Unpacked.
There’s something so great about unpacking a suitcase. Makes me feel home again. And one can never say too many good things about clean underwear. :)
Elliott Funny
Our babysitter, Linda, came to the door this morning, and when the doorbell rang, Elliott came running in shouting, “Pizza!”
Sure, it was 9:30 in the morning. But it might say something about how often pizza is on the other side of the door when the bell rings …
Rowen Funny
We were playing on our bed after naptime today, and Rowen laid down and covered herself with her blanket. Thinking I recognized the game she was playing, I said, “Oh! Here is a pile of laundry! I better take it downstairs and put it in the washing machine!” And I went to pick her up.
She poked her head out of her blanket and said, “Mama, I am hiding under my blanket, and don’t call me laundry!”
“What should I call you, then?”
“Call me Rowen!”
You got it, babe.
Dan Zanes
We got our tickets to go see Dan Zanes in July! Yay! This will be our first concert with the kids, and we’re all really excited. Dan Zanes is a former rocker, turned kids’ musician. He’s totally got a sense of the cool still, which makes us all feel really cool. Hard to keep any dignity around a huge purple dinosaur, for example, but Dan Zanes is someone I would play in the car even if I didn’t have the kids in it. :)
Up & Running Status :)
Today was day 4 of our Up & Running with Photoshop class over at JessicaSprague.com. I am SO happy with the way things are going! It’s awesome to chat with everyone, to go look at the layouts going up in the private gallery, and hang out on the message board. I’m very pleased with the fact that our web site hasn’t crashed even once since that fateful registration day a couple weeks back. So that’s a huge relief.
Sometimes I feel like I have waaay too many things going. Most of the time having a lot to do is a great motivator and keeps me alert and on my toes. And then the tipping point (this time it was getting sick at CKU and losing basically an entire day, not to mention the 5 days of being gone from my normal life), and you get that whole domino effect until you figure out a way to get things back on track. That work/life/sleep/play balance thing is a tricky, tricky issue.
Jessica
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ta!
Totally can relate to what you're saying about going full speed ahead till you hit a hump, then it's bump. bump. bump :D
Don't worry, and don't feel that you have to do *everything* in one day. Personally when I start going bump, bump. I stop and think that it's God's way of telling me it's okay to lay back a bit and let Him take control. :) The important thing is that you're always there, the #1 mama, for Jared, Elliott and Rowen (well, not a mama for Jared, but you know what I mean, LOL). Once, when I was getting sucked by a million things going on all at once, someone told me "YOu know, anyone can do what you're doing, but no one can be mom and wife the way you can be for your family" Kinda put things in perspective for me :) So worry not, you're on the right track!
Oh... and two more things: (1) I doubt anyone can be as great a digi-teacher as you are and (2) we'll always be here for you, waiting if we need to, so... take as many breaks as you want, we're your old faithfuls! :)
Sooo cute that Elliott thinks every doorbell is pizza! I remember when my youngest brother (who looked a lot like El) had a total baby crush on the pizza delivery guy and called him the "Abba Man". We even dressed him like a pizza guy one Halloween, and he was in heaven! *sigh* Such cuteness!
Best of luck with your new classes. You're an excellent teacher!
Also, I've seen Dan Zanes on the Disney channel and found his songs getting stuck in my head. Much like Jack Johnson and Curious George. I didn't realize Dan had a musical career before kid's stuff. Shoot, I didn't even know his name. So thanks for filling in the gaps of knowledge.