well, not for real, but we have moved our blog.
www.ifyougiveamomaminute.blogspot.com
though you can only get their if i invite you.
email me at peteandjocelyn@yahoo.com subject: add me
and i will add you to the blog, this will allow us include the foster kiddos in our blog! (and i got a whole new look too!)
hope to see you there.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
my blog is closing
yes, you read that right. I have ventured beyond the restrictions of blogging by allowing illegal photos on my blog. I will be turning this blog off to the public and it will only be read by those I invite. Our girls are such a huge part of our life and I hate not posting there pics, giving updates and trying to find photos without them in it. (not sure why i didn't do this sooner?) If you would like to continue reading, please email me so I add you to my invite list. Then I will continue posting with FREEDOM.
Hoping to come back on the airways next week, January 23rd -ish!
peteandjocelyn@yahoo.com
put add me in the subject heading!
Hoping to come back on the airways next week, January 23rd -ish!
peteandjocelyn@yahoo.com
put add me in the subject heading!
Saturday, January 10, 2009
10 miracles
I realize after this post, my husband moved up to saint in the minds of many of our blog fans. Well, I'll just start by saying he is a much better single parent than I. One reason why? MORNINGS!!
As most of you know I HATE MORNINGS(to put it mildly)! so, when peter left town for the past 3 days I became single mom for 3 days, including 2 school mornings. YUCK!! That means instead of kissing Peter and Caleb out the door at 8:00 and sending Andrea out by 8:10, I would be getting our 8 month old dressed, fed, and in her car seat, our 3 year old awake, dressed, teeth brushed and fed, our 4 year old awake, dressed, teeth brushed and fed and our 6 year old motivated to be independent while I made his breakfast, lunch, and of course let the dog out. (are you exhausted yet? I am just writing about it) so let me pause and say thank you God for giving me a husband who compliments my weaknesses (mornings as well as the rest of them) and is willing and able to take over the morning commute. and thank you peter. so I'll just start and stop by saying I failed the first morning and Caleb was 10 minutes late for school. oh well. try again tomorrow.
So Friday morning was bound to be a success, right? My alarm went off at 6:30 and I was out of bed at 6:36 (miracle #1). I got a shower (miracle #2) and dressed before anyone else was awake (miracle #3). Caleb woke up on his own (miracle #4) and got himself going, Andrea was up and on her way and Micaiah woke up and I helped her get herself together. Everything was going very smoothly and I was ecstatic at the progress I was making. I had all clothes laid out the night before (miracle#5) and Caleb's lunch made, I even had Aussie, our new hamster, all packed up and ready to go (miracle #6). Of course, the day I am a single mom is the day Caleb is chosen to bring his favorite Christmas present to school! So as I said, things are going very smoothly and then I look outside! SNOW!! I did not account for shoveling any snow. urrrgh my perfect plans were sliding down hill. I attempted a quick recovery and did a sloppy shovel just behind my car. I recovered and we were still somewhat on schedule. I haven't been too grumpy to the kids either (miracle #7). We pull out of the driveway at 7:56 (miracle #8), 11 minutes past when I wanted to leave, but still 4 minutes earlier than the normal departure time. we were trying to get to school a little early to get Aussie settled in the classroom.
The adventures continue...we are about 5 minutes on the road and Elijah screams (very normal behavior for my 4 1/2 year old). "Aussie bit me!" He is mad and a little spooked, but not terribly hurt. Caleb told him to poke Aussie back in his box so he wouldn't escape through his breathe hole (this hole is the size of a dime) and Elijah poked to hard and Aussie bit him. Okay not a big deal, right? then the blood starts flowing down his finger tip, oh yeah did I mention the snow. The snow is still coming down and the plows can't keep up so the roads are awful this morning! ....so the blood keeps flowing, down his hand to his wrist and even drips onto his pants before I can safely pull over in this snowy mess. He was screaming and hysterical because of the blood, not the pain. We got our little wet wipes out, cleaned him up and we were on the road again. We make it to school at 8:28 (miracle #9), 2 minutes before the day began!
WOW!! things don't quite go as planned MOST days!
icing on the cake: i found time to blog this silly story(miracle #10)
As most of you know I HATE MORNINGS(to put it mildly)! so, when peter left town for the past 3 days I became single mom for 3 days, including 2 school mornings. YUCK!! That means instead of kissing Peter and Caleb out the door at 8:00 and sending Andrea out by 8:10, I would be getting our 8 month old dressed, fed, and in her car seat, our 3 year old awake, dressed, teeth brushed and fed, our 4 year old awake, dressed, teeth brushed and fed and our 6 year old motivated to be independent while I made his breakfast, lunch, and of course let the dog out. (are you exhausted yet? I am just writing about it) so let me pause and say thank you God for giving me a husband who compliments my weaknesses (mornings as well as the rest of them) and is willing and able to take over the morning commute. and thank you peter. so I'll just start and stop by saying I failed the first morning and Caleb was 10 minutes late for school. oh well. try again tomorrow.
