Thanksgiving 2009

Our Thanksgiving this year was like no other. All three of us (me, Sheila and Tina) were together along with all our kids (except DJ who is at bootcamp) were together for the first time EVER! It was a wonderfully chaotic time. The weather was perfect and it was just an all round good day.

The power of a sticker

Taylor has gone 4 days without sucking his thumb during the day. This is a child who was sucking his thumb in his sonogram picture and has been sucking his thumb at every moment possible since he was born. Going 4 days only doing it at bed time is a big deal! Tonight he fell asleep WITHOUT HIS PRECIOUS THUMB!!!! I'm doing the happy dance oh and he gets 3 stickers on his NO THUMBSUCKING chart in the morning. Gotta love the power of a sticker.

Party Mom

My dreams have come true (seriously). I am the official party mom of Taylor's first grade class. WootWoot! No pressure but the party planning is all in my hands. I have 20 kids who sit in class all week pretty much bored to death and when it comes time to celebrate their happiness is all on me. So, I've been giving this a lot of thought. Next week is Thanksgiving. I traced a HUGE turkey onto a piece of paper and they are going to pin the Pilgrim hat on the turkey. Next we'll paint hands and make them turkeys. Snack will be turkeys made out of oreos. Who doesn't love an oreo even if it does look like it'll fly off the plate?! Sounds like it's gonna be a fun turkey day!

Another Profound Bedtime Prayer

"Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for this day. Thank you for our minds so that we can think before we say stuff".

What a profound prayer out of a 6 year old. He's an awesome boy!

Abuse

Standing in the kitchen minding my own business eating raw cookie dough I feel a little tap, tap on my back side. I turn around to find my precious 2 year old, Landon with a Nerf rifle as tall as him and a great big grin on his face HAHAHA, I JUST SHOT YOU IN DUH GREAT BIG HINEY! I don't have to take this kind of abuse. Maybe I should take the hint and put the cookie dough away...maybe in the trash. No chance.

Changes

Over the past few years there have been so many changes in me that I couldn't name them all. I believe one major thing has been my outlook on marriage. The view I held for a long time came alot from pride -which I got honest from two very independent sisters and a very strong, opinionated mom- was that I really didn't need a man (ie my husband) that I could support myself and our child (at the time all we had was Taylor) on my own. I didn't take into account the word support means so much more than just meeting physical needs. Sure, I could raise my kid on the income I made at the law firm. The part that I failed to think about was being able to support myself and most importantly Taylor emotionally or spiritually. I didn't have a spiritual life to speak of at all back then. Praise God he snatched ahold of me at the height of my pride and told me the truth...I do need my husband.