Projects. Love/don't love

I like figuring out clever ways to make things work out. Like fitting everything plus extra credit items onto Dylan's family history board. But I Don't love that we were given only 1 week notice, had 3 baseball games,

tae kwon do,

scouts, basketball, last days with their ipads, and ticket-buying-time in those 7 days. 

It is good. 

Dylan chose Colombia and Germany to highlight. We are going to Colombia in January for Andre's 40th birthday! Dylan would have picked just one country but the mini homework projects he has been filling in have been on these two plus Italy. We did not know they would be compiled into one big grand finale and thete was no time to consolidate/redo required parts. 

The table is cluttered with other projects. I have made lots of hair bows from old bride's maids dresses (thanks Amber Ayres and April Lowenburg) and fabric scraps and lace and ribbons. I made a wipes case too. Thanks Kat!! I need an assistant for photos of Julia though. I usually have a mom as the spotter. I am struggling with birth announcement ideas. 

I have had no commitments and am supposed to be on this recovery maternity leave yet my to do list is growing. It is frustrating. I have had help. Don takes care of the car line a lot. So does Steven. Steven took Tyler and Dylan to scouts for a bit. That had good potential. I unloaded the dishwasher and cleaned up the dinner. (I made meatloaf with Julia who fell asleep while I was chopping, 

after going to AAA, which does not have Colombia maps, and Aldi for dinner ingredients etc.) Steven came home to swim with Tyler. I love that they get to swim so much. 

I am rambling. Yea, no nap today. Tyler and Julia napped in the boys' Spring Concert.

That was my nap time too. I love that I could go and that I am recovering well. I went for a jog 2 days ago and again yesterday.

I was not going to yesterday but Steven wanted to go on his lunch break and promised he would take Tyler then realized that Tyler will hold him back. And Steven does not run with strollers for when Tyler got tired of running.

My lower tummy insides felt it for sure. I am glad I took today off. 

Tomorrow Julia is 3 weeks old. That is hard for me. I do not want to go to work. Well work is ok but I do not want to leave my baby. At ALL. Emotional recovery is harder than physical. She is still a part of me. 

Tae kwon do YA

Before kindergarten, Isaac started tar kwon do. He loves it of course. Tyler does not mind being there for two classes because there is a little baby girl there. He loves seeimg baby girl Bianca. She has a big sister in Isaac's class and a big brother in Dylan's class. Master Lee just had his 20 year anniversary of having his Champion Tae Kwon Do business. The boys tested and Dylan is now a senior brown belt and Isaac is yellow. 

I take all 6 kids sometimes on Mondays. 

Tae Kwon Do - YAH!

7/11/11 We wanted to start Dylan in Tae Kwon Do before the school year because we plan on having him do that for his after care on the days that I work.  We didn't want him to have too many new things all at once.  We started Isaac in his class the first day too even though Master Lee thought 3 years old might be a bit too young. 
They LOVED it! 
They were in their play clothes for the first free trial lesson. 

They were both really good at listening and doing what Master Lee told them. 

Master Lee is funny, so the class is fun. 

He's not their babysitter though, he keeps telling them, so they need to show respect!

Here's a little background.  The boys didn't nap that day.  Isaac was up in bed for a long time.  He asked to go get water, and I thought it was just another thing to get out of bed so I said no.  It was finally time to put shoes on, so I had them get ready to go.  They were excited!  The class is only a half hour, so I didn't pack water for them.  Isaac was paying attention to another kid or something and missed the ball and didn't kick it.  The teacher asked him to do push ups.  Isaac did, but then came over to me since his teacher didn't tell him what to do next. 

  Isaac wanted water, then was clingy and didn't want to go back to the class for the last thing (saying goodbye.)  He just wanted water.  I think he would have been fine had he been hydrated and had he taken a nap!  Oh well, that was his first and last lesson. 

We signed Dylan up for 2 nights/week! 

Here is one of his uniforms:)

 Isaac doesn't mind being on the sidelines.