Shopping and Procrastination

I loathe shopping. Loathe.  I buy gifts on the way to things like baby showers and birthdays.  I go buy clothes for events like company dinners, family pictures, and weddings- on the way to them.

Super Nanny, Spunky and Spunky's best friend "Little M" accompanied me for a THREE HOUR shopping trip(at one store) to get clothing for a wedding tonight.....and after countless dressing room visits and searching through numerous pants and shirts looking for right sizes and colors- This is what we ended up with:

great looking bunch

Super Nanny and Spunky

the boys

I don't have a pic of what I wore, but I did find this great $5 T-shirt I just couldn't resist buying-

 You know how clothes can sometimes alter the way you behave.... I am sooo far from Wonder Woman...but I can pretend :)

This is the Day.....

I always have high hopes and big ideas for what our homeschooling day will look like, but it is rare that we actually get to experience one of those days.  This day came close!! Finished school with the youngers before lunch with no whining, complaining, arguing, tantrums, pouting, melt downs or naps.

I actually got to read a great story to them....

http://www.amazon.com/Duchess-Bakes-Cake-Virginia-Kahl/dp/1930900147

and then make a skillet cake (this is after we tried some)

Kids didn't love this :) I assured them that after ten bites it would start to grow on them...

and then we drew with oil pastels pictures from the book....

JJ's version of the cake

                                                                Spunky's "Duchess"

ahhh!! That was fun........and then

The meltdown....

This is the Day that the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it!  This is the Day that the Lord has made so let us sing and be glad. :)

Starting Over

I deleted all previous posts and decided to start over. It didn't feel like reality. Didn't feel like me.
Truth is in Aug of 2009, I was singing a song called Change My Heart O God and while I was out walking this morning I was singing this song again. I have been singing this song for over 2 years now. I have a feeling this will be the song of my heart for a long time.

Love, Love, Love

Love God

Love Others

Seems like these two things would be fairly easy to do, but SELF gets in the way.

SELF Loves
Peace
Quiet
Comfort
Ease
Happiness
Clean
Organization
Obedient Children
Respect
and on and on and on

Parenting is hard.  Marriage is hard.  Adoption is hard.

But, people are worth hard.  My God is worth hard.