We had a wonderful Yule celebration this year. The kids were slightly disappointed that we celebrated on Saturday instead of Friday. But my husband and I didn't have the time available to take off from work. And truly the most important part is that we celebrated the solstice together as a family.
December 26, 2012
December 20, 2012
I'm not perfect
Recently I've been having a lot of frustrated/angry feelings toward my stepdaughter's mom. After a very long and very upsetting mental health issue with my stepdaughter (that is still on going), my husband and I agreed to give primary residence back to her mom. One of the biggest factors was the doctor's felt Duckling needed to be home schooled. Both my husband and I work, so that wasn't an option in our house. Off she went back to live with her mom and be home schooled.
Here's a little history to help with understanding the situation. Last year, Duckling went to a school that was independent study. She had an advisor to help keep her on track. At this school you also need alot of parent involvement, to make sure your child is doing their work.
Here's a little history to help with understanding the situation. Last year, Duckling went to a school that was independent study. She had an advisor to help keep her on track. At this school you also need alot of parent involvement, to make sure your child is doing their work.
Birthday for the 12 year-old boy
A couple weekends ago we had a sleep over birthday party for our 12 year-old son. And by birthday party I really mean is half a dozen 12 year old boys running around my house shooting each other with Nerf guns and being just generally wild.
Rewind to the beginning of the day. Which I spent as the crazy mom following my boys around getting them to clean up the last bit of toys and stuff so the house would be clean for the party.
Rewind to the beginning of the day. Which I spent as the crazy mom following my boys around getting them to clean up the last bit of toys and stuff so the house would be clean for the party.
December 4, 2012
Letter to Santa
Santa does not come to our house. I decided when I had my first child I didn't want to do Santa, because as a single mom not knowing how much money I would have for gifts. I didn't want the stress. My mother was horrified by my decision and decided to do Santa for my daughter and then the rest of my kids after they were born. Our family does gifts on Yule and the kids get gifts from Santa and Grandma on Christmas. This has actually worked out really well. The kids get to have the magic of Santa and I get to be more relaxed.
November 30, 2012
Yule Advent Calendar
When I was a kid I loved opening the little windows on the advent calendar my mom bought for us. I loved reading the story in side each little window, and knowing how many days were left until the big day! This is something I've always wanted to share with my own children, but I can never find Yule themed advent calendar. I've also thought about making my own. I wanted it to be something I could reuse every year and fun. Thank you Pinterest, for helping me find exactly what I was looking for.
November 26, 2012
New York trip with my girl
Last week on Saturday my daughter and I went to NYC with her Girl Scout troop. I found out a couple weeks before the trip that we were riding the bus down with the Girl Scouts, but we were on our own once we got to the city. Which for us was great! We spent Friday night finishing our plans.
The trip down was quite interesting. I brought my mp3 player with me for something to do on the bus. I was curious about what all the menus on the mp3 did, that I started playing with them. At one point I ended up formatting my mp3 player. I had No idea what that meant, so I showed it to Ladybug. She said "Oh my god mom! What have you done?!?"
The trip down was quite interesting. I brought my mp3 player with me for something to do on the bus. I was curious about what all the menus on the mp3 did, that I started playing with them. At one point I ended up formatting my mp3 player. I had No idea what that meant, so I showed it to Ladybug. She said "Oh my god mom! What have you done?!?"
October 22, 2012
Thinking about going on Strike
I recently found and read an article about Jessica Stilwell, a mom who went on strike. While I was reading I began to realize that my own family is suffering from me doing to much for them.
My children have chores that they need to do. We even rotate the jobs around weekly so they aren't doing the same thing all the time. They are also supposed to clean up after themselves. Lately my husband and I have had to nag to get the chores done. And I'm often cleaning up their messes after them.
This past week has been incredibly stressful because I've been spending alot of time with my Grandma in the hospital. I've had very little time to do what I normally do for my family, and NO time to do the extras. On Friday and Saturday I was sick, so nothing was done. I spent almost all of Sunday, with my husband, cleaning our house from top to bottom. This afternoon when I came home from work I could barely see the kitchen table and the dishes were beginning to pile up in the sink. In fact as I'm sitting here writing this, my oldest is cooking herself something to eat before her field hockey game. I can almost assure you that when I head out into the kitchen there will be more dishes left about.
I'm beginning to think that a strike might be in order.
My children have chores that they need to do. We even rotate the jobs around weekly so they aren't doing the same thing all the time. They are also supposed to clean up after themselves. Lately my husband and I have had to nag to get the chores done. And I'm often cleaning up their messes after them.
This past week has been incredibly stressful because I've been spending alot of time with my Grandma in the hospital. I've had very little time to do what I normally do for my family, and NO time to do the extras. On Friday and Saturday I was sick, so nothing was done. I spent almost all of Sunday, with my husband, cleaning our house from top to bottom. This afternoon when I came home from work I could barely see the kitchen table and the dishes were beginning to pile up in the sink. In fact as I'm sitting here writing this, my oldest is cooking herself something to eat before her field hockey game. I can almost assure you that when I head out into the kitchen there will be more dishes left about.
I'm beginning to think that a strike might be in order.
~Earthy Mom
October 17, 2012
How do you say goodbye?
My Grandmother had her 96th birthday last month. She is an amazing woman. She has survived cancer, a heart attack, and losing the love of her life to cancer. She has eight grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, one soon to be two great, great grandchildren, and a great granddog. My Grandma helped raise me so my parents could work. She took me to school, and sat outside my classroom because I cried and wanted to go home. She drove me to my after school activities. She is like my second mom.
My Grandma is a woman I aspire to be. She's strong, speaks her mind, courageous, stubborn, and not afraid of doing anything.
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My Grandmother had her 96th birthday last month. She is an amazing woman. She has survived cancer, a heart attack, and losing the love of her life to cancer. She has eight grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, one soon to be two great, great grandchildren, and a great granddog. My Grandma helped raise me so my parents could work. She took me to school, and sat outside my classroom because I cried and wanted to go home. She drove me to my after school activities. She is like my second mom.
My Grandma is a woman I aspire to be. She's strong, speaks her mind, courageous, stubborn, and not afraid of doing anything.
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