Ay yi yi...

I have been wanting to post since Monday but this week has been ridiculous. Monday was the first day of school and I came in late and left early so the work day was shot. And work this week has been SOO busy (today is no exception)!! Then my nights have been just as bad. Mason still has football practice EVERY night from 5:30-7:30 (thankfully he's off tonight and next week they go to 3 nights a week 5:30 -7). So till he gets home and showered, then I get him fed and to bed, it's after 9pm and I'm POOPED - too pooped to get online. So I'm seriously behind. I want to post about Mason's first day of school and our visit with the Kruest's and I promise I will - bear with me!!!

Tonight my mom and I are going to see Hairspray - that should be fun!! Ahhh, downtime!!! :) And then tonight at midnight, I head over the hill!!!! *sniff, sniff* Where has the time gone!?!?!

Anyway, more from me soon - I promise!!! If you are reading this or check in occasionally, thanks for not giving up on me!! :)

The Kruest's are coming, the Kruest's are coming...

We are very excited in the Moore household because Caren, Steve, Haley and Avery Kruest (our friends from Ohio) are coming to stay with us for the weekend. It's a hub of activity - cleaning and organizing and preparing for their visit. They come the last weekend in August every year and it's ALWAYS a good time (Steve goes to the Corvette show in Carlisle - one of these times we fully expect him to come back in a Vette!!!). The kids love to have them here and were very excited this morning when they woke up..."They are coming TONIGHT!!!!" :)

We have a busy weekend planned and I'm sure I'll have some fun pictures and stories on Monday (ok, well maybe Tuesday... :) )

So Mason had his first scrimmage in football last night and I think it overwhelmed him. Unlike practice, it was a continuous activity - with no break. He ended up leaving the game about 3/4 of the way through with a bad headache. We're thinking maybe his helmet is the wrong size. They told us it should be tight but maybe it's too tight. He has another scrimmage tonight - we'll see if it goes any better.

Thought I'd add a funny quote that I saw recently - Princess Diana said it and I like it!!

"They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?" :) That made me laugh!! Sounds like a plan to me!!!!

Have a great day!!!!

Where did my "baby girl" go??

*SIGH* It's amazing to me how much Sydney seems to have grown lately. The other day I was walking behind her and I was shocked to see how tall she's gotten. I mean, you don't seem to notice it when you are around them so often. But it occurred to me that she will be 5 on her next birthday and I could have cried. She is no longer a baby or even a toddler. She's a little girl. It's bittersweet. I would like to keep her as a baby for longer, but know that's not how it works. So I will adjust.

Anyway, with all this growing comes new things. Yesterday she helped Mason empty the dishwasher and put all the silverware away by herself!!! I was impressed - she put them all in the right spots.

Now for the biggest change. Miss Sydney does NOT like water anywhere near her face or her ears - I mean NO WAY, NO HOW!!! She flips out. Well last night, I was giving her a bath (there's a theme to my blogging lately...lol) and she started to lay back and I had my hand under her neck. She told me to let go. I said, "Sydney if I let go, your ears will go under water." She looked at me for a few seconds and said "That's ok - let go." So I very slowly let go and she laid there with her head and ears immersed in the water. I was SHOCKED!!! And she sat up and didn't freak out. I told her what a big girl she was and we had to call Daddy and Mason in to see. And of COURSE I had to get a picture of it!!! :)

So then last night, she was brushing her teeth (she was supposed to wait for me but got ahead of herself - Miss Independence) and I hadn't pulled her hair up. Well she got a whole bunch of toothpaste in her hair and we didn't realize it until this morning. :( So I told her that we needed to wash her hair again (there was A LOT). She asked if we could do it in the sink and I said, "Well you'd have to hold your head over the sink and it might run in your eyes - are you sure you want that?" She said "Sure, let's try it!" And what do you know - it went great!!!! :)

(Btw, this was at 6:30 this morning - hence the dark windows - and she was perfectly fine with it! I was so proud of her!)

SUCH a big girl!!! :)

Trust

Wow - that's a HUGE word for 5 little letters. I mean, think about it - about what it means, about just how BIG it is.

What brought this up? Well Saturday night, I was giving Sydney a bath. She was in a very silly mood (typical) and was fooling around. It was late and I was tired, so my patience was wearing thin and I was hurrying through it. Anyway, when it was time to get out, I had her turn around (back to me) as I always do so I could wrap the towel around her and scoop her up. Well she straightened up and basically did the Nestea plunge right out of the tub. THANKFULLY I was paying attention and was ready for her. She fell right into my arms. I looked at her (she was cracking up thinking that was so fun) and I said, "Well my goodness little girl - I guess you really trust your Mommy don't you."

It was just weird. She didn't hesitate for a moment, stop to think that I might not catch her. She had blind faith in the fact that I would. Trusts me...flat out...100%! That's huge.

It just made me think about trust - in general. How important it is. And how horrible it is when you lose it or when someone loses it in you. It's something that can be extremely difficult to get back - if you even can. And how do you get it back? I guess time is the only way. Stop to think about how many ways trust affects your life - with who...and in how many situations. It's a big thing, it's a fragile thing, an important thing...

Something to think about...

Did I let her out of the house like this?

I need to preface this post with the fact that my precious baby girl has gotten WAAYYY to big for her britches. I blinked and she is worrying about clothes, telling me what she likes and doesn't like, worrying about what she wears and just overall acting older than 4 - and I DON'T like it!!! She keeps asking me if she can pick out her own clothes each day. Well me being the overly anal (who me?) mom I am - I can't allow her to pick things out (read on to see why)...

So this week at daycare, they had a "spirit" week of sorts. One day was pajama day, one was favorite color day and sports day, etc. Well today was "crazy, mixed up day". So I thought, ah ha, a perfect chance to let her pick out her own clothes...right?!?! AAAAAA!!!! Needless to say, she fit right in with her crazy, mixed up outfit.



NICE, huh??? Oh man - it took all I had to leave for work knowing she was going out of the house looking like that. WHEW!!!!! (LOL!)

So on a sweeter note, this morning when I went to wake her up, she looked so absolutely precious, I had to take a picture. My angel...





Well I had to get one of my boy too...



They are awfully precious...when they sleep!!! Teehheeee...