Saturday
My driveway was covered in chalk drawings. My kids, my sister's kids, my brother's kids were all very busy playing at our house this weekend. It really made me smile to see all these cute butterflies, flowers, hearts, rainbows all over the driveway.
My girls are very crafty and love to cook.
Isn't that sweet.........
it is until it's your kitchen that is trashed and your ingredients for dinner all used up.
I try not to squelch their creativity so I leave the kitchen and tell them to clean up their mess.
I take deep breaths and tell myself It'll be OK.
They are having fun and getting along and being creative.
That is more important than a clean kitchen. Right? Breath.........breath
These are the times I numb out watching Oprah.
They made little cinnamon toasts,
apple triangles with Greek caramel yogurt and a chocolate chip on top
and chocolates with sprinkles on top.
It was all yummy, they sold all this and more making 10 dollars!
They dressed Sarah up like a monkey,
made her dance in our yard when cars went by to attract customers.
Honestly, she is a cute little dancer and was really shaking it
Sunday
In the middle of the Sunday Mayhem I saw this bird in my back yard!
It is a Western Tanager.
I have never seen this type of bird in my backyard. Not even up in the mountains.
I was very delighted.
I stared and stared. It looked so out of place among the starlings and robins.
After church we went to my parents for dinner.
They are finally both home from their world travels.
Monday
It is a Western Tanager.
I have never seen this type of bird in my backyard. Not even up in the mountains.
I was very delighted.
I stared and stared. It looked so out of place among the starlings and robins.
After church we went to my parents for dinner.
They are finally both home from their world travels.
It was so good to be at my parents. We stayed till 10pm.
Monday
This made me laugh.
While Nate and I were painting Emmaline's room
Luke got this chair stuck on his head.
Sarah came upstairs saying Luke needed me. He never needs me anymore so I was curious.
I was cracking up. He was a good sport and let me take pictures before we pried this baby off his head.
Funny right!?
Still funny
Tuesday
The dang ice cream truck parked its big booty in front of my house today.
What a rip off.
I was such a party poop and told the kids no way.
They acted like they didn't hear me and spent their own money on Popsicle's.
I know I'm not the only mom that gets ticked when the ice cream truck comes calling.
Well the kids are in bed and there are only a few more days of school.
They are all quiet except for one. Hmmmmmmmmm
Parenting is tricky.
We are trying to calmly give clear boundaries.
Rewarding for good behavior, taking away privileges for negative behavior.
Will this work out in the end? Oh boy. It's not looking good tonight.
I hope everything we are trying to teach them is sinking in somewhere.
If I had something yummy and chocolaty I'd be eating it.
Somewhere during this weekend Danny came over and we practiced.
He was a bit spacey because he proposed to his girlfriend a few days ago!
Glory Be!
Well that is a lot of pictures.
that bird picture is beautiful!! I love the stuck chair -- classic ;) ice cream truck music makes me cringe. I laughed really hard when i read that they had your daughter bring in the crowds dressed up, so cute
ReplyDeleteI liked this post, sums up a normal week at our house too, I hate the ice cream truck too. I like that song secret spring too. I love when you sing in your upper register, sooo pretty.
ReplyDeleteYep, I remember when my kids were younger I hated the ice cream truck too. My kids would run out the door thinking that they were going to get ice cream but they would come back realizing that they forgot the money. I wasn't about to chase them down the street with money in hand but a few times they remembered their money. Then it got to the point where I would hear the ice cream truck coming and I would stand in front of the door and tell my kids that I could buy them more ice cream at the store than they would get from the ice cream truck. Now that my kids are getting older they don't care as much for the ice cream truck. They sure grow up fast. I miss when they were little but I don't miss the day they colored the wall in the living room with red marker.
ReplyDeleteI like your blog Kristen. It looks fun. I'm thinking of starting my own. Have a good day.
Jen, I didn'take that picture of the bird. I should have labeled it with the photographers name.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, you should start a blog. It helps me take a step back from my life and see the humor and the joy and realize it's not so bad.
I sure wonder who you are my anonymous friend. When you start your blog send me and invite :)