The Giggle Girl

The quality is not the best. This was at my brothers house yesterday. Molly loves her Uncle Paul and thought it was hilarious every time she would kiss him and he would wipe it off. So turn the sound up and listen to that giggle. I love love love a laugh that does not stop!

Back to Work

Well, my husband is finally working again. Unfortunately it is out of town so I will only see him on the weekends. It is harder this time than last time because Molly keeps asking for her daddy. She did correct me yesterday though. It was cute. She signed where is daddy and I verbally said daddy is working, and I did not sign because I was being a bit lazy. She looked at me and signed daddy work a few times. So I had to sign it back before she would stop.

I just hate doing the single parent thing. I did it for 10 years with Lucas and I always said if I had more kids, I would be married so I was not doing it on my own. And look. I am married now and doing it on my own. :::sigh::: I can't complain too much though because it is a blessing that he is working again. And this company really likes Sean and it looks like they are going to be busy for a while. I just wish it was a little closer to home.

Don't you just love this picture of him? It my absolute favorite picture. I took it when we were out on the boat. He loves his boat and is always so happy to be out on it, as you can tell from the huge smile! He is such a cutie if I do say so myself.

Just Another Monday

I guess it is back to the grind today. We had a great weekend. We left early Saturday to go to the water park hotel. Molly and Lucas both had a great time. It was nice to be able to get away from everything for a few days.
Now I need a day or two to feel better. I feel like I have been run over by a train. It sucks getting old, especially when you have a bad back.
My husband is working! I am so happy that he is working. He has been laid off almost all year. We only have 1 week of unemployment left and it is only partial as we only have just a little over $100 left in the unemployment "bank". We can't file again until January and having been laid off so much, it won't be a lot of money. Hopefully he stays working with this company for a while. The union business manager said this company has been really busy so hopefully it will stay that way.

A vacation!

I am so excited. For the first time in three years, we are actually doing something that can be considered a vacation. We are going to one of those hotels that have the inside water park. The reservation is for tomorrow but we get to do the water park all day tomorrow and all day on Sunday! It is going to be so nice. I will post all about it when we get home on Sunday!

I have decided that I am not going to tell Lucas until we get there. I will tell him that we are going camping. He hates having to go camping so he will complain until he sees where we are. I am mean like that. :0)

Here are a few pictures of Lucas and Molly feeding the ducks two weeks ago. Molly loves feeding the ducks. She is quite obsessed with them. :0)

Hate being sick

I am so tired of being sick. I hate chest colds. The constant coughing is not good for a back that is already bad. And the headaches it is giving me! I do think that I feel a little bit better than I did yesterday, so I am hoping I will be better soon.

On the brighter side of things, I want to thank my friend Krista! She posted on her blog about how she does not ask the "What did you do today" question to her kids because it never ends well. I kind of chuckled when I read it because I ask my son that every day in hopes that he will talk to me and every day I get an attitude because I asked the question. So I took Krista's idea and I asked my son to tell me one good thing that happened to him. He was shocked by the question. And I found out that he did not have any homework, as in that was the good thing. I probably would not have known if I had asked the age old "How was your day?" or "What did you do today?" questions. It was nice having a short conversation with my son for a change.

I love having all my friends online. When it comes down to it, I have made so many good friends over the last three years that I have been posting. Even with the occasional drama posts, I would not want it any other way. When I am sick, like now, they all tell me they hope I feel better. When something horrible happens, they all think about me or pray for me. And without them even knowing it, I get ideas on how to raise my children. Like with Krista. She probably had no idea how a few sentences in her blog would affect another family. I also wonder at the same time how all the things that are negative really affect other people. Words mean so much, both the negative and the positive.

New to this

I have never blogged anything in my life. LOL This is completly new to me. Heck, I don't even know what to say. But all my computer friends have blogs, so I had to get one too. I felt so left out. Now maybe I can fit in with them.

Here is a picture of Molly. She used to be a sweet baby. Now she is a terrible toddler. She sure gives me a run for my money. She is so different than my son was at the same age. My son was such a well behaved toddler that people praised me for being a wonderful mother. I can say that I don't get those praises any longer.

Of course, my son is now a teenager, so that causes a whole other set of issues. It is definately interesting having a grumpy teenager and a terrible toddler in the house at the same time. Here is a picture of Lucas. This is part of our last family pictures together, a year ago. It is time to get new pictures taken. He is such a handsome young man! He may drive me nuts, but I am very proud of him and his accomplishments!