we went out to dinner at a local italian restaurant last week & the girls got all dolled up in their finest footwear....which for them means knee socks...they LOVE knee socks...
so adorable....
& as for this week...i've been doing a lot of this:
& just in case you wondered...i ate them all...lol
happy tuesday!!
xoxo
gi
we all had so much fun yesterday...
trick or treating and then a big party at a friend's home...where we learned how to play the "doughnut game"...my kids were ALL over that one! lol!!!
an absolute perfect way to spend halloween :)
hope you are having a great weekend!
xoxo
gi
this morning...
for the first time...
"i a pre-schooler mommy!"
thanks for all of your encouragement & support & friendship over the past week as i get all misty about my little ones growing up way too fast...today was VERY QUIET without all the wee ones running amok around the house.....but i did run 3 miles...and i could do it straight through without having to pop off to run up the basement steps every 10 minutes to referee a fight about which dinosaur is which or dole out teddy grahams....so it was productive :)
happy tuesday to you too!!
xoxo
gi
well...it has happened...
school has started for the kennedy clan...& for the first time ever, i will be all by my lonesome 2 days a week for 2 hours...& let me tell you....i'm actually pretty surprised by my reaction to it (& it doesn't even really start till next week when tater starts on tuesday! lol)
i always thought i'd be totally fine w/ them going off & on their way...growing up & out from under my feet...i figured i would wave, smile at that departing school bus & then maybe go for a run, enjoying the cool fall mornings...i could maybe actually drink a cup of coffee...sit & read...maybe create some stuff i've always wanted to try...cook dinner on a regular basis...maybe be like one of those women on the cleaning product commercials with a spotless house, sitting waiting for the next spot of dust to fall..
but dude...i'm totally lost w/o the chaos...
what the heck????
i think the whole thing came crashing down for me on tuesday at Kindegarten orientation when we were walking to meet ry's new teacher & i reached down for him to take my hand & he looked up & said..."i don't need to hold your hand"
it didn't hit me until midnight that night..."he didn't want to hold my hand...he didn't want to hold my hand??? IS IT OVER??? WILL HE NEVER HOLD MY HAND ANYMORE????" (this was followed by lots of sobbing & tears & all sorts of meladramatics)...let me tell you...mike is having a chuckle at my expense...assuring me: "he isn't moving out & getting an apartment tomorrow gi! he was just being a big boy going to his classroom...THAT IS A GOOD THING! that means you've done a good job! he'll hold your hand again...you women are crazy! go to sleep!"
& it is true...i'm a nut...i fully admit to this...
i remember when the kids were little, people always used to come up to me at the market, in the mall, target, wherever & see me w/ the 3 little crazies & go "oh! don't YOU have your hands full!" & i would always say "better full than empty!" & give them a big grin...inside totally angered & defensive that what i perceived as such a blessing & such wonderful part of my life, my 3 crazy & close together children, were being perceived as some kind of burden...something that a stranger would have to come up to me & kinda be all "oh you poor thing"...that used to piss me off...it wasn't like i was slurping down scotch in the cereal aisle or anything you know? i mean come on...
but yes...my kids do drive me insane at times...this is indeed true...lol...so why the heck am i all freaking out that they will be off & occupied & having fun? they come back all brimming with smiles, so proud of themselves, learning new things, taking on new challenges...i'm bursting at the seems, proud of them...but it just seems as tho it is all going so fast sometimes & i'm just not ready or i start to kick myself b/c i didn't get to drink up enough of the crazy wonderfulness that, yes, it is exhausting & frustrating & unbelievably so much more difficult than i ever imagined it, but darnit, it has been the most amazing part of my life thus far...life changing...life transforming in so many ways...& times like these make me feel that part of it has vanished before my very eyes & i don't remember it enough...parts are missing...i didn't take enough pictures, didn't write down enough...UGH! like i said, i could just kick myself...
it is just slipping through my fingers all the time...
but i know...this too shall pass...i mean really, talk to me at the end of next week after i've had those 2 mornings child free & maybe i will have accomplished something & enjoyed my time, i'll probably be cracking up at this post...lol
but in the meantime...i'm trying to drink up every.single.second.....
enjoy
enjoy
enjoy....
happy thursday to you too :)
xoxoxoo
gi
p.s...& btw...ryan DID indeed hold my hand again...yesterday while we were in the market parking lot...& you know i tried to memorize in my head the exact feeling of his little hand in mine...i hope i still get lots more times still :)
* we went for a family picnic at the park on wednesday night...kelly climbed to the top of the spiderweb!
