Rearranging

Rearranging your furniture or your closet is a lot like rearranging your life. You need to change things up a bit depending on what fits in your life at that time. Sometimes you have fantasy business clothes and then you go to jeans, T-shits, and sweatpants or maybe the opposite. Sometimes you have beautiful furniture and carpet with no stains to carpet and your furniture with stains...I love it!!!

We grow in different ways and in different times of our lives. Some of us adapt much easier than others and the ones that adapt faster are there to help transition the ones that have trouble. I have a love hate relationship with my carpet right now...yes it has stains, but those stains are there because of those 2 little blessing that run around dropping their snacks and their cups all day long :) I would not change the fact that I have to get down on my hand and knees and scrub the carpet to heck trying to make it look some what decent and that I don't live with complete crazy animals ( well not all the time).

I do like change, for the most part. I feel I adapt pretty well to it and that I just try and roll with the punches. I love the changes tat are going on in my life right now...Kids are getting older, so I can start to bring out some of the glass things I've had tucked away for about 3 years now and we are just growing as a family so well. the kids are getting bigger now that we can do more activities and make many memories. I love the stages and ages of the kids right now. I love that everyday it is something new with them and they are playing so well together. It seems lately that there has been a good 30 mins before we check on the kids. They are just playing in the toy room or in one of their rooms so nicely together. It just crack us up!!!

I am so excited to see the next stage that the kids grow into and the next season of our family. I just love how we have grown so much as a family and I just love the smiles I get from them all the time.

Stains and all!!!

Grandma!!!

My grandma has been teaching me to sew..I do really enjoy it and have always really wanted to learn. My grandma Lee did a little bit here and there and would teach me a few things when I was younger, but I don't really remember much about it and never really dug deep into it. So when my grandma Juanita asked to teach me I was really excited!!!

We started off with a dress for Lilah and it turned out really well, now my grandma did do most of the work, but taught me a lot of basic things, that you don't always think about with sewing and money saving tips, which of course is right up my ally!!!

Then one day I went up to the house to clean it, my weekly job and there was the coolest thing...a SEWING MACHINE and a big tote all organized with all sorts of goodies...Yes, my grandma is an organizational freak like me :) That day I got my plans in motion for my sewing room. Saturday morning came around and it was time to get the plan into motion. We got a HUGE computer desk out of downstairs and have plenty of room now for me to set up "shop." My intention was to stay down there till it was done. but that did not happen. At least we got the desk out of there.

I have still yet to go down there an competley finish that room and get it all set up...It is just this time of year that I barely have time to sit down and breathe most days, but that is fine. I know what I am doing besides sitting down is WAY worth it...I just need to make the time to get down there and finish it so I can grab that sewing machine out and put all my ideas to work.

I am so, so thankful that my grandma has the heart to teach me and to get me a sewing machine and I promise I will not let her down, the sewing machine down or myself!!! It is just another awesome ways to save money and to be frugal.


I seriously have been sitting down writing this post since the 22nd of Sept...I just can not get it done!!! until now!!! YAY ME!!! Hopefully I will get a few more under my belt today and this week.

So excited!!!

So I said a few post ago that Preschool was not in our budget for this year and Evan is only 3...He doesn't really need it, but I know he does in some ways. Well I have really prayed about it and really wanted to do what I/we needed to do as a parent for Evan. In some ways Evan has been left behind a little with having Lilah so close. I know that is normal and I know he does not feel that way or see it that way, but as a parent you always worry about it or at least I do. Sometimes I think I should just let him stay up from nap so we can have time alone together and I could do arts and crafts with him and learning games with him, without stopping because Lilah has a poopie diaper, or because she is eating a magnet letter, you know those things that are so wonderful!!! I feel bad for him and Lilah is just not there yet on the arts and crafts.

Well it feel into my lap!!! I was looking to see when there was a playgroup and a sports class for Evan and there it was...a one day a week preschool class!!! YAY!!!! I was so excited...I could not wait for Mike to get home and talk to him about it. I was so excited to call and see if they had an opening in the class for Evan. Called today and YAY!!! There was an opening. I am just so happy for him that he will be able to get this time that he needs to grow. I do in some ways wish I could be in there with him and do one on one time with him, but I know it is important for him to get use to having a teacher.

Now it will be getting him excited for it and preparing ourselves for this next journey. It will also be nice to have time with Lilah...2 hrs with one kid will feel so weird. I just can't wait and I am so excited that God answered my prayers, that I was led to find that class and there were/are openings!!

now to find a sports class for him as well!!! he needs to be out there kicking a ball and playing!!!

I will keep everyone posted on his day at school every week and walking in with his pack pack ( as he calls it)!!!

ZOO with the GRAMMIES

This week the kids and I loaded the Grammies up and went to the zoo!!! We had a blast. It was a little chilly, but perfect for the zoo. We walked around got to see a decent amount of animals.
We went into the Lorekette landing and got to feed the birds nectar. Evan was super cute bending down to Lilah saying, " Be carful Sweetheart." I think both grammies wet their pants they laughed to hard. The things he says.
It was so much fun to go to the zoo with both grammies and have the kids spend that time with them.

When we were all done the grammies bought the kiddos something at the gift shop...Of course Evan chose quads, that is a no brainer and Lilah chose animals. She loves her animals.

Evan's kids' name

Today after nap we went to Costco to grab a few things and then to get dinner. On our way home we had one of the funniest conversation with Evan!!!

