How did we get from full on summer water fun to three weeks of school under our belt?
Again, I LOVE the summer reading program and reading in general. Both Ellen and Jack are starting out the year reading beyond what they were able to do at the beginning of the summer. In all truthfulness, I credit their reading ability to our continual work on reading the Book of Mormon together as a family. There are enough easy words to keep them motivated and enough hard words (Maher-shalal-hash-baz??) to challenge them. I recommend it.
Remember how Jack told me he wasn't taking any time off this summer? We ended up taking two (2!!) trips to the beach anyway in August and September. Maybe I'll blog about it. Corpus Christi/Padre Island and Galveston. So much fun, so much drama.
We had a Relief Society meeting about exercise and health. I did the high intensity interval workout and thought I was going to die about 3 minutes in. And I love it, love it, love it. Definitely will keep this up.
In the middle of completing a list of errands requiring short visits to several places (laminate for primary, register the car, pay the late water bill, get the other car inspected, pay a ticket because the car registration was late, . . . ) I stopped at Walmart to get aspirin for Elijah and returned to the car with Rose and Elijah to find it locked.
And running.
And I had just told a friend I'd be home soon, and sure she could drop her kids off for me to babysit for an hour while she went up to the school for a meeting. Um. Fortunately, Jack could take an early lunch and come rescue me and my absent brain.
"You can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl." I'm not quite sure how this applies to me, since I've never been a country girl, but I do love riding horses. I convinced the kids to try it, despite their fear of animals, and they loved it, too. Oh, and we got to celebrate our friends leaving for college and going on a mission soon.
This girl's hair is finally growing out a little, and swimming, speech, and preschool may be in her future. She's super excited about all of it.
Captain America. Oh, Captain America, how far you have come. Potty training. Need I say more?
Probably not, but I'm going to anyway. I can't believe how much harder it has been since my older kids are in school to find three days in a row in my schedule that I can stay home, fill Elijah with fluids, ply him with salty snacks, and praise, praise, praise him for being a big boy. To his credit, he has been amazing, and I am even more aware this time around of just how many different skills are necessary for eliminating human waste in a sanitary manner. I am also grateful for the unexpected opportunity to focus completely on my baby boy and get to know him better. I'm glad for a chance to slow down and be quiet. When the world in my head and heart is quiet and calm, I'm such a better wife, mother, friend, teacher, and leader.
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