I'm sitting here putting together some "baffles" for my sweet little girls breakfast and I keep thinking about the other day when we spent 15 minutes trying to retrieve a cheerio from out of her nose. And when I told her to keep her toys out of the kitchen, and she grabbed my hand and pulled me into her room showing me she had "kep her toys outta a chicken mom"....I sure hope none of them were ever inside a chicken...but you get it. The other day at lunch with my mom she also said the color of the ketchup bottle was "chicken". I guess she likes chicken.
All berries are strawberries. Blueberries are blue strawberries, raspberries are strawberries, cherries are chair-strawberries. It's really cute. She's gotten in this habit of saying 'Love you mom!" when I go to lift her out of her crib in the mornings, and I totally melt and love all over it because that sure feels AWESOME. It's been so hot I haven't worried about her running around butt naked all day long in our house. We've tried going to the park several times this week but everything was just too hot. The swings, the slide... so she's either naked most of the day, or outside in the blow up pool which recently had to be fixed with a couple strips of duct tape.
We've been dining on homegrown food from my parents garden. Lettuce, tomatoes, onions, raspberries, mint. It's been wonderful. I can't wait to have my own garden. There's something about plucking food from the earth and making a homemade meal out of it which really satisfies my soul, and body. And hopefully my families also!
We're trying to pay off a few things by the end of this year, so efforts have been/are being made to cut back on driving, and spending. This has meant more time at home, or walking to the store if we need anything. It's meant being more aware of what I purchase as far as groceries and really using what we have to make things works. Honestly? I've loved it. It's made me more creative in the kitchen and has pushed me to come up with active ideas to keep Violet entertained if we are at home most of the day. We have been savings lots of money on gas and I feel good at the end of the week knowing I utilized all our groceries and didn't waste anything, but also didn't buy anything in excess. It feels good.
When Violet and I are at home we paint (with water on the porch, and with actual paint on paper), we sit outside under our big tree and read books, blow bubbles, throw a basketball back and forth to each other and listen to music. We've been doing mini crafts like making cheerio necklaces, popsicle stick shapes to learn some ..shapes obviously, but also colors. We've been making forts and playing "hide and seek". We have quiet time where we cuddle up on our new bed (we no longer have sore backs!), and have silly conversations together, or sing songs. She helps me cook on "What's Cooking Wednesdays", and whenever else she decides she would like to wear her apron like mommy. She also really likes having her nails painted and "painting" mommy's nails with water and a paint brush. We pretend to put make up on and her chapstick is "lipstick". She puts it on, all over her face, and then says "pretty mom! pretty!" while pointing at her cute little lips. We've been trying more yoga poses and she's started stretching with me in the mornings. She's the best.
Cristian and I restart Insanity this coming Monday. We've written up a contract to make it through the entire 2 months. I've come closest, cutting the program short by about a week and a half because I was SO burnt out. This time however I will reserve my energy appropriately and will end with flying triumphant colors. Cristian will too.
We just bought Violet her first pet, a dark red beta with no name so far except for "fishy". She's really enjoyed just sitting looking at him. However, earlier this morning we DID find a piece of bread floating in the fish bowl and had to have a little chat (which WHO KNOWS how much she understood) about the bowl being the beta's home and the need to keep it clean for him. I'm sure we'll be having more conversations like this with her as she learns about what's okay to do and what's not. She did a GREAT job feeding him this morning though, so we were very proud of her as far as that was concerned.
We've recently gotten into Frisbee golf. It's great because we can walk around the park just talking and laughing, Violet gets some exercise (as we do) and some sun..it's been a great family activity for us and Cristian is improving SO QUICKLY. I'm pretty impressed actually. I'm a little competitive though so I may have to sneak in some time to go practice ha ha!. I'm still making my way through a huge list of Mary Higgin's Clark books and I still can't believe how long it took for me to get an actual library card. It has been such a life saver. Getting away in a book for a half hour feels like a vacation. Cristian has been playing "Outlast" on the Xbox One, and is slowly making his way towards the end of the game. The other day he came into the bedroom and asked me to come sit with him on the couch because it's a scary game apparently. I don't know what he thought I was going to be able to do to help him..but he was comforted just by having me out there so-that was kinda cute.
August is approaching and with it comes Cristian's birthday and a paid week of vacation for him. The plan was to make our way to Colorado but some other things came up which were ultimately more important. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed but we have a few things planned. Dragonball Z will be showing in theaters the day of Cristian's birthday so I'm sure we'll be going to watch it. Hogle Zoo and the aquarium are tentatively being planned for, and maybe some camping. DEFINITLEY some fishing, and perhaps some grilling.
A few things have happened which have been really frustrating. A few weeks ago I was really struggling with feeling like my husband was being taken advantage of with some things regarding his job. It feels like we've been waiting for certain things to happen for...FOREVER. My mom recommended some scriptures in Matthew which really helped reset my perspective. It was a parable which testified of the first being last and the last first, basically. I've been really thankful for those few verses the last couple of weeks and I know if we keep trying our best and go through this waiting period with grace and positive vibes things will work out.
At the Navas nook things are wonderful. We'll keep trying to take advantage of sunshiny weather, all the moments we get to spend together as a family, and all the other blessings we've received and are receiving.
Up next, a photo update!
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