The Christmas Story:
For God so loved the world, he gave his only son. On the 4th of July God gave Jesus to go into our hearts and give us lots of presents.
Well, sort of.... :)
Thursday, December 23, 2010
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Saturday, December 04, 2010
Santa 2010
Our first ever visit to Santa was successful! No tears! Olivia even smiled for the pictures and told Santa what she wanted for Christmas. Aidan was not so sure though... :)
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Me Shoot Buck. Daddy.
How do little boys figure out shooting? Certainly Aidan is exposed to lots of "hunting" talk, but the fact that he can figure out shooting things blows my mind! He set up these bucks and said "Me shoot buck. Daddy." The toy in his hand, his latest favorite, is affectionately called "Shoot Guy"... or in Aidan-speak "Oot guy".Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Revamped!
A couple of weeks ago I told you the saga of sickness while my kids were gone and my dashed hopes of mad productivity. Even though I did not get nearly as much done as I would have liked, I did manage to do some revamping to our bedroom. This project has been a long time coming!! We bought a headboard in June 2009 (never put up until now!), a new comforter in October 2009, and the last couple of months I've been collecting some odds and ends to spruce things up. Basically our room has looked completely mish-mashed for 3 years. I am SO loving the final product!!
I'm never good at taking "before" pictures... but our walls were the palest shade of green (basically looked cream) and there was no color. I just love the new hues! Our bedroom feels like a little haven to me now!
I'm never good at taking "before" pictures... but our walls were the palest shade of green (basically looked cream) and there was no color. I just love the new hues! Our bedroom feels like a little haven to me now!A Follow-Up
My Mom sent me this link in the comments of my previous post
Anna Quindlen can say it much more eloquently than I can!
The Good Enough Mother
Anna Quindlen can say it much more eloquently than I can!
The Good Enough Mother
Monday, November 29, 2010
The Perfect Mom
Even though we all know it isn't entirely possible, isn't it what we all strive to be? (Those of us that are Moms anyway...)
I've been thinking a lot lately about all of the expectations placed on us as parents to raise our children "the right" way. Whether you do a lot of reading about parenting, have religious expectations, social/moral expectations, or just a lot of ideas, I feel like I am constantly bombarded with expectations about the right way to do things.
Kids need: to watch little to no TV, do arts & crafts every day, read books every day, to eat healthy well-balanced meals every day, to be bathed and washed up everyday, to make sure they can do this & that developmentally, and on and on and on.
It's no wonder we all get overwhelmed from time to time (0r every day). I've come to accept that I am not perfect (obviously) but that I can try my best to give my kids everything that they need. No I don't feed them all organic foods and sometimes they just eat peanut butter sandwiches. Sometimes they wear the same socks 2 days in a row. Sometimes I break my 1 hr. of TV rule and they watch 2. Sometimes they go 3 days without a bath. And I rarely do crafts...that is what ECFE, preschool, and daycare are for. :) But you know what? I try. And even if I let all of these things go every week, they would still love me.
I want to hear from you too: where do you feel pressure? And what do you make sure to focus on/rule do you follow every day?
Side note: The one "rule" I do follow EVERY DAY is reading to them.
Side note 2: I say "me" and "I" a lot... I'm not leaving Ryan out... he does these things too, of course... this is just MY blog. :)
I've been thinking a lot lately about all of the expectations placed on us as parents to raise our children "the right" way. Whether you do a lot of reading about parenting, have religious expectations, social/moral expectations, or just a lot of ideas, I feel like I am constantly bombarded with expectations about the right way to do things.
Kids need: to watch little to no TV, do arts & crafts every day, read books every day, to eat healthy well-balanced meals every day, to be bathed and washed up everyday, to make sure they can do this & that developmentally, and on and on and on.
It's no wonder we all get overwhelmed from time to time (0r every day). I've come to accept that I am not perfect (obviously) but that I can try my best to give my kids everything that they need. No I don't feed them all organic foods and sometimes they just eat peanut butter sandwiches. Sometimes they wear the same socks 2 days in a row. Sometimes I break my 1 hr. of TV rule and they watch 2. Sometimes they go 3 days without a bath. And I rarely do crafts...that is what ECFE, preschool, and daycare are for. :) But you know what? I try. And even if I let all of these things go every week, they would still love me.
I want to hear from you too: where do you feel pressure? And what do you make sure to focus on/rule do you follow every day?
Side note: The one "rule" I do follow EVERY DAY is reading to them.
Side note 2: I say "me" and "I" a lot... I'm not leaving Ryan out... he does these things too, of course... this is just MY blog. :)
Saturday, November 20, 2010
An End to the Saga
Well, if you haven't guessed it by my last 10 days, it's been a little nuts.
Our washer broke again yesterday...that's twice this week. And so this morning we headed to Menards to purchase a new washer. Even though it's hard to spend the money, it's so exciting to get a new appliance!
I'd take a picture of it, but our laundry room is so not picture worthy (and my camera is out of batteries). Maybe in 10 years, when it's remodeled, you can see a picture of our (not so) new washer!
The best part? Watching the kids play in the newly remodeled box house. :) If my camera wasn't out of batteries, I'd totally take a picture of that.
Our washer broke again yesterday...that's twice this week. And so this morning we headed to Menards to purchase a new washer. Even though it's hard to spend the money, it's so exciting to get a new appliance!
I'd take a picture of it, but our laundry room is so not picture worthy (and my camera is out of batteries). Maybe in 10 years, when it's remodeled, you can see a picture of our (not so) new washer!
The best part? Watching the kids play in the newly remodeled box house. :) If my camera wasn't out of batteries, I'd totally take a picture of that.
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