New month, new design

Thought is was time for a little change.

As you know We've already started our school year and it has proven to be a challenge. With my new email program, Outlook, I have an amazing calendar and task manager. I've outlined my entire day/week/month. I've listed when I'm teaching which child and what cleaning I'm doing around the house.

however,

Today was a different story

allow me to explain

Schedules fell to the way side the moment we woke, which was 5am thanks to Joshua.

David left for work

Madie joined us at 6:45

by 7am the whole house is up and eating

by 8am I've put two banana bread loaves in the oven only to discover I forgot to double the bananas because there are 3 extra bananas on the counter still. Did you know you can take batter out of the pan, remix and it will still come out alright?

by 8:30 I've received a phone call revealing there is another HUGE outdoor arts festival the same weekend as Project Dance Atlanta and it's only a few blocks away.

by 9am I have figure out no one knows about this new festival and put figuring out what to do about it on my to do list (which is wayyyy too long)

by 11am I have made 2 batches of chicken nuggets, 2 quesadilla kits, those darn banana loaves and cleaned the kitchen

by 12:30 I've fed the kids after going to the store for a few items that were left off the grocery list.

then I talk on the phone for an 1 and a 1/2 about Refuge. (I have no idea what the kids were doing during that time, all I know is they are still alive) at one point I am asked if my schedule will free up once the kids go back to school....all I can do is laugh!

back to cooking and by 5 pm I've made 2 batches of granola bars, 2 lasagna, 2 bags of spaghetti sauce, 24 spice muffins and dinners is heading towards the table.

after dinner my amazing husband cleans the kitchen for me

errands and oh, I also did 6 loads of laundry and packed the kids and myself at some point during all this...and I say all of this to say

tomorrow, we leave for Memphis to visit family for an actual VACATION away from all of this.

Queen Madie

Madie wears this baby towel 24/7
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Some Pictures

Forgot to post these a while back....I took them to use for a Father's day gift but never got around to doing it, so here's a slide show for you to enjoy. (guess I finally did find something to do with the pictures!)

Quick update

1. I got 6 hours a sleep last night, hooray! Joshua slept till 5am, it was awesome. And waking up it a tooth less grin never gets old.

2. Madie current fad is wearing a hooded baby towel upon her head every moment of the day. We've already ruined one towel when she wore it playing outside. However, I haven't let her wear it out in public.

3. We started school this week. Its a lot to have a 6th grader, a 1st grader, a preschooler (majoring in demolishing playdoh and coloring on herself) and a tiny boy crawling around under the table trying to eat playdoh! Still trying to work out the schedule so I can help everyone with what they need. Elizabeth is super excited about her first experiment today in Science.

4. I'm in the process of creating 2 new dance pieces for Refuge and its been interesting. I've forgotten how much time it takes to get all the details handled like music(I'm using some original pieces created just for us) props(an umbrella clothes line is a neat prop but extremely hard to find) costumes(haven't even begun to figure that out except the little sun dresses at Target a. Are too expensive and b. Are not sewn correctly) and not to mention all the new movement I've been setting. Its overwhelming but a bunch of fun.

5. Looking forward to a few weeks off from teaching summer school and Refuge soon, we've got Father's day thru Fourth of July semi free. David still works and we still have school but nothing else. We'll see what we end up doing. We still haven't made it to the pool yet...


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Doin' laundry

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