1 year ago
Wow! August has brought about so much change and it is making me emotional, stressed, excited for the future, and thankful for all we have.
First of all, I can't believe that tomorrow morning I will be walking my little boy to elementary school for his first day of Kindergarten. Where did the last 5 years go? I have had a lump in my throat all day just anticipating tomorrow. I am excited for him to be meeting new friends, learning new things, and beginning this stage in his life, but I just want him to stay a little boy.
I don't want him to have to experience all of the negative things that go along with school. I won't be able to be there to protect him from teasing, or heaven forbid bullying. I am nervous for him. I want him to continue to have his innocence.
To sum up this Kindergarten stuff...I am a mess. I have a thousand different emotions, thoughts, and concerns flowing through my head. I hope Braeden handles his first day better than I will!
Brenna is now at Tots and Tales by herself and we are going to try just sending her 3 days a week instead of Monday-Friday, which is what she has been doing for the past year. I am cutting down to three days a week at work, so Brenna and I will be hanging out together on Thursdays and Friday. Hopefully we will enjoy our mother-daughter time together. I am looking forward to it. I will have to say, when I asked Brenna if she would like to spend a few more days at home with me or continue to go to school everyday, she said, "I want to stay home with Daddy." She always knows just the right words to stick it to Mommy!
Brenna will also start dance class at Carol Byrds this week. She was a crying, screaming mess when we took her to enroll. She wanted nothing to do with it, so I am very stressed about how she will behave at her first class on Thursday. I know this is not a very "ideal" parenting thing to do, but I took her to pick out and buy new earrings and if she behaves on Thursday, she can have them. Yep, a bribe! Whatever it takes!
Along with a lot of change, comes a lot of expense. Enrollment fees at Delaware Ridge Elementary, a technology fee, lunch fees, school supplies(my child needs 12 glue sticks, seriously?), enrollment fee at Tots and Tales, enrollment fee at Byrds Dance, new school clothes, shoes, tap shoes, ballet shoes, leotards, presents for bribery...it just goes on and on. Oh, and our last name starts with "M", so our car tags are due as well.
Enough. This blog has been all over the place, but I guess you can just say that is how I feel. My mind is everywhere. I am ready for August to be over.
Brenna and Braeden spent the night with my parents last Saturday night. They were getting ready for church on Sunday morning and this is what Brenna said to my mom...
First, I must say that my mom always gets ready in the morning just wearing her bra and underwear(sorry mom :), but it is necessary to say that for the story)!!
Brenna: Grammy, I can see your tummy.
Brenna: You better cover it up!
Brenna: I WILL tell my Mommy!
I ask you, is the fact that I used the same theme for Brenna's 3rd Birthday, that I used for her 1st Birthday, "Trashy and Cheap" or "Creative and Frugal"??? (see blog post 1-23-2009 for picture of 1st Birthday)
I had Brenna's outfit made for her 1st Birthday to match EVERYTHING! It matched her cake, balloons, napkins, my hairband, etc. She only wore the outfit that one time and I thought it was such a waste, because it was so cute. For her 1st Birthday, the outfit was a dress and bloomers, now it fits her as a shirt and shorts. Since she had only worn it once and it was still in such good shape, I decided to have her wear it again this year.
We also used the rest of the napkins that I had made for her 1st Birthday. I had hot pink napkins made, with black polka dots and they had "Brenna" printed on them...not cheap, but it was her 1st Birthday! I even wore the same hairband. I loved it! I was able to use all of the leftover party supplies.
Brenna,
You are such a fun little girl. You say the funniest things. Your Dad and I love listening to you read your books, talk to your babies, scold your older brother, everything! You are such an entertaining person. I love when you want to do things to "be like Mommy". You love lip gloss, hairbands, painting your toes, wearing pretty shoes, curling your hair, and your new earrings. The earrings are another similarity to your 1st Birthday. We pierced your ears when you turned one, but you refused to leave them in! I would come to your crib to get you up from your nap and the earrings would be laying all over the crib. How you were able to twist off the backs of those earrings at such a young age is beyond me, but you did! I was so afraid you would swallow them, that I had to just leave them out and let the holes close up. Well, you really wanted them pierced for your 3rd Birthday, so that is what we did and you have done such a great job with them. I hope you continue to enjoy preschool, especially once your older brother starts Kindergarten in just a few short weeks. I know it will be an adjustment for you to be there by yourself, but I think you will do just fine. I love you so much!!!
Hugs and Kisses,
Mommy
This is going to be a quick post. June 28, 2010 has been a full day of work, preschool, birthday party at preschool, birthday dinner, birthday presents, birthday cake, and an 8:30 T-Ball game at WYCO. Oh, did I forget to mention today is also our 7th Anniversary? Yep, 7 years!
All of this said, I did not want to let today go by without telling my beautiful baby girl, "Happy 3rd Birthday!!" Brenna, I promise to write a longer post when I have more time to gather all my thoughts. There is so much I want to tell you. I hope you enjoyed your special day and I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!! -Mommy
Braeden is playing T-Ball this summer. His team is the KC Rockets. I wish I could say all of the politically correct parent things that I am supposed to say like, "He loves it!", but I'm not so sure he even likes it a little bit. He pretty much groans every time I tell him he has a game or practice. I think he goes just for after game treat time!!
Watching all of the little boys out in the field is so funny. I will have to say that with each game, I do see progress and the boys are paying more attention, but there is always someone playing in the dirt or fixing their hat or looking into the sky. So funny!! My child was the one out in center field bending over and shaking his butt at another player.
At yesterday's game, Braeden did hit a home run. That was very exciting for us all! I will be very interested to see if he chooses to play again next summer...what I mean is if his father chooses for him to play again next summer! :)
The last two weekends have been pretty busy for us. Last weekend some of my girlfriends and I participated in a BBQ cook off. My friend, Sarah, who I work with, puts on this cook off each summer with her boyfriend. It is called the Har-B-Q.
Our theme was Mardi Gras. Our booth had to reflect our theme, so we dug out all of our old beads, boas, and bras. The Mardi Gras "essentials"! Our booth took 2nd place in the competition!
There were several different categories to participate in. We had to make ribs, so Tiffany smoked the ribs for us. That was an all day process and she did a GREAT job! We also had to create our own sauce, which was Sarah's job and she almost won! Amanda made our side dish, spicy mac n' cheese. Yummy! My responsibility was the open category. Since Mardi Gras was our theme, we decided to go with Jambalaya. Two teams tied for first in my category and I was right behind them by a half a point. I lost by a half a point!! One of the judges scored my dish very low, a 4 out of 10, which really lowered my score. If it wasn't for that one person, I would have won!! I had worked really hard and for one person to be so critical about my dish was pretty crappy! :) No matter what, it was a fun experience and such a fun day! How can you beat a day of sun, friends, and all day beer drinking! Looking forward to next year!
My parents came to support us too!
5K at The Legends
Yesterday was the 5K at The Legends. Even up until Friday, I wasn't sure that I could do it. I knew that I could finish the race, but not without walking some. Well, I did it! I finished the race right at 30 minutes and didn't have to walk once. I was so proud of myself. A big "thank you" to Mindy for pushing me to do this. She did a great job too! Our goal was to finish in at least 45 mins, and we both beat that by 15 mins. She finished in 31 minutes! See all that sweat on my tummy! We worked hard and then enjoyed a nice calorie-filled breakfast at IHOP!
We headed out to Wyandotte County Lake last week and took some family photos. Sherry, a hygienist I work with, was kind enough to take the pictures for us. All we had to do was bribe the children with ice cream to get them to cooperate!
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