That's My Lily

Lily with a hand full of CheezIts says, "Can I have these?"
I say, "Yes."
She starts to run off and I call after her, "But you may not run around the house with them."
Sounding disappointed she says, "I know."
Then with a glint in her eye (as she galloped across the room looking over her shoulder at me) she says, "Can I gallop?"

Best of Both Worlds

We've been going to this really great church that we love. Lots of other people seem to love it, too because it's been growing, growing, growing for years now. Thousands of people every Sunday and that's great. We feel pretty firmly grounded in the church because we know enough people to see people we know often, though with that many people it's not always easy. There are lots of programs and events we are able to have because we have so many members. On the other hand there are lots of things we just can't do any more because there are too many people. Recently some of us broke off to go to a satellite campus. The purpose of the campus is to reach new people who are not close enough to our main campus to want to go "all that way" to try church. The fringe benefit for those of us who attend the campus is that we are small enough to do some of those things the main campus is too big to do now.

Today we had a church picnic at the local playground. It was great. We sat under the pavilion and ate lunch, played on the playground and had a water balloon toss. It was fun to hang out with new friends.  It seemed like the whole campus was there. It happened to be a very hot day, so we only stayed for a couple hours, but it was great while it lasted. I should have taken pictures, but sometimes it's better to just be fully in the moment with everyone else. So you'll just have to imagine a bunch of cool families hanging out together at a really cool playground;-)

History

So I'm watching this series called "America, the Story of Us" and it's really interesting. I think if history had had this much life in school I might have liked it better and might even know some of it. Maybe this is more of a Facebook post than a blog post.

Blog Post in My Head...Disappeared

I keep thinking of blog posts in my head when I'm no where near my computer and when I sit down I can't think of any of them. :-(  One more case of Mommy Brain.

Busy Day(s)

I think the reason I'm most looking forward to summer is the slow pace. Yesterday I got up, got Ryan off to school, got Lily loaded up and headed to the church to pick up some supplies. I had a Bible Study meeting at 9:30 and a church play date at the playground at 11:30. The supplies mentioned earlier were for the play date. I was in charge of the craft. After the playground we came home and I logged on to a live webcast about homeschooling. During a lull in the action I grabbed some lunch for myself and Lily. The webcast ended and less than 5 minutes later Ryan got home. I gave him some advice on his animal project and he worked on it for a little while. It was around this time that I realized I was hosting play group the next morning. Cleaning supplies, here I come. Luckily I knew I was going to have to meet Jay to drop his car off for some work, so I had planned on going out to eat. Our one night out this month came pretty early, but I'm so glad for it. We ate at Buffalo Wild Wings. When we got home it was kid bed time/ adult cleaning time. A quick run tot he store for coffee, tea and snacks for the morning and then it was adult bedtime. It was a looooong day, but full of good stuff.

I was glad to have playgroup at my house this morning because it meant we had something to do for half of my car-less day. It was good to see some old friends even if I didn't get a chance to chat for long because I was too busy playing hostess. I always got on my grandmother for spending all her time in the kitchen during events. Now I understand. Maybe I'll get better at hosting as I go along. I should work on that. This afternoon I've been working on some projects and catching up on e-mails. in a few minutes I'll start dinner. Somehow we will pick up Jay's car and tonight I am going to relax.

Tomorrow will be better. I just got the picture I've been waiting for, so I'll finish a gift project I'm dong for a friend and maybe run it out to him. Ryan had gymnastics in the afternoon and we need to finish his animal project because it's going to be another busy weekend. Okay, maybe tomorrow won't be any better, ugh!

It's not so much that I'm dreading all these things. They are all great things. It's just the constant "go"ing that I don't like so much. I love spring and all the wonderful activities it brings, but I'm glad for the different seasons and that summer is a season of rest.