Ramblings of a Stay-at-Home Mom

So I'm gonna try to start blogging a bit more as I finally cut back my work schedule in order to spend more time with my family and actually have time to breathe again. I got this "weekend" post idea from another blogger who posts what they do on the weekends. As that's when we spend the most time together as a family, I decided to do that same. And I'm pretty sure you get tired of always seeing my Project Life posts, but nothing actually worth reading. On Friday I had my nephew P while his siblings has swimming lessons. I had asked my Mom to help me do grocery shopping as I wouldn't have the time otherwise to do it. So the 4 of us (me, Violet, P and my Mom) went grocery shopping. Violet absolutely loves grocery shopping, mainly because she gets a cookie while we shop. Lol. After grocery shopping it was back home, put groceries away, have lunch and get Violet and P ready to go to Natalie's place (P's mom, my sister). Natalie was going to watch Violet w...

OK, so to start off...yes, I'm about 4 weeks behind in posting my Project Life. Why? Dunno. Actually, yes I do. See, as much as I love doing this project digitally, I've been wanting to do it physically so that I can actually play around with it, work on it during the week and have it on display for people to look yes. Yes, it's a bit more expensive in the long run (time and money wise), but it's fun. I can finally put inserts in that I've been wanting to put in and just have fun with it. As a bonus part to it all, when I had bought all my digital kits from AC Digitals, they all came with printable PDF files of the entire kit. So I basically got two kits for the price of a digital one! Go me! I printed my photos off at the local printing store (don't have photo paper at home and hubby wouldn't like me burning through new ink right away ;) ), printed off the journaling cards at home and then got to work. Here's the process I've been doing: Throughout ...

Mother's Day Sunday (May 12) was the first Sunday I had off from work since I started back in October. I told my boss I wasn't working Mother's Day and she said OK! Woot! And it was a nice relaxing day.   Here's the photos with the write-up at the bottom. Enjoy!     - Slept in until 8 am! - Snuggle with Violet while Keith does something in the kitchen - Have strawberries, homemade whipped topping, homemade waffles and a ½ lb Reese Peanut Butter Cup for breakfast, courtesy of Keith - Bath-time for Violet as she covered herself in whipped topping and syrup - Mommy has bubble bath while Daddy and Violet watch Blue’s Clues - Go to church. An awesome message on Heaven as a City. And Violet behaved awesome in Sunday School - Lunch of grilled cheese sandwiches, tomato soup and beans - Nap-time for everyone!! - Play-time with Violet - Pizza for supper - Walk to 7-11 for Slurpees - Play outside for a bit, watch Violet master her slurped - More playtime inside - Tickle fights - B...

Seeing as it absolutely gorgeous outside again, I made plans to meet up with my sister and her kids and a nearby park.  After packing food for our picnic (egg salad sandwiches, cookies, chips, and homemade iced tea), I put V in the stroller and off we went. The park is only 3 blocks away, so it was an easy walk. Met up with my sister, found a spot on the grass to sit and watched my oldest nephew take his bike up and down the hill. That boy is a daredevil. Let the kids play around, but since there is no actual playground there, just the hill and some open expanse to run around, we packed up and headed to one of the pocket parks nearby. There the kids had more fun and V just wanted to be in the swing, swinging away. She loves being outdoors and just having fun. And hopefully this will help her get over her cold that she has.