What should I write about today?

I have been feeling sort of annoyed with myself for not writing on my blog (as I feared would happen if I had a blog in the first place). I think the problem is that I have NOTHING interesting to write about! THIS, of course, was also supposed to be the whole point of this blog of mine - to record the "everyday" events of my life and have a place to record the beauty and craziness of my life with young children. I don't want to get to be a grandmother and not be able to remember my own children's growing up years...I don't want to have ridiculous ideas about "when my children were little they NEVER...."or "my children ALWAYS".....I'm sure anyone with young children and parents (or a mother-in-law) of their own can relate to this situation.
Anyhoo....the problem is, I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT!?!?!

Bugger.

Here's a good quote from my sweet boy - who just turned 4 by the way! 4! How is that possible? He was just a newborn miracle a few days ago? When did he become this big strapping boy...BOY!?

Here's a recent funny quote - "MOM! None of my tissues is working! My nose still doesn't work!"

I also was just reading a friend's blog about her 34 goals to accomplish in her 34th year. I am now feeling compelled to do the same thing. My 34th birthday is coming up soon and I feel the need to have some very definite goals for ME. Stephanie's accomplishments. Things on paper tha I can see as a goal and then things to mark off as success. I know that I have lots of successes everyday - but, they are not recorded (thus, the blog - DUH, Steph!)....so, I am going to spend the next few weeks thinking up 34 goals for myself.

That's my first goal!

Rescue Heroes

The first thing to remember when reading Isaac's quotes is that all "L" sounds are pronounced "W"...so, my daughter Lydia is "Wydia"...
As a result, we have many funny sentences all day long such as..."Hey Mom! Wook at Wydia! She's Waughing!"

That's just it's own brand of cuteness....

But, today's great quote was the following.

Isaac to his Rescue Heroes...."OK, Gentomen (Gentlemen), wet's (let's) get to work!"

Quotes from My Kids - No. 1

My Son Isaac is a hoot. He was a very, VERY late talker. He actually was in Early Childhood Speech Therapy because at the age of 2 he spoke about 10 words....maybe. He comes from a long line of late talkers - my husband, his brother, my brother, my father - you get the picture. So, I wasn't too concerned, but, since my background is Special Ed. I didn't want to be one of "those" parents that could see all the signs but refused to get any help - just in case....so, he was in speech therapy - which, in my opinion, did nothing much for him. His teacher was lovely and came to our house every week with a bucket full of new toys - so, he ignored her completely and played with the bucket of new toys for the hour she was at our house....somewhere around his third birthday Isaac decided that it was time to talk and we haven't had silence since!
Isaac is now almost four years old and although he has some funny little speech-y things in his speech he is a MOTORMOUTH! He will NOT STOP talking....I haven't found the "off" switch yet...so, during the last year of him really talking, he has had some pretty funny "quotes". I would hate to lose these gems. I have a quote board in my kitchen where I write down the more memorable - I thought you'd enjoy seeing a few of the best as they pop up. So, here we are - out of the mouth of my little babe....

Yesterday, while driving in the car past a construction sight....(a "mastrution" sight)....."Hey Mom!....When I grow up I'm going to be a backhoe. You can be a dump truck. (He can actually pronounce Dump Truck now...for quite a while it was pronounced "dum....and then an "f" instead of the "tr" in truck.....yep, sound it out in your head.....OK, you've got it - now, picture him running in the nursery at church and shouting for a "dum ....uck") Yes, Lydia can be a skid steer. (Oh, wow, what is Daddy going to be?).....Daddy can be a crane! Cranes are HUGE and TALL and GIGANTIC.....no, I want to be a crane! Daddy can be the backhoe!"
You have to love boys!

What am I doing in cyberspace!?

This really cracks me up! I have a blog! What am I doing...seriously....I don't even know how to download my own pictures from a digital camera to a computer - in any way!

But.....some days I just want to vent.....or talk.....
maybe I need a place to chronicle my life as a stay-at-home mom -
a place to make my every day events, diapering, feeding, nose-wiping, story reading, errand-running - the stuff that we do every day without fanfare and without a raise (or a paycheck for that matter)....a place to make these events - important, worth my time, valid in my life and my children's lives...no, that's not true - they ARE valid, important, worthy of my time and attention - I just need a place to list them so they aren't lost in the "everyday" - but, they are chronicled so that I can look back and REMEMBER the beauty and hilarity in my "everyday"...
so - I'll just start to talk - who knows how much will actually get added to this blog spot, but, I'll have a place of my own....