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2.11.2013

A little weekend cuteness

I thought I would share some of the cuteness that lives in my house.

My husband's grandmother is turning 85 at the end of the month and my sister-in-law came up with a cool gift idea for her. Great Gram Gwen has made all the great grandchildren an afghan and my SIL thought it would be a nice gift for her to have a picture with each great grand and their afghan.

Here are my 3 cuties with their blankets. We chose not to find out the sex of our kiddos so the first two are gender neutral, but grandma didn't want to make a 3rd gender neutral blanket so little dude's came after he was born, thus his is blue.

age 7

age 5

age 2

I'm thankful for these handsome little trouble makers and the family we have that love them, bless them in various ways and most importantly pray for them.

I'm also thankful for living near grandma so I can use her nice patio and

wooden chairs to snap these pictures :)

1.23.2013

Wednesdays Suck & I'm Selfish

When I planned out my schedule for the school year, I knew Wednesdays would be nutty between bible study, morning preschool, early release for the 2nd grader and of course Wednesday evening at church, otherwise known as Prime Time. Throw in soccer practice that day and of course, it's grandma day too and I tossed up the white flag.

Fast forward a few months and things are nutty in a different way. I had to pull the preschooler out of his preschool because holy moly, that was a bad fit. Praise the Lord I did find another preschool which is in the afternoon, so now I have to drop off the 5yo at grandma's, take a crying 2yo to bible study because he would rather be at grandma's, go to bible study, rush back to grandma's to pick up 5yo, kill an hour, take him to preschool, come home and find lunch before school pick up at 1:30 for mr. 2nd grader, back to pick up 5yo, dinner and rush to church.

So Wednesdays are nutty and I'm no different than most other parents who probably have an even busier schedule than mine 5 days a week. Here is why I'm selfish....I want a full on, total grandma day.

Ummm, what the heck is grandma day? and how do I get in on that gig????

I'm super, duper blessed to have a mother-in-law who takes one day a week out of her schedule to spend time with her grandsons. I drop them off in the morning and they read, play, bake cookies, do whatever together, grandma and boys. For me, this is a full day. To. Myself.

Errands, cleaning house unassisted, going back to bed because I could, quilting, beading, shopping for fabric or beads, whatever my little heart desires. Like all good things, they must come to an end it seems. Due to things way outside my control, grandma day doesn't really exist anymore.

So now I try to squeeze in grandma day because it's important for my boys to see their grandma and play with their cousins even if it has become a bit of an inconvenience for me. So those other projects, errands, house work, etc. will wait another day. Because when it's all said and done, I want my boys to remember their grandparents and treasure the time they had with them, just like I treasure all those years with my grandparents.

11.27.2012

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After spending some time traveling to see family, it's back to reality and helping my oldest with his homework. He came home last night with a packet full of missed work he needs to do this week on top of his normal homework. Most of the work is math and he should be able to complete it in a short amount of time, but it is such a struggle to get him to focus and get his homework completed in a reasonable amount of time.

I'm trying to be better at sitting down with him and helping him instead of being distracted with my phone and social media. I suppose mom should focus on his work with him and stop multi tasking. The other distraction is his two younger brothers. I try to have them play on the computer or play in the other room as to keep the noise level down, but my oldest is so distracted that I end up getting frustrated at him for getting up out of is seat and taking more time than it should, in my opinion.

How does your family complete homework with siblings in varying stages in life;
in school and too young for school?

9.27.2012

Slowing Down

Oh to be staring out at the beautiful, majestic Pacific Ocean

while spending the morning golfing.

It's been crazy since school started on Sept 5th. Getting back into the groove of a routine and having to be out of the house by 8:15 which is loco, has been challenging. Toss in soccer, church activities, family get together's plus small group and so some things have been put aside for a later time.

It seems one of those things set aside is slowing down and just taking in life. I was letting the dog out early Wednesday morning and fortunately, looked up to see the beautiful sunrise peaking through the trees. I ran for my phone as my camera is at the above location and snapped a few pictures. Unfortunately due to all the wildfires in Eastern Washington, our sunrises have been spectacular and late enough in the morning to see them. Oh, how I don't like it getting lighter later in the morning and earlier in the evening. Sigh....

After dropping off my preschooler, I have about 30 minutes to kill before I need to be at bible study. I let my 2 year play on the playground and just enjoyed watching the fog roll in and making myself aware of this sweet precious time with my little guy. Lucky for him, mom's phone was in the car, so I played with him and watched him run in his cute little rain boots. It was in those moments that I thanked God for making me slow down and just enjoy my boys. The busyness can wait another day, I want to imprint in my mind those little hands.

As for the picture above, my lucky husband in on a golf trip to Hawaii with some friends of ours. That's another post in and of itself ;)

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