Seasons

So lately I have been reading a lot of blogs and articles about seasons, and thinking about Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 about how everything has a season and a time. Right now my season involves little people, a lot of little people!! Sometimes I look around and I can't believe I have four kids!! For the past four years I have been in between pregnancies and newborns, and now, unless God says otherwise we are done having children, so now its like, wow I have to raise all these children!! I find myself wafting between, its too much I can't do it, to wow I can't believe how privileged I am! It's so amazing how different they all are, in looks, personality, how they communicate and interact with each other and me, and of course how they respond to conflict. With three boys you can bet there is a lot of pushing and shoving going on, I'm interested to see how my little girl will respond especially since she is the youngest. So right now with four little kids there is a lot of screaming, hitting, crying, diapers, messes and accidents, and sometimes I look around and I'm like what the heck was I thinking this is crazy!! And of course I know I am not the only mother who thinks this, especially those who stay at home, if we are honest we probably think that a couple times a day! At least I do, but then I look at them and I am amazed by the things they will say and I'm like wow they were actually listening to me! And watching them grow, I can't believe my baby is almost six months already and its amazing how fast they develop in such a short time, and of course my oldest he's pushing seven and I keep thinking when did he become a little boy? Wasn't he just a toddler? Of course, I am by no means exclusive in these thoughts and emotions, I'm sure every mother has them, but I find as I grow older the responsibility becomes so much more intimidating. I always tell my husband, its so much more than taking care of them, anyone can do that, can feed them and dress them and change them, but raising them, that's the hard part, and right now in my season its soo crucial. I think for me at least, it was like oh yea, I want them to be homeschooled and I want them to be responsible and I want them to be Christians and God-fearing men and woman, just one woman :). But for whatever reason I thought I don't know you do that when they are older, middle school or high school, but no its now, when they are little, you have to lay that foundation, for if not now when? And if you don't do it someone else will. So its not just teaching them to pick up toys, or wash dishes, or hold the pencil right or learn their colors, or potty train them, you have to teach them about life about God and it starts so young and I'm amazed at some of the things they will say and understand. So I do talk to my kids about sin, and the cross and Jesus, I do talk to them about dying, and that someday they will and I fight the tears and force a smile as I do, because if they know Christ as I hope they will, its not a sad thing. Sometimes I feel like I'm too strict or talk about things that are too "heavy" and I think I expect too much, but they always rise to the occasion and when my three year old sits on the couch next to me and curls up beside me and looks up with a huge smile on his face and says "Mommy, I want to die and see God." All I can do is give him a huge hug and pray that he will and that he always looks at with that joy. So this is my season, a trying time, a messy time, sometimes an intimidating time but such a blessed time.

Nail Polish

 So I have always loved nail polish, I just think its so pretty and makes you look so polished, like my pun ;), every since I was a little girl, I have been amazed, although, I have never been that good with it, it just looked so blah on my nails, so after having my fourth baby I was like that's it, I am getting my nails in shape!! So I actually did who knew?? I finally got the shape that I wanted and the length which I still do play around with that, but the colors!! Sometimes I change the color like every other day, no exaggeration! There is just so much you can do, creativity abounds although I am not claiming that I have that much, but I try! Anyway, here are my favorite brands and some of my favorite colors, hope you enjoy. :)

Nursing

 

 

I'm sure you could guess by the picture of the tea what this video is about, nursing! What an amazing thing nursing is, it's unique and special, it fosters the bond between mother and baby, provides the perfect amount of nutrients and is free! Unfortunately I only nursed two of my kids, but I really enjoyed both experiences so much, I am still currently nursing my youngest, I am going to try to nurse her as long as I can since she is my last, and my pickiest, she can be a little diva, that one! lol Anyway, all of the recipes that I talk about here I found on Pinterest, because lets face it Pinterest is awesome and also an addiction. Speaking of I think I might browse there right now, while I'm nursing. :)

