Lots of good! That's the best way I can describe the last few weeks! Yeah, there are some bad, sad, & down right crap things mixed in there but the good far out weighs all! I mean really, life if like a box of chocolates; You never know what you're going to get!
Unless you choose your own selection of chocolates and use the clear descriptions on the packaging along with helpful photographs of each individual type so you don't get confused.
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| In CO hiking in the RMNP |
Anyway, I'm a firm believer in the age old solid parenting that my mom & dad subscribed to: "Every once in a while, drop those brats off & head out of town without them!" Okay, Okay, so that sounds a little harsh but you don't know what it's like here! The get up at 7AM, eat, fight with each other, ask me 374 questions
(362 of those questions are asking for a snack or juice), play games/watch some TV, fight over previous mentioned games/TV, get so exhausted from fighting they need a snack, repeat, repeat, repeat!!! AAAHHHH! Has school started yet? We enroll on Monday... I can do this!
We try to do a lot with the kids that they are into. Swimming, games, museums, & movies are all summer filling awesomeness. BUUUTTT at least once a summer (probably less) mom & dad have to get away to save their sanity! Our 5 year wedding anniversary was just a few weeks ago so I decided to book us a trip to Estes Park, CO. A great condo right on Fall River & a trip into the Rock Mountain National Park for day hikes. Samantha was surprised, excited, & I think pretty happy with it all! She had never been west of Oklahoma & had never seen real mountains so I was super happy I could share my love of Colorado with her finally. It was amazing to say the least! I realized about half way up the mountain that I'm freakin' 31!! So, before we go again
(I really want to take her to the top of Mt. Wheeler & Mt. Walter in NM) I MUST...how you say...not be so fat!
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| At Mills Lake in the Rock Mountain National Park |
Since we have been back we managed to get all our back to school shopping done. I'm not near as crazy nervous about school starting this year because, though its super depressing he is going into the 5th grade, I know the school is looking out for us & I know the principal is really on our side! Next year I don't even want to think about because I'll probably be a puddle of dad stress! I'm not ready for the change to middle school so I'm just going to pretend like that's not on the horizon & enjoy this year of relatively low stress.
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| Mills Lake - Just amazing! |
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| She attracts bears...BEARS!! |
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| Why don't girls take Dilbert style selfies? |
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| Moments like this put everything in perspective! |
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| Sitting on a cliff, overlooking all this I decided to snap a pic with my iphone instead of the big camera. Somehow I had cell service!?! So odd! uh...yeah I called my mom... |
Ummm...hold it right there!!..your crew get up at 7am....stop bloody complaining...mine never get past 5!!....but your right we parents sure deserve a break!...love your pics, such a beautiful slice of the planet...im off to phone the grandparents...Al :)
ReplyDeletehahaha! You are so right! My kids are in bed by 7:30pm(reading a book before bed) & up by 7 am & i complain like crazy. I think its because I'm used to it now & I've gone soft! I used to be a hard nut that was in bed at midnight & up by 5 but come to think of it I complained about that too!! ;)
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ReplyDeletewhat you are doing here with your blog is amazing! speaking honestly, the good, the bad, the crazy about Asperger's. It is so cool for people like me ( I have an almost 5 year old with Asperger's) to see that other people get us!
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks so much for the awesomeness! It really means a lot to me!
DeleteAs I sit here fretting over last minute details before my children go to my parents house for the first time ever (for longer than an hour visit with us), your post was perfect timing to remind me that my husband and I need this break. It's not a vacation (per se) but a concert, but I'm still going to treat it as the break we need and pray that things work out.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy my timing was good! I hope everything worked out & you got to go to the concert!
DeleteThere is nothing wrong with needing a getaway and its awesome that your getaway was to a relaxing and beautiful place. Now you are mellowed out enough to get started in the insanity of back to school and running around like crazy. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteuhhhhh no! No I'm not! ;) I will probably be settled & ready to get start about 3 months after they have already started! School is awesome & sucks. Craziness, expensive, & back into routine sucks. Kids being out of the house from 8AM - 3PM....GOLDEN! Thanks for reading!
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