The After

As I was getting the girls ready for bed, I had the camera out and realized I have not posted their "new" bedroom.

Macie's Bed


Zoa's Bed



These blocks are on their dresser:











Their nightstand. Ignore the missing picture in the picture frame. Macie had to take the picture to school and it has not made it's way back in the frame. I know...I am a slacker.




These words are on the wall, obviously.


The comforter for the beds.




We purchased the furniture and blocks from Ashley Furniture. The bedding came from Wal-Mart. After searching the internet and all the stores around here, I finally found something I liked enough to buy. Who would of thunk it? The words on the wall came from Words Anywhere, which I found to be the best all around site online. We still need to purchase some new curtains, along with a set of blinds. But all in all, we think it turned out well.

This is my last post today, promise.

Ballet - Take One

Tonight at ballet, Zoa took a potty break and refused to go back into her class. There was only about ten minutes left in the class so after a three minute debate, I gave up and we left. The owner of the studio said that this is normal for her age. We will try again next week and if Zoa still has no desire to re-join the class, we will stop her class and try ballet again in the fall.

On the way home, I realized I had not taken any good photos of her in her ballet outfit. Scared I would not get another opportunity, I took a few tonight. I played around with the one that I liked and came up with this. Hopefully, this will not be the last one of her with her ballet gear on but just in case...



I am off to clean our house. I am not too sure it would even pass a health inspection at this point. Ironically, it was nice and clean on Sunday evening, which was, ummm, yesterday. Sigh.

Five Minutes for Mom

The ladies over at 5 Minutes for Mom are hosting a blog party. They are giving away tons of prizes. You don't have to be a blogger to enter for the prizes. Go check it out!

As for my part of this party, we will start with food. And since it is a party, let's have some junk food.










Tomorrow, I will be passing out goody bags.

Zoa's First Dream

Zoa had her first dream a few nights ago, although she insists it was real. Around 4:50 a.m. yesterday morning, Zoa comes stumbling into our bedroom.

"Mom, ake up. Crabs are in my bed and they are biting my yegs."

I asked her what they looked like and she said there was one big yellow crab and it was biting her. She even showed her pre-school teacher where it was biting her! Last night, I had to put Band-Aids on her imaginary bites. Four of them.

This is the first dream she has told us about. I remember when Macie had her first dream, she woke up telling us that she was thinking while she slept.

Oh, children!

Cutting Back

Last night I had Titus 2. For those of you who are unfamiliar with what this is, I will explain it. Titus 2 is a ministry at our church which encourages women to help other women be what the Bible wants us to be. It is based off of this scripture found in Titus 2:4-5

"that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands..."

I have learned many different things through this and I know I have much more to learn.

We received a book last night, Created to be His Help Meet. The book focuses on helping you to become the wife God designed you to be. I am so excited to start reading it!

I know how God wants us to prioritize: husbands, children, home, and finally any extra activities we would like. I feel like with everyone going on, I am failing at this. I have decided that after this school year is over, we will take a break from all the extras. I know this will help me be a better wife and mother. We might start ballet up in the fall, but I will deal with that once I get there.

It is almost like a catch 22. I want the world for my children so we do things at church, we have ballet, etc. But at the same time, I lose focus on my home and most importantly, Jeremy. I emotionally and physically suffer from it as well. In this book, it talks about how your husbands likes to come home to a happy, energetic, and most of all, joyful wife. Now that I have thought about it, evenings at our home go a lot more smoothly if the girls are happy, everything is picked up, and so on. I am hoping to become this joyful wife, similar to this! (Ha! Ha!)

In all seriousness, I hope and pray this book will help me to realize my purpose as a wife.. And for the record, our marriage is fine...but like all relationships, we are not perfect.

Hint of Spring

This weekend, the weather was gorgeous. We spent four hours at the park on Saturday. We took a picnic lunch and just played. The girls were exhausted. Saturday evening, once Jeremy got home from a rugby game, we went to buy a new camera.


It is a Canon Powershot SX100. I love it and can't wait to play around with some photos on Picasa. This is an editing software that has some great features on it. Best of all, it's free!