"I'll do it again b/c it was interesting"

What a beautiful day we had today in South Central Kentucky!! We spent the whole day planting flowers, mulching, getting sun burned!! And I am reminded how blessed I am to be able to spend time with my kiddos. Lincoln tried so hard to help me. He carried the water can and filled it up over and over. It was at the end of our day when he'd tried and tried to get it to pour right on the flowers that he finally seemed to get the water right on them. I said, "Oh Lincoln that was just perfect" and he said, "I think I will do that again because it was interesting". That's the second time in a week he's used that big word and I just wonder where he learned it. Funny, probably only to me...but he's such a joy.

MY FIRST "BLOG"

I write all the time in my head and so after being inspired by my best friend yesterday I've decide to put pen to paper. I'll also use the beautiful journal she gave me, but in my time on the computer I'm going to start here!

So, I turn 35 tomorrow...That just doesn't sound right...27 sounds about right. I don't know how the last 10 years could have gone any faster. Profound events have a way of making time fly I suppose. Marriage, jobs, bigger jobs, infertility and two kids in 16 months to be exact! I don't feel anywhere near 40, I can tell you that and yet on paper it's getting close. You know they tell you so often that "after 35 the chance of birth defects increases" that it really sticks with me in my thoughts about my future. (Kelly needs a sister! But!) And aren't we supposed to start having mammograms and other major tests to see just how well we are holding up under age now? I guess I am especially due since my Mother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer...luckily stage 1...

I worked in Non profits for 12 years before deciding to stay home with my two children. So, maybe I'll share a thing or two about that. I'd like to think I could help some Non profit Executive Director who feels like she/he needs to know so much about so many things with no available money and few resources. Perhaps I can help.

My days are almost always funny and so I'll share a little of that too. Kids do "say the darndest things". I feel like I've learned a lot about what to do and what not to do as a parent of toddlers, but I still have so much to learn. They pass one stage and you think you've really accomplished something then they just hit another one and you realize just how forever this commitment really is! For us now it's discipline and I just wish I was surrounded my women who could tell me what they've learned. Maybe that can happen here as well.

Looking forward to it.