Family Christmas
Random Post While I Have Time
Our Christmas Tree. The bottom of the tree has to be free of ornaments since Lake thinks everything is a ball these days.
A Beautiful Soul
The Sleep Fairy
This blog carnival was started by MckMama. Be sure to click on the Not!Me! Monday link above to check out her site.
Watch out for the Flames!
Recently, we organized a team for the local K-Life Dodgeball Tournament. Hannah and her friends had a blast tie-dying their shirts and practicing for the big day. They wanted to look fierce, but it just didn't work. The Flames were the youngest team in the tournament, but they played their hardest. It was a great day to hang out together and develop friendships with good hearted children and their parents. I know Hannah may not always choose friends that I approve of, but for now I am blessed to have a child who isn't worried about cliques or popularity. She just wants to be friends with everyone and what more could a parent ask for?
The Meyer Family
Life's Blessings
I would be lying if I said having a third child was easy. Things are so much more hectic, there's more cleaning to be done, more laundry (you get the picture). Plus, with the kids age differences, it is often hard to find things to do as a family where everyone has a good time. Thanks to a chance happening of running across this particular blog, when there are millions out there, I have such a renewed sense of family and togetherness. How awesome is that?
Halloween and Fall Pics
Merdi's New Haircut
1st Not Me! Monday!
I have been reading a blog written by MckMama for about a month now. She does this post each Monday and I thought I would join in.
Here is my first Not Me! Monday!
I certainly did not pack my daughter's lunch with all things prepackaged. I am a much better mom than that and always plan ahead with healthy lunch options.
I would never let my 14 month old child wander the house so that I could get some things done and then I would have never asked my daughter to go find him. What kind of mom does not supervise her children at all times?
I definitely did not watch Lake fall off of the couch while he was napping and allow him to continue to sleep on the ground since he landed on a quilt.
Never would I just throw away some clothes with stains on them instead of taking the time to treat them. I know money does not grow on trees.
I can't believe some parents would pay their children off to do something. In no way did I tell my daughter I would pay her to get a haircut. I have more control over my children than that.
I did not accidently send Lake to the babysitter with the wrong sippy cup filled with day old milk that I found on the car floor. Being the good mom that I am, I knew which cup he started out with that morning and never left one in the car. Since I didn't really do this, I did not have to call the babysitter and ask her to please clean it out and give him fresh milk. That would have been embarrasing.
What things have you not done this last week?
October Update
I'll try to give a quick update on what has been happening. Lake is finally walking, although he prefers to crawl. He is becoming more independent and is into everything. I swear he will be right by me while I am doing something and when I turn around he is already up the stairs getting into things. He is still a happy baby and is starting to interact a lot more with his sisters. They think he is pretty cool. Lake had the flu about three weeks ago and the lingering cough and runny nose refuse to cease. Poor kid is so tired of having his nose wiped.
Meredith is in her second year of preschool. I decided to put her in the afternoon class to wean her from naps and boy have I made a mistake. She is fine at school, but 5:30 until bedtime at our house is a battle. It is hard to believe that someone so sweet and cute can turn into such a monster.
Hannah is liking third grade. She loves her teacher and continues to do well. She had an orthodontist appointment yesterday and her teeth are moving so quickly, they decided to tie off her palette expander and braces for the next eight weeks.
Hope all is well with everyone. Enjoy the pictures!