Today's rant

What are called to do as Christians? Set an example of Gods love.
Why?
Cause he showed this to us and continues to even when we don't deserve it.
When?
Always
How?
By loving others and giving grace where needed.


This is true but not always possible right?
Right. It's hard for us humans to be perfect all the time. But we must try, try our hardest to show other love, grace, forgiveness.
With that said.
There is a certain someone who has chosen to say they are a believer but sure not setting a good example. And for those of u who aren't it sure can be a discouragement to see these who say they are and talk the talk but sure aren't walking the walk. And yes we are all human and we all sin, but if u are repeatedly trying to cause tension, friction or pain or reminders of mistakes that's not only sad but it's so the opposite of what we r supposed to do as followers.
*If you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, your Father in heaven will forgive you. (Matthew 6:14 CEV)
*Hatred stirs up trouble; love overlooks the wrongs (proverbs 10:12)
*So I command you to love each other. (John 15:17 CEV)
*Don’t be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him. (Romans 12:2 CEV)


DON'T HOLD GRUDGES and don't be mean its really not becoming of u and u look foolish.
Don't waste time wasting others time.

End of my rant.

Purdging

So i am cleaning out our toys boxes and clearing out unneeded stuffed animals and things we no longer need ! I've wanted to do this for some time now but when i go to do it i can't seem to part with anything either for sentimental reasons or just cause i think we might "need" it one day. The fact is I'm taking time to reavaluate and reorganize some things in my life and this is where I'm starting is our "things"
Im only keeping a few toys the girls play with and the rest is out. Im keeping the good ol learning toys but the rest is outta here! yay! can't wait!
When I had Sarah I kinda spoiled her and wanted to my hands on every toy so when i went to the consignment stores id find toy after toy for so cheap it was hard to pass up but now that i have 3 kids and see how little they actually get played with and there r only a few favorite its time to say goodbye.
This process is not easy and no its not cause of me its cause of the kids! really it is! I have to do little by little and hide them in my room under my bed and in my closet till friday night then i can load em in my van and then hopefully sell em at the garage sale Saturday! :) yippy!

oh yeah!

So its been a few days and its going great.! 

the sleeping arrangements that is. I am happy to announce that it wasn't all peaches and cream in the beginning specially the first night but now Sophia is getting used to it. She is the only one who rebelled against the idea of new sleeping arrangements. She screamed for about 15min the first night, 10 min the next night, and 5 min the next... the funny part is she is totally fine for naps doesn't cry AT ALL! but bed time when her sis is in the room is when she screams! so i partly think it was because she doesn't want to share with her sis (kinda having that battle going) and partly cause she is like "wait why am i stuck under this thing" lol well I'm happy to say despite of all that its going wonderful and i can't even express in to words how fun it is to have my room back to myself at night and to be able to move around and when my hubby is home i don't have to tell him to roll over when he starts snoring. off subject but I LOVE his snoring! yeah i know silly crazy weird all the above. but yes I do I LOVE it. it soothes me and puts me right to sleep. (another story another time)

Well Sydney wakes a couple of time and i thought i would hate getting up and getting her but actually its nice cause i know as soon as we r done nursing i can wrap her back up and lay her back down and i get to have uninterrupted sleep and same with her. she doesn't do the "snacking" feeds anymore and mommy gets way more zzzzz's :) 

So I'm happy this is all working out for the better for us all!

First night....

So tonight is the first night of different sleeping arrangements. Sarah and Sophia are sharing a room again for now and Sydney is asleep in her own room swinging away in her swing. I have got to get this last baby sleeping through the night better and better. Hopefully less wakings.
So I put sydney to sleep first and then finished up baths with Sarah and Sophie. Then me and the girls went down waits to have some Popsicles (frozen gogurts shhhhh) and then we came up stairs to read a story and then said our prayers and tucked em in. Sophie screamed and cried for 10min! Ahhhhhhh I thought it was never gonna end! Went in and gave her back her paci and ave her a hug and she seemed to calm down and finally fell asleep. Let's home they stay that way. Lol!
I retired to my own room!!!! I haven't had my room to myself for a long time! And free to make noise and free to watch a show! It was lovely :) I put away piles of laundry and I took a long bath! And watching a silly soap called basketball wives. Now to go to sleep and hopefully not wake to many time :)

