I’m trying something new today and linking up with my sweet friend, Alissa, over at Rags to Stitches.
If we were meeting up for some much needed girl time, I would let you know that over all this has been a good week.
I would also tell you that while it’s been good as far as family and kids and schedules go, that my anxiety level has been rising.
If you didn’t know, I would fill you in on the fact that every 18 months give or take a little, my husband takes a promotion. While I’m so grateful that I get to stay at home and just as grateful that he has a job, I do not like change. Actually, maybe change is ok. I don’t like the “hanging out” game while I’m waiting for the change. Some of it might be that I’m comfortable here. My parents are incredibly helpful, my friends are the greatest and I’m a sucker for great weather, shopping and eating.
I feel like I’ve gotten settled here. Joe is in school, he’s played soccer, Lynden is in gymnastics, we have all the bakery weekly deals down to a science, and we even have frequent playdates.
When we are in holding mode, I unintentionally pull back from friends so that moving doesn’t hurt as bad, can’t sign the kids up for the seasonal activities and have school paperwork waiting to be signed and returned.
My husband thinks this move could be great. I haven’t thought anything yet.
I would then move onto something lighter and tell you that I accidentally almost stole some crappy bookcases. Luckily, I decided to ask my neighbor if he was selling them and he gave me a sneak peek of his garage sale before anyone else. Score!
I would let you know that my daughter cried and would not participate in gymnastics, and it wasn’t even the first class. I took her home and then was of course blaming myself. Maybe I should have put her in preschool for half year, maybe she should have more playdates, maybe I should be doing more.
Since I’m super indecisive, I would beg for advice on what to wear for SNAP. I might even have you come pick out my clothes, show me how to do my makeup, and teach me how to do something with my hair.
I would tell you how nervous/excited/terrified I am for SNAP.
Hopefully everything at home goes smoothly while I’m away.
About home, I would tell you that we played hooky today from school and I took the kids down to Bubblefest at the Discovery Science Center. We took some of our favorite friends and made an adventure of it. I love places like these. Wait, love them when they aren’t super crowded. With 3 kids all wanting and needing mommy to look, help or hold, I can get overwhelmed easily. Add a crowd and I get nervous that I might lose one if they aren’t right with me. You know I adore my kids when I wait in line for too long to let them ride around in a bubble (hamster wheel) for approximately 4 minutes.
We decided to wait out the traffic at Summer’s and when we left there we thought it’d be such a fun idea to surprise our daddy who was still at work at 9:30.
It was pretty spur of the moment for me and when I pulled up I first looked at the kids who had no shoes on and were exhausted and then looked at myself.
No joke, peas, carrots, and oatmeal strewn across my navy shirt resembling snot, which I’m sure was mixed in also from the babe. My pants had been worn all day so they were baggy, but not the kind of baggy that makes you look skinny, more like frumpy. My face felt sticky and my makeup was not so fresh.
I’m sure when I walked in and asked the guy behind the front desk to call my husband and tell him to come down, he probably thought to himself, “And this is our Director of Finance’s wife and shoeless kids?”
I’m feeling blessed that he didn’t ask for ID.
I would tell you that the second I saw my husband come down the stairs and see us, my heart skipped a beat.
I would tell you that when my daughter ran to him and he swung her around I knew he was beside himself that we’d dropped in unannounced looking like we needed baths.
I would tell you that when my daughter ran to him and he swung her around I knew he was beside himself that we’d dropped in unannounced looking like we needed baths.
When Joe jumped from behind a pillar with a cookie he’d just snuck and started telling him about bubblefest, he couldn’t have been more proud of his little buddy.
Dad sweetly put his arm around me and gave me kiss on the cheek and it dawned on me that we can do this. We do this every short while. We pick up, we move, and we start new.
Whenever it happens, we can do it.
While I wouldn’t have even hugged me, he did and was glad his little family of rag muffins stopped in to explore.
I would probably then give you a hug and say we need to do this again soon.
Happy Friday loves!
xo,
xo,
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Moving from apartment to apartment is hard enough but moving a family to a new home? I get how you’re anxious! Hang in there tho, whatever happens will work itself out!
Thanks for sharing darling! Everything will work out. Just keep strong. Happy Friday!!
xx. McKenna Lou
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Aww..such a sweet story of surprising ‘dad’ at his workplace!! I am sure his heart skipped a beat too!
Lovely post!!
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