this picture has nothing to do with this post...but that's okay!

Today is the last day of school! How crazy is that? Kaitlyn will be in third grade and Addie will be in kindergarten come fall. I don't even know what life will be like with two kids at school and two kids at home! Not that half day kindergarten really counts in my opinion. It's 2 1/2 hours long...but I don't want her gone longer than that anyways. Kids need to be home as much as possible in my opinion. Not so I can control and protect them but so that I can teach and guide them. That's what I try to do anyways. My kids my think otherwise!

Kaitlyn has loved her teacher Mrs. Sims and so have I. I haven't spent time in the classroom helping out but when Mrs. Sims husband died a couple months into the school year, we were able to go to his funeral. I got a glimpse into their lives as her nephews talked about her and and husband. They are just great people plus, Mrs. Sims just raved about Kaitlyn at her last parent teacher conference. (Anyone who loves my kids and sees the best in them ranks high in my book!) I was thinking about that today. Kaitlyn really is a great girl. She has her hormonal moments...but she is well rounded. Smart but doesn't make other people feel like they don't know as much as her. Witty but not at inappropriate times (mostly), pretty but she doesn't stare at herself and fuss over her appearance. She's kind and loving, and responsible....but not too much so that we don't know she's normal!

Really, I do have great kids. Even when they are grouchy and whiny and poopy and messy...they still are great. I gotta be honest and say that as much as I love 'em...I am not sure what do to to keep us from driving each other nuts all summer long!

p.s. i loved THIS. watch the one titled :LIFE

just wastin time

why do the days seem so much longer....but I feel like i still have so little time to get things done?

life can get overwhelming for me...and the feeling will last for a few days and them be gone....only to return without warning....

...today....I have so many things to get done : clean out the fridge, get Weston out of his pull up because he stinks like pee, make beds, pick up messes, dishes, laundry, vacuum, pull weeds, mow the lawn, clean out the kids medicine cabinet, do my hair, make meals, and be patiently kind and pleasant.

right now i just feel like wasting time on the computer and ignoring it all....luckily I realized what I was doing (hiding out) before I'd wasted more than a half hour and so now I am going to go to something productive....hold my little one year old baby....and then maybe call a friend so she can talk to me while I do my chores.

....what are YOU hiding from while you sit there looking at the screen?