I had a major fail week as far as documenting. It's only Monday and I already feel so behind. Here are things of note:
- Paigey claps every time I understand something she's struggled to communicate with me. It's the cutest thing.
-Hannah had preschool at her house for the last time ever. It was a little heart wrenching and she is almost done with preschool.
-We had five baby chicks stay with us overnight. It was a lot of fun and the girls loved every second. Paige was fearless immediately but it took Hannah a little bit to want to pet or hold them.
-I read the book A Different Blue by Amy Harmon and it blew me out of the water.
- The Office is over and I'm very sad. It was uneven from seasons 5-9 but it ended strong and I was happy to see familiar faces.
-Adam and I went and saw Billy Elliot and that also blew me away. What an amazing musical. Adam said he felt like the whole two hours was like watching the first ten minutes of Up. He had a lump in his throat the whole time.
-I sent my book out into the universe to be edited and I'm taking a step back from it. I'll return to it in about a month for more edits. In the meantime I'm working on a fluffy chick lit novella that I hope to publish via Amazon by my birthday (the other book I hope to have picked up by an actual agent/publisher). It's all very fun.
- I didn't realize we didn't post our April photos so click on the link and let your eyes feast on our crazy April.
Looking forward to seeing my parents this weekend! It will be quite the treat, especially since Adam and I are getting a hotel and having a night to ourselves while the girls play with Grandma and Grandpa. Best.parents.ever.
Don't forget to check out the blog Becominglovely.blospot.com. It's a collaborative blog that empowers women and we have a great group of writers from all around the country and different walks of life.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Sunday, May 12, 2013
A Week in the Life {5/6-5/12}
So 'No Screen Week' was great, but it was a little different than what I had in mind. By Thursday, I was back on line and by Friday I was letting my kids watch movies again. Why? Well I was pretty tired, I admit, although Hannah and Paige proved to me that THEY could do just fine without the screen. I think I'll attempt it again in a few weeks, and maybe even incorporate a screen free day or two on the weekends or something.
The house was quieter than normal, the girls played so sweetly together. It was just nice.
Adam went to Astro Camp on Friday morning at 5AM so It's been a long, but beautiful weekend without him. I miss him a lot, but I took it as an opportunity to just enjoy my girls.
Friday we went to Pump it Up in the morning with the Packards. I was pretty exhausted, since I was up with Adam and 4AM, but we still managed to have a lot of fun. Hannah and Paige both missed their Daddy and mentioned it a couple times. Paige hadn't seen him leave so she was a little confused as to where he was and was super cranky, calling for Daddy and when I'd tell her he was gone on a trip she'd look at me hopefully and ask "Just teasing?" We came home and all took naps. When we all woke up I finally turned on the TV, still tired and a little cranky.
At about 4:00 I'd had about enough of sitting around, so I packed up the girls to go to Town Square, which I'd promised Hannah I'd take her to. We shopped a little bit, and played at the park for a while. The girls got free balloons from Old Navy which have yet to disappear, and two tiaras, because hey, it was a girls weekend and their daddy wasn't around to give me a wary look of disbelief.
After that, the girls and I went out to eat. We got a milkshake, which we never do, and I basically played referee as the girls flanked me on either side, desperately sucking the strawberry milkshake out of my hands.
We came home and watched Enchanted together, then I tucked them in and watched the movie The Impossible. I cried through the entire movie, picturing what a terrifying experience it would have been. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for an uplifting story of a beautiful family.
Saturday we were invited to a BBQ swim party with the Simmons family at their in laws house. It was so much fun. At first, Paige was extremely intimidated of the water, and clung to me for dear life but by the end she was jumping off the edge of the hot tub into my waiting arms. Hannah on the other hand was too adventurous and kept finding opportunities to get in the pool. She has no fear, which scares me. She tried to swim to me and immediately sank to the bottom, I could see her little body fighting to swim to the surface but she just sank. I pulled her up and she coughed and sputtered and with NO FEAR said "Whoa, I guess I need a few more swimming lessons..." yeah, ya think? We had yummy hamburgers and a great time, then we came home in the early evening and both girls collapsed and slept.
