I haven’t had much to say lately. Homeschooling is in full swing with Chloe. We just had our first MOPS meeting today. Doctors appointments have been happening left and right. This phase of life is BUSY. I can’t wait to slow it down and visit our families very soon. We haven’t been on vacation since April. Usually, we only do one week a year (even though Scott gets two). This year I said I was sick of it, so we are going soon. Actually, last year I was sick of it and we were two weeks away from vacation when I had a seizure and had to see doctors 3-4 times a week. Vacation cancelled. Womp.
I am so excited. Fall starts tomorrow. YAY!!! I love fall. Oh, you didn’t know that?
At MOPS today, it was all about celebrating. Celebrating for no reason. Living your life fully awake and alive. Enjoying the every day moments. Now, as a mom, those every day moments can feel monotonous. We get bogged down with dishes (I seriously just typed diseases?!) and laundry. Butt wiping, mess cleaning up, and making meals. We get into survival mode and can’t seem to claw our way out. It’s terrible.
Life is grand. How can you make this next week a celebration? That was our challenge.
We are going to decorate for Halloween tomorrow. Since we won’t be home the whole time to enjoy our decorations, I am breaking a rule and decorating early. When we decorate for a holiday, we don’t just decorate. We typically make a snack of some sort to go along with it. We watch movies with that theme. So, Hocus Pocus it is!! We will celebrate with Halloween pretzels and maybe even some candy corn. I hope to pass along my love of holidays to the girls. I think it’s already working.
As we say in MOPS:
2 Comments
Mrs. Neuby
Yaaaayyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just signed up to retake the 100happydays challenge for the last 100 days of 2015. Seriously, according to this thing, there are only 100 days left in the year! I'm going to have to count to be sure, but that's what they said.
Ashley
This year has FLOWN by!!!