children.
we have to make very conscious decisions about HOW to remain in a higher realm or dreams become disasters and life lives us instead of vise versa. the fire begins to destroy rather than refine.
-linda eyre
i have let the fire burn and destroy rather than purify and refine. my mothering has come to a pivotal point. i realized that i needed an attitude adjustment. a MAJOR attitude adjustment. this is the main reason i haven't blogged. laziness getting a close second. but really i have been too consumed with trying to figure it all out and change.
i often worry about being too bold or too open with my real feelings in such a public setting. it's so juvenile for me to think 'what will people think' 'what will old high school friends and acquaintances think'
but i decided i am over it. who cares. i am happy with the human being i am becoming. i reserve the right to change my mind, and to see new light. i reserve the right to have an opinion... that's just an opinion. here's to more honesty in the posts to come.
i have been searching for a blog that documents the realities of motherhood. i have enjoyed stumbling across blogs of mother's who have older children. who seem to have figured out how to get all their ducks in a row. but no where have i seen the true and sometimes ugly life of a mom with young kids. probably because well, mom's of young kids are just plain old busy.
and yes my life is busy
i just want someone to commiserate with.
i think i have rambled enough for one day. i will post pictures soon. but really it's too cold to really do much around here so there won't be many
updates to come...
of course, a fire can either give luster and depth and strength or it can burn and destroy. how well we use the heat is the key.
we can feel the fire making us feel more patient and understanding in spite of ourselves. we can learn to handle the impossible situations with a smile. we can begin to understand the pure love of Christ as we love our husbands and children in spite of their "difficulties". we can learn to expect the inevitable disasters and disappointments of daily living with children.
we have to make very conscious decisions about HOW to remain in a higher realm or dreams become disasters and life lives us instead of vise versa. the fire begins to destroy rather than refine.
-linda eyre
i have let the fire burn and destroy rather than purify and refine. my mothering has come to a pivotal point. i realized that i needed an attitude adjustment. a MAJOR attitude adjustment. this is the main reason i haven't blogged. laziness getting a close second. but really i have been too consumed with trying to figure it all out and change.
i often worry about being too bold or too open with my real feelings in such a public setting. it's so juvenile for me to think 'what will people think' 'what will old high school friends and acquaintances think'
but i decided i am over it. who cares. i am happy with the human being i am becoming. i reserve the right to change my mind, and to see new light. i reserve the right to have an opinion... that's just an opinion. here's to more honesty in the posts to come.
i have been searching for a blog that documents the realities of motherhood. i have enjoyed stumbling across blogs of mother's who have older children. who seem to have figured out how to get all their ducks in a row. but no where have i seen the true and sometimes ugly life of a mom with young kids. probably because well, mom's of young kids are just plain old busy.
and yes my life is busy
i just want someone to commiserate with.
i think i have rambled enough for one day. i will post pictures soon. but really it's too cold to really do much around here so there won't be many
updates to come...
Friday, December 25, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
sleep babies make me happy....
and it cracks me up to see how they sleep!
p:
with her arms behind her and Medusa hair
e:
her neck is as far as it will turn to the left and then some while still lying on her back and you can kinda see that she sleeps with her eyes partly open... creepy
h:
moved ALL the way to the left of her bunk bed with the extra blanket being used as a pillow, if only you could see the other end of her bed... all kinds of toys, papers and books.
p:
with her arms behind her and Medusa haire:
her neck is as far as it will turn to the left and then some while still lying on her back and you can kinda see that she sleeps with her eyes partly open... creepyh:
moved ALL the way to the left of her bunk bed with the extra blanket being used as a pillow, if only you could see the other end of her bed... all kinds of toys, papers and books.
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