The day Mathias threw his own socks into the garbage...
Monday, September 22, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
The Greatest Feeling in the World
My older two children went to my in-laws yesterday morning, so for the remainder of the day, it was just Mathias and I.
We spent the entire day just playing together. He's learning to walk, but only has the confidence to take one or two steps before taking a nose dive into the floor. He loves it, though, and praise is enough to make him do it again and again.
After his nap, I went up to get him from his crib, and for the next 15 minutes, we sat on the couch and cuddled! I can't explain the feeling I get when my active one year old wants to put his day on hold to just rest his head on mommy's shoulder! I think I would describe it as the greatest feeling in the world. I am so grateful that for the past year I have been able to spend every day with my children.
We spent the entire day just playing together. He's learning to walk, but only has the confidence to take one or two steps before taking a nose dive into the floor. He loves it, though, and praise is enough to make him do it again and again.
After his nap, I went up to get him from his crib, and for the next 15 minutes, we sat on the couch and cuddled! I can't explain the feeling I get when my active one year old wants to put his day on hold to just rest his head on mommy's shoulder! I think I would describe it as the greatest feeling in the world. I am so grateful that for the past year I have been able to spend every day with my children.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Bliss
Yesterday was a GREAT day!
It started off with school. I left right at 8, in order to get the kids into their classrooms with their indoor shoes on by 8:20. I got Malachi situated in his room, and went to check on Madison, who's generally pretty "lolly-gaggy" in the morning. But lo and behold, she already had her shoes changed, had hung up her jacket, and was heading into the classroom!
Since I still had 25 minutes until Bible Study at church started, I decided to plop Mathias into his stroller and walk (since it is only across the street :D) And it was a beautiful morning! Bible Study was great, we're doing The Patriarchs by Beth Moore. It's so full of information, which I love, so it leaves me wanting more!
After Bible Study, Mathias and I walked back to the school to pick Malachi up from PreSchool. We were a couple of minutes early, so I let Mat explore while I chatted with another mother.
We went home, had a great lunch, and Mathias went down for his nap easily. Aside from a few phone calls, I spent the remainder of the afternoon scouring my kitchen. I'm talking, take everything apart, and ruin your nails, scouring. It was GREAT!! It just feels so great getting to deep clean my house without children biting my ankles!
After supper I decided to tackle my dining room table, much of which contained artsy-craftsy coloring supplies. Typically, we keep things of this nature in the cluttered, highly disorganized bottom drawer of our buffet...but no longer. I went out and bought a plastic 5 drawer organizer and transplated the arts and crafts to the basement, leaving, imagine that, an empty drawer.
Now, I don't want to spend every day like yesterday, but I actually enjoyed myself!
It started off with school. I left right at 8, in order to get the kids into their classrooms with their indoor shoes on by 8:20. I got Malachi situated in his room, and went to check on Madison, who's generally pretty "lolly-gaggy" in the morning. But lo and behold, she already had her shoes changed, had hung up her jacket, and was heading into the classroom!
Since I still had 25 minutes until Bible Study at church started, I decided to plop Mathias into his stroller and walk (since it is only across the street :D) And it was a beautiful morning! Bible Study was great, we're doing The Patriarchs by Beth Moore. It's so full of information, which I love, so it leaves me wanting more!
After Bible Study, Mathias and I walked back to the school to pick Malachi up from PreSchool. We were a couple of minutes early, so I let Mat explore while I chatted with another mother.
We went home, had a great lunch, and Mathias went down for his nap easily. Aside from a few phone calls, I spent the remainder of the afternoon scouring my kitchen. I'm talking, take everything apart, and ruin your nails, scouring. It was GREAT!! It just feels so great getting to deep clean my house without children biting my ankles!
After supper I decided to tackle my dining room table, much of which contained artsy-craftsy coloring supplies. Typically, we keep things of this nature in the cluttered, highly disorganized bottom drawer of our buffet...but no longer. I went out and bought a plastic 5 drawer organizer and transplated the arts and crafts to the basement, leaving, imagine that, an empty drawer.
Now, I don't want to spend every day like yesterday, but I actually enjoyed myself!
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Awwwe!
This is the family photo taken for our New Member brochure at church. Our gifted photographer granted my wish, not only by giving me a copy of the photo, but also the copyright...and that's not all, she didn't charge me a dime! (And did I mention that she only took one shot?) Thanks Meagan!
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Big, BIG Day!
Wednesday was a day of firsts in our family:
Mathias's First Birthday
Malachi's First Day of Pre-School 
Madison's First Day of Kindergarten
And to top it all off, Madison lost her first tooth!
And to top it all off, Madison lost her first tooth!
Labor Day Weekend 2008
We had a great Labor Day Weekend this year, despite the fact that Seth wasn't with us on Saturday, and was instead preparing the hunting land for hunting season.
My parents, my kids, three of my siblings and I spent Saturday at my Aunt Vicki and Uncle Alan's house about 2 1/2 hours from here. We talked, we laughed, we skied, we tubed, we ate, we went home happy! Here's a photo re-cap:
My parents, my kids, three of my siblings and I spent Saturday at my Aunt Vicki and Uncle Alan's house about 2 1/2 hours from here. We talked, we laughed, we skied, we tubed, we ate, we went home happy! Here's a photo re-cap:
Liz and Malachi Tube it Up!
Brittany and Madison show 'em how it's done!
Dan and Mathias enjoy each other's laughs.
Our gracious host, my aunt Vicki and myself.
Malachi braves the treacherous tides in his "paddle boat"!
Liz teaches Madison some of her moves from the Ski Team.
Even the van ride wasn't so bad!
Monday was spent with family, playing card games at our house. Paul and Amy came up and hung out for most of the day. All in all, it was a great way to end the summer!
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