Saturday my little man requested a "Fun Family Day". So of course we had to oblige. Since my little guy likes planes, we took him to the airport where there's a cafe, and had a delicious lunch looking out on the airport as the planes came and went. Afterwards we took the kids out to the picnic area so they could see the planes from there. It was so fun seeing my little guys face light up whenever the planes came in and took off. Of course now he went from wanting to be a fireman to a pilot. I told him he could totally do both!
And then, while the boys went shoe browsing... The girls were stylin in some hats ;-)
Sooo Coool ;-)
Why who could it be?.......
So after plane watching, some fun at the park, getting some fake tattoos, frozen yogurt, and playing around at the store. We ended "Family Fun Day" with a great family movie and popcorn. I highly recommend "Family Fun Days"! :-) So glad my little man is a genius! ;-)
Ok,since school started I have walked my 6 yr old son to class every morning. I mean, I know he's growing up and I did the whole "letting go" business by showing up the first day of kindergarten, so he can at least give me that much right???
.......WRONG!
See, last Friday his daddy took him to school, and my son asks his dad if he can please walk to class by himself. Of course his dad said yes and so come Monday he tells me this on our way to school and says he wants to continue to walk to class by himself! After a little hyperventilating and what I think may have been an anxiety attack I asked
"Are you sure??" hoping he would see my heart breaking and feel sorry for his momma and say "Of course you can walk me mommy" ....Nope, not a chance! "I'm REALLY sure I want to walk myself to class" were the words that he said that pierced this mommas heart.
So of course like a good mommy I drove through the circle drive instead of parking. Watched as the teacher opened the car door and greeted my little man with a "Good Morning" and watched as he carried his oversized Iron Man backpack and Cars lunch kit with him through the front doors. Of course me being the crazy mommy that I am. I drove around front and parked my truck and watched as my son came out the side doors and crossed the little outside walk and into the hall where his class is. And I have been doing that for the last week! Now don't you judge me!
Today, however, I couldn't park in front cause some other 10 cars decided to block me!
So, after another anxiety attack and a frantic phone call to my hubby who was in the middle a meeting but calmly talked me down, I was ok.
Yea I know, crazy mom. You know, I don't like the way that sounds so much, so how about in spanish La Mami Loca? Yea I like that better.It sounds like it could be a gangster name. ;-)
So there it is. Another morning in the life of La Mami Loca!
I got to sleep in a little later than I normally do, because my oh so amazing husband took half a day, got up with the kids, got them dressed, fed and off to school. *deep breath* that's why I am in love with this man. Did I mention he's amazing...;-) Had an appt. for a medical test I had to have done, and as fun as it was NOT, I passed with a good report, thank you Jesus! So I know now I'm not dying and I can stop going through the cemetery headstone catalogue. Yes, there are catalogues. ;-) And to make it even better, after dropping my sugar daddy off at work my 15 yr old took ME to a nice relaxing lunch at the airport cafe. We sat, ate, talked girl talk, laughed and then walked around outside. The weather was PERFECT, the company was PERFECT, & yes my Patty Melt was PERFECT! lol And so, of course, here are a few pictures of me and Big girl. I still can't believe she's old enough to buy her momma a meal. Oh boy!
"In every life a little rain must fall"
Pshhh! Yea right, try a Tsunami or a hurricane!
Thats what this last week has felt like.
It's been filled with family drama, personal drama, Church drama, Yo mama drama. You name it, there was drama!
I felt like every time I turned around someone was miserable and was determined to cause misery or was trying to bring me down with their negativity & discouragement.
And I don't know about you, but I can only smile & remind myself of the love Jesus only so long when I begin to wonder if WWJD-(what would Jesus do) is really slap some people down & tell them to stop all that drama long enough to let Him speak into their lives!
By about yesterday I sware I felt like I was in a scene from one of those freaky movies where I was standing in the center of a tornado and everything(& everyone) was swirling all around me at once and all I wanted to do was disappear! (or make certain people disappear!)
I know The Shirelles said, "mama said there'd be days like this" but I thought they meant those days would be a little more sporadic!
I think, right now, I like LL Cool J's sentiments better- "Mama said Knock You Out!" ......
