I'm Back
11 years ago
My mom found this blog a few months ago and we both have come to enjoy reading, and listening, to it. From what I can tell it is a woman who loves the Lord with all that she has and her husband and family too. She has 7 gorgeous children. Yes, seven. I know. But reading her blog has been an inspiration to me. Did I mention she's an amazing photographer too? She isn't perfect, even if though I think they look perfect... physically. Her latest post I haven't finished reading, but plan to. It's long, but show her heart and her desires for herself and her family and her marriage. I wish that I could say I have the faith and spiritual wisdom that she has, but I don't. I feel like I have really fallen away in the last several years and am trying to get back. Moving as often as we have has made it a challenge to get plugged into a church and Bible studies, but that is something I'm trying to work on b/c it's going to be my life if we stay in the military. I just wanted to be honest about it. Maybe in hopes I will keep myself accountable that way. But I also thought some of you out there would love to find this blog as well.
I think that one of my favorite posts was about her daughters and princesses. Those of you who know me know how I feel about the whole "princess" thing the world has created. I have a sister, but neither of us were treated like a "princess." Don't get me wrong, we were definitely loved, but well, she was more into being a tomboy and I just wanted to be a mommy. Growing up I never liked watching "girly" movies b/c I knew that I would just want the fantasy of it all when I got married and I didn't want something that isn't true. Now that I'm married, I appreciate a good chick flick like the rest of you. It makes me love my husband and that I don't have to go through any of that, no matter how true or false it may have been.
Later, I worried about when I had children that I would have a daughter and she would want to be covered in crazy pinks, sparkling glitter and flashy tiaras and stand on the counter demanding everything be done right now! Yes, that is my idea of a princess. I know, it's not really like that, but I can't help but think it will be b/c we have come to want everything instantaneously, so why wouldn't our children feel the same way? Until I read her post about a princess party her daughters went to. I think we felt the same way about the whole princess thing, but both of us changed our perspective after this party. (I know, I didn't go, but it still did the trick!) If you have a daughter or two, I urge you to read about it. It's the kind of princess I hope to be and to teach my own daughter to be as well.
for listening to our prayers. Even if they are about silly little things like the weather. I want to praise you for the 75 degrees we are feeling today with less than 40% humidity. You knew I needed a perfect day outside with my kids so I could keep my cool with them. I know that whatever my request is, whether it's a small as finding money for a pedicure or cooler temps outside to as large as a family crisis or a career situation, you always answer us. You may not always answer them the way that we think they should be answered, but you always know what you are doing. I just need to be reminded of that too often. So, I thank you God for answering my little prayer for a sweat-free day!
I swung by the consignment shop on the way home from dropping kids off and found this little treasure. It was $25 marked at 40% off and I had credit. I paid $8 for this adorable outfit for Sophie. It was made by someone who is very good at sewing. Looks like it's missing the store tag. Isn't it cute? It's pink corduroy with a little green and white gingham ribbon and green ric rac trim. I love it!!! The sweet mom that owns the store told me that if nobody bought it by Friday she was taking it home in case she ever knew someone who could use it.
Saturday night I found Sophie lying on the kitchen floor (yes, it's clean, just really, really old!) with her blankie, baby, and paci. She does this often, but never before with her baby. She loves her and takes her almost everywhere these days. It's so cute!
Sophie trying on Christopher's costume the other day. She thought she was pretty funny and Christopher thought it was hilarious!
I was putting on a movie for the kids the other day and Sophie climbed up here like she'd done it a hundred times before. I've seen Christopher do it, but I trust his balance a little more. I don't trust him, however from knocking his little sister off for giggles.
I'm smiling b/c it's been a really good weekend here. The weather wasn't miserably hot, Brandon was finally home, I got to take a 2 1/2 nap and sleep in this morning. The house is a wreck, but I don't care. It was so nice to have my family together and having fun. It's been a crazy couple of weeks for us with Brandon's schedule and having to go out of town. Yesterday we played in the backyard, filled up the pool for the kids, took Brick to swim in the bay, let the kids swim in the bay, came home for lunch, took great naps, went to the commissary, watched the kids ride their bikes, gilled kabobs for supper, watched football, went to bed. Today we made muffins for breakfast, played Wii with Christopher, got ready for church, went to Sunday School, went to a reception at the church, Brandon and Christopher went straight to bed for naps, Sophie and I played with her baby doll and the laundry basket, Sophie went down for a nap, I relaxed on the couch, the boys woke up, we called the Newells about dinner, will soon go to dinner and then to their house to play afterwards. Don't you just love days that make you truly love your life?
