Summer 2008

This pretty much sums it up!

Complicated

Midge is complicated. She is extremely sensitive. She hates attention. Even positive attention. She is embarassed very easily as well. Sometimes I feel like I'm walking on egg shells around her because the slightest thing can cause her to melt down.

On the other hand Midge is my most "obedient" child. When I tell her to do something she does it ( insert gasp!) Take the crib situation for example. She can easily get in and out of her crib. She also very easily figured out the door knob cover I bought. Oddly it's never been a problem. The night after she climbed out for the first time I just layed down the law. I told her that it was bed time and that I did not want her getting out of her bed until morning. And she didn't.

When she came down in the morning she wasn't wearing her diaper. She had grabbed a pair of underwear from her drawer and decided she didn't want to wear diapers anymore. This was Friday and she's worn them ever since and made it to the potty EVERY TIME. She amazes me. She is extremely strong willed and stubborn at times, but when she makes up her mind about something she really means it. I love this about her.

Help

I've never really been one to ask for help. I'm really just more comfortable doing things on my own. In my 7+ years of mothering I have done almost everything by myself (with help from the King of course!) Don't get me wrong I get offers, I just have a hard time accepting. I'm a perfectionist and I make myself feel inadequate if I don't do things on my own. My logical side knows this is ridiculous, but the pressure is always there.

Up until now, I think I've done a really good job. I've made it through pregnancies, births, and multiple other ordeals and never really dropped the ball so to speak. Lately though things have been a little different. The King is gone. A Lot. We're working towards a goal, I know that, and I'm very supportive. This is very important for our future. Financially and emotionally. For now though, it's just plain hard. The days sometimes just seem to run together.

I've done a pretty good job with the house, but the yard, ummmmm not so much. I just don't have the time or the energy. By the time I'm done with the inside and everything else I have to do the yard just doesn't really factor in. Today my Mom and my Step Dad showed up out of nowhere. They stayed and did a days worth of yard work. They did all the mowing, edging, pulled weeds, swept the walks, you name it. All while I stayed inside with the kids (Boo is sick.) I was extremely shocked and grateful. I didn't ask for it, but I guess sometimes you don't have to.

Tea Says

"Mommy, when I grow up I am going to take pictures of you and put them on my blog!"

Not Now!!!

Midge climbed out of her crib. She climbed out, opened her door, marched downstairs and looking not the least bit sheepish announced that she was in no way ready for bed. None of my kids have EVER done this before. We were planning on putting her in a bed this fall, but don't have all the details worked out just yet. Her and I played this little game until well after midnight last night. I just kept putting her back. She's a good climber and I don't believe she's in any danger. Even so, today when I did my grocery shopping I picked up a couple of those safety door knobs to prevent her from opening her door. I can't have her wandering the house in the middle of the night. I'm not sure how this will go over tonight. When she crawls out and realizes that she can't get out of her room. It should be interesting for sure.

Still Here

I'm still around. Just doing the best I can to soak up the last couple of weeks of summer vacation. Actually I spent yesterday and the two days prior giving my house a deep cleaning. The process wasn't fun at all but I'm pleased with the results. I can actually find stuff now. Today, as a treat for being so patient during the cleaning process, I took the girls to the pool at the gym. I don't have any pictures to share, remember the great pool/camera disaster of '07? It rained all day so they enjoyed swimming inside. It was the first time that Boo really "swam" in a deep pool. She's hung out in the wading pool and played in our back yard pool, but this was different. I was surprised at how much she liked it. She was content to just hang out in her floatie for almost 2 hours while the girls splashed around her.

Tomorrow we go to Chiggie's school to register. We'll find out who her teacher is and get to see her classroom. She's excited and I think the other girls are too. School starting will jump start a new routine for us. I'm not looking forward to getting up early. All summer my kids have slept until 9:30. All four of them sleep 12 hours a night. Getting up at 6:30 just might kill me...

Shopping

We did a ton of shopping this weekend. We bought all of Chiggie's new clothes, school supplies, and back pack for her 1st grade year. Luckily we found some really good deals and she feels great about what she got. The supplies were a lot cheaper than they were last year, but I found it odd that she needed 20 glue sticks!!?? The King needed a few things too. I think I forgot to mention that he is going back to school as well. He's still with the same company and they are paying for him to take a 3 week electrical course at their national headquarters. During his time at "school" he is staying at a nice hotel, has all of his mileage reimbursed, and has meal vouchers. He called me tonight just to let me know that his meal card has a $15 breakfast limit, $25 lunch limit, and a $35 dinner limit. Must be rough!