We May Not Have It All Together...But Together We Have It All: Alone Time? Was it a dream??

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Alone Time? Was it a dream??

I love to get out of the house for a night every once in awhile. But more than that, I love to be home and have it all to myself to do whatever projects I want to without interruptions, and without having to make dinner (I don't think I would like it for TOO long though, 24 hours is good - except for the not making dinner part - I could go without that for the rest of forever!). This last weekend, I had that opportunity. Ira took all 3 kids with him camping at the "Father/Childrens" campout with the ward. I had great plans, and was anxiously waiting for Friday to roll around. As luck would have it, I ended up with a yucky cold that left me with very little enthusiasm to do much of anything. However, I still got to order out my salad and breadsticks, and of course I had to make up for the low salad calories by ordering a shake too ! YUMMY. (I am eating for two you know! ;) Then I kicked back with a chick flick, and my computer and scanner and had a very wonderful, quiet night, and even slept in. What more can a mom ask for?! (exc

ept maybe to have Ira take the kids EVERY weekend!) In case anyone misinterprets me - I do love my husband and kids, they are the greatest!

Monday... was the first full day of summer vacation for the kids, and Brayden was invited to go to Lagoon with his cousins for Zac's birthday. Zac's dad, Derrick, took 5 boys all by himself - what a man! Thanks Derrick!!!! Brayden loved it, and hasn't stopped talking about it. Zac's little sister, Myah played at our house with Emilie and Jarin for the afternoon, and they pulled out the sprinklers, swimming pool, and slip 'n slide. Monday happened to be the only day that we have seen sun in several weeks, so it worked out perfect.

Tuesday...I turn into the mean and terrible mom who makes my kids do jobs. Brayden told me, "summer vacation means we're supposed to have fun, not work all the time." The other thing he said was, "You don't ever do anything, you make us do it all." I had to laugh, because in my last post, I commented how I had turned into my mom (with the things I say to my kids). Well... my kids have turned into ME when I was their age (with the things they say). I'm sure that if my mom were to listen to these conversations between me and my kids, she would get a real laugh out of it, and a walk down memory lane!

Wednesday...I think they are getting the hang of our summer job routine. They have realized that if they get it done, they have the rest of the day to play - WAY TO GO KIDS!

4 comments:

Sister Kaylie Victoria Crofts said...: Brayden is looking so grown up! I still remember him as a baby sitting in the little pool out side of our King's Garden Apts! My girls are out of school in two more weeks and I feel the same as you--relief for no more hurrying around, but also a little anxiety;)

So great to "hear" from you on my blog!; June 4, 2008 at 9:10 PM
Sarah said...: I'm so glad you got to enjoy your night alone while Ira had the kids. I tried to talk Brice into taking Hallie, but he wouldn't have it. Maybe next year huh?; June 5, 2008 at 8:58 AM
Smullin Family said...: Yea, for a mom's night in!
Jason is good about doing this often...even if it's just taking all 4 kids to the store for an hour. I love the quiet of the house... for a little while.

Our kids just got out of school today. I overheard Rylee and Taylee talking. Taylee's worried about having to jobs every day and Rylee was trying to reassure her that it would mean less jobs on Saturday. Taylee wasn't buying it. My theory is the more people home, the more messes, the more pick-up/cleaning there may be. I'll try to be a good mom and let them have a little fun too. :o); June 5, 2008 at 11:13 PM
Maria said...: That does sound nice. Those weekends always seem to go so fast though!

BTW: I need you to help Tiana send us an invitation to her blog. I asked Shawn about it... yeah, that didn't do much. :) Jordan is very offended we got left out.; June 6, 2008 at 11:09 PM

Kute Komments!

