as of refresh.....

literally a phrase we repeat in our head WAY too many times a night while working.  Sometimes as I fall asleep I am almost chanting to myself: "as of refresh, as of refresh, as of refresh, etc."  {ie: has NOTHING to do with the post, other than being a phrase for making sure that everything in a chart is up to date} Basically I needed/wanted to document some of the comings and goings of our current life:

YEAH: for being done with my weekend, which means I am home {basically} with my babies until Thursday night.  Although today my brain feels absolutely FRIED from being awake for almost thirty hours :)

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NEAH: Maddie continues to come home from school telling me how she gets teased for being so small.  She says there is a boy "that is big" that stands in the line next to hers in the morning and chants "ha ha ha-ha ha, your backpacks so big and your so small, you must be baby." (or something similar)  I told her to tell the boy to stop saying that, because it hurts her feelings and she said "I don't think so Mom.  I already told him that, and he started chanting about me being a big baby."  She has told me that other kids at school tease her in the bathroom saying she is much to small to be in kindergarten.  The saddest part is she even has some girls that live nearby that she doesn't really like getting together with because they tell her she is too small to play with them.  I know this is just a small and harmless thing, but my heart goes out to my little girl when I hear of hurtful things other kids are saying.  I was also always really small for my age and was teased about that, so I totally understand what she is going through.  Even to this day I hate when people remark how young I look or how short I am. weird huh?  You would think as a grown-up I would be completely invincible to comments, right?  I hope she can grow through this and understand that size has no bearing whatsoever on the worth of her soul.  {and I am hoping she will grow a few inches as well, so that people will stop making her feel bad for being so small}

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YEAH for school picture day this past Friday and our first scholastic book order

{I used to LOVE ordering books when I was in school and would literally be couting down the days until they arrived}  I have been looking forward to this first book order and spent hours perusing the pages with Miss M, in order to select the best books!

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NEAH: Our &#$!% darn Camry bit the dust about one month ago and we have been sharing a car ever since.  I have to admit this is the very first time I have ever had to share a car with another person, prettty much since I started driving a vehicle--I know I know I was spoiled.  It has actually worked out okay, just sometimes it is frustrating coordinating things.

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YEAH: I got lots of laundry done and should be able to mostly catch up with household chores before going back on Thursday night. And then I will be back to square one after my stretch of nights.

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NEAH: my kids were SOOOO NAUGHTY this past weekened, including Robby this morning.  Sometimes we feel like we live in a zoo; the things my bigger two kids come up with sometimes....amazing. On the other hand, now that it is another week Miss M is back at school all day which greatly reduces the number of naughty episodes around the house.
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YEAH: for cooler weather outside.  We are looking forward to playing outside after school for hours every evening with neighborhood friends.  Also looking forward to pumpkins, caramel apples, Schnepf Farms, Halloween decor, candy and costumes!!
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NEAH: Eli is growing much too quickly; I am seriously not ready for this.  He is talking so much now and cracks us up constantly.  He loves to try to tickle us and scrunches up his face and laughs like crazy when he does this.  He is starting to resist going to bed and clings to me when I go to lay him down.  It does work...I always end up holding/snuggling him a few minutes longer when he does that :)  He loves to do anything that Robby is doing, such as playing with trains, playing in the sand outside, pretending to cook with the playfood upstairs and putting on Robby's fireman boots. We sure love him; now all he needs to do is quit growing!

Eli loves all the extra one on one time he gets with Mom these days and is especially enjoying perks such as sitting on the counter while I cook and licking the beaters clean!

And finally, just wanted to document that currently this is Maddie's FAVORITE dress/outift at the moment and puts it on immediately once it is washed and hung up.  At least this time I also think it's cute so I don't mind too much :)