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Project 365 {week 40}

October 6, 2013 By

Gosh this week went by fast!

I taught two evenings as usual, but I also had Open House at my school and Homecoming.

And how did we just wrap up week 40?

That means only 12 more weeks in this year!  WHAT??

September 29: Making a gift for Arabella.

September 29: Making a gift for Arabella.

September 30: The perils of letting a four-year-old "do it his own self"

September 30: The perils of letting a four-year-old “do it his own self”

 

October 1: Still doing #teacherstyle almost every day. Making our staff bathroom famous one instagram at a time.

October 1: Still doing #teacherstyle almost every day. Making our staff bathroom famous one instagram at a time.

October 2: Tired boys are tired...and sick of mom being gone every night this week.

October 2: Tired boys are tired…and sick of mom being gone every night this week.

 

October 3: Playing in the 80 degree weather like it's August.

October 3: Playing in the 80 degree weather like it’s August.

October 4: Eddie is my date for the Homecoming Football Game.

October 4: Eddie is my date for the Homecoming Football Game.

 

October 5: A night of fun with friends capped off with my first hot toddie. I am a fan for SURE.

October 5: A night of fun with friends capped off with my first hot toddie. I am a fan for SURE.

And now I am grading essays. Lots and lots of essays.

Because the first quarter progress reports go out this week.

And as usual, I am left to wonder where the time went.

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Project 365 {week 39}

September 29, 2013 By

I feel like I can never make a pronouncement of greatness without something crappy happening right afterward.

Last week I told you all things were awesome in Sluiter Nation.

And they really are.

However.

This week was tough.

I fought a cold, had a three-day training that took me out of my classroom, and…

we got some heart-shattering news.

I can’t share that news because it’s not my story to tell,

but we are sick with grief in our family.

But time doesn’t stop for grief, does it?

It rolled on this week.

September 22: weekly cookie post-church service.

September 22: weekly cookie post-church service.

September 23: This is what I have lined up next to my desk. Bad cold. Blah.

September 23: This is what I have lined up next to my desk. Bad cold. Blah.

September 24: I'm not the only one who is super tired. It's early in the week and we are already getting our booties kicked.

September 24: I’m not the only one who is super tired. It’s early in the week and we are already getting our booties kicked.

 

September 25: Day 2 of my training called Capturing Kids' Hearts. I miss my classes.

September 25: Day 2 of my training called Capturing Kids’ Hearts. I miss my classes.

 

September 26: This day. This day was hard. I'm blessed to have this little man who is so good at making his momma and daddy smile.

September 26: This day. This day was hard. I’m blessed to have this little man who is so good at making his momma and daddy smile.

September 27: Long week at school for me, but love the reminders of the great fun my boys have all day long!

September 27: Long week at school for me, but love the reminders of the great fun my boys have all day long!

 

September 28: Legos are funny.

September 28: Legos are funny.

This week was hard.

I know I am being vague, and that is all I can give you right now.

But upcoming weeks will also be very hard.

Next to the grief, however, there will be joy.

And while we pray through the grief, we will be clinging to the joy.

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Project 365 {week 38}

September 22, 2013 By

Things are good here in Sluiter Nation.

Really good.

See?

September 15: Sundays are funny...apparently.

September 15: Charlie’s cheese face

September 16: Catching up on the news.

September 16: Catching up on the news.

 

September 17: Post-bath senator hair thanks to daddy.

September 17: Post-bath senator hair thanks to daddy.

September 18: A little computer time.

September 18: A little computer time.

 

September 19: Apparently Charlie is too saavy for jammies with snaps. I turn around for a second and he's stripping!

September 19: Apparently Charlie is too saavy for jammies with snaps. I turn around for a second and he’s stripping!

September 20: I got my hair cut/colored, Cort bought me roses, AND he took me out on a date. It was a great day.

September 20: I got my hair cut/colored, Cort bought me roses, AND he took me out on a date. Just because.

 

September 21: Me and 2/3 of my boys snuggling before bedtime.

September 21: Me and 2/3 of my boys snuggling before bedtime.

Lots of smiles and love this week.

Just the way we all like it.

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Project 365 {week 37}

September 15, 2013 By

What a week!

Eddie started preschool, we were able to attend celebrations of some of our favorite people,

& our new schedule is officially underway!

September 8: My new Sunday afternoon routine = a few hours at Starbucks to get some writing done.

September 8: My new Sunday afternoon routine = a few hours at Starbucks to get some writing done.

September 9: Eddie's first day of Preschool!

September 9: Eddie’s first day of Preschool!

 

September 10: Our nights have gotten quite cuddly since we have to make up for not seeing each other all day.

September 10: Our nights have gotten quite cuddly since we have to make up for not seeing each other all day.

September 11: This is pretty representative of a typical evening. Random spa socks and playing with a piece of tape he found on the floor.

