S Club Mama

Bible Study... I'm going through Mission of Motherhood with my friend Sarah right now, and I'm loving it!  I love the book, I love sharing it with Sarah, I love learning more about being the parent God wants me to be. Memory Verse... A gentle answer deflects anger, but harsh words make tempers flare. Proverbs 15:1 Husband Encouragement...   ♥ No complaining ♥ No yelling when we argue ♥ Have supper (mostly) made when he gets home & I head to the gym ♥  Made him some heart hand-prints for his desk at work from the kids & me Train Them Up...   * Be intentional and pay attention. I'm always telling Moose to focus and pay attention but I don't often. I don't know what they're doing in the other room, so get off my tush and go see, go explore with them. Personal Goals...   * Not skip my runs this week. Last week was awful for that. New Habit of the Month... Breakfast Devotional with the kids (separately since they eat breakfast at different time...

The morning started out by cuddling with my youngest in bed (well, more sleeping than cuddling but you know it was cozy). We exchanged coupons (provided by my MOPS) we had filled out for one another. Moose got a small box of chocolates and we bought a large one for ourselves. I also broke out the Text-and-Learn I won from Dee just before Christmas (I was saving it for his birthday...but couldn't hold out that long). *He LOVES it!* Poor Squirt got jipped this Valentine's Day. Not only did he not get any chocolate or cards...nothing, the poor guy ran a fever most of the day. He slept most of the morning; only had about an ounce of formula before church. During church, he slept most of it. While holding him as he was crabby, I noticed he was running a fever. At home it topped out at 102.6. After some Tylenol and more (and more and more) sleep, it was down in the lower 100s and 90s. He ate maybe close to a jar of food and about 6 ounces of water (tinged with juice). Right now, he...

I'm not really stuck back in December (although if you listen to our bedtimes songs, you may disagree), but rather, am looking forward to the next major holiday - the dreaded Valentine's Day. I don't remember any Valentine plans in high school. If I had any, they probably included a bad boy and cheap meal or my best friend and a lot of beer. Both probably had their ups and downs but nothing spectacular stands out. Big A is a romantical fellow. He used to write me notes in class. When we were apart for a summer, we wrote one another every day (and mailed them weekly to save on moolah). He's written me poems, even. Check out pictures from this spectacular Valentine's Day 2007. Oh yes, it's been a lovely ride for me in this relationship. The last few years have been filled, not with dates or romance, but a card (sometimes funny, sometimes semi-cheesy) and maybe a movie after the kid was in bed. Not what every teenager thinks when they think of married V-Days. At l...