Carpool Lane - a mystery

So, the school sent home 'directions' on how the carpool 'kiss and go' works at the end of the school day.
1. Put a sign on your dash with your last name.
(I did that - I don't think anyone noticed. None of the other cars have one either.)
2. Please observe the sign that says "right turn only" out of the parking lot.
(I checked today - there IS no sign and we all still turned left...)
3. If you are going to park in the parking lot, please stay parked until the kiss and go line is finished.
(Someone pulled out from a parked spot right in front of me today.)

The list of rules continues, and I didn't see any change in the actual kiss and go line this week. I have heard many a complaint from moms at other schools about this same subject, but right now, the parents at our school have no excuses. We were just instructed on every detail of the procedure. What kind of example are we setting for the kids if we refuse to disobey the rules? (Not that the kids read our letter - but it is a weird irony.)

Just a little venting... ahhh.....

Where did the cooties go???

My son.... ah, the tender age of six.

He came home last week and when I asked what he did at school that day, he informed me that he and his best friend Henry chased a girl, Presley, around the playground during recess. Mmmm... if that doesn't make you proud of sending your child to school - what does??? That was the highlight of the day apparently.

Yesterday I got a nice update from the boy. He got into the van quite excitedly in the carpool lane saying he had news to announce. Again, I being the silly mama, thought it might, just might be about something scholastic. Wrong again.

Presley announced to Alex and Henry that she is in love with them. I asked Alex what he thought about that - crazy, great, not good... etc. He told me that he thought it was nice. I agreed, saying that it is nice when people love us. That is when he told me that he told her that he loves her too. What??? What happened to boys and girls having cooties??? Six year olds - in "love" really???

On one hand I love not hearing how girls are gross - but this was unexpected so soon too. Boy! Looking forward to the rest of the school year! yee haw

Too much stuff

So, today I took on the project of moving the baby to her own room and moving our daughter from that room by our master bedroom into the new 'big girl' room. Basically we are putting our 2 and 4 year old girls in the same room. I just finished painting the big girl room to a neutral color (it was blue from when the boy was in there) - and the baby needs to start sleeping in her own room because that arrangement isn't working for anybody!

Wowza! The girls have too much stuff! I can barely FIT all their junk (for lack of a better word) in that room! I completely emptied the closet to better assess and organize. I'm so glad I did! There was a surprising amount of junk in there to toss, to put away in other parts of the house, and to give away. Still, after all that, I have baby dolls and doll clothes, and barbies and a bunch of other stuff that has yet to find a 'home' in there.

How in the world did we accumulate SO much??? I am realizing today that basically - the whole house needs to be gone through. From the coat closet to the linen closet and everywhere in between. Don't get me wrong - we are blessed for sure and not in great need, and for that I am thankful - but perhaps we can bless others with some of our overflow!

PS: the girls went down for a nap - and I already had to seperate one of them due to talking. Hopefully betime will be a bit smoother!

Quiet Please.....

Have you ever been in a minivan with four kids? If not, let me fill you in: it can get a bit loud. Singing, fighting, competition to tell the parent(s) up front the latest news, stories, exclamations of a first seen bulldozer/plane/bird..... and the list of noise goes on.

Today as we were driving to the school my four year old shouted over us all trying to get us to be quiet. We settled down and I asked her what the matter was. She said that God was talking to her and she was trying to hear what He was saying.

(Awww... hello!)

So after a few moments of silence (I wasn't sure how long it would last), I asked her what God was telling her. She said she didn't know.

She never figured out what God was trying to tell her, but her mom learned a lesson. There are times I need to shout over all the noise in my life to listen to what God is telling me - even if I don't catch it on the first try.

Baby Chef

I am so proud of my 'baby' girl! Our 2 year old helped me make dinner the other night. She was sooo proud and so happy to help with the salad. Pictures say a thousand words... so this blog is short. Just enjoy the pics!

four cutest things in the world

1: My six year old son playing Yahtzee with his dad and bragging that his numbers look like "grown-up writing".

2: The way my four month old is getting so big, yet still fits in my arms like a little living doll. She is s snuggler and so amazingly adorable.

3: The way my 2 year old demands a kiss and hug "in her bed" each night. You can kiss her in the livingroom, the hall - her own bedroom, but nothing counts with her unless you do it "in her bed" ie: sitting on her bed while she is tucked in.

4: The way my 4 year old daughter stares at herself for what seems like hours after putting her potato-head earrings on her own ears. She is definitely ALL girl.

Okay, those are just the cutest things today.... but what can I say, I'm in love with my fam!

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