deprived

You know your daughter needs more friend time when you ask if she wants to go to story time at the library and you explain that there will be other kids there, in which, she very excitedly responds, "and I can play with them?"

Little miss' nap time isn't very convenient for playing with friends. Miss needs two naps still apparently, so it makes outing times available during lunch and late afternoon...not necessarily convenient. I'm torn between really trying to alter her schedule. I love two naps because that means two breaks for me, however it makes playing and story time difficult for boo.

splish splash

During spring break we took the girls to an indoor water park. I don't like swimming, water or swimsuits in general but I really enjoyed this outing.  My favorite was the lazy river( ?). I loved floating around with the girls and they loved it too. Totally recommend it, however I can't imagine I would have enjoyed it much if it had been busy.

Look at Boo! I can't believe how much she is growing up. She is turning into such a little kid- I haven't considered her a toddler for a very long time but she just transitioning into a school age kid. Time flies SOOOOOO very fast. Little Miss turns 1 very soon and that seems so very odd. It seems like maybe six months. ... Oh geez, i sure love my girls.

super mom

I don't know what your definition of what a super mom is or your opinion on whether or not one should try to attain such a status but I feel like a super mom. :)

A few ladies got together and had a motherhood retreat about a month ago. A few ladies shared things they learned from some podcasts they listened to about motherhood. I can't remember exactly what was said but I came away from that with a desire to make a few goals that I wanted to accomplish each day. For me, I decided to have goals that I wanted to be accomplish EVERY day not specific goals to make for each day. First, I decided I'd get my self back in the habit of regular scripture study. ( honestly this has been the hardest thing for me to do consistently since I graduated college. I get in the habit and then something changes that schedule and it takes forever to get in a pattern again.)  So each day I make sure scriptures happen. Then I make sure exercising happens ( which I have to be realistic and realize 1or 2 days a week it just can't happen due to schedules but I do as much as I can). My last goal is to quilt a little, ideally a whole block....this is a quilt top I put together 9 years ago this summer. I. WILL.FINISH. IT.THIS YEAR.

Anyway, I have found I feel Awesome when I get just those 3 things done. And somehow by trying to get just those 3 things done more things end up getting accomplished and I begin to feel like super mom.  It feels great because for the last few months I've been just chilling and just getting through winter.  So if any of you feel like you've been ho-hum make a goal or two for your day, see if it makes any difference in your day.

challenge

GG and I gave each other a challenge for the week. Mine is that I can't say anything negative about my body. Day 1 was a success but I can't count how many negative thoughts I had. The hope is that by not being able to say them I might start to control my thoughts...and make a bigger challenge next week. Ever since I started working out and my body started to change in good ways, I started to see the things that aren't changing and things that I want to change.

Do you guys have negative thoughts about your body or am I really in a slump concerning my body image? Which as I say this, I also notice some of the good things about my body too but the problem is that I dwell on the negative. :(

failed attempts

What's wrong with this picture???

Uh..... pretty much everything. 

We had the dickens of a time getting this couch down stairs. This was the 2nd or 3rd attempt. I won't say who's idea it was but I think it is obvious it failed and I think this picture is hilarious. We started moving this couch down around 10:00 this morning and we finally got it in the basement around 7:00 tonight.  Granted we had several other projects going on and had to let this stew for awhile after GG finally believed me when I said that I was not the right gal for this job and he would have to find a friend to help. I like to think I'm a strong girl but I guess working out with 1lb weights doesn't cut it when moving couches. HAHAHA! (just so you know, I'm going to move it up to 2lb weights this next week...living on the dangerous side, I know.)

a thousand words

I have a friend who is doing a challenge called something like "in the picture"??? Anyway, it's something about how mom's are always the ones behind the camera and that the kids and you are going to want to remember you were a part of it all. I love that on my friend's blog she has pictures of her when she isn't all gussied up but what she looks like in the morning playing with her kids at home. I very much admire her confidence in herself pretty much in every way but I thought that was very admirable. I thought I'd try to to take more pictures and sometimes include me in them...even without showering or getting ready for the day...yikes.  I haven't taken pictures every day but I have pulled the camera out since I have been soooo very lazy.

I've also been inspired to take more pictures and get more on our video camera because of my grandpa who passed away. He was always video taping and keeping a record of life. I most likely will not be as diligent as he but I need to do better documenting my family's life. I love my life and I want to remember it. And they are going to want to remember it to. I'm not very good with words..especially the spoken word and these pictures are going to be worth a thousand words when they ask, "what was I like when I was growing up?"

 Hair pulling and this time it's not me pulling my own hair...sometimes I let her, it's better than her grabbing my eyes and lips:

Sisters watching Baby Einstein

The grabbing of the lips that I previously mentioned:

 Here little miss! Here little miss! Interesting little habit she has picked up lately:

 Climbing and attacking mom all while giggling...I grabbed my phone since it was within arms reach

 falling asleep while eating...ahhhhh

I'll keep trying to take pictures throughout the month.

dream. dream dream

The last few nights I have been dreaming heavily or just being woken upat all the wrong times so that I know I'm dreaming.  Dreams are just weird. Do we dream all the time but just can't remember them? Where do the story lines come from? Are all natural story creators we just don't know how to tap into it? And do babies dream stories? Where does the material come from?

Ps. I think I'm going to start calling Little Miss as flapper girl or raspberry. She flaps her arms and legs so much I think she is about ready to take flight and she has been blowing so many raspberries , I think it's one of her favorite things to do. I generally don't mind however she has learned to do it with food in her mouth. Not cool.