Mrs. Janice, I typed your name and tears of thankfulness and love are already flowing down my cheeks. I have dreaded this day for so long. The last day of PreK for Ryder. I cannot believe it is here. You know I wouldn’t be so sad if it weren’t for the fact that the preschool… Read More a letter to Mrs. Janice on the last day of PreK.
As soon as the girls left for school this morning I started working on their new room to get it finished up today! It has been two and a half weeks since the shared room process started and I was more than ready to finally get it together! This is what it looked like when… Read More the new {shared} big girl room
So yesterday I got Ryder from school and she tells me this elaborate story about how a squirrel jumped on her back. Considering the fact that the day before she told me that Miss Janice wasn’t there at school and they just did school alone and Ryder taught the class all day, I felt this… Read More the squirrel went to church….
The funny thing about traumatic events in your life is that sometimes the years go by and you feel numb to it, and then some years you can’t escape going down the rabbit hole and having some serious meltdowns. This year, meltdowns. You see, this is the first year I’ve had the facebook “on this… Read More Ryder’s 4th Heart-iversary
Since Rory’s school is starting later than normal the first week and she actually had the day off today for staggered enrollment, Andy took Ryder to school yesterday. Mainly because Rory was still asleep at 7:20 which was shocking enough but then she ended up sleeping until 8:37. DID YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY?! YES YOU… Read More “Yep, got played by a 4 year old.”
The dream has happened. It is finally soccer season which means… I am finally a soccer mom. *Insert spirit fingers.* This is not something I anticipated being so excited about. I played soccer until 9th grade (would have played longer but our high school didn’t have a soccer team…… #smallschoolproblems), but softball was my thing.… Read More finally a soccer mom
Ryder has had a hard time grasping the whole Spring Break thing this week. About every 10 minutes she runs to me and excitedly asks, “Is it still the spring break?!” Bless. I will admit that I wasn’t exactly looking forward to spring break. But as it has turned out, we have had a really… Read More is it still the spring break?!
About a week or so ago, I heard a remark somewhere (honestly cannot remember where I heard it) and it went something like this: Are you actually living your life or are you living it through your phone? Besides Instagram, despite what it might seem, I really don’t log onto social media much. I post everything through… Read More actually living.
Well. It seems as though I’m in the hellish place called potty training again. And yes. That is exactly how I feel about it. Thankyouverymuch. I’m not really sure why but it is some sort of sick joke that I get two kids who have NO INTEREST at all in the potty training business. You don’t remember… Read More a light-hearted post about how I feel about potty training. on opposite day.
Ryder’s birthday isn’t until Tuesday, July 1st, but we had her party this past Saturday. Since we have a pool, it is a given that Ryder will always have a pool party. ha! I had a whole lot of ideas and GRAND PLANS for this elaborately decorated party. Then I realized- you know what? I… Read More Ryder’s 3rd Birthday Party