Not Old Enough

So I have had this come up a lot lately. Colin or Cathy will get asked to do something by one of their friends, or they will go down the street to a friends house leaving Cody at home with us and he will be upset. He doesn't realize that he is still "too little" for such things. He definitely thinks himself to be older than 4 years old.

Again today Colin is going to the movies with one of his friends and Cody told me that it was not fair. I know he feels slighted, I wish I could make him understand that in just a couple of years he will be able to do those things as well. I have asked his best friends mom on a couple of occasions now to schedule a play date on the weekend, but this has not happened yet. Maybe she will get back with me soon ;)

Little Helper

Well it is getting close to that time. Kendall will be starting daycare in January. I realize how very fortunate I am! I have been blessed to be able to bring her to work with me, and for that I am so thankful. But it does not make it sting any less, it is going to be hard not to see her sweet face....

Happy Veterans Day

I would just like to say Thank You and Happy Veterans Day to all of the men and women who have served or are currently serving our country!

Sanity....

What is that? I lost that two children back.

Happy Halloween

Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween. Our kids had lots of fun this year, as they got to dress up twice, first to attend the fall festival at their school and then again on Saturday night to go trick or treating. Pictured below we have Colin as Snake Eyes, Cody as Storm Shadow, Cathy as a pirate and Kendall as a pumpkin :)

Motherhood

Is the most complicated, challenging, rewarding thing in life. As you will so often hear "Kids don't come with instruction manuals", though wouldn't it be great if they did. But maybe that is one of those rewarding things about children. It is a learning process for the child but for you as the parent as well. All four of my children are so different, they all have commonalities, but have very distinct personalities, and what works as discipline or guidance for one does not work for another.

I was talking to my sister this past weekend and told her the scariest feeling I had while being pregnant with Kendall was "Oh my gosh, I am about to add another person to the list, another person that will need me, that I will need to make time for" "How will I find that balance, to have time for all of them as well as myself".

I am asked this question alot. "How do you do it?" "How do you work, and have four kids, and manage a home?" So many people see my life as a challenge, and at many times;) it is. But my life is also a privaledge. I have been truly blessed with what these days is considred a large family, and as a big family we all have to chip in and do our parts, even if it is something as simple as taking the laundry out of the dryer. I guess what I am trying to say is my whole family contributes to what others may see as my success.

So to my husband, and my children I just want to say thank you. I am thankful for each of you everday!!

Costume Crazies

So Halloween is right around the corner and thus I have been shopping for the kids costumes. When we first began Colin wanted to be Snake Eyes (from G.I. Joe), Cody was going to be Batman (which we already have a really cool Batman costume so it would save me $$), Cathy said "whatever, as long as it's cool", and Kendall was going to be a bumblebee (another hand me down costume ;)

So off to Party City I go, plan in mind knowing what I need to get. However let me say the options for Cathy are getting smaller and smaller, literally!! I mean some of those costumes look, well not appropriate for an eleven year old child. So I end up getting Cat a funky ladybug costume (it was really cute and age appropriate, not babyish and not "to old") I got Colin Snake Eyes, and I left feeling pretty good. Side note: the sword I got Colin was not "Snake Eye's" sword, but was a really cool ninja sword, they did not have the specific sword that "went" with the costume.

I pick up the kids thinking Halloween is complete. NOPE, no such luck. No longer did Cody want to be Batman, now that he saw Colin's Snake Eyes costume, he wanted to be Storm Shadow (his arch enemy) so they could fight each other. Cathy's ladybug wings were ripped in the package and Colin was not happy that I got the "wrong sword".

So Saturday after soccer Cathy, Cody, Kendall and I head back to Party city to exchange Cathy's and buy Cody's costume. Cathy ends up choosing a different costume, now she is going to be Robin (Batman's sidekick) which I was totally okay with until we got it home she tried it on and it was skin tight and came up to her butt.

Once again today I go back to the store to trade Cathy's costume, this time I got her a pirate that she had also liked when we were there over the weekend. Here is hoping it fits!! Costume shopping is so much easier when they are Kendall's age :)