So far today I have...
*cleaned up a flooded bathroom because someone forgot to turn off the faucet
*messed up TWO recipes I was trying to make for a friend
*spilled a pot of soil all over the floor in the house
*been told I'm a bad mommy by one of my kids (a first)
*killed at least one, possibly more, of my sprouting vegetable plants
How's your Monday going?
Monday, April 20, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Well, That One Didn't Quite Work Out...
Yesterday we went to the library to pick up some books I had on hold (anyone want to learn to make homemade cheese with me?). Now, to be honest, I had every intention of making this a quick trip...driving the one mile to the library and possibly even not letting the kids look around. I mean, it was already after 1 o'clock when we left, Emilia was going to need a nap soon and the boys are always tired at this time of day. My kids had other plans, though. We got outside and Micah started dancing around in the driveway singing, "We're walking to the library! We're walking to the library!" I said, "Oh. You want to walk? I was planning on just driving (hint-hint)" because quite frankly, I wasn't really up for a walk to the library. Josiah said, "Oh no, let's walk!" Oooookay...change of plans, gather water bottles, get the stroller, make sure I have gum because though you may not realize it gum is a VERY important part of walking to the library. I'm thinking this isn't all bad. My kids are clearly absorbing some shreds of what I want them to learn, since they would rather walk than drive. Plus, then I won't be driving, meaning won't be using gas, won't be putting whatever I put into the environment when I do drive, and my kids are realizing that we don't HAVE to drive everywhere. Bring on the walk.
Fast forward 2 hours. We are turning up the last road into our 'subdivision' (I use that term loosely). The kids are tired. I'm tired. Micah has already fallen about 15 times and forced me to enforce a "No Running" rule. Josiah is walking sooooooo slooooooowly, I keep calling to him to please walk a little faster and keep up with us, because we weren't walking THAT fast. And then Micah says, "OH NO! Molly lost one of her shoes!"
Argh. Really???
I make us turn around and walk back around the corner, but I don't see it and if we continue the walk back we have to cross the sort-of busy corner intersection again and I don't feel like doing that AGAIN. Plus, I'm also running the risk that her shoe is actually back at the library and we're going to end up walking all the way back and then still have to walk home again and I don't think that ANY of us have the energy for that. So, instead we truck on back home and all pile in the car and drive the roads to the library as I had planned on doing in the first place, only this time Josiah is hanging out of the window like a dog because he's checking the ground for her shoe.
We did find it, by the way. And it wasn't all the way back at the library. Just half-way there. And thank goodness we found it because Emilia is QUITE attached to these shoes. She's slept in them since I gave them to her 2 days ago. She SCREAMS when I take them off to put her jammies on.
Oh well!
Fast forward 2 hours. We are turning up the last road into our 'subdivision' (I use that term loosely). The kids are tired. I'm tired. Micah has already fallen about 15 times and forced me to enforce a "No Running" rule. Josiah is walking sooooooo slooooooowly, I keep calling to him to please walk a little faster and keep up with us, because we weren't walking THAT fast. And then Micah says, "OH NO! Molly lost one of her shoes!"
Argh. Really???
I make us turn around and walk back around the corner, but I don't see it and if we continue the walk back we have to cross the sort-of busy corner intersection again and I don't feel like doing that AGAIN. Plus, I'm also running the risk that her shoe is actually back at the library and we're going to end up walking all the way back and then still have to walk home again and I don't think that ANY of us have the energy for that. So, instead we truck on back home and all pile in the car and drive the roads to the library as I had planned on doing in the first place, only this time Josiah is hanging out of the window like a dog because he's checking the ground for her shoe.
We did find it, by the way. And it wasn't all the way back at the library. Just half-way there. And thank goodness we found it because Emilia is QUITE attached to these shoes. She's slept in them since I gave them to her 2 days ago. She SCREAMS when I take them off to put her jammies on.
Oh well!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Still Waiting
Still no pics from San Diego, they're coming--I promise! Not that I'm surprised or anything, but knocking on wood last week did me no good and Emilia and Josiah both got sick...on Easter morning. Josiah seems to be back to normal, but my little girl is still recovering. That and apparently viruses can transfer from humans to computers. Did you know that?? Ha. Well, ok, so not really, but our computer did also get some sort of nasty virus and it is also on the mend thanks to the computer guys at John's work, but I still don't have those pics on here, so we'll just have to let the anticipation build for a few more days.
I've been thinking recently about how quickly kids grow up. I know people say it all the time, and I know I've said it to others more times than I can count, but also I know I'm going to turn around tomorrow and my kids will be graduating and going off to college...at least it's going to seem like tomorrow. My kids are still relatively young, but this is all going by so fast and there's no way to make it stop! If only a year as a mom would last as long as year lasted when I was a kid. I wish I could switch that time flow somehow, because although some days seem to last forever around here, the years are FLYING by and when I was little the days went by fast, but a year was an eternity of waiting. Strike that. Reverse it. Give me more time to treasure these little people while they're growing and learning and being oh-so silly.
