HJanuary 1
Already finished reading a book this year, finished I am Malala. It was very good.
Will was very interested in Patrick's cousins' baby at Aunt Carol's and wanted to hold her hand.
Listening to Timmy's ideas
Lexa singing in the bathroom
Most everything Will does is completely adorable
How beautiful Lexa is
Nice to be started a new year, it's like a fresh start. I'm excited to set new goals, try to accomplish new (and old) projects
January 2
Wearing my new yoga pants
Eating healthy
Watch Will start building with mega blocks
Will riding his motorbike around, right into walls
Knitting again
Taking photos
January 3
It's nice to be back home after the holidays.
Already got the christmas decorations down
Started working out again today. I'm proud of myself, and my workout routine didn't take too long.
Long shower with my new homemade lavender mint soap
Cuddling on the couch with Will and Timmy and later in the chair with Lexa
Playing outside! We've been cooped up too long with the cold rainy weather.
January 4
Lunch at Maxine's. Lexa finally got her wish.
Watching cooking shows all afternoon with the family. I love our new living room furniture arrangement, it feels like so much more space.
January 5
Timmy and Lexa helping each other
Sunshine
Playing a card game with Timmy and Lexa. Timmy played very nicely.
Timmy is interested in nature and asked me to read about birds, butterflies and habitats
The kids playing in a blanket fort when I woke up
Will's kisses
Watching Cutthroat Kitchen
Not being exhausted when I went to bed
Spending time outside on this beautiful day before the cold returns tomorrow.
The kids going back to school
Will holding my hand as we went for a walk
Seeing mom friends at story time and play group
Going out for a run for the first time in a long time and being able to run more than I expected
Finally getting some groceries we desperately needed
Afternoon at the park
Lexa and Timmy telling me they love school
Timmy made 100 on a test today
Bike ride
Keeping up with chores ok
Timmy told me a joke: "why did the robot cross the road? Because it was programmed by the chicken "
Getting everyone to bed earlier, me included! Good night!
January 7
Will nuzzling my nose!
Will making happy noises in the car
How Will likes to look at books now
Going through pictures I took at Christmas
Having half and half again for my coffee
Guacamole and pico for my eggs and taco salad
Listening to Timmy tell a little boy at the library all about Minecraft
January 8
Timmy earned a coupon for good behavior at school. He picked "bring a stuffed animal to school" and he chose to bring his red heart dragon that he calls, "Lovey" today. He said it was the best part of his day today.
Yoga for the first time in a long time
Set goals for myself and cleaned up some clutter and baskets in the living and dining room.
Cuddling Will under soft blankets on this cold day and taking a break while he napped.
Belting out "Let it Go" with Lexa
Dancing with our arms in the car when a silly song came on and seeing Timmy smiling in the rear view mirror
Timmy doing his homework with hardly any nagging no threate, warnings or count downs and writing his spelling words quickly straight through right away
Giving Wil a place he can put away his books and shoes
Lexa hugging her friends when she saw them at Girl Scouts
Listening to Will being happy in the car when we've picked up Lexa and Timmy from school
January 9
Will's crazy silies
Pretty much everything Will does is adorable
I enjoy writing on this blog and going through photos
An email from dad explaining how everything is going with mom. It was reassuring and sounds like she's getting better
I love listening to Lexa and Timmy tell me about their day on the way home from school in the car
PF Changs Chinese food from the freezer for dinner.
January 11
Will holding my mouth open and peering in it.
Waking up to Lexa and Timmy playing "Dragon Cave" together
Will riding his motorbike with his stuffed puppy in his lap
Patrick coming home early so I could go visit my mom in the hospital
Some quiet time alone in the car in the way down there
My mom was released from the hospital, pneumonia is getting better, she feels better, and her kidney is getting better!
Getting the best hug from her and holding her hand
Visiting with my sister, funny stories, she's so fun to talk to.
Starting my online photography course (awesome Christmas gift from Patrick) when I got home.
Looking through the photos for the photo a day project I was inspired to start. This month is Sky. It's just fun to be creative and take photos everyday.
