School is finally over the and kids have mixed emotions. Mallory was really sad and said that she cried when she left her teacher, and Julianne was glad that her school year was over. Nathan was confused and did not understand why he was not going back to school. The kids have done pretty well over these first few weeks of summer break. They had a basketball camp which Mallory loved and Julianne did not appreciate. So that may be the last time we sign her up for a sports camp. She claims that sports camps are boring but she likes art camps. So that will be good for next year to know. We really don't have much planned for this summer. The girls are taking a few art camps, Mallory is taking a hors back riding camp, Nathan is doing a mini soccer season and he is doing the local safety town. So that is about it. I think they will be starting their local soccer season before we know it but I am glad that most of the activities are behind us.
The girls just finished up with their softball season and surprisingly they loved it. They both really enjoyed it and had a great season. Mallory improved a lot during the season and the coach said that she has the best batters stance of the league. Julianne also really improved and really like playing catcher. She is also thinking about trying to pitch next year so that is great to see her take that initiative.
We had our family reunion last week and everything went pretty well. We stayed at a local water park hotel and that was great for the kids. I must say that Lindsay is a crazy girl in the pool. She just wanted to walk of the ledge of the pool and go in without me holding her. She was crazy. I put a life jacket on her because of that and she screamed the entire time it was on. She is too small to swim alone with the life jacket and it was too big so I still had to hold her and she was also not thrilled with that. She would have drowned if we were not there. She was so persistent on going in by herself. So we ditched the pool and went to the water park where there was a zero entry point and she was much happier with that. She wants to do things on her own, in her own way and does not want to be told otherwise. I took her to a soccer meeting last night at the local library and she wanted to run around the entire library. If we went to go and grab her she would scream bloody murder. We would carry her back to our meeting and she would run like there was no tomorrow out of the room, up the stairs and into know man lands. I would have loved to let her go where ever she wanted and see how she reacted. Would she ever stop to see if I was behind her. At what point would she become scared that she did not know where we were. I don't know how she would react but she sure has a mind of her own.
Well we have some wired virus going on around this house. Nathan had a fever this weekend. I took him to the doctor thinking he had strep because he had white bumps on his throat. Then he broke out in a rash and it got worse last night. He was so itchy. Mallory is feeling the same way. The doctor is suppose to get back in touch with me since the overnight test did not show strep either. So I don't know if it is hand, foot, and mouth disease or not. Julianne had that when she was about 2 and it started on her face and hands. So this is a little different, so who knows.
Well I have pictures but I have not put them on photobucket so I will try to get them up later.
Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-seeing my entire family every year
-everyone getting along and feeling less negative energy/judgements
-Lindsay and her go getter attitude
-meditating with our family every night (we started this a few weeks ago)
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Mallory's birthday
Well once again it has been a long time, over a month. Wow, that might be my longest stint away from my blog. Work has been crazy, life is crazy what else can I say. I know I always start this way but if I had more time for everything I would blog more. Oh well. Our month of April was great. The kids were all busy with activities and it is just now coming to an end. This upcoming weekend is another crazy activity weekend but after this weekend things settle down (thank goodness).
Nathan just finished soccer and he did really well. He is really talented and good at soccer. I can even tell that he just gets it. He can take the ball and score, he sees the holes within the kids and gets through them with the ball and just moves really well. He coach said at the last game that within 15 years he will see Nathan at the local professional soccer stadium. Nathan did really get what he was saying but it was nice.
Mallory is progressing in her soccer. She is not very aggressive or possessive during the game but she can have a lot of fun and try. She is getting better at that and D is helping her with that. He said that if he can help her improve on her aggressiveness then that is great. She has the drive and most of the skills but sometimes could care less if the other team takes the ball. That sounds somewhat familiar to how I was in sports. So I understand. She also has her first dance recital this weekend. We are excited to see her. She really likes tap and is going to try ballet this summer. Mallory is also playing softball this spring. It is her first year and so far I think she likes it. I played softball for one season but really did not enjoy it. I remember playing catcher and I hated that the ball came right toward me. I also broke my arm that spring so I ended up not finishing the season, which I was OK with. Mallory just had her friend birthday party this weekend and had a great time. D and I both had a great time because it was not a sleep over. We had the girls over from 5 to 8 pm. and they mostly played outside. They made their first initial of their name so that took up some time but other than that they played outside with each other. She is supper sweet friend and did a great job of playing with everyone.
