Don't Kill My Dreams

When I saw this picture it reminded me of the scene in Rocket Man when he is in the dryer pretending he in a spaceship.  That reminded me of Despicable Me when Mr. Gru has flash backs into his past when he dreamed of building a rocket and flying to the moon.  His ambitions were crushed by his cynical mother with comments like, "I'm afriad you're too late, NASA isn't sending the monkeys anymore,"  and other discouraging remarks.  I often find myself in pesimestic mode and am sure I've made comments to my family and friends that have only served to disourage them.  For that I am truely sorry.  We all need a little encouragement.

I've also learned that I have a hard time accepting compliments.  I'm sure we could all make a long list of the things we need to work on but let's try focusing on our successes for a change.  Let's see, I love teaching in the pre-school co-op once a month, I enjoy being a Primary teacher, I have almost perfected Matt's favorite chocolate chip/raisin oatmeal cookie recipe, I joined the ward choir, I try to make myself availible to help others watch their kids, I love to read, I keep a fairly clean house, I keep my blog up (most of the time), I can touch my nose with my big toe on both feet (I haven't always been able to do that), I have potty trained one child and I'm doing better everyday in figuring out what life is all about.

I challenge you to take a moment today to count up your successes and smile at how great your life has been.  It takes practice to be content with yourself and I know I can get there.

Joining the Band

I over heard my four-year old say to my two-year old the other day, "come get ready to be in the band."  I wasn't sure what they were doing but braced myself as it can get pretty hillarious with them.  This was the end result.   Aparently they've been watching modern culture quite closly and know how band mates are supposed to dress.  Lately they really enjoy dressing up and the vests and ties have become a favorite (probably because they are not tucked away into the dress up box).  So the next time you need to dress up my four-year old is ready to get you all dressed up and maybe someday they'll even let me join their band. :)

The Most Amazing Snowman

Since we live in an area that rarely gets snowfall we were pretty excited to see the couple of inches that fell this day and took advantage by making snow angels and building a snow man.  This was the little one's first snowman and he was more interested in clearing the snow off the swingset than building the snowman.   The day afer this we got about six more inches of snow.  The boys kept checking out the window to see if the snowman was okay.  At one point he had fallen over and we went out and rebuilt him.  After the snow came the ice followed by several days of rain.  Eveything was a slushy mess and in a few days there were almost no traces left of the wintery weather.

We watched as our snow man slowly melted away.  It was sad to watch him go and my oldest suggested we bring some of the snow into the freezer to save it for another day.  I did manage to talk him out of that.  We enjoyed our winter adventures and last Friday we had a sunny day (it was 40 degrees) and we went to the park to play with our friends.