Cub Scouts Fun

The boys got to check out some of a police officer's gear when he came to a cub scout meeting. You'll see Austin in vest and helmet. Teagan is holding a gun.

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Random happenings

April already!

The months are going by quickly this year it seems. It's already April. It appears summer is just around the corner and while I'm longing for warm weather, I'm also overwhelmed with the amount of work needing to be done. Specifically school. Taking all of February off has put us a little behind and I've threatened my boys with no summer break unless they really buckle down. And thus so, it is spring break here this week and they do not get a break. They don't seem to mind though.

The month of a March went rather quickly. It was less rainy than last year but at least a little more interesting than our February was in terms of weather. In March we celebrated 2 birthdays. My two boys were born 2 years and 2 weeks apart. They turned 8 and 6. Being so close together makes it difficult for party planning. The boys had talked about having a party. We threw around some ideas. In the end with them each wanting different things and inviting certain friends it just wasn't going to work out. There were some other factors in the mix that just made having a party for them seem like we were rewarding them with something undeserved. I felt bad and my mother will never let me live this one down but their birthdays have passed and they haven't asked about it. We did celebrate just as a family by doing something special on their day and having dinner together and they opened gifts from grandparents.
I love my boys and they are growing up too fast. But they get harder to handle with each day it seems. I don't know what people mean when they say girls are more difficult than boys. I feel exactly the opposite!

I mentioned earlier we took all of February off of school. That was because I could barely handle being out of bed more than a few minutes at a time. We are expecting baby #4 and I was so sick that month! I'm feeling much better lately and have finally resumed normal household duties like cooking, cleaning and teaching school. Oh yes and trying to potty train my 3 year old. She seems very uninterested and just doesn't get it...still. So far the only thing that works is setting an hourly alarm. It feels so long ago that I potty trained the boys that I'm forgetting how I did this with them and wondering why it seems so difficult this time around?

So busy...

I want/need a vacation....