Remembering...

I remember when he was so little that he fit right across my chest...

I remember my mom teaching him how to smell flowers...

I remember when we had to have "naked time" every night...

I remember trips to the ER for head injuries...

I remember him graduating from kindergarten...

I remember him riding his bike for the first time...

I remember the first time he played football, basketball, soccer...

I remember sitting through hours of practices and games thinking "what if something happens and I'm not here?"...

I remember letting him go to school with a mohawk for 1 day...

I remember when we surprised him (and his sister) with a trip to Disney...

I remember when he cooked me his first steak....

I remember when he first mowed the lawn...then proceeded to break the lawnmower...

I remember when he grew as tall as me...then outgrew me...

Now I add the memory of watching him walk out of Middle School....and into High School...

Although time flies in the blink of an eye, I cherish every moment I have with my son!

Booked

So I received the teenager's summer calendar for football...since he is going to be a freshman in high school (3 grey hairs just popped out of my head from that comment), he is going to be MUCH busier. Which means....I am going to be MUCH busier. So I decided to print off calendars for the summer in hopes to meet my everlasting long goal: I will be organized...that and I totally forgot to go to the football meeting last night...UGH!!!
So between the football meetings, football attitude camp (I'm excited for this one), kiddie football camp (which his is volunteering), agility training for the football player, Summer Reading program at the library, VBS, BFF's birthday, Vacation at N.Myrtle Beach, sleepover, an orthodontist appointment, my rhumey appointment, baby shower, birthday parties, hanging out with the twins... I pretty much have booked myself for the month of June....and July is getting pretty close to being full as well!

The positive is that I have enough spoons to do it all....I think ;)

The present

My last day of school was May 19th. The kids' last day is June 9th. I like to think of it as a sweet present from the powers that be...

*I get to send them off to school as I stay in my pajamas.

*I complete tasks.

*I watch whatever I want on tv.

*I'm able to read books.

* I get to send them off to school as I stay in my pajamas.

(I put that one on there twice because it's pretty sweet!)

So whomever dealt me this hand.... Thank you for FABULOUS present! :)

After the hurricane...comes the rainbow...

Well... another flare, another hospital, another round of steroids have come....

This has been a really rough season for me with aches, pains, injuries, and random reactions....like a long hurricane with lots of turmoil and destruction... now I am waiting for my rainbow...

The Wind Beneath My Wings

"Did you ever know that you're my hero?

You're everything I wish I could be.

I could fly higher than an eagle,

cause you are the wind beneath my wings...."

"Fly, fly fly high against the sky,

So high I almost touched the sky.

Thank you, thank you,

Thank God for you, the wind beneath my wings."

-Bette Midler

It's all about perspective....

He is ornrey...

He is mischievious....

He is lazy....

He irritates his sister...

He makes messes....

Most days, he makes me want to pull out my hair....one by one....

But then I stop and look at the whole picture....

In 2 years, he will be getting ready to drive....

In 4 years, he will be getting ready to leave for college...

I notice the wonderful in him and change my perspective...

He takes care of me when I am sick...

He loves making dinner....

He laughs at my goofy jokes....

He is caring and soulful....

Every teacher says how respectful and insightful he is....

I may call him "the teenager", but he is the most amazing teenager in the world!!!!!!

Just late...

When I'm "just late"...someone is the cause.
I have a new system....whoever is the cause of making me late is charged $5. This new system has increased my days of being on time.
But if you REALLY want to break it down....it goes something like this:

"Everyone up!" me
many grunts and moans from the princess...
"Everyone up!" me
"I AM" screams the princess....now grunts and moans from the teenager....
"Everyone up" me
"La la la la la" sings the princess as she tries on 4 different outfits....
"I AM!" screams the teenager...
During this time, I am trying to get myself ready...
As we all finally walk downstairs...somewhat dressed....
Someone (depends on the day)
"Oh, I forgot..."
This leads to me either helping someone find something, helping with homework, running to the store buying something, etc...

Once, this lead to me frantically jumping out of bed.....which I am still in a walking cast 4 1/2 weeks later.

So when I'm "just late"....it is MUCH more than "just late"... it is complicated, crazy, chaos :)