today is the first day that I have felt much much better. hoorah for that. i hate not feeling like my old self for any amount of time.
tons seems to be going on but i never remember to put any of it down to words. thus when my children are older they will only have a few memories to share. i am sure that most of them will center around mom falling or something of the sort, at least they will remember the reality.
continuing in the theme of refinement, the boys had competitions this weekend for orchestra. solo and ensemble in both cello and violin. the good thing about having an ensemble with your sibling is that you aren't the one stuck without a partner the day of the competition. it also means that you parents get to hear the lovely strains of your practicing for the days leading up to competition. they were both very successful and received marks of "1" and medals for their pieces. i felt such satisfaction as now i could prove that my nagging to practice was not all for naught.
today they start bass and elec guitar lessons. both are pumped and are picking out proper garage band names.
the wyd continues to just be an all around joy and fabulous big sister. she is so loving and sweet to everyone but her brothers. she is working on a big choir recital about all the great composers of our time.
the youngest two are every bit entrenched in being 2 years old. i love this age, and now we are starting to have some of the best conversations ever. we're trying out new words, phrases and lots of mis-pronunciation. most of it is funny although not something you want repeated everywhere and we're all trying not to laugh so as to not encourage. the latest word fascination has been one that falls right in the middle of curse words. i'll leave you with my pearls of wisdom below. she's very happy to tell everyone this. apparently she listens to mommy.
I have to add that content is edited as the dinnertime conversation was very long and rambling with her tidbit thrown in for good measure.
She takes her PSA quite seriously. Maybe you should try one "Mommy says SLOW DOWN" and play it from a loudspeaker on your car when you're out driving around.
ReplyDeleteTo us it's funny, to the rest of your mortified kids in the backseat it's grounds for rebellion.
Congrats to your mini maestros.
That is fantastic!! Congrats to your boys, too! You're such a good mom, they'll have more memories than the time you fell down-- though the thought of that conversation makes me laugh:
ReplyDelete"Hey.. what's your favorite memory of Mom?"
"I don't know.. I can't really think of anything.. Oh! Remember the time she fell down? THAT was good stuff."
I loveeeeeeeee it!!!! She is so freaking adorable!!!
ReplyDeleteLike her mama!