* kelly & ryan learned to fingerknit...made super cute bookmarks for grandmom & grandad
* chilly mornings have started already...which translates to a freezing cold pool...lol
* we made homemade pizza dough together...absolutely delicious...kelly made procuitto "hair" & a mozzarella cheese nose & mouth on mike's
* michael phelps totally inspired the nation with his 8 gold medals...especially that nudge at the wall to win the 100m butterfly...it was awesome to see the kids cheering "GO MICHAEL PHELPS!" at the TV...now both ryan & kelly swim freestyle so they can be just like him
* ryan went to grandmom & grandad's for the weekend (heard he cried the first night b/c he didn't have his special music "i should have bbbbbrought my own CD"....such a tender hearted little nutjob he is)
* the girls missed him terribly while he was gone, actually right after he got in grandmom's car to go & we got on the highway to come home kelly said "mommy...i miss ryan already"...of course kate followed up with "i donna miss my browther!"
* on rainy friday i made some little blankets & pillows (kelly sewed one of the pillows :) for the girl's groovy girls dolls...really so much fun...definitely have a fabric obsession now
* we found a new little friend, who kelly promptly dubbed "rocky", in the front yard...such a cute little baby garter snake...kelly, particularly, really fell in love with him (update...we released rocky back into the "wild" this week...kelly shed a lot of tears but agreed it was for the best & we found him a great spot to live in our garden so he can stay out of danger of those mean blue jays :)
see rocky in there? right by his rock, of course :) he really is a cute little bugger...God speed little guy :)
my little tip/technique went up yesterday on onelittleword...hope you like it :)
have a happy thursday!!
xoxo
gi
* i think we may be watching too much Miami Ink lately....see above :)...ryan & kate opened up a tattoo parlor on my kitchen table the other day...their specialty was ostriches (yeah...i know...ostriches????) & space scenes
* some advice for myself: working & chatting with your friends in Australia & New Zealand may make you jump ahead a day of the week & hence, you will show up for the reading bug program at the library a day early...listen to your daughter, Kelly, who obviously can properly read a calendar
* speaking of the Aussie/Kiwi posse...check out tamar's blog for some tarisota sneaks...omgosh...seriously...GORGEOUS!!!!! & a sneak of my mini book is up there!!!! eeeekkk!!!!
* i am in love with farm fresh sweet corn & more specifically, Tyler Florence's corn chowder made by me using the fresh corn & baby potatoes from our local farms, actually everything i used in the recipe aside from the pantry items was from our local farms....yeah..i'm a big fan of supporting my local community...makes me SO happy :)
ok...now back to my tari box!! got a tiny book done last night & finished up another layout this morning...have some more ideas in my head that need to get out :) but first we have to hit the library for the reading bug (the CORRECT day this time...lol) & the market for some yeast...we are making homemade pizza today!!! geez i'm going to weigh 800 pounds by Christmas...lol!!!
happy friday!! thursday!!!!
xoxoxo
gi
good stuff #1: the goodies that janice from paper valise donated to my class came in today...
ooooooh my.........
i swear i held my breath the whole time as i went through all the stuff she sent for my students...
SO generous...SO gorgeous...
ooooh i'm getting excited to teach this class :)
good stuff #2: seeing kate's little chubby, strong legs & then ryan's long, skinny legs next too mine as we stretched on the living room floor this morning after i ran...it was so cool...for a second i just stopped & just took note of those little legs...so cute, i know i'm going to blink & they are going to be going to college..i just know it...
good stuff #3: actually got to run this morning...only had to yell up the basement stairs 2 times for them to stop going crazy but i got up off of my lazy butt & ran...now if i can just stop eating that entire bag of kettle cooked potato chips i'd be good...lol
good stuff #4: finding magic tree house #2 for ryan, the grouchy ladybug for kate & utterly me clarice bean for kelly at the library & picking up harry potter #1 for me (no i haven't read it yet...yes i know i'm lightyears behind the times)
good stuff #5: chicken, grape & celery salad for lunch....mmmmmmmm....'nuff said :)
hope there is lots of good stuff in your wednesday too!!!!
xoxoxo
gi
kells bells: do you want to play pet shops with me?
ry boy: yeah! let me just go get some dinosaurs
k.b.: no! no dinosaurs!!! they will scare them!!!
r.b.: c'mon....just a LITTLE bit of dinosaurs???
k.b.: ry! but we are playing PET SHOPS!!!
r.b.: c'mon kelly...i'll bring a plant eater...
yeah....he's ALL about the dinosaurs....LOL!!!
totally makes me smile....
my little boy
who scored a goal at soccer today! shhhhhh...just don't tell him that the whistle already blew for the end of quarter :)
happy weekend!!!!
xoxoxo
gi
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