Yesterday Kate lost her mind after losing a game of Wii tennis. Her big sister won and Kate does NOT like to lose.
This is the scenario that was reported to me by both parties.
Tess won, Kate shouted "I hate you" and threw the Wii remote.
Kate knew she was in trouble as soon as her heart rate slowed down to normal.....Tess also immediately ran upstairs to me to tattle.
After a short discussion on how that situation needs to be handled better next time, I asked Kate to tell Tess she was sorry.
Kate's reply: "But if I say I'm sorry it means I won't do it again and I'm pretty sure I will, Mom"
Monday, July 25, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Two Weeks
Keeping the house uber clean with three young kids is for the birds. Every time we leave the house, I have to think about someone wanting to come look while we are gone. PRESSURE! Pick up the gazillion pairs of flip flops, wipe the toothpaste out of the sink, dust off the t.v. screen, weed the landscaping, wipe the kitchen counters, spray some smell goody stuff, put fresh fruit in the bowl.......AARRRGGGHHH.
And it has only been two weeks into the process.
To answer the elephant in the room question....no, we have not had anyone interested in looking yet, although my mother-in-law swears she saw someone take a flyer from the box in the yard yesterday.
Everytime the phone rings I hope it is Deb wanting to show the house. I also hope that it is not Deb calling to tell us the house that we want is SOLD. What an emotional rollercoaster we have put ourselves on. I do not even like rollercoasters. They make me s-i-c-k.
What a weird feeling to be so excited about something but have to wait, and wait, and wait, and wait....all the while not knowing if the one thing you are excited about will even happen.
I picture my stuff in this house. I picture the stuff that I've always wanted to do with a house but didn't have the right space for it....I picture my kids playing in this yard, I picture having dinner parties and holiday celebrations at this house. I picture my kids coming home from college to this house........
Did I mention that I have this weird, possibly psychotic, draw towards this house?
Andy and I went and looked at the house a second time last week. We spent a lot more time looking at the the little details we had glossed over the first time. The place needs some work. It has so many little things that could turn into big money at the store.
We don't care.
It is so weird to pray for something like this, but I do. Every day. Sometimes twice. Not that we get what we want, but that we get what we need.
I'm pretty sure I need this house. Sorry God.
And it has only been two weeks into the process.
To answer the elephant in the room question....no, we have not had anyone interested in looking yet, although my mother-in-law swears she saw someone take a flyer from the box in the yard yesterday.
Everytime the phone rings I hope it is Deb wanting to show the house. I also hope that it is not Deb calling to tell us the house that we want is SOLD. What an emotional rollercoaster we have put ourselves on. I do not even like rollercoasters. They make me s-i-c-k.
What a weird feeling to be so excited about something but have to wait, and wait, and wait, and wait....all the while not knowing if the one thing you are excited about will even happen.
I picture my stuff in this house. I picture the stuff that I've always wanted to do with a house but didn't have the right space for it....I picture my kids playing in this yard, I picture having dinner parties and holiday celebrations at this house. I picture my kids coming home from college to this house........
Did I mention that I have this weird, possibly psychotic, draw towards this house?
Andy and I went and looked at the house a second time last week. We spent a lot more time looking at the the little details we had glossed over the first time. The place needs some work. It has so many little things that could turn into big money at the store.
We don't care.
It is so weird to pray for something like this, but I do. Every day. Sometimes twice. Not that we get what we want, but that we get what we need.
I'm pretty sure I need this house. Sorry God.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
To Pee or Not to Pee......
Telling this story might get me in a little bit of trouble with a certain blonde in our house, but it was meant for the laugh of it, not the embarassment of it.
Kate "peed a little" (her words) in her bed last night. She did the right thing by coming to me, at 4am, telling me, correcting the problem and then going back to bed. I did not even have to roll over.
This morning the girls needed to get up early to get dressed and ready for drama camp. I happened to walk by their room and saw Kate, still sleepy in bed, with Tess hovering over her and trying to wake her up in a not nice way.
Kate: "I wouldn't do that if I were you."
Tess: still doing it..."Why?"
Kate: "Because I peed last night right there where your hand is." said totally stoic
Tess: "MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!"
Jane, however, stayed dry all night in her big girl Hello Kitty undies. Progress as promised!
Kate "peed a little" (her words) in her bed last night. She did the right thing by coming to me, at 4am, telling me, correcting the problem and then going back to bed. I did not even have to roll over.
