There are so many days where, as a mom, I feel completely unequipped. I am often looking around and feeling like I am the ONLY mom fumbling this much and in so much chaos. I am the mom who forgets water bottles at playgroup, who forgets sunscreen at the beach, who forgets to pack lunch for preschool, who forgets the helmet at the skate park. I try very hard to overcompensate for this by being "intentionally organized". I know my weaknesses, and try very hard to plan for things well ahead of . . .
Priorities
I heard an interview with Jamie Lee Curtis the other day. She talked about her new wardrobe manifesto: she only wears black and white. Rather than a fashion statement, she is trying to simplify her daily routine and take "picking out an outfit" out of the equation. She quipped:"I never represented glam. That's the thing, you'll never see me in the front row of a fashion show. I'm uninterested in it. I find it trivial and banal and boring. I find it to be the least interesting thing that a woman . . .
Jafta’s Gospel Choir Debut
Jafta had his first concert in big church! They were so cute. He sang a little solo into the mic (mommy's camera malfunctioned at the critical moment). Then he proceeded to wander around the stage trying to get laughs, and pulled his shirt up about a million times. It was pretty cute, and pretty classic. . . .
Hover Craft
This morning I hosted a playdate for my son and three other little boys. My son was really struggling to get along with them, for many reasons. For one, my son was the youngest, so he was having trouble following the "rules" of their games, and frustrating them. Also, the other boys spend a lot of time with each other, and they seemed to get a kick out of acting like Jafta was a complete social parasite. And then, my son has the typical 3-year-old tendencies of not sharing, not following . . .
He Passed!
Mark passed his first of two exams to become a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. One more to go . . .The second test has a 51% pass rate, so he will need to do lots of studying. Unfortunately the test is very different from when I took it six years ago, so I am no help! . . .
Beach Day
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Happiness at the Misfortune of Others
DEF schadenfreude SHOD-n-froy-duh, noun: a malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of others.My kids love a book called "No, David". It is the first choice for reading of both my toddler and preschooler. I first saw this book in a bookstore, and thought that the depictions of this rascly little boy and the trouble he gets in to portrayed a negative message to kids. On every page, David is doing something naughty and being chastised by his mother. I thought, what a negative book, and . . .
Happy Easter
Today was a beautiful Easter. We woke up early, and the kids had the surprise of easter eggs hidden through the house. They had lots of fun finding them, and then we went to church together and then to Grandma's house. Yet another easter hunt at Grandma's house, and by now the kids are pro's. But most importantly, they looked very, very cute in their easter clothes. . . .
He Is Risen Indeed
Our church held Easter at the OC Fairgrounds again this year, and packed out the Pacific Amphitheater. There are some days that I am just so proud of our church community, and today was one of them. The message was an artistic expression of the Easter story, told through percussion and dance. Much like STOMP, but with a little more meaning. It was so inspirational, and yet the opposite of preachy. I love being a part of a church body that values the arts, and has the guts to do something really . . .
Speaking of Mutual Enjoyment
This is Mark's idea of doing something he loves with Jafta:Now if only he can get India on board. No pun intended. . . .
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