weekly ten

1. Mud. Everywhere.  I must get used to having mud everywhere.  Thinking I need an outdoor shower so I can wash my kids down before they come inside.

2.  Last week I noticed Grant asked me to turn up the volume on things a few more times than normal.  I asked him if his ears hurt and if he could hear and he said yes.  Monday he threw a fit to go to a church meeting and claimed his ear hurt.  I was skeptical since he has claimed illness before and then admitted he didn't tell the truth- he was fine.  I dialed up the dr and lo and behold the poor kid had a double ear infection.  Crazy how those things come up and surprise you.

3. I love the Scholastic books from school!  I am pretty sure I get more excited about new books than the boys do!

4.  Just a sampling of the donations heading for Africa's Child this week.  For my 7 Bible Study, we are purging 7 things from our lives each day.  I am a classic hoarder so this was a difficult project for me.  I purged way more items than I needed to get rid of, but it felt so good so I kept going.  Hoping to decrease the amount of boxes that get moved while also changing the way I look at stuff.  Up until now, I was consumed with wanting more and more and keeping up with family and friends when they got more and more.  Now, I am re-thinking the way I look at stuff.  Wearing new clothes and having fun shoes is not going to change who I am as a person so why do I feel that I constantly need new ones every season?  Not saying that I can't ever get anything new, but do I really need 10 pairs of jeans or will 5 do just fine?  I am learning that I have so much excess stuff and the desire to always want more and keep up with the Jones' is so against everything I claim to believe in.  So why do I do it?  Change is hard, but I know it is desperately needed in my life right now.

*just imagine a picture of a couple overflowing boxes of treasures being donated.  Technical difficulties :)*


5.  Have you told your moms that you love them today?  A friend of mine lost her mother unexpectedly and instead of sending flowers and cards, she requested everyone call their moms and tell them that they love them.  Quote from her eulogy...  So, you see, it's impossible for me to have regrets. I don't regret that I didn't call her one last time, or that we hadn't had lunch lately. Because everything that needed to be said has been said long ago. But I still told her all the time how much I loved her.  

What are you waiting for.... go do it right now.

6.  Ashton's new saying... "I guess".  Example.... "I just peed in my pants, I guess."  So funny to hear such a grown up saying to come out of my little guys mouth.

7. Anyone else have a child that still cries at preschool drop off a month before the school year ends?????   I had a breakdown at work the other day after dealing with Grant's 20 minute  fit as I dropped him off.  He loves school but apparently he told his teacher he doesn't like to leave his momma.  Ironic since he has no qualms about running into the babysitters house any other day with no tears.  I am at my wits end and am really tired of all the other moms giving me the "your kid is still crying???" look.  Any advice?

8.  The last month or so I have taken the boys to library time in our new town.  It has been such a blessing- Ms Ingrid is awesome and we have made so many new friends. 

9.  Grant and I decided it would be fun to write a book.  So, he drew a picture of an egg and then told me what to write around it- so funny.

The egg tooted and then it pooped.  (every good story from a 4 year old boy must start out this way, right?)  And then it went to breakfast.  After breakfast the egg went to play.  It went outside for a bike ride.  Then it went to the theater to see a movie.  And then the egg was tired so he went home to take a nap.  After dinner he went for another bike ride and then finally went to sleep for the night.  The End.


10.  Blessing of the week: pizza night with the fam.  Last Friday the four of us headed downtown for pizza and ice cream.  Seems like a normal night out, but with the busyness of the house and Jason starting his summer job, we haven't had many meals together lately. It was just nice to slow down for a couple hours and enjoy each others company.

prayers

Today Jason's cousin will have a memorial service for her precious baby girl, Myla.  I know you understand the pain of this day and the pain to follow.  You know the prayers she needs that she can't quite come to say herself right now.  Please join me in lifting her up in prayer.

weekly ten

1.  My excuse for being a bad blogger lately.... I was kidnaped by this masked crusader.

2.  Jason and I were blessed to have a kid free weekend last weekend.  Unfortunately we didn't have anything super romantic planned unless you call house shopping romantic.  Nothing like waking up at 8 am on your first day to sleep in in over 6 months!  We spent the entire weekend ordering appliances, furniture, browsing granite slabs, picking out fireplace stone, checking out wood floor options, planning our electric in our basement and Jason even snuck in a little plumbing.

3.  All of that shopping may sound like fun to you, but I have decided that I am the worst decision maker ever, so shopping has started to become painful for me!  I am a review reader and a second guesser.  Appliances were a nightmare and I am still waking up at 4 am wondering if our furniture is going to be ok.  Note to self:  never ever tell people what you are planning on buying.  They all have opinions and they are usually never the same as yours:)

4.  On Saturday night, we were able to get out to our local hibachi for a fun date night.  We ended up sitting around the hibachi with a bunch of people we knew so it was a ton of fun.  We closed out the night with Snickers martinis and lava cake at our favorite local restaurant.  On Sunday night, I woke up not feeling well and found myself running to the bathroom.  I threw up a few times and was feeling horrible.  I couldn't believe I got the stomach flu again this year.  I was so worried because I had been around pretty much all of our family on Sunday.  My day care provider generously offered to watch the boys for me so I could rest in the afternoon since her kids all had the flu already.  I always say the worst part of being a stay at home mom is when you are sick and can't even take care of yourself much less two active boys.

5.  On Wednesday I discovered that I was not the only one that ate at the hibachi that got sick.  Apparently I was lucky enough to get food poisoning along with about 200 others that ate there that weekend.  Thanks Wild Chef  for that fun experience.....

6.  My boys are loving the warmer temps.  They have been out playing in the woods at our new house and riding around their quad.  I just can't wait to get out there where we actually have room to play.  Although I think I may need to get GPS chips installed on them because they disappear into those woods and I seriously can not find them.

7.  This past weekend Jason's cousin gave birth to her precious daughter at 20 weeks.  I haven't heard all the details, but I know her water broke.  The news brought me back to the moment my water broke.  All those horrible memories that I have been able to put away for a while came flooding back.  My heart is breaking for her and her family.  And, I am just kinda irritated at God for taking another of our precious babies.  Please keep her in your prayers as you know how horrible those first few days and weeks are. 

8.  This week  in my 7 Bible Study, I had to wear the same 7 clothes for an entire week.  It was a lot harder than I thought it would be.  I assumed the laundry involved would be less, but I found that I was always washing clothes so I would have something to wear the next day.  There were times I put wet jeans on and a few hours that I wore only my cami because I spilled something on my only dry shirt.  It was very eye opening to me and I will never ever stand in my closet and say I have nothing to wear.  BTW- people don't notice you half as much as you think they do- not a single person mentioned that I wore the same outfit to work, church and playdates.

9.  We were finally able to get out our spring jackets to wear to church this weekend!  I just can't get over how adorable these two are....

10.  Blessing of the week:  A date with Ashton.  I had to run to World Market on Saturday so Jason took Grant to go plumb the house and I took Ashton shopping.  A while back I stopped taking them shopping with me due to the screams that ensued when I refused to purchase every toy they saw.  I was anxious to see Ashton in action all by himself because since the screams are usually coming from the naughty 4 year old.  He was amazing.  I did my pre-engagement with him before we went in and told him he could touch but not take.  He would touch a toy and then put it right back on the shelf.  I even dared take him to Five Below which is wall to wall toys and he didn't shed a tear at all when we left empty handed.  What a blessing it was to have a positive shopping experience with a child in tow.  This makes me long for next year when Grant is in school and Ashton and I get to spend three mornings a week together- just us. 

                                                          He definitely made me laugh!  :)