Jan 19
Ally's school writing assignment entitled Home Sweet Home:
My Home... My Home is small. It is fun. I like my home. My Home is great.
I like my home because... It is nisse (nice). It has three bathrooms. It keeps me safe. It is on the monten (mountain).
I wish my home had... A bowssy (busy) house. It was sparckaly (sparkly). Was a kingbume (kingdom).
I'm glad my home has... Rooms. My family.
Jan 20
Kassi sang in church today, holding hymnbook and everything. It wasn't on the correct page but she still sang out! It's funny, she's my fourth kid to do it but it never gets old and for some reason always makes me cry. Hmmmm...
Then the poor little girl threw up all over herself and her daddy and had to go home early. She has spent the majority of the rest of the day on my lap. Poor baby.
The kids drew pictures in primary showing ways they could help make their family and home more successful. Emmy drew a picture of her and me. Then she shared with the whole room that it was a picture of me deciding to be nice to her on her birthday and not be cranky. Beforehand she said it was a picture of me helping her to not be scared. Just now she said it was a picture of me teaching her to be reverent. But in front of everyone, she announced that I was cranky on her birthday! I don't remember ever being cranky on her birthday.... So Random!!
Sami and Ally were playing Monopoly when suddenly Ally got upset. It turned out that Sami tricked Ally by saying she would pay her $100 if Ally would allow Sami to purposely land on Free Parking. Ally agreed, not realizing that free parking contained over $700. We made Sami put it back and told her to stop cheating.
Jan 22
It's been a great day!!!! Last night, we had our first M.M.M. (Mom's Motivating Mom's) Meeting! A friend of mine put it together and I'm so glad she did! Yesterday was a very bad day and being able to escape my house and spend some time with friends and talk about how we're not alone in our frustrations and concerns-it was the breath of fresh air that I was desperately in need of. I went to bed last night feeling motivated and woke this morning without an exhaustion headache for the first time in weeks (healthy kids slept all night, sick one's gave me six undisturbed hours!)! I was able to actually read a Conference talk during snuggle time! Since we had no place to go, I got stuff done around the house! I finished my laundry, cleaned up my main floor to the point where I could stop hyperventilating when I walked into each room, took a long, relaxing shower, received cookies from a darling friend, and spent a good amount of quality time with each of my kids individually! I'm starting to wonder if my life is too over-scheduled. Maybe I should plan more time at home. But then again, my kids watched so much TV today! I think what really made it such a great day was my attitude. I had feverish kids and constant messes. I looked totally unpresentable when my friend stopped by. I had way more work than I could have possibly gotten done. But I stayed positive and uplifted throughout the day. If only the M.M.M.'s could meet every week....
Jan 23
Ally and Emmy are the best of friends AND worst of enemies, and it's becoming more pronounced as they get older. It's been a very good thing for them to have Ally gone at school during the day. With the holiday this week, though, and the fact that Ally has been sick since Sunday night, they have spent way too much time together. And it hasn't been overly constructive time together. With sick kids, we have been locked up in the house for over three days and the girls are getting cabin fever. This morning, they are at each others' throats! Every time I turn around there is bickering and whining and fighting. Thank goodness Ally's fever broke last night (after being at 104.3 yesterday!) and I can send her to school tomorrow! Now how to survive today.... A walk around the block may be in order.
Every table chair in the house has moved to the carpeted dining room for the time being. Kassi has figured out how to maneuver the chairs and climb on them in order to get into every cabinet in the kitchen. Nothing is safe!!
I just found Kassi putting Ally's slippers on. She looked up at me and said, "I Go!" Like I said, cabin fever.
Jan 27
Kassi's newest phrase (next to "I go" whenever she wants to go outside): "I Stinky!". Yes, she hates being stinky. She will hide to do her business and then immediately come tell me she is stinky...every three seconds until I change her! I have high hopes for when it comes time to potty train this one!!
Jan 30
Do you think Emmy will ever go a day without calling me a Mean Mom? Or telling me that I am taking away from her bucket? (We talked about the "Bucket and the Dipper" theory in FHE recently) Tonight I had to sit Emmy down and explain to her that being a Strict mom sometimes IS NOT the same as being mean. It actually means I am nice and loving. That is why I make her eat her food and brush her teeth and go to bed. That is why I say NO at times when she wants to do something that may not be healthy for her, or when she wants something she doesn't need. That is why I encourage her to keep herself and her environment clean. I don't think she really got it.
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