Zach was put down for a nap and Keagan is still up.. he is playing with all the toys that Zach hoards when he’s up. I really think if it weren’t for Zach, Keagan could easily play for hours alone.. but Zach robs him of his toys.. I scold him.. he gives it back but by then Keagan isn’t happy.
I would be remiss to not share this picture of a weed J but I took it on auto and am loving auto.. but I tried to get a good shot composition wise..
Jiggity jig!
While visiting elsewhere is wonderful there is something about sleeping in your own bed.. even waking up with muscles still sore from lugging 100lbs of luggage through an airport.. I still loved sleeping in my bed.
The weekend was freaking fantabulous! I don’t even know if I can go into detail on the whole thing .. it went way to fast though! I loved seeing my old friends and making new ones. I got nothing done at the retreat but have not one care about it. I didn’t spend ANY money on myself at the mall of American (aside from letter stickers at Archivers which doesn’t count to me since I can do that at home..) Oh I did have a chocolate buddy.. Cindy & I splurged on Godiva.. though she wasn’t impressed I just really like it.. I like the different flavors they offer.. I got the boys things.. and even stole something from Terri to give to Keagan.. which he LOVES by the way.. oh and I got him an eyeball ball.. the kind that has an eyeball that rolls around in it.. and lights up when it lands or hits something.. he loves that but it’s already missing to the dark corners of the living room somewhere.. I will probably have to move the couch to find it!
Zach figured out his puzzle, it is a train that whistles when the last piece is put in.. well he just pulls once piece out and puts it back in.. I’d be upset except it took him a half a second to put the whole thing together the first time he saw it.. the kid is genius.. and that’s not just mom talking!
Kyle loved his bracelet and other little things I got him.. but it was more about the approval to get a cell phone yesterday that won him over. While I was gone Tony told him to get his butt on a bike and get to school.. which I laugh since I get up and lug two babies out the door to get him to and from school each day.. but it was one of the small things that made me giggle. Kyle was more than willing he’s been bugging to do it for quite some time but I am a bit overprotective on that end. It is about 1.5 miles each way and honestly 6 miles a day on a bike probably isn’t a bad thing for a kid.. a little exercise and will help with BMX somewhat. Austin rides .5 mile each way as well. At any rate we gave in to “peace of mind” and got cell phones for the boys. With limits and the instruction that Kyle is to text msg me each day when he gets to school and leaves.
Side note: I honestly am not a big advocate of kids with cell phones, I’m usually on the side against.. I think it *can* remove parents from the loop on who’s who in “friend-land” However living in Vegas it is a little different.. if we were in Michigan there is no way they’d have them as they get on a bus and get off.. if they go somewhere I know where they are and since most play areas were someone’s backyard it was never an issue to get a hold of them. Now with large public parks that don’t have phones and the worry that he gets to/from school each day at his age (I had a little more faith in Austin to not talk to strangers and his ride is shorter and on the same block we live on) At any rate they have them and I feel like I crossed over to the dark side…
Ok back to my weekend.. I loved it and liked having girlfriends near and not via internet or phone.. I liked chatting late at night with Cindy about how messed up our boys are going to turn out (jokingly) because of us.. I liked book talk with Terri.. I loved the talk at the retreat and having other mom’s who could understand the dynamics of my blended family relationships.. I loved meeting Michelle in person since I have a few months of overage charges on my cell phone from her ;)
I’m lovin’ my new Nikon D60…I haven’t gotten a good shot on manual but isn’t this awesome for auto?
Today’s prompt from My Freedom is to discuss whether you prefer time to move fast or slow.. how do you want your pace of life to be? I think I am every human who always wants what they don’t have. I’m not sure why that is human nature but it is just seems a rare occasion to like what you have and enjoy it. How many times do you sit and think it’s so hot and wish it were cooler out, then when winter comes it’s too cold and you long for summer.. the cliché the grass is always greener on the other side is universally understood for a reason. My life moves as I will it to.. when it is going fast and there is something going on every moment it’s because I have said yes to those things, I have the will and power to say no I don’t want to attend something or I can reschedule things that aren’t urgent, but I choose not to and thus wind up in a sprint for that time.. and when I do opt out of festivities or prefer the long hours of catching up on my favorite television shows it’s because I choose to.. I am choosing the slow marathon of life.. not worried about those running fast by as I’ll catch up.. but this doesn’t answer the question.. how do I prefer my pace of life? I prefer to think of the pace of life as a triathlon. Different units of life require different approaches, speeds and exertion. I like the variety, I appreciate each leg in it’s part, and as it’s part of the whole.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
and sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
and looked down one as far as I could
to where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
and having perhaps the better claim
because it was grassy and wanted wear;
though as for that, the passing there
had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
in leaves no feet had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference
Today’s My Freedom blog prompt was to share a poem that inspired us.. this poem is one of my favorites. I first read it in high school and loved it immediately. The thought of being noble perhaps, but as I grew.. if you’ll forgive the sentimental overtone.. my relationship with this poem grew. I definitely have had my share of forks in the road and choices that needed to be made and I feel I often took the road less traveled, it has been hard at times.. especially to fight off the bitterness when others took what I felt was the ‘easy’ road and I see that their life has worked out fine. But at the end I will quietly savor knowing that I stayed true to myself and that’s what really matters.
So… two weeks from today I’ll be checking into a motel for a girls weekend with my two gal-pals. I am getting excited and nervous (first time away from both babies overnight)
Here’s prompt 3 and I’m caught up with the blogging! :D
What’s in your suitcase? What are travel necessities?
Currently in my scrapbook suitcase are some kits I need to take to my gal-pals who are attending a scrapbook retreat with me at the end of this month. The rest are empty and anxiously awaiting to be filled for this retreat. Before kids I was a great packer and rarely forgot anything. Now I pretty much travel knowing that I will get to a destination and on average 3 things will have been left behind. This topic is actually pretty ironic on timing as on my to-do list today is to make a list of what I need to pack/do before leaving. Like making sure cell phones and media players are charged and make sure I pack chargers for the long weekend, packing my scrapbook supplies and photos.. my camera and so on. Hopefully I get this off my to-do list today along with the other million things on it………
What is your 1 item you can’t travel without? Mine’s my cell phone.
Tuesday’s Prompt was: if you could travel in time for just one day, where would you go and what would you do?
I honestly am stumped. I’d love to do so much, I think of going back and reliving a “good” day with special people in my life who are now either passed on or just at difficult points.. and I think of going way back in time and seeing what life really was like in Victorian times.. or maybe I’d go ALL the way back and see how life and the world as we know it really started.. ooh maybe I’d go find out what Stonehenge really means! Maybe I’d be sentimental and go back to my childhood to feel safe and secure again without adult worries or responsibilities.. or maybe I should go back and stand up for myself when I didn’t originally. It’s hard to pick just one place or day, right now I’m so tired from DS not sleeping through the night I think I’d choose to go back to when I used to sleep through the night , on a day I didn’t need to get up with the alarm..
What would you do?
Here’s the first prompt, it’s to show a photo from the photo prompt.. which was time & travel.
Here’s my time photo.. it’s of my cable box.. the time I look at most as I’m a HUGE TV fan :D I love television, I love my DVR and that I rarely miss a moment of my favorite shows.
So I signed up for a Shimelle class :D It’s call My Freedom.. it has prompts daily for blogging and I’m going to try to do these.. it also has photography prompts and well who knows what else yet as it just started Monday. So far I’m three days behind L But that changes today! I am blogging along so here I go..
First Catchup J
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