Nate just finished participating in the school play, Cinderella, as a town villager, which added to the chaos on most school mornings because his practices were before school. Gabe just finished up wresting, which kept us busy 2 nights a week and sometimes more with meets. Between that and AWANA, church, gymnastics, tutoring, homework, speech and trying to make an effort to eat at home EVERY night of the week, the time just got away from me!
Another reason I've had less time to journal is because Adri only takes a nap about 2 days a week now. She spends most mornings, bringing every toy she owns from the basement to the living room and then from her room to the basement and if I can manage to get her to sit still for 20 minutes to watch a Doc McStuffins or Dora, I use that time to get dinner ready and or clean up the disaster in the kitchen that occurs because I'v overslept and had to prepare breakfast for the kids in the blink of an eye. While the boys, at 3, would watch TV all day if I let them (I may have done that a few times), she would rather be doing something with her hands. She LOVES sticker books, painting, coloring and lacing or beading anything (you never know where you'll find a stray bead...in a register vent, glued to the dog's hair, or in the toilet). She'll make necklaces and bracelets with beads and her favorite thing to do is make her afternoon snack into a necklace by lacing cheerios with yarn and saving them until the boys get home. I think she does this just to tease the boys with her 'cool' snack. They don't care, though, and she still hasn't offered to make them one!
Matt is working a lot these days, so with the exception of our bedtime routine, I'm on my own for the day. I don't even wake up anymore when his alarm goes off. If it's still dark and it's still in the 5's, I don't open an eye! I asked him the other day why he stopped telling me goodbye in the mornings and he said that he hadn't. Yeah...it's WAY too early if I don't notice his farewell!
My friend, Erin, says "These are the best years," and I often recite that in my head (a million times a day) when things get monotonous, a little too chaotic, or I feel like a chauffeur running in circles (from the elementary school, to the church, to the Y, back home, to the high school, back to church, to the school again and then back home). We'll get back to the library soon and I see a PJ day in our near future :)
Here are a few pics from the last few months.
No school on a Friday = a great day to visit the Children's Museum (especially when it's a school day for Indy kids)!
Adri's 'self portrait' of her friend, Natalee!
Happy Valentine's Day!
I have been helping in the nursery at church for about 9 years. After Christmas, I switched gears and now teach the elementary kids twice a month! These are a few of my treasured students. The prep time for this class is so worth it. I really love getting to know them better and helping them learn about scripture. I usually walk away having learned a few things, too!
I have an obsession with watching my kids sleep!
Adri sleeping again...I couldn't get a picture of her perfect little pouty lips, so I thought this was just as cute!
Poor Razzle...
Movie night (every Friday) was something we started recently. It's now one of the highlights of my week! Matt and I get to sit on the couch or floor and snuggle with the kids, while they're in charge of snacks. It's usually popcorn!
Gabe went his entire wrestling season without one pin in a meet! He's aggressive in practice and of course, with his brother! After several meets and realizing that he wasn't trying his hardest to pin his opponent, we asked him why. He said it was because they make you sit next to your partner before you wrestle and it's easy to become friends.
Cinderella Villager/Guard...Nate was mad because Gabe was in this picture!
I found this and just thought it was fun! We were 18 in this picture...a few kids, 16 years later, and Matt's still a goofball that makes me laugh! I think he still has that tie!
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