A Corner Table in My World

For most of the summer I continued to get up with Heli Dad in the mornings, simply to see him for a few minutes before he left for work for the day. Then I decided that if I only had a couple weeks left of summer holidays with the kids - aka: a couple weeks before I'd have to start getting the kids up and motivated in the mornings for school, I would spend them sleeping in. You know, mom sleeping in until 8:30 or 9am.  This week with back to school (check out the Corner Table Kids hamming it up for their first day of school picture) I've slowly managed to get myself back to getting up before Heli Dad leaves for work, if only to give him a hug and kiss goodbye. Which he appreciates and it's something I've come to realize is really important too - because honestly somedays that hug and kiss is one of only a couple intimate moments we have throughout the day. We've only finished the first week of school but already I can see that there are days that I'm going to be...

This is cross posted (and added on to) from my other blog Ups, Downs, Ins and Outs , as Tuesday's Tunes is a weekly feature there... I still can't believe how quickly time has flown and how much all the kids have grown! It seems like just last week I was struggling to get Gamer Boy to eat as a baby - and wow! I can barely remember him being so small. But amazingly 9 YEARS have past and now my little baby boy, he's not so little anymore! Now he's my Gamer Boy, my Lego "Master Builder", my football player, but still and always the sweetest kid, simply the most amazing boy-child that a mom could ask for. So on his 9th birthday I wish nothing but the very best to my son and give him the chance to help me out on my blog! [From Ups, Downs, Ins and Outs ...] It's Gamer Boy's birthday today and so I let him pick this week's Tuesday's Tunes!   He picked this song because it's one of his current favorites - ever since he saw the movie Bi...

Swimming is one of few activities that everyone in our family almost always enjoys. I personally love swimming, both as a fun activity and for exercise, and as my kids have been growing up its been one thing I've been pretty insistent on them learning to do safely and properly. (Especially as rafting/boating is one of Heli-Dads very favorite summertime activities with the kids!) Vistas like this are a daily find and you know, I LOVE that they love it so much. Swimming lessons have been one of the kids key summer programs over the years and this summer is no exception. This year Princess and Angel Face have elected to continue lessons after school starts too so they will be logging pool hours like crazy this fall. Actually we probably all will be at the pool a lot because the kids convinced grandma to spring for a swim pass for the family and they are determined we will use it atleast once a week, if not more.  While the girls will be swimming (and possibly more) t...