Pink Daffodil

Parker on the Move

This morning I told Gary that Parker would start crawling this week. Just watching him you could tell that he had something new up his sleeve. My mother in law told me today that he was inching along the floor for something. This afternoon when I got home he started crawling. The knees are not involved with the kind of crawl. No sir. He does a push up. No joke. A push up. And then he launches himself across the floor and then doe it all over again. It's so funny and so darn cute. I love these kids.

Lucas is really starting to talk. He knows everything. Where is the sky? Where is the bear? Where is the soccer ball? He can tell you where anything is which means he knows what the object or place is. So  I am not worried about anything. Gary said Lucas is choosing not to talk. So today he said blue and was correct so I would quiz him and he definitely is saying that blue is the color and he is correct. So that is fun. He is saying ballon and fire truck. I don't want. Cup. Please. He says several other things. I know it seems like he should be saying more but developmentally he is on track. He calls animals by their sound. Moos.  Quack Quacks. He does say pig fo pig. The boy can talk and it seems like he might actually start to do it. GOOOOO LUCAS!

I have to teach again tomorrow. I don't want to. I am tired and I am done for this semester. Mentally anyway. I am exhausted. I am so ready for vacation to get here.

We are doing shopping on behalf of the Easter Bunny tomorrow. Baskets need to be filled. We are going to meet up with the Bunny himself for some pictures too. Should be a really fun er....interesting time.

Monday

So I am sitting in the computer lab wishing that this five hour break could be over with! I want so badly to be home with my boys today. Lucas cried this morning when I left. That why are you doing this to me look he gave me as I left the house had me in tears driving down main street. I hate leaving the kids in the morning. I wonder everyday, "why am I doing this?" Really. Why? I don't know. they are only little once and everyday I pack up and leave them. Mondays are the worst. I am gone all day. Tuesday-Friday I am home by noon. Those days don't bother me. It's a good little break to go to school, do what I need to do for me or for work, and then be with the kids the rest of the day. It works. But Monday. How I loathe Monday.

I feel like a bad mom on Monday. I feel like I should be home watching Blue's Clues, making lunch, and just being around. But I am here and not there. Ah. This is not what I wanted. Ask me tomorrow. I will feel better until Monday rolls around.

We have a great Easter weekend lined up. We are staying here and not traveling to see my family. I made the choice to stay put and see them the next weekend and do the big April birthday get together then. I think we will have more quality time with everyone that way. I hate seeing people for five minutes and then leaving. It stinks. So this way will be so much better.

I need to get some pictures on this blog! It's not as easy as blogger was as far as that goes in regard to changing the template and html. Html and I are not friends. We don't get along well. Put us in a room together and someone gets jacked up. Usually the html. And that is never pretty.

So. I can type some more or focus on work I need to be doing. I will probably head on over to facebook. Get some lunch. And then crank a powerpoint. Because that's what I do. Always cranking a presentation or a powerpoint. I want to be cranking out baby booties that I just knitted or a new project that I helped Lucas with. Nope. It's Monday.

I <3 Sleep

I bought an Easter dress today. It's nothing big and beautiful. It's very simple actually. It's a a purple little frock that I plan on getting a lot of wear out of this summer. I just cannot buy a dress that is only good for one wear. I am quite pleased with my little purple number. I bought something else today too. It's embarrassing. I don't want to talk about it. Maybe later I will get the courage to bring that one up. It's really nothing. Don't think it is and then be sadly disappointed down the road when I tell you what I really bought. :)

Parker lost his mind in the store today and we had to leave and come home. Yep. I love when those times happen. Very very fun. I bought some things for an easter party that i want to have on saturday for the boys and my nieces. After the lunch there is an egg hunt that i want to take the kids to. I am looking forward to the weekend. I have a lot to do in order to get ready.

Right now I am tired. I am feeling exhausted. My body throws in the towel at 11:00 any more. That must be a mommy thing. Eveyone I know is tired. We get up so early on sundays.  I need to be off to bed. I'm glad that some of you have already made your way over to my blog! It's exciting to be back to blogging again.

Back in the bloggin swing.

Things are really just moving right along around here. Somtimes I feel like I am being left behind! The boys seem to grow just a little every night. It's as if we put them to bed and they wake up a little taller. Or they have learned a new word in their sleep. It's so much fun and so sad at the same time. Being in school is very difficult right now.  I feel like I am missing out on so much. I am home with them a lot, but I still lament the fact that it is not all day.

This has been a hard week. Someone hit my car in a parking lot when I was leaving. And yesterday I backed into a guy at the office. He was super nice about it. I have never been the cause of a motor vehicle accident in my life! Now in one week I am contemplating just walking everywhere :)

Our insurance is more than likely going to pick up all of the costs which is great. I thought we would be out the $800 the guy needed for a new bumper and of course that was no good. But I think all is going to be ok and paid for.

I need to find the peace to forgive someone. I am having a hard time with that right now. There is a person in my life that has this way of saying things that are just not appropriate. I'm not the only one that has this issue with this person and others have expressed their own disdain for the things are said. It's difficult knowing how to proceed.

Tonight Gary and I are going to pick out the boys Easter outfits. We are picking up our vacuum from repair and eating at IHOP. Woohoo! Gary needs a book from Barnes and Noble and I need an Easter dress. My MIL gave us the money to buy the boys Easter outfits. Isn't that nice? She is constantly doing those kinds of things. I can't complain about a lack of clothes for my children. She keeps them in style. She is going with us to Miami next month. I can't wait for out trip to arrive. We could all use a break, and our resort is GORGEOUS! Hurry up May!

I guess we will end with that. My boys are not nappipng and resting for the night ahead. I need to help them get settled and do some work around the house before we leave.

The new love of my life.

"I'm sorry. Things just aren't working out. I can't talk to my friends. I can't express how I feel and get any feedback to go on. You're stifling me. We can't continue like this. I need a change. Something new."

Goodbye Blogger.

Ah. That felt so good. After months of turmoil on the blog I have decided to set up a typepad account and so far so good. My blogger acount was so whack that no one comment.  I had to change my blog so many times. It was painful. So here I am. So far, so good. My  full intention is to be my former blogging self. I don't think I am going private with this one. So you ladies that know me will be privy to the past stuff but maybe I will filter a little more of the private info. this time around. I like the idea of not being private with this one. We will see. If need be.

I have some stuff about the boys that I wanted to post.  But let's just save it for another day. Hello again.