It's been a special Mother's Day for me so far. The girls are napping, and I've enjoyed reading the many tributes on Facebook for mothers. It is indeed a great privilege for me to be a mother and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I haven't been able to open the gifts or "project" that the girls did for me, (I got a beautiful flower pot, painted by Hannah earlier this week that she made in preschool and I love it) since Adam is away, but I look forward to that. Adam had the girls do a project and sent me away so they could work on it, which meant I got an hour to myself, to read in the park with a snow cone which was the best gift ever!
I read a few books this week: Sparkly Green Earrings: Catching the Light at Every Turn, The Selection, and The Elite, along with The Peacegiver, and Mother by Maya Angelou. Two books about motherhood, a spiritual book, and two YA dystopian romance novels. Fun week for reading!
The house was quieter than normal, the girls played so sweetly together. It was just nice.
Adam went to Astro Camp on Friday morning at 5AM so It's been a long, but beautiful weekend without him. I miss him a lot, but I took it as an opportunity to just enjoy my girls.
Friday we went to Pump it Up in the morning with the Packards. I was pretty exhausted, since I was up with Adam and 4AM, but we still managed to have a lot of fun. Hannah and Paige both missed their Daddy and mentioned it a couple times. Paige hadn't seen him leave so she was a little confused as to where he was and was super cranky, calling for Daddy and when I'd tell her he was gone on a trip she'd look at me hopefully and ask "Just teasing?" We came home and all took naps. When we all woke up I finally turned on the TV, still tired and a little cranky.
At about 4:00 I'd had about enough of sitting around, so I packed up the girls to go to Town Square, which I'd promised Hannah I'd take her to. We shopped a little bit, and played at the park for a while. The girls got free balloons from Old Navy which have yet to disappear, and two tiaras, because hey, it was a girls weekend and their daddy wasn't around to give me a wary look of disbelief.
After that, the girls and I went out to eat. We got a milkshake, which we never do, and I basically played referee as the girls flanked me on either side, desperately sucking the strawberry milkshake out of my hands.
We came home and watched Enchanted together, then I tucked them in and watched the movie The Impossible. I cried through the entire movie, picturing what a terrifying experience it would have been. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for an uplifting story of a beautiful family.
Saturday we were invited to a BBQ swim party with the Simmons family at their in laws house. It was so much fun. At first, Paige was extremely intimidated of the water, and clung to me for dear life but by the end she was jumping off the edge of the hot tub into my waiting arms. Hannah on the other hand was too adventurous and kept finding opportunities to get in the pool. She has no fear, which scares me. She tried to swim to me and immediately sank to the bottom, I could see her little body fighting to swim to the surface but she just sank. I pulled her up and she coughed and sputtered and with NO FEAR said "Whoa, I guess I need a few more swimming lessons..." yeah, ya think? We had yummy hamburgers and a great time, then we came home in the early evening and both girls collapsed and slept.
It's been a special Mother's Day for me so far. The girls are napping, and I've enjoyed reading the many tributes on Facebook for mothers. It is indeed a great privilege for me to be a mother and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I haven't been able to open the gifts or "project" that the girls did for me, (I got a beautiful flower pot, painted by Hannah earlier this week that she made in preschool and I love it) since Adam is away, but I look forward to that. Adam had the girls do a project and sent me away so they could work on it, which meant I got an hour to myself, to read in the park with a snow cone which was the best gift ever!
I read a few books this week: Sparkly Green Earrings: Catching the Light at Every Turn, The Selection, and The Elite, along with The Peacegiver, and Mother by Maya Angelou. Two books about motherhood, a spiritual book, and two YA dystopian romance novels. Fun week for reading!
