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It’s a New Year!

January 1, 2012 By Kim Filed Under a little Christmas, family, joys of motherhood

I hope everyone had a great December, a wonderful Christmas, an awesome New Year’s eve and a fabulous start to the New Year! The month of December flew by. And I can’t believe we are already in the new year. It’s funny how the idea of a new year is so exciting. The belief of a fresh start – when really the fresh start is every day you wake up. But just like everyone, I do love the new year. I’m not big into the resolution thing, but I do try to line up things for change in my house. It seems every year that I change up stuff around here – how I clean my house, work my business, how much time my kids spend with the tv – things like that!! And this year will be no different. I think it is because of December. Everything is thrown to the wind that month. With all the craziness that comes with the holidays, chaos always ensues. I need a new year just to give me that sense of calm.

But no matter how crazy the month of December is, I love it. A lot. I did great this year with gift buying. I had it all taken care of by December 1st! And I came in under budget! {Always a plus!} I had a plan and it fell into place. It was really nice. I enjoyed it all. My kids were awesome. Emme tried hard to convince us that Jesus is a baby on Christmas – every Christmas. She gets that he is 2000 years old, but on Christmas . . . he is a baby! Except from midnight to sunrise . . . then he is Santa Claus. “Because he is amazing and he can do things like that.” haha! Still cracks me up when I think about it! Lawson has every Christmas song memorized and is still singing them. Carson loved the Christmas lights – and has decided that we are keeping the lights in his room. Hudson, . . . well just know that he has been watching Christmas movies everyday since June. That boy has been “in the spirit” for months. He was disappointed when he woke up on December 26th.

Em is on a Lala Loopsy kick – anyone else out there have an obsessed child?

Lawson’s favorite toys are all educational. Seriously, this dollar toy is one of his favorites! And his absolutely favorite was a president puzzle. {And my OT friends, I don’t let my children sit like this. I specifically remember asking him to sit the correct way after this picture!}

This is the fake smile. Everyone with kids have at least one kid that has the “fake” smile! haha! This really is probably one of the most hysterical expressions ever. And he is going to kill me one day when he knows that I just posted this for the world to see. {Sorry babe, this is what happens when you keep doing it!}

And Hudson with his beloved Innotab. He is in his serious mode here. And on top of the world.

I’m fortunate to have taken a few pictures. Normally, we are so wrapped up in the excitement that we don’t even think to pick up the camera! But the one picture I get every year is the after math . . .

This is my happy picture. This is what I dreamed of Christmas morning looking like when I was a kid. Don’t get me wrong, I think the Grinch said it best when he said, “It came without ribbons!… it came without tags!… it came without packages, boxes, or bags!” But with a 3 gift minimum + each child gives each sibling a gift in the $10 and under range + Santa’s gift = a lot of gifts! My kids don’t get toys other than at birthdays. Don’t get me wrong there are times they do receive little things. But I knew before I had children, that toys were not going to be given all the time. And I’m glad we have stuck to it because it makes times like this unbelievable! Nothing like seeing a grateful heart on Christmas morning.

And because I know you want to see my Christmas card for this year {although I’ve not sent them out yet!} Like last year, they will be a “New Year card!” I already have a caption for this – I will tell you in another post. BUT I want to know what you guys would put on this! haha!

Again, I hope you all have a fantastic new year! And blogging is on my priority list for 2012!

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Thomas the Train . . .

September 18, 2011 By Kim Filed Under family, joys of motherhood

Hello, my name is Kim Tate and it is so good to meet you! But, I feel like I know you, maybe met you before. haha! Okay, it has obviously been fo’ evah since I blogged! After Carson had the pukies, Lawson got sick, then {of course} Emme got the pukies and just guess what happened after that? Yes, I’ve got hit hard with the sick stick! Mine is more sinus issues from where this weather was 102 degrees one day and three days later, it was suddenly 61 degrees {and that was the high!} and four days later it was back up to the high 80’s again. I’m too old for this – my body shuts down during the extremes like this!

Also during this time, we spent a ridiculous amount of money on Thomas the Train tickets. Just to be frank – it wasn’t worth it. Actually, I would consider it a rip off for a family 6. If you have 1 kid or 2, I’m thinking it would be fantastic. But throw in a couple of extra kids, some rain and a kid that lives in a literal world . . . I’m sure the following pictures will explain it all!

Hudson – “There is a train with some kind of crazy face on it behind me!”

Lawson – “I’m feeling very uncomfortable with this train behind me.”

Emme – “I love my Thomas the Train tattoo and this rain is pretty cool, too.”

Carson – “Are you done yet with the picture?”

Hudson – “This is probably one of the dumbest things I’ve ever been made to do. I hate trains with faces!”

Lawson – “They asked me to smile for the picture – I’m smiling for the picture. Now, let’s go. This rain is killing me and my shoes!”

Emme – “I think standing in this COLD rain was one of my favorite things I did today! And my tattoo was cool, too. ”

Carson – “Are you done yet with the picture?”

