So far, school has been out for a week and a half and the children are already restless. We have been to the zoo twice, swimming twice, boat riding and intertubing, to the park and we also have been to the YMCA several times. For some reason though, all four kids have been out of sorts. Particularly Ian and Elizabeth. Ian, I suspect, has had a hard time dealing with the change in household dynamic that has come with the girls being home from school. It usually takes him awhile to adapt when any change occurs. Elizabeth has entered the terrible threes, which I have found with all of my children to be much worse than the terrible twos. Her new thing to say is "I not.." as in "I not getting dressed", "I not going to bed," etc.
Today we got up and went to the YMCA. I then had to take Annika to the eye doctor to get her glasses fixed because Ian had broken them the night before. We come home, two hours later he breaks them AGAIN! He also made Annika cry by pouring her popcorn on the floor and breaking her new lip gloss. Sigh. We race off to Annika's game, where Elizabeth has a giant meltdown because she doesn't want to sit with me, she wants to go to the playground. I finally positioned myself to where I could watch her and watch the game, (and dash over to assist her when she needed it), so she was (fairly) happy. Ian had a good time playing in the sand...and laying in the sand...and rolling in the sand ...and putting sand in his ears. After the game we ran a quick errand. Elizabeth screamed when we were finished and refused to get in the car. We finally got home and got everyone a snack and cleaned up. And then Elizabeth threw another fit because she didn't want to go to bed.
Between the tantrums, the tattling, and fighting I have been worn out. So I haven't been writing much, but it is probably a good thing! Who wants to read my griping? And see, ChaBa, I do complain, lol. Hopefully things will settle down here pretty soon.
On an accountability note, my three goals are not going so well. I was supposed to run a 5K, read the New Testement in 30 days and start going to school full time. I have been going to the gym regularly, but I need to get back into running more. That is my goal for this coming week. As for reading the New Testement in 30 days? I think in order for me to absorb more, I do better reading slower. Endurance rather than speed...which is also my running goal. So I am reading 1John at the moment and will continue on at a leisurely pace. My school situation is a long story, but that goal is not happening at the moment, so I am patiently waiting for that to work out.
Oh, and in order to make this post even more random, I am including some pictures of my favorite baseball player. I have had so much fun watching her play. She really has so much enthusiasm. Tonight she was the only girl out there (out of both teams!) so she was surrounded by boys, but it didn't seem to faze her in the least.
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