The last two weeks have been FULL! But good!
Between school, being with the kids, taking care of the house, ministry commitments and social gatherings, I haven't had much time for anything else.
I have been up late at night and early in the morning doing homework and online courses so that I don't have to do anything during the day while the kids are up. I wouldn't need to put as much time into it, but I am trying to get ahead in math (I am 2 weeks ahead right now). The way the class is structured, I have to go to class two evenings a week and the rest is online. BUT, if I finish all the lessons and assignments early, I can just come in and do the final exam and be done. I am hoping to do this, because Jeremy's work has been picking up a lot lately (which is great), and so it has been a little hard to coordinate the kids with his schedule. Next quarter they will be in the daycare at the school, but we have to juggle a little right now.
Anyway, since I have been not doing stuff during the day, we have still been able to go to play dates and I have been walking to the beach almost every day this past week with them to play before lunch.
I hosted an impromptu ladies night last weekend, because one of my friend's needed a serious mommy-break. We ended up having a wonderful night and got to know each other much more. I am now planning on hosting a mom's night IN once a month with wine, chocolate, and we're going to include some sort of free art/painting to do (relaxing, fun, and optional being the goal).
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| from the beach today |
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| sunny days has meant studying/tanning in the backyard |
Our garden has been in full bloom - flowers everywhere! I love it. I don't know how all these tulips and daffodills came up, since I didn't plant any of them and there weren't nearly this many last year, but I love it. Yesterday I went a workshop in Seattle with the Mustard Seed Association for a "Spirtuality and Gardening" workshop. It was kind of a random thing we found and Jeremy told me to go, so I did! It was a refreshing time that I got a lot out of and I am ready to get out and finally plant some things in my garden. The kids have been out watering and playing with the chickens the last few days. Hailey loves to "work" in the garden.
We also had sort of a crazy chicken thing going on this week. I went out one day to check in on the chickens, and one of them had its neck stuck under its belly and was acting really strange, like it couldn't get unstuck and was just walking backwards and unbalanced. I seperated it from the flock, and it eventually started acting normal again. After researching it, I really don't know whats wrong, but I'm pretty sure its having seizures, since it still gets them (although, it hasn't been so bad and it seems fine most of the time). It could be due to a brain injury, genetics, or a nutrition deficiency...who knows! I think its a rooster though, so I'm not really worrying about it. It seems OK and I don't think it is anything that can spread to the rest of the flock, so maybe it will live, and maybe it won't.
Besides class, a few play dates, and having people over (after I was gone all day yesterday, I got home at 5:30 and we had a family over for dinner at 6:30! I had everything prepped though, so we threw together some dinner and had an awesome relaxed night), I have had a lot of appointments. FINALLY went in for an eye exam and got new glasses, plus I have had dentist appointments and an orthodontist counsel (I might be getting braces, but I am going to get a second opinion this week from my dentist before we decide).
I am SO looking forward to summer, too!
Anyway, Hailey just woke up from her nap and it is too beautiful out to be inside any longer.
Love to all!
I love seeing pictures of you guys outside, it makes me excited for when taking Eli outside will be fun instead of thinking "how do I do yardwork? Take a blanket for him to lay on, the bouncer?" It always seems like too much of a hassle and too dirty of things are going to be blowing around.
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome you are getting ahead on school, so smart. And I bet your house still looks amazing, we are our own worst critics. I am always telling people there is a difference between clean and picked up when they think my house is always spotless, I am betting your house looks great :)
I love the idea of mommys night in. I need to coordinate hanging out with more mamas around my area because some days I feel like I am going to go crazy with no adult interaction when Paul is gone for 10-12 hours. But on those days I don't feel like going anywhere either! It's catch 22.
Wow it's so wonderful that it's warm enough for you guys to go to the beach. It's so great that you have such wonderful outdoor space for Shea and Hailey.
ReplyDeleteI'm also impressed that you are so far ahead in your math class. You are really good at prioritizing, the house will always be there to clean, but having school out of the way will make a big difference.
Your mommy's night sounds like such a good idea. I know some of my friends with kids would love something like that.