So, when my sister reads this, she's going to say something really, really ugly to me since I've dogged her for her new-found obsession with blogging. I personally have no idea what this is all about, but it seems to be the new way to communicate with...well, everyone. And, since I don't really ever find time to sit down with my friends for a long chat, I thought to myself "we'll just see how this goes."
This could be perfect since I don't ever seem to have time to catch up with everyone else. Maybe, some of you will get on board too and then, I'll know what's going on in each of your lives as well.
Anyway, I don't really have any idea what to say or not to say, so beware, you might learn things that you'd rather not know...I am prone to over share and am apologizing in advance.
I guess we'll just start with the present and that I am finding such joy in the calmness of our life right now which is comical because it's not really calm at all, just so much calmer than usual. Derek is 8th grade this year at HMS and is going through all of those really nasty "14-year old" issues, but he's still such a great kid. Russ is nervous about his 3rd grade year at CRES, but Derek keeps telling him how great he'll do. I remember my third grade year; it was terrifying (and I was a really good student) and 3rd grade is the only year that has been hard for Derek so I'm not really looking forward to Russ's 3rd grade experience either, but you'll never hear me tell him that! Caleb starts kindergarten on the 25th and that will be a whole other post! The craziness comes in with all the friends, homework, household chores, LAUNDRY (and yes, it gets it's own listing), try-outs, reading logs (again, it's own category) and the new found past-time at our house "running". Maybe we shouldn't really call it running, but other than Russ, we're really non-runners, so anything above a casual meander, is classified as running. This new time-consuming-activity is all Chris's fault so we'll just blame him!
Back to the good part though, the calmness...oh, the calmness (is that a word?). After we finished our one-millionth baseball game this summer (late July), I declared a total ban on all sports for the fall. You have to know that this has NEVER happened at our house. Since Chris and I got married, he has played softball (usually on at least two teams and on rare occasion, three). For several seasons, I played with him. Then, Derek started playing and now we've progressed into having all three of the boys playing ball. There's always baseball and basketball, sometimes hockey and we've tried soccer. As if their three schedules weren't enough, we're insane enough to allow the older two to sometimes play on multiple teams ie: Derek played school ball and rec ball during baseball season this year, Russ played hockey and travel baseball this spring. You don't even have to voice what is going through your head; I realize that it is completely self-inflicted misery. Thus, the sports-ban this fall. IT IS WONDERFUL!! Since July 20th, I have not rushed home from work to rush into "divide and conquer mode" to get anyone to any practice of any sort. We've hung out at the pool (all five of us together...another rarity), we've taken a quick trip to Point-Mallard, we've eaten dinner at the dining room table TOGETHER, Caleb learned to swim, Derek learned to turn a flip off the diving board and Russ remembered how much he loved to ride his bike. It is absolutely a blessing. Still completely crazy, but so calm at the same time.
I still don't get in bed any earlier and I'm just as tired, but it's a good tired now, not just exhaustion. I thank God that we've found time to be together again...or maybe for the first time. Thankful that He has shown me that less really is more sometimes.
This could be perfect since I don't ever seem to have time to catch up with everyone else. Maybe, some of you will get on board too and then, I'll know what's going on in each of your lives as well.
Anyway, I don't really have any idea what to say or not to say, so beware, you might learn things that you'd rather not know...I am prone to over share and am apologizing in advance.
I guess we'll just start with the present and that I am finding such joy in the calmness of our life right now which is comical because it's not really calm at all, just so much calmer than usual. Derek is 8th grade this year at HMS and is going through all of those really nasty "14-year old" issues, but he's still such a great kid. Russ is nervous about his 3rd grade year at CRES, but Derek keeps telling him how great he'll do. I remember my third grade year; it was terrifying (and I was a really good student) and 3rd grade is the only year that has been hard for Derek so I'm not really looking forward to Russ's 3rd grade experience either, but you'll never hear me tell him that! Caleb starts kindergarten on the 25th and that will be a whole other post! The craziness comes in with all the friends, homework, household chores, LAUNDRY (and yes, it gets it's own listing), try-outs, reading logs (again, it's own category) and the new found past-time at our house "running". Maybe we shouldn't really call it running, but other than Russ, we're really non-runners, so anything above a casual meander, is classified as running. This new time-consuming-activity is all Chris's fault so we'll just blame him!
Back to the good part though, the calmness...oh, the calmness (is that a word?). After we finished our one-millionth baseball game this summer (late July), I declared a total ban on all sports for the fall. You have to know that this has NEVER happened at our house. Since Chris and I got married, he has played softball (usually on at least two teams and on rare occasion, three). For several seasons, I played with him. Then, Derek started playing and now we've progressed into having all three of the boys playing ball. There's always baseball and basketball, sometimes hockey and we've tried soccer. As if their three schedules weren't enough, we're insane enough to allow the older two to sometimes play on multiple teams ie: Derek played school ball and rec ball during baseball season this year, Russ played hockey and travel baseball this spring. You don't even have to voice what is going through your head; I realize that it is completely self-inflicted misery. Thus, the sports-ban this fall. IT IS WONDERFUL!! Since July 20th, I have not rushed home from work to rush into "divide and conquer mode" to get anyone to any practice of any sort. We've hung out at the pool (all five of us together...another rarity), we've taken a quick trip to Point-Mallard, we've eaten dinner at the dining room table TOGETHER, Caleb learned to swim, Derek learned to turn a flip off the diving board and Russ remembered how much he loved to ride his bike. It is absolutely a blessing. Still completely crazy, but so calm at the same time.
I still don't get in bed any earlier and I'm just as tired, but it's a good tired now, not just exhaustion. I thank God that we've found time to be together again...or maybe for the first time. Thankful that He has shown me that less really is more sometimes.
2 comments:
I believe this morning I will take the high road and simply congratulate you on finally joining the blog world. (I do however reserve the right to post ugly pictures of you on my blog now and you can't say anything.) And I'm pretty sure you forgot to add "Sissy" to your most favorite title list...I mean afterall, you've been Sissy way longer than any of those other names. Love ya.
Wow, a sports ban?! Dare I say it...maybe we can get the kids together some Saturday! I look forward to reading your posts. With love, MB
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