Sage advice...

I really doubt that I am the only Mother that this happens to. This morning as I droppped the boys off at Grandma K's before work I left Jordan with saying "You decide how your day will be with your choice of attitude & behavior. You need to find a better attitude and a smile."

Mean Mom city, I know. Some mornings I just can't get that kid moving despite doing everything I can to have him ready for school the night before. I am almost ready to start having him sleep in school clothes. (Not really. That's gross)

On my 1.2 mile drive to work I kept hearing my statement over and over in my head and realized that I must needed to say it this morning. Not for Jordan, but for me. I like to think that my family is full of non-morning people but in reality it is just me. I am really, really not a morning person. I can't wait for my boys to be teenagers, if only to sleep until noon with them!

I made up with my little buddy at lunchtime. I felt horrible for leaving him like that. A shiny quarter and promise of buying a pencil from the machine in the office did the trick.

I also made up my mind to try a little harder in the morning to start mine and my babies days off right with MY OWN good attitude, and behavior of course.

About time...

Yeah, yeah... so I am a total blog slacker and a half.

I blame the heat. Seriously though, it's November for heaven's sake and it is still so stinkin hot around here.

It seems the end of summer has come and gone and Autumn is on our doorstep. I feel like there should be tons of things that I have missed blogging about but I just can't remember much...

Except for these:

1. Jordan is rockin the Kindergarten thing. And he has his first real girlfriend. Her name is Kelly.

2. I have ANOTHER new job. But it happens to be this working mother's ideal job... I work at Jordan's Elementary school. I am in charge of attendance, enrollment, withdraws and all sorts of student records. And I have lunch duty with the 1st graders. I am a milk carton opening pro! I seriously LOVE my job. Go Freedom Falcons!

3. Dillon sliced a hunk of his toe off last week. Its pretty nasty. I totally cornered the ER Doc in our ward on Sunday to see if it was really Dr. worthy or not (not). Thanks Dr. B!

4. My entire family minus my bro-in-law Eric came to visit a few weekends ago. We survived. All 17 of us... and the 2 dogs and 15 fish too!

5. We are halfway through the soccer season (Yeah!!)

6. My favorite Holiday (Halloween) passed. I felt like we slacked off a bit this year. We didnt even carve a pumpkin. We did however go to:

• Boo at the Zoo
• The Halloween Carnival at school
• Trunk or Treat at church
• Trick or Treating at Fry's
• Trick or Treating on our street (all 6 houses with lights on)

and all sorts of places dressed up as this:

I am declaring it a success. Jack-O-Lantern or not.

And that my friends is about it. At least I think so anyways.