Ok, so as you can tell, I took the summer off to, well, do summer things. Have you ever thought about what it takes to ready 5 children for the pool? As soon as we get into the van, someone notices they have to go potty, or has a dirty diaper, or they don't have their goggles! When we are there I am constantly on the look out for where the 20 month old is, are my older ones within eyesight, where did I see those shoes my 20 month old is now wearing?! Thanks to some incredibly patient women, I had help via my playdate partners!
I also had the opportunity to attend a Beth Moore Bible Study with my new MOPS mommy friends! Wow! Beth sure can open my eyes to what I have been trying to forget! I didn't think about trying to find satisfaction in God, but have been blindly trying thru therapy shopping, Diet Coke, eating, sleeping...I'm afraid the list can go on and on. I also found some true sisters in the faith at this Bible Study. We are in the same season of life, with children and husbands that keep us hoppin'! It was just a joy to meet women I felt I could let down my mask and be real with. Praise God!
So now that summer has ended, and school has started, I am in the midst of lifeskills training. Habits. Routines. Teaching the children that every morning should look the same, just maybe completed at different speeds! I find, though, that my lack of routines gets put under a spotlight by the children, and my hope is to also be instituting before breakfast routines and chores for me too. I hate this!!! I am not a morning person, I am not a chipper little happy joyful sunrise loving female!!! I am a night dweller, dark, peaceful, quiet, read a book with one lamp on owl hooting loving female. ARGH! So think of me tomorrow, encouraging the incorrigible to "get dressed, brush your hair, can't you put your dirty clothes in the right hamper, get over here so I can change your diaper, please put on shoes...matching shoes... has anyone seen his shoes, where did he go I was going to change his diaper, have you fed the dogs yet, please stay out of the fridge, GET OVER HERE SO I CAN CHANGE YOUR DIAPER!" I will need your prayers. And so will my children.
