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Thursday, December 30, 2010
You Capture: Holiday Favorites
One more post in 2010, just because I happened to have this picture and it really reflects what life with our family is like, holidays and otherwise. No editing, just a quick shot.
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Saturday, December 25, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
I've said it a million times here, but I'll say it again. We are blessed beyond measure. We've been given more than we could ever imagine deserving. We pray that we have shared our blessings with others as often as possible.
Now we will spend some time doing this:
And maybe more of this:
And lots of just being together. We hope you have a wonderful holiday, filled with the things that make you happy.
Now we will spend some time doing this:
And maybe more of this:
And lots of just being together. We hope you have a wonderful holiday, filled with the things that make you happy.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Quick Takes Friday
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1. I'm making a stocking stuffer for my kids. Here is a preview picture, a full post will follow sometime next week probably.
2. Speaking of baking, the Pioneer Woman posted a tutorial about frosting sugar cookies with flood icing. It looks really cool so I am going to try it at some point. I'm almost guaranteed to make a mess and probably get frustrated, so I'll be sure to write a post about that too.
3. Move every day in December has become move most days in December. Our weekends have just been too busy and sick kids have kept me out of the gym. So I'm doing my best to stay on track but am not beating myself up about it. I'm not into misery anyway.
4. LCS (3 in February) is not having a stellar week. She is sick-ish (just a cold) and so extra clingy and extra whiny. We are all suffering for it. Also, she has taken up residence in our bed most nights and so my sleep is compromised. She sleeps as close as possible to me, even if I am turned away from her. Combined with BTS still waking at least once a night, my sleep is way less than ideal. Something has got to give soon.
5. I finished most of my Christmas shopping by last week. I have just a couple of things to get but they are going to require actually going to the store. I managed to do a lot of my shopping online. I am using ShopAtHome as much as possible, trying to earn a little bit of cash back. If you click on the link and join I get a referral credit. Check it out!
6. How excited am I about the break from school? Even though Husband has gotten up and done the morning routine several times this week I am still looking forward to two weeks with no alarm clock and no need to make breakfast and lunch at the same time. I'm hopeful that the kids will be friendly and playful most of the time. Last year our break was pretty awesome. Husband was not working too much because he was preparing to move to a new office. Also, not a lot of loans sold the weeks of Christmas and New Year's. Anyway, we slowed down and spent time playing games and enjoying each other's company. I am hopeful we can do that again this year, as much as possible.
7. I have decided that if I get any money of Old Navy gift cards for Christmas I am going to get some skinny jeans. I think I can actually pull off the jeans tucked into boots look. I at least want to try.
Happy Friday!
1. I'm making a stocking stuffer for my kids. Here is a preview picture, a full post will follow sometime next week probably.
2. Speaking of baking, the Pioneer Woman posted a tutorial about frosting sugar cookies with flood icing. It looks really cool so I am going to try it at some point. I'm almost guaranteed to make a mess and probably get frustrated, so I'll be sure to write a post about that too.
3. Move every day in December has become move most days in December. Our weekends have just been too busy and sick kids have kept me out of the gym. So I'm doing my best to stay on track but am not beating myself up about it. I'm not into misery anyway.
4. LCS (3 in February) is not having a stellar week. She is sick-ish (just a cold) and so extra clingy and extra whiny. We are all suffering for it. Also, she has taken up residence in our bed most nights and so my sleep is compromised. She sleeps as close as possible to me, even if I am turned away from her. Combined with BTS still waking at least once a night, my sleep is way less than ideal. Something has got to give soon.
5. I finished most of my Christmas shopping by last week. I have just a couple of things to get but they are going to require actually going to the store. I managed to do a lot of my shopping online. I am using ShopAtHome as much as possible, trying to earn a little bit of cash back. If you click on the link and join I get a referral credit. Check it out!
6. How excited am I about the break from school? Even though Husband has gotten up and done the morning routine several times this week I am still looking forward to two weeks with no alarm clock and no need to make breakfast and lunch at the same time. I'm hopeful that the kids will be friendly and playful most of the time. Last year our break was pretty awesome. Husband was not working too much because he was preparing to move to a new office. Also, not a lot of loans sold the weeks of Christmas and New Year's. Anyway, we slowed down and spent time playing games and enjoying each other's company. I am hopeful we can do that again this year, as much as possible.