January 11
Will dressed as a tiny Bobo Fet with light saber and helmet on
Will curled up with a blanket and pillow and took a nap in my chair
How Timmy still likes to play dress up
Lexa says her favorite show now is "the cooking fast show"
The fog this morning. I think it looks neat.
January 12
Will wearing my socks and scarf
His kisses. He gave me a bunch today.
Reading
"Ice skating" with Lexa in our socks around the house
Timmy singing, "I'm a firework" and "Everything is Awesome" as he danced around the house!
Wonder wear the laundry hamper was that I had just unloaded and finding that Will had put it away
Timmy being so excited to tell me they were going to be working on writing their class book at school today.
Timmy laughing at a picture my dad emailed of goats walking along a log in line crossing a river
Making Will laugh by running around the house playing pop up peekaboo.
Learning how to take a silloutte photo better and manual exposure and lenses on my camera
Watching Walking Dead with Patrick. We're starting to get back into watching Netflix at night together. I had missed it.
Got some of the house picked up, dishes and laundry done, accomplished more than I thought I would at one point. It is so nice to be sitting in a clean room right now, also lunches are packed and uniforms are ready for the morning
The way Will has curled up and gone to sleep with his blanket
January 13
When I came downstairs this morning , Lexa had made herself and Timmy breakfast(cereal)
Finally worked out again. I was already getting out of the habit already after missing a few days.
Lexa kissing Will goodbye in the car this morning when I dropped her off at school and Will waving bye-bye
Timmy telling me a story he's making up
Lexa and Will playing "night night" with the couch pillows
Will saying, "Lessa, Lessa!"
January 14
Visiting with my friend at the library
Timmy's made a friend at the library
Reading a funny library book to the kids at dinner
Patrick got home earlier and was feeling better
January 15
Singing nursery rhymes to Will. He's starting to understand more and more
The sun came back! (It's been gone for a week.)
Going out in the sun for a run
Watching Lexa draw pictures
Listening to Timmy's ideas about a robot he wants to build
Watching Will play in the sandbox
Going down the slide with Will. He loved that so much he screamed with delight.
Timmy has learned a bunch of facts about the war of 1812. I was impressed.
January 16
Getting more than usual done
Will and Lexa playing together in the sandbox kitchen
Spinach pizza for dinner
Special time alone with Timmy since Lexa fell asleep early
January 17
A day spent outside
The kids went for a bike ride with their dad(will's first)
Timmy and Lexa rode their bikes without training wheels
Kisses from Patrick and Will and Lexa
Timmy wanted a hug
Patrick watching the kids while I worked out
Will playing doggy and walking the baby doll in the toy stroller. He's suddenly into imaginative play. Yesterday he fed yogurt to his toy car.
Will riding his motorbike standing on the seat.
Reading Judy Blume's "Tale of a Fourth Grade Nothing" to Timmy. I remember loving it when I was little. Timmy loves it too. He thinks it's hilarious and doesn't want me to stop reading it.
Showing Will an airplane in the sky, and him saying "airplane, airplane, airplane!"
Timmy putting a big box over Will's motorbike and a chip clip on the on button to make the box go
Will trying to bring lexa upstairs with him for bedtime and then them waving bye bye to each other.
January 21
Will held up his hand and said, "Be back." When he went to the other room to get his chair.
I taught Will how to blow a kiss.
I'm slowly getting more of the house clean and sticking to my hour of house cleaning first routine
Reading emails from Granddad to the kids at breakfast
Going for a run
Having a little bit of down time
Just me and Timmy at the dinner table after everyone else left
Lexa doing her homework in the car again
Reading to Timmy
I cooked bacon for dinner
Holding Will's hand as we went for a walk
Showing Will squirrels, ducks and turtles at the park
Imagining having another baby
January 25
Will puts his fists together then spreads his arms and fingers out making exploding noises
Got to sleep really late
Beautiful warm day, enjoyed time outside in the yard
Lexa did Star Wars yoga
Will and Lexa playing doggie
Will tried to turn on the Xbox by saying "xbox on" to the konnect.
