Family Fun Day November 15, 2008

Family Fun Day is something we do almost every Saturday, rain or shine.  This is the time that my husband and I devote to spending QUALITY time with our kids since the weekdays are usually filled with obligations such as school, church, work, up keep of the home.  Family Fun Day could be anything from going to the park, getting ice cream, playing in the kid’s play area at Burger King, going to the library, etc.  Family Fun Day does not have to be an expensive activity because its all about spending time and showing love.

My husband makes alot of sacrifices to make sure we have our Family Fun Day.  For example, my husband has to work every other Saturday to do payroll.  Today, since he knew that he wanted to help some of the men at the church paint and wanted to spend time with us he went to work at 4am.  He worked 4-9am, painted the church (9:30-12:00), and then came home to spend time with his family.

Today our Family Fun Day activity was to rake leaves.  I know it might sound lame, but our children enjoy the outdoors and they were able to help their dad and I while also playing in the yard.  We worked together as a family taking the occasional time out to play soccer:)  Here are some pictures I took of our Family Fun Day.

My “Tunky” (my son) and ‘Lil Momma” ( my daughter) working hard trying to beat the other to the

leaves (as if there wasn’t enough)

Daddy made a big pile of leaves for the kids to jump in.  Then he tried to covered their legs in it.

Daddy was think “FUN”, Mommy on the other hand was thinking “GERMS”.  They took a good bath

after all this fun.  Even “Munchie” (my baby) joined the fun!

“Tunky” took the broom from mommy so that the men could do the hard work!  What a gentlemen:)

“Munchie” being “Munchie”.  She took our little solar lamps out of the ground.  BTW she broke all of them.

What can I say…That’s my baby.

Labor of love…Fun…Family…And a Clean Yard!

My kids…What can I say…I just love them July 8, 2008

The last two weeks my kids have literally been getting themselves in so much trouble.  I want to blame it on autism, or the terrible twos, or baby just being curious…but to simply put it, I AM OUTNUMBERED:).  While one is doing something the other is contemplating what to do while mommy is occupied dealing with the other sibling.

Let me begin-

Remember last week I wrote the post about my Sam’s Club ordeal.  Yeah, that one…I can’t even think about that day without frowning.  Okay, so I went to the grocery store the next morning that way hubby could watch the kids so that I wouldn’t have to deal with another meltdown. When I came home hubby and I were putting groceries away and I usually keep a permanent marker close to write on the zip-lock bags (because I separate meat).  You can see where this story is going right.  So I’m looking for the marker that I KNOW I had on the kitchen counter and as I’m searching for it my sweet, sensitive, ladylike 2year old came prancing in the kitchen with the permanent marker all over her lips.  She says, “Look mommy I have lipstick like you.”  Startled by my reaction (a quick aaaaaaaahhhhh) she began to cry.  I explained to her that it wasn’t lipstick or chap stick (which is what she usually wears) and while explaining all this to her something on the inside told me to check the family room.  I slowly crept into my family room scared to see what I might find and I glance over to my couch and saw some nice scribbled marks on the seat of my couch.  I was upset but I thank God that I could simply turn the couch seat over and “wallah” no more permanent markers.  Below is my daughter next to her master piece.  My parents wanted to see what she did so I took a picture with my cell phone and as always my daughter never fails to give a smile for the camera even though mommy was fuming on the other end.

                                               

Next Story:

The broken lamp

My son has a tendency to get what he wants from the refrigerator or cabinets since he is not very verbal yet he can’t express what he wants.  My sweet little boy is very very very very busy.  He really likes to move.  I try to be in the same room he is in as much as I can but at times I am often pulled in so many directions because my kids are young and they all need their momma.  This particular day I was upstairs putting baby in her play pen so that she can rest and all of a sudden I hear glass shattering.  I let out a scream ( Me just being my dramatic self:) ) and ran down the stairs so quick I almost felt like I flew to the kitchen.  Evidently my son took it upon himself to climb on the counter top to get a snack on top of the refrigerator.  I’m assuming he took the dangling light and swung it and it naturally broke into smithereens.  So this is what it looks like now until I go to Home Depot to purchase another one.

                                                

I love my kids.  They certainly keep me on my feet and make life very exciting.  What great blessings:)

I have many other stories to tell but I think this post is long enough!  Hey, do you want to share some of your stories feel free to leave comments or write a post about your kids and send the link.  Sounds like it will be a lot of fun.  Tomorrow I’m going to try to give you a tour of my home.  Okay, I’m signing off now.  Take care.

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My Daily Schedule May 19, 2008

Below is a copy of my daily schedule.  I try to follow this as much as I can to establish routine with my children and myself but as we all know life brings changes so I oftentimes “tweak” it to suit my household.  As for today, I’m not feeling very well so I won’t be doing a lot of this but its okay:)  Lord’s willing it will be done tomorrow:) Have a Blessed Day!

Block 1- Begins @7am

1. Everyone Rises

2. Wash and Dressed

3. Start a load of Laundry

4. Breakfast and Read Proverbs

5. Table Chores

6. Potty Training

7. Quick Clean House (Make up Beds, Take out Trash, Spray and Wipe Baths)

Block 2- Begins @10

1. Do Homeschool with Amber & Autumn (sing songs, letters, numbers, shapes, colors, animals, read story)

2 Zone clean (girls play with toys)

3.Lunch

4. Tidy up

Block 3-Begins @1

1. Nap time for girls

2. Devotion Time

3. Phone Calls

4. Read book

5. Take care of some chores/laundry

6. Computer Time

7. Dinner Prep

Block 4-Begins @3

1. Take Elijah off Bus

2. Light Snack for Kids

3. Cartoons for kids while I do #4

4. Cook

Block 5- Begins @5

1. Finish Dinner

2. Sit at table and Eat Dinner

3. Kitchen Cleanup

4. Kids Bath time/Pajamas on

Block 6-Begins @7pm

1. Read children stories

2. Kids brush teeth/Go Potty

3. Prayers

4. Daddy or Mommy blesses/prays over kids

5. Lights out for kids at 8pm

Block 7-Begins @8

1. Finish kitchen cleanup if not finished

2. Sweep and Swiffer

3. Tidy up house

4. Take Shower/Lotion/Floss/Grooming

5. Time with Emmanuel

6. Watch Tv/Read Book

7. Read Bible/Pray