Julianne is finishing up with soccer this weekend. She has a tournament this weekend that I enjoy watching but I think the coach puts too much emphasis on it. The last tournament the girls were in tears after their third game because they did not win. We are looking at switching her teams this upcoming season to give her a new coaching perspective. So hopefully she will make the other team, but if not she has this team she can continue to play for. Julianne is also playing softball this year for the first time. She does not love it but is trying it. So her first game is tonight and I think her perfectionist self is worried about how she will do. So we will see. She is doing great in school and loves trying hard in school. She is also going to try ballet this summer which will be interesting because she really wants to jump around and to leaps and dances but I keep emphasizing that beginning ballet is all about positions and the details of the positions. But taking it this summer will be great because she can try it without it becoming a big commitment.
Lindsay is in an interesting phase. She is supper grouchy most of the time. She wants to do everything that she wants to do and definitely throws a fit when her way is not our way. Myself, her lovely or anything else does not easily soothe her. She is not a snuggler or a lover, but I think Nathan was this way for a while and now he is. So hopefully that will change with time. She is definitely a hoot. Her stink faces make me laugh and her inability to laugh makes me try harder to get her to loosen up. She also acts like is about 2 going on 4. She goes up the big playground equipment and really wants to go off the edge like bigger kids would when they go down the pole. However if she did it she would drop 10 feet. Then she gets mad when I take her off that equipment. Crazy. Anyway, it is all normal behavior but very tiring all the same. We are having fun with the kids and I know that D is enjoying all the kids sporting activities. It will be great to have a break this summer and to slow down our crazy pace. I miss hanging around our house.
My quilt I finally finished for D's office. Now I am working on Nathan's.
Stink Face
Nathan and his mad soccer skills
Our local family baseball game, where we always somehow always pick up another kid or two from the park.
Mallory's party with friends
Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-Watching the kids enjoy their activities (or semi-enjoy them)
-Seeing Mallory interact with her friends
-Lindsay's stink face.
-My wonderful husband and his great Mother's Day activities
Nathan just finished soccer and he did really well. He is really talented and good at soccer. I can even tell that he just gets it. He can take the ball and score, he sees the holes within the kids and gets through them with the ball and just moves really well. He coach said at the last game that within 15 years he will see Nathan at the local professional soccer stadium. Nathan did really get what he was saying but it was nice.
Mallory is progressing in her soccer. She is not very aggressive or possessive during the game but she can have a lot of fun and try. She is getting better at that and D is helping her with that. He said that if he can help her improve on her aggressiveness then that is great. She has the drive and most of the skills but sometimes could care less if the other team takes the ball. That sounds somewhat familiar to how I was in sports. So I understand. She also has her first dance recital this weekend. We are excited to see her. She really likes tap and is going to try ballet this summer. Mallory is also playing softball this spring. It is her first year and so far I think she likes it. I played softball for one season but really did not enjoy it. I remember playing catcher and I hated that the ball came right toward me. I also broke my arm that spring so I ended up not finishing the season, which I was OK with. Mallory just had her friend birthday party this weekend and had a great time. D and I both had a great time because it was not a sleep over. We had the girls over from 5 to 8 pm. and they mostly played outside. They made their first initial of their name so that took up some time but other than that they played outside with each other. She is supper sweet friend and did a great job of playing with everyone.
Julianne is finishing up with soccer this weekend. She has a tournament this weekend that I enjoy watching but I think the coach puts too much emphasis on it. The last tournament the girls were in tears after their third game because they did not win. We are looking at switching her teams this upcoming season to give her a new coaching perspective. So hopefully she will make the other team, but if not she has this team she can continue to play for. Julianne is also playing softball this year for the first time. She does not love it but is trying it. So her first game is tonight and I think her perfectionist self is worried about how she will do. So we will see. She is doing great in school and loves trying hard in school. She is also going to try ballet this summer which will be interesting because she really wants to jump around and to leaps and dances but I keep emphasizing that beginning ballet is all about positions and the details of the positions. But taking it this summer will be great because she can try it without it becoming a big commitment.
