I am having a hard time posting, because I keep thinking of other things to do while online. Also, I get sidetracked a lot (ravelry & facebook, I am looking at you here). And then there's the "not home" factor.
That whole label "Stay At Home Mom" is very misleading. Very. Take today, for example. Today I took kids to school. I dropped off my art project packet and picked up next month's packet. I ate breakfast in the car, because it takes me 25 minutes to make a roundtrip from the school to my house, and Walker's 7th grade class had a class choice counseling session that I was invited to attend. That took almost an hour. Right now I'm home, and I've eaten lunch here (nice and calm, thank you). My afternoon looks like this: pick up Walker about 2:30. Stop at the bank & deposit $$. Drive home. Pick up Hyrum about 3:30. There are a lot of other errands/duties included in this day, but everything else can be done from home. Still, though, if I figure out how much time I was at home today, it is significantly less than the hours my kids are at school.
In other news, my in-laws are buying a house 10 minutes away from us. Hooray for grandparents!! They're actually within a 10-minute walk from Walker's school, which is cool. They'll be back and forth between here and their other house for a while, but I am excited to have them close enough to invite to dinner once a month or so.
February was the month of visits- my in-laws were here, taking care of some house business. My SIL Emily drove up with her 3 kids to spend their spring break with us, which was fun and chaotic and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. BIL Nate and his family came up to see them, and we all got a chance to visit. I'm glad that my kids have cousins that are close enough, geographically, to be friends as well as relatives. My sister Emily drove out with her family, and because she was here, my sister Melissa drove down with her family and spent a few days at my parents' house. We were able to spend an evening with them, and let the kids reacquaint themselves. Like I said, lots and lots of visiting was accomplished. Thank you February, for having nice traveling weather for all of us.
Walker's school, like I mentioned earlier, is talking to his grade about next year's class schedule, and giving some counseling on which electives to add to the core classes. He opted for Band (still playing the tuba), and FACS (Family & Consumer Science). I understood the band choice, but wondered out loud about the other class. He told me that he "likes sewing and cooking stuff." Then he grinned and added that he and a friend decided there would be lots of girls in that class. He is not old enough to be thinking this!!! Today's counseling thing was good, though. It is interesting for me to watch my child figure out what he is interested in, what he's good at, and what new things he wants to try. He amazes me.
Morgen entered her school's science fair in January, competed in February, and was able to compete on the State level this past week. I took her down to BYU to set up her project the night before, then she rode the bus with the other Wasatch County students who were competing. They spent the morning presenting their projects to the judges. After lunch, there were other activities- walks, rock-climbing- until the awards ceremony. Since she's in 5th grade, she is too young to advance to the National level, but she had a wonderful time. I was pretty proud of her. She came up with the experiment on her own, then had her dad help her set everything up and record her data. And this Saturday she'll be auditioning for a part in "The Sound of Music." It's a big time commitment, so I'm not sure if I want her to make it or not!
Hyrum has been playing basketball on our street with some of the other neighborhood boys. He loves sports, and I'm glad he has friends here. A few weeks ago he called me from school to tell me he'd stapled his finger. Apparently one prong went into the pad of his left index finger. Mr Hardy (the school principal) had to use a pair of pliers to yank it out. He was fine, but he wanted me to know. I found out later that he spent the rest of the day teasing his cousin Madison, who is in his class, by touching the stapler and waiting for her to scold him. He's still taking karate, and really enjoys the sparring.
Jared & Walker spent last weekend measuring our yard. I got to be the scribe. We're planning to put in a sprinkling system, and he wanted exact measurements so he can draw up a watering plan. We know where we want to put the garden, and where we'll build our deck (but probably we won't be building 'till next year). He's also gotten his truck fixed, which will be helpful when he's transporting all the sprinkler pipe.
I've been listening to podcasts lately- Dave Ramsey for financial stuff, Sticks and String for knitting info, and Stuff You Missed in History Class for entertainment purposes. I also get the General Conference podcast from my church. I like having interesting listening material- it makes knitting more interesting, and driving or doing chores a bit less dreary.
That's about all the life events.
Gratitude List:
* Healthy kids and husband
* plenty of food and clothing
* good schools, good teachers, good neighbors
* God
* good music
(have to pick W up at school now, so I'm ending quickly)
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