Life as a mom

I was successful taking my two girls to Costco today. Although as we were leaving Madeleine was starting to cry because we did not get a hot dog. Claira was crying because I would not hold her while trying to push the cart with all of our food and the girls. I was crying because I always spend about 2oo dollars at Costco. But all in all pretty good, we all started to cry at the end of the adventure. YES!!!

My girls love screaming, FOR FUN. They are not angry, mad, or frustrated. More like they are full of joy. They love doing things that make each other laugh and well this is one of them. Both scream at the top of their lungs a high pitched squeal. Oh yeah, they only do this in the car when I am driving. I try and tell them to stop but THEY CAN'T HEAR ME. Sorry so use to yelling to be heard.

Madeleine pinned Claira down this morning for the 13 time. This time to just kiss her head, fingers, arms, elbows, etc. Claira tries to fight with her whole being to get this aggressive sister who loves her terribly off of her. Claira weighs about the same so I am sure Madeleine will soon get her dose. That will be fun

Panicked for a few seconds, I heard from someone who heard from someone else that pre-school was booked for the fall. I called Jeremy to check it out (he works at the school) false alarm still plenty of room. Really, what would I have done.....Pre-school in the fall keeps me going through all of this. (I am only kind of joking). By the way for other mom's out there who think I am horrible because I really have no desire to home school it's only a half day pre-school.

Went to get adjusted at the chiropractor and every time we go Madeleine brings one of her toys to get adjusted (ie. car, castle, baby). Yes, my children get adjusted have since the day they were born. Plus Claira has gone due to injuries from her sister. A popped out rib once. They really need it.

Just some little random things in my life. Until next time....

Weekend Update

So, Friday morning I went to yoga with my friend Sea Jay. I ran some errands afterwards, picked up a friends little girl I watch. We went home and I made everyone lunch and started Madeleines Cake. I cleaned my whole house from top to bottom since we had unexpected guests (3 girls visiting our renters). The girls went down for a nap and I started to get ready for work. Made my husband dinner. I than dropped the little girl off at home and brought my girls to their Grandmas for the night. I went to work (It was Kool April Night's) and the traffic was horrible. I came home and decorated Madeleines cake. Jeremy told me he had to drive to Yreka, Weed, and Mt. Shasta the next morning for work. I was going to have to plan this whole day by myself.

Saturday, Jeremy left early for work. I got the girls up and ready for the day. Luckly one of our renters volunteered to watch the girls so I could run errands without the girls. I went to get Madeleiens gift (it was my first free moment without her), went to the grocery store, had to buy baloons, and looked everywhere for the Strawberry vendors (none to be found). I came home and Jeremy was home YAY. I was packing everything up for the park and party. Jeremy gets another call to work. BOOOO. I gathered up everything and loaded up everyone and everything into the car. I tried to call everyone I could to get some help at the park. No such luck. I pull up to the park and everyone and thier mom was there celebrating. I had to find a spot for our party. Thank goodness my friend Joanna was there already, she thought I might need some help (God is so good to me). We found 2 tables and I started to decorate while she watched the girls play. Oh did I mention the wind was crazy and it was so cold. The weather 1 day prior was in the mid 80's. Today was mid 50's. Well we ended with a small success and had a party of what could be considering the elements. Jeremy did arrive 45mins late. And we could not find Claira for a second. The smile on Madeleines face was worth all the work. We came home and crashed. Madeleine played with all of her new toys the rest of the night. I did manage to make a full dinner since we are never all together home for dinner. Oh and I started baking the cake for the baby shower for the next day.

Sunday, We slept in for 15 min. Got ready for church. We made church on time which is so unusual. 10 Min before the sermon was over the fire alarm went off. No one moved except for some staff members trying to figure out what happened. It came from the Nursury. Jeremy and I looked at each other and knew it was our little 3 year old. We went to pick up our little girls, mind you the alarm was still going had been for 15 min. at this time, and guess what. Out little girl did pull the fire alarm. We finally came home and I started to put the cake together for the shower. Jeremy had another call to work, our car was dead since Jeremy left the lights on overnight, and I made it to the shower and finally our weekend was over.

We know the dates on the pictures are wrong (just something else =)).

Whirlwind....

So I am about to begin a full weekend. I may not get a blog in but who knows I may have a free moment. I have Madeleine's 3rd birthday on Saturday. She is going to have a princess party (mainly she will dress up like a princess and have a few accents). I have decided to continue with a tradition from my family. I will make her cake and it will be a barbie doll cake. The barbie and the dress is the cake. My mom always made that cake for me when I was little. I loved all the cakes my mom made me. She of course was a certified cake decorator. I do have big shoes to fill. I will let you know how it goes.

