I have always been an extreme person, things are really good or really bad! I bounce back and forth between extreme thoughts a lot. One of them is going back and forth between thinking my kids are not understanding things and never going to make it on their own, to thinking they are such great kids! Lately they have all been asking for so many things. Summer is always expensive and then back to school stuff: registration, sports, clothes and shoes were really expensive. I thought I might lose it if anyone asked for one more thing and my kids got an earful every time they asked for something. I was in my "the kids are really good" thought one day so as I was buying the kids the things they "needed" at the store and I had the thought to give them each a little something with a note just letting them know we were proud of them. I realized I get so focused on teaching them, that I forget to praise them for their efforts and all of the good that they do. Life is so busy and overwhelming that I find it really hard to strike a healthy balance on things. I'm always working on finding a place in the middle instead of going to extremes. It's a work in progress!
We set up the extra computers that Keith got from work in the basement so the kids can use them. Jonah and Christian are usually playing Fortnite on them. Hallee likes to sit at the table and pretend she is at work. She is so cute.
All of the kids love Jackson, but he is especially therapeutic for Caitlyn and Wyatt. Caitlyn loves to hold him after a hard day at school.
Wyatt wanted to tuck Jackson into bed with him, Jackson didn't like that idea.
Sunday night we went and played tennis for a while. Caitlyn loves to share her knowledge and skills with us.
Monday was Labor Day. We all needed a down day after a busy week. Caitlyn and Wyatt had counseling and then Caitlyn had tennis practice. After that we all ate lunch and went to the pool. The water felt so good on a hot day. We really needed to just have fun as a family, so it was great to take that time together. Life is crazy right now with soccer and tennis.
Jonah had his second soccer game on Tuesday. He played great again and their team pulled off another win!
Grandma drove down to watch him. My kids love grandma time!
2 comments:
How sweet that you got the kids each something and wrote them a sweet note, especially when you were stressing about all their needs and how expensive they were. Good job! We all have things we're working on improving so you're completely normal! Looks like you had a fun weekend!
Great post. You do have awesome kids. And they are each so darn cute on top of it!
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