Procrastination and Christmas lists

PROCRASTINATION folks.. it is my middle name. It is what I excel at. There are SOOOO many things I am suppose to be doing right now. So many in fact that I don't even know where to begin so instead I think... HMMMM this is the perfect moment to update my blog. It is seriously amazing that I can even dress myself in the morning.

Is anyone else freaked out that is is already the end of November? I seriously feel like I blinked my eyes and the year was almost over. That may have something to do with the fact that our Christmas lights are still on our house. Yes I said still. The only thing worse than being a procrastinator is being a procrastinator that married another procrastinator. When June came around we both looked at each other and said ahhh... let's just leave them up. What's the point in climbing on the roof and taking the lights down when we just have to put them back up in SIX months. Not to mention now we can snicker when we see all of the husbands in our neighborhood angry, shivering and cussing as they pull out the ladder and hang their lights while their wives order them around from the safety of the ground. In fact these are probably the same neighbors that made fun of us for leaving our lights up all year. Who's laughing now? We are... that's right.

It's that time of year again.... the dreaded Christmas shopping. Oh how I loathe Christmas shopping. What happened to the days of shopping for my kids and just picking things that I know they will like? I can still do that for Sophie for the most part because I know that anything she gets she will be happy with, and Jake is pretty much the easiest child to buy for on the face of the universe... HE ASKED FOR COPY PAPER PEOPLE. I was like "um sure you can have copy paper. I'll buy you a whole box of copy paper." and his reaction was similar to the one you would get from me if someone told me they would clean my house every day for the next 20 years.

But HOLY HELL... what is up with tweens? Isaac writes a list and you seriously have to have a glossary to figure the freaking thing out.. Maybe a map in the front would help.. (you know like in the Lord of The Rings books) Everything has a brand name (some of which I've never heard of) specific color or pattern and then they are ranked in order of which ones are most important and then there is the issue of "if you can't find this one then I guess this one over here will suffice." What??? Hello!! Does he know how many different pairs of Blue Nike football gloves are out there??? It's like he's trying to make my head explode?! Don't get me wrong, other than his crazy, mind blowing Christmas lists, he is honestly a DREAM child so I feel very lucky to have him, but wow.

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Blog? What Blog?

Monica I'm copying you because I love the bullet point thing and maybe it will make it easier to blog and get my points out without stressing too much about un-needed info.

- Jake started gymnastics last night... He jumped from his first ever gymnastics class which was a level 2 to a level 4 and started working on back flips last night!?! He is in a class with only 4 people, three of which are girls. Needless to say he is loving life. His instructor said she wants to teach him how to do a flip off of the wall.... AWESOME! I love seeing people do that, I'm just crossing my fingers that he doesn't get injured.

-Isaac is still going strong with football. He is playing Wide Receiver and Corner Back and loving it. He has changed so much since last year...(more aggressive, better catches etc.) He is so much fun to watch and I am definitely his biggest fan!

- Sophie and I have been working on letters this week. She is such a smart little monster but when I try to make her learn something new she just stares at me like I'm wasting her time. I'll have to try to make it not seem like I'm not "teaching". She is such a funny little girl and still makes me laugh constantly. Her new thing is when I say something stupid and she looks at me shrugs her shoulders with her hands out and says, "Come on!" It's hard to give it justice on a blog but it is hilarious. Her favorite movie right now is Coraline and she asks every new person she meets if they have seen it. She is constantly telling me she wants to go live with her "other mother." Nice.

School Days

The boys started school yesterday at their new school. I can't believe I have a fourth grader and a seventh grader! Holy cow how time flies! I know everyone says it but it seriously seems like they were just babies! I can't believe what handsome, polite, sweet young men they are turning out to be. I am so lucky to be their Mom!

July too??

Wow.. the last time I updated was the end of June and now it is the end of July! Where does there the time go? It has been a crazy, busy, funfilled couple of months and it has just flown by! I'm just going to post an update on each of the kids rather than trying to squeeze it all in together.

Football season is starting again and Isaac has been doing a conditioning camp for several weeks now. This week he had tryouts and last night was his first practice with his team. He is SO excited and has tons of friends on his team and his Dad is coaching. There are some great kids on the team so it should be an exciting season! He is becoming such a mature young man but it's so hard to believe he is already 12 years old! I can't believe my baby that weighed in at 5lbs 9oz when he was born is now a big tough football player!

Jake started gymnastics this Summer and he is LOVING it! The second day of class he was already working on back handsprings! He has perfected his front handspring already and is really good at the back handspring in the gym but hasn't dared to try it on the grass yet. His instructor is amazed at how much strength he has in his tiny body. He loves being in the gym and it seems to be the perfect outlet for his neverending energy!

Sophie is crazy as ever... she is so outgoing and SO dramatic! She tells me on a regular basis that I am ridiculous and looks at me as though she feels sorry for me. She cracks me up every day! Her new favorite things are:
She loves smelling Jay when he gets out of the shower.. honestly.. she acts like she has won the lottery when he tells her he is getting in the shower! It is hilarious!

She has this new fascination with money... we got her a piggy bank and she has been adding coins to it constantly. She searches the house for money so we all have to hide our wallets from her. She caught on that paper money is worth more so she is constantly asking us for dollars.

She watched the movie Coraline for the first time last week and had trouble sleeping that night. Since then she has watched it about 700 times and LOVES it. She is going to freak out when we have to take it back to Blockbuster!

We are staying busy but are all happy and healthy and getting ready for my sister and her family to come into town tonight for another week of fun!