Saturday, May 4, 2013
A Week in the Life {4/29-5/4}
Happy May, everybody.
Nothing much to report this week, except Adam got accepted into a summer school program where he will be teaching middle school reading. Yay for a job. Also, our Avery got his mission call to Colorado Springs, Colorado where he will preach the gospel to people in his native land and in his native tongue, which he could not be happier about.
Other than that, we are doing the usual... Library, park, museum, preschool, etc. Hannah is doing this thing where she is afraid of nothing because if she gets hurt or killed its no big deal to her, she'll just be resurrected. Paige has a new nickname: parrot. She mimics everything Hannah says or does. It is very funny.
Hannah has been very into Daniel Tigers neighborhood and asked if we could make Banana Swirl, which is essentially a blended banana that has the same consistency as ice cream. She learned groom Daniel how to make it. Daniel sings "if something's bad/turn it around/and find something good" so when Hannah encounters something she deems bad she'll say something like "lasagna for lunch? I better turn this around."
Paige talks like a ten year old. She is so articulate and expressive. Some of my favorite "Paige-isms include: I love you mom, okay mom, I tell you something, I hold you, I sorry mom, no Hannah. She says the cutest prayers ever. She'll say "Heavy Father, I love you. Amen." Or "bless food, grateful day, grateful food, grateful blessings, food. Amen.
You might notice I'm posting a day early. That is because I'm taking a screen free week challenge. I'll be "offline" for a week so if you need to get ahold of me, please text. Thanks :)
Nothing much to report this week, except Adam got accepted into a summer school program where he will be teaching middle school reading. Yay for a job. Also, our Avery got his mission call to Colorado Springs, Colorado where he will preach the gospel to people in his native land and in his native tongue, which he could not be happier about.
Other than that, we are doing the usual... Library, park, museum, preschool, etc. Hannah is doing this thing where she is afraid of nothing because if she gets hurt or killed its no big deal to her, she'll just be resurrected. Paige has a new nickname: parrot. She mimics everything Hannah says or does. It is very funny.
Hannah has been very into Daniel Tigers neighborhood and asked if we could make Banana Swirl, which is essentially a blended banana that has the same consistency as ice cream. She learned groom Daniel how to make it. Daniel sings "if something's bad/turn it around/and find something good" so when Hannah encounters something she deems bad she'll say something like "lasagna for lunch? I better turn this around."
Paige talks like a ten year old. She is so articulate and expressive. Some of my favorite "Paige-isms include: I love you mom, okay mom, I tell you something, I hold you, I sorry mom, no Hannah. She says the cutest prayers ever. She'll say "Heavy Father, I love you. Amen." Or "bless food, grateful day, grateful food, grateful blessings, food. Amen.
You might notice I'm posting a day early. That is because I'm taking a screen free week challenge. I'll be "offline" for a week so if you need to get ahold of me, please text. Thanks :)
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
April Photos
Hannah's amazing ball of underwear (she wore all these together)
I did this same thing around this age
Poor Adam
Paige was so tired one night she grabbed a dishcloth and tried to go to sleep in the kitchen. Hannah had to join her.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
A Week in the Life {4/22-4/28}
Well a few things of note happened this week. First and foremost, Adam suffered from kidney stones on Friday night. I wrote all the details in my last post. It was pretty traumatic for him, but he is doing well. The medication makes him very tired and he's having trouble sleeping but again, we are extremely blessed to be able to take care of it.
Another thing was the Bubble Run. I love fun 5K runs. Chelsea, Katie, Amy, and I were a team, and we pretty much killed it. Katie and I ran it in about 30 minutes, while Chelsea and Amy destroyed us in about 29 minutes. It was a blast, and I love that I have fun friends.
The girls had a great week. Hannah is working on writing her letters. She already knows all of the letters and letter sounds, and has for a long time. We are just taking the next step. She is not very motivated sometimes but we practice every day and her confidence is growing.
