Liam and wyatt are hanging out in Louisville with Rebecca and their cousins.  It is weird not having them here. I am going to get them in the morning, so hopefully the weather stays nice.

Beckett can be so sweet, and then such a brat.  sometimes I wish he could just be middle of the line.

We got both the boys new shoes, but I'm going to make Liam wait until next year to wear them. I bought them big.

we have basketball starting up so.

I hope hope hope that Wyatt will be okay going back to kindergarten.  I guess we can only wait and see.

very productive morning cleaning. I'm tired now, and ready for Jeremy to get home with brunch. Wyatt and I are hanging out this morning. He is playing with a little chest of silver dollars that my mom gave me.

our little hamster is so cute.  She has mellowed down a lot, and I'm pretty sure she would not murder us in our sleep if she was given the option.

Time flies, doesn't it? I can't believe it is already December. it felt like it was just summer time.  Hopefully that means that warm weather will be here soon.

Liam and wyatt are playing basketball in Jan. I was able to arrange is so that their practices are on the same night, even though they are in different age divisions. 

there has been a lot of homework later, but the boys have been doing really well about doing it.  The past few days have been good, and all three boys have been sweet tonight.

Batman just got into bed with Liam and is squished up to him cuddling. it is the cutest thing.

Man,
I am spread thin this week.  Lots of things to do, not enough time. Forced myself to be focused on the boys as soon as I got home until bath time, and feel much better about my dad.  Must. engage. children. even when I have a millon things to do.

I'm really excited about cubscouts.  I'm a little sad that Jeremy and I have such leadership roles it feels like we can't be there with the boys during the meetings, because we are running around doing things.

Some lady asked to volunteer and help out, so Jeremy asked her to do a really simple task via email and she didn't reply. Then we saw her at the Y the day before the meeting and she was like "oh, yeah, I need to reply to that email.  I should be able to do that." and then she didn't bother to show up to the meeting, and this meeting when she did show up, she hadn't done the thing. Bitch, why did you say you could help out and give your email address if you had no intention of helping out. And literally, it would have been 20 minutes of work tops.  And she said that she didn't come to the meeting the time before because she forgot because it was Columbus Day. what. the. hell. What does that even mean?

She was promptly deleted from the list of adult volunteers.

well, they started a boyscout troup at Garrett Morgan, I by they, I mean we.  You're looking at the new Tiger Den Leader and the New Secretary. OMG, it's expensive. they are allowing kindergardens in this year for the first time. Wyatt is going to be a Lion cub and Liam is going to be a Tiger. We have our first recruitment on Monday to see how big our pack will end up being. I am looking forward to it, but a  little overwhelmed with the time commitment. It is every Monday.  Working on training now and spent a ridiculous amount at the scouting store. I was able to get hooked up with some folks that aren't doing it anymore, and have a lot of stuff that I can buy from them, which is really nice.

I like the month of September- I cant believe that it is almost half way over. Next weekend we are going to Great Wolf Lodge with family, and I'm excited about that.

We are also planning an Alaskan Cruise with my dad, I think.  That is going to be really expensive as well.

Kindergarten is going well.  We are reading a ton--- at least 30 minutes every night. it's a little exhausting, but I think the boys like it. Liam can listen to chapter books now, which is very tiring for me.

Parenting is the hardness thing I will ever do.  Every day I try to do better. Some days I do go; other days I fell miserably. Sometimes I don't even want to come home to deal with it.

I hope that kindergarten goes okay. I NEED it to go okay. I need Wyatt to do better. I need just a little bit of light. I need him to find peace so that our family can have peace.  It has been so frustrating for so long, and getting worst on some days.  My reserves get less and less. it is so hard.

we spent the holiday at Holiday World. Boys had a ton of fun and made lots of memories. I thought Liam would ride more roller coasters, but only got Raven under his belt, which he didn't really like.

I liked spending time with my sister and her family. Baby Hannah is so cute.

Thankful for summertime.  we've had a pretty busy weekend. Pool, pride festival, shopping, Y workout. lots of good cooking on Jeremy's part.  got a new soccer goal set up.

I can do more and more every day on my ankle. still doing physical therapy. Most noteable, I can do lunges without too much pain, although my balance is still really crap when I do it.  I can also do a plank without pain.  Still in my air cast, but I find out on Wednesday if I can come out of that. it makes me really nervous.

Last soccer games of the season today- Wyatt played awesome, and Liam did too.  I got seriously burnt.  I'm not sure how everyone else managed not to, but look and feel like  lobster.

Wyatt starts camp at the YMCA next week.  Hopefully it will be a better fit for him. I've decided that Wyatt really isn't the issue, it's his teachers.  He did fine for almost 9 months, and then his teachers left (they got promoted to a different branch).  His new teachers don't know how to pick there battles, or don't know how to interact with them.  and Jeremy took him to a child psychologist and she basically said if he isn't acting out at home, then it's the teachers. And after going to preschool graduation and seeing the complete chaos that it was in just the hour we were there, it made me feel just horrible about what Wyatt has to spend all day at.  No wonder he was so stressed.

