just some more of life in general....

Yesterday someone told me they could tell I'd been outside a lot. Yes, on May 9th I was complimented on my start of a tan. I hadn't even noticed! Probably because I'm noticing my BELLY. Am I SURE I'm not 30 weeks preggo? Yes, and no. Nope. No pictures for curious minds. The house across from us (next to the one that I complained about last summer getting resided, light GRAY..yuck) well the house next to THAT is getting resided...light green. Seriously. First of all, OUR house just got resided and is (a good version of) green. So why would you choose green? Second...LIGHT green? These people aren't even old! It does make me wonder if smoking affects you more than the general surgeon is letting on. Also, maybe my idea of "acceptable house colors" is completely off. Who knows. Today I watched a couple extra kids and it was warm out. So we broke out the water table and eventually remembered the sunscreen..and eventually ended up with a kitchen towel bandana'd around the little girls head since it's still mostly bald. All in all, the kids spent about 3 hours outside and I didn't have to do anything besides make them lunch :) I sat in my camp chair and looked at recipe books (and sweated). I haven't done that since I can remember (the recipe book part. Well, maybe the sweat part too. sadly). I now have a half page of desserts I want to try. (Maybe this is why I seem to be 30 weeks pregnant-looking?) Lately (as in this week) I've felt so much energy. I've spent many naptimes DOING rather than recovering from the morning. I've baked, and baked, and well, basically avoided cleaning...but at least I've been busy/productive during that time. There were some days I wondered if I would ever be productive again. I'm not making promises though... this week could be the one and only. Today I cleaned up the kids room/closet (isn't that what I'm always doing when I clean? maybe because it's the least of evils of cleaning...) These kids are lucky I can't find my camera, or I'd have taken pictures of every toy to sell on the Upcycle facebook site. Well..maybe not EVERY toy. I had a movie on for Kaden (I've been having him not nap as he wakes up SO early every morning.) He fell asleep to the movie..which is fine, I figure if he needs the sleep he will fall asleep to the movie. Kate has been sleeping for almost 3 hours. That's about all I can think of. The last 10 days (since I last blogged) have been busy, but not overly exciting. Oh, Kaden does have swollen eyes..since Sunday. We are trying allergy meds (doesn't seem to be working) and the dr prescribed antibiotics just in case it's pink eye. I doubt it's pink eye. I hope not, since we've been fairly social... OH! And I'm done babysitting. D-O-N-E. Done with a capital D. DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I enjoyed it while it lasted (well, maybe up until one month before..) but I'm ready to be done. i think it has to do with the nice weather... and wanting to enjoy a summer without a baby around. I'm so enjoying how Kaden and Kate can play and play and play outside with minimal neediness. I wasn't going to quit til June 1...but it just worked out different than expected so I'm done as of last week. I had my last MOPS leadership meeting yesterday for the year...it was a bittersweet ending. I drove away thinking "wow, I'm really not doing this again next year" and was sad to not have that tie with those people, but happy that I won't be as busy. Apparently some women at my church are planning to start a similar group at my church, but I don't think I'll be involved with that either. I plan to fill my time with my new baby (and my other kids..haha) and playdates, and more 'important" things (in my priority list anyway). Well, it's time for me to go clean the kitchen a little more (you'd never know I mopped just yesterday) and get the living room picked up. If I find my camera you might want to check my facebook if you're interested in kids toys... just sayin'.