The Start of Fall is upon us...
Pumpkin coffee +
And sweats and flip flops (my favorite clothes)...
= this momma is having some moments of peace!
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Summer Days
Summer Days
It's August 14th and it's my last night of summer vacation...
Sorta...
Tomorrow we leave for Disney World and return the night before I report to school! I couldn't be happier about this trip! My entire family...all 15 of us...are taking off tomorrow with hopes and dreams of 10 days packing with magical moments!
It will surely be a way to end summer of 2014 with a bang!!!
And so I find myself sitting alone at the football field watching Nick finish his 2nd week of practice and I'm filled with a sense of calm!
It's quiet! I hear whistles and coaches giving directions but I'm so calm I can here the crickets. I've been so hurried lately I can't remember when I last heard the crickets.
If I didn't say I was disappointed in myself for letting 2 full months go without a single blog post...I'd be lying!
Big lies!
I've had lots of ideas...happy and not! Excited and not! Frustrated and not! But I've lacked the ability to put pencil to paper....or finger to keyboard!
But I'm going to be kind to myself (advice from last post) and be ok with it!
I'm sure I'll use some of the ideas that have been swimming in my thoughts and I have tons of pictures I'd like to use!
But for now I'm going to appreciate the sprinkles of raindrops falling on me in this calming moment during a beautiful summer night!
Saturday, June 14, 2014
May I Be Kind To Me
May I Be Kind To Me.....
This is my intention!
I recently started doing yoga!
It has been amazing!
It brings me peace!
It is something I do just for me!
It sometimes feels selfish but always feels healthy..physically and mentally!
Today...I wanted my birthday to start off with yoga. I wish I could start every day with it.
Just like my practices before, we start each practice with an intention.
In weeks past I've devoted my practice to Hannah and her family,
my grandfather,
Domenic,
My boys,
people who are too ill who would probably give anything for a yoga class...
But today...
I decided for my intention to be a bit self centered...self serving...
but will ultimately make me a better, happier person to everyone around me!
"May I be kind to me!
Sunday, April 27, 2014
This Moment
This Moment...
Such a happy baby boy! Making funny faces at me through the window while I stopped to fill my gas tank!
Tiny little moment = happy memory!
Saturday, February 15, 2014
A Winter To Remember
A Winter To Remember...
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| You're saying this is supposed to be fun?!?! |
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| I'm not sure about this! |
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| Walking to the big hill! |
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| This is not fun! |
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| This is fun! |
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| Snowball or Snack?!? |
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| Here we go! |
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| Not sleeping...but looks like it! Letting the snow fall on his face! |
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| OK...maybe it's not so bad! |
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| The walk up is rarely fun...especially when Nick kept losing his sled! |
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| Come on...Smooch me! |
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| Happiness! |
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| Silly snow angel! |
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| Peaceful snow angel! |
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| On our way home with lunch! |
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| Meet Emitt..Our snowman! Inspired by The Lego Movie! |
It's been a long winter so far and it's only the 2nd week of February.
Yesterday we hit our 10th snow day!
Today brought lots of outdoor fun!
We decided to drive to Luke's school for some fun sledding!
Nick loved it!
Luke loved it!
Zack...well...not so much! But he eventually came around!
There was lots of sledding!
Then we came home, had some lunch, and headed back out for some snow man making and we built the foundation for our igloo!
The afternoon was filled with playdates! (Nick went to Abi's house and Preston came here!)
This is happy!
This is what matters!
This is what matters!
A Day In Pictures...Happy Valentines Day
You Made Me A Mother
You Made Me A Mother....
This ad made it's way around and I'm sure made mom's all over shed tears
and take a breath and realize that it all matters!
I felt you!
You were a pea!
Then a lemon!
Then an eggplant!
I followed advice!
I read twelve books!
I quit coffee!
Could you tell I was scared?
I talked to you, sang to you...
I wasn't ready!
But then you were here!
Ten toes! Eight pounds! Love! Big fat love!
I held you!
I fed you!
I realized that I would spend my life doing things to make you happy!
-- and that that would make me happy!
And then there are the times I want to give up!
You've made me rethink my sanity!
You've made me want to fall on my mother's feet and tell her that I get it!
But then you smile...
and you say my name...
and you grab my hand with those little fingers!
We're growing together!
We are seeing the world like it's new!
I will open my heart and love will rain down all over you!
You'll giggle, and I'll do it all over again!
And we will walk hand in hand!
Until you let go!
I made you.....
but you made me a mother!
It all matters!
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
6 Words Every Mom Should Hear...
6 Words Every Mom Should Hear...
Every mom I know is, in some way, fighting the fight to live up to expectations!
Whether their her own expectations or someone else's....
I know I am always looking around my house at piles of clutter or half done projects with a sentence that almost always starts with "I wish I (fill in the blank)!
I often find myself feeling like "The Worlds Okayest Mom!"
.....until something like this happens!
It was December 31st and we were having our annual kid-friendly New Years Eve party.
We have to families that come over and spend the night!
It's 6 adults and 8 kids under 8 and so all the grown ups know to help themselves around the house.
At one point, one of the other mom's turns to me and says, "Are your cabinets always this organized?"
I laughed!
And I thought...well, I guess so....yeah!
I mean I didn't just clean the cabinet out because I knew we were having guests!!!
(Which wouldn't be unheard of for other household chores!)
And I said to myself (and out loud)...
Every mom should hear these 6 words!
Are....Your.....Cabinets....Always....This....Organized?!?!?
(Or something equally as arbitrary and yet complimentary!)
The mom that spoke these words does thousands of things better than me! She's got adorable style! Her house always has professional, up to date pictures of the kids! She's a great cook! I could go on and on!
And yet her being impressed by my cabinet made all ok in the world!
I may just be "The World's Okayest Mom!"
But now, when I reach for a coffee mug, I think....
"Well, I think I might be doing something right!"
Next time your at a friends house, find something you find impressive!
Make it genuine....but find something!
And leave that mom feeling wonderful!
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