Well, I hate to admit it, but I've become one of "those" bloggers! You know who I'm talking about, those moms who start a blog with all the best intentions and a ton of enthusiasm. They blog about all the exciting events in their lives and they post a million pictures of their wonderful children weekly, daily, maybe even hourly. And then life gets in the way of the excitement of blogging and before you know it, days, weeks, and months go by and it's nothin' but crickets on that beloved blog.
So, I'm here to drown out those crickets, at least for the moment--not going to say how long before the next post, but my intentions are good. And speaking of crickets, my gosh I feel like the Mormon pioneers all of a sudden there are swarms of crickets everywhere---YUCK!! Fall is officially here and hopefully that means a break from the bugs soon--we're all the way down to the 90's and I'm about ready to break out my parka. We went up to Mt. Charleston the other day and nearly froze to death it must have been maybe 75--I'm not kidding I was freezing. See how the desert play tricks on you!
Well, enough of my rambling, let's talk about life in the Hammond Family. I'm not kidding when I say that it is C-R-A-Z-Y! I know I've been saying that for years, but this time I really mean it. The kids have been in school 3 weeks now and I'll admit that I just remembered that I forgot to take pictures on the first day of school--I know, what kind of mother forgets to take pictures on the first day of school especially with a new kindergartener. Umm that would be me, I'm so frazzled by the time we get everybody in the car, the last thing on my mind is taking pictures, but we're still going to do it before all of their uniform shirts are stained and faded. I'm really going to try and do that tomorrow. I'm telling you, you'll never know that the pictures were taken on the 22nd day and not the first except for the fact that I just confessed. I really almost cried when I dropped Sofia off at her first day of kindergarten--really I almost did--it was one of the happiest days of my life. Bless here little heart--I love her dearly but she and I desperately needed full-day kindergarten! Furthermore, to my utter amazement some miracle happens once she enters that gate of the school and that wild and crazy 5 year old transforms into a little angel. I don't know how or why but so far my fears on her getting kicked out of kindergarten have been allayed. She's doing amazingly well and we've always known that she is dangerously smart. Sof is still doing gymnastics which she loves and I love because it wears her out. She is very persistent, she wanted to know how to tie her shoe so she asked the P.E. aide to help her. The aide sat her down and gave her a shoe and she kept trying until she got it. She did the same thing yesterday with a hula hoop--she had no idea how to do it but she would not give up until she got it.
Liv is in 2nd grade and of course, her teacher adores her. She is just so sweet and helpful, although she doesn't take crap from Sof any more, she definitely stands up for herself. She is always quick with compliments and loves to help out with anything I need. She decided to do Piano this year instead of dance class and she's doing really well, in fact her teacher just told me that she has really good natural ability. She has lots of friends at school, but let me tell you, this girl drama thing is something! When Tomas was in elementary school our conversations went something like this:
Me: "Tomas who did you play with today?'
Tomas: "I don't know"
Me: "Who are your friends?'
Tomas: "I can't remember"
Me: "What did you do in school today?"
Tomas: "I don't know"
Me: "Okay, well I guess everything's great"
Tomas: "uh huh"
Conversation with Olivia
Me "Olvia who did you play with today?'
Olivia: "Well, I played with X, Y , Z but A was being mean and she said she didn't like my hair and then Y was crying because a boy stepped on her foot and then I told the teacher that those mean boys were chasing us, and then X said Z wasn't her friend anymore and then...and then...and then...and then...........!
Me: "Really" (my head is spinning and I'm thinking I can't believe she's already in 7th grade...WAIT....she's only in 2nd grade!)
Me: "Um so you had a good day?"
Olivia; "NO---IT WAS THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE!"
Boys and Girls....oh so different!
Tomas, oh Tomas prepubescent, hormones starting to rage, almost 13 year old sweet Tomas. Hmmm well he doesn't like girls yet, you know how I know? Because I have to constantly remind him to put on deodorant, take a shower, wash his hair, change his clothes and brush his teeth. 13 year old boys are stinky, but Scott assures me that it's not just the boys. I've seriously thought about buying a whole bag of trial sized deodorants and givng them to all of those saintly middle school teachers to pass out to those darling stinky middle kids. My very shy little boy has found his social self and a few of his teachers have told me that he can get a little chatty in class. I look around and say "you're not talking about my kid..are you???? He doesn't speak to anyone." Who is this 13 year old boy and what have you done with my baby? He's still playing piano and doing really well. Scott has sufficiently brainwashed him to eat drink and sleep Yankee baseball. He has great friends and loves scouting and FINALLY he got his braces off. I have threatened him with his life if he does anything to mess up that smile that cost more than my car!
Little Isa aka monkey girl is a climbing machine. She absolutely knows what she is not supposed to climb on and when we turn our backs and she climbs she laughs and laughs and laughs! And this girl loves to laugh. Really, she smiles all the time and when she thinks something is really funny particularly something she has done she scrunches up her face in a huge smile until her eyes disappear. She can also hold her own, if you mess with her, she will bite and scratch and scream. She is really such a good baby and always makes us laugh.
I just love 'em all. They cause me so much stress and I wouldn't trade them for the world because they are the greatest joy in my life.
What's happening with Scott....Scott....Scott who?? Just kidding. Seriously he is so busy being a full-time teacher part-time legislator, state senate candidate, part-time university lecturer, student council adviser, basketball coach, young men's secretary, husband and father. He's got a few things on his plate and he's working hard at all of them. He debated his opponent who is trying to sell herself as a conservative because that's what dems do and I know some of you want to watch the debate they had last week so here it is (debate) you may laugh at the conservative part after you watch the debate. Anyway, he also did a video that I thought turned out really great that you can see here.
Scott Hammond For State Senate from Jacob Hansen on Vimeo.
He really is so passionate about his job as a legislator because just like his job as a teacher, he just cares so much about people. I went with him to a dinner last night where we got to hear Glenn Beck speak and it was awesome. What I most appreciated about his speech was that he focused almost solely on the importance of character and morals (refreshing) and I was truly moved to tears to hear someone in a secular setting express that "without God there is no Freedom!" I just wanted to stand up and shout AMEN BROTHER!
Me...well what can I say that I haven't already said! Surviving the chaos, trying to get the house in shape so that we MIGHT be able to sell it not getting my hopes up, but let me just say this I am working my tail off and I'm still waiting to see the light at the end of the tunnel...jobs left to do fix the backyard sprinklers, sod the backyard, paint all the doors and trim, paint the door hardware, new baseboards in the bedrooms, new carpet in the bedrooms and then CLEAN AGAIN! The list of things I've done in the last couple months is even longer, but we'll get there.
Life is crazy, hectic, frustrating, stressful and awesome!
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