Oh Motherhood

Today was one of those days. I googled "5 year old tantrum" to see if they could give me any insight into why my child is apparently exchanged for a different one at kindergarten every day. But I already knew, today at least, was because she woke up, at 5 AM.  I will not go into detail about our day,  but I did notice that I had a very difficult "mom" day the day before I start teaching/facilitating a Motherhood Bible study. Kindergarten has proved to be a difficult transition thus far, and I think it may just take some time, lots of sleep and prayer...and maybe mom remembering not to have after school appointments. I got on my iPad to look at pictures for the blog, since I hadn't updated in a while, and found these pictures. Since we had two parties on Saturday we missed cleaning day. Her room had needed cleaning for a while, but we just hadn't gotten there. Sunday we were tired and needed to rest, and we ended the day snuggling on the couch talking with Daddy. Then she went upstairs and cleaned her room all by herself. When she was done she asked me to vacuum. Sometimes those moments feel very far away, so I'm glad I took pictures to remember them on days like today. 

She made her bed, laid out her clothes for school.

I love seeing how she cleans.

Also, she pointed these turkeys out to me. I said, "oh a mommy and two babies." She said, " no, that's the Daddy. He took them out for lunch." 😂😂😂 where does she come up,with these things?

2 birthday party day

Some days we need to relax. But even if we are doing things, it is refreshing to be around friends. Last Saturday we had two birthday parties to go to. I wondered if I was crazy, but one was at lunch and the other at dinner, so I didn't have to cook the whole day...which totally made it worth it. Owen turned 4 and had his party at the splash park in Plumas Lake, which we had never been to. It was warm enough for it...even in September. Hopefully soon it will cool down, but he kids all had fun. And Riley's party was at his house. He had a dinosaur party...also ironman and other things, but mostly dinosaur. :) we had a blast. I told Emma we would split the cake at both parties, so as not to go,crazy with sugar. She didn't even finish either of her halves, and didn't grab much piñata candy. She mostly just had fun playing with her friends. :) it was a good, exhausting day. Also, I forgot to take pictures at the first party, so these are all from the second. 

Pinning the head on the fossil. 

Dino egg hunt!

She didn't do the piñata at the first party, but she did here. 

Crazy boys...and Emma. 

More presents!

Emma loves packages! We have gotten several in the mail lately, and she has enjoyed opening them all. 

Minnie Mouse! 

I tired to catch her reactions, but it didn't work out. She loved this book! And she also got some glow pads, which I forgot to get a picture of, but she has gone to town coloring them. 

Minion! 

She loved the party stuff, too. 

Daddy Bear, Bob the Minion, Minnie Mouse, hanging out on the stairs. I can't remember why. I think they were going somewhere. 

Labor Day Weekend

We have been really busy lately, and kindergarten is exhausting. So this weekend we just stayed home and rested. We baked, played, and just hung out. It was much needed. 

Making carrot apple muffins 

Yummy!

Doing dishes! If you cook, you have to clean up!

While I did some dishes, she cleaned the dining room all by herself! Even found a tablecloth, place,ate and asked for flowers. Then we made salads and watched a cooking show. 

Apparently all the cooking wore her out. She just laid down and fell asleep. 

She has struggled a lot with kindergarten...she is learning and doing good while she is there, helping the teacher even. But coming home is a different story. She has not been herself, just tired and unreasonable, lots of meltdowns. Hopefully she adjusts soon because it's not fun. 

Playing with Ada

Ada's parents went to a movie the other night, so she came to our house. These two love to play together, and it was great fun to have her over. We are going to miss them! 😭😭😭

Emma loved this meal...Ada was polite and ate it. 

They played so long we didn't have time for a movie, but we did get to watch some Magic School Bus. 

JBF sale

I got to go to the presale day of the JBF sale this year since she didn't have dance class. Since you can't bring kids to the presale, Emma hung out with Ms. Holly. It was a fun night for everyone. 

Tim and Holly have a stash of toys. 

Making banana bread. It was yummy. 

Check out her shoes that I got at the sale.

I got the hat, too. It was for crazy hat day at school the next day. 

I had to get her some new shoes since she has outgrown several of hers. These are her first ones with laces, so she learned how to tie them! She learned fast thanks to out Minnie Mouse book. 

She was reading a book to Delilah on Sunday after church at Holly's house. I got the dress at the sale. 

Disney princess Magiclip dolls. The dresses clip on and of so you can change them. I got these for $5, a great deal! We even had the one that wasn't in there. 

Tooth saga part 2: Brave girl

Last Wednesday Emma went to the dentist to get her tooth checked out. She did so good, laid still the whole time and let them do everything they needed to without complaining. 2 years ago she had 4 crowns put in, which was quite traumatizing for a 2.5 year old. She has been pretty anxious ever since, understandably. So I was it glad went so well. She watched Trolls and just relaxed. They did put her crown back in, which didn't take long but didn't feel good. I promised her a Pumpkin Smash Smoothie afterwards. 

She brought Minnie Mouse to hold.

We have a great dentist, very accommodating. Today We went in for me and they set her up with a tv and headphones and toys. Other times they have let her watch everything they do to me to help her not be afraid.

Such a cool kid

Cool pumpkin smoothie on a hot day! And a full smile once again.