Mama of 2 P's in a Pod

Would someone please tell me where the heck this summer wandered off to? It seems just like I was watching my family blow stuff up and we were celebrating our country. Now, we are almost in the middle of August and starting a new school year! I am pretty sure our summer got sucked up by those triple digit temperatures we dealt with for like 3 weeks?! Maybe thats where it went. Either way, it has flown by! I would like to say I got my projects completed. But no I didn't. I got a few done, but our house right now, looks like a hurricane or an F-3 tornado hit it. The girls room, sigh, is what it is. However, 7 am will come early when I wake them up to get to work on it. I would also like to say I got a lot of writing done. But no, I didn't. I can say however, we enjoyed the summer of swimming, playing, and more swimming. The girls got quite a bit accomplished in their list of things they wanted to do. Big P passed her swim lessons with flying colors and Little P lea...

There are a few things in life that seem to always catch me off guard. One of those being how people live up to my expectations. And yes I know that most people can't live up to their own, let alone mine. But the degree of disappointment or sadness I feel is still very real, no matter how realistic my expectations are or not. Add into that my expectations for how they own to my children and yes I realize, most people will fail us. But, this still doesn't take away from surprise. Some of this recent blogging headache is too personal to share with the world of blogs. But it is truly saddening and in some ways makes me downright, wanna kick a chair angry. I wish adults would realize their actions or lack of, have such an effect on so many others. And I wish some people would just grow up! That said, sometimes being an adult stinks! I miss the beauty and innocence of life as a child. And I will fight tooth and nail to ensure my daughters don't lose any of that too soon, expecta...