1. Straws.....I like to drink through straws, its calming. After our car accident I was constantly thirsty, I tend to drive with ice water even in -25 weather.
2. We are a blanket family, although it drives me crazy when the boys drag their blankets off the beds through the house. Jay is right when he says I created the blanket monsters.
Jay hates when I gush over him so when I blog it he cannot even read it....but I knew he truly loved me when he had a dream about this blanket that I always napped with. (It had been my Grandmas and it was falling apart but I still loved it.) In the dream he had to save the blanket. The crazy thing is I still have it, its not usable anymore but I have not been able to part with it.....I do have plans to use pieces of it in a blanket that will one day be sewed out of the boys baby clothes.
3. I love my phone, it is sadly my good friend that I feel lost without. I have no idea how women parented without cell phones.....what did the school do when you were out of the house.....maybe that's why there were school nurses?? I am an iPhone lover/owner. Even though auto-correct and siri has called me all sorts of names.... The APP I use the most is overdrive that allows you to down load books for free from the library. I have been addicted to audio books forever and now I just need WiFi to load my phone, to keep me company during my commute
I asked my brother if he recognized the pattern the last time he was here and he did.
5. Before Christmas Brodie was asking lots of questions about the Bible so I went in search of a book for him. We end each day reading a one page daily devotion, that is age appropriate, real life examples that are supported by God's word. I may not be 8 but I love the lessons and reminders it providing both of us.
6. Here is another Grandma Jessie thing... I'm not sure why but ever since she passed away I always think of her when I find pennies.
After our car accident I was finding pennies everywhere. I realized awhile back that Brodie talks about her like he knows her... But they never met.
In the last 7 years I have learned so much about how and why children need to regulate themselves. You will instinctively find what calms you. Children do it all the time in a world that keeps telling them to sit still and keep their hands to themselves. Without regulation there is no focus if you are 4 or 44.
I just started to learn about mindfulness, which uses your breathing as a focal point I had to laugh its the one thing that you won't forget at home or leave in your other bag. It doesn't cost you money and no one is ever going to tell you to stop.
kristen heather
