Once Again......I am sending out an SOS!!!

I need HELP!!!

Natty must take “hair growth serum” on the side!
I swear this kid grows more hair than anyone else I know!!!!

I have cut his hair at least 6-7 times since he came home.

Then, Saturday night, I realized it was down over his collar-AGAIN!!!

I have just been trimming length off the back & cutting the front to stay out of his eyes,
but as I grabbed the scissors for a quick trim, I thought, “I have got to do a better job, or else the poor boy will soon just have a bowl cut!”

But, I have a confession:

I have no idea how to cut little boy hair!!!

Girls hair is easy (as long as there are no bangs-
which is why my girls don’t have any! )

You just comb it all straight, part it & cut the length off!

Boys, though!

UGGG!!

Length has to be the same-all around, & on top.

& I can’t, for the life of me, figure out what to do with the front!

&, oh, have I mentioned that he must be the squirmiest kid on earth!!!

Help!

& I can’t just buzz it off.
Daddy thinks he’s still too little for a buzz,
& I still want a few of those gorgeous curls around his ears!!!

He’s my baby, after all!!!

He did get a haircut & in spite of me not knowing what I was doing,
he does look a bit better now!
I just don't have any new pictures of his haircut yet!

Maybe tomorrow!

Hi!

My two brothers, two sisters & I were together at Thanksgiving for

the first time since at least a year & a half ago.

Add to that, a few in-laws, a grandma,

an aunt & last of all, but not least:
11 grandchildren!!!

The best part of it is:

we all get along & have a great time together….

although all of us admit-a week together is about all we should do!

(Ha!!! Ha!!!)

I am so glad my kids can have cousins they are close to!

Ana cried for hours when we said goodby

(which I could do without-but hey,

I guess it’s good she loves them so much, huh!)

I am still close to my cousins,

so I am praying my kids have this blessing-

adult cousins who are friends!!!

(run over to Sarah's blog for more FFF!)

Thursdays Before the Throne

I have been thinking a lot about contentment.

Why is it that we always want what we can’t have?

I need to choose to be happy wherever & however I find myself.

Finally……I am realizing I need to PICK my focus!

EVERYONE has hard things in their lives……life isn’t easy.

BUT, I can choose to focus on the happy/good things I DO have!

What about my situation CAN I be thankful for:

~I have I a hubby who works hard so I can stay home with my kiddos
~3 rowdy, loud & messy kids (most days)
~hugs-arms thrown tightly around my neck
~money to meet all our needs (& a WHOLE lot extra!)
~friends-close ones I can go to any time of the day or night
~family I love & have a close relationship with (I know this doesn’t always happen).
~a heater that works-as we get more & more SNOW!!!
~cars that are reliable
~clothes over-running the house!
~a 7 year old who can/wants to play games with me

There are so many things I could CHOOSE to focus on-
Instead of:

~dirty dishes
~crayon writing on the new floor (thanks, Natty)
~TOYS, producing tripping hazards everywhere I turn!
~things that keep breaking around the house

Where will my focus be?
I challenge you: Where will your focus be, too?

Tell me some of your GOOD things you want to focus on today!

UPDATE.....on.....

this post.

I renewed my books online yesterday.

But, two of them had a hold on them,

so I still had to load up kids & head to the library.

Sigh......

But, I'm off the hook for another three weeks!!!!

(right before Christmas-how smart is that of me?!?!)

Wordless Wednesday......."Sisters-the first few days"

UGGGG....the frustration!!!!

If you haven’t adopted internationally,

you might not understand all my frustration this afternoon-but here-

I’ll try & explain it anyway.

We have been TRYING to get Social Security to change Ruth’s name on her card to:

“Ruth CXXXXX DXXXX”

They will not accept a passport in that name.

They will not accept a non-certified copy of the court order.

We don’t have a “certified copy” of the court order.

Why? The court gave us a non-certified copy.

Do you know what?

After an hour or so, talking to EVERY OFFICE in the County Court I have found out:

They won’t re-issue us a court order without us petitioning a re-opening of the case.

(Just as an aside, one of the other ridiculous things told me today was that Ruth would have to petition the court herself.

SHE’S TWO, PEOPLE!!!!!!

If you can tell me how she can petition a court,

I WOULD love to hear how!!!!)

GRRRR!!!!

(Doesn’t that sound like a HUGE deal-to re-open a court case?)

This poor child!

In some places she’s still “Sandra PXXXXX DXXXXX”

because of this INCOMPETANCE!!!

If we don’t fix this, think of the complex this child may have some day!!!!

The government can’t decide if she’s “Ruth” or “Sandra!”

(& now, the poor complex-ridden child is screaming herself to sleep!

I think I might have an idea why!!!!

She can’t stand the idea of not knowing who she is for the rest of her life!)

A frustrated Kim, signing off for the night!!!!

Hmmmm.....not sure what to call this post....

Except:

“Confessions of a Pike’s Peak Library District Drop-out”

& “Snow!”

(Yeah I know the two titles make no sense together,

but I warned you I had no idea what to call the post!)

The view out our back window the last three days:

The view out our back porch for 2-3 hours yesterday:

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Now…..
My totally off the wall question:

Do you use your local library?

I have a confession:

I love to read & I want my kids to love to read.

But, for some reason, the library stresses me out.

No, I know why it stresses me out.

I despise the pressure to get books back on time-

Let alone the pressure of NOT LOOSING A SINGLE SOLITARY book!!!!!

YIKES!!

Do you know how hard those two things are for me to do?

I think I have finally conquered getting books back on time

(wait! Did I remember to write the due date on the calendar the last time?

Hmmm….must check when I’m done here)

But, making sure we don’t loose any books-or any CD’s from books on CD’s?

That is the challenge.

(this is one of Ana & I's favorites!)

Now, having said all that,
I promise I have only lost a book once &
had to pay late fees only a few times-but I can hardly take the stress!

(I also feel guilty because I grew up at the library
& my mom could somehow manage 5 children & 20 books each-
& we went ALL THE TIME!!! How did she do it?!?!)

The Dillons almost never go.

I need to change-any ideas????
Can I just buy every book my kids want to read?

I could write it off as a homeschooling expense,
couldn’t I, dear Hubby of mine?

PLEEEASE???!?!


(I know you’ll be reading this tomorrow at work-
notice I brought it up while you are out of the house-wink!)

Ok…..I know using the library is better than buying new books-
I would never be able to store all the books anyway.

HELP!!!