Sunday - day of rest

The sunday nap is always highly underrated. There is just something about coming home - getting lunch done and then laying down to nap while the kids do likewise. I used to take this time to catch up on the stuff of the weekend, but now - I nap. It is awesome. However, there is always the chance you wake more tired than when you laid down - today is that. Oh well - I will get moving and I will be fine.

Today's sermon was about families - Extreme Makeover forum - and Bro. Andy said something that Mike and I have been saying for a long time - Quality time is not = to Quantity time. Kids need time - and lots of it. 10 minutes of quality is not equal to an hour of quantity. It is just not - they want more. They need more. Point to ponder as I deal with a busy lifestyle here. We just take our kids everywhere - cool or not.

Last night we went to the concert and it was so much fun. I did not really stay in my seat too much. I wandered around with Mike because he was taking care of misc. stuff that needed to be done. That is why I was there anyway - to get to hang with my hubbie since he had worked so hard to get to that point. We both were like - if we see the concert that is great - but just knowing it is going well is enough for us. We are alike in that manner. The satisfaction is not getting to enjoy the outcome, but in the success of having made it there and knowing that others are enjoying. That probably makes no sense at all, but it does to us.

This morning liam had a rough time in Sunday school - not listening again! It has almost become a regular thing and we are really out of ideas to punish him. He has had every kind of restriction and punishment we can think of and it is getting pretty hard to come up with things that affect him. This time of year when Mike is away is particularly hard on us because Liam does act out in this way when Mike is not around constantly. This makes me so thankful to have a husband that comes home every night and is actively involved in his kid's lives.

This weel at work is going to be tough. We have a deadlike on Oct 16 - taxes so all of it has to be done!

Pretty daunting right now, but we will manage.

Well - gonna go spend time with the boys - my boys :)

Mel
Melanie's daily grind