{"id":1698,"date":"2015-04-02T16:24:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T20:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=1698"},"modified":"2018-12-29T13:28:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T18:28:27","slug":"ordinarily-extraordinary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=1698","title":{"rendered":"Ordinarily Extraordinary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Again the past few months, I haven\u2019t had many specific events that I felt warranted a blog. Believe me we have been doing things on weekends. We\u2019ve had 6 kids birthday parties in less than 2 months which have all been so different and a lot of fun!\u00a0 Luckily they have all been different weekends or days of the weekend so we have managed to go to all.\u00a0 Between the birthday parties, our normal weekend errands (grocery store, laundry, cooking meals ahead for the week, etc.), there hasn\u2019t been much time for other big events\u2026.other than buying a Honda Odyssey one Sunday last month!\u00a0 We knew the Odyssey was in our family\u2019s future; however, we held out for a really long time\u2026.and every month we held out was one less car payment.\u00a0 Truthfully we probably could have even held out a few additional months; however, the Honda had two separate incidents (dead battery, and some other issue that caused the car to not steer) in the course of one week and it left us sharing one car between three drivers.\u00a0 While we got the Honda fixed both times, I think that really sped up our car buying process.\u00a0 We even took the girls with us and they were very well behaved. Now that we have the minivan, it\u2019s proving to be really great.\u00a0 Karolin now has a car every day of the week and now that it is getting warm, it\u2019s nice that they have the ability to go places if they want.\u00a0 This past week is Spring Break.\u00a0 Karolin\u2019s sister Louisa is here visiting from Germany and they have been having a great time taking the girls places.\u00a0 Friday after school they picked the girls up, took them to the dentist (which the girls love) and then out for lunch at Wendy\u2019s.\u00a0 Avery and Emerson both told me the play by play of what the dentist told them quite accurately!\u00a0 Monday and Wednesday they all went to Great Falls Park since the pass was good for three days, they went back a second time on Wednesday! Tuesday they all went to Udvar Hazy where they had story time and learned about astronauts and spaceships and had a fun time viewing all the airplanes. Thursday they went to Clemyjontri Park and Friday (tomorrow) they will go to a kid\u2019s concert at Jammin Java and then out to lunch before going to my mom\u2019s\u00a0 (Grandma\u2019s) house for the afternoon.<\/em><\/p>\n

Back to our activities the past few months though, weekends have also included going to the gym regularly, which all three the girls now thoroughly enjoy.\u00a0 The first two months Harper just cried or stayed in the same spot while she was at the gym.\u00a0 Now she can\u2019t get her jacket off and walk away from us fast enough when we get there.\u00a0 Perhaps it\u2019s the fact that our activities are becoming more routine and easier (in a good way) that the weekend events haven\u2019t seemed like significant events. Perhaps it is because we haven\u2019t taken many pictures the last few months to document the events.\u00a0 Life has been good though\u2026busy as always, but good, real good!\u00a0 Avery and Emerson are really starting to show some more independence like getting dressed themselves, going to the bathroom themselves, putting their own jacket and shoes on, taking their plates to the sink, and even sometimes helping themselves to their own snacks.\u00a0 They don\u2019t always do these things on their own, but the CAN now, which as Emerson would say is \u201cwonderful\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

In other events, we started the au pair search again in February.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to believe that Karolin only have a few more months here.\u00a0 We would never have chosen Karolin in our initial search as we were only looking at Brazilian au pairs at the time, we are so fortunate to have found her.\u00a0 She is part of our family and the girls adore and respect her. The au pair experience has been wonderful for our family and we are cherishing these last few months with her as she will be missed.\u00a0 As a working mom, it\u2019s hard to leave your kids each day but I have always been able to do it because I know that my girls are with someone that truly loves and enjoys being with them\u2026.Karolin now and Ana and Ari before Karolin.\u00a0 In just over two months, Ludmila will be joining our family!\u00a0 We are quite excited and while we know the girls will need a little time to adjust, they have already started welcoming her to our family.\u00a0 Today is Ludmila\u2019s birthday so the girls and I skyped with her for a little bit and we sang Happy Birthday to her a few times!\u00a0 They were even “fighting” over having their own turn.\u00a0 And tonight we are going to celebrate Ludmila\u2019s birthday with cake and ice cream!<\/em><\/p>\n

So life is becoming ordinary\u2026ordinarily extraordinary!\u00a0 Life is great\u2026I love my life and my family!\u00a0 Every night (well most) Justin and I and the older girls say what they are thankful for\u2026occasionally they say they have nothing that they are thankful about that day, but most days they have a range of things that they are thankful for (their family \u2013 often naming individuals by name including both immediate and extended family), their dinner, school, ballet, vacation, going outside for the day, or whatever they did that day, and often circling back again with FAMILY.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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