happy

Happy totally describes me today! Jeff's flight was postponed a few times yesterday until finally they cancelled it all together. When he told me that, I about flipped out...you mean you can't come home today. I mentioned that I could drive to Salt Lake City to pick him up and we could get a hotel for the night etc.,. But, he worked it out by re-scheduling his flight to Boise which is a lot closer to us than SLC, so the girls and I took a little road trip and drove to Boise last night to pick up Jeff. I didn't mind one bit. I really like airport reunions, they are much more exciting than Jeff just walking through our front door. He also treated us to Red Robin for dinner...yummy! We arrived back home just in time for the girls bedtime.

And, today has been one of those days that you just wish everyday was like. We slept in till 8, had a family breakfast together, had family scripture study and prayer, kids were playing with the coloring books that Jeff brought them back the whole morning, and we drove Jeff to work. After that, we took Kamryn to the bus stop, I was able take some "me" time and exercise, read London 5 books and put her down for a nap easily. Now, I am playing on the computer...it has been a relaxing, perfect day.

Jeff was supposed to be home over an hour ago and I am just really anxious to see him again. He has been in Pennsylvania for the week on business. Right now, he is stuck in SLC because of icy conditions and he has no idea when he will be on his flight home.

I've haven't been posting enough pictures lately, so I thought I'd post this one of Jeff teaching Kamryn how to draw Cinderella. Pretty good for a 5 year old, I must say so myself.

I can walk

Sorry about the last post! I posted it in a hurry since kids aren't patient and don't really understand the "in a minute" statement. I didn't realize that I had left off the "I can't walk" segment.

So, here is the story...

Every time London gets hurt (which seems to be often since she is kind of clumsy) she always says in a crying, I am going to die voice "I can't walk". The funny thing is that she could hurt her elbow and she'd still say it. We have to kiss her better, comfort her and then we have to watch her try to walk it off. So cute!

Sunbeams, Tavaci and I can't walk

My little London has graduated from nursery to sunbeams and she did not like it one little bit. As we turned the corner and went into the Primary room instead of the nursery room, she plopped herself on the ground and started screaming/crying "Me want my class." I passed her to Jeff to take care of so that I could go teach my 10-12 year old class. We also just happened to change meeting times to 12:30 p.m. (nap time), which explains everything.

Kamryn started Tavaci today, which is a musical, singing, drama type group. She had fun and it should be a lot of fun to watch her performance in the spring. Also, she just finished her second IRI test in kindergarten and she thinks she did great. I am pretty sure she did great because we've worked extra hard on everything!

Saddened with baby hunger...

Babysitting 4 kids under the age of 3, attending a baptismal service where we were surrounded by cute babies in church garb, fasting on Sunday for a baby and having Kamryn ask if we are fasting again for a baby, hearing that a friend (that was married on the exact same day as we were) is now pregnant with her 4th....I am way past hungry :)

I got the black lung pop

Today, I woke up with a bad sore throat. I just realized that I have been getting sick often, probably because I have a kindergartner now who likes to bring home a lot of germs. Recently, I accompanied Kamryn to her class and she had to stop by the community drinking fountain for a drink. I was watching her drink this little stream of water with her mouth as close as possible to the spout. I have no idea how many kids have put their mouth on top of that thing. Eww...she is now the owner of a water bottle that she can put in her backpack.

Our New Year's was low key this year, as it is every year. We stayed home with the kids and watched Stardust (which exceeded my expectations immensely), ate a lot of junk food, opened Christmas crackers (we forgot about them on Christmas Eve), went to a friends house and played a few board games, and we toasted sparkling cider at midnight, and set family and individual goals for the year. I was so excited that both girls stayed up till midnight, though London was very cranky the last 15 minutes.

I figure if the world knew my resolutions, then I might be more accountable for succeeding at them.

Here are my resolutions:

1. Make a nice family sit down breakfast at least 5 of the 7 days during the week.

This is something that Jeff wants me to do and being the good wife and mother I am, I am complying to his wishes. I have succeeded so far...waffles, pancakes, eggs, toast and scones so far this week. And, actually I think that I am saving a ton of money not buying all that sugary cereal.

2. Send birthday cards to family and friends.

I am really good at remembering someones birthday a few days after it has past. This year I will use my cute homemade card stash and send some loves your way...if I can remember :)

And finally...

3. Establish a job chore chart for the girls and follow through.

I am the mom who takes care of everything for my kids and I've realized that instead of making me look like a good mom, it has actually made my kids really lazy. I am still getting my 5 year old dressed, I brush her teeth, I bathe her etc.,. I have major control issues with letting my kids become independent, therefore we are starting with the basics because, frankly, I am so tired of cleaning up after them. London has developed the habit of saying "I can't" and I don't want her to grow up giving up, if that makes any sense at all. I am starting with a chore chart and hopefully I won't give in to their belly aching.

Wish me luck...

To my princess, barbie loving niece...
Happy Birthday Emily!