Paper Mama {Photo Challange - Black & White}

a new do for the baby boy

my little man was in desperate need of a haircut. i am lazy about giving haircuts(just ask my hubby). i basically have to forced or get inspired and then have to do it immediately before the spark passes. this morning i looked at my baby and thought, i can't let you go another day looking like a justin beiber wanna-be! i was nervous to cut his hair with no one to hold him down help me but surprise, surprise he did great!

 before...

after...

 

good job baby boy you look soooo cute!

nail polish

yesterday, i was in my room napping reading while noah napped and gracie was supposed to be having "quiet time" in her room. gracie came in my room and said, "mommy, i had an accident," and promptly showed me her finger tips and toes covered in nail polish.

me: "what happened?!?!"

gracie: " i wanted to fix this nail and i got nail polish all over my hands and feet."

me: "you know you aren't supposed to use the nail polish without mommy. why would you do that?"

{cue hand on the hip and sassy head wiggle}

gracie: "well it is your fault."

me: "excuse me?!?!"

gracie: "you shouldn't leave the nail polish down where i can reach it!"

lord help me.

new name, new post.

yay! i am so excited about my new blog name. hopefully this will get me pumped to post more since i have a more specific idea about what i am going to post. basically, this blog is going to be a baby book for my kids. i am going to try and write down the funny things they say and do and the different milestones they reach. to get me started, here is something funny sassy said today in the car...

gracie: "mommy is being a princess a job?'

me: "it can be."

gracie: "that is what i want to be when i grow up, a princess."

me: "well you have to marry a prince to be a princess and we don't have any prince's in america. you would need to go to england or something to find one."

gracie: "well, we better move!"

Something New!

I'm thinking of renaming my blog. I kinda feel like I need to shake it up. Don't get me wrong I still lead a life almost always in sweats but I am thinking about only documenting the funny things my kids say and do and the title "my life in sweats," is more about me then the kiddos. and honestly who really cares about what I think/say/do when I've got two kiddos bursting with personality! Stay tuned! Xo, Joanna

moving on

it's no secret that the past three months have been very emotional for me, to say the least. i feel like i was walking in a fog of sadness since my miscarriage and diagnosis. i wanted to feel better. i wanted to be happy and enjoy what was happening around me but honestly i just could not.

i read this quote on one of my favorite blogs last month "... there is a part of me that recognizes the importance of being broken, of never knowing too much, of being so vulnerable that the possibility for transformation is breathtakingly real."

  i am so happy to be on the other side of that season of grief. because it would be a shame to not be able to enjoy this...

xo,

joanna

K vs. Pre-K

I am stressed. I am having the hardest time deciding if we should go ahead with kindergarten or do another year of pre-k for gracie. gracie is a mid-july birthday(so is noah) so we have two choices: a.) go to kindergarten and be the absolute youngest. or b.) do another year of pre-k and be closer to the older side. she is academically ready for kindergarten. she can write her first and last name, recognize most upper and lower case letters, count to 100 etc... but i am not sure if she has the maturity to pay attention/sit in her seat quietly for long periods of time which is expected in kindergarten. i know that those skills will come and honestly if we send her to kindergarten she will be fine. however, i don't  want her to be just, fine. i want her to be excited about school and learning. i don't want her to start as the underdog. gracie is a natural leader and the odds of her being able to be the leader as the smallest and youngest, are very small. i don't like that.

the other side of the coin is, will she be challenged enough  if we do another year of pre-k? we peeked in on the pre-k class that she will join if we decide to go that route this morning and she asked if she could do the seat work with the kids. the teacher gave her the same work and she finished the work perfectly and before most of the other kids.

this is so hard. i just want to do what is best for grace. i wish i could stop going back in fourth in my head about it. some days my mommy gut says send her, then i start having anxiety about her not being ready. other days i am thinking keep her another year, then she reminds me how smart she is and i am second guessing myself again! blahhhhhhhhhhh i need a help.

please lord help corey and i make the best decision for gracie. obviously, you know what she needs best, so please, please, please tell me what that is. amen.

i am going to go pull my hair out more about this issue.

xo

joanna