My beautiful mess

This represents so many things I love all together. Hubby, kids, and yarn and hooks.
This time of my life is amazing!

The nightmare that is LEGO

I think all of this year's and last year's posts consist of what my kids did while we were sick this week. Thank goodness for legos and curse them at the sametime! We are busy trying to rid our house of the colds, but mostly picking up legos. And finding them everywhere. We have been trying to institute an new rule to confine the disease of legos. They are allowed only in the boy's room. But you know that is just way too difficult to come to dinner with out them in your hand. So I started explaining to Thing 1 it is like you don't bring your school work on the playground you just need to take a break for a bit. The car is the main place where i am going to have to regulate this rule. They have more legos hiding in the car seats than anywhere I believe.
The thing is not just one kid is playing with them it is all of the children! All of the time! I will admitt when it does get bad I take them and hide them for about a week and then I realize how much they save my sanity. They have seen hours and hours of play time. During playdates they are the thing that they do so they can say "look what i have" and "I built this today"!

Time for Taxes

The count down begins.
Tax return will be here in seven days. Can we say new couch? Does anyone have a good used leather couch they want to get rid of for a good price? Our current couch has seen much better days. We love having the convience of wipe off seats when milk, soda, and koolaid is being constantly thrown at it. We have had it for about six months with a broken bar in the back giving it a sink in so you can't get off of it feel to it. We really could do with a new one.

But why when your taxes are in are you the poorest ever???? Why do you instantly think that your going to be able to do all these things when really you are just going to pay off debt and probably catch up on your rent. Every year for us it is the same. But it is nice to have so little Id like this year to buy and I can just concentrate on a new couch. The END.

Glasses, English and making amends.

Yeah this week has been action packed!! We moved thing 2 to Birch Lane which has only been a good move for her and her reading excitment. We do love the Spanish immersion program but she has been taking hits to her self confidence. Seeing her soar at Birch this last week has really made me love the Davis Schools even more. We lucked out with our teacher for Thing 1 and I am finding it is really an awesome district we are in!

We talked to the kids about being Brothers and Sisters in Heavenly Father's family. They were soooo funny realizing for what it seemed like for the first time that kids at school were in that equation.

Patient is one virtue that has been absent in the last couple of nights in my house. After exhausting every tool in the parental tool belt I lead my little fish to bed and told him Mommy needed space. He was very upset and overly tired and his big brother Thing 1 lead him back to bed and cuddled him til he calmed down and fell asleep. I loved how tender and kind he was as he explained that they had to sleep. The next night I allowed them to watch a movie til they were tired enough and they both came up the stairs. Both were lead by thing 1 saying lets go to bed now little Fish. It was adorable to hear him say "Good Night mom I am really tired so I am going to bed now."
I love how he amazes me each day!

Finished!!

Ok today i finished the laundry, Water for elephants (actually two days ago) and the idea of having a fat dog. Moobie has been gaining some extra pounds lately and so her weightloss program has begun aka walking her at least 5 times a week. I go with her and sometimes my neighbor comes an pics her up and runs her with her puppy Teddy. We love Teddy. Today it was a half hour around the field.
She seems happier and a little more rambunctious when we are out and about. I love this dog - a lot more than I ever thought i would love a pet. She is so good and wonderful with my kiddos. The fish keeps her on her toes and she is quick to start playing with him.

The stuff on the list today
Fill out thing1's Paper work for his testing
Get the kids back on the tire swing. (so much fun) but a pretty good walk out to the field and tree.
Get mascara (since I am still recovering from the cold I need to rejoin the living a step at a time but make up will for sure make me look semi healthy.
Use my camera today! I am in love with the new camera and I have barely tested it out! need to bad!!
Shoes for the Band He is really getting some good holes in his current pair.

R and R for the afternoon!

Back to blogging.

I have decided to write a bit about each day. Thing 2 had been saying funny things all day. I have been in bed with a sinus infection for most of the week. I also have been finishing like three books at the same time too. It has worked out at least.

On the new kindle fire I have "Water for Elephants" This book is making me check out nursing homes and deciding how I want to be taken care of in my old age ;) The other book is "Unbroken" and wow it is really good and really well written. It makes me think our money issues are awesome compared to those in his day. And I can totally relate to the mom in his life! Then there is "Matched" my teeny bopped love story one. I'm not very far into that one so I'll just have to see how that one goes. I am way far into the "Glass Castle" and it is hard to put down for some not me evidently. I have to get back and find out what happens in this lady's life!! Crazy story really and I can't imagine it is really a true story!
So staying in bed has been manageable but barely! I hate doing nothing and knowing it is all waiting for me when I feel better :(
So thing 2's Quote of the day...... "Fish come here 'I can control your brain I control your brain I CONTROL YOUR BRAIN' Come hERE DOG!!"

OH that FISH is such a funny crazy fellow. I am stunned he's turning five this year!