Memories

Ever had something you do or eat bring back a memory? Sometimes with dinner I make garlic and cheese toast. Jimmy laughs because everytime I do I tell him how my Aunt Rhonda would make us pizza toast when I would stay the night with my cousin Sarah. It was basically the same thing but it had pepperoni on it and she would make it for us instead if ordering pizza. We were far from poor growing up but did not always have $ for extras like pizza. We would eat that and homemade brownies and have the best time. We are the same age and some of my best memories were made at their house. I wonder what my kids will remember some day about their childhood?

A day in the life of me

I did this post last year about this time. I think it will be fun to one day go back and see how much my day to day life has changed. Maybe I will look back and say "how did I do all that?" Or maybe I will think, "I wish I had all that free time." Lol. I remember during the summer when the kids went to Jimmy's parents for a week I did not know what to do with myself. Most days I feel like there are not enough hours in the day. But I know this is just a short season in my life and it will pass quickly. I try to guard my family's time and keep my priorities in line. I feel like we are so busy and we do not do even half of what other people do. I don't know how they manage. I just try to keep a balance. I went back and read my other post. I wanted to make sure i include the same type of information. Caden started first grade this year and now Paige goes to pre-k half a day everyday. I still work from home. I think that should cover it. So, here is what my average week looks like right now.

Monday- Alarm goes off at 5:15
Get dressed
Do my morning job duties for work
Fix kids breakfast
6:30 feed the kids breakfast, make their lunches and get them ready for school
7:10 take the kids to school
8-9 go to the gym
9-11:30 work like crazy! Lol
11:40 pick up Paige from school
12-2 give Paige lunch, clean and work
2:30 pick up Caden from school
3-5 finish up work, make sure homework is done, clean, fix dinner
5:30-7. Dance and soccer practice
7-8 bedtime routine
8-? Finish whatever else needs to be done! Lol. Usually laundry, work on Sunday school lessons and get everything ready for the next day

Tuesday- looks exactly like Monday but we have tumbling and no soccer

Wednesday- no dance or soccer
Church! This is also our family dinner day.

Thursday- I think my favorite day of the week. The daytime is the same as all the other days but our evening is free!

Friday- Daytime routine is the same. This is usually the day I add paying bills, making my meal plans for the next week and grocery shopping.

Saturday- soccer games at 9. Then whatever! Sometimes birthday parties. This is also my catch up day on my cleaning schedule.

Sunday- Church, and more church. Lunch with family and get ready to do it all over again!

Not the most exciting post, but one I want to remember.

Sam turns 3!

Today was Sam's 3rd birthday. I can't believe he is three. His party was at a place called the Little Gym. The kids all ran around and had a great time. His cake was so cute. Monster trucks! That boy LOVES cars. Lol. I think every time he leaves my house he leaves with a car. He just makes me smile. I hope he had a wonderful birthday. We love our Sammy!

Life lately

What does our life look like lately? Soccer and dance on Monday, dance on Tuesday, church Wednesday. Soccer games and birthday parties on the weekends and more church. And everything else in between. The days are starting to blur together. This will be a longer post but I am trying to play catch up!

The fish drama continues. Caden's fish died again!!!!! So my dad bought him some monster looking fish that I hated. The thing was evil! But it did not last long. It died too. Not sure what is going on but my dad said maybe we needed to start over. So being a good grandpa he got Caden a whole new tank and rocks. This time Caden opted to get two little hermit crabs. We will see if we can keep those alive. At least I am not afraid of them like the devil fish. Lol.
Paige is still loving dance and school. Tumbling is her favorite so far. Tap is a close second.

Caden went to a skating party this weekend. I was surprised how well he did skating. He ended up being the only boy that showed up to the party, not that he minded. Several times at the party little girls would come up to me and say "where's Caden?". At one point I looked up and saw him holding a little girls hand! It caught me totally off guard especially when her mom asked me if I saw them. I took Caden to the side and told him not to hold her hand. Lol. I questioned him about it later. I know it was totally innocent, but her dad did not look too happy. Lol. He seemed shy about it at first but then told me he was just helping her skate. I decided not to push it further. He is her friend and right now that is all he sees it as. He did not seem to see the problem or understand why her daddy did not like that. Lol.

Oh my. I am so not ready for all that. He will be a ladies man for sure. Of course jimmy laughed it off. But I reminded him how he would have felt if it was Paige and not Caden. Ha!

I am sure I am missing a lot, but that sums up the major happenings lately. This weekend is Sam's 3rd birthday! We are super excited about his party.

What do I want to remember?

Today I was thinking about why I started this blog. I want to one day look back and remember the little things. I am not a big picture taker or scrapbooker. To be totally honest there is not even very much written in my kids baby books. That is the real reason I started this blog. To help me remember. But what do I really want to remember? Today I could post about how I have been sick the past two days, or about parent orientation at school. (both of which I thought about writing about) Sometimes I think I am pretty random with what I post about. Sometimes I mean to blog about things, but I forget or don't have the time. I am hoping that the stuff I take the time to write about are really the things I will look back on one day and be glad I made the effort to document.

So what do I want to remember today? Today after school I took Caden to get a hair cut. I want to remember how big he looked sitting there all by himself. One day I will look back and think how little he was right? Then we went to Baskin Robbins for an after school treat and one on one time. I want to remember how happy he was just spending time with me. We talked about his day and he told me several jokes. I also want to remember how he told on himself when he told me he was moved in class for talking to his good friend. Lol. He is honest if anything! Then when we were done he picked up his trash and mine and with a wink said, "I got this mom". After we left he gave me a big hug and said he loved our date. These are the things I really want to remember!

Tumbling class

Last night was Paige's first day of tumbling class. True to form she was nervous. She did get very excited when she put on her new gymnastics outfit. When she walked into class she saw one of her friends from school. Thank goodness she knew someone. She had a blast. When we got home she was very excited to show daddy and Caden her back bend and forward roll. She was asking me this morning if she got to go again tonight. I guess you could say she liked it!

Weekend fun

Tomorrow is Labor Day, which means no school and no work! We have already had a great weekend. Saturday Paige was invited to a birthday party so Caden and jimmy went dove hunting with some friends of ours. They did not have much luck shooting any dove, but they had a great time and came home exhausted. I got to see video of Caden riding our friends four wheeler by himself. I try not to be over protective, but it did make me nervous. I just remind myself that is what boys do and it is good for him...right?

Anyways, while they were gone Paige and I went to her friend Ally's 3rd birthday party. It was a princess theme and totally adorable. All the girls dressed up in their princess dresses and there was even a real princess there. Paige had a great time and I will be honest when I say it made me wish I was a kid again. Jessica did a great job with all the details and everything was so cute!

Today after church Paige went to her first play date. Her best friend at church Cailyn asked if she could come over and play. They had so much fun together. These girls are going to be double trouble some day. Lol.

I am not sure what we are going to do tomorrow. Hopefully just relax and get ready for the week!