Another one from our walk.
Today was David’s school had its 100th day in their new building. So they had a pajama party and counted tons of snacks in tens and visited other classrooms. They had a lot of fun and it was great to see him so happy. I snapped a few photos of him in class and when I put Nathaniel down to take the photos, he hugged and kissed his brother.
I love these boys madly.
A little more productive today. At least at work. Feels great to be almost caught up. I’ve been having headaches every day this week though and I am feeling really tired. Sleeping fitfully. I am hoping this weekend will bring some rest.
Note to Self:
My audiobook has been discussing things like why siblings fight or how much teenagers lie to their kids. All of these things make me shudder with fear. I am so worried about all the milestones my kids will be passing. All the friends they might make. The choices. The struggles. There is so much room for things to go wrong. I just hope that the ramifications aren’t too high. It’s hard work raising kids.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. Helping my husband get some stuff done tonight (some eat the frog stuff even!). It always makes me feel good to help someone else.
2. I am really enjoying my project this week (more on this next week) and I love getting to do some scrapping every night.
3. I got my Somerset Studio in the mail today and I love that. I don’t get any magazines except for this one and one more so I am always excited when they come in the mail. Just seeing Kelly Rae’s beautiful art on the cover makes me happy.
Hey Karen,
Do not worry about tomorrow or the future, enjoy today and all its beauty. It is not worth making yourself miserable today for something that might or might not happen in a far away tomorrow. Enjoy your children one day at the time. They look amazing and I am sure they will make the right choices in Life.
Good luck and BE HAPPY
Cheers
Happy Nat
I wonder if that audio book of yours addresses teens lying to their parents, too? If so, please share the title. We have had some of this with our 18 year old (been doing it since he was in 4th grade) and I have been trying to research this without much luck. I want to try to figure out what I have done so that I don’t do this with my two younger kids. It’s really frustrating. And people don’t understand my frustration because he is such a good kid, makes great grades, is intelligent (with a little too little common sense, though) and they just look at me like I”m crazy because I’m worried about the lies.
It does! It has a whole section on it. Just so you know something like 96% of teens lie to their parents A LOT. Like all the time. So it’s not you. The book is NurtureShock. Not sure how valid the research is but certainly interesting and food for thought. They talk about what you mention (kids that are good and do well but also lie). I wish I had some words of wisdom but I know nothing 🙁 I wasn’t the lying type, which is why I am terrified I think.