Night

Instead of me thinking about it and thinking about it, I am just going to start typing. Still stops me every time. Thinking. All I do is think about things and rarely do I ever act on those thought. Probably because I start thinking about something else right when I start to act on the thoughts.

This weekend was good I think. lol. Saturday and Sunday I woke up super early and went back to bed after some cereal and a load of laundry. I slept in but up before it was crazy late. The Macalaguim's spent the whole weekend together which is highly unusual. Now that the school gym is up and running, it will become a thing of the past. Girl's Volleyball is upon us. But for now, the weekend we just had was really nice. Kids did their Popping Class Saturday afternoon. Ethan is still in love with it. And does GREAT! Abby is not so into it. She has to stay in the same spot for an hour. Nope, not going to happen. Not when she hears music and is in a class of 20+ other kids. That's a party foul in Abby-World! She'll switch to Jazz in September. Then after some lunch we took Ruby to the dog park and watched her greet all the humans! Such a baby, i tell you.

Ethan had a sleepover at his BFF's house but I got the call at 1030pm to come pick him up. He was "homesick". I was glad in a weird way that I got to pick him up. Made me feel like a loving and all protecting mommy for the 9 yr old who barely gives me an "adios" when we get our of the car at school each day.

Sunday was even better. Slept in, woke up to my 49ers playing. My loving husband recorded it for me, since I never get to watch my football down south. We won! Yahoo! Kids laugh at me getting so excited, screaming, jumping off the couch at interceptions! I LOVE IT! After that I did my weed pulling that I have been wanting to do for months. Just never acted on the thought. I know I am going to be sore tomorrow. No going back upstairs for me. Kids were outside for hours while i was doing that. We visited with our neighbors and the kids all rode their bikes and scooters and played with dirt. We love our neighbors! That is probably 75% of the reason we have never moved. We just couldn't have asked for better neighbors. Really....it's awesome! At one time there were 6 kids in front of my house from ages 2 to 9. And 3 babies in tummies!! (not mine) lol.

We went and got some Rite-Aid ice cream. Nothing beats Chocolate Malted Crunch. Ethan would argue that LemonHead ice cream does. He loves it so much, he paid for his 2nd scoop with his own money! He is a lover of ice cream like his dad!

Home after that, painted some Abby fingernails -- Made some hairbows -- ate a super late BBQ dinner and enjoyed some Ninja Warrior and SYTYCD as a family. Now, I am putting my thoughts here so I can get to bed and sleep more than 4 hours. Monday's are NUTS. And like I said earlier ...Volleyball is here and I am now a Coach's wife. Kind of like a Navy wife except he comes home every night. Late, but home!

I do love my family. Now, I just have to pray pray pray that Erwin will agree to expand it! lol...

Till next time...Night!

Be Good

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.
-John Wesley

A First Day

I found an outfit for Abby to wear right before bed and thank goodness, she approved. I didnt realize that I hadn't really bought her a "first day" outfit. Ethan, on the other hand, had gotten a "first day" outfit but didnt want anything to do with it.

Ethan: "Mom, I don't want to wear those shorts."
Me:"Come on Ethan, you can wear them to school, it's only a half day and you can change when you get home."
Ethan: "I don't like them."
Me: "They are cool! I bought them for you. The are hawaiian shorts."
Ethan: "I don't want to wear cool hawaiian shorts."
Me: "PLEEEASE for meee?"
Ethan: "Nope"
Me: "Why Not?"
Ethan: "They have flowers on them."

I lost that one cuz I knew I shouldn't make him wear flowers to school if he didn't want to.
I stayed up late as usual and made Abby's hairbow to match her outfit. I was pretty proud of how well it matched. Of course I checked the colors before I went to bed.

I woke up on time and Abby had been in our bed since Erwin left for work. Kids got up, Ethan gave himself a shower with only one reminder from me to wash his face and get going. I curled Abby's freshly cut short hair and added her new ribbon. She looked cute as could be. As I type this I realize that I may not have fed the kids breakfast. Really? Maybe Er fed Ethan, but I don't think so. Great! Point for greatest mom award 2010! Good thing I made them each take a snack even though they wanted to eat in the cafeteria today. Abby was pretty excited about that piece of first grade. She did not want to take a lunch.

Fast forward trough dropping off Ethan at his 4th grade classroom with his classmates he has had since Kinder, through walking Abby to her class while passing her favorite teacher Sra. Vasquez, through kisses and good mornings from mom friends and dad friends that I have gotten to know over the past 4 years at this school, through all the kids and parents saying "ABBY!" with big smiles on their faces, to standing outside Abby's class window. I couldn't leave, I couldn't cry, I couldn't take a deep breath and say "she is going to be great!" I just couldn't move. It has been the strangest feeling. Why am I worried about this little 6 yr old who is stronger and more confident that I was at 16?! I'm her Mom. I dropped my kids off for their 1st day of school. It's their 1st day of a year filled with lots of new things. New experiences. Ethan an upper grader and Abby gets to go to the BIG playground three times! Wow. It's crazy. It puts a pit in my stomach. Now I have the day to myself which I have been excited and anxiously waiting for all last year!

I told Ruby when I got home that I don't know what I would do if I didn't have her. She loves me and wants me to be with her and is going crazy, but at least she is not talking back and if I need to I can put her in her crate. That wouldn't have worked well with Abby.

So, this is a first for Abby, Ethan and Mommy and actually Ruby too. I thought I was going to be having a party. It may be awhile before I can party! Good thing it's a half day. I leave to pick them up in 3 hours. Just enough time for me to finish my first blog in a long time, enjoy a cherry turnover, a coke, some DVR'd shows and finish my white laundry!