home again, home again

the trip to st. george was very nice-the kids loved spending time with grandma and grandpa-and we always have plenty of good food to eat! of course i gained 2 lbs. but it was worth the gain. i'll just work harder this week. so, mese's on break this week from school and we're home trying to come up with fun things to do indoors since the rain won't stop. playdough will have to do for today. and i'm baking cookies today for sila's birthday party next week. friday can't come soon enough for her. my brain is pretty much dead right now so i think i'll stop. gotta get some water-fast way to get your brain going again(so i was told, but mason says it's bologna).

sunday, sunday

i keep thinking that sundays would get better for me-sometimes it does and other times not so much. the weekend comes around and i just feel overwhelmed(i hate that word) with everything i think needs to happen in primary but i need to change my way of thinking-do the most important stuff first, and whatever else happens will happen. for example, it was my turn to do sharing time today and i had the kids attention as i was telling stories from the scriptures-that was until it was time to sing-of course sila wanted to help hold the pictures at which point i said ok.(i knew better of course) i gently reminded her that she could only hold the picture of the heart if she could stand quietly and not dance around-her response was yes. so long story short, i was teaching a new song to the children while sila was giving high fives to the sunbeams in the front row getting them all fired up and not even the least bit interested in the song-just my energetic and quite entertaining 3(almost 4) yr. old daughter. i immediately took the picture from sila and said i was sorry but she didn't do what i asked her to do and so now she needed to go and sit down. she cried and she cried and her teacher came over to comfort her while i just spoke louder, trying to hide the frustration in my voice-but i think it was pretty obvious-i'll try again next week. it's got to get better, right? but on a brighter note, i can say that heavenly father is merciful and still allows me to have tender moments-even on sundays where i can feel the spirit-i just have to listen.

tip of the day...

well guys, i think i'm losing it. maybe it's the weather-yeah it's the weather. it's been so cold lately, that the kids just stay inside and try to make themselves happy and busy by fighting, spitting, jumping on the couches, picking up nani then dropping her, kicking each other, and everything else they can think of to push my buttons. i realize they're just kids trying to get their wiggles out, as sila likes to put it. so, after their morning cartoons, we put a cd in, turn the music up loud and dance our lives away-even orin gets in on the fun. lately, we've been listening to the likes of shania twain, disney mixed cd, hip hop, marty robbins, celine dion, wicked soundtrack, alicia keys-anything that sounds good to us(me and sila). music really seems to put us all in a better, happier mood. so we listen to music a lot in our home. and the fact is, we really love it. i've even heard our little nani girl singing words to hannah montana. i heard somewhere that if ever you're in a foul mood, the quickest way to turn yourself around is to put on some good music. i like that idea. try it next time you're feeling less than chipper.