So Friday morning was bound to be a success, right? My alarm went off at 6:30 and I was out of bed at 6:36 (miracle #1). I got a shower (miracle #2) and dressed before anyone else was awake (miracle #3). Caleb woke up on his own (miracle #4) and got himself going, Andrea was up and on her way and Micaiah woke up and I helped her get herself together. Everything was going very smoothly and I was ecstatic at the progress I was making. I had all clothes laid out the night before (miracle#5) and Caleb's lunch made, I even had Aussie, our new hamster, all packed up and ready to go (miracle #6). Of course, the day I am a single mom is the day Caleb is chosen to bring his favorite Christmas present to school! So as I said, things are going very smoothly and then I look outside! SNOW!! I did not account for shoveling any snow. urrrgh my perfect plans were sliding down hill. I attempted a quick recovery and did a sloppy shovel just behind my car. I recovered and we were still somewhat on schedule. I haven't been too grumpy to the kids either (miracle #7). We pull out of the driveway at 7:56 (miracle #8), 11 minutes past when I wanted to leave, but still 4 minutes earlier than the normal departure time. we were trying to get to school a little early to get Aussie settled in the classroom.
The adventures continue...we are about 5 minutes on the road and Elijah screams (very normal behavior for my 4 1/2 year old). "Aussie bit me!" He is mad and a little spooked, but not terribly hurt. Caleb told him to poke Aussie back in his box so he wouldn't escape through his breathe hole (this hole is the size of a dime) and Elijah poked to hard and Aussie bit him. Okay not a big deal, right? then the blood starts flowing down his finger tip, oh yeah did I mention the snow. The snow is still coming down and the plows can't keep up so the roads are awful this morning! ....so the blood keeps flowing, down his hand to his wrist and even drips onto his pants before I can safely pull over in this snowy mess. He was screaming and hysterical because of the blood, not the pain. We got our little wet wipes out, cleaned him up and we were on the road again. We make it to school at 8:28 (miracle #9), 2 minutes before the day began!
WOW!! things don't quite go as planned MOST days!
icing on the cake: i found time to blog this silly story(miracle #10)
Thursday, January 08, 2009
the joys of being a stay at home mom
just a few...
m: mommy, can you get the kitty puzzle so i can put it together and can you get the puppy puzzle so elijah can put it together cause we want to do a puzzle and i want to do the kitty puzzle and elijah wants to do the puppy puzzle....
me: you are so cute, how did you get so cute?'
m: because my daddy loves me and he calls me piggy when i toot!
e turns to m: do you want to give your balloon to papa
m: (nothing)
e: if you let your balloon go you can give it to papa
me: what do you mean?
e: if you let the balloon go it will go all the way up to heaven to papa. i bet papa has a lot of balloons.
watching our foster baby hit the keys on a baby piano for the first time and giggle with glee
getting a phone call from our oldest foster kiddo wondering when we will be home and if she can get started on dinner for us?
watching caleb laugh with complete joy just thinking about when ashlei was playing the tickle game and then trying to convince her to play again, through laughter
peter- thank you for supporting our family and giving me the privilege of spending my days watching our children grow! what a blessing!
m: mommy, can you get the kitty puzzle so i can put it together and can you get the puppy puzzle so elijah can put it together cause we want to do a puzzle and i want to do the kitty puzzle and elijah wants to do the puppy puzzle....
me: you are so cute, how did you get so cute?'
m: because my daddy loves me and he calls me piggy when i toot!
e turns to m: do you want to give your balloon to papa
m: (nothing)
e: if you let your balloon go you can give it to papa
me: what do you mean?
e: if you let the balloon go it will go all the way up to heaven to papa. i bet papa has a lot of balloons.
watching our foster baby hit the keys on a baby piano for the first time and giggle with glee
getting a phone call from our oldest foster kiddo wondering when we will be home and if she can get started on dinner for us?
watching caleb laugh with complete joy just thinking about when ashlei was playing the tickle game and then trying to convince her to play again, through laughter
peter- thank you for supporting our family and giving me the privilege of spending my days watching our children grow! what a blessing!
Thursday, January 01, 2009
happy new year!
We had a relaxing New Year's day! we had friends over and watched the Blackhawks's at Wrigley Field and football.
Caleb tried out his new pottery wheel!
Micaiah just adores Vanessa, i am afraid when it is vanessa's time to go, micaiah may have a harder time than the rest of us. she always comments, "that's my sister!"
Caleb tried out his new pottery wheel!
Micaiah just adores Vanessa, i am afraid when it is vanessa's time to go, micaiah may have a harder time than the rest of us. she always comments, "that's my sister!"
Monday, December 29, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
my little drummer boy
Caleb was the star of the Christmas program. solo and acapella. he performed monday, tuesday and twice on wednesday evening. he was asked if he wanted to try out for the part, auditioned and got it, praticed for several weeks before christmas and had an absolute blast doing it. he says he wants to do it again next year.
more christmas to come...
more christmas to come...
christmas morning
we started the morning by reading the Christmas story and acting out the parts with our nativity
and then came the presents...
the biggie
we gave each of the 4 kids toilet paper rolls with letters on them to unscramble to find where the last present was hidden.
they did well
m: mom
e: bed
c: room
a: closet
that's where they found our newest addition to the Sutton clan, Aussie the hamster!
they did well
m: mom
e: bed
c: room
a: closet
that's where they found our newest addition to the Sutton clan, Aussie the hamster!
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