Back to School Babies!!!!

My babies headed back to school today!  In some ways I was ready b/c the endless fighting this summer has almost sent me over the edge but then it hit me that my baby boy was heading in to kindergarten.  My husband laughed at me as I had a "Mama Meltdown" last night b/c I told him that after you drop your kid off for kindergarten, it is all downhill from there.  Before I know it, he will be getting married:(  He did great this morning and had no issues heading in to his new classroom.  He went to pre-k at this school last year so starting kindergarten was no big deal.  His biggest worry is that he has heard you have to "study" a lot in kindergarten and he isn't really in the mood for that (his words)! What a character I have on my hands!!

My precious little lady headed off to the 4th grade today!  I'm not sure how this happened.  Just yesterday she was making that nervous ride to kindergarten and now look at her:(  She wouldn't let me walk her to her class even though I begged and pleaded.  Once we hit the doors of the school, she took off.  I had to call her back to tell me bye....she did but not without an eye roll.  Then I went a little down her hall to yell "Have a good day" to her.  She stopped, turned around and said "Mom, your on my hall....GO"!  When that happened, I was suddenly sadder about her than I was Tegan starting Kindergarten.  I mean, in a lot of ways she doesn't need me anymore.  I am clinging tight to the things that she does still need me for but I know that those moments are getting few and far between these days! 

I know I have to let these little ones grow up.  Some days I am excited and happy about all the new things they get to do b/c they are getting older but other days I am sad b/c I know that soon enough they will be flying the nest and I will have to patiently sit back and wait for grandbabies.

ENOUGH ALREADY MOM!!!

On a totally different note, I am very excited about my business and hoping that I can fill all this quiet time around the house with lots of working and actually getting all these ideas out of my head an in to reality!  Make sure to visit Cohen Lane to support me as I step up my game a little....I hope:)



Mommy Advice Needed!!!

I try so hard to encourage my kids and not be that mommy that pushes them.  I don’t want to be the “stage mom” in any activity that they do but I have an issue.  My little lady has tried just about everything….dance, cheerleading at a rec. dept., gymnastics, soccer, piano, voice lessons and now the plays and theater stuff.  She always seems to enjoy herself when she is doing these things but she never feels connected to any of it.  Like I see other kids find an activity that they love and cling to but she has just never really been “in love” with any of the stuff that she has done. 

The problem is that she wants to do something.  She is looking for something that she can commit to.  Her latest kick is that she wants to try twirling but there aren’t any close local places around here that offer that….not that I can find anyway.

So the question for Mommy is, if she has done something recently that I can see that she is really good at and that others praise her for how good she is at it, do I push her to continue or allow her to do like she has in the past.  What she has done in the past is finish out what she started and then just says she is done with it and never looks back.  Should I just sign her up and make her do it or let her make that decision.  Let me remind you that she is closer to 10 years old than 9 but is going on 18 any day now! 

Do your kids get tired of their favorite sports or activities they love?  Do you make them sign up for another season even if their heart isn’t in it?  Do you just hope that once they get started back up, they will love it again?  Help a Mama out please!!! 

DEAR SANTA/MOMMY....

I let Rylee play around on my computer for a little while today.  She had been typing something but I didn't think anything of it.  Well when I sat back down at my computer a little while later this was typed in word and left on my screen...

Rylee Taylor Minish

I am Rylee Taylor minish and I am so excited about Christmas. There so much I really want. Can you guess what I want the most? Well it Has many keys that have letters on them. You can do so much with it. You can get on many web sites with it. If you guessed a lap top then you are right!

There are so many reasons why I want a lap top. I can get on a lot of web sites. And I can do a lot on it.

MOMMY PLEASE TELL ME SANTA WILL GET ME A LAP TOP

PLEASE! I REALLY WANT ONE.

I <3 YOU MOMMY SO MUCH!

YOU ARE THE BEST MOMMY EVER IF YOU GET SANTA TO GET ME ONE

I WILL LOVE YOU FOR EVER WELL I WOULD ALL READY DO THAT ANYWAY SO. SO ANY WAY PLEASE GET SANTA’S ELVS TO MAKE ME ONE.YOU ARE THE BEST MOMMY EVER. OK WE BOTH KNOW THAT I AM JUST KISSING UP TO YOU TO ASK SANTA IF HIS ELVS CAN MAKE ME A LAP TOP. MAN THERE I GO AGIN. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME ALL I LITTLE RYLEE REALLY WANTS FOR CHRISTMAS IS A LAP TOP.OH MY GOSH I JUST DID IT AGIN CAN YOU BELIVE ME OK NOW WE KNOW I AM JUST PLAE OUT CRAZY. OK SO BACK TO THE LAP TOP. IT WOULD MEAN THE WORLD TO ME IF JOLLY OL ST NICK AKA SANTA COULD BRING ME RYLEE MINISH A LAP TOP. I WOULD LOVE YOU AND THE LAP TOP FOREVER.AND THE GOOD THING IS THAT YOU DADDY AND ME WILL ALL HAVE LAP TOPS SO THAT IS GOOD AND TEGAN MITE EVEN HAVE AN I TOUCH SO HE WILL NOT BOTHER US WILE WE ARE ON OUR LAP TOPS SO THAT IS ALSO REALLY GOOD. THE GIRL THAT LOVES YOU SO MUCH RYLEE.