I'm Back...for real this time

So...it's been a LONG time since I've blogged. Life is much calmer now. We've had a lot of changes in the last few months that left no time for blogging. More on all that later.

For the most part, this is my first "normal" summer as a stay at home Mom and I'm LOVING it! This is the first summer in 5 years that I have not had a house FULL of extra children. I've been able to take Ella and Eric to swim lessons, art lessons, zoo camp, library story time, swimming, and more swimming.

And I can go to the grocery store any day of the week....it's the small things that make me happy! I'm able to enjoy my own 2 kids and give them lots of attention and loving. 

More random updates:

I got a summer "bob":

I surprised Scott Fathers's Day weekend with a child-free night away to Houston. It was fabulous!

And Spell It With Style is going great! I'm working on getting a shopping cart on http://www.spellitwithstyle.com/ so customers can purchase there and at my etsy shop.

Give away at Screweduptexan! Win 4 tickets to Six Flags over Texas

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It was warm yesterday!

We enjoyed the spring-like weather yesterday!

This little man keeps me laughing. Eric is so full of LIFE!

Always in motion. Plays hard. Loves hard.

Ella is my nurturing little mama. She is thoughtful, sentimental, and wise beyond her years.

We went to a birthday party for a 65 year old relative. I looked around to see where Ella was and spotted her sitting beside 2 ladies in their late 50s. She was chatting away and having the best time.

(Eric was running around with cousins. At this same party, we were sitting down for dinner and he THREW his dinner roll across the table at me like a fast ball.

Last picture is from last Friday. Scott and I went to eat lunch with Ella at school. She was so happy!

Pictures by Eric

Yesterday I needed 15 minutes so I let Eric have my camera:

 2 things to note here:

1.) B.E. ((Before Eric)), I never let Ella touch my camera, much less walk around the house taking pictures.

 2.) Notice that I'm smiling and pleased that I'm getting 15 mintues to answer work emails.

goober

Bathroom shot: Note to Eric: This is the place where you are supposed to go pee and poop....in the POTTY!!!

Calgon

I'm pretty sure no one reads this blog anymore due to my blogging hiatus, but here you go:

Today was one of those days.

We had fits:

Meet Ballet Super Hero Ella:

There is so much going on with her outfit that I have no words.

Ballet Super Hero Ella telling Cowboy Eric he isn't playing correctly

 Cowboy Eric taking a moment to reflect on Ella's words:

And Cowboy Eric having fit #671 and Ballet Super Hero Ella saying O.M.G.

Did I mention I have a stress fracture in my foot?

Calgon take me away!

Rocky Start

Ella's class is studying landforms and she has a rock collection due this week.
So this past weekend we headed out to Granny and Papa's house to find rocks.
This is what Ella did the first 20 minutes:

Turns out, she was "in a mood" b/c none of the rocks were special. She wanted to find diamonds and other precious gems....HA! I guess you could say our trip to Granny's house had a rocky start!

So while Ella had alone time by a tree, Scott, Eric, and myself worked on HER project. Isn't that what being in gifted and talented classes is all about? ha

Princess Ella finally came around and found 4 rocks that were a "little bit special".

it's been almost 3 months!

I'm a very bad blogger. I've just been too CRAZY, happy busy to sit down and rewrite it all.

On top of all that goes with being a Mommy, wife, and childcare provider means...I've been (thankfully) close to swamped with my home based business, Spell It With Style.

I'm not complaining, but whew! I've never worked so hard in my life, but never been this fulfilled, happy, and at peace. If that makes any sense.  Having Spell It With Style as my main JOB feels fabulous.

I've gone from keeping extra children 5 days a week to 2-3 days AND I am getting to take Ella and Eric to school 2 days a week! I've been a stay at home mom for 4 years, but I've never been able to do the things that stay at home moms do b/c I've been happily taking care of other peoples' children.

I never thought driving around town during a weekday would feel so liberating! Lol!

Life is good.  I'm looking forward to the new year!

PS: I will have a new post at least once a week!