I know I haven't blogged in awhile, but it just seems pointless when there isn't anything new to talk about. During summer, there always seems to be so many memories to capture. Now it's just the same routine day after day. School, activities, dinner, and TV! Aubrie's dance has been keeping us busy lately, with all her extra practices, and tyring to track down a specific type of shoe all weekend. I'll be glad when her performance at the Mercury game is over with. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad she gets to do it. She is very excited. I hope she doesn't freeze when she sees herself up on that big screen. Hopefully she just zones in and does her dance. Better a Mercury game than a Suns game, right?
This past week I spent shopping for fall clothes. (Which here, in Arizona, means clothes you really won't be using until November) Sophia is impossible to shop for. She has the tiniest waiste but is right on target for her height. So there are hardly any pants out there that fit her. So I had to go all over the area finding her enough pants for the winter. Luckily our winters are short! Ethan enjoyed shopping with me. That boy knows what he wants. He LOVES picking out shirts and shoes. Every time I turned around, he was picking out a shirt that almost always had the color orange on it, or he was trying on shoes. Not something you would expect from him, huh? Sounds more like something Boston would be doing! I finally finished up most of the shopping on Friday. Only a few last things, that can wait till later.
This week was the kids curriculum night (basically a meet the teacher without the kids night and go over what they do in class). Ben and I split up and I took Bostons class. I LOVE Boston's teacher. She is so organized, loving and friendly. I'm excited to volunteer in her class and get to know her better and see Boston in the classroom environment. She said Boston is extremely smart but gets easily distracted. Welcome to my world! I know the stuff he is going over is so elementary (no pun intended) for him and that's why he gets so distracted, but I told told him that he needed to pay attention so he didn't' miss the stuff he doesn't know. Once I tell him to work on something, he usually makes a good effort to change. Every day since, he tells me that he "pays more attention". Aubrie's teacher seems nice. She didn't' go over as much stuff (at least thats what Ben said) but she seems to be on top of things! We did find out that the girl that pinched Aubrie is our neighbor, two doors down! AWKWARD!! I told Ben we should have Aubrie make some cookies and bring them by! LOL
This weekend started off with a dramatic change. After much thought of what to do with my unruly mane, I finally decided to chop it off. It now falls against my chin line. At first I liked it, and then when I got home I had a short lived identity crisis that included me looking in the mirror and saying over and over, "why did I do this?"! I am now getting used to it, and am feeling much better after receiving many much needed compliments this weekend!
This weekend, after so many exciting dates that included dinner and a trip to Walmart, we decided to mix it up and go out with friends. We had dinner at El Torito, which was very good, and then went goofy golfing. When we planned on it, the nights were starting to cool off a little, but just our luck it was a HOT and HUMID night. Though I didn't' enjoy the dripping sweat, we still had a good time catching up with the Headricks and Trimbles! We need to be better at making plans with friends more often! It's fun to hang out with adults, without the kiddos around! (Still love you kiddos!)
Saturday was a Mother/Daughter Activities Day Brunch, for church. It started with a little breakfast and then we played water volleyball (which is where you catch and serve water balloons with towels). Aubrie had so much fun doing that, she didn't want to leave early (she had dance practice)! The whole time we were there I was thinking about how I was over Activity days when Aubrie was Sophia's age and how old I thought the girls were, back then. Oh how my perspective has changed!The rest of the weekend we just hung out around the house. Church was impossible with Sophia. She was on "ONE" the minute we walked in the Chapel. I spent the first two hours with her in the hall. Ben rescued me third hour, while I went to Young Women. One of our YW taught the lesson. The lesson was on forgiving yourself and others. The girls started sharing some of their high school drama stories and how they got over them. It wasn't the direction I was expecting it would go, but I could tell it made the girls feel better to get it all off their chests! Gotta love that age! Just glad I'm not there anymore!!!!!!
Yesterday Sophia had her 16 month appt. (ya, I know what your thinking, "There is no 16 month appt." That's what happens when you forget about the 15 month one!) She weighed in at 20 lb and is 31 inches ( yes, a string bean)! As we were in the room, waiting for them to bring in the shots, Sophia was getting a little bored. I gave her my keys thinking there would be no harm considering we were so far from the car. A few minutes later one of the receptionists come in our room asking if I had a black Navigator. I instantly knew why. The lift gate was open and and the alarm was going on and off. When I got back to the room the lady was ready to administer her shots. As I was laying Sophia on the table, she reminded me of some paperwork I needed to sign. I walked over there and grabbed a "pen" and then realized I left Sophia on the table. I turned to get her and the nurse was desperately trying to get my attention for something. I hadn't realized that I had grabbed the vaccine syringe instead of the pen. I could have stuck myself or Sophia. The nurse and I had a good laugh! Sophia didn't think anything was funny a minute later as she was getting stuck in the leg. She cried for about 30 seconds and happily took her bottle. She pulled her band aids off before we got home. Vaccinating my kids is such a love/hate relationship!
Last night at dance, a girl was really mean to Aubrie and told her she hated her to her face. Aubrie cried and ran to another Mom.(Obviously, and unfortunately, I wasn't there!) Luckily the Mom told her the girl was just jealous of her, and Aubrie quickly bounced back. Why are girls so mean?? My boys never have to deal with the drama! I so badly want to show up at dance tomorrow and give that girl a talking to, but of course I won't . That's just my protective instincts kicking in! Luckily, Aubrie is pretty good at holding her own! Her burst of tears only came after sticking up for heself for several minutes. She told me she won't cry like that anymore because that gives that girl power. She is a smart cookie!
Today is one of my favorite days of the month. It's the day I get my house cleaned!!! There is something calming about having your house perfectly clean, all at once! It also motivates me to pick up clutter and get laundry done! It definately takes my stress level down a notch. Ben always plans on that! Today also included a trip to Target. Sophia had a break down, and Ethan's Icee exploded everywhere. Fun times! LOL Tonight we swam a little before bedtime. It was fun having family time. I love nights that we don't' have activities! Less stress!!! Aubrie has had the service star for a couple of days (refer to last weeks family home evening). She finally served Ben and I. She pulled down our bed and put our scriptures out and a the remote. She knows us so well! She also wrote notes to each of us and laid it on our scriptures. Mine said something like she loves me so much. Ben's said. "Holy Bible First, and then the Remote". I was laughing so hard. Especially when Ben thought I had a part in it.