Paige is as adorable as ever. She is such a ray of sunshine in our lives, and brings joy in our home.
Finally, I accomplished a very ambitious goal this week. This goal has been fairly secret from everyone except extremely close friends and family for a long time. It's one of those unrealistic dreams that feels extremely unattainable and therefore semi humiliating but I have completed my goal and so now I can share it. For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to be an author. I remember attending a story telling club in elementary school to get better. When we "published" stories in second grade it became a project i'd never forget. I never thought I'd be able to actually do it. In October 2007 I decided that I was going to pursue writing after I graduated from the university. Specifically, I wanted to write novels. I hold story telling as the highest form of art, and I just wanted to create. Well, October 2007 was a long way from April 2013. I've written short stories, I have about ten unfinished manuscripts on my computer. I told myself I HAD do it before I was thirty, or it would never happen. Well, that's two years away, people. One day in January I decided it was now or never. I either had to give it up and ignore the nagging feeling or just do it.
I wrote a YA novel. It's a realistic fiction, 55k words, 260 pages. I'm still about two months out to completion, but the first draft is down. I started editing it, and I'm hoping that by July I'll have it polished enough to start sending it to agents. In the meanwhile, I also started working on a chick lit series of companion novellas which I hope to publish through Amazon Kindle in September. My YA book is a little on the sad side, and the chick lit is just a bunch of fluff for my fun and amusement. I've done a lot of research in the past seven years on novel writing, taken classes, studied the publishing process, and the craft in general. The odds of me actually getting published are slim to none (unless I go the self publishing route which is super easy, hassle free, and just more fun in general) but I have found that the accomplishment of the goal has been fulfilling enough. I have a great writing partner, fantastic editing software, and I've enjoyed taking online writing courses, specifically to story telling. I've picked out about five people to read my manuscript who I KNOW will be brutally honest, pick apart the book and put me through the refiners fire so that I can create the best possible story with crisp prose and an airtight plot. If anything, I've created something that didn't exist before, and I am proud of my efforts.
I hope everyone has a fantastic Sunday! Here is the lesson I am teaching in Relief Society today. It's a good one! Oh, and don't forget to tune in to becominglovely.blogspot.com this week! We are having a fantastic give away!
Another thing was the Bubble Run. I love fun 5K runs. Chelsea, Katie, Amy, and I were a team, and we pretty much killed it. Katie and I ran it in about 30 minutes, while Chelsea and Amy destroyed us in about 29 minutes. It was a blast, and I love that I have fun friends.
The girls had a great week. Hannah is working on writing her letters. She already knows all of the letters and letter sounds, and has for a long time. We are just taking the next step. She is not very motivated sometimes but we practice every day and her confidence is growing.
Paige is as adorable as ever. She is such a ray of sunshine in our lives, and brings joy in our home.
Finally, I accomplished a very ambitious goal this week. This goal has been fairly secret from everyone except extremely close friends and family for a long time. It's one of those unrealistic dreams that feels extremely unattainable and therefore semi humiliating but I have completed my goal and so now I can share it. For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to be an author. I remember attending a story telling club in elementary school to get better. When we "published" stories in second grade it became a project i'd never forget. I never thought I'd be able to actually do it. In October 2007 I decided that I was going to pursue writing after I graduated from the university. Specifically, I wanted to write novels. I hold story telling as the highest form of art, and I just wanted to create. Well, October 2007 was a long way from April 2013. I've written short stories, I have about ten unfinished manuscripts on my computer. I told myself I HAD do it before I was thirty, or it would never happen. Well, that's two years away, people. One day in January I decided it was now or never. I either had to give it up and ignore the nagging feeling or just do it.
