Life right now.

I am going to try and keep this little blog updated.  The reason I started blogging was to document our life for the kids.  So many little things happen that you forget and when I go back and read my blog I am so thankful for the things I recorded.  It's hard to keep up on everything so I'm not putting pressure on myself.  I am just trying to prioritize a little better and since my blog is important to me I am really going to try and post more often.  I don't think I had any idea how busy life gets the older your kids get.  We're getting pretty involved in our church and with the kids' sports/dance/piano and other activities, it keeps our calendar full.  When I think about all we have going on it really makes me appreciate the time I have with them at home.  If they weren't home with me homeschooling I wouldn't be able spend a lot of time with them.  So for that I am grateful.

I'm going to be working on updating my blog with a new banner but I did add some books I'm reading right now.  I just started a Bible study reading the book, Feminine Appeal.  Even though I am only a couple of chapters in, I totally recommend it.  It's really good so far and I think the timing is perfect in my life right now.  I am in a season of re-evaluating and re-prioritizing my life and the book has helped so far to examine where my heart is and my desires.  It has discussion questions in the back that are really good too. 

So, on my mind these days are priorities and Christmas!!  I don't know if those go together but it's what I've been thinking about.  And since I haven't even decorated for fall I figured I should shift gears and focus on Christmas.  I've gotten almost half of my shopping done for my kids which thrills me.  I am hoping to have my shopping done by the end of November so we can spend the month of December being together and remembering what the season is really about.  As the kids get older, I really want to teach them about giving to others and I've got a few ideas in my head of how we can do that this year.  One is to purchase gifts for the Madison House's Christmas party (my bro in law and sister's ministry).  I was telling the kids about it last night and I could tell the wheel's were turning.  I am excited to take them shopping to get gifts for others.  Abby has such a giving heart and has been asking lots of questions ever since.  She's thinking about her toys she can give away which makes me so happy.  Another thing we recently did was to fill out the Christmas kids interview our local newspaper does.  I filled one out for each of the kids in hopes that one of them will get drawn to be in the paper.  I hear it's a long shot but I thought we'd try!  I can't remember all their questions and answers but Sophie's really cracked me up.  It went something like this:

mom:  What does Santa put in Rudolph's stocking?

soph:  A build a bear?

mom:  If you could cook for Santa and Mrs. Claus, what would you make them?

soph:  Probably something good.....like chicken.

mom:  Why is Rudolph's nose red?

soph:  Because he colored it.

There were a couple more questions that I can't remember but it was just really funny the way she was talking and her little voice trying to answer these questions.  We talked about it at dinner that night and Dawson and Abby cracked up.  Just something I want to remember.  :)

Comments

[chrisanna]

I am so glad to see you blogging again. I love being able to peek into your life in this way. I need to be more consistent in my blogging as well. It is so important to me to record our life happenings for my kids. I really need to check into the book Feminine Appeal. I'm doing a bible study right now called Breathe, which has been really good. It will be ending in a few weeks, so maybe we'll start the one you're doing. Sounds great!