She's 9

My oldest turned 9 this week...9...I still can not believe it. How did she get to 9 so quickly. Isn't it funny how when you are going through certain stages you think it lasts forever yet looking back it really went by fast. She was only an only child for a short time so honestly her babyhood is a blur. Those poor first-borns it's all trial and error and I remember as much as I wanted that baby girl I had no idea what I was doing with her. Poor thing. Despite us she's turned out to be a fabulous young lady - very sweet and nurturing. Kind to everyone (who is not her parents or brother or sisters). Tries hard. Loves to dance. Loves school. While it's sad in a way that the years are passing so quickly I'm excited to see what the future holds for her.

In the Car

So we're in the car yesterday morning after being at running club (the kids..not me) and Jacob and Julia start talking a mile a minute. It goes something like this:

Julia: Mommy...where are we going now?

Jacob: Mommy..what are we doing?

Julia: Mommy..I'm hungry

Jacob: Mommy..I need a drink..

Jacob: Mommy....Mommy...Mommy...um...what can we do?

Me: Stop saying mommy - I'm right here - just talk to me...stop starting every single sentence with Mommy...

(pause)

Jacob: Ms Lori...I'm hungry

Abandonment

I feel like I've unintentionally abandoned my blog! Ugh! I had such good intentions for really keeping it up this year and yeah...that so has not happened. What has happened? Jacob stopped napping (I know..I'm still in mourning), my workload increased, no cleaning fairies stopped by my house, I have no house elves to make dinner and apparently these 5 other people I live need me to cook for them or they will starve, my kids like to do activities and I can't say no to volunteering. That, in a nutshell, sums up my life. Or in one word: busy. Unfortunately blogging is at the bottom the to-do list.

Today, however, I find myself with a bit of time this morning. Rarely on a Saturday is there no where we have to be and a certain time. And it's only a couple more weeks of this since soccer season is about to start and then we move right into swim season.

So..I'm playing catch up this morning. I have a few blog-worthy stories to tell so here goes....