It started off with him looking like he was going to cry, Lilah was yelling, so he said that Lilah makes him want to cry. It was funny :)
Then he was telling me that his best friend was named Kaylie. I asked him where he met her at and he said at church. Then he went to tell us that he had a daughter named Patweech. Seriously, how and the heck did he come up with that name. He told us that Patweech was 6 and she was holding a baby also named Kaylie. He said that they are 2 Kaylies and 2 Patweechs. We asked him how e came up with the name and he said that God gave him the name.

I could barely ask him questions. I was cracking up while Mike was asking questions. Evan was so serious about the names and the story.

I love the age that he is and the kid who he is becoming. He is a wonderful brother, son and friend. He just loves life and if full of it. He is cracking us up daily. I love how he is with Lilah. he is so very caring and loves her so much.

He is a wonderful kid and so respectful to others. I am so blessed that he has all of the traits as well as many others.

SUPER HERO!!!

So today I feel like this awesome mom!!! This am I got up and got to do one of my most favorite things in the day ( that I rarely get to do), I got up and got to sit and just drink a freshly cup of HOT coffee with no kids!!! I just love this time. It is my time. I have always loved it, even before we had kids. It just changes my mood for the day :)

Then the kids and I had a blast!!! We got zucchinis shredded up for bread, or sauces and got those into the freezer. Got the dishes loaded ran, unloaded and loaded again!!! That is a chore in and of its self. I swear when the kids can reach the shelves wit stools they are so getting dish duty :)

This year I have decided to "home school" Evan. I just want a time our of 4 days during the week where i sit with him and teach him things that he needs to know. preschool is a little out of our budget this year and he really doesn't need to go this year. Last year we bought him learning activity books, so we are putting those to use.
We had a blast!!! He kept wanting to do more pages, sing the songs and do the counting!!! I LOVED IT!!! I can't wait to do it again tomorrow. I just love the feeling of watching him learn new things. Lilah even joined along and did some stuff with us.

Today is just one of the reasons why I LOVE having the kids!! I love being a stay at home mom, even in the trying times. Today is all worth it. I know I will never get these days back and I am glad that I get to be here with them and learn right along with them :)

YAY!!!!

We had the dentist appt this am and it was wonderful. Evan hit his teeth just right, so they did not damage the perm ante teeth!!! YAY!!!

So this is where we go from today... Soft foods, Popsicles, frozen yogurts, and whatever else I can make up in the freezer. No chewing on his front teeth for about a week. maybe more. He will tell me and now when he is ready to bite down.
Needs to keep taking the meds and the mouthwash to make sure the bacteria does not infect the open gums.

There is a change from now to about 6 months after the injury that a little white head will show up on his gums and that means that the infection and then that means the tooth will need to come out, but that will not happen!!!

He is doing really well. We are going to make some homemade Popsicles and some yummy peach smoothies this afternoon!!

Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers!!! There was just an overwhelming calmness this am at the dentist.

Thank you again

Ice cream fixes everything :)

Well I am posting this morning about yesterday...I just kind of forgot to post yesterday, so there will probably be 2 post today.

Evan did well yesterday, we kept up on the Motrin and the antibiotics. He was eating fine. We made sure to just do soft foods and told him to either tear something and put it in his mouth or to try and bite it on the side. He went more to tearing, just easier.

We stayed home most the day and I need to go to the grocery store and Evan was asking for a milkshake!!! So we loaded up and my parents met us there to take Evan out to ice cream and of course Lilah had to get her own as well. She has that ice cream cone lickin' down !!

I brushed his teeth last night and went slow and careful, got to the front and made them bleed a little again and he was just telling me to stop since they were hurting so much.

He did really well last night. I am praying that today at the Dentist it goes just fine.


Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. I will keep you posted about Evan today sometime.

Big OL' Lip :(

Today was my Aunt's 50th birthday party at my parents house. Family, food, kids playing!!! Just a wonderful time. THEN.....( DUN DUN DUN)

Evan was getting out of the hot tub with a towel wrapped all around him, slipped on the deck and fell, no hands to brace him. His poor lip just bleed and bleed. he had skin hanging down and it was a fat lip almost instantly.

We got ice on it and finally got him calmed down enough to talk a little and let us look at it. When we looked at it his gum above his two front teeth were/are black and blue and his lip was even bigger. I felt one of his teeth at it was loose, so we decided to call the dentist.

Our dentist is the best!!! He called in a prescription right away for Evan and made sure it was super easy for us to get to. He told me things that needed to be done and to watch out for until we are able to see him on Tuesday, of course a Holiday weekend :(

So as we sit now, we call at 8 am on Tuesday to get in to the dentist. From there we will get an x-ray if the roots are fractured then the teeth will need to be pulled, if not then they will try and wiggle them back into place a little, but that they will turn black and blue in a couple weeks. I am not sure if they will stay black and blue until they eventually fall out or what.

I just want him to not be in pain. Yes, I probably will cry if they say a tooth needs to come out and I am preparing myself for a tooth coming out. We have a feeling that one of his top teeth will need to come out. It is in worst shape than the other one.

Please send your prayers to Evan. I just feel so bad and feel so helpless for him.

Thank you for your prayers, I know what happens we will be prepared for it and I also know it could of been a lot worst.

We will keep you all posted on how he is doing