Southern Turquoise Noise: The crazy train keeps on rolling

So let me go on and apologize. I'm not off to the best start on my blog. I put out my first blog post and you all were nice enough to read it! And you told me you liked it! Wow! So after your kind feedback, I was full of starry-eyed, hopeful expectations about how I would blog every other day or at least 3 days a week....and then life intervened. I started 2 more posts...one about Easter and spring time and how glorious it all is, but I never got the pictures downloaded to post with it. So then I moved on to another post of random things that I couldn't get out of my head...and got sidetracked again. Hmm. Clearly, finishing a post and actually getting pictures posted onto the blog will be my challenge.

Well today I'm just going to post a quick update on what's going on in our lives. It's MAY, people! I mean, "Where did the school year go?" Gigi is almost finished with 1st grade. Cray-cray, cause I feel like I'm still struggling to get our school schedule down...and it's MAY already! Maybe that's just proof that it is possible to "fly by the seat of your pants" all year long and still survive. (I'm so sorry Mrs. Prowell! I really meant to be a better room mom and have it all together this year!) I mean I did send snack for the whole class this week...on Wednesday...and it was supposed to be there on Monday....and if Mrs. Prowell hadn't sent me an email reminding me...the kids would not have had snack all.week.long. Cause I had no clue it was our turn again! Worst Room Mom Ever!

So on top of being a terrible room mom and student mom in general...I volunteered to be the chairperson of the school's annual Kindergarten orientation breakfast which is at the end of the month! So that's another BIG project that I have to coordinate ASAP. Just thinking about the "to-do" list for that gives me anxiety!!! Granted I did volunteer for that before I decided to go back to work full-time in October.

Speaking of going back to work full-time...well let's just say that endeavor was more than I could handle. I am in the process of working out my final two weeks at my job, so things are really busy training my replacement and wrapping up loose ends there. I love my job and the company I work for! My company feels like family to me and I am sad to be leaving again. But the stress of managing our household, all 3 kids' schedules, my obligations and Dear Husband's errands while working a full-time job just became overwhelming. I felt like I had neither quality nor quantity time with my littles! And I just missed them too much. I missed being there for everything...from the school EarthDay recycling exhibit to the Barnyard field trips to seeing the new playground go up in our neighborhood! Precious memories I can't get back. So, my hat if off to all you working Mom's out there whether you have one, two or 8 children. Working and being CEO of a household simultaniously is HARD WORK! And it requires sacrifices that sometimes feel like they are too much to bear for a Mommy's heart. Please truly know I am in awe of you!

Since I'll be back home in a couple of weeks, I already have a list of projects and things to tackle once I get home....like cleaning our the girl's closets and potty-training Buddy-love! Not looking forward to that one, but I am soooooo ready to be out of diapers for good! So if you have some advice on potty-training boys, let me know.

Lastly, here are a few pictures from Easter to show what we're looking like these days...

Sweet babies before church...we all know those headbands aren't likely to last....