Hudson – “I’m starting to get nervous and giggly. I really want to go home because there is a freakin’ train that has a face BEHIND ME!”

Lawson – “Cheese. Cheese. Cheese. Rain is falling on my head! Cheese.”

Emme – “I’m tired of looking cute for these pictures. But I’m trying while I think of how cool this rain and tattoo are!”

Carson – “Are you done yet with the picture?!”

Hudson – “Hello!! There is a train! With a face! Just a few feet behind me! I think he is watching me! And I can’t stand it!!!”

Lawson – “Cheese. Cheese. Cheese. Rain is still falling. On my HEAD! Cheese.”

Emme – “I’m starting to agree with Lawson. And this is getting old. And this rain is cold. And can you take off this tattoo?”

Carson – “Are you done yet with the picture?”

Hudson – “Did you see that! That joker is looking right at me! I think he is creeping on the track and trying to get closer to me!!!!!”

Lawson – “Come on. I’m so over this.”

Emme – “I can’t feel my finger. Hudson’s anxiety is starting to rub off on me. ”

Carson – “Are you done yet with the picture?”

Hudson – “I know you said that the train is pretend. But I see a face on a train. What is pretend with that?! You know, I am smarter than you were at 6.”

Lawson – “Starting to phase out.”

Emme – “I can’t smile anymore. I’m wet. I’m cold. And I hope like Hades that they never make me come to this again.”

Carson – “Are you done yet with the picture?”

Hudson – “I can feel this train breathing on my neck. I’m about to show this joker my ninja moves!”

Lawson – “2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256,  . . . .”

Emme – “This really is stupid.”

Carson – “I’m done.”

Hudson – “I’m going to have nightmares for the rest of my life because of this train!”

Lawson – ” . . . . , 512, 1024, 2048,  . . . .

Emme – “I’m going to make them give me a dollar for taking my picture!”

Carson – “Bye!”

**** Awesome! Can’t wait for our family Christmas card picture this year!****

Since these pictures {and other than sickness,}

*Em gave herself a haircut. I would post pictures, but I think I’ll give that a whole post – dedicated to just her hair cut.

*The results of all the Hudson’s academic testing came  back, we had the IEP meeting and have {sorta} a plan of action. {And I honestly don’t really know how I feel about it.}

*Lawson is now riding a bus home, one of those cute little short buses {nobody get offended by that – Lawson is the one that called it a “SHORT BUS” and since he wasn’t offended when he said it, it is safe to assume it is okay to call it that!} which in return gives me almost another full hour to paint! So, my butt is planted in my studio between 8:20 till about 11 every morning, Monday through Friday! Of course that is unless I don’t have a school meeting, doctor’s appointment or a field trip with one of the kids’ classes.

*I’m so behind on painting, emails and everything else that it is totally and completely ridiculous. I don’t even know where to begin. {But my laundry is completely caught up.}

*My kids have every line from Home Alone memorized. This would include, “You are such a disease!“, “Keep the change you filthy animal!” {Em says this when she gives you 5,} and my all time favorite “Family SUCKS!” I’ve hid that movie – which is a shame because I use to love it so much – and have threatened the whole soap in the mouth thing.

*I had another Scentsy party! I did last year on the same weekend and had a great turnout. I had another great crowd but I promised to beat my last year’s sales. And, well, I’ve not got there yet. So, I’m begging all of you to help me out!!!! Here is the link to my party! Just remember to click on my name! Please!!!

*I’ve been working on this post since last Sunday. Seriously.

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17 Laney . . .

August 15, 2011 By Kim Filed Under family, joys of motherhood, small words art

Had every intentions to post earlier today, but Hudson has been sick {and missed school today.} And we just spent some time together today. Of course if Hudson has anything viral, guess what happens! That right folks, his kidneys go crazy! Yesterday, I pulled the picture of him a few weeks before diagnosis {which has been almost 3 years ago} and then I took his picture. I put them side by side and honestly, I was shocked.

Most people lose weight when they hit that 3 year old marker – instead, he seems to have gained it! He is so swollen he doesn’t look recognizable. If it wasn’t for that crooked smile, I wouldn’t even think he was the same kid. And he is more swollen today. His eyes are like slits and he is so uncomfortable. I have to tell you all that this consumes me. It invades my thoughts constantly. If you want to know exactly what is nephrotic syndrome, this is the BEST explanation I’ve ever found about it. Fortunately, he is “suppose” to grow out of it. We are just waiting till then.

I guess I need to keep painting while I wait!

I finally got a request to paint to match this bedding! I’ve known a couple of people who have purchased this set, but the colors matched the previous nursery – so I’ve never gotten to paint anything for it!

I have to thank a friend, Rachel, for loaning me a piece of this bedding for matching purposes. I wanted to add the blue, but I couldn’t get a good look at it. And the only larger photos {such as the pillow above} did not show all the colors.

Another one marked off the list!

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