His New Best Friend Is

A skeleton...

Should I be worried?

Time Flies No Matter What

Tomorrow we will be celebrating our oldest son's 7th birthday. Future Bam actually turned 7 on the 20th but we usually celebrate on Saturdays so that all of our family can join us. It's hard to believe that my little baby boy is 7. I know, we all say " I can't believe such and such". We can't believe it but yet it's true. The moment is right there in front of us and passes so quickly. Doesn't 7 seems so much older than 5 or 6?

I really don't know what I'm trying to say here. Is it about me, the passing of time, or my son getting older? Or a combination of all 3? Right now my life feels like it is going by exponentially fast. So much faster than when I was a child. I wish I could have the childhood perception of time when one week seemed like a year and one day of waiting "took forever". Maybe then I'd feel like I was able to fully experience all that my children say and do. Maybe I wouldn't feel like I have missed some of these precious 7 years.

I wonder if this is something we all go through? This feeling of time flying by and never having enough time to just breathe, be in the moment, and really truly experience everything to the fullest.

Reminding Myself

Sometimes I forget how wonderful my life is amongst the day to day chaos. I need to remind myself more often of how easy and enjoyable my life really is RIGHT NOW. Yes, there I said it, my life is indeed easy. At least easy to me. Being away for a few days made me appreciate this very fact.

I get to be the Mom to 2 extraordinary young boys. The are delightful, fun, spirited, and always full of life!

I'm so glad to be home and with my boys again. Our trip was fun but I can honestly say I would have enjoyed it more had our boys been with us.

Photos forthcoming. :)

From Above

This is my view ( from the 27th floor) for the next 3 days...




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Without The Kids

On Wednesday Hot Daddy and I are leaving on a trip to Atlanta without the kids. It may not seem like such a big deal to many of you but it is to us simply because we've never went on a trip without our kids.

Our two boys have always traveled with us but this time Hot Daddy has a professional conference to attend, and bringing the kids along is just not a good idea. In other words, having two kids holed up in a hotel with nothing to do for 5 days would be a disaster for us and for them. Besides the MIL has gladly accepted the challenge of taking care of them both while we go on our trip. She's practically pushing us out the door.

We are almost packed with more bags of toys than clothes and the hard part has yet to come. Leaving is the hard part. I'm not really worried about our oldest who is 6 because he's spent many nights with his grandparents. It's our youngest that I am worried about. This will only be his second time away from us. It was hard then and we were only away for 24 hours. I guess I'm more concerned about our 3 yr. old because of his food allergies. It doesn't help that in the past few weeks he has thrown up and had more choking episodes than usual.

I know some parents jump at the chance to get away from their kids but we just don't. We are a close knit family who does everything together. I guess you could say we are a bit dysfunctional but in a good way. It's our way. It's how we choose to live.

I just want to go and have a good time with my husband without feeling guilty or without feeling worried the whole time. I don't actually think it's possible to not feel guilty and be a Mom at the same time. Anyway, most of my time will be spent in the hotel as Hot Daddy attends workshops during the day so my laptop will be my best friend. Yes, I'll be blogging and taking photos. I may even do my taxes.

I know that as we leave on Wednesday morning I'll be an emotional mess but after an hour or so on the road (yes, we're driving) I'll be fine. If we get to the hotel and I see children with their parents at the conference I'll feel guilty and sad so if your gonna be in a conference in Atlanta this week for my sanity's sake DO NOT bring your children. :)

All in all, how do you feel when going on trips without your kids?

Something Is Broken

This blog has been terribly slow lately and I've been so busy that I haven't had time to fix whatever ails it. I'll try and do that right now. :)

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What I've Learned In The Past Couple Of Weeks

1.) Homeschooling is time consuming. WOW. I'm super busy these days. Basically, I'm non-existent. Maybe you've noticed?? ;)

2.) Hardees will kill you LITERALLY. I'm never eating a Hardees Bacon Cheeseburger Melt ever again. Do you know how much fat and calories are in one of those? DON'T ASK!!! Your better off not knowing.

3.) Youtube.com is the new automatic homeschooler!

4.) Nothing ever goes as planned BUT everything will eventually be OK.

5.) That it's possible to find exercise equipment that you can enjoy! We bought a bike and I've biked anywhere from 3-5 miles per day for over a week! Let me tell you it becomes addictive plus I'm competitive, and I have to beat Hot Daddy NO MATTER WHAT.

6.) That 6 boxes of cereal is NOT ENOUGH for 1 week. Maybe we eat too much cereal.