My girls are so wonderful. They really do brighten every day with their smiles. They also drive me nuts. They ask for juice or a snack or help with things non-stop. I love being home and being with them to be asked constantly for things. Yet sometimes when my life is busy, the asking is enough to make me scream. I just want a moment, a moment to put the many thoughts spinning through my head in order. I know they will continue to spin in there, but in order would be nice. Then one or both of my girls does something so sweet, so wonderful, and i chide myself for being short with them. They are being the wonderful girls that they are; nothing more nothing less. Just because my life gets crazy doesn't mean that my girls change. Only my perception of the things they do.
Thank you for being wonderful, my girls. Thank you, for insisting i put on the rose colored glasses.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
my wonderful girls
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Father's Day
Happy Father's day to all the wonderful Fathers out there!
Whether it's your first fathers day or many past your fiftieth I hope that it was spent doing the things that you enjoy.
Fathers have such a big role in their children's lives. I am thankful everyday for the wonderful father my children have. He cares about them, he plays with them, he is involved in their lives, and he involves them in his life. All you dads out there may not know it, but those little things that you do make a huge difference.
Happy Father's day to all the Fathers in my family Eric(5th), Bob(31st), Tim(34th), Jack(50+), Len(50+), Michael(26th), Jeff(9th), Chris(3rd), Josh(3rd), and Garth (it's his first)!
We Love you all so very Much!! Keep up the good work!
Whether it's your first fathers day or many past your fiftieth I hope that it was spent doing the things that you enjoy.
Fathers have such a big role in their children's lives. I am thankful everyday for the wonderful father my children have. He cares about them, he plays with them, he is involved in their lives, and he involves them in his life. All you dads out there may not know it, but those little things that you do make a huge difference.
Happy Father's day to all the Fathers in my family Eric(5th), Bob(31st), Tim(34th), Jack(50+), Len(50+), Michael(26th), Jeff(9th), Chris(3rd), Josh(3rd), and Garth (it's his first)!
We Love you all so very Much!! Keep up the good work!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
good start
Well a great start to the day!
I have filled and emptied the wheel barrow 11 times. The newly dug dirt has been racked and added to the nicely coming along embankment. It's been raining and thunder and lighting storming all week. This is the first time i have been able to tackle that dirt since last Sunday. I was worried that very wet dirt would be harder to dig. It was actually easier in many ways. The dirt was much softer, much less effort was needed to dig the shovel in. The dirt stayed clumped up nicely so what i dug up, all made it to the wheel barrow each time. It was allot heavier dirt mind you, but that evened out with the less muscle needed to dig it up and less shovels to fill the wheel barrow. Katie Bug had her shovel out too and added many shovels of dirt to the wheel barrow. Samantha happily planted any of the weeds that fell from my shovel. She is quite the little gardener.
It's now lunch time so in i have come to make my growing girls their lunch. I probably needed the break too. I didn't want to stop going but tomorrow I will be glad I did. We have a Shock game tonight. First home game in a month and we are still undefeated. GO Shock! Eric doesn't know it yet but he will be painting in the kitchen while the girls nap. Hopefully by the time i put my head on my pillow tonight many things will be done. Driveway dirt dug, embankment racked, laundry washed and folded, kitchen wall finished painting, football game, and maybe a movie too.
Tomorrow is father's day and I want Eric to be able to play and goof off and what not. For some reason or another he feels that he should be doing yard work too if I am or painting if I am or house projects if I am. Maybe that's why I love him so much.
I have filled and emptied the wheel barrow 11 times. The newly dug dirt has been racked and added to the nicely coming along embankment. It's been raining and thunder and lighting storming all week. This is the first time i have been able to tackle that dirt since last Sunday. I was worried that very wet dirt would be harder to dig. It was actually easier in many ways. The dirt was much softer, much less effort was needed to dig the shovel in. The dirt stayed clumped up nicely so what i dug up, all made it to the wheel barrow each time. It was allot heavier dirt mind you, but that evened out with the less muscle needed to dig it up and less shovels to fill the wheel barrow. Katie Bug had her shovel out too and added many shovels of dirt to the wheel barrow. Samantha happily planted any of the weeds that fell from my shovel. She is quite the little gardener.
