Winter 2010/2011

What have we done this winter? Anything fun? My answer to that would be the same things we always do. You know...the children's museum, preschool at home, speech therapy, church, BSF, and Grandma Moon's house. We havent gone anywhere especially special or done anything of that sort, but we have had a great time being together. I will say this winter I have been more content than in past winters. It may be because it is simply too much work to go anywhere therefore I have no desire to leave the house. So having nothing to do doesnt bother me all that much. After Bekah's recent scare I pretty much locked the kids up! I only took them to church, which is 3 times a week. The girls actually got to go to the grocery store for the first time since before Dec 17, 2010. They were so excited!! They were mad it was only for a few items and not a full trip. See if you dont do anything, they will love the simple things. haha. We also decided to quit story time at our local library bc of the green noses that always seem to attend such a wonderful FREE event! We will join back in the summer program but not before then! For filling the girls sticker charts we did take them to Incredible Pizza Company one day last month. They did love that! We of course tried to enjoy the large amounts of snow this year. But once again that was a lot of work to get 3 kids bundled up so Scott had to be home in order to enjoy this activity. Caleb was quite inthralled by the white stuff, Ryan would play too long everytime coming in crying from frozen fingers, and Bekah never seemed to enjoy the sledding but loved playing on the playgrounds. Scott kept busy at work with a room addition that just recently ended. Now he is taking one day at a time rejoicing even when someone calls about an ice damn on their roof! This is always a slow time of year, but God has never left us without so we will trust and rejoice until it picks back up usually in April or May. I have spent a lot of time baking and cooking since no one wants to play with me anymore. I was also blessed with a new mixer that is AMAZING! Not such a bad thing to have extra goodies around. Ive spent more time in God's word than I have since having kids and that has been more rewarding than I could ever explain! I have been sleeping all night for the first time in 16 months! Man does it feel amazing! I actually have been staying up until 11pm bc if I go to bed at 10 anymore I dont sleep well. I never thought I wouldnt be fighting the urge to nap anymore. Although this winter I have spent many hours picking up toys (so that I can sleep at night), breaking up sibling fights, and eating much more sugar than I usually allow myself I can honestly say it has been GOOD!! The kids have been healthier this year than last or perhaps our perspective has changed bc Caleb has had 4 sinus infections since Halloween, surgery, and 2 weeks of diahrea. Bekah besides last month only one sinus infection, one ear infection, 2 stubborn coughs with those, and one month of diarrhea. Ryan has only had 2 maybe 3 colds that barely bothered her and required no antibiotics. Scott and I havent been since since Thanksgiving. After typing that I think maybe our perspective has changed. After Bekah's recent scare I will tell you that Caleb soon got one of his sinus infections and we were so excited that it was something so simple. Whereas before we wouldve been frustrated to have yet another cold invade our home. Instead we thought hey what is a little green snot caked on my little guy's nose with some night time crying!! So as you can see we have had a great winter! I will not lie though. Im anxiously waiting for spring and feel like it may never come! I cant wait to take the kids somewhere with only a jacket!! But until then we will continue to make memories doing the same things we always do. Man I love my job!!