Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
PARTY PLANNING
So Birthday's are a big deal in my family. As a child my parents always had a party for us. It was never anything like the kids parties are now a days but we always had friends over, a special meal and of course cake. My grandmother always made us money cakes. Totally awesome! And now that I am an adult we still have parties, although they are just family now but our birthday's are always a special day. We get to pick what we want for dinner and my mom makes or gets us a cake. Now that I have kids, I really put a lot of effort into birthdays. I just feel like it should be the one day of year that you should feel special. It's your day!
So I like to start planning parties early. My oldest daughter is turning 7 years old in May and it's no surprise that I am already planning. I like to have a different theme every year. Last year it was a Minnie Mouse party. The Christmas before we had been to Disney for the first time. The kids were over the moon and that was the inspiration for the party.
And of course then there was the party for my youngest last year, she was turning 4 and everything was about the princessess. Like here big sister, there was home made skirts. At both parties, all the party goers got to take home their skirts. It was the loop bag.
So this year we decided on a flower theme for my oldest daughters party. Her birthday is in spring so it will be a flower tea party. Here are some of the ideas that we found courtesty of this website, familyfun.go.com
(pictures from familyfun.go.com )
So, am I crazy for starting to plan so early? What do you do for your children's birthday parties? Do you have any suggestions for our flower tea party?
MOTIVATION MONDAY
Today was a lazy day. My daughter and I decided to go for a walk while big sister was at school. I walked and she took her scooter.
It was great. Sometimes you just need a walk on a sunny day to clear your mind, lift your spirits, to get inspired. Today was one of those days. It was a spectacular day. I feel refreshed and ready to get working on some of the inspiring ideas that my walk sparked.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Getting Motivated
Weekends can be hard.
As I look back on the weekend with my Monday eyes, I can see that things could have gone better. I also recognized where we are going wrong with our weekends. I am just too tired and we are trying to pack too much into every weekend.
This past weekend my girls had dance classes in the morning. That is where things go bad. My oldest girl has decided that she doens't like jazz class anymore but doesn't know why BUT still wants to quit. I don't want her to quit. I think it is important that she finish the year, there is only two months left. Although, those two months could kill us both but I want her to follow through. She wanted to sign up for jazz not me. And we had a beaut appointment to go to and then the girls had a birthday party to go to. By the time the party was over it was 6:30, all that was left was dinner and bedtime. I was exhausted by the end of the day. Wiped really. Saturday's are always the days when I just fall down from a week of very little sleep.
Sunday was a day to sleep in and hang around in my P.J's and a cup of coffee. It actually started out great. The kids slept in. The youngest came into our room at 8 o'clock and the oldest came in at 9. Sweet. Then they watched a movie in the play room and ate breakfast while I watched a chick flick on T.V. and ate my breakfast. A nice slow morning. Then the kids ventured outside and the day really began. Friends from down the street came to call and my kids didn't come back into the house until 6 oclock. I was out with them too.
As a result of that busy weekend, my oldest had a terrible sleep last night. That means Mommy had a terrible sleep last night. When we got up this morning my oldest wasn't feeling well and ended up staying home from school.
My motivation message today is not to do too much. I think I over compensate on the weekends, trying to make up for all the days that I work during the week. I work evenings so I miss out on a lot with my girls and they miss out a lot not being able to play with friends after school. I think it is important to spend time but not to over do it. I am going to try to pace myself and my girls. It will be hard to do I am sure. I will keep you posted to let you know how it goes.
As I look back on the weekend with my Monday eyes, I can see that things could have gone better. I also recognized where we are going wrong with our weekends. I am just too tired and we are trying to pack too much into every weekend.
This past weekend my girls had dance classes in the morning. That is where things go bad. My oldest girl has decided that she doens't like jazz class anymore but doesn't know why BUT still wants to quit. I don't want her to quit. I think it is important that she finish the year, there is only two months left. Although, those two months could kill us both but I want her to follow through. She wanted to sign up for jazz not me. And we had a beaut appointment to go to and then the girls had a birthday party to go to. By the time the party was over it was 6:30, all that was left was dinner and bedtime. I was exhausted by the end of the day. Wiped really. Saturday's are always the days when I just fall down from a week of very little sleep.
Sunday was a day to sleep in and hang around in my P.J's and a cup of coffee. It actually started out great. The kids slept in. The youngest came into our room at 8 o'clock and the oldest came in at 9. Sweet. Then they watched a movie in the play room and ate breakfast while I watched a chick flick on T.V. and ate my breakfast. A nice slow morning. Then the kids ventured outside and the day really began. Friends from down the street came to call and my kids didn't come back into the house until 6 oclock. I was out with them too.
As a result of that busy weekend, my oldest had a terrible sleep last night. That means Mommy had a terrible sleep last night. When we got up this morning my oldest wasn't feeling well and ended up staying home from school.
My motivation message today is not to do too much. I think I over compensate on the weekends, trying to make up for all the days that I work during the week. I work evenings so I miss out on a lot with my girls and they miss out a lot not being able to play with friends after school. I think it is important to spend time but not to over do it. I am going to try to pace myself and my girls. It will be hard to do I am sure. I will keep you posted to let you know how it goes.
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