Be positive

Every week we do so many important and meaningful things, but we never spend the time reflecting on the positive. Rather we dwell on the negative and find imperfection everywhere.

Well, I'm going to make a renewed effort to dwell on the positive, something that can be a challenge for me.

The things that I did well this week:

1. Went to Home Depot and purchased correct baseboard for my daughters room, solo.

2. Sent out the invitations for my daughter's birthday party, via email.

3. Brought the youngest to the doctor for a routine check-up with little incident, solo, again.

It feels good to be empowered by the situations in life that might be a little out of the comfort zone. A big orange building with evaporating salespeople and seasoned construction professionals did not stop a 4 foot 10 inch woman from walking out with a three foot baseboard heater with confidence. But I also purchased new tulip bulbs, so I guess it wasn't as masculine a trip as possible.

Agustin

The first virus of this school year will be named Agustin, after a dear priest my husband and I remember from our childhood parish. It is still confusing. It seems to only cause head congestion with little or no runny noses. A slight temperature, but as of yet, no cough, no stomach upset, or weird rash.

Agustin has only hit the oldest. We are trying to keep the youngest away from her grasp so that he can get his one year check up tomorrow, complete with shots! We will have to split shift tomorrow, which I am not crazy about when one of the kids has shots.

I really don't like viruses.

Birthday invitations

I thought that I would try and email my oldest one's birthday invitations instead of physically sending them this year. It's greener, it's easier, and it's cheaper.

But apparently, when one does this you have to take into account the many different operating systems that people have. I have had to send this simple invite as a publisher file, a works file, a pdf file, and a jpeg in the hopes that someone would be able to open it up!

If this doesn't work out we may be having a princess party with the dogs.

Split-Shift Wednesdays

Wednesday's are one of those complicated days in our house. My husband works a full day and the oldest has to come to and from school (which is an hour away) while he is at work. So, to make the schedule less intense, my husband brings the oldest in and I pick her up so that he can get some work done. But some how, it looks easier on paper than it actually is.

And today the youngest had to come along for the ride. So that meant two straight hours in a car seat. Yuk! Needless to say, he was overjoyed to move around after lunch. All Wednesday's will not look like this.

P.S. Ballet class went well for the oldest, but left a little to be desired for mom. And dinner was very good.

First Day of School

Well, before we knew it the first day of school was upon us today. The summer flew by in a hurried frenzy. After our late blooming and unwelcome virus, George, blew over in late June, it was time to start enjoying the summer, and one another, free of sickness. But the weather didn't get the memo. July was wet, but we made the best of it, trying to do all the things that we wanted before summer turned to fall. August was met with a new nephew and the world's strangest vacation. And then, there it was, the first day of school, full of excitement and comfort. The same classroom, same toys, same teachers, and some of the same friends. Some new friends, new things to learn, new adventures, and new projects. We had a good morning.

This afternoon will be a new adventure:

For our oldest: ballet class
For our youngest: cooking dinner with daddy.
(This could go very badly.)

It's great to be back!