So very frustrated! Why is it people can't discipline their own children and make it stick? Why is it I live beside these very people and nothing ever gets better? Why is it they don't see that it is only going to get worse as their children get older? Why do they not see it is already happening? Why? Why? Why?!
A HUGE thank you to my mother who always made the punishment fit the crime and stuck to it. One of the best parenting lessons I have ever learned. As hard as it is on parents to stick it out, it is so very important. How else will they ever learn? Thank you, Mom. Thank you.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Working the yard
We've been busy around here. Getting all the flower beds ready, mulching, mowing.
Busy, busy, busy.
Aren't these the cutest little chairs? I just love them! I was admiring them at Lowe's one day. Came home last week and Steve had gotten them for me - what a great surprise!
These are our little toad friends that reappear every spring. They live in the window well. Good to see they survived the winter. Must have been the Gogurt someone left down there.
These wild violets have been popping up all over our yard. More than I've ever seen before. This one came up in my wildflower bed. Nice addition I think. Aren't they so pretty? Make me think of my Sigmas and smile.
Busy, busy, busy.
Aren't these the cutest little chairs? I just love them! I was admiring them at Lowe's one day. Came home last week and Steve had gotten them for me - what a great surprise!
These are our little toad friends that reappear every spring. They live in the window well. Good to see they survived the winter. Must have been the Gogurt someone left down there.
These wild violets have been popping up all over our yard. More than I've ever seen before. This one came up in my wildflower bed. Nice addition I think. Aren't they so pretty? Make me think of my Sigmas and smile.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Thanks Easter Bunny!
What I heard whispered this morning. "Kate, get up. The Easter Bunny was here. Kate, the Easter Bunny - he was here. He left us stuff." That one got her up. A quick scramble of covers & running feet down the stairs. They are so funny!
The bunny definitely left the loot!
Goodies galore.
I happened to open the fridge & "notice" the dyed eggs were missing. I reported the news to the hunters. Squeals & a sudden scurry to the back door.
"I see one! I see another!"
Happy Easter every bunny!!
The bunny definitely left the loot!
Goodies galore.
I happened to open the fridge & "notice" the dyed eggs were missing. I reported the news to the hunters. Squeals & a sudden scurry to the back door.
"I see one! I see another!"
Happy Easter every bunny!!
Friday, April 2, 2010
Trampolining!
For Christmas, the kids got a trampoline from CoCo & Poppa. They have been dying to have it put up. Due to weather, snow, snow and more snow, we just got it put up a couple weeks ago. They LOVE it! Everyday after school everyone flocks to jump.
They are getting pretty good. Katelyn is even figuring out how to do a front flip - yikes!
They are getting pretty good. Katelyn is even figuring out how to do a front flip - yikes!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Spring is in the air
Everywhere I look, I see signs that Spring has come.
Daffodils are blooming
Buds are poking through
Right there, do you see it?
The weather is perfect - sunshine, rain, a thunderstorm or two, breezy - perfect weather for getting outside and getting motivated. Spring has Sprung!
Daffodils are blooming
Buds are poking through
Right there, do you see it?
The weather is perfect - sunshine, rain, a thunderstorm or two, breezy - perfect weather for getting outside and getting motivated. Spring has Sprung!
Friday, March 26, 2010
A letter to my children
Dear Kate & Brett -
I hope that as you grow up, Daddy and I do a good enough job of teaching how you should treat other people. All people - not just the ones that are like you, that agree with you, that don't challenge your ideas. Our country seems so full of anger and hatred right now. I'm not sure when it became okay to threaten people because you disagree with them. When it became okay for leaders and people who want to be leaders to suggest, recommend or condone violence toward our fellow citizens. I was not around during the civil rights movement. I didn't experience first hand how cruel people could be toward each other because of the color of their skin. I really thought maybe our world had moved past that. I watch you as you make new friends and see that you don't see a difference. I'm so glad for that. I hope that our world is not turning back and becoming that horrible place that it once was. I don't want to have to fear for my life or the safety of my family because I say something that others disagree with. I am scared of this world we are in right now. I've never understood using violence because of ignorance, especially when someone says they are "god-fearing Christians". I hate that someone would use Christ in that way. All the reasons Daddy rejects church.
Hopefully, we walk the walk as well as talk the talk of being tolerant and respectful of others and their opinions. I hope someone will step forward and be a true leader and stop all of this hatred. I hope and I pray.
Love, Mom
I hope that as you grow up, Daddy and I do a good enough job of teaching how you should treat other people. All people - not just the ones that are like you, that agree with you, that don't challenge your ideas. Our country seems so full of anger and hatred right now. I'm not sure when it became okay to threaten people because you disagree with them. When it became okay for leaders and people who want to be leaders to suggest, recommend or condone violence toward our fellow citizens. I was not around during the civil rights movement. I didn't experience first hand how cruel people could be toward each other because of the color of their skin. I really thought maybe our world had moved past that. I watch you as you make new friends and see that you don't see a difference. I'm so glad for that. I hope that our world is not turning back and becoming that horrible place that it once was. I don't want to have to fear for my life or the safety of my family because I say something that others disagree with. I am scared of this world we are in right now. I've never understood using violence because of ignorance, especially when someone says they are "god-fearing Christians". I hate that someone would use Christ in that way. All the reasons Daddy rejects church.
Hopefully, we walk the walk as well as talk the talk of being tolerant and respectful of others and their opinions. I hope someone will step forward and be a true leader and stop all of this hatred. I hope and I pray.
Love, Mom
Thursday, February 25, 2010
sunshine?
I'm afraid to get too excited, but we have had sunshine for 2 days in a row. Two whole days! Starting to get a little too excited. When I get too excited, the clouds get jealous and want to come out. I'm not going to say it too loud, but I think they are even calling for more tomorrow. Shhh, keep it to yourself. Don't let the clouds hear.
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