It's now lunch time so in i have come to make my growing girls their lunch. I probably needed the break too. I didn't want to stop going but tomorrow I will be glad I did. We have a Shock game tonight. First home game in a month and we are still undefeated. GO Shock! Eric doesn't know it yet but he will be painting in the kitchen while the girls nap. Hopefully by the time i put my head on my pillow tonight many things will be done. Driveway dirt dug, embankment racked, laundry washed and folded, kitchen wall finished painting, football game, and maybe a movie too.
Tomorrow is father's day and I want Eric to be able to play and goof off and what not. For some reason or another he feels that he should be doing yard work too if I am or painting if I am or house projects if I am. Maybe that's why I love him so much.
Monday, June 15, 2009
fun is good too
So it's Monday and i am feeling guilty, but not guilty for the level of things accomplished this weekend.
On Sunday we went to the children's museum and took a family nap. I did not dig in the driveway. I did however rearrange the pile of ex-driveway dirt. The slope from our fence line, to the grass level in the park, is quickly becoming an embankment. Don't worry now i am only dumping dirt on our side of the property line. Eventually we want a gate that goes from our back yard to the park. In order for that to be a reality we needed an embankment with steps instead of very steep slope. I have a large amount of dirt that needs a place to go, so an embankment i am building. Eric worked on the gate project by digging and hacking away at the stump that is exactly where we would like to put the gate. I also hacked at the very stubborn vine growing on the fence. I cleared it off the whole fence line and sprayed it for a 4th time with vegetation killer. The darn vine just won't go away. We bought some privacy fabric that we are going to put on the fence. I just have to get rid of that vine before we put it on. A simple project that so far, has been the hardest one.
On Sat we went to the liberty lake yard sale. The girls made a killing. We stopped by one place that was "fill a garbage bag for a dollar". They filled it with two castles, barbie stuff, a carriage, books, and some clothes. They also got a VCR for $5 (their old one was on it's last legs), some Disney movies for 25 cents, and a little tike's beauty salon for $10. Between all of their yard sale shopping and the "super why" party at Toys R Us earlier that day, they crashed for a good long nap. Meanwhile I tried to figure out, how to incorporate their new toys into the playroom.
Girls having fun and family nap taking. That was a good weekend. Maybe not as productive as it could have been, but it was fun. Fun is very important.
On Sunday we went to the children's museum and took a family nap. I did not dig in the driveway. I did however rearrange the pile of ex-driveway dirt. The slope from our fence line, to the grass level in the park, is quickly becoming an embankment. Don't worry now i am only dumping dirt on our side of the property line. Eventually we want a gate that goes from our back yard to the park. In order for that to be a reality we needed an embankment with steps instead of very steep slope. I have a large amount of dirt that needs a place to go, so an embankment i am building. Eric worked on the gate project by digging and hacking away at the stump that is exactly where we would like to put the gate. I also hacked at the very stubborn vine growing on the fence. I cleared it off the whole fence line and sprayed it for a 4th time with vegetation killer. The darn vine just won't go away. We bought some privacy fabric that we are going to put on the fence. I just have to get rid of that vine before we put it on. A simple project that so far, has been the hardest one.
On Sat we went to the liberty lake yard sale. The girls made a killing. We stopped by one place that was "fill a garbage bag for a dollar". They filled it with two castles, barbie stuff, a carriage, books, and some clothes. They also got a VCR for $5 (their old one was on it's last legs), some Disney movies for 25 cents, and a little tike's beauty salon for $10. Between all of their yard sale shopping and the "super why" party at Toys R Us earlier that day, they crashed for a good long nap. Meanwhile I tried to figure out, how to incorporate their new toys into the playroom.
Girls having fun and family nap taking. That was a good weekend. Maybe not as productive as it could have been, but it was fun. Fun is very important.
Friday, June 12, 2009
happy birthday Laura
My two darling little girls have lots of aunts and uncles. They are very blessed with how much family they have and how many people all over the country love them so very very much.
Today it's one of their auntie's birthdays.
The Auntie that makes them real princess dresses. The Auntie that bakes with them even if desert is already made. Plays tag with them when everyone else is too tired. Lets them take pictures with her very nice camera. Reads them bed time stories late into the night. And giggles at their jokes like it's the first time she's heard it, even when it's the 20th that night. I could go on and on, because she really is that great.
i hope she is having a wonderful birthday today. I hope that Jack smiles and laughs and makes her glow like only kids can make their mom's glow. I hope that Garth treats her to a wonderfully vegetarian dinner in an air conditioned restaurant. And if all the stars line up just so, something in claymation by Tim Burton is playing at the old second run theater that she likes so much.
