W.O.W.

I might have to be the worst blogger on the face of the planet. sheesh. So as you know it's been a while! So much has happened since my last blog post, there is so much to update. I think I will just use up this blog space for just that purpose.

For one I am an official stay at home mom now! yahoo!!!! The one thing I have wanted to be for my entire life and here I am, 3.5 years after becoming a mom and I am finally living it! I am over the moon happy I can't even tell you. I have only been "home" a couple of weeks now but the family time is so wonderful. I love that when Chenda asks me "mommy you work today?" I can tell her "no mommy doesn't need to work anymore I get to play with you!" It makes her (and myself) so happy.


Miss Chenda is growing into quite the spunky little girl. She is stubborn beyond belief and so so loving. I can't imagine a more perfect oldest daughter. It's fun to watch her express herself in different ways now that she is older and understands the meaning of things better. She will run up and give me the biggest hug and just shout "I love you Mommy!" and then give a kiss attack (something I've done to her since she was a baby". She has also grown into quite the little mommy herself. She loves to put her dolls to bed and sing them lullabies she makes up for them. Here are a couple"Go asleeeeep, go asleeeeep, go asleeeeeeeeeeep sllleeeeeeppp", and my personal favorite (to be sung in the tune of Barney's I love you song) "This old man...E,I,O...He played Nick Nack on my toooeeeee". I think that one is supposed to be a combination of "this old man" and "old Macdonald". She's got quite the imagination.:



Miss Kali is growing herself into such a big girl! She's definitely not my little baby anymore, although to me she always will be. She can already count up to 3 by herself and to 10 with help. She says a few words, mostly "hello", "shoes", "stuck" and "more". It's an interesting combination of words but she knows when to use them haha. A typical girl, she LOVES to get dressed in frilly things and strut around the house, and she loves to sing and dance. She can hum the tune to just about any song on the radio and sings along to all her Disney movies.

She is also my little sensitive one. I can tell that as far as discipline goes, I'm going to have to come up with much simpler tactics for her. With Chenda, you need a stern voice and time outs...With Kali just saying "no" to her will set her crying like she just took a swift beating, so redirection and a gentle voice is all you need to get her to listen to you. This is something I am learning and I'm sure when the next one comes I will have to implement even more different tactics (no there isn't another on the way any time soon).

Alright it's late and that's all I can muster from these tired fingers for now. I promise if anyone reads this at all I will update regularly from now on! Good night!

Something to sleep on....

Just before I go to bed tonight, I want to share a story I saw right as I was about to close my internet and hit the sack....



From The Star Thrower by anthropologist and writer, Loren Eiseley (1907-1977)
Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.

One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought of someone who would dance to the day, and so, he walked faster to catch up.

As he got closer, he noticed that the figure was that of a young man, and that what he was doing was not dancing at all. The young man was reaching down to the shore, picking up small objects, and throwing them into the ocean.

He came closer still and called out, "Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?"

The young man paused, looked up, and replied, "Throwing starfish into the ocean."

"I must ask, then, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?" asked the somewhat startled wise man.

To this, the young man replied, "The sun is up and the tide is going out. If I don't throw them in, they will die."

Upon hearing this, the wise man commented, "But, young man, do you not realize that there are miles and miles of beach and there are starfish all along every mile? You can't possibly make a difference!"

At this, the young man bent down, picked up yet another starfish, and threw it into the ocean. As it met the water, he said, "It made a difference for that one."

Who will you make a difference for today?