On Many Things

We now have a basketball player and two little cheerleaders in the house.
Emily is playing basketball. Audrey & Sarah are cheering.
I bet you had a hard time figuring that out.

cheer

Monday after Christmas I threw my back out.
I could blame it on old age and not the fact that I hurt it moving Sarah’s
play kitchen. But that would not be telling the truth.
I had back surgery several years ago and about once a year it goes out.
The simplest of things can throw it out of whack.
Sneezing, coughing or just walking.
It’s still hurting and my hips are giving me fit from walking crooked for a couple days.
But its getting there.

I had to go to the dentist today. I very much so dislike going to the dentist.
I went in to have a permanent crown put on. You’d think that would be
a rather simple procedure. Nope. Stupid roots.
It took three shots for my mouth/gums to get numb.
Thank goodness for “laughing gas”

glasses

I got a new pair of glasses this week too. I broke my other ones in half trying to “fix” them.
It’s taking a while to get used to these. But I can see. And that makes me happy.

books

Sarah and I stopped by the library tonight after we left practice.
Sarah has not been to the library in about two years. She had lots of
questions while we were there. And was surprised that we did not have
to buy the books. And that we could get as many as we wanted.
When Emily & Audrey were this age we went once a week for story time.
I promised Sarah I would take her to story time next week.

Keep your eyes open, I’ll be having a giveaway next week.
I’ll give you a hint.
Vera. Bradley.

Sickness & Linky Links

flower-david (2 of 2)

This has been a week! I hate to wish my life away, but I am so glad its almost over.

Today we started round three of the throw up bug. It started with Sarah, then on to Emily and now it’s Audrey’s turn.

To be honest, I blamed Sarah and Emily’s sickness on other things because they were so different. I thought Sarah was just dehydrated since she ran a fever and only got sick a couple times.

Emily on the other hand, no fever, stomach pains and was feeling some better after a couple hours. I thought maybe she just had an upset tummy.

Audrey, bless her heart, has been laying around all day. She has started running a fever with hers too but I’m beginning to think that it is due to lack of fluids.

Being a momma is hard. Especially when you have to clean up vomit. HA!

 

So, other than the sickness this week we are still enjoying our time off from school. I’ve been clicking & saving ideas on things I want to do over the next couple of weeks and thought I’d share a couple of them.

A List of Links

  • One of my favorite blogging mommas just posted a tutorial on how to make a simple canvas. Can’t wait to make this.
  • I actually made one of these tonight but plan to stick to the tutorial tomorrow. HA! The cutest headband ever.
  • I’ve been wanting to make these pickles since I saw the post a couple weeks back. Hoping to finally get to it next week.
  • These little happy girls are the cutest things ever. Would make great a great accessory for a gift bag.
  • Wish I had a can of cinnamon rolls in the fridge so I could make these in the morning.

Slowly Letting Go

Must we really start letting go so stinkin’ early? Seriously? Yep, ‘fraid so. {sigh}

I have issues with worry and fear. Being, I do it a lot. Especially when it comes to the girls. I always have, and while I don’t always want to deal with this, I’m pretty certain I will. {yes, I know it’s wrong, don’t judge me *giggle*}

David and I talk in great length about this thing called…………..letting go. For me, it is not-so-much the I want them with me every single minute of the day thing or I don’t want them to grow up………. it’s letting them do things I don’t necessarily feel comfortable letting them do. Mainly, because I won’t be there to watch every thing they do and to make sure nothing happens. ‘Cause I’m super Momma y’all and I can prevent tragic things from happening………..it’s my super power. HA!

What brought on the latest discussion was the girls went swimming without us. *gasp* {first time ever without one of us going with them} When they were asked, I wanted to say no, I mean, they might get hurt, hit their head and fall into the pool for Pete’s sake. But we said yes. And I worried. Even though I knew they were as safe with this family as they would have been with us.

Doing little things like this {and leaving them while I go away with my sweetie} I think, prepares them for when they get older, helps them to become more responsible. And it’s a good thing. Just a hard thing.

Now that the girls are older, we are looking into a summer camp for them, and while it’s not overnight, I’m still having a hard time. And yes, y’all can laugh at me……… it’s within 15 minutes of my house. I’d already looked at it, convinced myself it was too much, and didn’t even bring it up to David. I had no idea he was looking into camp until he told me what he was thinking. My first thought was, well maybe I can participate somehow.  And it hit me, they do not want me around 24 hours a day, they do not need me around 24 hours a day. I have got to start letting them go now not-so-much for me, but for them.

And I will.
No matter how hard it is.

Do you struggle with this? You moms with older kids any advice?