Lindsay is in an interesting phase. She is supper grouchy most of the time. She wants to do everything that she wants to do and definitely throws a fit when her way is not our way. Myself, her lovely or anything else does not easily soothe her. She is not a snuggler or a lover, but I think Nathan was this way for a while and now he is. So hopefully that will change with time. She is definitely a hoot. Her stink faces make me laugh and her inability to laugh makes me try harder to get her to loosen up. She also acts like is about 2 going on 4. She goes up the big playground equipment and really wants to go off the edge like bigger kids would when they go down the pole. However if she did it she would drop 10 feet. Then she gets mad when I take her off that equipment. Crazy. Anyway, it is all normal behavior but very tiring all the same. We are having fun with the kids and I know that D is enjoying all the kids sporting activities. It will be great to have a break this summer and to slow down our crazy pace. I miss hanging around our house.
My quilt I finally finished for D's office. Now I am working on Nathan's.
Stink Face
Nathan and his mad soccer skills
Our local family baseball game, where we always somehow always pick up another kid or two from the park.
Mallory's party with friends
Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-Watching the kids enjoy their activities (or semi-enjoy them)
-Seeing Mallory interact with her friends
-Lindsay's stink face.
-My wonderful husband and his great Mother's Day activities
Monday, April 9, 2012
It's been awhile
Well it has been awhile. We have been really busy with the kids and work has been crazy. So my free time has been spent working and keeping the house organized. I know when I have been busy when my quilting is on hold. Nathan's poor quilt is still in pieces on our dining room table. I worked on it this weekend for about 30 minutes. So I keep plugging away but as my time is consumed with other priorities my sewing takes a back seat. That is OK because I am still doing things I like to do so I am not really complaining but sometimes I feel like I could use an entire week to catch up on everything that I want to do personally. As parents our hobbies and interests take a back seat to the everyday activities our kids lives take up. I know that at some point in the future I will have time to do the things I always wanted to have more time to do, like sewing, photography, house and lawn projects, walking the dogs, and develop other hobbies. For me it is worth it to have less time for me right now knowing that it will come at some point. Our choice to have four kids limits our free time for now and sometimes it is hard but most of the time I know it is worth it. So my point for going on and on is that the less free time I have less often my blog posts become. I would like to write more but like I said there are a lot of things I would rather be doing then cleaning up the kitchen for the 5th time today but it is all worth it.
We had a great Easter. The kids had fun and Julianne is still gung ho on participating. I noticed that our neighbor, who is the same age, was not participating in her families Easter egg hunt. So that is great. She did not even question it. She is definitely a late bloomer and is not afraid to be young.
We also had a great time skiing in Utah. We had a rough start getting there since our first plane ran into a bird and had to come down 5 minutes later but fortunately they still got us to Utah with all five of us traveling together. The kids enjoyed skiing and Nathan skied for the first time and loved it. He went down a few blue and we got stuck on a double blue but he still plowed through it. He only lasted a few hours but we took the girls and ended up skiing the rest of the day with them. We had fun doing the moguls and skiing through the trees. Lindsay was not too happy that she was spending the day at the local daycare. She was grouching before that so that did not help. She refused lunch and when she took a nap she wanted to stay in her bed and not go with the caretaker. So that was hard but I knew it was temporary and she would have been a grouch at home so I was kind of glad I did not have to deal with her. She is feeling much better now. I think her ear infection is gone and she is no longer screaming "die, die" at the top of her lungs. I did not take any pictures with my camera but I did have my iphone. So if I can figure out how to easily upload those I will share them soon.
Lindsay was not cooperating...
Mumm...lots of chocolate. I can't keep it in my mouth.
Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-being able to go skiing with the family
-making it to Utah after our plane adventure
-Having Lindsay back to her sweet self
-planting lettuce
-time to myself.
We had a great Easter. The kids had fun and Julianne is still gung ho on participating. I noticed that our neighbor, who is the same age, was not participating in her families Easter egg hunt. So that is great. She did not even question it. She is definitely a late bloomer and is not afraid to be young.
We also had a great time skiing in Utah. We had a rough start getting there since our first plane ran into a bird and had to come down 5 minutes later but fortunately they still got us to Utah with all five of us traveling together. The kids enjoyed skiing and Nathan skied for the first time and loved it. He went down a few blue and we got stuck on a double blue but he still plowed through it. He only lasted a few hours but we took the girls and ended up skiing the rest of the day with them. We had fun doing the moguls and skiing through the trees. Lindsay was not too happy that she was spending the day at the local daycare. She was grouching before that so that did not help. She refused lunch and when she took a nap she wanted to stay in her bed and not go with the caretaker. So that was hard but I knew it was temporary and she would have been a grouch at home so I was kind of glad I did not have to deal with her. She is feeling much better now. I think her ear infection is gone and she is no longer screaming "die, die" at the top of her lungs. I did not take any pictures with my camera but I did have my iphone. So if I can figure out how to easily upload those I will share them soon.
