ition in our family, and that's "family time". I got the idea from here: http://www.he-and-she.com/TeaParty/adventure.html .Every night before bed we turn off the lights, light the candles, turn on relaxing music, drink something from our teacups (except Todd has a regular cup) and sometimes have a little treat. We talk and be together and relax for about 15 or 20 minutes and all of us love it, even and especially the boys.
I'm excited because Alex loves music! Todd showed Alex how to create his own playlist on itunes and he made one. Sometimes when I wake up he is downstairs listening to music. One time, Alex was listening to his music (The Promise by Tracy Chapman) and he had tears in his eyes! I sat down and we listened to music together and I showed him some of my favorite songs. It was so fun and exciting to have someone to share music with that loves it as much as I do! So I bought some tickets to some BYU events (choir, orchestra, band, etc.) that I'm taking him on a date to (thanks, dad).
On another random note, I was noticing lately how happy I am. Ever since the baby was born and I'm off the emotional rollercoaster, I have been so happy. I have a great (for lack of a better word) husband who is my best friend, I have the cutest baby girl in the world that I can dress up in bows and dresses and pink, pink, pink, and dream of our future together in girl-world (tea parties, reading girl books, mother- daughter dates, etc. etc. etc.), I have two wonderful boys who have turned out to be really great friends to me (and to each other) and they always (well, 99% of the time...I'm remembering this afternoon when "numero uno" decided to write on our living room chair with a pen...what the...???) make me smile :), we are all healthy and safe, none of us are stressed out (namely by daycare), I have energy again (I hibernated the last 3 weeks of pregnancy, literally...right, mom?), Todd has a great job that financially covers all of our needs and he likes his job (free lunches and massages), I'm loving doing school with the boys, so I don't feel like my day consists of surviving and taking care of the physical needs of the wee ones-- I am teaching them important stuff! and it gives my day purpose and feels more meaningful and I can have fun and be creative with it; and I can read funny blogs that give me a daily laugh. I'm so happy that I am keeping my house clean...(those of you who have fallen off your chair, I'll give you time to recoup). It's by no means spotless, but it's pretty dang good for Kristie standards. (Not that it means I'm unhappy when the house is messy, obviously.)
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Yeah, hibernation pretty much sums it up. :) I'm so glad you feel better and are so happy. That makes me feel happy. I'm still on the floor, but I'm sure I'll recover in about an hour or so. :)
That is so neat about Alex and music. He has always been sensitive, but it is neat that he has found something that he loves like that. What a sweet boy.
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