My Morning

To all moms out there and ones that will be soon.  I just want to let you know about my morning and I have only been up for an hour and a half (technically)  My day started with O throwing her sippy cup at me and saying "mommy more milk"  this was two hours ago.  I could not bring myself to open my eyes so O realizing she was fighting a losing battle came and snuggled with me for the next twenty minutes while also poking me in the face and yelling every time a garbage truck went by because she loves them so.  I then got up to sit in the bathroom while she tried to go potty, by this time L was up.  I got both of them new diapers and dressed.  I then plopped them down in front of the tv for cartoons bc I am mom of the year so I could take a shower where I actually shaved my legs.  Continued the morning with nursing L throwing in a load of laundry, picking up after Tim throwing all his underwear all over the floor(don't know why)  teaching O to make her bed, feeding all of the animals and letting Harley out, making coffee, making the girls breakfast and eating it and getting myself ready.  I am now checking the weather and writing this blog and about to clean the kitchen and pack up the girls for a day at the pool.  I am reminding you that this is a normal day and I mean 6 out of 7 days for me and I am really not sure how I am going to fit work into this day of mine.  Off to clean the kitchen and have a cup of coffee which I obviously deserve.   I remember the days where I would have to be at work by 1045 in the morning and I complained about having to get myself up out of bed by 10 am and I thought that was horrible; isn't it funny how life changes!!

Along with everything else

So I have been accepted into grad school at Concordia on a probationary acceptance because I still need to bring all of my stuff in.  I have now the last two days been fretting this fall so much that I have basically shut down but decided to bake. (Well not really bake) I made from scratch Key Lime pie because I know that Tim likes it and he has a big interview tomorrow that I am hoping he gets because we really need this.  So along with everything else going on right now I have decided that I am going to be super mom and get all sorts of new recipes and cook and bake and then freeze for when school starts.  I am following in Keeley's footsteps except for the fact that I don't really have anyone to make things for but my own fam.  Tim and I have been debating about getting another dog to keep Harley company all summer and I would really like to but I think we are going to wait because tonight I brought up the idea that maybe we should put him in obedience classes this fall and see if that helps with him being stupid.  Otherwise Tim and I are seriously considering finding him a new home.  This is something that I would hate because it makes me seem like a failure and I couldn't bring myself to actually get rid of another animal; if any of you know how devastating losing Jake and Jez were you would know that I would maybe not recover from it unless I really felt like there was no other way.  Rambling. . . overall I think the other thing to add to the list is to actually get that dog trained or get rid of him:(

The best friends ever

After a fabulous weekend at the PV I realized that I would not be able to survive with out the family.  It is so odd how people just meet in life and everything just clicks.  Honestly with two children and a not very smart black lab I dont know what I would do without them.  I know that I can laugh and cry and have coon rapids dance party and they still love me.  Also you know that we all have to love each other when our husbands are pulling each others pants down and we just laugh.  I had a great weekend and no wonder bc with friends like mine who wouldn't have a great time!! Still bummed about the tubing though:(

How Many Things Can I do. . . .

After realizing that many people I know are willing to put it all out there in their blogs I now too am writing about myself to share with everyone what is actually going on in my life.  I have only one full week left of summer vacation(the best and main reason for being a teacher)  and all I can think about is what I should do during that time.  I am one of those people that make lists and if you didn't know about this I make a lot of lists.  I plan and plan and plan every thing I do which I hear is a good quality for a teacher to have.  Every Monday morning I make a to do list of all of the things I want and should accomplish during the week.  In reality I usually feel good about it if I get 70% of the items done.  Currently though I am looking at my list and it involves major things like apply for Grad school, fill out the FAFSA to actually pay for grad school.  Find swimming classes for the girls to take this fall.  Find other classes that I can sign the girls up for this fall such as play times etc.  Also create an entire years worth of curriculum for the online school, create a website for my upcoming students and a moodle(this fun word for online assignments)  for students not only in my class but in all core subjects.  Along with this in my head I am planning a weekend of camping at the PV which I am very excited about and thinking about what fun activities the girls and I should do on my last week of vacation.  I am exhausted just looking at this list but I digress. . . overall I am trying to figure out how I am actually going to be this supermom once school starts again. . . it will happen though and if it doesn't at least my kids are too young to really remember:)