short. sweet. socks.



 

 

I went through my socks.....well the boys' socks.  And I had 6 matches.  Three of these are not ours.  On the other hand....I have a pile of socks with no pairs.

Pizza at 930 in the morning.  YUM!!

He is checking himself out in the mirror.  I love his little obsession. 

 

 

 

Sorry...that is my only post.  It is 455 in the morning.  I have been up since 315 and I can not fall back asleep.  Planning on the Children's Museum today.  That is the plan.  

OLD KIDS....lazy mom

It has been awhile since my last post.  I was hoping to post more in 2013 and I have not started off well.  Even though I am sitting down to post now there are a million things that I could be doing with my time.  (Like taking the boys to go get haircuts)  Today we decided to stay in our pajamas, lounge, and not go to church..........

 

1. Owen

This morning Owen was laying in bed with me and Cameron was out in the house somewhere.  I didn't hear Cameron running around AND I wanted to stay in bed (so you can tell how much energy I had a 6am....plus no coffee yet).  Anyways, I asked Owen to go check and make sure Cameron was ok and see what he was doing.  Owen jumped out of bed, I heard him asking Cameron if he was ok and Cameron said "yeah."  Owen ran back and gave me a full report.  It was great.  I know that this story makes me sound like a lazy ass mom and this morning....I was.  BUT in my own defense, it is 9am now, I have my coffee, and I am on top of it again.

 

2. Tax Check

My tax check is almost gone, but it was heavenly.  I was able to pay all my bills this month and not have to wait for my next paycheck.  Not living pay check to pay check...even for just one month....is a wonderful feeling.  AND I payed off the carpets. 

 

3. Amber

The boys love Amber.  And though I am jealous of the time that she gets to spend with them...I love Amber too.  She makes my life a bit easier.  

 

4. New kitchen

My parents got a new kitchen.  Holy moly it is beautiful.  I am so happy that my mom made this upgrade.  She works so hard and puts everyone else in her life first.  This is a great treat that she will enjoy every. single. day.  Yay!!

 

5. My diaper bag

I have absolutely no idea where my diaper bag is right now.  None.  And that is AWESOME.  It means that I do not carry anything extra with us when we go anywhere.  The boys don't have accidents, I don't worry about taking them to the bathroom everywhere we go, and it is a whole new world.  My diaper bag was pretty beat up anyways....maybe I threw it away...doubtful.

 

And while I am at it....we don't use monitors either.  My kids are OLD.  

 



 

The heart is a crazy thing

I guess that now is a good time to update the blog.  It keeps me away from cleaning the bathrooms at 6am and lets me sit and enjoy my coffee while still feeling productive.  I don't have many new pictures.  I have been working 40+ hours a week and this past weekend the boys went to Greg's house.  Today is my day off....and I am going into work for some meetings.  This new schedule has been an incredibly huge adjustment on my heart and physically on my body but I love it.  I miss the time with the boys significantly. SIGNIFICANTLY. But, this change was the best thing that I have done for myself in the past year.  And happy parents grow happy kids.

 

An updates.  Last night at our weekly family dinner my parents told us that my dad was getting open heart surgery this month.  yeah....I know.  I don't know much more to say about that.  I actually don't want to say much more.  I just want to have some time to process in my head what is going on.  I did however step back and realize some things about myself last night.  When I get told scary, sad, or hard news I immediately go into fight or flight....sometimes both.  I try to find solutions.  I start putting action plans into place.  I look towards the future into and make sure that if things start to break apart, we have something there to build them up.  It is a strange turn of emotions.  I sort of shut down and focus somewhere else.  So the more I thought about this...the more I realized how often I do this.  Mat has told me this for the past year.  And yes, it is something that I have been aware of...I am able to pick up my big girl panties and concentrate my energy onto moving forward.  But last night I realized how dysfunctional it was.  And then when I am out of the energy of "fight" mode I am able to process a bit more.  This past year I have sort of been able to slow down, step back, look at myself and my actions and slow my roll.  It's been nice but still a learning process. 

That's all.  That is my whole story.  I will keep the blog updated on my dad's progress.  It will be a crazy month in the Mitchell family.

 

I don't know if I have talked about this before in my blog but it is something that makes me smile in the mornings.  It is still dark when I take the boys to Amber's house.  And they frequently find the moon.  Cameron says, "There is my friend, moon." and then Owen will say, "There is my friend, star."  Sometimes they will talk to them sometimes they will just show us where they are located in the sky.  Anyways, it is something that melts my heart every time I hear it and I wanted to share it here so I never forget.

 

Cameron's imagination is off the hook.  I love it.  Last night he was taking bread sticks and acting like it was a swords to fight dragons and then later it was a huge gun and he was chasing Sawyer.  He also has a quick wit.  It is so fun to watch them grow up into such different personalities. 

 

 

Walking into my office last week.  I must say, it was something that I needed that morning.  GREAT coworkers!!