Mother's Day

I just wanted to write a little bit about my sweet girls tonight. I am so blessed to be a mother of two wonderful little girls. They really know how to brighten my day and I am so blessed!

Julia, I am afraid, is going to be the mean girl in school. She is so charming and she sucks you in...and then just as quickly she breaks your heart. Hopefully I can do a good job and she wont be like that...but it is a fear. She is so funny too. The other night, Evan farted (big surprise!), and she looks up (super serious face) and asks "Did I do that?" Cracked me up laughing!

Maddelyn is a lot like me. She is really hard on herself even though she has the best intentions. I probably come down harder on her because she is so much like me. I need to find a way to bridge that and make her come out of her shell a little more and try different things. She is very creative and loves making things. Best thing I can do for her is make her something. And she is the best big sister anyone could ask for. She spent the day with her sister all day and worked on writing letters and numbers. Maddelyn is determined to teach Julia and does school with her everyday after she gets home from school. She loves to learn and read and well she is just wonderful!

I love my girls! I love being their mom!

One of those days!

I thought today was going to be a great day...and it wasnt really bad, it just had a lot of drama in it! I started the day off great! Worked out, read scriptures with Maddelyn, and I even made breakfast for the family. And then the drama jumped right in! As I was cooking breakfast Maddelyn comes in and literally starts yelling at me about the LAUNDRY stacking up in her room. I mean really? She gets sent to her room and I almost have to force her to listen to me. In the back of my mind I am wondering what did I do to deserve this...and trying to keep my cool so that I am not a bully mom like I saw on Dr. Phil! So we get through breakfast...she is still grouchy...I am still grouchy. Finally, I win! She apologizes to me and all is well.

Then Julia wakes up, starts crying over everything. "You threw out the pancakes that I was saving from yesterday!" Note: Yesterday was Monday! That sends her in to a total up roar and then the drama continues. To get her to stop I fed her eggs, bacon (that she decided she didnt want), 2 granola bars, and some vanilla waffers. She said that she needed a big breakfast.

Rush, rush, rush to get ready for a doctors apt. to check out the large bump under Julia's arm. Rush, rush, rush and realize that you husband didnt fill up you tires with air and infomed you that it was very dangerous to drive. Panic, panic, panic! Prayer for safety to get to the doctor safely.

Whew! Made it! So then we waited and found out that her large lump that stayed with her for a month after she got bit by a spider and turned into a staff infection. So now we have to heat it up, give meds, and hope that it pops on its own or else get it popped on monday at the Dr. office. Great! But at least we know what it is...moving on!

Then we drive very carefully to Laura's house so that we can change the oil in my car. This has been planned for months and rescheduled...but hopefully today was the day! Not so much! Her jack didnt work worth jack! So we weeded her garden until it was time to be home for Maddelyn and we would attempt to do it at my house with the jack that I have used before and has worked.

We get to my house...move the garage mess...and start to look for the jack. We look high...we look low...no sign of the jack! Finally we give up all together and weed in my yard. We made plans to work on our lilac bushes, and grocery shop (because we are now dependant on one another to go together), and future plans once again to change my oil (because that needs to be done!) Then it is time for swimming....

Rush, rush, rush....and we are off! We get to the YMCA and all is well. I finally sit down and feel motivated to relax. 40 mins into swim class Maddelyn's teacher calls my name and lets me know that Maddelyn's not feeling well (Oh No! Not again!). I pull her out, and we wait the 5 minutes for Julia's class to end...and then we rush home. Cook dinner quick...eat...watch the family show Survivor...get the kids to bed...ahhhhhh.

Now, hope and pray that Maddelyn is not sick again! Because I cant do that anymore. I have got to reclaim my messy house...and my laundry room again. I dont want to hear "Do I have this this to wear" any more! (upside to hearing that is that I always know the answer...it is NO)

So today wasnt really a bad day...just one that nothing seemed to work out perfect. I had a fun day with Laura. It was nice to be productive and spend time with a good friend. Another good thing that is happening is that I am looking into finishing my AA degree. I am one quarter short and then I think I will be able to transfer to a school out here that does semesters. I think I want to do dental hygenie...if I can find a school around here that offers that. So I have some future plans laid out. And I will make a schedule for me to follow tomorrow so that I can get myself back on track. So not all is bad...just one of those days where you want to crawl back into bed and sleep through it!

Wrong again!

In my last post I said "there is nothing worse than feeling like you are going to puke but not being able too." I was wrong. After being sick, once again, last night I have changed my tune. And an added bonus is that Evan decided to stay home today because he is feeling ill. So the only healthy on in the house is 3 years old! Yikes! This is going to be a fun day.

