Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentines Day yesterday!!
It's the perfect time to reflect on on the wonderful things in your life...I know that is what I did. I think my life...my family...turned out to be a great love story...and it just keeps getting better. All the bumps in the road sure made it more worth while. I love you guys!!
Wow, it's been so long since I have been on here and so many things in my life have changed. Dawson is about to start first grade, Brody about to start preschool. I remember when they were just little babies....how I miss that time.
My sister became and instant mom when her "soon-to-be-husband's", daughters mother died (what a mouthfull) it's been an experience watching her learn how to do it all. I would have to say that she has really matured in the process. It's been kind of a blessing for both of them. The doctors always told my sister it would be hard for her to have kids.....then she ends up with a guy (a great guy at that) who's daughter has no mother. God really does work in mysterious ways.
My mom and dad's divorce is about to go through....for a while there I really thought they were going to get back together. They have both changed so much.....I think they are just completley different people with difference needs and desires. I've learned many things about each of them that I never realized before. In the process, I think it has changed who I am and who I want to become.
Since Christmas, I think my realtionship with my husband has changed as well. I think it's changed for the better. I fell like I am more aware of who I am now. I am more aware of the things I do and I try not to take life so seriously...at least not as much as I used to. I have learned that his feelings are his feeling and my feelings are my feelings....it doesn't mean thats the way things are....it just means thats how we feel. For me, that has really been the key.
We just got back from a mini-vacation. We went to Scott City, Kansas. It was a nice little trip, we stayed in a Cabin for 4 nights. The best part was going to see Monument Rock....the boys really enjoyed that. We also looked at some museums there and we found a really awesome park where the boys had a blast! Take a look:
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So we took a camping trip a couple weeks ago. It was quite nice! We did some hiking and fishing and the boys had a blast playing on the playground there. We even took Sammy with us and that was truly his kind of trip. The nights got chilly but at least it didn't rain. We are planning another trip at the end of October and yes, I know the nights will be even colder. Blankets! Blankets! Blankets! I'll tell ya, I sure like camping in the fall a lot better then in the summer. In the summer it is so hot and when you get in your tent at night it feels like your in an oven. I'd rather be too cold, then too hot. Anyways, we all had a blast and can't wait to go again!
Brody and I are adjusting to all this wonderful time we have together. We've been going to the park and the mall play place and the library and shopping and all kinds of fun places. We all go out and wait for the bus together in the morning and then we are both there to see Dawson home in the evening. Its the one time of day I can count on seeing them hug each other. It is so sweet. I think this new routine will work out just fine for us. I'm so fortunate to be able to stay here with him and to have the opportunity to see Dawson on the bus each morning. We are all so blessed.
Oh were has the time gone? Thease 5 (almost 6) years have gone so fast. I love him so much!
So Dawson starts school in less then 13 days! I have been very excited about it, but in the last few days I have been feeling very sad and nervous for him. I know he will ultimately be fine, but all these scenarios keep running through my head. What if he drops his lunch tray?? What if he gets lost?? What if someone picks on him?? I know that I am more worried about thease things then he is. He is VERY independent and I know that he is more then ready for this. But I can't help but think about how he has stay home with me for all of thease 5 years of his life. It's going to be a BIG change. Time has gone so fast. The next thing I know he will be brining home a girl for me to meet. Wow.
Brody never really was a baby. He was born big, and grew fast. He was in a size 5 diaper by the time he was 6 months old! I've had the poor kid wearing a size 6 shoe, went to Payless yesterday, and ended up buying a size 9!! I'm pretty sure he is ready to start potty training, but here is the problem, the plastic training pants don't come any bigger then 35 pounds. He's almost 40!! I can complain though, he may be big for his age, but he is also very smart for his age. Know, I know what your thinking, I'm his mom, and all moms think that. Maybe he's not that smart. But here is what amazes me....he just turned 2 on Saturday and he knows ALL the letters of the alphabet. If you draw them, he will tell you what they are. If he sees a word (like on an exit sign or a poster on the wall,) he will read the letters. He also knows square, circle, star and triangle. And he knows blue, green and yellow. To me, that is AMAZING!!!
There is nothing that gets my blood boiling more then rude people!!
As a mom, I have made my number one goal to be teaching my children to be polite, use manners, think of others. To me, there is nothing more important.
It really bugs the hell out of me when my kids and I go to a parade more then an hour early, sit down and wait, and then two minutes before it starts a whole swarm of people push in front as if we were never there.
It really bugs the hell out of me when I've got a car full of kids and I'm driving down the road at the speed limit and some jerk pulls out right in front of me like I'm invisible and I have to slam on my breaks.
It really bugs the hell out of me when I'm waiting to take a photo of my son's graduation and I'm standing polietly in the back with all the other parents and that one rude mother walks up clear in front of everyone like no one is behind her. Guess she just wants the back of her head to be in everyones photos.
It really bugs the hell out of me when my kid is playing on a toy at the arcade and some other bigger kids come up and take it away and his parent watches like that is perfectly okay.
It really bugs the hell out of me when I'm selling something for 50 bucks at garage sale and some lying bastard says he only has 25 dollars, I say okay, then he hands me 30 bucks and waits for change.
I beg anyone who is reading this, please, please, please stress the importance of common curtiosy to all the children in your life. Maybe we can rid the world of rudeness one child at a time.
In Addition: It also bugs the hell out of me when a person, who doesn't even know me, makes an assumption of me, or of others for that matter. If EVERYONE goes through thease challenges, then why doesn't EVERYONE teach their children to be better people, why don't they become a better person themself? My son is almost 6 years old and he knows all about "bad words" and rude people. And NOT because I use bad words around him, but because I teach him not to be a rude person. I thank the Lord that he is a good person and I hope that will never change no matter how many people disgust him. I believe that there are a lot of good people in the world, infact, I believe that the world has much more good in it then bad. I also consider myself and optimist. I don't have too many pet peeves in life....just one big one. I am not a perfect person, but I DO know how to teach my children to be respectful of others. I believe that I do live in a good world, it's just a world that consist of a few jerks that will most likely always be that way.
