I'm not a very creative mom and especially when it comes to doing any sort of crafts with my kids, so I just never really do any. But one day I had this great idea that we were going to do a craft. I got my idea out of this fabulous book I have called: "Unplugged Play" by Bobbi Conner which is a wonderful book for uncreative moms like me...Anyway they had this idea in there to make hats out of paper plates and then let the kids decorate them. Well, Katelyn decided if we were doing a craft then she wanted to paint, so I was a really brave mom and decided to let them paint too. Of course, we decided to do this wonderful project right "after" they got out of the bathtub. Not the best idea but they did pretty well...I think we only got paint on their hands and the counter (which was easy to wipe up), but the bath also explains why their hair is pretty crazy. But I wasn't letting their messy hair get in my way of documenting my first creative mom moment. Ha-ha!
If anyone else enjoys reading self-help books (if that's what you want to call them) I have a few favorites that I just wanted to throw a shout-out for:
The House That Cleans Itself" by Mindy Starns Clark
This is a great book for the house-cleaning impaired (like me)
"The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands" by Dr. Laura Schlessinger
And my all-time favorite "The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ"
And I also love hearing advice from other people. I love to hear little random tricks that other people know too, so I thought I'd share some tricks with you:
* If you get deodorant on your shirt a nylon works great to get it out
* If you want to sharpen a pair of scissors then cut a piece of tin foil with them
* Clothes, towels, sheets, and blankets fold much flatter if you fold them on something hard, rather than in the air
Some people might think all this is useless knowledge, but I LOVE little tips that will help me be a better person and do my "jobs" better. I hope everyone reading this leaves me at least one little tip...thanks!
My baby brother got home last Wednesday from his mission! I can't believe it's already been two years!! We are so happy to have him home! This is most of the family (minus one brother-in-law, a nephew, and a niece). It grew by 3 people while he was gone:
If anyone else enjoys reading self-help books (if that's what you want to call them) I have a few favorites that I just wanted to throw a shout-out for:
The House That Cleans Itself" by Mindy Starns Clark
This is a great book for the house-cleaning impaired (like me)
"The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands" by Dr. Laura Schlessinger
And my all-time favorite "The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ"
And I also love hearing advice from other people. I love to hear little random tricks that other people know too, so I thought I'd share some tricks with you:
* If you get deodorant on your shirt a nylon works great to get it out
* If you want to sharpen a pair of scissors then cut a piece of tin foil with them
* Clothes, towels, sheets, and blankets fold much flatter if you fold them on something hard, rather than in the air
Some people might think all this is useless knowledge, but I LOVE little tips that will help me be a better person and do my "jobs" better. I hope everyone reading this leaves me at least one little tip...thanks!
So, I've been trying to do a little bit of facebooking lately, but it seems like I need to check it more often than every couple of days to be able to keep up...Any tips on facebooking?
I've been even worse at blogging than facebook. Sorry!
I was also wondering if anyone had any good web-sites on hairdos. One of my blogging friends (Becki) decided to get an invitation only blog and didn't invite me, so now I can't get all of her cute hairdo blogs. (This is just a hint for Becki to invite me on her blog. ha-ha! She's probably getting ready to have her baby any day and won't even read this.)
My goal is to update my blog about once a week. I'm definitely trying to find balance this new year too, Amber. Have you ever heard the quote: "Too much of a good thing is wonderful"? I don't think that's true. I think that we need to find balance and remember that our family is "the most important". I love my family and I'm going to find a good balance this new year for them!
Here are some of my goals:
1. Remember that my husband is and always will be my best friend and needs extra attention that I sometimes forget to give him when the day gets so stressful and busy
2. Remember that my kids are going to grow up faster than I think and I need to make sure and spend time with them now
3. Go to bed by 10 every night and up by 6 every morning
(getting enough sleep truly does affect everything about us)(isn't it true that you can get done in one hour without your kids, what would take you all day with kids, so my goal is to wake up and spend one hour every morning doing the things that are easier to do without kids)
4. I'm going to go to the temple at least once a month, hopefully two...We had a good reminder lesson on Sunday about attending the temple. Someone made the comment that even if we don't feel like we have enough time to do a session we can still do other things there or even just go feel of the spirit.
5. Remember that my Heavenly Father loves me and wants the best for me and my family
Now that's it's past 10 and I'm already starting to break my goals, I better stop now. I hope everyone has a great new year and finds a good balance in everything!!!
