What today looks like...

I feel like I have been neglecting my blog....life seems to get in the way of many things I want to do....

So, I thought I would just give you a glimpse into today....

Laundry is the first thing on the agenda this morning....it seems to pile up so quickly in the summer with all the towels from the pool and football practice gear.....

This morning I had made an appointment to get Sophia's pictures taken. She had been asking since her birthday and I knew we had nothing else to do this morning so I made the appointment and planned to get a picture taken of Luke also for his July scrapbook page.....the appointment was at 10:20 AM and we actually got there about 10 minutes early, but Sophia's hair looked like crap....I was so upset that her hair looked so bad but there was absolutely nothing I could do to change it. Hannah brushed it and tried putting it into braids, it didn't really help. Will, of course, had insisted on going with us and HAD to have his picture taken too, I was so frustrated with him that I couldn't even bring myself to buy any of the pictures of him because he was being such a pill.....doesn't sound very nice for me to say that I love my son dearly but didn't really like him this morning! Luke's picture turned out adorable (he was wearing a cute Ralph Lauren outfit he had received as a baby gift) and there was one of Sophia's that was OK (of course it would have been CUTER if the background hadn't had DIRT on it off of Will's shoes).....Maybe sometime in the next few weeks I can make sure that I get her hair fixed cute and then take her back and try again. Luckily I am only out $8.51 for the package and I know Luke's picture is cute!

We left the mall and decided to stop and get lunch at O'Charley's. Kind of a stupid move on my part, money is tight and I shouldn't have spent what extra I had on lunch, but the idea of those yummy rolls was just too tempting! Between the rolls and the soup my mood improved some! Hopefully I remember that tomorrow when I have to eat peanut butter for lunch!

We passed Jay as we got close to the house, he was heading out to run errands and had the three middle boys and the dog in the van with him. Of course he didn't have anyone to leave the boys with since Brett was out with Sarah. As much as I love watching my children grow, their budding social lives certainly cramp our style when it comes to having babysitters available. Not that Jay minded taking the boys, but I know how nice it is to have a quiet car ride without them!

I came home and got to spend about 30 minutes scrapbooking. I love to scrapbook and wish I could fit more of it into my schedule, but lately I have been stealing time where I can and doing a page or two....I really need to start on Luke's album, but I can't do it until I get caught up with the family album. I have so many pictures I need to print off of Costco, but no money to do it right now! At least I don't have a huge stack of prints waiting to be scrapbooked! Once I get what is printed caught up, then I will start ordering more prints. I use the scrapbook to help document our homeschool year, so I really enjoy working on it. I ran down and switched the laundry.

We had to be at dance at 3 PM. Luke was napping so I left him with Jay. Sophia had her backhandspring class. She cried, she didn't want to go to class, she doesn't like the teacher. At least she went in this week without screaming. I have no idea what I will do in the fall if he teaches her class again! She was really excited about ballet today, they started learning part of their competition routine. We left dance at 5 PM, leaving Hannah behind to catch a ride home with Catherine!

Home to a screaming Luke and Will ATTEMPTING to heat up a bottle in the microwave.....apparently no one is watching him and I walk in just as the nipple explodes off the bottle. No real harm done, I guess I need to figure out a way to get the microwave out of his reach. I sit and nurse Luke and check emails. Emily and Grant offer to walk Will down into town to the candy shop to get him some candy and to hopefully wear him out a bit. His face is BRIGHT RED when they walk back in the door.... 90 plus degree heat and a big hill are a bit much for a 3 year old!

Jay and Cade leave for football at 5:45 PM. Jacob had to be dropped off at football at 6:15 PM, so I leave a full Luke with Brett and head out the door with Will in tow. He HATES being left behind, so it is usually just easier to take him with me. Luckily Jay gets finished with Cade's practice about 15 minutes before Jacob gets done, so he will be able to bring him home.

Grant and Emily went up the street to swim at the neighbors.....I can't say I am crazy about them being there, but the parents seem responsible and they are together! I guess I can't wrap them in bubble wrap and keep them at home all the time.

I sneak back home and trim up my dying fern on the porch....how is it that I can grow children so well but that any plant left in my care suffers an untimely demise? Probably because kids SCREAM and DEMAND attention, a plant is much easier to ignore!

7 PM....I need to get dinner started and finish cleaning up the kitchen....