Thankful: Day 14

School starts at 7:45 on Wednesdays!  If you know me at all, you know that I am NOT a morning person. Although the sunrise is beautiful, I don't care if I see it. My ideal time for waking up is around 9. I can do 8; 7 is pushing it. Anyhow, big girl panties are on and I am dealing with it.

I was running late; it was 7:15 when I left my house and class started precisely at 7:45. I thought I was sunk. Miraculously, I hit every green light between my house and SW 15th street. I made it to school by 7:35!  Prayers of thankfulness were being said for a straight 25 minutes!

Thankful: Day 13

We got out of school at 2:30 today! (Talk about THANKFUL!) I was able to work with other students to complete a quiz after class and still make it to school to pick up my kiddos! The best thing about this semester is that most weeks, I get to pick the kids up from school myself 4 times!

The hardest thing about school right now is the time and energy it takes away from my family, but I know it will all be worth it in the end. That is the reason I love picking them up from school. It is the time of day they are most excited to see me! When I wake them up in the morning, there isn't any excitement, but when I pick them up after a long day at school, they look at me like I am their favorite sight in the entire world!  Not only do they make me feel special, but I am the first person to hear about all the events of the day. I get to hear about recess and lunch and P.E./Music. I get to hear about the AR tests they took and trouble they got into. It's my favorite time of the day for sure.

Also, Zac took his 3rd AR test today. It was on a non-fiction book and it seems those tests are always a little bit harder because the questions are fact based instead of story based. I wasn't worried about him because he has made a 100% on the first two, but I was curious to see how this one would go. He made a 100% on this one too!  Now, I'm not saying he has arrived yet. I know he has a long way to go, but for now, I am EXTREMELY thankful that he is reading on level and comprehending what he is reading. This is something I thought would be a struggle when the school year started.

Mady is about 1/4th of the way through Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I love watching her fall in love with one of my favorite book series ever! I love that she loves to read; she makes me so happy!

Thankful: Day 12

Two things:

1) I had impressions lab today. It took my partner two tries to get a perfect mandibular impression on me and three tries on the maxillary. I only gagged twice...and there was no vomit to be seen. I was so proud of myself!  I kept my composure and didn't cry, but I did drool a whole lot. Haha!

2) My sister saved the day! My kids were safely retrieved from school at the appropriate time by my sister who cleaned out at least part of her car to make room for a third body. She also managed to get Mady to dance class, hack her way into my garage and pick Mady up from dance class all while cooking twin fetuses (more figuratively than literally ya'll). She rocks!

P.S. My husband just informed me that Doogie Howser M.D. was the first blogger and he thinks I should play the theme song to the show when I blog.  He's funny, that's why I keep him around.

Thankful: Day 11

I will keep today extremely short and sweet. 

Today after church, Matt and I came home and changed clothes. Much to my dismay, my "fat pants" were extremely tight. 

I am NOT thankful for that. Not a little bit, not at all. 

What I am thankful for is my husband. The wonderful man who still loves me when my fat pants are too tight. Who still loves me when I don't love myself and collapse in a puddle of tears after putting on a pair of pants. 

Thank you, Matt, for loving me...fat rolls and all. I love you too.

Thankful: Day 10

Let me start by saying, I have followed blogs similar to this before. It starts getting repetitive in the first month because we are creatures of habit and we tend to do the same things over and over again. My first attempt at a thankfulness blog failed miserably. Not only did it fail, but one of the reasons it failed is because I couldn't just be thankful for ordinary things because ordinary things are boring. No, the things I was determined to include in my rundown of thankfulness had to be huge, they had to be exciting. I am trying to stick to simplicity here; to find something in every day life...which may at times be huge and at other times mundane. So stick with me when I get repetitive. Something exciting may be right around the corner.

Yesterday, we finally celebrated Christmas with Matt's grandparents. We left their house and headed to my in-law's house to deliver their gifts and stayed much longer than we expected. They are the single most generous, kind, and loving people I have ever met in my entire life. They love big time. I am SO VERY thankful for them and all they do in our lives. Last night the kids wanted to stay the night, but never would ask anyone but me. I continually told them they needed to ask their Grammy and Poppy, but they continually did not. So as we loaded the car, Mady is sobbing and Zac is hanging his head low. On a last minute burst of confidence, Zac approached Grammy and asked very sweetly if he and Mady could spend the night. Of course, her answer was yes...and so the night was saved, by the best in-laws ever.

I know I have been thankful for my in-laws before and just bear with me because I will most definitely be thankful for them again.

Thankful: Day 9

I'll start by saying Mady was a natural reader. She just took to it, no effort at all. School has always been easy for her; not so for Zac. He hasn't been interested in reading, he really just wants to do math and I am okay with that, except that you need to be able to read to pass school.

Zac just said, "I LOVE READING FOR FUN, IT'S AWESOME!!"

That is what I am thankful for today. I am beyond ecstatic about that statement!

Thankful: Day 8

I am officially on a three day weekend!  That is what I am thankful for today!

I am ecstatic about whatever meeting occurred that cancelled my Friday class because even though it is only the first week back, but has been brutal with the mornings and waking up before the sun.  And driving to school before the sun and actually sitting in class before the sun!  Brutal!!  As of now, I have worked ahead enough to fully enjoy this weekend!