Joseph, Gabriella, Julianna, James, and Elora

Joseph, Gabriella, Julianna, James, and Elora
Showing posts with label accomplishments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label accomplishments. Show all posts

Friday, January 27, 2012

Walking! (aaaahhhh...)

Sooo...guess who started walking today?

Good guess!

Today has been kind of an unproductive day in many respects, because the kids have been uber-fussy and I spent the whole afternoon trying to get them to take naps! It was kind of like herding cats. As soon as you get one back in his/her room, the others all swarm away...

BUT I did manage to make our homemade gluten free pizza for Family Night, which we attempt to observe every Friday, with pizza and some form of game or movie or interaction with us all together! And then about 5 o'clock, my father in law dropped by for a few minutes, and all of us sudden Elora started walking for him! She has been standing incredibly well for almost 2 months, and "cruising" along all the furniture, and about a month ago she took 3 steps and then decided she would rather crawl. I haven't seen any walking at all since then...until today! I was so excited that she did it while Dad was here, because even though they live here in town (or in the mountains), we don't get to see them that often due to my mother in law's health problems. (Let's face it, 4 kids ages 5 and under can be quite overwhelming even when you feel well!) Joseph took his first steps on Dad's birthday, and now he's seen Elora's too! Yay!

So I am chalking this day up in the "win" category even though the house is messy and I have a killer headache and didn't get anything done today. Focus on the victories, right? ;-)

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Today I...

- did Bible with the kids, in spite of one of the three yelling/screaming/crying at all times during the reading
- straightened and vaccuumed the front part of the house for one of Robert's customers (who never actually showed up)
- got the kitchen all clean and the dishes all washed and put away
- sorted all the laundry into loads
- put away all the clean laundry
- straightened up my room after the kids wrecked it while I was in the shower
- built the same puzzle with Joseph 6 different times
- kissed, bandaged, and comforted James after he cut his finger
- nursed a grumpy and teething Ellie pretty much perpetually, in spite of the fact that she kept trying to bite me

Wow. I guess I actually was pretty productive. No wonder I feel so tired.

Here are the things I still need to get done (but probably won't because it is SO hot):

-make dinner (ugh, too hot...I don't feel like cooking anything, much less eating it...maybe we'll have a salad...)
- straighten up the toyroom (think I'll save that for tomorrow)
- do 8 more loads of laundry (ummmm, maybe...)
- do my exercise video or take a walk (again, too hoooottttt....)

Hmmm...or maybe I'll sit here under the ceiling fan and help Joseph with his puzzle again. And we can have snow cones for dinner. That sounds good.

But I also:
- got hugs from Joseph
- listened to James and Gabriella giggle together
- had an actual conversation with Robert for the better part of an hour
- realized how much I love being a mom!
I think that makes today (ouch! Gabriella - stop biting me!!!) a success.