- Achievement of the day: Picking 19lbs (!) of blueberries at our favorite organic blueberry farm. Brie and Reese helped out and Luke helped himself to many berries. Ben dressed like a blueberry. Bring on the blueberry pancakes. For the record, last year, we picked about 13 lbs of berries and ran out a few months ago. We'll see how long this batch lasts us!
- Dave came home from Boston last night and had the day off today (hence the berry picking excursion)
- It was a beautiful sunshiny day which always gladdens the heart
- I went for a bike ride for the first time in almost a year on the weekend. Whew - were those muscles out of shape! Nonetheless, it felt great to get some exercise that didn't involve chasing a very fast child across a room/down a hallway/down some stairs.
- So far, Ben has started skipping a feeding.
- I have been crowned "wonder woman" by the kids. This after a conversation discussing that Brianna is "Jasmine," Reese is "Aladdin," and Luke has settled on "Charlie." (I don't believe Luke chose this alias after Charlie Brown. I think it's because that was the boy name mom chose as her guess before Ben was known as "Ben")
- The kids and I got some vacation time :) at Dad & Mom's while Dave was in Boston. Who would have thought that when I first inhabited the green room as a teen, that someday I'd be sharing it with my baby son?! On second thought, God forsaw that moment.
Downs...
- Getting impatient/angry/frustrated with the kids. Though I know in a worldly sense this is understandable, it still bothers me that I can have such a short fuse and be on such short supply. Nothing says "super mom" (or wonder woman?) quite like yelling and pointing at your child to go to their room or pulling/dragging one son by the arm from behind a chair because he was picking on his younger brother. In these sin-riddled moments, I have to remind myself that God knew what He was doing when He entrusted these treasures to me, because I definitely don't feel like I'm doing such a great job.
- Still challenged with the breastfeeding. I think it may be getting a little better since Ben doesn't seem to be quite as aggitated when feeding, but it still doesn't feel quite right.
- Having no idea how I'm going to do homeschooling. I still feel called to do it and look forward to it. But it's the whole fitting it into the day that seems unweildly. Totally trusting God to have this worked out too!
- Sleep deprivation that gives me little energy to run and play with the kids. That and knowing I have meals to get ready, laundry to do and a baby to feed. It's not that I mind the work, it's that I have no idea how to let those things go, because if I don't get them done, how will they get done?
So that I'm not ending on a totally depressing note...
Things I'm thanking God for tonight...
- Time together as a family today picking berries, stopping at fruit stands, eating frozen custard
- Dave getting home safe
- Having the windows open after a few days of humidity
- A daughter who's almost 6
- Parents I get to live close to
- A mother-in-law who gets more time with the kids since retiring
- Swim lessons at the Y and watching Brie and Reese enjoy jumping in the pool
- Boys who have jam sessions together
- A baby who's really starting to smile and coo
- That He lets me experience these frustrations and failures because He desires to mold me like Himself. I am being refined by fire!
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