What a great weekend

Nels learned how to ride his bike without training wheels. (Pictures coming soon.) Someone tell me, is the period before or after?

He memorized his scripture and presented it rather well in Primary today. He also said a very well thought out prayer. (His first time speaking in public in a formal situation.)

We made about 12 dozen cookies and took them to friends. I think several of them really appreciated it. That makes me feel good.

Bedtime Routine

I hate it. What should really take a half hour or so seems to take hours (just a slight exaggeration), and there is always so much complaining and crying. By the time the kids actually are in bed, I am so frustrated that all of the things I was going to do get pushed off for yet another night.

A couple nights ago I was home alone with the kids and I decided that Nels and I would make a picture chart of all of the things we usually do before bed. PJ's, Teeth, Potty, Scriptures, Prayer, Stories, Kisses, Snuggle. Nels and I went through the list pretty smoothly and he was in bed in almost record time.

The last couple of nights haven't gone so smoothly. Things should, since we have four adults in the house, all of them willing to help out. I have expectations (herein lies the problem) that everyone should drop whatever they are doing and focus on the 'chart'. The chart that basically I made. (Maybe no one is really on board with me and my stupid chart.) Now, even if I work extra hard, I still can't get Nels to bed in a acceptable amount of time without screaming and crying when everyone is home. Daddy, Grandma and Grandpa are very distracting and seem to hand out candy by the bunches at bed time. I only say this because Nels seems so much more interested in what they are doing then what I am trying to do.

Well, I am off to do my bedtime routine. Maybe Nels gets it from me. What should take a couple minutes always seems to take so long, especially if I get on the computer!

A new time-waster

I like these kinds of things. Mindless, time-wasters that keep me up until midnight.

What is your best time?

http://labs.jphantom.com/wpm/

Exercise makes me skinny

I haven't run for over a month. I ate a lot, I mean a lot of goodies over the holidays, and the new year didn't see me slowing down. I have felt sick and lazy. I was kinda feeling fat. I finally got up the nerve to weigh myself and was glad to see I had actually lost a couple pounds. How does this happen? Not that I am complaining. Maybe I should continue to be a little lazy bum, all except for this...

So, today I go running for the first time in a while and all of the sudden I feel skinny. Not because I really had lost any weight, but simply because I was exercising again. I twist my body to see my running shirt swish back and forth across my stomach that is now somehow significantly thinner than it was an hour before. Then, I throw my smelly self in the shower and while I am washing my legs, I am proud of muscles I haven't paid attention to in a month.

I think it is silly how my mind works.

Like the Prophet

We were reading scriptures talking about the prophets and how we should strive to be like them. Later while Nels was getting ready for bed he said "Mom, I am like a prophet already because I have crusher pajamas."