This morning the girls needed to get up early to get dressed and ready for drama camp. I happened to walk by their room and saw Kate, still sleepy in bed, with Tess hovering over her and trying to wake her up in a not nice way.
Kate: "I wouldn't do that if I were you."
Tess: still doing it..."Why?"
Kate: "Because I peed last night right there where your hand is." said totally stoic
Tess: "MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!"
Jane, however, stayed dry all night in her big girl Hello Kitty undies. Progress as promised!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
News, Notes & Quotes
Breaking News....
My sweet baby Jane is three years old today! more on that in the evening news.
Today is my one year work-a-versary. I still get caught off guard on Sunday evenings when I remember that I have to work the next day. I love my job, although I'm the only one that thinks a one year anniversary is worthy of celebration.
Our house has been on the world wide web now for a week. There is a sign in our yard, glossy brochures in a bin, and a lady is coming today to take pictures for a virtual tour. Not sure how I feel about that, but if it helps sell my house....
Our Bailey just found out she will be marching, as a cheerleader, in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade this year. Be prepared for some serious fundraising! You will be asked to help sponsor this dream!
Notes:
My parents go on vacation to the beautiful state of Colorado next week. We wish them nothing but JOY while they visit with family and be tourists to God's beautiful handiwork.
My niece Amelia is adorable and I'm pretty sure she loves me being her aunt.
Next week Tess and Kate will be going to a Theatre Camp at North Kansas City High School. This should be a week of delight for Tess and hopefully will help with Kate's shyness at performing. They will perform "Sleeping Beauty" on the final night. I hope they love it. If not, it's going to be a loooooong two weeks.
As mentioned above, our regularly scheduled child care is going on vacation. Andy and I firmly believe that when the "free" child care wants time off, they should get it, so my parents are sans grandchildren for the month of July. This doesn't mean we won't let them see our children, it just means they get to choose if and when they want to see them. Our Samantha is the hired help for the month and the girls are loving it. We are thrilled that Samantha was available and we have someone we can trust with our girls.
Quotes:
Samantha: "Jane, how old are you today?"
Jane: "2"
Samantha: "How old will you be tomorrow?"
Jane: "46"
Kate: "Mom, I don't want to know how to read before I go to kindergarten. I just want to be normal."
Scene: My office, sitting with a patient that is also a mom to a spoiled 5 yr old girl. Her insurance won't pay for her Adderall prescription. The mother's Adderall, not the child's, by the way.
Me: I'm sorry, Susie, but some insurances won't pay for an adult to be on a stimulant. I will try and call your insurance company, but they usually want me to verify that you are either working or in school." (She is neither)
Susie: "Well that is total crap. Being a mom is really hard. I went to college, for like 5 years, and being a mom is way harder."
Me: silence, holding back snarky comment.
Happy Thursday everyone! God is so good!
My sweet baby Jane is three years old today! more on that in the evening news.
Today is my one year work-a-versary. I still get caught off guard on Sunday evenings when I remember that I have to work the next day. I love my job, although I'm the only one that thinks a one year anniversary is worthy of celebration.
Our house has been on the world wide web now for a week. There is a sign in our yard, glossy brochures in a bin, and a lady is coming today to take pictures for a virtual tour. Not sure how I feel about that, but if it helps sell my house....
Our Bailey just found out she will be marching, as a cheerleader, in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade this year. Be prepared for some serious fundraising! You will be asked to help sponsor this dream!
Notes:
My parents go on vacation to the beautiful state of Colorado next week. We wish them nothing but JOY while they visit with family and be tourists to God's beautiful handiwork.
My niece Amelia is adorable and I'm pretty sure she loves me being her aunt.
Next week Tess and Kate will be going to a Theatre Camp at North Kansas City High School. This should be a week of delight for Tess and hopefully will help with Kate's shyness at performing. They will perform "Sleeping Beauty" on the final night. I hope they love it. If not, it's going to be a loooooong two weeks.
As mentioned above, our regularly scheduled child care is going on vacation. Andy and I firmly believe that when the "free" child care wants time off, they should get it, so my parents are sans grandchildren for the month of July. This doesn't mean we won't let them see our children, it just means they get to choose if and when they want to see them. Our Samantha is the hired help for the month and the girls are loving it. We are thrilled that Samantha was available and we have someone we can trust with our girls.
Quotes:
Samantha: "Jane, how old are you today?"
Jane: "2"
Samantha: "How old will you be tomorrow?"
Jane: "46"
Kate: "Mom, I don't want to know how to read before I go to kindergarten. I just want to be normal."
