Tuesday, February 15, 2011
New Church Calling
This past Sunday was my first day teaching the Sunbeams A (half of the 3 year olds) class at church. I had a full attendance of 5 and they are so funny. They learned that "the Holy Ghost helps us," and they got bored silly after only a few minutes talking about it. A few times throughout the 45 minutes they either burst out into silly noise-making or silly romping around the room. They did really well when we sang a short song a few times over at the end. Next week we'll do some gluing and maybe have snacks in addition. The lesson is titled: "I am thankful for the day and for the night." I'm also thinking of ways to get them to want to participate more in sharing time and singing time with the rest of Primary. I love my new calling. :)
Friday, February 11, 2011
Being with Mommy
Eating lunch
Preparing dinner
Doing dishes
Checking internet
Exercising outside
Other things that we do include:
taking a bath, taking naps, going to the grocery store, and practicing 3D Calculus.
This is the life.
Preparing dinner
Doing dishes
Checking internet
Exercising outside
Other things that we do include:
taking a bath, taking naps, going to the grocery store, and practicing 3D Calculus.
This is the life.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Whoa 2011
The camera is broken at the moment.
Crystal is almost 10 months old. At her 9-month appointment, she measured 20 lbs, 4 oz, 30 inches long, and 17 1/2 around head. In other words, for her age, she is in the 75th percentile for weight, 98th percentile for height, and 40th percentile for head size.
I just bought Crystal's next car seat. Even though she meets the physical criteria for it, she's supposed to also be 1 years old. I'm just keeping it next to the door for a day when I can no longer squeeze her into her current belt.
Crystal got a diaper rash from sleeping in a poopy diaper after pooping in the middle of the night, so I've had her diaperless for the past couple of days for the rash to heal. Each day, she typically peed at least 5 times on the potty and twice on the floor.
I had apple slices on my lunch salad today. Yum!
You may think that being a stay-at-home mom would be boring, but it is quite the opposite. I am actually way busier now than I was when I was working and without the baby. For example, now I'm expected to do much of the cooking, cleaning, and grocery shopping, and with a baby on my hip, those things take longer. Also, the baby needs me to spend a lot time rocking and snuggling her.
Actually I can think of a time when I was even busier and that was when I was student teaching 4 years ago. I oftentimes stayed at the school until 5 entering grades and making parent phone calls and I feel asleep at 6pm right after dinner and woke myself up at 3am in order to type up lesson plans that were never finished. And I guess that I did all of that for 3 months for nothing since I got kicked out of the program for "poor performance." I thought that the method of assessing me was sort of wishy-washy and I never figured out how to play the game.
New year's resolutions?
1. Daily family scripture study: after dinner?
2. Get Steve a higher paying job. Need $40k+
3. Find a renter for the upstairs bedroom?
4. Plan a few trips to the temple: babysitter?
5. Learn the names of every person at church.
6. Either take inventory and organize or get rid of everything in basement/attic
7. Vegetable garden
Crystal is almost 10 months old. At her 9-month appointment, she measured 20 lbs, 4 oz, 30 inches long, and 17 1/2 around head. In other words, for her age, she is in the 75th percentile for weight, 98th percentile for height, and 40th percentile for head size.
I just bought Crystal's next car seat. Even though she meets the physical criteria for it, she's supposed to also be 1 years old. I'm just keeping it next to the door for a day when I can no longer squeeze her into her current belt.
Crystal got a diaper rash from sleeping in a poopy diaper after pooping in the middle of the night, so I've had her diaperless for the past couple of days for the rash to heal. Each day, she typically peed at least 5 times on the potty and twice on the floor.
I had apple slices on my lunch salad today. Yum!
You may think that being a stay-at-home mom would be boring, but it is quite the opposite. I am actually way busier now than I was when I was working and without the baby. For example, now I'm expected to do much of the cooking, cleaning, and grocery shopping, and with a baby on my hip, those things take longer. Also, the baby needs me to spend a lot time rocking and snuggling her.
Actually I can think of a time when I was even busier and that was when I was student teaching 4 years ago. I oftentimes stayed at the school until 5 entering grades and making parent phone calls and I feel asleep at 6pm right after dinner and woke myself up at 3am in order to type up lesson plans that were never finished. And I guess that I did all of that for 3 months for nothing since I got kicked out of the program for "poor performance." I thought that the method of assessing me was sort of wishy-washy and I never figured out how to play the game.
New year's resolutions?
1. Daily family scripture study: after dinner?
2. Get Steve a higher paying job. Need $40k+
3. Find a renter for the upstairs bedroom?
4. Plan a few trips to the temple: babysitter?
5. Learn the names of every person at church.
6. Either take inventory and organize or get rid of everything in basement/attic
7. Vegetable garden
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Thrifty and Healthy!
Oh how do I love salad! It's one of the only things that makes a lunch actually makes me feel full and satisfied!
Wendy's tips for eating healthy:
1. Leave the chips and cakes at the store. When you get hungry mid-morning, there's nothing wrong with having a small lunch at 10:30 and then another lunch at 1:00 and then another lunch at 3:30.
2. Leave the ice cream at the store. When you're hankering for something sweet, reach for an apple! They are so sweet, crisp, and juicy!
3. Thirsty? Drink some water, duh! If you don't like the taste of plain, filtered water, there is something wrong with you and you need to get over it.
4. If you are really hungry and your only/fastest option is the nearest Burger King, then don't get fries and don't get a soda, instead: get both a burger and a chicken sandwich and a cup of water. Then, don't let it happen again by packing 4 granola bars in your purse/bag for the next eating emergency and think ahead before you leave anywhere and pack a sandwich and apple if you anticipate hunger.
5. Never go to any Olive Garden, TGIF Fridays, etc. unless you're celebrating something (3 times a year) and feel free to eat anything you want: just drink only water and don't get a dessert.
6. Go to the grocery store 2 times a week to ensure a continuous supply of fresh lettuce and bananas.
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