hello....eight things.

we aren't going to talk about how long it has been since i blogged. we are just going to move on.

ok?

ok.

1. school is almost out. like serious this year went sooooooo fast. holy smokes. time. slow it down.

2. i think this may have been one of the best end of the school year for our family ever. we tend to come a bit unraveled at this point in the school year. bed times get pushed back. mornings get rough. lunches get packed at the last minute. homework is rushed. and reading logs oh lord reading logs. well this year with five days to go i just put all the babies to bed by 8 pm. we are holding tight to a good routine. and everyone is benefiting. momma included.

3. mothers day weekend was great. i told maggie i get the whole weekend and we ended up doing most the celebrating on saturday. it just happened that way. and time at 12:15 am sunday morning jake kicked mothers day off with the croup! we were able to keep him comfortable and sleeping. i took him to urgent care the next morning. he was put on five days of steroids. quite the mothers day with that dude.

i love being a momma and i love my babies something fierce.

4. i got some sweet gifts......

notice all the children telling me to STOP singing. hmmmmmmm.

5. mags loves to have someone lay with her at night to rub her back and sing her a song. her song of choice since early december......silent night. every. single. night. silent night. and don't you dare try to change it up. oh magpie.

6. jake went through a sleep fighting phase over the last few weeks. it started one night when he woke up screaming. i went to check on him and he was so scared. not sure what it was. then he started to fight bedtime. saying he was scared. we had to remove a picture from the wall that he said scared him. but slowly he has eased back into a good sleep schedule again. he seems less scared.

7. i got to go see cece present her making a difference project at her open house. she was a rock star!

8. ellie has just five days left at school with me. i can't even believe it. after years of going to my room and talking about being at my school. she is almost done. makes me so sad. yet watching her grow is such an honor. i just wish time would slow down. i just want to soak it all up.