Of course, after we made the decision to move him to the Y for the summer, he had a nearly perfect week at daycare. Or the teachers stopped trying to micromanage him and let him just be a kid.

we have city pool passes and fun at the Y and the horse park on Monday nights. I'm dreading the two stop pick up at Y, but we will manage.

well, it's been a while.  Hawaii was a lot of fun.  The boys made so many memories, and I really enjoyed spending time with my dad.  And Jeremy got to mark a lot of things off his bucket list and is an awesome navigator, so I'm glad I'm married to him.

but, I got hurt right when we got back.  I tore all the ligaments in my ankle and then got a really bad infection that went untreated for a long time from something I stepped on in the ocean.  I didn't realize it was infected because of my sprain.  Was worried that I would end up in the ER.

That happened on April 9th, and I'm still in an air cast- which is a down grade from the huge boot I had to wear.  Every day it is better and better.

It is Liam's last week of kindergarten.  It is crazy that time is going by so fast.  I love the boys and every day I try to be a better mom.

I really hope that Hawaii is fine.  I'm super stressed about messing with sleep cycles, and I'm worried about food and exercise.   only time will tell.  I hope there are regional pokemon there.

I did  one day juice cleanse yesterday.  my stomach has been troublesome the past few weeks, and although I was miserable when doing it, today I feel really great.  flavors are stronger.  I haven't actually had anything today to eat except fruits and vegetables and a tiny bit of cheese tonight. Tomorrow I'm going to have eggs for breakfast.

I wasn't doing it for weight loss really, but I did lose about three pounds. I would say it was water weight, but I freaking drank almost 4 liters of fluids yesterday, so I don't know..

I'm thinking that my stomach upset might be from diary, so I'm going to slowly incorborate that back in. 

Liam is raising money for the American Heart Association at his school and will be participating in Hoops For Heart.  Please consider donating... most of you already got a cute video that he made.

http://jumphoops2017gra.kintera.org/liamfields

Happy Birthday to me! It's been a wonderful weekend so far, thanks a lot to Jeremy and people at work.  I got to meet with my friend for Pokemoning and cheesecake, got my work out done, had sweet interactions with the boys.

Jeremy took down Beckett's toddler bed and built the other bunk bed--- now there is two in the "nursery". If you can call it that since we have a bunch of old men in there now.  I love them so much.

Jeremy got me a graters icecream cake, and when I blew out the candle, I wished for patience and happiness over the next year.

well, the boys got a haircut and instantaneously aged.  Sniff sniff.

I managed to creep up to 150 pounds between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I can still fit in my clothes mostly, so I think it might be from lifting weights more consistently.  Sill don't feel good in my skin, so I'm going to try to do a whole month of writing down my calories.  I can usually go a day before stopping.  So, here's to day 1!

Side note, I have been going to a class in the mornings on Thursday at the Y and another one at 2pm on Sundays, and I kick hiney.  I am proud of myself.


I hope that Hawaii is okay.  I  hope that it is restful and I am a kind person to travel with.\

the boys really need a haircut.  Beckett really doesn't want one.

The boys had games today and they were so stinking cute. Both of them score goals and were so proud of themselves and more importantly didn't get upset when things didn't go as they wanted. Liam did twist his. Ankle during the 4th quarter and has been a little gimpy since then. I went ahead and got him some basketball shoes- cheapest ones I could find were $40, but i guess all three of them will eventually use them. And Liam will have some ankle support next week.

We went to the march downtown. It's really emotional for me. Like, I got choked up every time Liam asked me a question about it. The injustice of having to step back in time. The insanity of billionaires getting to decide the fate of the world.  I never thought I would have to be involved in a protest. Those times were already taken care of. Why are we having to fight the fight again? There were a lot of people.

After the march, we got milk shakes and then I came home and took a nap while the boys played outside. Tomorrow, out new Sunday tradition- Jeremy cooks breakfast, I put up the boys laundry, we hang around the house, go do a class at the Y why the boys play in the child watch area, then swimming at the pool. Boys are on electronics ban until the end of the month.

I am so tired--- it was a fun day at the Y, but I wish I could have had longer than a 5 minute power nap.  Tomorrow we are going to the zoo.  the boys are so cute playing basketball.  I love it.

we signed up for the Y, and I'm really glad we did.  I actually only did it to save on the money for doing sports because it's 30 bucks extra a kid without being a member and having two kids that want to play basketball this winter hurt.  So we signed up- waited until after Christmas when they waved the sign up fee. and O M G.  they have free childcare, and like super kickass class rooms that are all separated for the different kids.  They have a huge pool that is open ALL FREAKING DAY for free swim. with a giant slide.  and a millon lifeguards.  And P90x and PiYo and insantity classes. SHUT UP. and spinning classes. 

And, it is literally 5 minutes away.  So, the plan for the winter. Liam has basketball on Tuesday at 5:30 and Wyatt has it at the same time on Thursday.  While one of them is playing, one parent will be getting steps on the walking track that goes around the top of the gym so that you can look down (I KNOW SHUT UP!!!!) and the other parent is going to be with Beckett and whoever isn't playing basketball in the pool.  Then flipflop the next day.  Everyone is going to be kickass when summer time comes with swimming. And on Saturdays, we can abandon, er I mean, leave Beckett in the childcare area to play while we watch the basketball games rather than having to fight him on our laps for the duration of two games.  I AM SO EXCITED>

Happy new Year everyone!  This year I'm going to lose the 9 pounds I've gained since Thanksgiving, I'm going to be more patient with the boys, and I'm going to try to help more around the house..


And I'm gonna catch them all!