Welcome to my beautiful life!

I'm very new to blogging and I'm really doing it for personal reasons. I want to have a little something of my own to vent to, to reflect my feelings and to look back on to learn and grow from.
Today was a wonderful day! Gavin is now out of school for the summer. His first year as a student was such a wonderful experience. I hope I can help out even more next year when he goes to Kindergarten. He loved it as well. He has grown so much from it. Not just intellectually but also emotionally and socially. He is very kind. I also learned through his schooling that he does very well with sticker charts. So well that we made a sticker chart at home for his behavior. He can earn 3 stickers a day; morning, day and night. If he gets at least 15 stickers a week he gets a fun day. It has been working beautifully so far.

Today the boys played outside on the swingset and in the kiddie pool. I love seeing them happy and dirty. Before they got dirty they helped me fold laundry on a blanket out on the deck. They thought that was fun. After playing they ate lunch, and went to their rooms for quiet time.
We did a movie night last night. We watched Bolt, ordered pizza, ate popcorn and drink chocolate milk. We also played a few rounds of Cariboo. They had a blast. They did spill chocolate milk on the floor and threw their kernals around the room. I had to take a deep breath and keep the situation fun. It can really be hard sometimes to remind yourself it's just a small thing to clean up spilled milk or pick up kernals. At the moment it seems like such an annoying task. A task that you know they knew better than doing but it's really not worth the stress. Everyone is happy and having fun. I'm sure some mommies don't have a problem constantly cleaning up messes, but that's why I'm not perfect. I know I do get upset or a little aggitated by cleaning up all the time. But if I can just keep reminding myself it's really not that big of a mess or that big of a deal, I know I'll be fine.

Wow, I didn't think I'd have much to write about but I already wrote so much. I also have so much more I'd like to write about. I guess for next time! I have some more laundry and some painting to do. Hopefully blogging will become an enjoyable hobby for me. I just don't know yet.