Happy Fall!!!

Life is nuts here right now! I am still getting used to school, violin, and ballet responsibilities after a leisurely summer. Frankly, my our school schedule is kicking my bum! I do love seeing my girls learn and grow, so the craziness is all worth it.

What the?

So Emma had a bugbite that I had been watching for a few days. 1 day it looked like it was clearing up and the next it was silver dollar sized with a huge half in thick ring around it. When I saw it we were on the way to Costco and I changed my route and made a beeline straight to the doctors office. As soon as the receptionist saw her arm she sent a nurse right out to look at it and they fit her right in with the doctor. This is the price you pay for frolicking out in the woods watching the lovely dear race by. That's right, this is a tic bite. She is being treated and it is starting to look better. Her dad gave her a blessing and she will be fine, just needs lots of rest and loves. 10 days of antibiotics beats lime disease anyday.

Back to School!

Back to school time! Emma is a big second grader now. She is so grown up I can hardly believe it! She has two members in her class, which is really great and her best friend from kindergarten.

You can tell that she is as much of a morning person as I am (hahaha) and really doesn't want me to take her picture.

How to be a Supermom when you aren't a morning person!

I grew up with fantasy's of perfect momdom. Cheerfully made up and singing me flipping pancakes. Ha ha ha. As if ! I am such a night person!!! I have come up with a few tricks to still take care of the kiddos in the morning even if I am more of a supergrouch than a supermom in the am.

1. Lay out clothes before bed
2. Make huge batches of pancakes, muffins, cut fruit, etc and freeze or refridgerate them so that Emma can have a healthy breakfast before school.
3. baths at night, always
4. Know where my clothes, shoes, and car keys (especially car keys) are before bed

These are huge guilt relievers for me.

Initiative Update

The doorknocking didn't kill me. It was a worthwhile cause and I am glad I did it. Most people were for gay marriage and 1 person even called us bigots. Mind you, all we did was knock doors to ask people how they might vote. We didn't ask to lecture them or anything. There were a few undecided folks who we left info with. It was all a bit disheartening, but I know Humboldt is extra liberal and I still hope and pray that we California voters can pull this thing off.

Nerves!

So tomorrow morning I am going door knocking with my stake to help support the marriage initiative in California. For those of you who don't know I live in Humboldt county. Humboldt is extremely liberal. We are talking a sister city to Berkeley and San Francisco. I have no idea what our community will think of a bunch of conservatives knocking on their doors to ask them how they feel about gay marriage. Not to mention the size of my town. Small. You just know everyone here. I guess this is a chance for me to not hide my light under a bushel and let my community know where I stand.



I am feeling really whimpy. I know I knocked on hundreds of doors during my mission, but it was in another country (definately not my own neighborhood). This is such an important issue!