Huh! It's Monday already?

     Well not a whole lot seemed to happen this past week other than yelling, bribing and pleading with the kids to do something, anything other than being blobs in the house with the remaining little time of summer break. 
     I was wanting the kids to go to a different school this year, in fact Mikey and Rachael were asking to go to a different school, but alas I have no car still and so they are stuck going to the same school that non of us really like.  They were very upset when I told them they were going back.  Mikey for the past 2 school years the teachers have been complaining about him.  They always say the same things and it is getting very annoying.  "we can't keep his attention" "he wants to wander about in his desk instead of doing what the rest of the class is doing" "he doesn't want to do his work when the time is given to him".  Mind you I have recently found out from his last teacher that "he get really great grades, gets all of his work work handed in and completed at the last minute and is very imaginative".  I suppose that I am wrong in thinking "well at least he is getting it all done, and isn't it your job as a teacher of little children to teach him and try to get him to complete his work?  And if he is doing it then isn't it okay that you are clearly doing your job and teaching him, if so then who care that he doesn't get it done until the last minute.  His teacher told me "that having the ability to get work done at the last minute is great for high school and college but terrible for 2nd grade and will cause him to get falling grades".  I was totally dumbfounded, last year the school was talking about ADHD/ADD and that they were going to have to put him in the special ed classes cause the teachers have tried everything and nothing works to he is to smart does all of his work, just not when we have the times in school allotted for and is a genius at reading (he skims books and get 100% on the comprehension tests for them) and because of it we want to put him in special ed classes.  And Rachael just wants work that is more challenging.  She has really bad testing anxiety already and failed the testing for the gifted program by the skin of her teeth.
     Destiny has testing anxiety as well, but she is trying to ignore that she has a problem.  She is going to the Jr. High which has been a secret hell for me.  She is starting to become way to picky about her clothes (not like we can afford for her to be picky, thank goodness I sew)  She never wants to do anything resembling a chore and hates spending time with her little brother and sisters unless no one is looking.  All I can think is "Welcome to being the parent of an official teenager!"  All week last week I spent calling the school, filling out tons of paperwork, both for school and food stamps, and shopping for school supplies (well what of it we can afford, school starts in 21 days!)  Then I was slapped with a letter sent from the Jr. High notifying me that we have to pay so much for her electives that she HAS to have, has to have as in required, but we have to pay for it.  And that also in order for her to Ride the bus, get lunch, and be admitted in class she has to have a school ID and planner which we have to also pay for by the time school starts.  It was so great of the school to notify us before school starts, now if only they can start notifying us sooner than a few weeks before.
     Anyway all in all is was a very busy week which was great to put behind me each night when we ate dinner together and after everyone was in bed and I would work on baby presents.  I am very thankful that my family is all happy and healthy right now, I know of a lot of families that are miserable as they all have fevers and are throwing up.  I am very, very, very thankful that this bout of sickness passed us by.  Having to deal with the stressfulness of the past week help me to realize just how much my family takes for granted the sanity that Heavenly Father blesses us each with each day among so many other things.
     Anyway I am very, very THANKFUL that last week is over with and behind us and am looking forward to a much better week!  I hope everyone's coming week is better than the last and keeps up that way!

Really, Really!

     My weekend was not was expected, I stayed at home with my kids minus the oldest (she went to a family reunion up north)  I listened to everyone around me talk about what fun they were planning on having 4th of July weekend.  Then on Sunday I was privy to hearing all about what great and fun-filled family things that they had and how it was great, and fun was had by all.  My husband had to work on the 4th of July, he has had to work almost every holiday for the past few years.  We don't have a 2nd car, so it was not like I could take all of my kids somewhere for the day to have fun, my parents were in the process of draining their pool out so we wouldn't have been able to go swimming over there.  Then to top it all off after my husband came home from work and we could finally do something as a family, I stepped wrong on some toy or something in my son's room (which is a mess) and hurt my newly not broken or anything anymore ankle and couldn't even go to see the fireworks with all my family.  I did make some star marshmallows that were dipped in chocolate and sprinkles, then put on a stick for my little minions, I would love to show a picture of them (I was very proud) but before I was able to get a picture my kids ate them!  I suppose that tells me that they liked them.
     So the next day I decided to make some bagel's, per my daughters request and they turned out looking terrible.  They tasted great still, but looked bad.

My kids were very nervous to eat them at first, but then realizing that mommy NEVER makes bad tasting food, they ate them just fine and continued to tell me how good and normal they tasted.  After that I was sort of in a baking mood, as much as my ankle would allow and made some pretzel rolls, and some french bread rolls for dinner the next night.  All of which only lasted 2 days in my house.  Then on Sunday night my oldest came home and all was right with the world again!
     All in all my weekend wasn't bad, it just what I had hoped it would be, it made for a loud house and crazy house full of kids wondering what special thing we were going to do for the 4th, and a mommy with a horrible headache, short on patience and very irritable.  Nothing out of the ordinary for us.  Now I have some baby stuff to finish making so I can send it out, and a cross stitch to finish, dinner to make, dishes to wash and clothes to wash, fold and put away.  Thank goodness everyone is home to help!

In a Nutshell

     I know that if I had wanted this blog to be fun and interesting and chalk full of Momming stuff that I should have started it 13 years ago when I first became a mom.  Then I could have told the world (within the scope of this blog) what it was really like.  I know that my oldest is 13, no longer a child but now an official teenager and my youngest is 5, no longer a baby or toddler but now a full fledged little minion.  But believe me when I say that I still have a lot of adventures with my children, now though the challenge is more of how to get them to listen to me before I go mad and "what the crap do I make for dinner" or one of their various snacks during the day.  They eat a lot!

Thankfully for them I am a good cook and I like to try out good things for them to eat.  I also like to sew and am good at it.  While my husband does seem to get a little annoyed with me going to Joann Fabrics to get sewing stuff a lot, my family has definitely seen the benefits from me sewing, it would just be nice to stick with a project until finished, but hwy what can I say I have attention issues.  

I am hoping to post something fun or interesting or not hair pullingly tiresome at least once a week but we will just see how that all goes!  I suppose that I will start by posting on Monday, I am making bagels for the kids right now so I can always post a picture of them!  This blog is just a way for me to express some of the things I do during the week, and to display some of the things I make that I am proud of.  Also I can mention the things that I deal with in cooking and other things and aspects of my life as a mommy and wife that I hope my be somewhat helpful to others!  Here are my 5 little minions!

The top picture is the most accurate of them all!

To start I married a wonderful man!  I love him very much!

We are going on 11 years married this year and I hope that we have many, many, many, many more years both together and as a family!

There is more to be said but I can't really put it all into any sort of order, so we will just see what comes out and when, I think of thing (some very odd) at very random times, I will try to keep that rained in a little, anyway see ya soon!