transformation

A lot has changed in the past year and a half. The catalyst for that change has been primaraly caused by the birth of my 2nd son. But so many other things were positioned in just the right way durring that life shift that it has caused me to completly transform. Am I happy with my new outlook and position in this world? Most of the time I am, but of course I miss my old self a bit and wish I could write her a letter or something to prepare her for the road ahead. The picture below is my mama group. These women have, in such a profound way, helped shape me for the challenges I faced when ajusting to my new life. I met them while I was still pregnant with my youngest. On a whim I found them on a meetup website. They each embodied the type of woman/mother I had always admired but never knew really existed. It really was divine intervention because I would probably be lost if it wasnt for them.

First day of summer

I have a 3rd child this month, so far she is easy peasy. I am watching her for an old friend while she is at work.

On a personal f up note I have completely neglected responsibilities lately and they have reached a sort of crisis mode.
Crisis 1: I have been procrastinating my car problems and last night the horn malfunctioned at 1am. It blared for about 5 min and is now disconected. Oh yeah and I am over due for an inspection.
Crisis 2: been meaning to call an exterminator to deal with termites and today noticed 3 swarming in the basement. Terminix is comming tommorow morning(that means I can't bring my car to the shop right away, gatta be there to let the little bug killers in).
Crisis 3: yuk, we have ants on top of the termites and I keep forgetting traps.
Crisis 4: massivly overgrown bushes and lawn. Today we were hanging outside and all I could do was look at them in disgust, considering a certain 1 1/2 year old that requires my attention.
So yeah time to take care of all that life b.s.. So I can get back to my world of fantasy where you can let the dishes pile up while concentrating on an oil painting.

May the band play on while I attempt to be a productive societal member! for now.....

One more for the road

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A few weeks ago I went on a yoga retreat with evan. It was great, here are a few pics from it.

lets try this again

Since my last post a lot has happened creatively  with my boys. I kind of forgot about this blog due to a very terrible beach weekend. I am not even going to go there in my mind again but lets just say it set me back for an entire week in my pursuit of positive thinking.

Yesterday we went to the clearwater music festival for fathers day. I was so glad that even with all that activity going on Evan was so excited to go to the arts and crafts area. He got lost about 15 minutes after I took this picture (we found him thankfully) so it came in handy when telling authorities who to look for ; ). Bless that head of red hair he is easy to find!

We had a great day crafting out while Grace Potter and Taj Mahal played on stage a few yards away. Thanks to the rain it was not as crowded as usual. We meet up with our friends and took turns going to the beer garden and main stage without the kids amongst each other. Good times were had by all and I am going to try and make this event every year from now on.

I will leave you with a picture of his latest project. It started as a chapter book but has now developed into a compilation of short stories. He was inspired by this bound note book we got at the craft store. Keep you posted.