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School is absolutely exhausting so I'll keep it short and sweet in that regard...
We survived the first (not-full) week of school. We haven't been late yet but did manage a uniform infraction on the 2nd day : ( I don't know who is more tired me or E. I don't know who is having more adjustment problems me or R.
{conversation on the ride home in between and over M singing Happy Birthday (on repeat)!}
R - I don't wanna go to school any more!
Me - Why?
R - I don't like the teachers and the kids!
Me - What's that on your side in the field {trying to change the subject}
R - I DON"T WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me - {good work on articulating your frustrations}
R - I wanna go to E's school. I want see E RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!
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Since there will be a new human around here in a few (less than 5) weeks I'll say something about the bebe.
A. Being pregnant is no cakewalk - mentally, emotionally, physically exhausting in general, then top it off with - my baby is going to real school now and just exponentially increase those three things.
Example - Today Lee came home and had another (far away) job to do. I walked out to his work truck told him I was about to have to wake up the to sleepers to go pick up E from school and halfway jokingly asked if he wanted to pick her up. And he said yes and I nearly could have cried. #pregnancyprobs Then come to find out he put gas in the van while he was out??? Yeah, he's a keeper. (also see #7 as supporting evidence)
B. On a lighter note... overheard at work
Guy - So what's this number three?
Me - No, actually number four
Guy - Y'all are slower learners (totally in good humor and not taking it in a mean way because I've known him for a few pool seasons)
Me - No... We just like what we do.
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M and our godson (from Missouri)
Our friends from Missouri came a few weeks ago. So great seeing them and their many kiddos and seeing our godson who we trekked out to St. Louis for a night when I was 7 months pregnant with M to go to his baptism.
Definitely makes me miss seeing our friends though because I think we could have talked for weeks just catching up on life and stuff.
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So cute...
E and Papa went to help clean up the playground at school the weekend before school started. E had to have a hat just like her Papa : ) It was noticeably quiet around the casa
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Despite all the craziness of the week with school and schedules being off and work lunches and uniforms and EVERYTHING... The girls wanted to stop and see the Moo-cows on our way home one night...
I really didn't want to stop but stopping to do the small things is important especially amongst the crazies so I said yes. Fortunately there were cows super close to the fence so they got a good view.
See that mosquito on the seat? That got M right on the forehead before I managed to kill it : (
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M is getting so not-a-baby anymore it is crazy.
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She has her own sense of style... With her "gaaa-ssays'
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She enjoys brushing her hair and screaming OWWWWW just like her big sisters!
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She is very big into accessorizing with purses, hats, rings, bows, bracelets
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She is super set in her ways - her mannerisms remind me so much of E it is kinda scary!
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She isn't into eating meat - she loves any and all fruit and LOTS of it
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She has taken to the potty and I've taken to the rewarding with jelly beans
- anything to not change a dirty diaper right???
She loves to be read to and looking at books and will destroy them in her bed after looking at them - so far not too my casualties as it's not my first time around that block
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I've been craving hot wings for a while now and Outback wasn't cutting it so we headed to Buffalo Wild Wings with the girls and Jibbe for an early birthday dinner out.
I tired a few kinds and I got the second or third spicy-est on their scale and I can say that my craving was satisfied. I was kind of afraid to get the spiciest kind as I knew I needed to get through the week without going into labor : ) - spicy foods is just an old wives tale right?
But for real... they need to keep the tables stocked with Sams club wipes (we never go anywhere without a pack or two or five) instead of paper napkins and individually wrapped wipes!
Then...
Lee cooked up an AWESOME dinner a few nights later. Pine nut and parmensan chicken, spinach and pear salad. It was so good and I only wished we had put the kids to bed so we could really enjoy it BUT that didn't change the fact the food was great and I ate the leftovers for breakfast one morning.
Oh, man, that is the *best* response to those awkward comments about how many kids you have! I genuinely do think that about big families. Yes, that's a lot of kids, but those parents are definitely still in love!
ReplyDelete: ) It just surprises me how as-a-matter-of-fact people can be when it comes to speaking about something that really doesn't effect them at all.
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