I do.
That's what we are going to be for halloween this year. Yes, I've already gotten their costumes. We waited longer last year and couldn't find anything in Christopher's size, so I wanted to be prepared. Sophie's came first. I had no clue what to get her b/c your options for a girl out there are either a fairy, a princess, Dorothy or a witch. She knows nothing about any of those, so I decided to go with the fairy. It's adorable! And today i found the perfect goody bucket for her at Old Navy, a flower.
Now, Christopher was going to be more of a challenge. He's been saying for a long time that he wanted to be a dump truck. We are going to visit our families 2 weeks before halloween and I talked to my Dad and we were going to make it together with a styrofoam cooler and some suspenders. BUT, last night, Christopher squatted down on the floor like Spidey does, jumped up and said, "Mommy, I want to be Spiderman for Halloween!" I told him, "Done!" He then told me he wanted Grammie and I to make it for him. To which I quickly replied, "They don't made Spiderman fabric." So we headed to Target to buy him one. He's wearing it for the second time today and I have a feeling he will most likely be sleeping in it. That's what he did last year when he got his Incredibles costume.
but i just couldn't resist! We went up to the BX to get out of the house today and I found this adorable dress. I showed it to Sophie and she loved it. She actually carried dragged it, through the entire store and refused to let me carry it for her. She loves it and that makes me love it. It's a little louder of a pink than I typically lean towards, but like I said, it makes her happy. It will be a perfect little party dress for her when she turns 2 in January. Oh, and here's a pic of her taking one of her baby dolls for a ride in an empty diaper box. The kids love doing this! Them in the boxes, not toys. She's really becoming quite the little girl. Right?
Seriously, it's fall? Maybe everywhere else in the country, but not down here in the deep south. (Ok, I know FL isn't considered "southern" by the rest of the south, but I'm going to as long as I live here.) Do you want to know what the weather is going to be like this week here? Let's start with today, 88 degrees. Tomorrow 89 degrees. Thursday, 90 degrees. Friday, 88 degrees. (Whoa! We're cooling off that day!) And don't forget the humidity we have on top of all of that. Some days it's not as humid, but most days it is. It doesn't slow the kids down at all, but I feel like I need a shower at lunch and dinner and bedtime. Ok, I DO need a shower that often, but who has time? I just want one day, night, afternoon, any time to bring us a cold snap and kills all those "stinkin' bugs" as Christopher says. That's the worst part! My children look like they have scab covered chicken pox b/c they won't stay in the house and are eaten alive. I keep covering them with bandaids, but they just pull them off to scratch some more.
Now about the cold part. Lemonade. Pink. That's how I'm surviving. A big tall, fat glass of it in a plastic cup with lots of ice. Preferably from Zoe's. It comes with a lid and a straw (help keeps the "stinkin' bugs" out and I can wash it in the dishwasher). The other cold part is that my children have them. Sophie is yucky and runny and Christopher is congested and coughing. Brandon is gone and nobody will play with us and I can't drop them off anywhere b/c nobody wants sick children these days thanks to the swine flu fear we all have. So, at home, in the heat is where you'll find us. Or wandering around in the BX like lost puppies just trying to find something to do. Hey, at least nobody is throwing up. I can handle this as long as nothing gross happens. Just pray that Christopher won't bring back his little attitude he's been popping up on me lately. That I can't handle. Seriously, I don't know how to handle it! But I'm trying. Hey, that's all we can do right? I'm going to leave you with photos of what the little dirty ones have been up to while I was writing all of this. Just know that this is what they look like most mornings, until I can tackle them, wipe their faces and put less clothes on them.
And these are just a fraction of the trucks we own. They are just the larger ones. Yup, we love us some trucks around here!
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