I wrote a YA novel. It's a realistic fiction, 55k words, 260 pages. I'm still about two months out to completion, but the first draft is down. I started editing it, and I'm hoping that by July I'll have it polished enough to start sending it to agents. In the meanwhile, I also started working on a chick lit series of companion novellas which I hope to publish through Amazon Kindle in September. My YA book is a little on the sad side, and the chick lit is just a bunch of fluff for my fun and amusement. I've done a lot of research in the past seven years on novel writing, taken classes, studied the publishing process, and the craft in general. The odds of me actually getting published are slim to none (unless I go the self publishing route which is super easy, hassle free, and just more fun in general) but I have found that the accomplishment of the goal has been fulfilling enough. I have a great writing partner, fantastic editing software, and I've enjoyed taking online writing courses, specifically to story telling. I've picked out about five people to read my manuscript who I KNOW will be brutally honest, pick apart the book and put me through the refiners fire so that I can create the best possible story with crisp prose and an airtight plot. If anything, I've created something that didn't exist before, and I am proud of my efforts.
I hope everyone has a fantastic Sunday! Here is the lesson I am teaching in Relief Society today. It's a good one! Oh, and don't forget to tune in to becominglovely.blogspot.com this week! We are having a fantastic give away!
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Adam's Kidney Stones
Yesterday evening I left the house at 5:15 to pick up a friend for the Stake Relief Society Social. I was very excited (who doesn't love a fantastic dinner provided by the priesthood) and looking forward to my evening. I left my family happy and eating dinner. My girls always love an evening with their daddy.
At 5:38 I got a text message from Adam. All it said was "You need to come home immediately." My first thought was my daughters. I panicked. You have to know Adam NEVER asks me to come home. He is a very capable dad, and so I knew it wasn't just him being overwhelmed. I knew there was an emergency. Not two minutes before, the relief society president had just said "We want you to know that we are praying for your loved ones, your children, your husbands, your babysitters, that all will be well at home so you won't have to worry while you are away." This statement brought lots of comfort as I was racing home.
I ran out of the room and called Adam. He was incoherent. I could hear him practically crying on the other end of the phone but I didn't know what was going on. I ran to the parking lot and started speeding home. I said a quick prayer for peace so that I could drive safely and immediately I got the impression "It's alright, it's just kidney stones." It was a tender mercy that brought instant peace, because I knew that my daughters were alright and that Adam would be alright too, even though he was in a lot of pain.
As soon as I walked in the door I went to Adam and asked "Do you think it's kidney stones?" He said he had no idea and I packed up the girls in the car to go to the hospital. Meanwhile most all of my friends are at the relief society social. One of them was having her birthday celebration so I didn't even call her. I called about 6 people, nobody answered. So I just put on Facebook that we were going to the hospital and I needed someone to respond if they could, and get my daughters. I was overwhelmed by the response I got. Suddenly my phone lit up like crazy and people were offering to help. We ended up getting Adam all checked in and a friend from his old school came to get the girls and took them to another friends house. We even had yet another friend stop by the hospital to see if she could pick up the girls since she was super close and hadn't heard back from me. We are so blessed.
Meanwhile, Adam is in an extreme amount of pain. He is shaking uncontrollably, whimpering, and cannot be comforted. I felt so helpless as to know what to do. I wanted to hurry the process and get him some pain medication ASAP, but it took about an hour and a half at the hospital to finally give him some relief. I've never been in the presence of so much physical pain. He said the pain was unbearable. A '10' on the pain scale. I believe it too. When he finally got the medicine he was instantly relieved. His body was exhausted from shaking and tensing up so much. We were both finally able to relax.
Scott came over to our house at 8:30 to put our kids to bed. Our house was all locked up, so I met him here, told the girls that everything was okay and that I just needed to go get Daddy. Hannah was very brave after watching her father writhing in pain. At one point Adam said "I think I'm going to die." Of course Hannah responded "Please don't die!" She also told him, "When you get resurrected, you won't hurt anymore." Pretty much her solution to everything. Hannah was really apprehensive to leave Adam when Eydie came to the hospital to take the kids to the Packards. Hannah insisted her Daddy needed her. She was very good and obedient. Poor Paige didn't even have pants on when I put her in the car to take her to the hospital.