Have a great birthday Laura. We love you
Today it's one of their auntie's birthdays.
The Auntie that makes them real princess dresses. The Auntie that bakes with them even if desert is already made. Plays tag with them when everyone else is too tired. Lets them take pictures with her very nice camera. Reads them bed time stories late into the night. And giggles at their jokes like it's the first time she's heard it, even when it's the 20th that night. I could go on and on, because she really is that great.
i hope she is having a wonderful birthday today. I hope that Jack smiles and laughs and makes her glow like only kids can make their mom's glow. I hope that Garth treats her to a wonderfully vegetarian dinner in an air conditioned restaurant. And if all the stars line up just so, something in claymation by Tim Burton is playing at the old second run theater that she likes so much.
Have a great birthday Laura. We love you
Monday, June 8, 2009
It's a wonderfully cold, rainy, gloomy in a great kind of way day here. You can take a deep breath of freshly washed clean air. All of the puddles around the house are yellow from all of the pollen, which is great because it's not in the air.
I made great progress on the driveway project yesterday. I filled and Eric emptied the wheel barrow 11 times. That was about 330 shovel fulls. My shoulders are a little tight today. I don't mind. I like sore muscles from good honest work.
With the rain I think i will get the girls working on their lessons. We tend to get a little behind with all the sunshine. Kaitlyn can write her own name now and it's legible. She is very proud of this. I am beaming. She can also write mom and Sam. She wants to master dad, Samantha, to, and from. She draws pictures and writes poems. I feel so special when my name is at the top and she puts her name on the bottom, so i know it's just for me from my Katie bug. She is also doing great with her number recognition and is loving doing dot-to-dots right now. Samantha knows all of her capital letters and most of the lower case. She gets stumped with the d,b,p,g,q's. She knows it's one of them so she always gets it by the 5th guess. She is also now doing mazes, one of these is not like the others, and what's missing worksheets all by her self. It's been fun to watch then figure out these new skills.
Have a great day everyone!
I made great progress on the driveway project yesterday. I filled and Eric emptied the wheel barrow 11 times. That was about 330 shovel fulls. My shoulders are a little tight today. I don't mind. I like sore muscles from good honest work.
With the rain I think i will get the girls working on their lessons. We tend to get a little behind with all the sunshine. Kaitlyn can write her own name now and it's legible. She is very proud of this. I am beaming. She can also write mom and Sam. She wants to master dad, Samantha, to, and from. She draws pictures and writes poems. I feel so special when my name is at the top and she puts her name on the bottom, so i know it's just for me from my Katie bug. She is also doing great with her number recognition and is loving doing dot-to-dots right now. Samantha knows all of her capital letters and most of the lower case. She gets stumped with the d,b,p,g,q's. She knows it's one of them so she always gets it by the 5th guess. She is also now doing mazes, one of these is not like the others, and what's missing worksheets all by her self. It's been fun to watch then figure out these new skills.
Have a great day everyone!
Friday, June 5, 2009
yard sale
So i awoke this morning early and filled with anticipation. I had read Craig's List the night before and perused the yard sale listings. Two listings had clothes and outdoor toys that were age, gender, and size appropriate for my girls and both mentioned that they were part of a community yard sale. Community yard sales can be a wonderful gold mine of yard sale items. So hopeful of the treasures i would find in clothes and outdoor toys for my girls; i loaded up the van with kids, wagon, juice, snacks and portable little girl potty. It was early but i hoped it would be worth it. We arrived just as the sale opened for business and got two things. Then we went to the second sale where i picked up some nice pajamas for my girls. With less than $10 spent i was eager to continue. It was then that i saw the signs indicating that the community sale wasn't until tomorrow. Huge bummer! We were ready for some serious yard sale shopping. We did find another community sale but it was a retirement community. They didn't have anything for little girls.
Maybe we will wake up early tommrow too. Maybe we will sleep in. Good deals or extra sleep sounds like a win/win situation to me. Hope your saturday is full of good cheer.
Maybe we will wake up early tommrow too. Maybe we will sleep in. Good deals or extra sleep sounds like a win/win situation to me. Hope your saturday is full of good cheer.
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