Once again my children leave me speechless for better or for worse.
Experience #1
Annie is coloring a picture of Santa Claus for homework. She is being tested on her colors and she notices he is holding an ornament. On a side note: Annie has just finished learning the 4th article of faith.
Annie Oh Mom, he is holding an ornament…we have ornaments…hey, ornaments of the gospel. I wish I had some ornaments of the gospel. I would put them in my backpack.
Me They are actually ordinances of the gospel, but an ornament of the gospel would be nice too.
Experience #2
Hudson is bringing my bathroom garbage down the stairs.
Hudson Mom!! Why did you throw your old boobs away?! You just got new boobs. Don’t you need your old boobs?
Me (Standing dumbstruck) Umm…well, that is called a bra and I don’t need it anymore.
And for the record, I have not had any plastic surgery…I’m just pregnant.
Posted on July 23rd 2010 in
Annie,
Hudson
Our summer has been filled with lots of fun and excitement, and a plethora of meltdowns to boot. Being pregnant and according to Will, quite crabby has only added fuel to the fire. I confess I feel the crab snapping at my children. I’m not sure who started what – if it was my crabbiness instigating the meltdowns or vise-versa, but we are stuck in a spiral and I am sooooo done with it all. The solution for me was more structure and scheduling. I enjoy being low-key, letting my kids play and chose the things they want to do, but that me has been suspended for the sake of the household until the end of the summer, in which time the situation will be reevaluated. I don’t enjoy being the Nazi mom cracking the whip, but sometimes it needs to happen. Most of the next little while gets to be scheduled. Yes, we have it down to the minute with piano practice, math, reading, spelling, snack time, chores, games, etc. So far it has worked like a dream and we have had no fighting. I can feel the teacher in me sneaking to the surface. I have repressed her for so long. Let’s see if it lasts…
We finally had a weekend where we didn’t have to be anywhere or see anyone. We spent it at home as a family. Will and Hudson spent time in the garage making a bird house and Annie and I spent time in the other half of the garage making her a play skirt. My mom gave me a bunch of early 90s material to practice on once I got my sewing machine so I went to town. I still haven’t learned to embrace(that’s code for use) patterns yet so the skirt is beyond less than perfect and I just kind of decided on design as we went. Annie and I had fun though. It sounded like Will and Hudson enjoyed themselves as well.
Posted on July 18th 2010 in
Annie,
Hudson,
family
I was lazy about taking picture over the 4th so Amy was nice enough to email me these. Our 4th of July continued into day 2 where we did a little BBQ, kicked back and relaxed. The kids made a tree swing and did a few crafts. It’s nice having them old enough to sit for any sort of extended time to do an activity.
We sat around and chatted as the kids did their thing…just another sunny, San Diego day. The shade we could find brought welcome release from the heat of the day.
Okay we have been moved in for several months and I totally forgot to blog about the house. Admittedly I have had other things on my mind lately, but better late than never, right? People keep asking me about the house. I think I will probably do it in two parts to reduce the number of pictures in the blog. Even then I got a little carried away.
So far we have been lucky that the kids haven’t tried to climb over the rail onto the ledges. Hudson does love sliding down the rail though and Annie has only tried to jump off the balcony part once. I think my scream has deterred any further attempts.
We love, love, love the house. With so much moving in my life we unpacked everything in about 72 hours and I haven’t unpacked anything since. Most things have a home, but there are still the 2 token boxes in the garage full of junk I just dumped extras into on the last day of the move. Those are always the last ones unpacked. I supposed if I have lived without them this long and they aren’t Christmas decorations I should really just chuck the box. I haven’t missed anything so far…
I know I still have Annie’s purple chair in my room, but it doesn’t fit in her’s without causing problems. It just becomes another stepping stone for disaster.
Once again I love that the vanity area offers separate areas for Will and I to keep our OWN stuff. What can I say…it keeps the marriage much happier.
Annie’s room is a little pinkified this time around, but she will only be a little girl for so long so we went with it…
It’s amazing the things one notices after taking pictures of the different rooms in a house. I usually walk into Hudson’s room and notice the mess on the train table or the floor. It wasn’t until just now I noticed one of the clocks slightly off. I can’t help offering a second thought to the huge booms and crashes I heard last week. I was assured everything was fine and under control…yeah, fine….
