Things are going well this month. It's been a great start to a NEW year so far. Other than Jill getting strep throat, we've been relatively healthy around here and Jill is the bounce back queen and was pretty much 100% improved 24 hours after the antibiotics. The sun is shining and the weather has been nice, if only a little too chilly for my preference. :) But as Ben reminds me... It's January!!!
I decided that Natalie seemed ready for something NEW... to be potty trained, so we started this week and she's been awesome! Very few accidents and is in panties all day except for naps. DORA panties, of course. I think that has been key in the process. :) We love our DORA! :) I hope she continues to do this well. *KNOCK ON WOOD* I haven't even had to clean up a mess because her accidents were on a towel or a chair that has a removable, washable cover. NICE! I am really hoping to be totally out of the diaper phase, unless we have a new baby and then I will gladly start all over again! :)
Some friends and I went to a NEW movie last night. It was a fun night to hang out with my friends but "Bride Wars" wasn't the best movie I ever saw. At all. Some cute moments but not a "must see," in my opinion. Has anyone seen something really good lately that is not crude, filled with innuendo, violence, or bad language? Let me know, if so. :)
I have volunteered A LOT lately and I've been running myself more ragged than I want to be. I have a NEW goal to not overschedule myself, so I was very proud of myself last week when a note came home asking for help with the school's winter carnival. I threw it away. Then I felt a little guilty but mainly ok. Then another note came home and I threw it away. Now I'm feeling a lot more guilty. And if they send another one, I will probably break down and help run the whole thing. Let's hope there isn't another note! :)
How do you all balance your many duties? I LOVE volunteering but then I have to dump my kiddos somewhere to fulfill what I've volunteered to do and that's hardly fair to the kids to do that very often. A couple of weeks ago my bishop just happened to call me in to his office when I was really frustrated with all of my many responsibilities. He helped me put things into a NEW perspective and I have been trying hard to put my family first again. He's so great. Sometimes you just have to hear that you're doing a great job and that you don't have to do everything!
Today some of my wonderful friends came over to make and have lunch together. One friend brought a recipe, so we could learn something NEW. We had homemade tomato basil soup and stromboli. YUM! It's so nice to have a weekly "Girls Gathering" at my house. All of the kids play and we just hang out, learn new things from each other, or help with projects. We've made baby shower invitations, learned new things to cook, learned crochet, painted a bedroom, and just had a lot of fun!
So far 2009 has been great for us and I hope it's going well for anyone that reads this too! :)
5 comments:
That girls gathering sounds fun! What a good idea!! That is so cool you will have no one in diapers for a while! That will be awesome!
Not sure I have any advice to give on that one...I seem to have the same problem! Sounds like you are having a blast.
As always, we had a great time! I hope you've had more successful days with Nat... I'll try to help you out on your NEW goal of not overscheduling yourself, don't do it Brandi, just say NO! ;)
It really seems like this year is gonna be a great one!! I love that you have a group of friends doing all that fun stuff! I think that is where some of the greatest growing happens in our lives. With others!!
It sounds like 2009 is off to a great start for you guys! Yeah for Natalie! Yeah for Dora! You are always so helpful but I have a theory on volunteering. If you have to drop your kids off, don't do it. When Natalie (or hopefully number four) is in school, then it's your turn. Now it's the turn off all the other mom's whose youngest child is in school. Just my theory:) Good luck!
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