Sunday, I have a baby shower that I am co-hosting. It is for a co-worker and I thought it would be a little gathering. So I decided I would make that cake. UHMMMMM..... it is going to be about 30 people. I am freaking out a little because this will be THE cake that is in the baby books. Not if that is not bad enough the request for the cake is a motorcycle race track with a motorcycle on it. WHAT THE HECK!!! I have made plain cakes this is really out of my element. Oh well, Of course you will get the update on that cake too.

Just a little side note, If there are some of you out there that know us, could you pray for Jeremy. He is really experiencing something very hard. I am having a hard time watching him take this situation and having it really effect him. It is a pretty big thing for us right now but God of course can do anything with the twitch of his finger. I just need wisdom for my role for my husband right now. And also need to let go of some anger and frustration from this thing. Thanks!!! Let you know how the cake decorating goes = -)

On a heavier note...

So I really have been thinking about why I think of random people all the time. People that I have not seen in years, really weird. I have also wondered why I constantly talk to my husband of people around me and all that they have been dealing with. I have been feeling the weight of their world on my shoulders. You see I am the type of person who will feel, hear, see issues and take them on. In other words I am an intercessor. I have not been as active in my role since I have had children. I really have been tuning all that stuff out.

So just as a wall appeared in front of me as I feel the pain sting my face, I realize, "oh my goodness". Yes, this is the Lord giving me little signs to pray for these people. About 5 years ago this would have been a no brainer for me. I am not sure if you wonder the same things from time to time, "Why did so and so come to mind, I forgot that I even knew them." You know those thoughts. Well I believe it is a true sign of God telling you they need a prayer. Maybe you don't think that is God. Let me ask you this: What would it hurt to pray for them while they are on your mind? Not a thing is what I say.

So, Today (Sunday) at church, Our Pastor spoke on prayer. Another ding ding ding for me. Yup, God again telling me I need to get back to my calling. Yes, my calling. You see this is why I feel every ones weight. I feel I need to do something to make things right. And most issues are far beyond my control, of course with the exception of prayer. I can do something for someone in a circumstance that is huge.

Just want to let you know so can you! Something to think about. Thanks for letting me blog on something near and dear to my heart.

Scattered thoughts......

Things that go through my head throughout the day.......

...How in the world did my children desire a need for so much affection, (those of you who do not know I am not one who desires much affection, love it when I need it but don't need it often), my girls love to cuddle all day long.

...Finally, Claira can push Madeleine away when she is expressing too much affection. This happens more than 50 times in a day. (No really).

....Playing at the park turned into Madeleine's mission to clean the earth. She picked up every piece of trash announcing she needed to put all of it in the trash. I do not believe Jeremy or I have this natural tendency. We do fine or shall I say I do fine cleaning up after us.

....Do I have the right approach to parenting or are my children going to end up messed up. You know do I let them go crazy, do I try and control them, do I put the fear of me in them, do I kill them with kindness, do I ignore them and ask random strangers if they have seen the parents that belong the these children? Just some everyday questions to myself.

...This week telling Madeleine that Princess's don't pick there nose works, will it work next week?

....I Love that Madeleine says she sees angels and talks about them all the time.

....I love that Madeleine will pray for us when we are hurt or she will ask us to pray for her when she is hurt.

...Soon daddy will be home, and Madeleine will say, "daddy is prince charming mommy."

Hope you enjoy some of my thoughts and tidbits of our everyday life.

Lost time

WOW, where has the time gone.... I just feel like we lost a week. We are here and doing well. Actually a little sore. We signed a new gym membership this week. I did pretty well, 3 visits in 4 days. I know good. I hope to keep at least 3 visits a week. This is how long it has been since I have been to a gym with actual classes. You know there are the more pocket friendly gyms that do not offer any classes, they just have the weights and Nautilus. I think 8 years since I have taken a class. I love classes. They are so much fun for me. They are really what makes working out worth it for me. So they have this class BRILLIANT. You lift weights like with the bar and weights on the end. The kind that you bench press with. Anyway, it is set up like an aerobics class setting. With the instructors and loud fun music. The class was full of women the first time. I asked Jeremy if he wanted to go with me on Saturday, he agreed, YAY. Fortunately there was one other guy there. He was such a good sport. Although he makes me laugh. He did admit that his dignity left the room when he saw women all around him with more weights on there bars, not struggling as much as he was with his. He did admit he wants to go regularly. That is why I love the guy, he knows what makes me happy and is willing to support me even if his dignity left him. What an amazing MAN. He is a MAN even though there are some sheras around him.