For moms...all moms

A post for me to remember. For Sadie to grow up and not feel guilty about her choice as a woman and mother, whatever she choses to do, or has to do, that she does it to her best ability and with a happy and peaceful outlook.

And that God willing, I help her see that and not whatever insecurities I may have.

Friendly Fire

I'm thankful because I am....

So I have been losing it lately. Random outbursts at these kids. Mine.

Poor kids.

Feeling like nothing is getting done. Must be winter blues? Must be. Well get out of the house you say? I do. Is it enough. Seems not.

So I write to remind myself of everything I am thankful for this week. Many things that get side swept in the whirlwind of stay at home mother-dom.

Thankful list for the week of Feb 1st.

-I got to see some long lost friends this week!

(Ya for Nancy, Becca, and Kari! Two hours of undisturbed kid free time at Panera is priceless. Goes so fast. But I smile because it happened! )

- Getting a few (very few here people) decorations done around the house.

- Making Valentines with Sadie

-Having great, Great, GREAT family time last night as Brett Kung Fu wrestled with the kids and they just ate it up!

- Getting out with the kids and their friends to a new place to play indoors.

- Having a little girl asleep in my bed... that I get to carry in my arms... and place back in her own bed. Hearing her say in her sleep "thank you Mommy" while I tuck her back in. Memories I will never forget.

- Hanging out with my family (you know, Mom, sibs...)

I have to many things on my to-do list. Drives me nuts not getting it done. Being a mom really sucks up your time. I need a bigger thankful list and smaller to do list.

So thank you thankful post. I am thankful.

Pandora bracelet got nothing...

...on Sadie's bracelet.
Handmade kid jewelry is the best. Sadie got a shrinky dink kit for Christmas and we got into this week. Wow. Like, whoa. These things are neat! They really do shrink up a ton. I couldn't help but stare into the oven for the entire 3 minutes it took every time we put another tray in. Sadie, bored after watching twice. Me, nope. Too cool. First they start to curl up everywhere, and you get all worried they are getting warped or are going to fold over and stick to themselves. Nail biting I tell ya. But then, oh then they flatten back out as they simultaneously shrink to a third of their size.

Should've taken pics huh?

Sadie turned a few of her gems into a her very own pandora bracelet. Jingling every where she went. Add a few necklaces into the mix, a keychain for her purse, a book bag, and you've got a full blown walking musical. I'm sure she couldn't have been more excited to wear her new accessories to the movies with Daddy. I'm sure Daddy was just as excited to hear her jingling all the way.

After filling her up on slushies and popcorn at the movies, I'm sure to make her work it off.

Now you know my secret of keeping her slender ;)

Tangled up in Cars

Our neighbors had a lantern release party to celebrate two of their kids b-days this past weekend. It was awesome! Despite the 20 degree weather, layer of long john's, gloves, hats, etc...we still froze our butts off. And then they did a second release...

It was Tangled up in Cars. A great name I thought anyway. Tangled for her daughter's b-day and Cars for her sons. There were about 30 people there (postponed from the previous windy night when 60 would have shown up!).

There lanterns are not what I was expecting. I though they were little round balls of tissue paper things we let lift off. Nope. They were about two feet tall mini hot air balloons! For $3 each, they were well worth the price.

When you release them you are suppose to make a wish or send it up to someone who has passed away. I let Sadie make a wish. What was it you ask?

"I wish we could go inside and get some cake!"

Not Sadie.
About to let go. On the first round I didn't wait...I let mine go first, like way before everyone else. I have listening issues. Ask Brett. Second time, I got it right.

There is fire burning right by your hands, it's kinda scary holding on to these things.
And here they go.
Overhead view.
And away they go.

It was seriously neat. So glad we made it.

So not glad they had a second release!

Bedhead

Why is it Bryer wakes up with the cutest bedhead, but when I try to style it, it never stays? What's the trick?



Say Cheese!

2012 Let's Get it on.

I thought 2010 was a good year. I guess I have been blessed because '11 was even better. And if '12 surpasses '11, then life is gonna be pretty good :)

I can't say enough how fast each year goes by with little tots running around. It's like (what's that saying? Oh yes...) a blink of an eye. Yes, a blink of an eye baby. Time flies when you are having fun right? And so does your memory. I swear, unless I write everything down (or blog) I wouldn't remember half of my life. So I blog for myself. So when I am 80 years old and have no idea what happened the day before, I can read my blog to myself and bring my life back to me. Is that sad?

Anyway, 2011 was a good year for the Fishers, filled with lots of good times.