Patrick cooked dinner
Patrick watched the kids while I worked out and showered
We went to the wildflower center with Sara and Kenny
Will likes to help
Lexa playing in the sandbox said she was at "Lexa and Will's best cafe"
Lexa listed her favorite things in the car, "drawing, singing, dancing, movies, pizza, and books."
Timmy wore his pajamas all day
Patrick played a board game with Timmy and Lexa
I made it through an hour long line with Will- smiled when it was through
Listening to NPR in the car
I've kept up with my workouts and I'm starting to feel really good- strong and energetic, a good mood too
Resting after a hard run
Having the kitchen cleaned up and the kids lunches packed for the morning
Lexa and will showed Sara and Kenny their stuffed animals they were cuddling in the car, when they asked Timmy what he had he said, " I have a Chapstick with no cap.)
Timmy and Lexa playing guess what tune I'm humming
August 22
Iced coffee
Will's sweet voice, how many words he's using, and when he's play talking in his baby voice
Will's picked up room tonight
How Timmy loves to read
Lexa playing dress up again, she's not too old yet after all
Patrick in a good mood, feeling better
Thinking about college football season starting soon
Feeling baby Hugh's kicks
I didn't eat anything to feel guilty about today
I like the view of trees out our back window
September 3
Playing with Will when we woke up this morning
Lexa getting used to the new school and being happy when she left this morning
Prenatal yoga
Tea
Quiet house while Will napped
Will was less of a mess maker today
Knitting
Tucking Timmy into bed
Reading
Will pretending to be Elsa
Timmy finished reading his first chapter book
The end of the day when everyone else is asleep.
Sept 7
Picked up the whole house! Wow.
How much Will loves books
Will put a birthday hat on his chest and said, "Me a shark!"
Reading ebooks
It's football season
Started knitting again
Not much sibling fighting today
Ate dinner on the back porch at sunset
Patrick saw roadrunners in the yard and was excited about
Not sleepy today
Sept 12
Easier moving day, no more packing
Yummy Chinese food for lunch
Aggie Football
Lexa's funny expressions
Timmy had a good day
Time to myself
Patrick loves me
Sept 20
Taking it easy
Watching will play with his trucks
Talking to Timmy while putting him to bed
Sitting down in a picked up house tonight
Lexa and will playing together
Doing the coin collection book with Timmy and Lexa
A nap
A good tired after working out
Will dancing
Will taking little shuffling steps around the living room, saying "I'm a mermaid!"
October 12
Reading
Fixing up the backyard, hanging a swing in the tree for Will
Marveling at how big Will has gotten
Adding lavender to the mop soap when I cleaned the kitchen floor
Chicken soup for lunch
Taking a nap
Coffee
Watching the kids playing outside in the evening
Reading Little house on the prairie to Lexa
Working out again. Stretching and yoga felt good.
Cooking chicken cacciatore for dinner
Relaxing bath
October 13
Timmy told me he thinks we should get an ocelot to catch mice.
Will asked me to cuddle him.
Made homemade cleaning products with lavender oil.
It felt nice with a breeze on the porch eating breakfast.
A roadrunner likes our yard.
Wearing my comfy, pretty pink shirt that makes me feel good.
How Will wants to help with everything
How much will and lexa like each other
October 14
My sugars were ok at the doctor
The wait was short at the dr., just long enough for me to finish my shopping list
I got a dust pan with a long handle so I don't have to bend over. I've already used it three times since getting home.
October 15
Watching Will running around in circles
Wanda spontaneously gave me a hug.
The house is getting cleaner.
I put up my lamps with new lampshades. I like the darker lighting at night.
Got the baby car seat cleaned up
Got to spend some time kid free with Patrick at the school bonfire.
Timmy pulled out his physics building set and started working on it with Grandpa.
Timmy ran away when a kid hit him at school instead of fighting back.
Lexa wants to keep giving birthday presents to Grandpa: pictures, loose change, buying him a drink.