Lindsay was not cooperating...
Mumm...lots of chocolate. I can't keep it in my mouth.
Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-being able to go skiing with the family
-making it to Utah after our plane adventure
-Having Lindsay back to her sweet self
-planting lettuce
-time to myself.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
My walking and getting into everything one year old
Well we finally celebrated Lindsay's birthday with the family. She did not dig into her cake. She had a few bites but was mostly annoyed that the icing would not come off her fingers. She kept trying to get it off and even tried to rub off the icing onto Julianne's shirt. So that was probably the funniest part and her reaction to the icing clumps on her fingers. That may be a little foreshadowing into her personality. Nathan is really particular about stuff on him but I can't really remember his cake eating experience. I guess I should go back to my blog and see how he reacted. She liked her gifts but like most one year old's did not really understand the older kids experience and was done with the first package.
She is checking out everyone and wondering why they are all staring at her and singing.
I can't get this icing off.
Here are some other pictures of Lindsay and her Santa doll that she loves but weighs too much for her right now. And her adventures outside since she is now mostly walking.
Julianne had a wax museum show at her school for all the 4th graders. She was Toni Morrison and she did an excellent job. So all the parents came to the wax museum and when you put money into their cups the kids came alive as their characters. We had a great time and the kids were very informative.
Mallory also had her class production. They had an open house in their rooms showing all the work they have worked on and it was followed by a singing production. She had a great time and it was great to see her with all her classmates.
Love her face in this one.
Well this past few weeks everyone, except for the adults, have been sick. It started with Julianne getting strep on a Sunday. D took her to the local clinic. She got medicine. Mallory and Nathan took a bath that night (the point for this comes later). Tuesday Mallory came home from school not feeling well so I took her into the doctor. Sure enough she also had strep. Nathan had a skinned knee that was looking a little funky. So during this week I was keeping my eye on it and putting medicine on it. On Thursday morning it was not looking any better and was actually spreading and looking pretty gross. So I took him in and he has impetigo which is a skin infection caused by the strep or staph bug. With four kids I thought I have seen it all but this was one that I was not aware of. So we got oral and topical antibiotics for that. So at one time I had 9 bottles of amoxicillin in my fridge. It gets better. Monday I took Lindsay in for her 1 year appointment and I thought that she may have an ear infection and she did. So she was also put on antibiotics. So everyone at my house is taking the pink stuff. I just took Julianne to the clinic this past Sunday and her strep is back so now she is on penicillin. So hopefully that takes care of all this strep. Julianne always gets strep so hopefully this will take care of it. Nathans leg is so much better and is really healed. Hopefully Lindsay's ear infection clears up because we are leaving for spring break soon and I don't really want to spend my time in a clinic there.
More pictures of the one year old.
Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-antibiotics-I would have a lot of misserable kids right now
-nice winter weather (70's this week)
-My comfy bed and quiet time to myself.
She is checking out everyone and wondering why they are all staring at her and singing.
I can't get this icing off.
Here are some other pictures of Lindsay and her Santa doll that she loves but weighs too much for her right now. And her adventures outside since she is now mostly walking.
Julianne had a wax museum show at her school for all the 4th graders. She was Toni Morrison and she did an excellent job. So all the parents came to the wax museum and when you put money into their cups the kids came alive as their characters. We had a great time and the kids were very informative.
Mallory also had her class production. They had an open house in their rooms showing all the work they have worked on and it was followed by a singing production. She had a great time and it was great to see her with all her classmates.
Love her face in this one.
Well this past few weeks everyone, except for the adults, have been sick. It started with Julianne getting strep on a Sunday. D took her to the local clinic. She got medicine. Mallory and Nathan took a bath that night (the point for this comes later). Tuesday Mallory came home from school not feeling well so I took her into the doctor. Sure enough she also had strep. Nathan had a skinned knee that was looking a little funky. So during this week I was keeping my eye on it and putting medicine on it. On Thursday morning it was not looking any better and was actually spreading and looking pretty gross. So I took him in and he has impetigo which is a skin infection caused by the strep or staph bug. With four kids I thought I have seen it all but this was one that I was not aware of. So we got oral and topical antibiotics for that. So at one time I had 9 bottles of amoxicillin in my fridge. It gets better. Monday I took Lindsay in for her 1 year appointment and I thought that she may have an ear infection and she did. So she was also put on antibiotics. So everyone at my house is taking the pink stuff. I just took Julianne to the clinic this past Sunday and her strep is back so now she is on penicillin. So hopefully that takes care of all this strep. Julianne always gets strep so hopefully this will take care of it. Nathans leg is so much better and is really healed. Hopefully Lindsay's ear infection clears up because we are leaving for spring break soon and I don't really want to spend my time in a clinic there.
