Fast Forward

I started blogging some of my recipes on a separate blog, so I wouldn't clutter up this blog and then I end up neglecting this poor blog. I was doing so good too! :(

Here's what's on my mind tonight: This blog is driving me NUTS! I feel like it has no specific purpose of posts. It drives me crazy reading blogs that pertain to one certain thing...coupons, recipes, school stuff, etc., because I just can't seem to keep myself disciplined to do that. I was starting to feel like my blog has just been a hurricane of "stuff". Nothing seems to flow, or relate with the previous post. Yeah, I know I blog a lot about my munchkins, but...it still feels all over the board. Then I realized that my life is less then ordinary. I have no "set" plan of anything. I go with the flow. I roll with the punches. No matter how organized I try to be, I just am not! My life is scattered and crazy! It's nonstop. I'm just along for the ride! I've decided that I will cut myself some slack and just go with the flow in my blog as well! One day..when my life slows down...which I pray to God happens soon, I will be more organized because my mind will calm down and I will have time to remain more organized here!

Well, we have a crawler! J just took off the other day! No real warning, just off and crawling with the best of 'em! He's so cute! We've caught him a couple of times with one of his legs sticking out to the side! He is so proud of his new ability too, with giggles and smiles all the while! He, however, is now into EVERYTHING! It's been a new challenge to re-baby proof the house! He just keeps showing us all the new things he does and gets into and we just baby proof right behind his little disaster creating booty! :) He also pulled himself up to a stand the same day he started crawling!

BP is doing well in school. He's had some issues with bullying at school/church, and it just makes me dread what public school will be like. I pray to God that we have the exact desire of His heart spoken so clearly on what to do with him when the time comes. I've been hearing some stores about mommy's and their babies being bullied at elementary school. My heart just aches for those kids...the bullied and the bully's. It's just so sad, and unacceptable. It makes me want to find a way to keep my kids under my little shelter for the rest of their lives, but I know, one day, they will have to experience hurt, sadness and the crud of the world. I can just do my best to impart God's Word in them, trust God, step back, and let God be God!

LP is...well... a handful now! He is going through growth spurts like crazy and is wanting to eat constantly! He's been such a joy in the mornings when BP is at school. His mind is growing so much and watching his imagination come to life is so fun!

We're all getting excited for the upcoming Christmas time! We have visited Santa, and tonight drove through Bethlehem. Making sure my kids really understand the true meaning for Christmas is my most important goal! We're doing an un-traditional advent calender this year. I put slips of paper in a calender and they pull one every day. We do something different every day....unwrap and read new Christmas books, make a Gingerbread nativity scene. different crafts, snack, watch a movie, the minivan express..etc! They are having so much fun pulling the slips every day and getting something new to do!