WOO-HOO!! It's Friday! Welcome to the weekend!!
We've been so busy this week that the time has just flown by, and because it's super late and I should be sleeping, here's a quick update....
Today is Friday, and that means one thing..... neighborhood playgroup. Fun times!! I always look forward to Friday mornings -- all the kids can play together and us "moms" can relax and bond over caffeine! LOL. We hosted playgroup this morning and since it was super hot, we had a pool party. Matt got out the "slip 'n slide" and rigged it so that it was positioned at the bottom of our slide. Wow!! Talk about a hit!! The kids went down it for about 3 solid hours ... having contests who could go the farthest and who had the 'coolest' moves. It was great!! Tiffany brought over her pool so that the little kids could have a separate pool from the big kids. Everyone had so much fun!! And let me tell ya .... Katherine and Caleb were exhausted! When it was nap time they raced up the stairs and crashed for almost 3 hours.
Today was the end of an era.... I think I've mentioned this before, but Caleb NEVER EVER says 'yes' or gives any verbal answer in the affirmative. He says NO a million different ways (many of which mean yes), but "yes" has never come out of his little mouth .... until today. We were sitting in the kitchen and I asked him if he wanted more milk, and he looked at me, smiled, and said, "yyyyeaaaaaa". I about fell over! While I was thrilled about the evolution, it made me sad. He was no longer our little "Mr. NO Guy", as Katherine calls him.
So this afternoon while the kids napped, I scrapbooked. I have a million pages I want to do for their books, and "Mr. NO Guy" was one of them. And since today he actually gave an affirmative answer, I felt like I had to do the page immediately or I'd forget this quirky behavior of his that I've grown to love and cherish. So today -- I scrapped because I felt like had to .... not wanted to. The creative juices weren't flowing, and I've got to tell you, it took all the joy out of it. It was in this moment, that I decided that I'll never scrapbook for a job. (Sorry Crissy)!! I want it to be fun, a hobby, not a chore. Anyway, the page is almost done, and the funniest thing happened... I looked at it and ended up loving it. The design doesn't blow you away, it's the memory that's captured on it that warms my heart. My little boy is growing up, and I'm so glad that I forced myself to sit down and capture the memory at that moment... when it was still fresh, still real, and Caleb was still my little "Mr No Guy".
Matt got home early tonight and we ended up going out to dinner with my parents, and Laurie, Clyde and the girls. Clyde was released from the hospital, which was a shock -- he's still running a fever and his leg looks HORRIBLE. His entire shin is red and purple. After dinner we all went to Ratatouille. Katherine loved it!!
Matt's parents are coming back to town tomorrow for Leo's 3rd birthday party, so I'll post pics!!
1 comment:
Well, the scrapbooking thing ... when you do it for other people, you don't have to feel creative. You're not going to write blurbs or advice. It's just putting the pictures on paper. But, doing it for a job...you would "have" to do it and if you have your own to do, you would feel like you were wasting your time.
Do I need to read further back about Clyde's leg?
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