I don’t know about your neck of the woods but here in Roanoke the gas prices just shot up about $2.00 a gallon. We were somewhere in the 3 dollars and change area when Ike came along and caused everyone and their mother to run to the gas station and suck up all the gas in town. My hubby is trying to find out who has gas left and so far the only place left is charging upwards of $5.00 a gallon. Um, hello? Price gouging much?! I think I will be walking places for awhile.
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It’s official. I’m a PTA mom - in fact - I’m on the PTA board. You can just call me Ms. VP. Don’t worry, I won’t make you bow or anything. Just hum my theme song for me any time that I enter the room, thanks.
I have been wanting to get involved at the school so when the principal approached me a couple of weeks ago about stepping up to the PTA board I was pretty excited. Turns out that over half of the previous board all left the school (their children were transferred to another program - it wasn’t anything like they were chased out with pitchforks or anything. at least that’s what i’ve been told.). I’m glad I won’t be the only newbie but it will be interesting to see how all of us come together to do something that none of us has ever done before.
This morning I met with the President. (oooh, that was fun to say, even if it was only the PTA president) And with the Treasurer. (totally did not have her pockets lined with money. what’s up with that?) And with the teacher representative. The only person missing was the Secretary. It’s quite the hodge podge of people. Goes to show that you can’t judge the book by the cover…. I had always pictured the PTA to be full of June Cleavers with their pearl necklaces and perfectly ironed dresses. Ok, maybe not really, but still… I figured them to be more like Super Mom or something. Instead, I found myself surround by every day moms. The president was very ethusiastic and excited about the coming year and had some really great ideas. I am looking forward to joining the ranks and learning from these other moms and the opportunities I’ll have to serve my community.
I play favorites. (not with my own kids, that wouldn’t be fair) There are two little boys at my church that are brothers. The older one is the same age as my Beans but intellectually he’s lightyears ahead of her. The younger one is turning two next month. (and he’s my favorite.) He still has all of his baby fat, soft blond hair and that baby babble that’s half words, half sounds.
When I first met him he was very shy and would cry around strangers. Today he greets me with a loud “Momma!!!” and a hug. Side note: yes, he calls me Momma and he calls my hubby Dadda. Besides his parents we are the only people he calls that. We don’t know why and luckily his parents don’t mind - they like that he’s attached to us :) I don’t mind… he’s my “baby fix”.
I got to spend the whole morning with just him today. His mother had physical therapy and his brother is in school with Beans. My goal was to wear him out so his mom would have an easy afternoon with him. I forgot just how much energy toddler boys have. They have a lot. Way more than my little boy ever had… then again he’s surrounded by girls…
Don’t get me wrong, I adore his big brother but it was nice to just have little J today. His personality was able to shine without his brother’s shadow. He loves to sing and we sang every kid song I know and I taught him a few new ones. We played airplane - flying him high above me on my feet. Until the drool started. We chased and tackled and wrestled and tickled and hid and ran and screamed. I think it worked too. I saw a couple of yawns before I left.
I get two more mornings with him this week and three more next week. I’m looking forward to filling up my heart with his little baby love. I just hope I can keep up with that energy!
What’s sure to shake the grumpies and make you laugh??
Who is that masked chicken???
Oh, it’s Beans!
Dude.
I love that the kids are back in school. I felt almost naked today without having to haul three kids all over the city. In fact, I caught myself a couple of times today thinking I was missing something. I’m not complaining. I’m sure I can overcome this - even if it means becoming Lady Godiva!
Being honest though means I have to admit that I have been rather grumpy lately. The early, early mornings coupled with a new schedule and perhaps a bit of pre-PMS = a nasty case of the grumpies. There’s also work stuff going on plus my hubby’s erratic schedule to deal with. And a leaky basement and leaking roof and forecasted rain for Friday. The aforementioned leaks accompanied by yucky mildew smells.
Yeah, I was serious about that “Dude.” up there. I need a girls’ night. Not much of a hen party with only one chicken.
Guess where the kids went today?
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A Prayer from Beans:
Dear Jesus,
Thank you for the food. Thank you for church that we don’t be lonely.
Amen.
I’m not a big goal setter. I have vague ideas of what I’d like to accomplish and then I just go for it. This year I’ve decided to set 33 goals that I would like to accomplish by this time next year. Turns out it’s not easy for a non-goal-setter to pick 33 goals. I have a couple of goals and some other vague ideas and then I just sort of run out of ideas. So I’m turning to y’all… any ideas of fun or serious or all-out-wacky goals that I should shoot for? I’m thinking of things like habits to break or good habits to start, activities to try, things to see or do, something new to start…
The trip home only took 18 1/2 hours!
This week long trip has been a whirlwind of fun! It has been so great spending time with my family and visiting with friends. I have (literally) hundreds of pictures from all of the things we’ve been doing. I’ll share a few of my favorites.
