Haley is officially a preschool drop out & I couldn't be happier about it! I'm amazed at the weird looks that say "Why on earth would you pull your 3 year old out of preschool, she'll probably never get into Harvard?" Seriously people, she's 3! I had very mixed feelings about her going to preschool this year, most of them were MY feelings about sending my youngest off to "school" two mornings a week. I love her, I love being with her and I wasn't ready. I thought keeping her home this year would be selfish since she acted like she really wanted to go. She didn't cry when I dropped her off, seemed to like it but I did notice some mornings she & Harper would say, " Who has to go to school today? We want to stay home" and then one morning Haley says, " I need a break. School gives me a headache"...yes, it was just Haley being Haley but I think it was God nudging me a little. Prayed about it & when Jason got home, I said, "Please don't think I'm a crazy Mom but I want to pull Haley out of preschool" He didn't think I was crazy mom and now she's a drop out. We now have a few days a week when we can just stay home or do something fun on our schedule. Can I keep the outside world from eating into our family time forever? No, but I can certainly try to carve out as much time for us as I can while I can.
Many of my mom friends dread school breaks & the summer, I'm not that Mom. I crave uninterrupted, unscheduled time without the rushing around that school brings. I'm not supermom, they drive me crazy sometimes, I want to run away sometimes, sometimes I just can't answer one more question without thinking my head will explode but they're still my favorite people to be around.
Monday, October 21, 2013
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Long overdue picture round up!
Lily & Lacy back to school haircuts. We have major haircut remorse about Lily's.
Very unpolitically correct picture. We saw some Muslim women with their headcoverings out one day, I explained it & then a few days later....
Proof Haley can sleep ANYWHERE, in the middle of the day @ our community pool while kneeling on the concrete.
Silly Lacy @ Back to school picnic
First day of 2nd & 3rd grade...please let me figure out a way to stop time.
Haley Mae on open house day
Our prayer board...Eli & Elliot are now a lower priority than the twin pandas at the zoo
Look out world, I'm starting preschool
Harper, "get in the car already. I get Mommy to myself for 2 hours. Do you know how many questions I can ask in two whole hours?"
Harper spilled yogurt on her first outfit of the day, had to quickly change and was very, very mad because she "doesn't like this outfit AT ALL!"
Halloween shopping at Goodwill, Lacy spots this jacket and says, "Mommy, we have to get this for Grandpa, he would LOVE it!" I have no idea why she thinks this.
First fall like day means leggings and cute boots at our house!
Because sometimes you just want your Mom to take a picture of your belly & send it to Daddy
May not know it from the picture but Harper is Daphne from Scooby doo and big ol baby is Fred. Yeah, makes sense since Harper is Scooby
Fun @ Walmart
The girls have been taking turns planning a meal & then helping me cook...Lacy's dessert was apple pie
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Back to Blogging
I've had BLOG on my to do list every week for months...it hasn't happened until now though. Most of it was just other things took priority but then some of it was I just didn't feel like it. The last several months have been much about waiting. Waiting to hear if we were going to get a new job, waiting to hear if we're going to move, waiting to hear if we're going to get a different job, deciding if that job was right, etc.. I'm not good at waiting, sometimes I feel like I've been waiting since we moved here.
So, I'm doing my best to not just put BLOG on the list but to actually try my best to keep up...here's some funnies from the past few months or so.
Discussed the sinking of the titanic at dinner yesterday which was much a much improved conversation topic because at breakfast we discussed where throw up comes from. Yeah.
Lily was telling us that "like 2000 people died"
Harper, "Yeah, all those people got up ate up by the sharks"
Lacy, "Harper, the didn't get eaten up by sharks. They died because the water was so cold and they got a really bad brainfreeze"
Lily had a new friend at school, new to the district this year. She talks about her non stop so because I'm a nosy Mom and need to see who my kid is hanging out with we invited her over.
Me, "Where did _____ move from?"
Lily, " Mexico"
Me, "Really, are you sure?"