7. I have decided that if I get any money of Old Navy gift cards for Christmas I am going to get some skinny jeans. I think I can actually pull off the jeans tucked into boots look. I at least want to try.
Happy Friday!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Sugar Cookies and Absurdity
I made 75 sugar cookies today.
All three older kids had school parties. I enjoy baking, so I said I would take cookies for all of them. I am very poor at time management at times. My kids like it when I make things to take to school though.
I could have bought the cookie dough at the store. I could have bought already make cookies at the store. Instead I spent the morning baking and frosting 75 cookies. Why do I do silly things like this? I'll tell you. It is absurd.
I feel like I have to prove that I can do things "normal" moms do. By normal I mean moms of just two or three kids. You see, when you have six kids people are sometimes looking for things to criticize. Or maybe they are not and it is all in my head. Either way, you start to feel like you are always being scrutinized. I understand that a lot of people are simply curious about life with six kids. Sometime I fail to be charitable though. Anyway, I made a bunch of cookies from scratch (not the frosting though, but I am going to try that soon) because I am silly and too worried about disproving assumptions and maybe seeking a different kind of attention once in a while. It is dumb, I am fully aware of that, but sometimes I am weak to the judgment of others.
My kids don't care why I did it though, they just love the cookies and I do know they love that I take time to do things like that for them. I even got to go to the parties today. So it was worth it.
75 is a lot of cookies for one morning.
Oh, and the container in the background has 3 dozen more cookies in it that I made for home, because the little ones were sad that I was taking all the cookies to school. Sometimes I'm a generous mom. Maybe I'll even let them decorate.
All three older kids had school parties. I enjoy baking, so I said I would take cookies for all of them. I am very poor at time management at times. My kids like it when I make things to take to school though.
I could have bought the cookie dough at the store. I could have bought already make cookies at the store. Instead I spent the morning baking and frosting 75 cookies. Why do I do silly things like this? I'll tell you. It is absurd.
I feel like I have to prove that I can do things "normal" moms do. By normal I mean moms of just two or three kids. You see, when you have six kids people are sometimes looking for things to criticize. Or maybe they are not and it is all in my head. Either way, you start to feel like you are always being scrutinized. I understand that a lot of people are simply curious about life with six kids. Sometime I fail to be charitable though. Anyway, I made a bunch of cookies from scratch (not the frosting though, but I am going to try that soon) because I am silly and too worried about disproving assumptions and maybe seeking a different kind of attention once in a while. It is dumb, I am fully aware of that, but sometimes I am weak to the judgment of others.
My kids don't care why I did it though, they just love the cookies and I do know they love that I take time to do things like that for them. I even got to go to the parties today. So it was worth it.
75 is a lot of cookies for one morning.
Oh, and the container in the background has 3 dozen more cookies in it that I made for home, because the little ones were sad that I was taking all the cookies to school. Sometimes I'm a generous mom. Maybe I'll even let them decorate.
Monday, December 13, 2010
BTS is Seven Months Old (and one week)
BTS turned 7 months old on December 5. I finally remembered to take pictures with the monkey yesterday. I am afraid that says a lot about how we run a smooth operation over here (HA).
He really is that happy almost all the time. Seriously. It is ridiculous and maybe a little unfair to those dealing with babies with more difficult temperaments (or 2 yo daughters, whatever). He gets excited with a mere glance from someone he loves.
Sorry for the red-eye, I'm too lazy to fix it right now. He sits up all the time. Love it.
Cheeks!
Also, ridiculous church clothes that are too cute to resist.
Finally, he now joins us at the table some of the time. So big.
He really is that happy almost all the time. Seriously. It is ridiculous and maybe a little unfair to those dealing with babies with more difficult temperaments (or 2 yo daughters, whatever). He gets excited with a mere glance from someone he loves.
Sorry for the red-eye, I'm too lazy to fix it right now. He sits up all the time. Love it.
Cheeks!
Also, ridiculous church clothes that are too cute to resist.
Finally, he now joins us at the table some of the time. So big.
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Move Every Day Update
One week of December has come and gone! Holy cow!
I thought I would write a little update on how I'm doing on my effort to do some exercise every day. So far, so good, although I haven't done any running and that disappoints me. But I'm the only one responsible for that, so I guess I will have to change that. I only missed one day so far. I was at my parents' house Saturday and forgot about my pledge. But, on Sunday I did 200 squats and 125+ ab exercises to make up for it! I paid for that effort the next day at Boot Camp when our instructor decided to emphasize legs. Ouch.