I sware I'm not losing it. (cause you can't lose something that's already gone! lol J/K!)
Just been "one of those" weeks.
I KNOW I'm not the only one, so here it is-
As long as we keep trusting in the Lord and not in ourselves -We can do all things (& make it through all things) through Christ who strengthens us.
Even in those moments when it's "just to much" we can hide in the shadow of his wings and rest until we find the strength to keep going.
& When all is said and done I'll be a stronger woman, mother, friend, daughter, & leader for not letting go or giving up and for clinging to, listening to & being obedient to Him.
And remember, when life brings the rain, just dance.
Let me catch you up a little bit on what I’ve been doing this whole time.
Let’s see, I can even describe it in one brief sentence……
Being a mom, wife, woman, daughter, sister, friend, worship leader, babysitter, among many other things.
I’ve been keeping busy, which is good, cause I don’t do bored very well.
For the past, uhm not quite sure how long I’ve had this blog, but for as long as I’ve had it and have tried to be consistent in writing in it (which has been a super fail), I’ve tried to figure out exactly what type of blog I wanted to keep.
I’ve read other blogs, and have sorda just been “trying this out” without really knowing what, I guess, my “theme” would be.
So here’s what I’ve come up with…..
I’m just going to stop trying so hard! I’m not going to THINK about it anymore. I’m just going to write.
I’m going to write about what I know and do best.
And that, friends, would be about all the sweet, crazy, and sometimes sarcastic goodness that is me. And all the sweet, crazy, ups & downs that is my life.
I did decide that, in my case, this blog should come with a warning.
So here you go......
"WARNING!:
Read at your own risk! This blog may, at times, contain severe doses of sarcasm and ranting and raving.
At other times it may contain some really deep, mushy, gushy type stuff. And on some occasions comedy, drama, and action, if not all three!
This blog at any given moment can go from rated G to rated R!…OK OK, maybe not rated R… maybe rated PG-13.
The topics on this blog are not limited to any one theme and may go from raging hormones and irrational ranting about family and children to church life, God encounters and Brad Pitt.
Side affects may include, and are not limited to, whip lash; dizziness; sudden outbursts of laughter, tears and possibly other bodily fluids, loss of breath from astonishment; and in some very rare cases chronic yawning from boredom which only occurs in those who have Lackohumor Disorder."
So there it is and there you have it. I promise to write at least once a week or more.
I'm still working on my "Firsts" list, which is turning into an epic fail, but I'm trying!
Now I must leave you, because if I'm not mistaken, that was a shatter I just heard in the distance and the gasp and "Oooooo I'm telling!" from a 6 and 9 yr old. That's my cue! ;-)
Any other school year this would have been a normal thing for me (and no not my first, just wait for it)........
Summer vacation & then back to school.
But this year was different. At the start of this school year, my 15 yr old daughter wasn’t just beginning her 1st yr of High school,
and my 9 yr old her first day of 4th grade,
but this school year marked a BIG first for me.
My 6 yr old son, my baby, my last child, was starting his very first day of school EVER!
See with my girls it was different. It IS different. When they started school, yes it was bitter sweet and yes I got emotional, but not like this. I'm not sure why or what it is. I'm still learning. But there is a huge difference between daughters and sons. And to top it off he's the last one...he's my baby.
So this was extremely devastating for me for several reasons.
1)Hello this is my BABY!
2)Was he ready?!
3)Was I ready?!
4)This meant everything was changing!
5)Hello this is my BABY!! (ok I know I said that already)
My son, my tiny baby boy who has been at home with his mommy since birth was now ready to leave and become a tiny man.
All summer I had to mentally and emotionally prepare for it.
And the whole week before that dreaded first day of school my stomach was in knots.
Questions swarming my mind like….”What if he gets some meany of a teacher?”, “What if he doesn’t like it?”, “What if he gets scared?”,
OR OMG “What if he DOES like it and grows up and realizes he doesn’t need me anymore?!?!?!” GASP!!
For all the moms out there I know you are nodding your heads in agreement.
This was a HUGE first for me! It was a bitter-sweet moment and a huge step in both mine and my little mans life.
I knew there was no way around it. My husband forbid me to even think of homeschooling him. Something about him being a boy and this would be good for him…blah blah blah … I tuned out after that.
