I have been called out by a few for my blogging hiatus! Things have been a little hectic and therefore, blogging took the backseat. Sorry! A short recap: home group hive, short trip to Wichita Falls for Miss Avery Grace's finalization, Berto's (my brother) 20th birthday, Bryce's (my nephew) 2nd birthday and Avery Grace's dedication...all in the last few weeks. Isaac, Landen & I are blessed to have all you peeps in our lives!
So...what to blog about?!?
My day...a day in the life of a full-time working mom, struggling to find balance....
***Disclaimer...this may bore you!
5:30-
Alarm...and snooze....(so thankful I bathed yesterday afternoon; I can sleep in!)
6:00-
Arise!
Get ready, CHI the hair (early anniversary present), fix breakfast & get Landen's bag ready for school
6:30-
Wake Landen up!...his response, "No, No, No!"
(oh dear, this is off to a not so good start)
Set out his clothes & put him at the table for breakfast.
7:00-
Off to work! (Isaac is taking Landen this morning, so, I'll be on time! )
8:00-
Start the day with the pledges & a moment of silence
(Were you aware the Texas pledge was changed this year?)
9:00-3:30-
See a plethora of ill children! A viral infection has been rampant this week. Be sure to wash your hands...longer than a few seconds....try the ABC song! Favorite visit of the day:"My mom told me to call her after the TAKS test if I wasn't feeling good...and I'm not feeling good" Hmm...here's some advice, do not tell your children to call them IF they do not feel good as you drop them off at school...the IF just became REALITY! OH..and my second favorite, my mom gave me Tylenol this morning BECAUSE I had fever. Are you kidding me?!?
Entertain the idea of doing something as a creative stay-at-home working mom....
3:30-
Head to Target!
This week is teacher appreciation week at Landen's school. Today was "flowers" day. I had a really cute idea...make flower pens (ink pens, attach fake flower with floral tape, display in flower pot with coffee beans), note to self...next time do not fill flower pots with coffee beans before arrival, unless they are secured! You guessed it, one turn and spilled coffee beans! Maybe I'll enjoy the aroma in the morning!?!
4:30-
Pick up Landen!
Deliver the flower pot goods...hopefully they will not notice the dirt that is now mixed in with the coffee beans after I scooped them off of my floor board! Found out Landen had a GREAT day...yes, no biting! (I often enter with hesitance, afraid to find a "Toothy Tale"...a sweet tale about the details of how another child has an imprint of my son's teeth on their body) Landen & I dance in the car to Thriller as we're off to vacuum my car...no more coffee beans! (Thanks to the Schrodts for the Michael Jackson compilation)
5:00-
Get Home!
Unload, give Landen his snack..daddy prepared a gooey PB&J...yummy! start the clothes washer, help prepare dinner (tonight: grilled chicken & a broccoli, grape, red onion, bacon salad) and make chocolate covered strawberries for Landen's teachers.
6:45-
Dinner is served...Landen has started to reach out for me & Isaac's hands when we sit down for dinner as we pray, that little stud! He decides he has finished within about 10 minutes and immediately wants down from his chair. He throws a mini tantrum as Isaac & I finish our dinner. (We used to let him down after he was done, but only to find ourselves in a restaurant with Landen very irritated and confused because he was forced to sit at the table..any suggestions???)
7:20-Isaac is giving Landen a bubble bath and I clean up after dinner
7:45-Read Goodnight Moon, say a prayer & Landen is down for the count!
It is now 8:40 and I'm off to do some laundry and play with Eddie before I read and go to bed..I try to have an early bedtime...10:00 the latest!
Today, I thank Jesus for a hectic daily routine! I praise him that he alone is the author and perfector of life and that through him alone I can stand before him, white as snow...despite me! I also thank him for counseling and that through tears, he is slowly peeling back the layers of the me I have created and revealing to me the core of who I am...the me he created, not the image I have made it!! Sweet Jesus!!
