First Day

Well today is my first day of work and I am both excited and scared.

Prince Charming has offered to help with homeschooling and Princess Belle has offered to help with her siblings.  The little girls are excited at the idea of daddy and big sister babysitting.

Between homeschool, therapy, cooking, and keeping the house, there will be a lot of scheduling, but I really believe that I can do this and I can make our life better.

When it gets hard, I just have to remgmber thst these are the people I am doing this for:

Big Decision . . . Scary!

Well, I have made a tough decision.  I think I am going to have to try to go back to work.  We had a rough winter in regards to stuff like heating and now we need a new vehicle too.  I am a little nervous.  I don't know if I can homeschool, do therapy appointments, take care of the house and cooking, but I am a super-organized, great planner and Princess Belle says she will help Prince Charming.  His job is only 3 days a week at the moment so we should be able to coordinate our schedules no problem.

The only other thing is that I haven't had a job in about 12 years and I HATED being a working mom back then.  This doesn't have to be forever, but it can make our life better.  All that being said, I am honestly terrified.

In order to help that along, the pink hair had to go.

Here is what I  came up with:

BLUE!

Autism plays a large role in our home.  It effects everything from how we decorate to our schedule and how we shop.  Autism has become a part of most everything in our life.  It isn't really a bad thing, it just requires awareness and understanding.  And let's be honest I happen to really love the little (and not so little) people that come with that Autistic diagnosis.

That being said, we definitely "Light It Up Blue" for Autism Awareness Day every April 2nd.

That's Kind of Sad

I had a conversation with the little girls today and I was saddened to realize that they don't know what my family even looks like.  How sad is it that my kids don't get to know their grandparents and Aunt and Uncle from my side of our family.  

I went searching and found pictures to show them.  It took a while and I to look through my Aunt's Facebook page.  But I was able to show them my family as well as some of my Aunts and Uncles.

They asked why they don't know them and I simply said that we just don't get to see them that much but it was okay because we have lots of people that we love that we do get to see.  I didn't want to have anything bad to say.  The girls don't need to jnow that they don't approve of of my life choices.  girls don't need that kind of negativity.  They j7st need to know that I will ALWAYS love and support them and that they are surrounded by love.

Gratitude Sunday

Sundays heart felt tradition. A time to slow down, to reflect, to be grateful.

Here are some things I am grateful for this week:

Our little theater for making it possible for me to have fun nights out with my little ones.

Cute kitties who follow me around every morning.

Dress-up homeschooling

Little Prince ending his hunger strike

Cute girls in cute jammies

Fun experimenting with weighing things

Watching my boy explore his world.

Happy Birthday to my Prince Charming

This handsome man is celebrating his birthday today.  And even though we are not spending any money on each other this month (so that we can spend it on the kids for Christmas), the kids and I had to make it as special as we could.

Prince Charming is a great dad and a wonderful husband and he deserves to know how much we all love him.

So the girls made him cards. (Pirate themed because that was the coolest thing they could think of.)

Together we made him apple bundt cake and pumpkin muffins.

Then I made them tacos and nachos and after the kids went to bed, we watched a movie together.  So it was a quiet birthday but it wasn't bad.  (We agreed to exchange gifts for Christmas and birthdays in February)

Moments

I love catching moments of sweetness between my kids.  I walked into the playroom and found all my littlest ones piled up in the chair reading together.  Just so much sweetness.

The girls made sparkly Christmas balls today for their homeschool tree. They had fun and even helped me clean up the mess.  I swear it looked like Christmas exploded everywhere.

Gratitude Sunday

Sundays heart felt tradition. A time to slow down, to reflect, to be grateful.

1. Special ornaments that bring memories of friends.

2.  Beautiful Christmas displays.

3.  My beautiful home looking so festive and warm.

4.  My lovely new home town.

5. Fun community events with my family.

6.  Seeing Polar Express with my girls.

7.  A surprise visit with Santa.

8.  Watching my kids love their pets.

9.  This sweet boy.

10.  Silly moments.