Scene: My office, sitting with a patient that is also a mom to a spoiled 5 yr old girl. Her insurance won't pay for her Adderall prescription. The mother's Adderall, not the child's, by the way.
Me: I'm sorry, Susie, but some insurances won't pay for an adult to be on a stimulant. I will try and call your insurance company, but they usually want me to verify that you are either working or in school." (She is neither)
Susie: "Well that is total crap. Being a mom is really hard. I went to college, for like 5 years, and being a mom is way harder."
Me: silence, holding back snarky comment.
Happy Thursday everyone! God is so good!
Friday, July 1, 2011
For Sale
Our house is for sale.
Holy cow.
I could go on for paragraphs about this life changing decision Andy and I made, but in reality, it is a pretty short and sweet story.
Two people fell in love with a house that was found by a co-worker who was surfing the web while at work.
These same two people hadn't planned to start trying to sell their house for another year, but felt some connection to this house and decided to pray about it.
And work REALLY hard to get their house ready to show to potential buyers.
SO
one week ago we walked around the outside of the house and looked in the windows
the next day we went inside the house, fully expecting there to be a "deal breaker", but there wasn't.
the next few days we worked like crazy boxing up our life and stacking it in the garage
on Tuesday of this week we signed a contract with our realtor from ten years ago
and this morning a "For Sale" sign magically appeared in my yard.
the end.
Holy cow.
I could go on for paragraphs about this life changing decision Andy and I made, but in reality, it is a pretty short and sweet story.
Two people fell in love with a house that was found by a co-worker who was surfing the web while at work.
These same two people hadn't planned to start trying to sell their house for another year, but felt some connection to this house and decided to pray about it.
And work REALLY hard to get their house ready to show to potential buyers.
SO
one week ago we walked around the outside of the house and looked in the windows
the next day we went inside the house, fully expecting there to be a "deal breaker", but there wasn't.
the next few days we worked like crazy boxing up our life and stacking it in the garage
on Tuesday of this week we signed a contract with our realtor from ten years ago
and this morning a "For Sale" sign magically appeared in my yard.
the end.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
And now it's time for a break down.....
Kate has 4 days of Pre-Kindergarten summer school left to go. She has been a trooper, getting up early every morning and going to school while the rest of the family (excluding me) stays home and has fun.
At least that is what she is assuming everyone else is doing....having TONS of fun without her.
Every day she comes home with art work and some stories about her experiences. One evening she let us know that two bad things and one good thing had happened to her that day. The two bad things involved her getting "in trouble" for doing something she didn't know was against the rules. I'm pretty sure she was kindly advised by her teachers, but in her heart, she had gotten in trouble.
Because I know you are dying to know what she did, I will gladly share. The first thing happened when she was the star student for the day and in charge of leading the line of classmates to and from places. She thought the teacher had told her to go ahead and lead everyone out of the gym but she had not, and Kate perceived that as being in trouble. The second incident was she picked up some wood chips on the playground to use as pretend candy for their imaginary candy store, and she got told that picking up wood chips is against the rules! According to her, she cried because she was so embarrassed! Rough day, and to hear her replay the story for us was heart breaking.
Kate HATES to be embarrassed.....even more so than the average bear.
Anyway, I am now finally getting around to the title of this post. I turned around in the car this morning to make sure Kate was buckled up, and I see silent tears streaming from her beautiful blue eyes. She didn't want to go to school today. "It's too long of a day for me, mom!" she cried when I asked what was wrong.
I had been waiting for this to happen, and would have placed a bet that it would happen sooner than it did. Kate is not used to being somewhere every day, all day. And while I am so very thankful that my kids do not have to go to all day childcare every day, it sure would have prepared Kate for these long school days.
Once she got the tears out, blew her nose, I reassured her that if she could just start the day at school the teacher would call us if she simply could not make it the rest of the day. I explained that the office had every phone number possible to contact us, even grandma and grandpa's! She reluctantly agreed to go, but only after I let her in on the secret that she gets to pick where we eat out on the last night of summer school. I told her she could pick anywhere she wants.
Except Chucky Cheese.
Which made her laugh before she got out of the car and walked down the long side walk towards the school.
My middle blessing is growing up.
At least that is what she is assuming everyone else is doing....having TONS of fun without her.
Every day she comes home with art work and some stories about her experiences. One evening she let us know that two bad things and one good thing had happened to her that day. The two bad things involved her getting "in trouble" for doing something she didn't know was against the rules. I'm pretty sure she was kindly advised by her teachers, but in her heart, she had gotten in trouble.
