We’re still alive! 

We’ve been MIA, but we had good intentions. 

Tons to share. 

Even pics to prove it. 

243 pics to be exact…

100th Day of School. Valentine’s Day. Field Trip. Talent Show. Snack Sale. Twins Day. Wonderful Weather Unit. Wonderful Weather Show Performance…

Sorry, we’re going to have to stop there and take a Tums or 10 2…Our tummies are beginning to churn again…

The above list was just the past 2 weeks…and that’s just the school list. 

Do you ever feel like this? 

We asked some local hamsters and they just kept running around and around on their wheels…

We took that as a definite, “YES!”

It’s normal…Right?

Is it just that time of year?

It’s been bad folks. Too busy even for our own tastes. Our sweet blogging
friends started sending out Search Parties, life rings, and dogs. Well,
not dogs…But, that would have been nice. If they were puppies. That needed rescuing…Maybe Labs? Not vicious biting dogs or anything…that wouldn’t be so nice. But, thank you friends for checking in on us. We’re baaaaack…Not like Poltergeist, we hope…

 Doesn’t it just scream PARTAY? 

The kids actually loved it! 

And, some of them even wore red…

For Valentine’s Day the Red Party we think!

We clearly heard the words, 

“We love strawberries.” 

and 

“Apple Slices? This is the best Red Party ever!” 

come out of our their lovely mouths. 

We ate red foods and played a few games in class, passed out our Valentines and off they went! 

Poof! 

Love was in the Air…momentarily…

Our brains runneth over with life To Do’s…

Home Painting Projects…

Making Team Softball Banners…

 And Hair Ties…

And Homemade Valentines…

Semi-Homemade Valentines…

 Mega Mustache Made Valentines…

AND (had to take a breath there)

Working
on 3 separate State Projects with our 5th Graders, complete with
homemade King Cakes, Dolls, Trifold Presentations and speeches…

By “homemade”, we mean from a can…made in our home…

Thanks Pillsbury Dough Boy!

The point is, busy, busy, BUSY…

Too much for our tastes…

Just when we think we can give no more…

We’re wiped…We’re toast…We’re done…

Life has a way of slowing us down…

Bringing things to a halt…Whether we want it to or not.

Everything is OK…

Christy’s
family had a little scare the other night when they found their 9 year old daughter unable to form coherent sentences, grasp objects, or even say her
Mom’s, Dad’s or own middle name.

Not like her at all…And, to be honest looked like the symptoms of a stroke. Scary…

A few hours in the ER and a Cat Scan later, it was determined that she experienced her first major migraine headache…

Just like her Mama gets. 

 We are so grateful that she is okay…

Her smile reminds us that no matter how crazy life gets, family is what matters. 

These moments tend to bring out the calmest of waters in the craziest of times for us Moms. 

All the nuttiness just falls away, and the moment we find ourselves in with our family is what really matters. 

Sometimes we feel these times are ways of reminding us that all of the costumes and parties and cakes and painted rooms, and school projects…and…and…and…

They don’t really matter.

It’s just stuff.

And things. 

And To Do’s.

And, they’ll be there. Yep. They’ll a.l.w.a.y.s be there.

And, none of it really matters in the big scheme of this crazy ride we call Life…not really.

We asked on our Facebook page how much time some of you spend in your
classrooms over the weekends. We were surprised by the considerable amount of time teachers spend outside of the
regular school day in their classrooms. Us included. 

Makes us shake our heads
and say, “If they only knew…”

It’s often hard to find complete balance between school, kids, marriage and life, but we’re all doing the best we can. 

So, take some time to do something for yourself or your family. Put down the craziness because it will still be there when you’re done enjoying some time doing the important things in life.