Tidbits

-I had a wonderful  Mother's Day. Aaron was amazing, he got all the kids fed and dressed for church so that I could take my time getting ready. He kept Adelia the last two hours so I could concentrate on my new calling without her as a distraction (more about that in a sec), he made all of us my favorite lunch of grilled tuna sandwiches. He put the kids down for naps, so I could take a nap. He watched and played with the kids, so that I could make dinner uninterrupted in the kitchen. (He probably would have made me dinner, but I opted to cook because I enjoy it.) Then we put the kids to bed, and he helped me work on the blog book. It was such a peaceful relaxing, low-key day, and that's exactly what I wanted. :)

-I have a new calling. I am the second counselor in the Primary! Yikes! I haven't been in Primary since I was a kid in Primary. And the last presidency I was in was my Laurels class. So...I have a lot to learn. But I'm really excited about it. I think I'm really going to like the other ladies in the presidency. It's going to be fun to see what my kids are learning about each week and because of that I'll be more involved in what they are learning and can see the areas where they need help. I just feel bad that Aaron will probably end up with Adelia most all of church every week.

-Aaron decided (without consulting me about it) to cut a hole in the top of Ivan's binkie. So I guess we're taking it away now, unless I get desperate and go buy another one. He only uses at night and nap to sooth himself to sleep. Once he falls asleep he spits it out, and doesn't need it anymore unless he wakes up. Right now I'm listening to him scream his head off because neither of us can think of anything else to do to calm him down aside from laying in bed with him, and I'm wondering, is a binkie really such a bad thing? Really? Why the drama over it? Why can't he just keep it until he decides he's finished with it. Lots of kids suck their thumb for lots longer than 2 and they don't seem to be traumatized by it. It's not like we haul it around everywhere we go. He only gets it if he's in his bed, so it's not impairing his speech. And as for the shape of his mouth and jaw or whatever that concern is, if he has any of my genes his mouth will be completely messed up and he'll need braces anyway. Blah! I hate trying to get kids to transition, it makes me cranky.

-As much as I've been craving the sunshine and warm weather, I have really enjoyed the rain the last few days. It's been peaceful and calming to me. Especially while laying in bed at night with the window open and the cool air coming in. Being able to actually hear the rain on the roof and the windows is something I love, and didn't realize how much I missed (we were in a basement apartment before, so we couldn't really hear it).

-Preschool is at my house this week. I finally decided that we are going to learn about flowers, and have been preparing for it all day today. I'm excited and hope it turns out.

-Feeling a little bombarded in the scheduling department. I'm trying to limit the amount of time and distance that I have to go in the car, while still trying to meet the social needs of my children. We have lots of naps schedules to work around, and I'm sure my new calling is going to take a little bit of time, I want to start attending the local homeschool group so that I can get familiar with my resources and also so that we can start making friends with people that are doing the same things we are. I'm trying to decide how long to keep Lincoln in the Provo preschool group, and I'm feeling like it's time to start doing letter days with Ivan. Then there's story time, grocery shopping, visiting teaching, making sure the kids get enough outside time, gardening/yard work, running Aaron to work and picking him up so I can have the car, our once a month family parties in Hooper, and on and on.  So many good options to chose from but I'm finding that I don't have time for it all without majorly stressing myself and my kids to the max. But saying no can be so hard to do. 

-Are all four year-olds bossy, physical, and loud? I'm getting so sick of it, and I'm wondering if it's normal, or if I'm doing something majorly wrong as a parent.

-The post office here closes at 4:30pm. Seriously? LAME. I hate taking three kids into the post office, there is way too much for them to get into. I used to be able to go really fast right after Aaron got off work, but how am I supposed to do that when they close at 4:30?

-Aaron should be turning his thesis into his committee tomorrow! Hooray!

-Does it ever surprise you, the people that read your blog? Sometimes it surprises me. Not that I mind, I don't, as long as you aren't a creeper, please feel free. If I minded, my blog would be private. But sometimes people will comment, or say things to me in person, and I'm just like, "Hmmm, I had no idea." And then I wonder what makes this blog so appealing for people who hardly know me, or only knew me when I was growing up? If any of you would like to comment on that, I'm so curious to know. :) I guess I don't feel like my life is all that exciting or different from anyone else's.

-Our Internet sucks.

-I should probably be cleaning my kitchen right now, but frankly, I cleaned, and folded, and wiped, and organized, and played with kids, and read stories, and listened to people whine, all. day. long. The kitchen was clean once today, and I am not cleaning it again today, because whether I do or not, I'll still have to clean it again tomorrow, and I'm on a one-major-clean-per-day-per-room kick right now. So ya, I'm still going to sit here and blog until bed time. Judge if you will.

-There are no pictures to go with this post. I hate when that happens.

-Ok, I think I'm out of things to say.