Catch up...

Why is it that when a Mom gets sick the cleaning stops? My poor family has been going up and down with this flu like bug. Julia was hit the hardest with it, then I got it, and now Maddelyn. Hopefully Evan doesnt get it!

So I was able to get everything done for Evan's birthday...YAY! And then Sat. came and half way through the day I felt really yucky! And the day and night didnt get much better. Worst feeling in the world is feeling like you are going to puke and then not being able too. Well I did all the prep work for the birthday party but we went to the drive in so I didnt clean up after the party. And then I got sick and the dishes sat in the kitchen until today. More dishes piled up on top of them to boot. So today...since I am feeling better I finally got to wash them. But tonight I feel like throwing up again. Everything was so stinky! I wish that I had called in a maid to wash the pee out the sheets, to wash the dishes and maintain my home fore me while I was out. Why is it that the healthy one can do that for me? He did keep the kids out of my hair, which was nice! But throwing some dishes in the dish washer would have been ideal! I need to help my girls find husband that will do that for them when they are sick...I guess I better start taking applications! Hee hee!

I did get a lot done today, so now I am going to put my tired feet up! And rest a little bit. I need to take some excedrin and then lay down and hopefully feel better. I think Maddelyn will feel better too. Poor girl hates missing school...I would hate to have to miss 2 days in a row. And if she is feeling better maybe that means that I will get a good night sleep! :)

Evan's Birthday!

Well yesterday was a great day in the Lunt household. Evan turned 33 and we had a fun night with him. The girls and I made him a Techno crazed cake. He loved it! After a wonderful dinner and cake we went and say How To Train A Dragon at the drive in. This was a great night and Evan had a great birthday.

Just when you start getting somewhere...

I find that every time I decide that I am really going to get things together....something happens to derail me. Things were going great with getting the house clean, keeping up with the kids, my attitude was better, and overall I thought things were going good. So of course Julia starts throwing up last night! Poor baby! I took her with me to do Activity days and she was going to go with another mom so that I didnt have to worry about her. She throws up 4 times at the church before Evan was able to get there. And then kept throwing up all night long. She hardly got any sleep, which in return means I got hardly any sleep. However, I do feel somewhat energized...hopefully at 2:00 I feel the same way. So here is hoping I get all the things done that I need too.

So my poor sick little one wanted me so badly last night but I had to stay at the church (responsibilites and all). When I got home...she was passed off to me and everyone else went to bed. I told her that I was going to get her a drink of sprite and that I would be right back. But of course that didnt fly so I take her in set her on the counter and she starts puking...while she is puking I am trying to get her drink and it 2 liter squirts all over the room. So I left the mess and took care of her. Surprise everyone...all you stuff is sticky this morning!

So today I am going to make a cake from scratch...because fondant icing works better on a specific type of cake. So I have to get that done, laundry, clean up the upstairs of my house, and deep clean the basement part of our house. And then go around a wipe off all the areas that Julia might have touched. And dont forget I have to mop up the pop mess I made last night! I didnt get my scriptures read last night and I was thankful that I have been reading them in the morning as well...that way I didnt have to go a day without reading them. Despite the set back with the sick child I think today will be a productive day!

One day down!

So one day of trying to increase the Spirit in my home has been complete. I started my day reading the Book of Mormon (going to try to read it all in 6 months), and then played primary songs for everyone to wake up too. Started off kind of the same with cranky Julia, she doesnt like being woken up, and got better from there. Maddelyn got up, got ready, and could have left for school an hour early. There was no hair drama, fighting me to get ready and not play. It was all business. And she was pleasantly surprised that she was able to have so much play time before school when she got it all done at once.

I went to work out and I found that I had a great attitude (despite the lack of energy that I was feeling) I got in got a great work out in...even pushed myself a little bit with some sprints! I am pretty happy with how it is all falling together. Of course it wasnt perfect. I lost some momentum when I got done with my work out. And then got back into my cleaning and it started to pick up. I still need to work on keeping calm when it isnt all going as planned and not getting frustrated with them following me around making more mess in areas that I already cleaned.

But I feel that I am getting somewhere in making my home a happy home. I really want to set a standard for my family so they know the direction that they should go. I really like not having all the drama that comes with contention.

The most favorite moment of my day today was when Julia wanted to help me place the books back on the shelves after dusting. She was all about organizing them and putting them in the places that I wanted them to go. She kept saying "Oh I have more books in my room....just one second!" Such a little spit fire!