Well, first of all, I love alliteration. I have been trying to think of something that sums of my life as a mom. When I think of my life with both a boy and girls...this is what I came up with.
My 8 year old, Jacob is the most creative child I have ever known. Since he could walk, he has always been interested in making things, inventing vehicles, and working on projects. He is a very busy child! He has created several models of flying cars over the years and he is bound and determined to invent the real thing. I still remember him at 2 years old being fascinated by the fan machine (don't know the proper name for it) that blows up moonwalks (jumpy houses). He would drag around our little hand held vacuum, hook it up to his bean bag chair and pretend that was his moonwalk. He even would try to turn the vacuum on to simulate the sound of a moonwalk being blown up.
And then there's Alexa. Before she was born, I had not given Disney princesses much thought. Then when she was 2 years, 2 months old, we went to Disneyland. We bought her a set of 4 little glittery princesses: Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, and Cinderella. The entire trip she stayed busy lining them up on the tray of her stroller and diving into her little princess world. The rest is history...it has been 3 years of obsession with everything princess. Not just princesses, but princes, magical creatures, and fairy tales. There is a fabulous show on PBS that Alexa adores called Super Why. Each show covers a different fairy tale and teaches such skills as letter recognition and sounds, problem solving, and social skills.
Natalia is starting to get into Super Why and is slowly learning the names of the princesses. I wonder if she will like them as much as Alexa. j
So, all the other cute blog titles were taken, but I think this is kind of catchy. What do you think?
Thursday, August 27, 2009
On the BLOG again
Okay, so I've taken a two year break....we've been a little busy around here. So why am I back to blogging? Well, let me break it down for ya...
1. Mushy memory=details forgotten
Well, first and foremost...my life is on such fast-forward, that my memory (along with the brown bananas on our counter) has turned to mush. Since I was a child, I have always prided myself on my good memory. I still consider it a good memory, however I have a million other thoughts jammed in there, that make me forget things. I still have a photographic memory, but little details such as who lost a tooth when, and how many times Jacob has had strep, have eluded me. I often tell Matt that if my head was opened up, my brain would look like a million strands of spaghetti all tangled up. Each strand representing several thoughts, emotions, items on several to-do lists. So anyway, I am someone that likes to chronicle all the details of my children's lives and up to this point other than some scattered journals here and there and some scrapbook pages, I have not done the best job. And that bugs me! Thus, the blog! I am hoping that blogging will help our family remember all the little details in our lives that one day would have been long forgotten.
2. Keeping up with family and friends
I am an introvert. I LOVE people and all of the special relationships in my life, but I also need time to myself to process, pray, reflect, recharge. If I don't pick up the phone or email you right away or answer you on facebook(which I have not been on in months), it is NOTHING against you. When I do get that rare time to myself, I use it to read, do Bible study, surf the web, scrap, pray, or just stare at the wall and listen to music. This helps me get re-energized to be the best wife, mommy, and housekeeper that I can be. Once the blog is all souped up and cutesified with photos, you can see the kiddoes and what's going on in our lives. I love to read blogs so if you have one, please let me know.
3. Blogging for bliss
I love to write...I find it therapeutic and enjoyable. I can type fast, much faster than I can talk.
This is it for now. I know the blog is looking boring and ugly and I am working on that but I thought it was more important to just start writing. I can't wait to personalize it with some scrappy goodness, but it will have to do for now. Next will be my first week of school post.
1. Mushy memory=details forgotten
Well, first and foremost...my life is on such fast-forward, that my memory (along with the brown bananas on our counter) has turned to mush. Since I was a child, I have always prided myself on my good memory. I still consider it a good memory, however I have a million other thoughts jammed in there, that make me forget things. I still have a photographic memory, but little details such as who lost a tooth when, and how many times Jacob has had strep, have eluded me. I often tell Matt that if my head was opened up, my brain would look like a million strands of spaghetti all tangled up. Each strand representing several thoughts, emotions, items on several to-do lists. So anyway, I am someone that likes to chronicle all the details of my children's lives and up to this point other than some scattered journals here and there and some scrapbook pages, I have not done the best job. And that bugs me! Thus, the blog! I am hoping that blogging will help our family remember all the little details in our lives that one day would have been long forgotten.
2. Keeping up with family and friends
I am an introvert. I LOVE people and all of the special relationships in my life, but I also need time to myself to process, pray, reflect, recharge. If I don't pick up the phone or email you right away or answer you on facebook(which I have not been on in months), it is NOTHING against you. When I do get that rare time to myself, I use it to read, do Bible study, surf the web, scrap, pray, or just stare at the wall and listen to music. This helps me get re-energized to be the best wife, mommy, and housekeeper that I can be. Once the blog is all souped up and cutesified with photos, you can see the kiddoes and what's going on in our lives. I love to read blogs so if you have one, please let me know.
3. Blogging for bliss
I love to write...I find it therapeutic and enjoyable. I can type fast, much faster than I can talk.
This is it for now. I know the blog is looking boring and ugly and I am working on that but I thought it was more important to just start writing. I can't wait to personalize it with some scrappy goodness, but it will have to do for now. Next will be my first week of school post.
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