A Unexpected Day

Yesterday was a very unexpected day in many ways, mostly all good, for starters I finally got my butt moving and made it to Bible Study in the morning. I haven't been to a Bible Study in a very long time, I am sad to say, and it was so refreshing. I so enjoyed being in the company of godly women, and challenging myself intellectually and spiritually, grown up talk doesn't happen too much when you are surrounded by little people. :) So after Bible Study we had to go run errands, and I decided to push my luck and go to two stores with all my munchkins in tow. So of course I went to Target first, we have already established my love for that store, we get a lot of our household supplies there, and also they have a lot of natural food there, which is surprising, so I always peek to see if they had anything new and of course they did and of course I had to try it, and we were out of coffee so I replenished our supply but I decided to splurge and got a bag of Starbucks and some K-Cups, but they were on sale so I mean I had to right? So after Target, we headed over to Sam's Club, where I again filled up the cart, with diapers, wipes, grapes, juice etc much to my husbands dismay ;). And it was at Sam's that a very unexpected event happened, I decided to get the kids a snack at the café because they had been pretty good through our shopping excursion, but also because Momma was hungry!! So among other things, I got a frozen parfait for me and the boys to split, and as we were sharing it, one of the workers came up out of the blue and truly complimented the children and I, and it just really warmed my heart. As moms of 3+ children know, whenever you go out, you often get the "Wow! You have your hands full!" or the stares, especially if your two year old is throwing a huge scream fit like mine does frequently, or you get the "Wow! Are they ALL YOURS??" But you don't often get encouragement or compliments, so it was a really special rare occasion. So when I got home, the hubby was already home, and I just wanted to sit which worked out well since I had to nurse, but apparently he had a very slow day at work so the rest of the day, he basically took care of the boys and was on a cleaning spree, organizing and cleaning, it was awesome!! Well the kids are taking a nap so I should try to do at least one productive thing, hmm unloading the dishwasher counts right?

Body Butters and Hair Cuts

 

So clearly I love body butters, lotions, scrubs all of that fun stuff, I will not go into too much detail here, as I made a ten minute video just blubbering and yucking about how great they are and also about my mild obsession with Target, ok huge obsession. :) So after I filmed this, after having rubbed all of the lotions into my hands they were just greasy and soft and wonderful and then I washed them and my bubble was burst. So currently I am the middle of cutting my boys hair, so far one down, two to go, but I am procrastinating right now and blogging instead because after their haircuts, they have to get baths, and then fed and then the kitchen needs cleaned, do you see where I am going with this? Well my husband is looking at me and the baby will need fed soon, so off I go, thank goodness I have coffee. Wish me luck :)

New Hobby

 

 

So I have decided to venture into the world of YouTube, yep I know, so we will see how this goes, I want to do videos that are fun, and maybe informative, my first attempt was a makeup tutorial, and I have to say I had a lot of fun filming it. I used to make movies with my brothers all the time when I was younger and I forgot how much I enjoyed it. Obviously I am a stay at home mommy so a lot of it will be geared toward that crowd, but I think that that crowd needs some extra fun and encouragement, raising little humans is hard, they are soo demanding!! Anyway, so we will see what happens, ok I'm off to go nurse and then work out, ugh workouts I have a love, hate relationship with it! ;)

Chocolate

I LOVE CHOCOLATE!! I love eating it, drinking it, smelling it, and wearing it. Yep, wearing it, I love the Too Face Chocolate Bar palette, and I know that its kind of old news, especially with the new one out, the Semi-Sweet palette, but I like the original. You can do soo many looks with it, and it is the perfect neutral palette, perfect for every day. It has every shade of brown you could want, the only complaint I have is that it has no black, which the new one does, but it does have a super dark brown that is practically as good as a black, which is perfect for liner and darkening the outer corner. Anyway, as I said before I know its not anything new, but I love it and I love make-up so I'm going to talk about it. :) I actually think I like it better than the Urban Decay Naked palette, I have both and even though the Naked palette is awesome, and I love it, I like the Chocolate Bar better, because it has more mattes and more variety of colors in the neutral family, and it so easy to use, which is perfect for me, having four kids and all. Ok, I'm done gushing over it, its almost time to make lunch for the kiddos anyway. Ugh now I want chocolate, hmm might have to make a Wal-Mart run. :)