So, I wrote the post below a very long time ago and never got around to finishing it the way I wanted to or adding the other things it needed. Oh well. Truth is, life has not been the funnest ride around here lately and I find myself completely overwhelmed. Sure I have a lot of "stuff" going on right now in my life to cause me all sorts of stress, and yes I brought most of it onto my plate all by myself- the house remodel, not being able to muster the word "NO!" out of my mouth when someone asks me to do something while my brain is screaming "Run! Run fast!", and then there is the whole mothering thing which I feel I am failing miserably...five kids who all need a piece of me and me trying not to feel like a rag doll being pulled apart at the seams. So, life is hard, and today I seem to be wallowing in the fact that I can't control everything, be everywhere, and do everything perfectly. I'll get over it- I always do, The month of May finds me here in this exact feeling of never being able to take a deep enough breath annually... Good thing it is almost June!
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Whoa! It has been awhile. At one point in my life it really would have bugged me that I have fallen so behind on my little old blog, to be honest, I am not sure who if anyone reads this (except for you Shelly) anymore. And so I sit here and try to rationalize why I have been so bad at keeping the blog up these days and ya know what? All I can come up with is that my life is not my own and it won't be for quite awhile...I am good with that, it comes with being a mom.
I have been right smack dab in the middle of all the wonderful moments and trudging through the mud puddles and everything else that life seems to throw at me these days. Its a good thing, it really is.
So here is my update in pictures right now, a little looky lou at what I like to call (Somewhat) Controlled Chaos....
In February we took the trip of a life time to Disney World and then on a Disney Cruise!
While on the Cruise ship we had the chance to meet up with Chickadee, a little Taiwanese Princess who shared the same baby room at Chung Yi orphanage as Maya did and her wonderful mom Andrea. They are expats living in Germany. This was definitely up there as one of the highlights of my trip. Two little girls from the same orphanage in Taiwan- one goes home to California and the other to Germany- meet on a Disney cruise ship...yes Disney really is magical. Meeting Andrea was like meeting my old friend whom I had not seen for awhile, it was so fun to talk in real life after feeling like I've known her for years through the Internet.
These guys are keeping me on my toes! Spring brings massive amounts of school work, a Jr. research paper, ACT tests, end of year huge overnight field trips, science fair projects, and more! I feel like I am in 11th,9th,7th and 3rd grade all at once and quite frankly I am failing miserably! If school for me back than was anything like it is now with my boys I would be very intimately acquainted with the letter "F!"
And then there is the three year old who rules the world...if she were not so stinkin' cute she may just end up in the garbage can! Love this girl dearly, but sheesh! She is non stop ALL. DAY. LONG. and she is reaching a whole new level of naughty!
