Ski day!!

You know those cool little kids you see skiing down the mountain that are about 5 or 6 or 7? And you think "what a cool little dude, or little betty?" Well those cool little dudes are MY LITTLE DUDES!! Im so proud of them! They are turning into little rockstars on the snow. Oliver has no fear of speed and is always way in front of the rest of us, while Soyer is off in the trees finding any and every jump he can to go off. I ski to the side of them, half a wreck for their safety and half really proud!! As I yell to them "Soyer you spaz! where are you going??" And he just laughs at me. Toward the end of the day Soyers little legs had had enough but his heart wasnt wanting to give up. He would take a big jump, fall down, cry and cry. I would come to his rescue and say to him "Soyer, is it time to be done, should we go home or ski more?" And through his crying he would say "Ski more!!" "Soyer, I think your little body is done." "NO! SKI MORE!" then he would crash again and repeat the scenario.

I was fun to look at my whole family skiing, everyone totally capable of going down all by themselves. What a freedom that is as the parent, and what a proud moment it is as a mom!

Little boy or crazy mad man?

Should I be concerned? My son likes to draw violent pictures all the time. Today while sitting in church he drew a picture of Jesus and then drew a bubble caption above his head with a picture of himself. I thought "oh thats nice, he thinks Jesus is thinking of him." then he drew a bubble picture of Puddy the dog .."thats cute, he thinks Jesus thinks about his doggy.." Then he drew a bubble of Luna the cat. Then he wrote the words "OH NO" coming out of Jesus' mouth and then he drew another bubble picture of puddys head being cut off...And he giggled a synyster giggle as he showed me it.

Then the next picture was of a bunch of people falling into a volcano of hot lava, he laughed as he explained it to me..What the ?????

A curse

I was given this lovely gift in life and its called "impatience." I dont know if I inherited it or I learned it, but whichever it is, It bothers me. Bothers me to the point of annoyance. Im annoyed that I am impatient. And that is a very frustrating emotion.[s]

I wake up somedays and the impatientness overcomes me. I know that Im about to have a very annoying day. But not only that, Im about to annoy all those around me too. Its very frustrating. I have tried breathing but that doesnt work. I have tried yoga but honestly sometimes that takes too long.. the poses. They take patience. {see how frustrating this is for me?} I have tried praying, being alone, faking it, Ive even tried other unconventional ways to handle this, but it just takes over. I seem to not be able to help myself.

Things that get to me:

-People that are in the front of the line to turn left, the light is green and they DONT inch forward past the white line..they just sit there..and wait..for all the cars to go and then they take their turn.. UGHH! Scoot forward!!

-Putting quarters into the dumb carwash..you have to do it slooowwllyy or it will eat your quarters!!! SOOO annoying

-Standing in any kind of line and people dont scoot up to stand right behind the next person in line..instead they leave a gap... I stare at that gap, I want them to move forward, I logically know that I wont get there sooner if they do, but It MAKES ME CRAZY!!

-People that start a sentence and then drift off, forgetting what they were saying..losing a word somewhere...{my mother!!} Or when people say "ya know that one movie we saw.." {my poor husband} NO I DONT KNOW WHAT MOVIE! SPIT OUT THE WORD!

-voicemail recordings..."to leave a voicemail, press one, to send a greeting press two.. to change your personal options, press three..." all this while you just wait for the beeeeppppp!!!!! so you can say, "call me" I always always hang up before the beep bc I just cant stand waiting for it.

-when the button on the remote wont respond the second that I push it... I swear it just messes with me, its like it knows.."ahahhaha, {evil laugh} she hates this, lets make her wait 5 whole seconds to respond to this simple request!"

-when I shut a cupboard and it opens back up..and I shut it again, and it opens again.. Then I slam it and curse at it.. I know this wont help but im so MAD!!

Its annoying me to even write about this. I have found that writting in my journal helps me work out my frustrations on life, but I have no patience to write all those words down sometimes {again, do you feel my pain?} so I just sigh and roll my eyes instead. My poor, poor husband and children..

candlelight dinner

Here is proof Im not a total scrooge when it comes to the Valentine holiday... After learning our lesson of trying to go out to eat on Valentines Day, I decided last year to start our own tradition. So I make a candlelight dinner for my kids and for Scott. I cook a yummy dinner and serve them like they're at a restaurant. Salad first, entree, and then dessert. They love it and I love to see them sit at the dinner table for over an hour laughing and talking without any interruptions.

we had to hang a blanket in the window to make it dark bc Im not a patient person, and the sun just wasnt setting fast enough. But by the time we were half way through, it was totally dark out.

"Bon Appetite" {he loves to say this at every meal}

Then there was a potty break.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!!

Valentines Day madness

Valentines Day is coming up, does everyone feel extra warm fuzzies for their loved one? Well you should, shouldnt you?? Afterall, we have dedicated one day out of the year you get to go pay too much for flowers and chocolates and wait for 3 hours at restaurants and then get cold food. Write warm fuzzy words in a Hallmark card and buy giant overstuffed teddybears that come in pink and red and white to throw on your bed and then take to D.I. a month later. Doesnt it sound fun?? Doesnt it all make sense?? ONE day dedicated to that one special person... awww, the sweetness of it all...