A Day in My Crazy Life!

If you want to know what my day is like, just check out these pictures. I made the mistake of joking to all my Facebook friends that I was going to carry my camera around with me all day and take pictures. For some reason they thought that would be a really great idea and couldn't wait to see the results. Well, I decided the share the results with all my blogger friends too. This is it, this is my day in a nutshell. You know I like to keep things real, so feel free to laugh! Sometimes that's all I can do!

Catching Tate in the sink trying to brush his teeth and running to get my camera so that I could capture it on "film" is what inspired me to spend the rest of the day documenting my crazy life!

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p.s. I've changed some of the settings on my Blogger account. ANYONE can now leave a comment or a message on my blog. You do not have to have a Google account. Please, if you are reading my blog let me know. I'd love to hear from all of you and get your feedback.

This blog started as a way to keep my out of town family up to date on my kids, but it quickly turned into a personal journal about my life, my struggles, my journey, and my great triumphs. But even though I write for myself, I'd still like to know someone other than me is enjoying it.

This is also my version of a scrapbook. My pictures and my story are here for me to look back on and remember. One day I'm going to transfer all this wonderful information to a "real" scrapbook. But until then, I have my blog.

Kindergarten Registration

On Monday I took Nathan to register for Kindergarten. My how 5 years have just flown by! He was so excited to go see his "big boy" school! We even met his best friend Hannah there so that they could register together. They are so excited to be going to the same school in the fall. They are hoping to be in the same class. I know they are both looking forward to riding the school bus and Nathan is looking forward to buying his lunch at school.

I have to admit that I'm just as excited about him going to Kindergarten as he is. I will miss him so much during the day, but at the same time it will be a relief to only have 3 kids at home. Tate will be almost 3 by then and the twins will turn 1 about two months after school starts. It will also be nice to not have to worry about driving back and forth to preschool three times a week with the other three kids in tow.

He's always been my little buddy, my partner in crime, the only kid I can have a conversation with during the day, and my little helper around the house. I'm going to miss him. But I'm so proud of the good boy he is and I can't wait to see what God has in store for his life. I think he's going to do great things! I just sometimes wish he didn't have to grow up to do them.

The Mommy Revolution! No More Faking It!

Most of you probably realize that I am pretty real on my blog. I try to give you a pretty good idea of what's going on around here. This is as real as it gets. I'm not perfect and I'm willing to admit it. I don't have it all together. I barely survive each day but I wouldn't trade my stay at home life for any other but sometimes I get frustrated because I can't do it all.

If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm done faking it! I've been inspired by one of my blogger "friends" to prove it! So, here it goes.

This is what my house really looks like! I admit it. I can't keep up with it. I have four kids and only two hands. We also have 6 people living in a 3 bedroom house. There is just not enough room for everyone's stuff. There are only so many hours in the day. I feel accomplished if I've managed to keep my kids fed, out of trouble, and clean everyday! We even try to throw in some book reading and some preschool homework! If I'm lucky I get most of it cleaned up on the weekends when my husband is home from work and can occupy the kids while I tackle the house. That's *IF* I'm lucky!

Yummy In My Belly!

The twins were able to start eating cereal last week. We started with rice cereal mixed with their formula. They were so excited at first to try something new, but they quickly realized that they really didn't like it.

They were so cute. I would give one a spoonful and then the other. When it wasn't their turn they would get so excited. Smiling and kicking their little legs. Then when they got their next spoonful they would realize that they don't like it! Bite after bite was the same. Excitement followed by disappointment! It was just too cute.

After a week of cereal, they are slowly starting to like it more. SLOWLY! It has also helped improve our day around here. They have started sleeping more during the afternoons after lunch. Often falling asleep at the same time that our 2 year old is napping. It's so nice to have a quiet hour or so in the day.