I knew in my heart that no matter how badly I just wanted to keep him at home with me, only like FOREVER, that wasn’t an option.
He, like his older siblings, was growing up, and there’s nothing I could do to stop it!
So, like a good mommy, I put on my brave face and let my son know that everything was going to be great.
And that first day came quickly.
(My Little Man. I'm so proud of him!)
Yesterday me and his daddy walked our little man to class.
Where, of course, he has one of the best teachers ever.
He was just a little nervous, but excited at the same time. He smiled when we got to his class. We hugged him and told him we’d be back real soon and he was OK. … He was actually more than just OK. He did GREAT.
My little man.
Of course, mommy….well she was a different story.
As soon as we got in the truck, mommy lost her brave face and lost it.
I cried. I cried and wailed about how my little baby was gone….
How everything from that moment would be different, because he wouldn’t need me anymore, and that I didn’t care how big any of my kids got they would always be my babies…. Oh it was a terribly sight!! I was a blubbering fool.
And my husband, like the good hubby he is… he just listened. He listened to my cry baby, snotty, wailing and held my hand. And when I was finally done, he wiped my tears and tried to find something good to say, but it went something like this "You know they have to grow up & now its kindergarten, one day it'll be high school and then they'll be gone" When he saw the tears and snot again he stopped...QUICKLY and instead offered we go for a walk to clear our heads. ... I love him, he tries :-) Hey! He took the whole week off, just cause he knew I would be a hot mess if I had to do this alone! That's love baby! ... Oh Ok, back to my point ....
All day I looked at the clock. Counting down the hours til 3:00 where I would rush to the school and scoop up my baby and console him if he was scared and apologize for leaving him there and promise to never take him back to that awful place ever again!!
But what really happened was, we did rush to pick him up cause I couldn’t wait to see my little man.
He jumped in the truck with the biggest smile on his face and couldn’t catch his breath long enough between sentences to tell me what an awesome day he had at school! And couldn’t wait to GO BACK!! And what’s worse….. OMG it’s hard to even think about this!.... What’s worse…. He said… My baby boy….. “ You know what mommy, I had such a good day, I didn’t even think about you once” !!!! .... *Sigh*
I know, I know... I need to look at that as a good thing... Ugh!
So there you have it. I'm learning to let go and let my babies begin their different seasons on this journey called LIFE.
My 15 yr old daughter who has already begun.....
My 9 yr old (who I sometimes think is secretly 30!) who is beginning...
And then my 6 yr old little man who has only just begun.....
Well hello again!.....
I have finally returned with a couple of "Firsts" for you!
Bout time! I know!
I will be brief, because I am typing this post from my iPhone!
Yup! That's a first for me! Lol
If you know me, you know I'm not the most well organized person.
Okay, I fail miserably in the organization department.
But, for those that know me, also know that when I do take on a task
I take that baby on and do my best to get it done and done right!
Which brings to my first "First"
I organized and saw through to the grueling end, my first big concert!
A big spanish christian band came to our church last Wednesday.
I didn't realize how popular they actually were. But the almost 800 people
who attended that night proved otherwise!
The is the first event like this I have ever taken on to plan and coordinate.
It was tiring, frustrating, & involved ALOT of details!
And did I mention I did it in LESS than 4 weeks!
Although it turned out to be quite a task, from contracts,to making hotel reservations to
Posters & advertising to organizing lists and lists of technical & production issues, to organizing teams of security and parking and sales tables and ushers to transportation and....
Oh my! Sorry I said I'd keep this brief!!
Well I have to say that the night of the concert went amazingly well!!
Everyone working together and everything running like clockwork!
And to see almost 800 people having a great time and being blessed by,what turned out to be not only a talented band but a great group of people who allow themselves to be used by the Lord in a great way! Well it made every bit of the hard work more than worth it!!
I have to admit that I enjoyed the challenge. I may have grunted and pounded my fist a few times, but I enjoyed it ;-) & I think, secretly, look forward to doing it again! :-O
And P.S. There is no way that any of it would have worked or come together without the greatest people who stepped to VOLUNTEER! Thats the people from Primera Asamblea De Dios Lufkin Texas!! God Bless them richly!!
