Well, Christmas and New Year's are over and I am left with the only remnants being the ones that I have to dress. Just kidding! It's not really that bad. I only have to do a few sets of lunges and squats... not to lose the lbs... but to stretch out my jeans. Don't hate, you know you do it, too!
I cooked a lot over the past weeks. We hosted Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve dinner. It was so fun to have our home full of family! I am a time hog! I love time with our family and never feel like it is enough. I wasn't
"that" kid. I wanted my mom to drop me off in front of the school (after she dropped my brother off around the corner!), I would kiss her goodbye and loved going out to eat with my parents because we laughed till I was running to the little girls room. I thought I would be worn out from cooking, but it has actually become something that I enjoy. Though I have to admit that baking cookies and my (the Pioneer Woman's) yummy pecan pie are far more fun to bake.
For January, I printed off a little preschool book about Martin Luther King, Jr. We spent time coloring it and are now reading it. Now I am starting to think about Valentine's Day. I have felt in the past that holidays not only sneak up on me, but pounce on me or wave as they rush by. This year, 2011, is the year that I am going to work to plan ahead on activities. I am working to build a portfolio of beautiful and fun activities and art to do with and for my family. That way, I will not have to spend so long every year on gathering. I can spend the time on doing. I will try my best to post some things that I find. I love when people share finds. It makes it so much easier! I really just do not have time to search every single blog/website in the internet world.
Princess One put all her papi's (paci's) in an envelope. Then we wrote a letter to the Papi Fairy telling her that Princess One is a big girl now and asked her to take them to all the little babies who really do need them. We took her out to the mailbox, she put it in, pulled up the flag and then the real battle began. She cried for quite a while before giving up and sleeping. The next morning we went back to the mailbox where the Papi Fairy had left her a beautiful envelope with a pillowcase (mine when I was a little girl) that only big girls use with a note. She got to go pick out one of Mommy and Daddy's pillows to stuff in it. Luckily, my niece, KitKat was spending the night and we were able to refer to her, a big girl, A LOT! She doesn't use a papi and has a big girl pillow. Score! Couldn't have planned that better if I had actually tried to plan it! Nap time doesn't go real great anymore. She still cries and then talks for a long time and then takes a short nap. Night time now starts with wailing and tears. She has even taken to swinging her arms and legs to try and get out of it. It doesn't work, but I still feel bad for her. I keep thinking she will work through it. She has her favorite pink and yellow blankies and her trusty Zebra. I am practicing patience. Patience with a very tired toddler! :-)
I also must pass on a word of wisdom that has come to the forefront in my life lately. If you have something to say that you do not want repeated, be VERY careful who you tell. It does not matter if it is positive, negative, or moot. Word to the wise, if people talk in front of you about other people... telling their secrets and badmouthing them... they are doing the same behind your back... ABOUT YOU! No, you are not impervious to this. You are not the "only one" they don't talk about and no, they are NOT really "your" friend and would never!... Hog wash! They have made popcorn and played your secrets like a chick flick on girl's night. The greatest thing is that I no longer want to even listen to people talk bad about other people. I thought because I wasn't talking that I wasn't guilty, but I am. From now on, I will either leave or ask them to change the subject. OK, enough on that subject. I just had to get that out there.
Now that I am getting back in the saddle, I should be able to post more regularly. I can't wait to see and share 2011 with you!!!
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