Jarin: "I've been waiting all day for Kamden to grow up...when will he grow up like me?"
4-2010

We were driving by a farm which was being fertilized. Jarin sniffs a big sniff and says, "Mmmm...that smells like my strawberry nose" (the strawberry nose was a yummy smelling gas mask from the dentist)!
Jarin: "Is is "fat man or bat man"?
Jarin "My heart is dirty and needs to be cleaned." Then I wash his face, and he says, "My heart is clean!" (He watched me put lipstick on once, and thought my top lips looked like hearts. Now he thinks that lips are hearts). Which makes me wonder what he thinks when he says, "The Holy Ghost makes our heart feel good."
Jarin asked with a great big smile that melts my heart, "Mom, are you being grumpy with me?" (yes, I was - but that started us both laughing instead!)
We were having a family home evening helping Emilie to prepare for baptism. We talked to her about making good choices and right vs. wrong. We were trying to prompt her to give an answer when Ira asked her, "What's opposite of right, (he asked it in the context of right choices), and she answered, "Left." (you should have seen the look Ira and I gave each other - it spoke volumes!)
Same family home evening... we were talking about the Holy Ghost. Jarin (being very tired and very sensitive at the moment anyways), started going balistic on us. Not only did he say he was scared of the Holy Ghost. And not only was he crying because he was scared, but he was SOBBING, and it continued for about an hour (which is when he fell asleep still crying)!! Then first thing out of his mouth when he woke up was that he was scared of the Holy Ghost! We think we are doing the right thing by teaching our children, but really - we have taumatized Jarin! I can only imagine what was going on in his little imagination. Did I mention that FHE finished earlier than planned?
Ira was feeling the baby move at a particularly active time. He said, "Is he moving furniture around in there?" (some days it sure feels like it!)
There was a baby being blessed in church Sunday, and Jarin saw the priesthood men in a circle, and loudly proclaims "Look mom, their playing ring around the rosies!"
Emilie asked me, "Since our eyes are blue, how come everything doesn't look blue to us?" I explained how we see through the black circle in our eyes. She said, "Then the blue is just for decoration?"
Jarin walks around the house constantly saying, and singing "I am a Child of God, and He has sent me here." And when anyones voices get too loud, he sings, "Love at home... Love at home..." I'm not sure he even knows the meaning of what he's singing, but it stops the contention and usually starts a few giggles.
Ira was talking about leap year, and Emilie asked, "What is leap year? Is it when we leap to school?"
Ira asked Emilie if you put plastic wrap or foil over a pan going in the oven. She said tinfoil. Ira said "Good thinking Emilie." She responded by saying, "No, I didn't think...my teacher told me." (thank goodness for teachers, so we don't have to think!)
Jarin asked me if he could have something, and I had told him no. He responded by asking again, then answering his own question as if he were me, "Of course you can sweetheart." (it's no wonder he gets whatever he wants - how cute is that?)
In church today, a half a second before the sacrament prayer was being said, (so it was very quiet in the room), Jarin observed that his dad was sitting on the stand, and calls out in his loudest voice, "That's my daddy up there!"
Brayden said, "I've learned to never mess with a pregnant person."
Today I told Jarin he was a sweetHEART, and he said, "No, I have a beautiful HEART, and mommy is beautiful too." (a comment like that, he can have whatever he wants!)
This one was said a year or so ago, but it was one of the best we've had ever - so it bears repeating! Emilie said to mom, "Someday I am going to marry my prince, just like you married your prince."
Jarin said, "We don't say 'monkey butt' do we?"
Jarin see's a bumble bee and says, "It's a bum-bum bee".
Emilie singing, "Loose, footloose, kick off my church shoes."

Hmmmmm...

I copied this from my sisters blog, but it's just too perfectly perfect to not be reminded of as often as possible!

Hmmmm....
There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs on her head.'Well,' she said, 'I think I'll braid my hair today!'So she did, and she had a wonderful day.The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that she had only two hairs on her head.'H-M-M,' she said, 'I think I'll part my hair down the middle today!'So she did and she had a grand day.The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that she had only one hair on her head.'Well,' she said, 'today I'm going to wear my hair in a pony tail.'So she did and she had a fun, fun day.The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that there wasn't a single hair on her head.'YEA!' she exclaimed, 'I don't have to fix my hair today!'Attitude is everything. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

INSPIRATION

"A religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things never has power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation." Joseph Smith

"The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone. The things you do for others remain as your legacy."

"Fix it up...wear it out... make due...or do without!" - Gordon B Hinckley

"In righteousness there is great simplicity" - William R. Bradford

"The most important thing parents can do for their children is to teach them to feel The Spirit and recognize when it is no longer with them."

Elder M. Russell Ballard: "There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children...What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."

The adversary would keep us busily engaged in a multitude of trivial things in an effort to keep us distracted from the few vital things that make all the difference."-Ardeth G. Kapp