Me time.

I am at the bittersweet time in my life when I know that I am done having kids and I am ready to move on to the next phase of our life as a family. It's a little sad knowing that I will never again have that feeling of holding my baby for the first time. That instant, first time love. That feeling of breastfeeding my child and knowing that I am the most important person in their entire life. I love watching them grow, I just wish they would do it a little slower.

With the bad comes the good though. I am very proud of the young men that they are becoming. I love leaving the house without a diaper bag or having to prep for outings. I love that even little Landon can have a conversation with me. I love that once in a while I am still the center of their world and they want nothing more that to sit on my lap and cuddle with me. And now that they are getting older and I am working part time I am starting to feel like more than just mom. I feel like me again sometimes. I am going to spend my birthday weekend away from the boys. Just me and Jim. We are going to Cedar Point on Saturday and on Sunday we are going to sleep until we get kicked out of our hotel room.
Then in August, I will most likely going to Nashville for 5 days with MOPS! I am going to Columbus for work for 3 days at the end of August, too. It feels a little weird to be leaving them, but I am so excited for the time for myself.

Ouch

My head and back have been hurting so much lately. Thank God for Excedrin. That's what I get for giving up soda, right? My body just needs that caffeine I guess. But it's all part of an over all getting healthy and fit plan and I am sticking to it. I've done it before and I know I can do it again. More to come later...

Fun in Warren, OH.

Today is yet another Snow day. We went from zero to 4 1/2 inches over night and are expecting to double that by the end of the day. So instead of going to a new indoor play area with a friend and my two younger boys on my day off, I am struggling to find something to entertain my boys again! The play area is out of the question today because an extra kid drives the price up even more and it's a 40 minute drive that could be dangerous on a day that we are expecting so much snow..
So what is there to do now? I have worked all week and I wanted to get out of the house with my BFF and my kids for a little fun. In the summer we have lots of things we can outside. there are parks and playgrounds all over the place. We could probably go to a different one every week in the summer and not run out. There are also beaches and activities and baseball games. Lots of free and inexpensive things to do. Today, I'm coming up with Mcdonalds/burger king play area, or Chuck e. cheese. ugh. We need more for families to do in the winter around here. It's March 11th and it's a snow day for goodness sakes! It's winter here most of the year. =(

Y-M-C-A

Today, we found out that we got a family scholarship to the local YMCA. We are so excited because we will be able to work out and swim, and the kids will be able to take swim lessons for free! I have been wanting a vacation so bad and we haven't been able to plan anything because of scheduling. The idea of getting to swim whenever we want almost feels like a mini vacation. We are planning on going Saturday to fill out the rest of the paperwork. Looks like mama is going to be shaving her legs more often. =)

Things are looking up.

Things have been so crazy lately with me working 4 days a week. I know it may not sound like a lot, but going from stay at home mom to being gone 4 days a week all day is a bit of an adjustment. To top it off, I had things to do for my MOPS group and MOPS on my day off. Next week I go back down to three days, which seems so much more manageable to me. Plus one of my favorite co-workers is returning from maternity leave. It should be a good week.

Spring is almost here and I am looking forward to all of the good things that it will bring. More daylight, better weather, and time outside!! My boys have cabin fever so bad. I am hoping to spend most of our summer outside playing and working in the yard.

So today, I am feeling happy. Lets just hope it stays that way.