I've been silent

It has been an interesting week. Nothing too exciting. Well, I mean Monday was my birthday. It was a pretty good day. I was blessed to have my whole family come and see me and have some ice cream with me. That was cool. Other than that I have been home all week and that has been good as far as I am getting totally caught up on laundry that I needed to take care of. And my son and I have started talking about the Alphabet. He needs to have one on one time with me and that makes it alot better for him and he focuses and gets ahold of the letters better. We will see how fast he catches on. I wish that I could get a pinpoint on how I feel right now. I kind of feel out of sorts and I am not sure what that is all about. So, I will head into my weekend and see what happens this weekend. Not too much planned. We have birthday party to go to on Monday (which is Labor Day) That is it.

The weekend

So, on Saturday was my older, younger brother's birthday, Golden Boyo. We entered into the only two days in the entire year when we are only 1 year apart. It is kind of a silly thing, but we always thought that it was kind of fun. Of course he always tries to convince people that he is really the older sibling. He has come up with some interesting stories sometimes, but he has been my best friend our whole childhood. He always makes me laugh and knows exactly what to say to get under my skin at any given moment. Now that we are both married and have two sets of different lives, it gets a little harder sometimes, but I know that if I need him, he would still be there for me and that we can still hang out and have fun. I guess that is all that I can ask for in a brother. But, anyways. We had a family dinner for him and it was nice. My kids were kind of wound up, but other than that it was a nice time. Then on Sunday we went to church and then out to lunch with the in-laws. We have put ourselves on a strict budget so it was our one time going out for any meal this month. After lunch we went over to the in-laws and made some sopapillas. They were pretty good.

Fun day off

So, I got to go shopping today. That was okay. Alot of it was for food that we need, so that is a good thing. It was Mimi, Frack and Julie going to Costco and getting the nessecities. Then we just hung out at Moms. We got a babysitter(AKA my awesome brother ~ Soldier~ who loves my kids and takes care of them in awesome and far`out`ways and who is neat and cool and needs to get a life, but I still love him) and then went to have dinner at a friends house to celebrate my brother's and) my birthday. We had lots of fun with games and just visiting. It was nice to get out and not worry about the kids. But we had to come home eventually. That is okay it was still lots of fun, it is nice to have time with people that you have known and they have some of the same memories and thinking that you do.

Frack's Birthday

So, I am not addicted to blogging or anything I just wanted to sit down while I had some time. Today was my middle child's fourth birthday. I cannot believe it. It sure does not feel like it has been four years. But that is okay. He had a good day. We snuggled off and on, I cleaned like a crazy woman because I had tons of people coming over to have cake and ice cream. I love birthdays because we have family around. And on the birthdays I love inviting everyone over for some cake and ice cream. It is great fun. My kids are big on visitors. They pull out all stops and perform as much as they can get away with. "Hey look at me I can run around the kitchen" That was my two year torturing a guest to the party. But I am thankful that Frack was healthy and mostly happy for his birthday. He kept asking me... "Is it really my birthday today?" I think it was like 5 times today that he asked me that. Funny little guy. Anyways. He got some fun new toys. New Transformers. Those were a big hit, especially the little car that turns to an AutoBot. It said on the package for 5 and over, but the Twenty-ishes and the one teenager were having the hardest time with the toy. If they would have just given it to the younger ones, they might have had an easier time. He also got some new clothes and a new dart gun, some water guns, (I know it is the end of summer, but he really wanted the water guns) some new games, and a couple of yard games.

Fricks First day of First grade

Yesterday we returned to the ship-shape schedule of school. Frick was very excited to go. So much so that we have been dealing with emotional melt-downs for a about a week now. She was ready to learn more and more importantly she was ready to TALK to all of her classmates from Kindergarten. Picking her up after school felt like we didn't have a three month break that it was something that we had been doing all along. It is kind of funny how habits feel that way. Even when you get into the rut of doing something again and again (as long as it is a good thing and not a bad habit) and then you do not do it, it is sometimes nice to go back into the rut. But anyways, she did good and was brave and was excited that she had no homework yet. So, we will see what this year will bring for us.

Getting ready for school.

So, my baby will be first grade. I am okay with that because she is very ready. School is good for Frick, she has a mind that produces a better attitude when kept busy and I wish that I had more time to occupy her mind myself, but I do not so I will send her to school and let her get even more smart. She is a little memorizer. She has an awesome memory and I know that it will help her as she goes through school. She has said that she is a little nervous, but I know that once she gets there tomorrow and is in the midst of it all she will be fine. Meanwhile the other two kids will be with my Mom~ Mimi tomorrow as I go to work to tackle the world of embroidery.