Yesterday I did not go to the gym because I stayed out too late Monday night. I was at a cookie exchange and we made bows and I made five of them, which is worth noting only because I sat down saying I would have no idea how to do it. So I was lazy in the morning yesterday. But last night I browsed the exercise offerings OnDemand and the big girls and I did a 10 minute hip-hop routine (silly!) and a 20 minute walking video. TMS was wiped out at 8 minutes of walking but soldiered on until the end. It was fun to do it with the girls and I am hopeful that we'll all be moving more often.
I am not weighing myself until the end of the month. I don't want to focus on a number or get discouraged. I am trying to be more mindful of my food, but not obsessively so. I definitely want to get back to where I was pre-baby and I think (hope) I am finally at the right mental commitment level.
How about the rest of you?
I thought I would write a little update on how I'm doing on my effort to do some exercise every day. So far, so good, although I haven't done any running and that disappoints me. But I'm the only one responsible for that, so I guess I will have to change that. I only missed one day so far. I was at my parents' house Saturday and forgot about my pledge. But, on Sunday I did 200 squats and 125+ ab exercises to make up for it! I paid for that effort the next day at Boot Camp when our instructor decided to emphasize legs. Ouch.
Yesterday I did not go to the gym because I stayed out too late Monday night. I was at a cookie exchange and we made bows and I made five of them, which is worth noting only because I sat down saying I would have no idea how to do it. So I was lazy in the morning yesterday. But last night I browsed the exercise offerings OnDemand and the big girls and I did a 10 minute hip-hop routine (silly!) and a 20 minute walking video. TMS was wiped out at 8 minutes of walking but soldiered on until the end. It was fun to do it with the girls and I am hopeful that we'll all be moving more often.
I am not weighing myself until the end of the month. I don't want to focus on a number or get discouraged. I am trying to be more mindful of my food, but not obsessively so. I definitely want to get back to where I was pre-baby and I think (hope) I am finally at the right mental commitment level.
How about the rest of you?
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
December First
On Monday I wrote about feeling dry regarding the blog and now it is Wednesday and I am posting for the third day in a row. Crazy. Although I don't really count the wish list post.
I went back to the gym today for the first time in two weeks. Life and laziness had gotten in the way of me going any sooner. Or so I say. I weighed myself after Zumba. Miraculously I have been able to maintain my weight for the last month or so, despite my general apathy toward good for me food and exercise. However, I don't like the weight that I am maintaining. Sitting in the chair at the hair salon yesterday and looking at myself was not very encouraging, although I will admit getting a haircut made a big difference. I'm not miserable about my weight or how I look and my happiness certainly doesn't depend on it, but I would like to do better.
So.
Today I weigh 135 pounds (eek--did I just share my weight on the internet?). By January 1 I would like to weigh less. I'm not going to say a certain number, because I am being realistic about what month we are in and my own will power. So I am aiming for less. I am going to do something every day, whether I go to the gym or not. I have several exercise options from Verizon OnDemand, not to mention lots of busy kids. No excuses, even if it is only 50 crunches and 50 squats while watching TV.
Now that I've said it on the blog there's no going back, right? Join me! Tell me what you want to do every day this month.
I went back to the gym today for the first time in two weeks. Life and laziness had gotten in the way of me going any sooner. Or so I say. I weighed myself after Zumba. Miraculously I have been able to maintain my weight for the last month or so, despite my general apathy toward good for me food and exercise. However, I don't like the weight that I am maintaining. Sitting in the chair at the hair salon yesterday and looking at myself was not very encouraging, although I will admit getting a haircut made a big difference. I'm not miserable about my weight or how I look and my happiness certainly doesn't depend on it, but I would like to do better.
So.
Today I weigh 135 pounds (eek--did I just share my weight on the internet?). By January 1 I would like to weigh less. I'm not going to say a certain number, because I am being realistic about what month we are in and my own will power. So I am aiming for less. I am going to do something every day, whether I go to the gym or not. I have several exercise options from Verizon OnDemand, not to mention lots of busy kids. No excuses, even if it is only 50 crunches and 50 squats while watching TV.
Now that I've said it on the blog there's no going back, right? Join me! Tell me what you want to do every day this month.
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