Lucas's Kindergarten Graduation

So, yesterday Lucas graduated from Kindergarten! I can't believe how fast the year went! He did great and is already very excited for First grade!!!

Lucas got a little bored while one of the teachers was talking...

Here is Lucas with Lillian- his "girlfriend"- another mom helper in the class told me that her son said that Lucas and Lillian were married! Cute!



Here is Lucas with his teacher, Mrs. Mitchell- she has been AWESOME!!!

Abby's First Dance Recital

She was so cute and did a fantastic job! We are so proud of you, Abby!!!

Christi's Birthday

So for my birthday we went to a new place in Lehi called "Liberty Land" it was really fun- we played miniature golf and did the bumper boats- Abby didn't last too long on the bumper boats- as soon as she got sprayed she was screaming to get out and then after a bit, my boat died, which left me a sitting duck for Shawn to squirt me repatedly in the face and head- I was soaked and it was a blast!

A podcast about Rocket Road Trip!!

Shawn and Isaac (the guy who is doing the web comic with Shawn) recently were asked if they could have their comic strip talked about on a pod cast. It is a pod cast that talks about several web comics- if you want to hear about theirs, go about 2/3 of the way through it...good stuff!!!
http://www.seattle-geekly.com/podcast/episode_14.mp3

Look, Ma- No Training Wheels!!!

So, today Abby said that she wanted to ride her bike with only two wheels; so we gave it a try and she got it right away! She did so great- she rode up and down the street several times; I got really tired trying to stay with her in case she fell over. By the end, the only thing she needed help with was getting started. Lucas, as you might know, still had training wheels on his bike, but seeing his little sister do it, gave him the motivation he finally needed. He took off just fine after a couple of rough starts and now he can start on his own and ride the bike like he has been doing it for years! He can start by himself and everything. So, there is our big milestone moment. The only downside is that in addition to chasing bikes around for a couple of hours; we weeked our whole garden and fertilized it and planted vegetables! Shawn also mowed the lawn and I worked at Curves this morning and worked out...needless to say, I am wiped!!! But proud of the kids!!!

Abby's field trip to the Krishna Temple

Abby singing me a song

Crazy Mommy...

Do you ever have a day where you feel like you can't do anything right? I have been having one of those years... A year ago my only responsibilities seemed to be getting Lucas to pre-school a couple of times a week and getting myself to work once a week. Well, since then I have added getting my son off to kindergarten everyday and picking him up on time every day (yeah, I know- sounds simple right...but I have missed picking him up a couple of times because I was lost in work and my computer reminder didn't go off and the school had to call me). Which leads to another one, working from home, which has been wonderful; but I will get so lost in what I am doing that I have forgotten to do several things with the kids that needed to be done- like picking up Lucas from school- or taking Abby to dance. Yet another thing I added- Abby's dance, which I swear she has only been to half of the time because I keep forgetting to get her there- my latest mistake has been that yesterday they were supposed to get their class pictures taken together- her class is usually on Wednesdays, and when I first read over her paper I was focused on the fact that I had to purchase her another outfit so that she would coordinate for the picture and assumed that photos were happening during class, since the top of the sheet said "Tuesday and Wednesday April 28 ad 29th. Well, when we got to the store at 4:00 yesterday to get her the outfit for the photos, I read the paper again and saw that her photo was scheduled for 3:30 yesterday. I was so upset at myself that I started crying- thankfully I have a sweet little girl that forgave me when I apologized for my mistake, but I bet she will ask me in a couple of weeks when all of the other girls have their cute pictures where her's is and why she doesn't have one...
Also, I have added Lucas doing karate- I haven't missed this yet becuase I have to meet Shawn in Orem to have him take Lucas the rest of the way to Karate in Alpine- but that is because Shawn skypes me a reminder to go- I have been late, though.
Added to all of this, I was asked to be Lucas's Room Mom, which when they asked me at the beginning of the year if I could do it, I said yes because my life wasn't as complicated; since then I have added two more part time jobs- the work from home one and working at Curves. I just feel like I started juggling a couple of balls- and was making that work, when all of the sudden I was tossed a knife and a torch and three other balls to work in it as well. But I am not catching them well at all. I still feel so bad about Abby's pictures...and she was supposed to turn in a check last week for her costume, but I was doing training for work in Salt Lake City and I forgot to give Shawn the check to take to her class- so, most likely, she won't get the costume she needs for her recital. I am the worst Dance Mom ever! I wonder often how my mother did it with 5 kids to juggle; I can't handle my two.
Oh yeah, I forgot to add that I do a joy school for Abby's pre-school; something that I haven't totally screwed up on yet, but it is another stress in my life and I am not that good at it...
I am just venting here- I am sure most of you who actually come to my blog won't even read this, but I am just feeling so bad, particularly about all of my mistakes with Abby's Dance, that I can't sleep and I needed a place to vent. Thanks for listening if you read the whole thing, if not, don't worry, I am not offended.
Christi