I won a bloggie award, y'all! My sister gave me a "You Make My Day Award" and I'm thrilled. I'll give away this award at the end of this post, but first.....let's talk about summer.
This week has been my first official week of summer since we spent one week in Watercolor and the following week doing VBS and basketball camp. This was the first week that I actually had to come up with all sorts of fun things to entertain my three girls who don't like to do the same thing. Adding insult to injury was my husband's work schedule, which left me as pseudo-single parent.
So here's what our week looked like:
Monday: bible study, nap, Kellie-Laine goes to play with a friend, Kellie-Laine's friend spends the night, trip to Keva Juice
Tuesday: Jumping Party, lunch at Fuddrucker's, basketball practice
Wednesday: morning at the donut shop, story time at the library, weekly Wednesday babysitter for Emerie, movie (Kung Fu Panda) with older girls, bathing suit shopping at Academy
Thursday: swimming at the Y, took dinner to a friend with a new baby, double header basketball game in West, Texas
Friday: dropped Kellie-Laine off to spend the weekend at Lake Granbury with a friend, lunch and play date with the Stanfords.
Whew...factor in trips to the grocery store, picking up the house, filling up my car with $100 worth of gas, chasing a toddler who's goal in life is to break every boundary I set for her, listening to my four-year-old talk non-stop, and refereeing the incessant arguing that goes on between my girls.....and there you have it!! The reason I am insane.
Is anyone else having school withdrawals?
And finally for my award: my award goes to my high school friend, Juli, who was the one who not only inspired me to start blogging, but also convinced me in high school to pull the "I'm spending the night at Angela's/Juli's house" trick and instead we snuck out to visit some boys camping. We got caught....duh (my hometown is really, really small) and were subsequently grounded for a long time. We even painted prison bars on our windows to commemorate our grounding. Juli also shared my love of heavy metal bands and attended the Poison concert with me in my dad's neon green VW van in 8th grade (that was you right, Juli?). Anyway, Juli has made my day in many ways and for many years. I love keeping up with her life through her blog. Thanks for making my day, Juli!
BTW: if anyone has any summer fun suggestions for me.....I'd love to have them!
8 comments:
What a busy week! I think that the jail bars on your window is one of the funniest things I have heard for a grounding. I wish I would have been that creative ;)
Awwwwww!!! ::::::::smooches:::::: You're such a doll! Thanks! And I'll never forget my jail bars! You were lucky, I think mine lasted two weeks longer than yours did! ;)
Angela,
callingsandcupcakes.com has a post on doing things with the kids today -- it was compiled by kids and has some things I never thought of. You might check it out.
oH MY GOSH! Jail bars! Thats hysterical! If only I had been so creative.
We have the equally insane summer. Do you have a Barnes and Noble? They have a story time, too, and ours does a craft along with it. Kind of nightmarish ,but it's something to do and it's free.
We've gone swimming at the city pools (nothing like Atlanta's-very child-geared and not so crowded), Hawaiian Falls (not that impressed), and what else...oh, I've gone to the gym 4 times. Yes, that's right, 4 times in 3 weeks. ;) It's a change of pace for them since they can play in the kid area, and I actually get some exercise (and time away from the screaming and fighting).
I've officially decided that I'm a horrible mom. Don't we all think that sometimes? Have fun juggling it all. It's crazy, crazy! I'm going to that cupcake website to get more ideas! :)
jen ross
Angela,
I, the pregnant lady, recommend getting the vaccine.
My test when I got preg. gave me a result of “neither positive nor negative” so I don’t know if I will GET it or If I am immune. I will call the doctor in the morning. Surely they will want to do more test.
If I am going to get it, then I have already come in contact with plenty of people that DO NOT want to get it. Including other pregnant women and even a 3 DAY OLD INFANT.
I am guessing I am not contagious yet (according to the internet) but I need to know if I am contagious so I can stay away from the other preg. ladies and the 3 infants in my Sunday school class that are all under 3 months and One is a preemie.
You see where I am coming from.?
I just don’t want this spreading.
Of course, it is your decision to vaccinate or not. I respect you and your choice.
Summer Palmer
I could not get your email to send.
I challenge you to your choice of: In Defense of Food, by Micheal Polland, or, How to Have a Smarter Child by Kindergarten. Yes, it sounds gimmicky, but it's good.
Happy Birthday, by the way! I'm a June birthday too, I just turned 29! Anyway, what's "parking lot"?
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