Stuff of late

It's been haunting me that my last post has been sitting there so depressing since Tuesday. I appreciate the comments especially the ones that said I was positive. I felt ANYTHING but positive that day but am feeling much more settled about the whole thing. Swishing in my ear still drives me to the brink of insanity sometimes but since I know it's not going to go away I'm trying to make friends with it. (Love thy enemies and all....)

So, last week we were 2 hours late for church. Somehow we both forgot we start church at 9 and not 11 and when we showed up at 11 we were shocked to find we were in the last hour of church. Our last ward started at 10:30 and the first week of Oct. we had General Conference and the weekend prior to last we were in Delaware and went to church with Mike's parents who start at 11. We were all messed up. Emma was FURIOUS she missed her class. She was thrilled when we got to church on time today and said "I'm so glad I can learn in my class." Funny kid.

I got a new calling at church and NO it is NOT Nursery Leader. Much to Andrew's chagrin, and maybe to mine after January when I don't have Mike to help me. I am going to be in the Young Women's Presidency. It's a pretty small group of girls (4) and I'm pretty excited. Although the Bishop asked me if I would go to girls camp in June and of course I'm already thinking that means I'll need someone here for the week to watch my kids....and every Wednesday night as well. There's a girl that lives around the corner from us who is a high school senior and she's home schooled. She is such a nice girl and we're going to have her start coming over to play with our kids so (hopefully) by the time Mike leaves she will be able to come and stay with them on Wednesday nights while I go to Young Women.

EVERY time we go somewhere in the car Andrew has decided HE should drive his cozy coupe. He actually told Mike he would meet us at Target the other day. We had a nice laugh imagining him driving down the road. He is genuinely angry when we tell him he can't drive his own car.



We went to a costume party for the kids at Mike's squadron. They had a bouncy castle, pumpkins to paint, CANDY, pizza, carnival like games, and lots of other kids in costumes. Emma spent the better part of 2 hours bouncing like a fool. Andrew spent the better part of 2 hours moving in and out of the entryway of the bouncy house. He wants to be brave but is well aware that he will be bounced around like a popcorn kernel among bigger kids. They had some bubble wrap taped to the floor and the kids ran around on it and popped the bubbles. It was quite a hit. Pretty soon after we got in we took the kids costumes off because it was about 83 degrees and humid yesterday. So, I only snapped one on the way in of both of them. I need to make a flower headband thing for Emma's head but I didn't have a car any day this week so no trips to the craft store. Maybe tomorrow.....




Last weekend it was in the 50's and rainy so when we had some nice weather days this week I had a renewed love of being outside. I also feared the winter as I always do. We spent more hours than usual at the playground.

Watching a helicopter fly overhead. Wonder what/who they're thinking about....





Imagination is flowing in this house. Every day I see more and more glimpses of a calmer, more focused Andrew when he plays by himself. I love seeing the things the kids come up with to do.


Playing freeze dance. They were listening to Raffi and I would pause the music and they would both freeze until one of them would fall over and they would laugh themselves silly.



Emma flipped the Bumbo chair over and made it into a dining room table for these little guys. It was quite an event.


I just love the group here: princess, king, fairies, a police man, a carriage and Rocket. They all took turns dancing, having carriage rides and flying in rocket.


Kitchen counter or parking garage- you decide.


That's much better...I'm so glad the sulky post will not be on top anymore.