We're still here.

The kids humored me with with a few photos this morning before we headed off to school.
I love this one of them.

I just wanted to quickly check in and say, we're still here.
I'm hoping to get caught up with some blogging on Friday.



(Look at how much Katie and Andrew look alike in this photo!)

We've had a crazy, crazy schedule this school year, and all of my time is pretty much devoted just to driving kids where they need to go, keeping our commitments and maintaining daily life.  I have no idea what I was thinking when I agreed to sign up the kids with so many activities.  I am NOT an activity person.  I like to do things with the kids but I don't like to have a lot of set activity commitments.  My boys like to be home and so do I (Katie is my go-go girl).   I know the activities will be in full force soon enough.

So it's unusual that we have so much going on.  We're now in full force with Soccer (andrew), Tae Kwon Do (andrew), Tennis (matthew), Ballet (Katie), Lego Club (Matthew), Bible Study (me), volunteering in the classroom, parenting class on Sunday followed by church, and 3 different school schedules during the week (morning pre-school and afternoon kindergarten) ~ so a very choppy and staggered schedule ~ definitely creating a really crazy/harried environment as transitioning the kids from one thing to the next multiple times a day feels like trying to herd cats.  It's been a little nuts.

What was I thinking?  Clearly, I wasn't!  Quite a few things drop off in the next 4 weeks, and then hopefully things will settle down.  I could not maintain this schedule through the holidays and be a very nice person.

Whenever I type a post like this I immediately feel guilty and think about how petty this probably sounds in contrast to what things could be (and have been)...but at the same time, it's how I feel at this moment.   So please don't read this as complaining,  But merely recording what life is like right now. 



We're just simply over scheduled and I did it to myself.  Right now I'm counting the minutes until friday.  Our first day in weeks (and weeks) without a commitment of some sort.  The kids don't have school.



We very well might not get dressed that day.
In fact, I can pretty much guarantee it.

It's going to be fantastic.

I feel some chocolate chip cookies coming on.