All's well that ends well. Right now, Adam is sleeping on the floor. He is extremely exhausted (the medicine is making him drowsy, plus his body went through a lot last night. Hopefully the stone will pass soon and we can get this whole thing behind us. We were very blessed last night.
1) I had my phone on silent in my purse. I took it out and put it on the table "just in case" a minute before he texted me.
2) I was able to be calm and peaceful, knowing hours before they told us that it was kidney stones.
3) Our friends jumped into action and were so helpful and willing to take care of our daughters.
4) We have awesome insurance, we had money to pay for the copay, we didn't have to pay for any medicine.
5) We were able to find a 24 hour CVS (the only pharmacy we can go to under our insurance) so that Adam didn't have to experience more pain.
6) Our girls weren't afraid or stressed the whole time.
7) Adam's pain subsided and never returned.
8) We were very close to a good hospital.
At 5:38 I got a text message from Adam. All it said was "You need to come home immediately." My first thought was my daughters. I panicked. You have to know Adam NEVER asks me to come home. He is a very capable dad, and so I knew it wasn't just him being overwhelmed. I knew there was an emergency. Not two minutes before, the relief society president had just said "We want you to know that we are praying for your loved ones, your children, your husbands, your babysitters, that all will be well at home so you won't have to worry while you are away." This statement brought lots of comfort as I was racing home.
I ran out of the room and called Adam. He was incoherent. I could hear him practically crying on the other end of the phone but I didn't know what was going on. I ran to the parking lot and started speeding home. I said a quick prayer for peace so that I could drive safely and immediately I got the impression "It's alright, it's just kidney stones." It was a tender mercy that brought instant peace, because I knew that my daughters were alright and that Adam would be alright too, even though he was in a lot of pain.
As soon as I walked in the door I went to Adam and asked "Do you think it's kidney stones?" He said he had no idea and I packed up the girls in the car to go to the hospital. Meanwhile most all of my friends are at the relief society social. One of them was having her birthday celebration so I didn't even call her. I called about 6 people, nobody answered. So I just put on Facebook that we were going to the hospital and I needed someone to respond if they could, and get my daughters. I was overwhelmed by the response I got. Suddenly my phone lit up like crazy and people were offering to help. We ended up getting Adam all checked in and a friend from his old school came to get the girls and took them to another friends house. We even had yet another friend stop by the hospital to see if she could pick up the girls since she was super close and hadn't heard back from me. We are so blessed.
Meanwhile, Adam is in an extreme amount of pain. He is shaking uncontrollably, whimpering, and cannot be comforted. I felt so helpless as to know what to do. I wanted to hurry the process and get him some pain medication ASAP, but it took about an hour and a half at the hospital to finally give him some relief. I've never been in the presence of so much physical pain. He said the pain was unbearable. A '10' on the pain scale. I believe it too. When he finally got the medicine he was instantly relieved. His body was exhausted from shaking and tensing up so much. We were both finally able to relax.
Scott came over to our house at 8:30 to put our kids to bed. Our house was all locked up, so I met him here, told the girls that everything was okay and that I just needed to go get Daddy. Hannah was very brave after watching her father writhing in pain. At one point Adam said "I think I'm going to die." Of course Hannah responded "Please don't die!" She also told him, "When you get resurrected, you won't hurt anymore." Pretty much her solution to everything. Hannah was really apprehensive to leave Adam when Eydie came to the hospital to take the kids to the Packards. Hannah insisted her Daddy needed her. She was very good and obedient. Poor Paige didn't even have pants on when I put her in the car to take her to the hospital.
All's well that ends well. Right now, Adam is sleeping on the floor. He is extremely exhausted (the medicine is making him drowsy, plus his body went through a lot last night. Hopefully the stone will pass soon and we can get this whole thing behind us. We were very blessed last night.