Some documented events from 2011:

We started off the year taking a family vaca to Disney World. (as sick as this sounds, in all of Sadie's 4 years she has been to Disney World twice, Disney Land twice, and on a plane five times..sheesh, kiddo gets around. I was 18 when I went on my first plane ride. Wait, hold up. I was 13 when I had my first plane ride. Memory going already. )

Bryer learned to walk this year :)

Bryer turned 1. The last of my children to ever have a first birthday. Hallelujah!

We took our first family camping trip to Knoebels.

We used and abused our boat all summer!! Just the best time with family filled with awesome memories.

Brett learned to wake board. This year is suppose to be my turn, but let's face it: I'm a wimp. Tubing is enough for me. Maybe, maybe, and oh ya, maybe I will try knee boarding.

Sadie turned 4! Each new year with her is so exciting!

This was my girl on her third bday...from last year....I thought she looked like she was a Preschooler then.
Sadie started Preschool!! Here she is at 4 starting Preschool!!

(I will always remember this as the year of the hat. She wore a knit hat almost every day. Even in 85 degree heat. This hat, in this pic, is special. It's the hat I made for her. She loves it and wears it well. Of course I just love this!).

I turned 30 this year!!

I had the best weekend get away with my closest friends (some were sorely missed!) to celebrate our big accomplishment! Best birthday to date... Here's to rivaling it at 31 :)

Brett and I ran our first mud run. His last. Just the beginning for me.

We flew to CA to visit the "other" Fishers, and survived.

Lots of good memories from 2011. Seriously, it was a good one.

2012 already looks promising with some perrrrty good things lined up :) Let's get it on.

Tis' the Season...

Christmas= nuts.
I barely have any pics to document. You will think there is a lot after looking at this post. But no, this is pretty much ALL the pics I got from three Christmas get togethers...which is just not enough. And I think maybe two of me altogether. It's almost like I wasn't there. I was too busy trying to get good pics of my kids, but those little buggers move 100 times every second. There is no sitting still on Christmas in this family.

To top it off I am in no mood to do anything this week. Like nothing. Sure I got the presents put away, sifted through old toys, cleaned the house, and started using my Cricut machine. But it's Weds already. Normally I would have that done by Monday. I just feel in a blah mood (I don't even want to blog, but I must. I must) and I can't wait to Christmas to be put away and done. It's still out at my house. I am counting down till New Years...not for the ball, not for the resolutions, not for the excitement, but for the OK to put Christmas away for another 340 something days. Yahoo!

Anyway, here is our Christmas in pictures:

First feast your eyes on this eye candy. Single ladies.
Second, feast your eyes on this cuteness. Handsome is as Handsome does.

Cheese!!! With Pop Pop. So glad Bryer still lets us take pictures of him. Good little guy. (thanks to my mother in law for all the photos from the Fisher Christmas. I don't think I got one good one).

Uncle Jer and his two favorite nieces. He really is a good uncle. Loves his nieces! Watched the entire Grinch with Sadie. Plays with the girls, reads them book after book, pays them undivided attention and lets them know what they are saying is very important. He listens. Sadie loves her Uncle Jer!
Bryer's most fav gift of the year. His Hot Wheels carrying case. He has been dragging that thing around all weekend. Putting cars in. Taking cars out.

What is it about little boys in ties?
Gabriel. Cutie pie :)
Okay. This is my fav pic!! My sibs and mom. But what really makes this is the green tattoo on Jer's face. When I fixed the red eye, it put that green mark on his face. It's really not there...just some fluke from the editing. The other; is Jonathan's eyes that look cross, lol. Or my mom's Chinese eyes. Yes, this is the perfect pic of my family. Not to mention that me, Julie and Jacqui look just fine...that has nothing to do with it being my fav pic. There were other pictures with Brett and Daniel and Julie's boyfriend in it...but I deleted them all. Yup. They were horrible. The funny part is, my mom took the pictures and cropped Shawn (Julie's boy toy) out of them all, lol, supposedly by accident.
Hello there.
Jer and Julie felt the need to take many pictures of themselves. We won't forget they were there.
Some of my cousins. Don't you love how I am in exactly the same pose in all of my two pictures? Creativity lacking. You could just cut and paste me into any picture from the holiday. No problem.
Here is one pic with Julie's boyfriend...lol...but I also had cropped him out. Julie is so photogenic. She's modeling now. She looks awesome from her hard work for over a year to look how she does now. She's awesome. And her straight white teeth help a lot. Man, why didn't' I ever get braces? Who wants to whiten my teeth? It's now my birthday, oh, or mother's day present! Ya.
Jacqui's kids never stop eating!

The best part of Christmas was my sibling Pollyanna. We all brought in a $20 gift and stole from each other. Of course our gifts included lots of alcohol and erotic cook books. Guess who got the erotic cook book. You're welcome Brett.