Heavy Heart... BLAH

So yesterday Abbie came home and told me when she was going to the bathroom a girl in her class who is kinda a jerk shoved the bathroom door open on purpose and it hit her in the head. And it left a mark. I asked her what she did and she said... I kinda started to cry a bit. I stayed in the bathroom and gathered myself and then I went to PE. I said. Did you say anything.. she said NO. I asked if this was the first time she had done that and she said no, and that she has done this to other girls too. SOOO we talked a lot about it yesterday. How to handle the situation if it happened again, What she is ALLOWED to do when/if it does happen again. She was confident in her plan, and felt better armed for battle if it happened again. I asked her if she wanted me to call her teacher, she said NO.... BUT I did call this morning because although she felt confident in her plan I wanted to have documentation that this has been a problem so if it did get bigger there was a little background on it... SO it went... The little girl actually received a referral. And now onto the backlash of that!!!! But she is makes me proud but MAN... IT BREAKS MY HEART to see her struggling it through and figuring this out with mean girls.

AND THEN... Lola had a Doctors Appointment today and the Doctor freaked out on her weight! He told me that she needed to go on a diet. And wanted to me to make a list of her food items she eats. because "OBVIOUSLY" she needs to cut back! BLAH!!! She is in the 90th percentile for weight and height!!! she big... but all my kids have been this way!!! It just hit my nerve in a BAD WAY.... I struggled with my weight my WHOLE LIFE... and STILL DO... but NOT going there with my 3 year old!!! THANK YOU..
So I said.. "Well I appreciate your concern, if my daughter is Obese in 10 years I will allow you the right to say... " I told you so" but until then I will disregard your comments cause I think they are dumb and lame."

So kinda a rough day...

MLK Day.. .

So here is something new....

This week Abbie had a lot of questions about Martin Luther King, Civil Rights, Blacks vs. Whites... (she had been learning about it in school) It was so foreign to her that people were treated so badly for so long JUST because they were a different color. It was VERY interesting watching her mind go in circles on "how can this be" I do think it was cool that she thought this was "an the olden' days thing" And every time we would mention a different part of the Civil Right Movement....She became more and more interested in how this could all be. In the rally's in the walks, in what Martin Luther King did and the stand that Rosa Parks made.

She called my Dad and talked to him about his experiences and what he thought about it. And of course my dad had story upon stories for her. I think they spent about an hour on the phone talking.

So last night we watched The Help with her and although we paused alot the movie as we went through it, to explain why they were being treated that way. She was so sad!
She said. "It is a good thing people aren't treated like that anymore.... right?? they aren't treated like that anymore...?? "And we responded there are some people that still don't like people because of their skin color. AND SHE WAS SHOCKED!!!

So at the end of the movie she says. I am so thankful for Martin Luther King and what he did for our country.

And I think that is true.... it took YEARS....YEARS and YEARS....and sadly it still lingers.... But MLK... def made his mark and it was a great one!!

Weekend FUN!

This was a super fun weekend.. We had a great time hanging with friends and hanging with Family!!

Saturday we had a birthday party here in town it was fun to hang out and share the birthday love!! Then we headed out for a HIKE!!! YES A HIKE IN JANUARY!!! It was SOOO great to be out and enjoy the sun!!!!!! Although it was 52 degrees it was a TRUE heat wave for us and sunny to boot!!! It was great!!! And it was fun to be out with just the fam for a bit.. Abbie singing all gospel all the way through the hike it was pretty funny!!! Here's a pic of a little stop on our hike!!

Then we had some friends from A-Town come over and with all my ISSUES on friendships and relationships.... Made me feel VERY GOOD...Knowing that there are peeps out there....that refuel you... And I am thankful for those friends I DO have!! Although I don't see them very much I am thankful for the reminder!!!

Have a great week peeps!!!

Let the RESOULTIONS BEGIN!!!

OK.. so here we go.. ONCE.. again.. No new major resolutions... Same ol Same Ol... Of course one of my main goals was to LOSE Weight.. so I lost 10 lbs over year.. So if I try to achieve that goal again this year I will be in better shape!! and all the dieting crap starts over tomorrow!!! But it is time.. I feel BLAH... with all the christmas and new years activities and baking and eating... time to jump back on that bandwagon
This may be kinda of a mean blog... So brace yourselves... I read this on my friends facebook the other day...

"My New Years resolution is to dive deeper into my friendships and relationships in 2012. To be intentional about it and to be the best and most loving person that I can be in each of my relationships. I am so blessed by all of you and look forward to MORE! Happy New Year!"

This really made me want to poke my eyes out!! To be really honest. This year has been SUCH a HARD HARD year for me with relationships. It's not that I don't care about people or don't want to be their friends anymore... BUT the pressure of maintaining relationships have really been a drag for me. I always wondered why my mom didn't have alot of friends that she hung out with... And now I kinda get it.. You got kids... you kinda run your life around their schedules and being involved.. and It's not like I don't want to hang out or whatever it is.. I say the wrong thing, O don't call when I am suppose to.. and the list goes on... this has actually been brought to my attention ALOT this year.. and it is hard to explain how frustrating it is... Is it bad that my family life comes first??? don't get it.... anyways... I told Jon when I read that, that my new years resolution was the opposite!!! IS THAT BAD????

HAPPY 2012!!!!!

wELL WHAT A FABULOUS LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS!!! It has been so great having a little Christmas break and having the kids home... This has been like the FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS... that I SLEPT IN ALMOST EVERYDAY..... Kids got up and chilled or played nobody got me up!!! It was FANNNNNNNNNNNNNNN TASTIC!!!!!! Although starting the "school routine" at 7am again on Wednesday.. is going to SUCK... the kids are ready to get back to school!

Christmas was great!!! We hosted it at our house this year and that was GREAT!!!! My mom and Dad came over and my sister and her boyfriend flew in from Cali and spent a week with us. It was so good!!! And really I LOVE LOVE CHRISTMAS TIME!! Just hanging out with the fam was fab!!! Miss them lots!!! And it was good to have "ALMOST" everyone here!!!

We spent New Years doing our usual thing.. Pizza, Ice Cream and Wii!!! I set the clocks ahead by 3 hours.. So the kids thought it was so cool....that we let them stay up to watch a movie after 12am!!! They stayed up till!!! 2:30!!!!!! AKA.... 11:30pm!
IT was fun to see their faces. Today we just chilled... we went to church, came home and got back in our Pj's

Tomorrow we have a bunch of people coming over to watch the BIG "O" game. So that should be fun!

Anyways.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Hope you guys had a great one!!!