Friday, 29 May 2009

• I just want you girls to know that I went to a ladies' thing last night at my church and Randy stayed home with both kids.  When I walked in the door at 8:00 p.m., both children were in bed asleep, my kitchen was clean, he had put away a load of laundry and put the other load in the dryer.  I could not believe it.  Now that is a wonderful husband.  I just had to brag!! 

  Madelyn is saying "mama" now.  I love it.  She also does this thing in the back of her throat (I really don't know how to describe it), but it sounds like a machine gun.  She growls a lot too.  My sweet, tiny, feminine little girl-haha!  She is also rolling her tongue (you know, how you "roll" your rrr's in Spanish? Like that).  Parker, when he's describing the dark, says "Dark it."  "Mama, it's dark-it."  When I ask him if he's okay (if he's hit his head or something), he says, "I okay me."  You know I can't do a post without talking about my kids!

  Watching the birds together...
  

  Took these at the Old Mill (where I took those pics from last week).  Uncle "Tee-Tee", Aunt Jessy and the kids.
  

  

  We didn't do a lot for Memorial Day weekend, just got stuff done around the house.  Saturday night we had some family in town so we were at my parents' visiting with them.  It was good to see them.

  Monday we went to the Old State House Museum downtown w/ my family.  It was pretty neat. 

  One of the rooms in the museum had a dress-up chest and a platform where you could play and take pictures.  We tried to get Parker to wear a hat, but he wasn't interested.
  

  Coloring a "campaign" button...you could take it up to the front desk and they would make a button out of it.  We forgot to go by there at the end though.
  

  After the museum we went to lunch at Purple Cow (a good burger and shake place here).  It was a fun day. The kids were pretty worn out though. 

  Walking downtown with Honey and Uncle Tee-Tee
  

  We've been home a whole lot this week which has been so nice.  We've been busy every weekend, so it's been nice to have a low-key week.  This afternoon we're heading down to spend the weekend w/ Nana and Papa (Randy's parents).  Randy's dad bought Parker a fishing pole when he was up here Mother's Day weekend, and he talks about his "loo-loo hole" and Papa's boat all the time.  So we're going to take him down so he can go fishing w/ Papa.  It's supposed to be pretty all weekend, so hopefully we can spend some time outside.

  I'm getting excited about our trip to Colorado to see my sister and my niece and nephew (and my brother in law Ragan)!  We going the last day in July for a week.  The sixteen hour drive with an almost three year old and an 11 mo. old will not be fun however.   But we're going to get a portable DVD player and I will pack plenty of snacks and toys and "surprises" for crucial times.  It should be a fun week once we get there.  Our kids will be 2 3/4 (Parker), 18 mo. (Truth), 10 1/2 months (Maddie) and 4 1/2 months (Isaiah).  I love, love, love that our kids our so close in age.  It will be fun to watch them grow up together.

  I have developed a new schedule to help me keep up with housework, now that we don't have small group at our house anymore (we break for the summer), it's hard to stay motivated!  But this new schedule I have is great because I can stay on top of it.  I have one big house thing every day (bathrooms, floors, etc.) and one exercise (Pilates, walking) and then I have a list of projects to do every week (like wash the dog, clean out closets, etc.).  Of course, laundry is an every day thing, if I don't it piles up quickly!  I think in the past I try to do too many things in one day and I get frustrated with the kids b/c they won't sit quietly and watch t.v. all day while I work!  LOL.  This has been good because it helps me spend some time with Parker and Madelyn playing and just focusing on them.

  These are the daisies that have grown up around my mailbox.  I planted them last spring but thought they had died...what a nice surprise it was to see them popping up a few weeks ago!
  

  Okay, I have to get off here and finish packing.  By the way, I wanted to recommend the book I've posted below. It's by a woman I know in our church, they have sacrificed so much to be foster parents for many, many years and she has written a book about it.  We have over 700 children in our county alone waiting for foster families and 150 waiting to be adopted.  Isn't that crazy?  Anyway, this book just shares her heart about it.  You can get it on the FamilyLife or Amazon websites or on their website.  Check it out!  Have a great weekend everyone!

  "The Middle Mom How to Grow Your Heart by Giving It Away"
  by Christie Erwin
  Published by Grayson Publications- May 2009
  www.themiddlemom.com
  themiddlemom@gmail.com

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