Because I know you are dying to know what she did, I will gladly share. The first thing happened when she was the star student for the day and in charge of leading the line of classmates to and from places. She thought the teacher had told her to go ahead and lead everyone out of the gym but she had not, and Kate perceived that as being in trouble. The second incident was she picked up some wood chips on the playground to use as pretend candy for their imaginary candy store, and she got told that picking up wood chips is against the rules! According to her, she cried because she was so embarrassed! Rough day, and to hear her replay the story for us was heart breaking.
Kate HATES to be embarrassed.....even more so than the average bear.
Anyway, I am now finally getting around to the title of this post. I turned around in the car this morning to make sure Kate was buckled up, and I see silent tears streaming from her beautiful blue eyes. She didn't want to go to school today. "It's too long of a day for me, mom!" she cried when I asked what was wrong.
I had been waiting for this to happen, and would have placed a bet that it would happen sooner than it did. Kate is not used to being somewhere every day, all day. And while I am so very thankful that my kids do not have to go to all day childcare every day, it sure would have prepared Kate for these long school days.
Once she got the tears out, blew her nose, I reassured her that if she could just start the day at school the teacher would call us if she simply could not make it the rest of the day. I explained that the office had every phone number possible to contact us, even grandma and grandpa's! She reluctantly agreed to go, but only after I let her in on the secret that she gets to pick where we eat out on the last night of summer school. I told her she could pick anywhere she wants.
Except Chucky Cheese.
Which made her laugh before she got out of the car and walked down the long side walk towards the school.
My middle blessing is growing up.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
sociology 101
Sociology and watching how people act in society has always interested me. I know we all people watch, but have you ever really noticed how people interact?
I have three girls, and there are three different personalities forming right before my eyes.
We have had several social gatherings the last few weeks, several family reunion gatherings, church activities, etc. so I have had plenty of time to watch and learn about my girls.
Tess walks into a room assuming that people are going to want to know her, so she had better put herself out there to be met. She constantly adjusts herself to fit whatever the situation is in the room. She doesn't know a stranger, loves to make connections, and if not watched carefully, she will take over the job of the hostess, even if it isn't her party.
Kate enters a room wanting to meet everyone, but not sure where to start. If someone comes up and introduces themselves and invites her to join, she's good. She acts shy, but loves to be asked to join group. What I love about this girl is if she isn't interested in the situation of the room, she just makes her own. She is totally comfortable being a "party of one" and I am so proud of that. THAT takes guts.
And then there is sweet baby Jane. My sweet delicate girl. Jane walks into a party, will walk right over to the first person she sees and say "Hey! Do you have a snack? I am Hun-gry!" She loves to join whatever the activity is, as long as it doesn't mean she has to sit still. She is the follower that will call out the leader if she suspects shenanigans. If she doesn't like the situation she will stop, cross her arms over her body, scrunch up her face and that is IT....game over.
All unique, all make me proud, yet some characteristics have the potential to be a problem. The cool part is I see a little bit of my own personality in each of them. I can't wait to review this in several years and see if each description still fits.
I have three girls, and there are three different personalities forming right before my eyes.
We have had several social gatherings the last few weeks, several family reunion gatherings, church activities, etc. so I have had plenty of time to watch and learn about my girls.
Tess walks into a room assuming that people are going to want to know her, so she had better put herself out there to be met. She constantly adjusts herself to fit whatever the situation is in the room. She doesn't know a stranger, loves to make connections, and if not watched carefully, she will take over the job of the hostess, even if it isn't her party.
Kate enters a room wanting to meet everyone, but not sure where to start. If someone comes up and introduces themselves and invites her to join, she's good. She acts shy, but loves to be asked to join group. What I love about this girl is if she isn't interested in the situation of the room, she just makes her own. She is totally comfortable being a "party of one" and I am so proud of that. THAT takes guts.
And then there is sweet baby Jane. My sweet delicate girl. Jane walks into a party, will walk right over to the first person she sees and say "Hey! Do you have a snack? I am Hun-gry!" She loves to join whatever the activity is, as long as it doesn't mean she has to sit still. She is the follower that will call out the leader if she suspects shenanigans. If she doesn't like the situation she will stop, cross her arms over her body, scrunch up her face and that is IT....game over.
All unique, all make me proud, yet some characteristics have the potential to be a problem. The cool part is I see a little bit of my own personality in each of them. I can't wait to review this in several years and see if each description still fits.
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