More pictures of the one year old.
Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-antibiotics-I would have a lot of misserable kids right now
-nice winter weather (70's this week)
-My comfy bed and quiet time to myself.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Lindsay is walking
Well Lindsay has been testing out her legs recently. She now walks around 5 to 10 steps at a time. She still walks on her tiptoes so that kind of prevents her for taking off and going longer. I don't know why she does that and I think she is the only one that started walking like that.
I love when the kids sit like this. I love their little toes and I wish I could sit like this longer than a few minutes.
I checked on Lindsay one night, which I don't always do, and I was surprised when I noticed that her bottom was exposed. So I took a closer look and noticed that her leg out of her pajamas and her diaper was off her rear. So of course I had to grab my camera to capture this moment. I am glad that I did go in that night because who knows what I might have found in the morning. Definitely a wet bed and hopefully not some #2's in her bed, yuck.
Here is Mallory loving on her much neglected dogs. So I took a few pictures of them since they do not get as much attention these days and they are getting older.
Mel's extremely large tongue.
Some more basketball pictures. Julianne had a great season in her first year of basketball. She really pushed herself and definitely came out of her comfort zone. She was point guard most of the time and ended up having a great season and she learned so much. I even practiced with her some nights and she would teach me about protection dribbling, screens, and left handed layups. So I am even having fun learning about the game and practicing with her. She still had days that she did not want to be the point guard because "it is too much pressure", but she really is the best person for that position on both teams. The local team, with all girls, was tough but not as tough as her co-ed league. She was good and really competed with the boys. She had really upsetting times in the game where she was frustrated with people blocking her or her not being able to protect the ball. I am just really proud of her for trying and staying strong. Basketball is a tough, aggressive sport. I know she puts a lot of pressure on herself so we tried to emphasize that she does not have to do that and it is about fun. Anyway, she had a great season and she really pushed her comfort level.
Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-Lindsay accomplishing walking
-Lindsay's crazy stage where she tears up my kitchen and never puts anything back. :)
-Julianne and all her hard work learning the tough and aggressive game of basketball
-D coaching Julianne in her two leagues and growing as a coach and a father in those times.
I love when the kids sit like this. I love their little toes and I wish I could sit like this longer than a few minutes.
I checked on Lindsay one night, which I don't always do, and I was surprised when I noticed that her bottom was exposed. So I took a closer look and noticed that her leg out of her pajamas and her diaper was off her rear. So of course I had to grab my camera to capture this moment. I am glad that I did go in that night because who knows what I might have found in the morning. Definitely a wet bed and hopefully not some #2's in her bed, yuck.
Here is Mallory loving on her much neglected dogs. So I took a few pictures of them since they do not get as much attention these days and they are getting older.
Mel's extremely large tongue.
Some more basketball pictures. Julianne had a great season in her first year of basketball. She really pushed herself and definitely came out of her comfort zone. She was point guard most of the time and ended up having a great season and she learned so much. I even practiced with her some nights and she would teach me about protection dribbling, screens, and left handed layups. So I am even having fun learning about the game and practicing with her. She still had days that she did not want to be the point guard because "it is too much pressure", but she really is the best person for that position on both teams. The local team, with all girls, was tough but not as tough as her co-ed league. She was good and really competed with the boys. She had really upsetting times in the game where she was frustrated with people blocking her or her not being able to protect the ball. I am just really proud of her for trying and staying strong. Basketball is a tough, aggressive sport. I know she puts a lot of pressure on herself so we tried to emphasize that she does not have to do that and it is about fun. Anyway, she had a great season and she really pushed her comfort level.
Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-Lindsay accomplishing walking
-Lindsay's crazy stage where she tears up my kitchen and never puts anything back. :)
-Julianne and all her hard work learning the tough and aggressive game of basketball
-D coaching Julianne in her two leagues and growing as a coach and a father in those times.
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