Lily, "Yeah, you know that river between America and Mexico? She swam over it"
Me, "Really, are you sure?"
Lily, "Yeah, seriously Mom"
Me, Whats ______ last name?"
Lily, "Ummmm...I think it's Mi Amigo or something like that"
Harper & Haley wanted to know what would happen if you try to paint a lions nails? What about a fox's nails?
Haley says, "I like zebras. They don't hit people. They just like to snuggle with people" I asked when she had snuggled with a zebra and she yells, "OH YES, AT THE ZOO?"
Haley confiscated Lacy's sparkly purse one morning, after Lacy left for school. She had it on and was ready to go to school. I asked her, "Isn't that Lacy's purse?" Haley says, "Not anymore. She wasn't taking good care of it so I took it. Isn't it just so pretty?"
Haley walks in the bathroom the other day while I'm changing and yells, "WOW, YOU LOOK JUST LIKE A COW" Great for a mother of 4's self esteem!
Caught Harper telling Haley, "we can go potty at the same time. Just put your booty right here on the potty next to mine" I shut that idea down pretty quick.
Harper & I were on our way to pick up Haley from her first day of preschool, I asked Harper "Did you miss your buddy this morning?" Her answer, "No I liked it"
Harper got two free meal coupons to Rain Forest Café from her school, she said, "I guess just me & Daddy get to go. Too bad for everybody else"
Haley is an Ariel the mermaid addict so of course I got her a sparkly Ariel mermaid backpack for preschool. First thing she did was unzip it, sticks her head in and says, "it even smells like Ariel!!
Picture Update Next!
So, I'm doing my best to not just put BLOG on the list but to actually try my best to keep up...here's some funnies from the past few months or so.
Discussed the sinking of the titanic at dinner yesterday which was much a much improved conversation topic because at breakfast we discussed where throw up comes from. Yeah.
Lily was telling us that "like 2000 people died"
Harper, "Yeah, all those people got up ate up by the sharks"
Lacy, "Harper, the didn't get eaten up by sharks. They died because the water was so cold and they got a really bad brainfreeze"
Lily had a new friend at school, new to the district this year. She talks about her non stop so because I'm a nosy Mom and need to see who my kid is hanging out with we invited her over.
Me, "Where did _____ move from?"
Lily, " Mexico"
Me, "Really, are you sure?"
Lily, "Yeah, you know that river between America and Mexico? She swam over it"
Me, "Really, are you sure?"
Lily, "Yeah, seriously Mom"
Me, Whats ______ last name?"
Lily, "Ummmm...I think it's Mi Amigo or something like that"
Harper & Haley wanted to know what would happen if you try to paint a lions nails? What about a fox's nails?
Haley says, "I like zebras. They don't hit people. They just like to snuggle with people" I asked when she had snuggled with a zebra and she yells, "OH YES, AT THE ZOO?"
Haley confiscated Lacy's sparkly purse one morning, after Lacy left for school. She had it on and was ready to go to school. I asked her, "Isn't that Lacy's purse?" Haley says, "Not anymore. She wasn't taking good care of it so I took it. Isn't it just so pretty?"
Haley walks in the bathroom the other day while I'm changing and yells, "WOW, YOU LOOK JUST LIKE A COW" Great for a mother of 4's self esteem!
Caught Harper telling Haley, "we can go potty at the same time. Just put your booty right here on the potty next to mine" I shut that idea down pretty quick.
Harper & I were on our way to pick up Haley from her first day of preschool, I asked Harper "Did you miss your buddy this morning?" Her answer, "No I liked it"
Harper got two free meal coupons to Rain Forest Café from her school, she said, "I guess just me & Daddy get to go. Too bad for everybody else"
Haley is an Ariel the mermaid addict so of course I got her a sparkly Ariel mermaid backpack for preschool. First thing she did was unzip it, sticks her head in and says, "it even smells like Ariel!!
Picture Update Next!
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