Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to our mamas!

Happy 6th Birthday Spencer!!

 I love this kid!  He is so funny, emotional, loving, sweet, spunky and did I mention sweet?

He loves to climb.  Anything.  Everything.  Anywhere.  Here he is at the top of some columns in our house.  He is holding on to the top of a door. 

Since this picture was taken, he gotten REALLY good at climbing up door jams and scaling other walls.  It really is pretty amazing to see!

On Saturday, I asked him a whole list of questions.  Surprisingly MANY of them weren't what I thought they would be, like his favorite color.  Orange?  (Granted he was wearing his ORANGE soccer shirt) I thought it was Blue or black.   Anyway, here is the list:

1. What is your favorite color?   Orange
2. What is your favorite toy?      Legos (star wars)
3. What is your favorite fruit?     Apple or orange

4. What is your favorite tv show?   Spiderman
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Quesadillas
6. What is your favorite outfit?   Basketball shorts
7. What is your favorite game? 
8. What is your favorite snack?
9. What is your favorite animal? Snake (ick!--this one is new...)
10. What is your favorite song?  I am a Child of God
11. What is your favorite book?
12. Who is your best friend?   Samuel or Porter or Joshua
13. What is your favorite cereal?   Oatmeal
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside?   Play on the swingset (and now the trampoline)
15. What is your favorite drink?   Hi-C Orange
16. What is your favorite holiday?  My Birthday :)

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night?   Lego guys
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?  Toast
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday?  Chicken Nuggets (Red Robin!)
20. What do you want to be when you grow up?   Astronaut (space guy!)

The Things People Say

It has been funny how ignorant people can be.  Not that they are trying to be, but they just aren't aware of what is coming out of their mouths!!

Last week at soccer practice one of the mom's made a comment about "well, we can't ALL be stay at home moms!"  She obviously didn't know I was, we had just met, and I wasn't going to add fuel to this fire.

But when I got home, I was talking to Luke and we realized that yes, many, MANY women could stay home with their children if:

1.)They wanted to.  Some women want to have a job and be out and about.  THAT IS TOTALLY fine, but the fact is...you could stay home with your kids.  It comes down to desire.

2.) Financially.  A big portion of families could make due with a 1 income household.  It all comes down to discipline and finding a way to budget it.  Most often, the daycare/childcare is going to put your budget OVER.  Don't get me wrong, I would LOVE more income and money to spend on things, but right now, it just isn't going to happen.  So I do without.
At Saturday's game, a different mom, Mom #2, was going on and on about how she 'drills' her kids about the right time to get married.  "You CAN'T get married until your at least 30.  By 30 you can have a PhD., support yourself and THEN you can get married.  "

To prove this really helped her kids, they were driving in the car when someone on the radio mentioned that they were married at 21.  Her daughter said, "Mom?  You can get married at 21!?!"  She couldn't believe it!  Her mom quickly replied, "No. No you can not."

Umm, I got married at 20.  I didn't say anything, just let her go on...and on...and on.  Don't get me wrong, she is a nice lady (that I had just met) and there are obviously things that I don't know.  (She did mention the ages of her kids 17, 9 and 6.  When I asked about their age gap, she said, "My oldest is from my dark past."  Gotcha.  Maybe that was her reasoning for drilling the age of 30 into her kids.) 

Long story short, everyone has a reasoning behind what they do.  If you want to be a SHM, do it.  If you can't, work.  It's all personal.  Do the best you can.

Thoughts?
***Disclaimer: Now, with that all said I DO realize that many families CAN'T live on one income. I know this. I am not judging, just making some observations.
This also NOT geared towards those that are single parent homes. I am only talking from my experience whichh is a husband/wife family.

Spring 2012 Soccer!

So, going along with the Parent of the Year award...I forgot my camera for Livi and Spencer's FIRST soccer game of the Spring 2012 season.  Told ya I was "Mother of the Year."

After my PHONE camera died, we moved over to Luke's...and his quickly ran out of memory.  Luckily our friends were at Livi's game (their daughter was on the opposite team) and they took some shots..those to come later. 

Some other extra tidbits to remember.  Spencer is on the Orioles and is ORANGE!  Seriously, if I get another hunter green soccer shirt..I'm going to scream!  (He has also been black and dark blue).

Spencer is #10.

Here he is getting in on the action!  So proud of him!

Thanks Greg for Livi's pictures!