A long day off

Ahhhhh!!! This is what this mother says when there is not school for a week. It is only Tuesday and the kids are already at each other and my nerves are getting shorter and shorter. I am so happy to have some of there friends coming over today but if they can not ship into shape we might have some really sad kids. Why is it whenever we finally get sometime to spend with each other it ends up with someone crying and mommy wanting to lock myself in a room. I love these kids more than life itself but man somedays I think I need a day off.  

Who knew a massage would feel so good.

OK so my husband gave me a gift certificate for a massage last year and I just never used it. I finally decided that I was going to use it today and it was the best choice I could have made. I have only had a pregnancy massage before this and did not know what to expect. So nerves me went in and she asked her questions and said OK get comfortable. So I did. Still not sure what to expect I was not that comfortable. Well she was so nice and since I hurt so much it did not take long to get comfortable. Time went by so fast and everything was so relaxed. I don't know why I did not use it earlier. Well I decided that I needed to make another appointment for next month. Not sure if this is going to be a habit but I definitely will not let so much time go between visits. If you can get over the uncomfortableness of having a stranger touch you, you can really enjoy it. It was definitely my mommy treat for the month. Every mom needs a treat.

A day in the life a mom

So what does a mom do everyday. Lets see we sit around on the couch eating bonbons and watching soaps. What that isn't what we do. Well no you are right. I love being a mom and everything it brings into my life everyday. From doing laundry and washing dishes. Then folding laundry and putting it away, then putting dishes away. That alone is a never ending battle. Then there is forgotten violins and permission slips, doctors appointments and playdates. There is cleaning up after there messes and finishing homework with them. Feeding everyone dinner and hoping they actually eat it. All of these things make a day crazy, but this is what a mother lives for. Everyday is unique and wonderful in its own way. Even on the bad days where you want to pull your hair out you are still thankful to be a mother. You put those sweet children to bed and they look up at you and tell you they love you and need hugs and kisses and say that you are the best mommy ever and it just makes it all worth it. Then you go to bed crash and wake up the next day to start all over again.

Why so different?

I always laugh when anyone tries to compare kids. I have 3 wonderful beautiful different children. My daughter is a little brain who is very serious and does not understand always what a since of humor is (which is hard for me because I dont understand how you cant have one). Lucas my first born son is very quiet and does not need to say much but when he does he knows what he is talking about. Then there is Parker my baby. Well he is a bundle of energy and loves to be with mommy. He questions everything and wants to know what everything means. Each one of my children came from me and my husband but each one is so different. They all like different colors and have different favorite foods. Yes there are some things that are the same but how do I compare them when they each will do different things? I don't I look at them as each there own person. I love that they are different and they each do there own thing. So celebrate being different!! I never want them to feel like they have to live up to one or the other. I am so glad to have three different bundles of rice.

Trying something new

Ok I am thinking about trying this whole blog thing. I am not sure if I will be good at it or if there really is anything that people would want to read but I am willing to try it. I guess I will start off telling you all a little about me. I am a mother of 3 wonderful children and a wife to my loving husband of 10 years. I meet my husband at college and the funny thing is I did not even like him when I meet him. But God knew that he was the man for me. It did not take long to know that this was the man for me. We were married on December 16th 2000. We had our first child in May of 2002, a daughter. Alexis is a 8 year old of wonder. I wonder everyday how she came from us. In September of 2004 we had our first son, Lucas. He is a amazing little boy who looks at life in a wonderful way. Our last son was born October of 2006. He was born on my birthday and we share so much it is scary. Through all the changes that have happened in the ten years my husband and I have been together I would not trade any of them. Even though they are hard and some are scary it would mean also trading all the good things too. You have to take the bad with the good and I am ok with that. I have been a stay at home mom since my daughter was born and love that every minute. This year I have started to work as a substitute teacher at our local nursery school. It has been a change but we can use the money and I can use the time out even if it is only a couple of hours. We have had a lot of challenges the last couple of years with health and family but we have been working on it. This year we came into new challenges and that has added new stress but we look to God to help us through it no matter what gets thrown our way. I will blog more about details about the issues but for now I think I will leave it at that. Well lets see what else to tell you about me. I like to sew, hike, ride my bike and sleep. However the last one is my favorite, lol. Ok I think that is enough about me for now. I look forward to sharing with you all about what I learn and hope to entertain you a little.