Josiah is to blame for this recent train of thought. The boy is getting so big! I can't pick him up and hold him for very long. He's all arms and legs, there's appendages hanging everywhere and it's just gotten a bit awkward. Doesn't stop me from picking him up 'cause I'm trying to hold on to my little boy just a bit longer, but when I look at him, I know. My baby's gone. My little boy has grown up into...
A KID.
Before I cry about that again....
So, I've been noticing some of the childish things my kids still do. One that I've been particularly enjoying the last few days are the words they still don't pronounce correctly. They make me smile. I've been tucking them away in my heart to treasure for all time. A sweet memory of the fleeting days with my babies.
constructions: Micah's word. the instructions for a game
die-nag-ally: Josiah's word. diagonally.
bleh-shoo: Micah's word. A sneeze. Correct use: Mommy, I just blehshooed.
"watching an eye on you": Micah's phrase. Same as "keeping an eye on you."
am-blee-ance: Josiah's word. ambulance.
rawd egg: Josiah's word. raw egg, but much more vicious sounding.
laugh-o-dills: Micah's word. daffodils. Josiah gave him a thorough enough speech lesson on this that it only lasted a day or two.
suspectin': Micah's word. expecting, as in, "Mommy's suspectin' a package."
There's more, I know. I'm going to have to write them down, though because just sitting here I can't remember them. How sad is that? If I can't remember it now how am I going to be able to remember the sweetness of these days when I'm 60, 70 or 80???
I don't know how many of you listen to the music that I have set to play with our blog, but the song I usually have as the first song is my "mommy song." Every time I hear it, I'm reminded...time falls away, but I'll always have these little wonders to remember how sweet it feels to be a mom.
"In the end,
we will only just remember how it feels.
Our lives are made
in these small hours.
These little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate.
Time falls away,
but these small hours,
these small hours still remain."
I've been thinking recently about how quickly kids grow up. I know people say it all the time, and I know I've said it to others more times than I can count, but also I know I'm going to turn around tomorrow and my kids will be graduating and going off to college...at least it's going to seem like tomorrow. My kids are still relatively young, but this is all going by so fast and there's no way to make it stop! If only a year as a mom would last as long as year lasted when I was a kid. I wish I could switch that time flow somehow, because although some days seem to last forever around here, the years are FLYING by and when I was little the days went by fast, but a year was an eternity of waiting. Strike that. Reverse it. Give me more time to treasure these little people while they're growing and learning and being oh-so silly.
Josiah is to blame for this recent train of thought. The boy is getting so big! I can't pick him up and hold him for very long. He's all arms and legs, there's appendages hanging everywhere and it's just gotten a bit awkward. Doesn't stop me from picking him up 'cause I'm trying to hold on to my little boy just a bit longer, but when I look at him, I know. My baby's gone. My little boy has grown up into...
A KID.
Before I cry about that again....
So, I've been noticing some of the childish things my kids still do. One that I've been particularly enjoying the last few days are the words they still don't pronounce correctly. They make me smile. I've been tucking them away in my heart to treasure for all time. A sweet memory of the fleeting days with my babies.
constructions: Micah's word. the instructions for a game
die-nag-ally: Josiah's word. diagonally.
bleh-shoo: Micah's word. A sneeze. Correct use: Mommy, I just blehshooed.
"watching an eye on you": Micah's phrase. Same as "keeping an eye on you."
am-blee-ance: Josiah's word. ambulance.
rawd egg: Josiah's word. raw egg, but much more vicious sounding.
laugh-o-dills: Micah's word. daffodils. Josiah gave him a thorough enough speech lesson on this that it only lasted a day or two.
suspectin': Micah's word. expecting, as in, "Mommy's suspectin' a package."
There's more, I know. I'm going to have to write them down, though because just sitting here I can't remember them. How sad is that? If I can't remember it now how am I going to be able to remember the sweetness of these days when I'm 60, 70 or 80???
I don't know how many of you listen to the music that I have set to play with our blog, but the song I usually have as the first song is my "mommy song." Every time I hear it, I'm reminded...time falls away, but I'll always have these little wonders to remember how sweet it feels to be a mom.
"In the end,
we will only just remember how it feels.
Our lives are made
in these small hours.
These little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate.
Time falls away,
but these small hours,
these small hours still remain."
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Stay Tuned
I know that some of you are waiting for the post with pictures about our trip to San Diego, and I will get there, I promise, but not today. Since we've been home, John and I have both been sick with some yucky stomach thing and while it seems we are on the mend and that the kids have avoided getting sick (knock on wood) I'm not up to doing a big post right now. So, this is just a little note to let you all know we're here and getting better and you'll get to hear about our California fun another time! For now, I leave you with this picture. I took this pic of the boys one day last month. :)
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