Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Top Ten Tuesday - 10 Things I'm Thankful For

Since it is November and we are heading towards Thanksgiving (at lightening fast speeds!), I thought I would pause and share 10 things I am thankful for!

Top Ten {Tuesday}

1. My Family. My husband and kids are my world and I love them. They continue to teach me, support me, and love me and I hope I am able to give it back ten fold. Everyone else that is related to me is pretty awesome to - Thank you!

2. My Job. I like to gripe about it a lot and that alarm clock kills me every.single.morning, but then I think of how it would be if I were unemployed and I realize that I am thankful to have a job in the field that I love.

3. Great Friends. I feel so thankful to have developed deep, meaningful friendships in all stages of my life. To me, friends are family members that you choose!

4. My Resiliency. I'm so thankful that I was blessed with a fall down seven times, get up eight type of attitude, it has definitely been serving me well these days!

5. My Sense of Humor. I can pretty much find humor in any situation and that is great for days when you feel like the world is against you!

6. I am thankful for when other people love my children. I'm not sure if I will articulate this correctly, but I'm the Mommy, so I have to love them; bababysitters, teachers, and friends don't - so I'm thankful when they do :)

7. Words of Encouragement. Who doesn't appreciate this? Sometimes, I think I am on the wrong path and doing everything wrong and some one steps in and offers encouragement in some way - it makes all the difference!

8. Kindness of Strangers. You've seen me at the grocery store, 9 months pregnant with a two year old going crazy and you let me ahead of you in line! I am thankful for you and strive to pass it on!

9. People who serve our Country. You are awesome and I am thankful for your sacrifices.

10. Faith and Hope. Without these two simple things, life would be unlivable.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Y3W: Focus on Organization

While everyone else is heading into the weekend with thoughts of fun Halloween festivities, I am thinking about the organization, or lack there of, at my house. That's right, it's time for a good old day of cleaning and organizing the house!

I don't know about you all, but my family has been super busy with fun Fall activities, it's great and awesome, but it leaves our house rivaling what you might see on an episode of Hoarders: Buried Alive. Piles of mail, diaper bags that need to be emptied, toys EVERYWHERE, dust bunnies, loads upon loads of laundry (I started on that last night!), and just general clutter that needs a new home either in our house or the dumpster! I also need to pack up summer clothes and pull out the winter clothes for the kids which means a trip to the consignment shop or Goodwill.

After all this occurs, and only then, I will be able to enjoy regularly scheduled activities! Pumpkin carving and Halloween Parties!

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Convos in the Car


Every afternoon, Vincent and I drive about 20 minutes to the sitters house where we pick up Audrey. During this time, we chat, listen to music, or throw epic temper tantrums because Mommy won't follow the fire truck.

Yesterday, Vincent was jibber jabbering about "you be the mommy and I'll be the daddy."
So, bravely, I decided to ask him "What do Mommies do?"
According to my three year old "Mommies go to work and clean up toys."
They also "make rice for me to eat."
That answer seemed fair, so I decided to test the waters further...
"What do daddies do?" I asked slyly.
And the answer?!?
"Daddies watch Batman, Transformers, and Spider-man." "They eat a lot too!"

WOW. No wonder Vincent wanted to play the Daddy! Can I?