Why I LOVE kids

Tyli's self-portrait.
Another version.

Madi's picture of Abraham Lincoln.

I seriously love the writing at this age! This is one of Madi's stories.

This story came home with some tears from my tenderhearted girl. Apparently Madi forgot to write her name on her paper so her teacher read it out loud for someone to recognize it. The kids laughed. Can you blame them? It's funny! But apparently it wasn't meant to be funny so keep your laughter to yourself. :)


I guess that Tyli had a lot to do!!

V-Day Happiness

No thank you.

Cliche.

Uh, uh.

Nope.

Yawn.


This is what does it for me....

Thanks Babe! I love you!

Boo Hoo

This is Jon and I thinking about having to return to reality tomorrow. Sniff. Sniff.

If we didn't miss our girls like crazy you might never see us again. :)

A little of what I did today...

Dos Ojos






Akumal Bay

Mexico Here I Come

Off to Mexico...or shall I say, the airport....in two hours. It will be worth it. It will be worth it. It will be worth it. :)

Blogging in my Head Again....

It's late. I'm tired. So tired I lay my head down on the table. Suddenly flashes of highschool and college come to mind. I spent much of that time sleeping on my desk. Then I start blogging...in my head...I guess that's what I do at night. But hey, I'm right by my computer. I suppose I can rouse myself enough to type it out this time.

I think the challenge about blogging is the idea that I have to portray my life as pretty perfect, almost always. And let's face it, it's not. I try to be a "glass half full" kind of gal, and I don't really want to be a Debbie Downer, but I might just include a little bit of the downs along with the ups.

I guess I can do that tonight since I am heading to Mexico in a day. I can't last down here long right?

This week the biggest challenge has been getting over myself. Yes. I do stupid things. Like saying dumb things whilst in front of large groups of people. Instead of letting in roll off my back, as I'm sure they haven't thought twice about it, I obsess. I kick myself over and over, when it really wasn't a big deal. Yet I can't let it go.

The other challenge has been the new "tude" my six-year-old is copping. My pretty much perfect, smart, happy, kind, helpful little girl has a dark side. I see it so rarely I don't really know how to cope. Again, back to kicking myself...over and over. Suddenly the next phase is here. I'm wondering if this is how it will be. A teenager for the next 14 year. AHHHH! I suppose I have some serious payback coming my way after what I put my mom through. What goes around comes around.

ACCEPT

I came across the blog/website: http://aliedwards.com/2010/12/one-little-word-2011.html#more-8036

I was a little inspired. It's funny how once you learn about something you start to see it everywhere. That's the case with "One Little Word". I love the idea of choosing something, one way to change myself for the new year. I still want to keep and break all of my other resolutions, but to focus on one word....I might be able to do that.

So the word I've chosen is ACCEPT.

I want to ACCEPT God's plan for me, even if it might not be my plan.

I want to ACCEPT the things that I can not change.

I want to ACCEPT myself for who I am.

I want to ACCEPT others for who they are.

I want to ACCEPT the differences in my children and embrace them.

This will be an interesting journey...