No guilt trips!

My family is messy.
On so many levels.
And that is okay.
Because when push comes to shove, I think we've got a lot of the important things in order.
Or at least they are the priority.

My lovely parents eloped the end of April. We are all just tickled. I smile just thinking about it.

Their reception is this weekend. and no matter which way you look at it we can't make it happen.

I feel guilt. We want to be there...

But here is where I am grateful.

They keep asking is there any way we can go? We keep looking at it and saying we don't think so...

And there is no guilt tripping. There is no, "Well everyone else is going to be here, if you cared about us/them you would do what needs to be done to get here."

Instead, it is, "We've been there, we get it. We'll miss you."

So grateful. So SO grateful for kind understanding parents.

I hope your party is AWESOME!

Conversations

Three children sit a the breakfast table (backs to their mother). The older girls visit in a friendly manner while the younger boy smears raisin bran and blue berries across his mother's favorite table cloth. 
Lilly (casually): Havah, what does 'accused' mean?
Havah: 'We think we want to get you in trouble.'
Lilly (nonchalantly clearing her place): Oh, okay. Havah, you are accused. (walks away)
Havah, (silent, shakes her head.)

From last Sat, reorganizing some rooms upstairs (hence the box spring in the dining room)

1000 Points to Lilly!

This girl has been practicing. My goodness she has.

She did not want to play "Alphabet blocks" anymore on Starfall and I told her she could not stop playing them (5 before she can do the other activities) until she could tell me ALL the letter sounds (I call out the letter, she makes the sound). 

Quized her yesterday.

She totally knows them all. 

Because she is an awesome hard worker. 

Go Lilly!