Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloweeeen...

We've been enjoying this Halloween season. I loved getting out to the pumpkin patch, playing in the corn maze, and creating pumpkin faces at Chick Fil-A. We printed out some leaves and colored them. We also made some chocolate covered pretzels and called them witches broom sticks.



This time last year I was getting into my morning sickness stage and couldn't bare the smells of the composting leaves (which I usually love)


It's hard to believe that Jude is already almost 4 months old. He is incredibly curious and amazingly eager to be a big kid. Just over night he has learned to grab things. Well, he's been grabbing things for a while, but now he aims and NEVER misses. 



We waited in line at the pumpkin patch for 40 minutes to get our faces painted.


It was worth it though, the clown lady did a great job! Right before the girls were about to have their turn, the lady in front of us saw some people she knew and was letting their children cut in front of us in line.
I saw this as a test of strength for me because usually I would just let it go and complain about it later.
Nope, not this time.
Not after already waiting 35 minutes...so I confronted her. This was great, all I said was "It's not fair to my girls, but you go ahead and do what you think is right"...we ended up in our rightful place in line, but she wasn't nice about it.



So tonight we went "Trick or Treating". Dad, Mom, the girls and Jude. Kobe went with some friends and brought home 1/2 a pillow case full of booty.


We had: Lula as Taylor Swift...


Jude as Puppy no. 1


and Mia as puppy no.2




Lula...I couldn't wait to wash her face paint off. Even though her costume was really cute and turned out really good AND the makeup/facepaint was my idea, I don't like makeup on little girls...it just doesn't sit right with me...

...neither does the idea that my children will consume all this candy. Actually they won't. We struggle with this every year, but it will mostly be thrown away or consumed by someone other than my children. 



I think a lot of people struggle with the absurd amounts of candy collected on Halloween, but parents are responsible for policing it.
I struggle with the "scary" stuff. I don't like it. We just stay away from it.
I also know that a lot of people struggle with the roots of Halloween, but to us...it's become a tradition of nothing more than innocent costumes, face paint, and candy.

"“The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him for he cannot bear scorn.”-Martin Luther

Boo!




Saturday, October 22, 2011

If you think...


If you think having an eleven year old boy means...

...having his hungry, 11 year old friends showing up in packs of five for dinner at the last moment (thank you kind neighbors for feeding my son when he shows up in the pack at your door)...

...having arguments about rules that have been established long ago, but are being recently challenged...just because...

...hearing the words "I don't care" as a response to all threats...

...not being able to carry him to bed after he falls asleep on the couch while watching a movie with you...

...lack of interest to give you a hug when you need one...

...having just a few more years as a little boy...



Yup! (Adirondack-ian for "yes")

This is exactly what having an eleven year old boy means...

I'm always trying to catch up, but he always stays a couple steps ahead...



If you think that having an eleven year old boy is...

...joyful and grand

...painful and hard

...happy and fun

...scary and worrisome

You're right!

Don't waste any time, go and soak all of him up...





Friday, October 14, 2011

What are your weaknesses?

A couple weeks ago I was at a job interview and was asked this very question.
Well I'll-be-darned...shouldn't I just spill the perfectionist cliche all over the table and won't they just lap it all up like hungry little kitties?

Probably not...

I've heard this WAY too many times as the interview-er...it's rather annoying.

*note to the interview-ee:
-don't use "I'm a perfectionist" as a weakness...it actually sounds really naive.

...anyway I decided since this was a Christian non-profit organization that I was applying to I'd better be telling the truth...nothing but.

This was the BEST interview I've ever been to (as the interviewer or interviewee). I was on fire...I was very confident that I got the job...very...maybe too much because I quit my current job the next day...ha!

So I was supposed to find out on the 12th if I actually got this job and...

today is the 14th...

...I'm still waiting for a call. Sunday is my last day at my current job...oops!

*note to the interview-ee:
-the truth is important, but to much information can hurt (ie: I don't always follow through, I'm a sensitive person, I never put the keys in the same spot, et cetera...et cetera). 
Mmmmhmmm I could have left some of those details out. Well, I left knowing that I was honest and I am sure they were grateful for that. I would be.

Everything happens for a reason...

I look at it this way, I'll be getting an unexpected vaca till something else comes along.

More time to enjoy my family and Autumn...





I think knowing my weaknesses has become one of my strengths.

I am so blessed...


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