1) I had my phone on silent in my purse. I took it out and put it on the table "just in case" a minute before he texted me.
2) I was able to be calm and peaceful, knowing hours before they told us that it was kidney stones.
3) Our friends jumped into action and were so helpful and willing to take care of our daughters.
4) We have awesome insurance, we had money to pay for the copay, we didn't have to pay for any medicine.
5) We were able to find a 24 hour CVS (the only pharmacy we can go to under our insurance) so that Adam didn't have to experience more pain.
6) Our girls weren't afraid or stressed the whole time.
7) Adam's pain subsided and never returned.
8) We were very close to a good hospital.
Monday, April 22, 2013
A Week in the Life {4/15-4/21}
So I almost forgot to do this yesterday. I guess I did forget yesterday and I'm trying to make it up. I have a lot of projects going on right now, and my Monday's arent a great day to catch up.
I did want to share a funny story.
Last week, we were at the store and Hannah was acting up. She's been a little naughtier than usual as of late, and I think it's because she's going through a growths spurt (she is always "starving") and will not take naps. Anyway, we were shopping and she started acting up so I got down to her level and whispered "Hannah, I'm done, you know better than this. I am done with your attitude, I'm done with your disobediance, I'm done." She looked at me, unfazed and said "You can't be done. You're my mom." It really put things into perspective. I laughed (when she wasn't looking of course) and mustered up a little more patience because of course she is right, I can never be done with my duties of being a mom and part of that is steering her in different directions when she may be naughty.
I finished Life of Pi (the book) and Adam and I watched Life of Pi (the movie) the next day (while eating pie). Adam and I also went out to see Beauty and the Beast at the Smith Center. I loved it but Adam wasn't impressed. I should have taken Hannah because I think she would have loved it too. I saw it a few years ago at Spring Mountain Ranch and I have been looking forward to seeing it again.
The girls had a good week. We went to a new park, the library (I took Paige by herself and she was so good at story time. I also think she liked being with Mommy by herself while Hannah was at preschool), we had friends over for lunch a couple days and we babysat our friend Landon, who the girls basically fought over the whole time. He is a couple days shy of Hannah's birthday, but he will be three this year.
Also, I was invited to collaborate on the Becoming Lovely blog that I wrote a few guest posts for. This post is about me and my best friend, Megan Winegar Long in our more awkward days. Check it out, and follow the blog!
I did want to share a funny story.
Last week, we were at the store and Hannah was acting up. She's been a little naughtier than usual as of late, and I think it's because she's going through a growths spurt (she is always "starving") and will not take naps. Anyway, we were shopping and she started acting up so I got down to her level and whispered "Hannah, I'm done, you know better than this. I am done with your attitude, I'm done with your disobediance, I'm done." She looked at me, unfazed and said "You can't be done. You're my mom." It really put things into perspective. I laughed (when she wasn't looking of course) and mustered up a little more patience because of course she is right, I can never be done with my duties of being a mom and part of that is steering her in different directions when she may be naughty.
I finished Life of Pi (the book) and Adam and I watched Life of Pi (the movie) the next day (while eating pie). Adam and I also went out to see Beauty and the Beast at the Smith Center. I loved it but Adam wasn't impressed. I should have taken Hannah because I think she would have loved it too. I saw it a few years ago at Spring Mountain Ranch and I have been looking forward to seeing it again.
The girls had a good week. We went to a new park, the library (I took Paige by herself and she was so good at story time. I also think she liked being with Mommy by herself while Hannah was at preschool), we had friends over for lunch a couple days and we babysat our friend Landon, who the girls basically fought over the whole time. He is a couple days shy of Hannah's birthday, but he will be three this year.
Also, I was invited to collaborate on the Becoming Lovely blog that I wrote a few guest posts for. This post is about me and my best friend, Megan Winegar Long in our more awkward days. Check it out, and follow the blog!
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