What of it?

Mother, authentic parent, attachment parent, organic parent, self improver, lover, friend, non-violent, ever simplifying, teacher, student, humanist, American, global thinker....and so much more.

Ahhh Love

I am in love. I am totally in love and stressed to the max. I am so happy and exhausted and stressed (did I mention that?). My new son is here, my daughter is feeling extremely lost and I am stressed, oh and exhausted. It's a good stress and a good exhaustion (that's what I'm supposed to say right?). It is a wonderful thing. Late at night when it's just me and LC (Little Chief) I stare into his eyes and feel all that love. I caress his little fingers and smile. It's amazing that we made this life and that we will never do it again.

3!!!

We made our own cupcakes!

Cupcakes! We love cupcakes!










Presents! Yay!

We bowled! She loves bowling.

She won!

Starting Over

It has been a lifetime since I've posted to this blog. I am now expecting Chief Jr. who is due to make his appearance any day. We are insanely excited and I am insanely exhausted. I have been putting all of my energy into making special times with Little Miss before Chief Jr. arrives. Today we went to her Little Sprouts class, spent lunch with Maw & Paw, scrounged around the thrift store for anything white and then made it home to tie dye. This was our first time tie dying together and needless to say that tie dying with a toddler is...interesting. after we sprayed and splashed the whole drive way with color Little Miss covered herself in wet sand and played with the hose. Things had become very messy when she announced she was itchy (a mosquito bit her) and she was "going in to take a bath". Thank goodness for small favors. My swollen feet are covered in dye and my fingers are blueish green, if fate has it I will go into labor looking like a smurf.

Great thrift store finds today: white pillowcases and cloth napkins (for tie dying of course), two Winnie the Pooh books (.60/ea) and a Curious George book (.80), a book titled "The Princess and the Potty" which LM loved, an orange child's construction hat and a lovely jewelry box for LM that I neglected to take a real before shot of but I will take a mid-way and post. Total $13.00

UgghhhhhArrrrggghhhh Really?

I have a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. My husband was laid off in May and now my part-time job (10-15 hours per week) that sustained us has reorganized. They would like me to work 30 hours a week. I can't I just can't. When asked if I would like to pick up "a few" hours I thought maybe so but now I want to barf.

I don't want to lose the few hours I do work but I have a picture of the most beautiful girl in the world on my desk and I just can't let her grow up with other people. I love our days at the zoo when all of the other kids are in school, our interesting nature walks and our days with no plans at all.

I am feeling an extreme amount of pressure with Chief out of work. I also feel sick that I will alienate people in a place that I intend to return to work full-time someday. So trust me folks, I know how hard it can be to stay home as much as possible.

I would like to thank Clover Lane for reminding me "What Not to Regret". I have referred to that post time and time again. I can only hope that it will not cause any difficulties for me in the future. If it does, I'm sure I'll survive...after all, no one gets out of life alive.

I am Not a Guinea Pig-Healthy Child Healthy World

Yoga for Toddlers

Last night I attended a Yoga for Toddlers workshop. Little Miss is a super active lady and she already loves doing some yoga poses. I have to say that I loved the class. I loved the whole concept of the non-profit studio. The work that this person does is amazing. Working in inner city schools, with children with disabilites, with hyperactive children, etc. She obtains grants and does amazing work. I think I have found something amazing, something I may like to do. I truly believe that Gandhi was correct when he said "If we wish to create lasting peace, we must start with the children". I have been searching for something that would fill my desire for holistic living, be a business but also benefit society (through community service) and help children. I love it! Not only that but there is no location for this in our area, the nearest location is the place I went to last night and it is over 25 miles away. I am so excited!