Category: seasons (Page 5 of 5)

If you were in my house today…You would have heard me singing out latest version of the the song “Poop goes in the potty, not in pants! Where does the poop go? In the Pott-eeeeee!” It’s a lovely rendition that was sung with such enthusiasm and joy. Totally lost on the child, though, who instead of getting the message of the song, just says, “Mom, don’t sing.”

If you were in my house today…You would have heard me grumbling and complaining about the ticket I got yesterday for not coming to a full stop at a stop sign. Do they even GIVE tickets for That?! Nobody on the street, yet somehow this nice motorcycle cop appears OUT OF NOWHERE to pull me over for not coming to a complete stop at the stop sign before turning right onto an empty street. WHERE IS THE LOGIC IN THAT, people. I’ll have you know that I have not received even a warning in over 11 years, and now to be pulled over! I’m NOT HAPPY! The only good thing is that I had already dropped off the three little boys at preschool and was exiting the neighborhood, so neither the boys, the preschool teacher or any other parents saw my embarrassing slip up.

If you were in my house today…You could see me come home with sticky hands from scooping 5 gallons of vanilla ice cream into little bowls for the kids at school. They earned the ice cream sundaes by walking so many miles in their walk-a-thon. Their good natured principal also got made into a human sundae. They put ice cream, chocolate sauce, whipped cream and sprinkles on him. Poor man. It was fun, but now I’m sticky.

If you were in my house today…You would hear me groaning in pain from the torturous workout I was put through this morning. My friend is starting up an exercise class at our church, and she was the teacher this morning. Tons of crunches and ab work, lunges, squats and cardio, all with our big, but underinflated exercise balls. And our little boys were in the gym pointing at laughing at all the funny mommies sweating it out. It hurts to laugh, people.

If you were outside my house today…You might have seen me outside like a crazy person attacking the weeds, overgrown perennials and annuals with a vengeance. I only got three of the flower beds cleaned out, but we also planted 60 tulip bulbs. Why did it have to be done today? I have no idea. It was a nice day, and it’s got to be done. Who knows how many more nice days we’re going to have before we have (gasp) snow around here, so I overdid it today.

But if you were in my house today, I would have offered you a piece of the yummy European chocolate that Ryan’s parent’s brought us back from their vacation. No, not a whole bar, are you crazy? I wouldn’t want you to feel THAT welcome.

I’ve been thinking about how lovely the change of seasons is. I love it when the air starts to cool down and we can enjoy being outside again. I don’t like it if we skip directly from summer to winter! Let’s have some nice days in the 70’s, with nights in the 40’s for a while. I’m excited to turn the page of the calendar. Somehow my September calendar ended up looking like this.

Is that crazy, or what? Hopefully your calendar doesn’t look like that, too. I guess by the time we get to October, I’m used to the weekly schedule, and I don’t feel the need to write every little thing down. I also make up a schedule and put all the weekly things on it so I can remember that on Tuesdays, for example, we have 3 piano lessons, dance lessons, volleyball practice and scouts.

I also enjoy putting out my fall decorations.

So my front door looks like this, now.

Fall also brings football games. Our neighborhood seems to be full of BYU fans, so every Saturday the neighborhood seems to empty out as everyone is either in Provo at the game or inside watching it on tv. Me, I don’t really care, and I can’t really see myself sitting and watching a football game for four hours, but I’ll let those die hard fans enjoy it. I do enjoy a nice fall soccer game, and luckily for me, we have a lot of them. I don’t really care for games in the rain or snow, so let’s hope it doesn’t rain on us today at Megan’s game. This fall we’ve begun a new sport, and that’s volleyball. Natalie had her first game last Saturday and did quite well for an 8 year old. Those girls really know how to stay in their spots!

I love getting out the sweaters and jeans again. Although jeans are a little bit less forgiving of the occasional diet splurge as the summer capris are, it’s still nice to get them out again (if they still fit) and put on some nice comfy jeans and a sweater. I don’t love switching from sandals to shoes.  Sandals are so easy, and you don’t have to worry about socks.  Now I have to find socks, find shoes that match, and I really don’t love my shoes like to do my sandals.  I’ll hold on to the sandal wearing as long as I can.

I love seeing the reds and oranges in the mountains, and we even have snow up in the mountains above our house at the very top (when I first typed that sentance, it came out as “snot” and that looked a bit odd. Snot in the mountains? Well, maybe, but that wasn’t my point).

I love figuring out the halloween costumes. Although my kids can’t seem to want to wear one of the 38 costumes we have down in the costume boxes, they want me to make them something new. We’ll see about that.

And birthday parties, of course. Tonight is Natalie’s birthday party (her birthday is next week), and Ryan’s bday is the week after that. So, we’ll enjoy the fall birthdays.

What are the things you love most about fall?