Change

So it seems it's ever changing here in our house...
So now its room swap time again. Mommy is in desperate need of some better sleep and in order to do that we gotta get Sydney sleeping in her own room. But now we have to have Sarah and Sophia share a room for a bit so I don't have 2 babies waking and wanting to be held at 2am!
We got a new bed for Sarah and she is so happy to have it. We set it up last night and it's a really tall loft bed. And sophies crib will go under it today and this way we can save play room in their room. Sarah did really great her first night. It's huge up there for her. She of course invited all her "pets" up with her and it sure looks cozy :)
So tonight will be the test to see how Syndey does in her own room and hopefully this won't take to long so I can get the two babies back together. We shall see... They both nap alot still so I feel like someone is always sleeping. Lol
Sarah 4yrs
Sophia 20month
Sydney 5 months

k parents... one thing i have been working on this past year is being "present" with my kids. I hope u will join me. In fact yesterday it was so awesome when moms and more (women's church group) talked about this topic and it spoke right to my heart and confirmed what i have been feeling and trying to do in my own home. So here it is....

Put down the phone, turn off the comp., turn off the t.v., ignore the faxes emails, text etc!
lets interact with our kids and lets teach them to enjoy "play" !

I pray you all will join in and teach our kids that there is way better stuff to do then to be glued to technology. And spend some real quality time with them while they r still willing to play with us and want our attention.:)

play a game, go on a scavenger hunt, read a book or 2 or 5, make lunch together, color, play dough....etc.

I know i am guilty of just handing Sarah her phone (my old iPhone) in the past and just letting her get lost in the games. which can be great learning tools as well! But now I have been more structured with it and with the t.v. We allow 1 hour of t.v. a day and on a stay at home day I allow 2hrs. which usually means one show for sarah and one show for Sophia in the morning while we "wake-up" and then a show for Sarah during "rest time" in her room. and then the rest of the time we r paling and Im practicing being "present" with her. I also spend a whole afternoon each week setting up school lessons and busy bags for Sarah. I have folders for everyday that i can set in front of her and she can go through them and do a bunch of activities the subjects we do is writing, math, tracing, coloring, cutting, matching, memorizing. etc. Our busy bags consist of little projects I've collected from the dollar section at target or michaels and Joanns. I also put a puzzle in there and I also have these really cool magnetic play sets which she loves.
Anyway this was my goal for the past year and will continue this till Sarah goes to Kindergarden. Im not ready to let her go to real school yet! ahhhhhh

When the sickness passes...

The windows are open doors opened and the house is filling with fresh air and everything is cleaned and vacuumed and mopped and the laundry is washing. Everything is getting germ free and it feels wonderful.
You might say I have a problem with germs. I'm kinda a germaphobe (?) I have to clean quite often prob more then the average. I used to spend a lot of my time wondering if this is normal or if it was a result of living with my mom whom I love lots but she is a neat freak herself.Now ive just accepted myself for who i am... Lol r u proud of me?
I'm hoping I'm normal but then again what is "normal" anyway? I think we r all a bit crazy and abnormal. I like things clean that's ok right? I know I'm a mom with three kids so I should just let the mess happen right? Well I do with toys and such but not dirt. I can't handle dirt. I prob clean my floors 2x a day cause in my silly brain i know there is a good chance someone will eat off the floor or lick it knowing my kids. And there are rarely dishes in my sink and if there is a sink full of dishes there is easily an explanation and it's usually either I'm sick or one of the kids are (thank goodness that seems to be rare) We dont allow shoes in the house and and I still prob vacuum 3x a week.
Oh but my room is kinda the exception. I'm not afraid to share my dirty little secret... My room is the "dump all" place. Partly because there is always a baby sleeping in there or my husband who sleeps during the day so I can't really put things away so I just leave piles here and there of things that need to be filed or put away in drawers. So if you ever come over don't go in my room! Lol and if you do I warned you!!
But let me tell you my down fall, it's laundry!! I HATE laundry.! In fact my friend had the most awesome idea and that was that I would bring all my dirty laundry over and we would both have a huge Bon fire! Yea that would be awesome!! Well if we had a bunch of $$ to go buy new stuff it would have been a great problem solver right? Lol
I do not enjoy it at all! People have said it therapeutic to fold laundry... If your one of those people I've got lots for u to come do any time you need some therapy! Seriously anytime! :-)
Can't wait till the girls r older and I can give each a chore to do! Those will be the days! I already have it planned out
Sarah: laundry (she already folds the best)
Sophia: car washer (cause she loves music so she can blast it while she washes)
Sydney: dishes (I think she already like the sink since she loves her baths there)
Mommy: taking a bubble bath!!

Why do think I had kids? Duh!!!