1/26/14-2/2/14

I've got a lot to catch up on so this is going to be a short one.  We had a busy week.  Henry had open house at school on Thursday.  It's so fun to see him in his school and compare how he feels about it now to how he felt about it even last year.  At his open house last year he walked with us and was shy around his teachers. This year he ran in to the building and we found him 30 minutes later only to lose him again when he spotted a buddy.  I love it.  I want it to feel like his space and I want him to feel like he is a part of something and important.  Good stuff.  On Friday we ordered take out Free State and watched a movie.  On Saturday we cleaned and went to the store and cooked. I made some chili which Georgia actually ate. The girl is finally starting to try new things.  I think she must be growing because she is always talking about being hungry.  And speaking of hungry, last night we went to Grandpa Benda's to watch the super bowl and eat pizza.  Henry ate 4 pieces of pizza, a salad, a packet of apple sauce and 4 cookies.  I can't believe how much that kid can eat.  He has also almost outgrown his size 10 pants and his shoes that he got for Christmas that were at least one size too big for him when we got them. 

It's supposed to snow tonight, 5-8 inches.  I'm ready for Spring.  I have a garden to till and seeds to purchase.  I want to smell grass and rain and lavender.  I am ready for farmers markets and fresh produce.  But I'll suck it up this time... maybe we can at least go sledding.  :) 

January recap: Mostly Laurie stuff

Has anyone seen January?  If you see her, could you tell her that I missed her.  Like, seriously, where did that month go?  So I think I mentioned earlier that I am going to try to merge this blog with my personal blog, which I know doesn't make for great reading if you're here to check on the babies, but you can skip this post.  I will make sure it's clear which posts are just my general blabber about myself and which posts are just my general blabber about the babies.

About me-

I'm not sure if I mentioned my goals for 2014 are for each month - 

1-Make something

2- finish something

3-do something that scares me

4-take something off of my procrastination list

5-organize something

6- have an adventure

7-do something special with Henry, Georgia and Wade (separately if possible) 

8-spend time with friends. 

1- I made a piece of art for the wall in our living room.  It was a project Henry and I did together and I like it.  It's probably a little weird and I'm sure it's not everyone's taste, but I am discovering my aesthetic and I'm excited about it.  I think I like the mix of fabric and nature.  Bright colors, weaving, a mix of hard and soft. I am so lucky to be married to a super talented artist that still loves my super crafty, amateur hour art projects. 2- Over a year ago I purchased cardboard GEORGIA letters to put on the wall in the kids room.  Henry and I started painting them and then they got stacked on a shelf, half finished.  I pulled them off the shelf this week, finished painting them and hung them on G's wall.  It's funny when you live in a small house, how nice it is to take something off of the shelf and put it on the wall.  That shelf space is precious. 

3-Oh man, I really nailed it on this one this month.  I started going to the gym. Sure I didn't start until the 31st and that was only after my sister asked me 10 times if I had signed up yet (thank goodness for her, without that pressure I don't know if I would have mustered up the courage to do it), but those facts are not important here.  What I'm focusing on is the fact that in January of 2014 I committed to and actually started going to the gym on a daily basis.  I've gone every day since the 31st.  That's 4 days more than I went in 2011, 2012 and 2013.  Yay me!  

4-Baptism!  That was big on my procrastination list.  I don't know why either because it turned out to me one of my favorite moments of January.  Tender and sweet and just all around lovely.  I love that we did that for our babies. 

5-I cleared out 3 bags of clothes and trash from our bedroom.  One bedroom.  Just my stuff.  Ridiculous. 

6-This one was a little hard this month.  It's been so cold and people have been sick around us.  Henry did have his first reconciliation, which was an adventure but not really what I had in mind when I came up with this resolution.  

7-We had plenty of fun times together this month.  We went to the park and had a picnic in January (crazy) and Henry and Georgia and I have made a couple of trips to get frozen yogurt this month.  Georgia and I made cupcakes together (she mostly ate sprinkles).  It's a loose interpretation of my goal but I'll take it.

8-Well, I got to spend a weekend with my sisters and my Mom, who just happen to be some of my very best friends.  Lucky me. 

So overall I feel pretty good about how I did this month.  We have some fun stuff going on in February.  I'd like to find a way to slow things down a bit.  I wonder if journaling helps with that. Stopping every day to think about the day.  I may need to do that.