September 11: This is pretty representative of a typical evening. Random spa socks and playing with a piece of tape he found on the floor while Big Brother watches Curious George before bed.

 

September 12: Celebrating September birthdays with my family! My brothers and my sister-in-law

September 12: Celebrating September birthdays with my family! My brothers and my sister-in-law

September 13: This guy turns 18 months and we party with our friend Bentley to celebrate his turning three. Also, yes, Charlie is a hipster. What of it?

September 13: This guy turns 18 months and we party with our friend Bentley to celebrate his turning three. Also, yes, Charlie is a hipster. What of it?

 

September 14: Annoyed that I left my phone in the car and got zero pictures of the FUN we had celebrating our friends Jason and Jessica and their little bundle on the way. Also: sunburned face

September 14: Annoyed that I left my phone in the car and got zero pictures of the FUN we had celebrating our friends Jason and Jessica and their little bundle on the way. Also: sunburned face

I’m finding that I don’t take nearly as many pictures when I am busy working all day, every day.

Therefore there aren’t as many to choose from for this weekly post.

I either have to get better about taking pictures or…something.

Anyway, busy week. But all good stuff.

More good stuff coming this week.

I love fall.

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Project 365 {week 36}

September 8, 2013 By

School started for me this week which means I sort of sucked at taking pictures.

This is what I captured…

September 1: Spending my last Sunday before school at school. Of course.

September 1: Spending my last Sunday before school at school. Of course.

September 2: Eating crushed chip from the floor. I swear we do feed our children.

September 2: Eating crushed chip from the floor. I swear we do feed our children.

 

September 3: annnd we're back! Welcome to the 2013-14 school year!

September 3: annnd we’re back! Welcome to the 2013-14 school year!

September 4: Back to the selfies in the staff bathroom to do #teacherstyle on instagram

September 4: Back to the selfies in the staff bathroom to do #teacherstyle on instagram

 

September 5: Meet the teacher night at Preschool. My heart may have stopped when he stood by his locker.

September 5: Meet the teacher night at Preschool. My heart may have stopped when he stood by his locker.

September 6: I survived week 1 of the school year! Eddie and I celebrate by being weird.

September 6: I survived week 1 of the school year! Eddie and I celebrate by being weird.

 

September 7: I let Charlie be nude for 2 minutes after bath and it ended in Cort steam cleaning poop off the floor.

September 7: I let Charlie be nude for 2 minutes after bath and it ended in Cort steam cleaning poop off the floor.

Eddie starts preschool this week.

I know. I know. I KNOW.

Sigh.

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Project 365 {week 35}

September 1, 2013 By

It’s time!

This week I went back to work!

We are not all the way into our new fall routine;

that will come over the next two weeks.

But it’s starting…

August 25: Brother cuddles before bed.

August 25: Brother cuddles before bed.

August 26: My last official day of summer home with the boys. I made us a special breakfast.

August 26: My last official day of summer home with the boys. I made us a special breakfast.

August 27: After my first day of work, this guy ran at me with open arms and a huge smile at daycare pick up.

August 27: After my first day of work, this guy ran at me with open arms and a huge smile at daycare pick up.

August 28: All teachers on staff get a Chromebook!

August 28: All teachers on staff get a Chromebook!

 

August 29: After dinner/pre-bedtime routine piling.

August 29: After dinner/pre-bedtime routine piling.

 

August 30: A rare moment where Charlie stops to watch TV. Not surprisingly it's when music was happening.

August 30: A rare moment where Charlie stops to watch TV. Not surprisingly it’s when music was happening.

August 31: Rounding out August (and summer) with some of our favorite friends. Yes, that is Honey I Shrunk The Kids that the boys are watching.

August 31: Rounding out August (and summer) with some of our favorite friends. Yes, that is Honey I Shrunk The Kids that the boys are watching.

See ya, summer!

It’s been fun and great, but it’s time to move into fall.

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Project 365 {week 34}

August 25, 2013 By

I pretty much just took a week off blogging.

I didn’t mean to, but with vacation and then re-entry from vacation…

well…

you know how it goes.

August 18: First day at the cottage and Eddie is already smoking his grandpa and cousin in a game of Candy Land.

August 18: First full day at the cottage and Eddie is already smoking his grandpa and cousin in a game of Candy Land.

August 19: Cort and I steal a few hours away together to walk the pier, downtown Pentwater, do some wine-tasting, and meet up with my sibs for drinks.

August 19: Cort and I steal a few hours away together to walk the pier, downtown Pentwater, do some wine-tasting, and meet up with my sibs for drinks.

 

August 20: Daily beachin' it. This is what vacation is all about, yo.

August 20: Daily beachin’ it. This is what vacation is all about, yo.

August 21: After a big morning playing by Lake Michigan, the long drive home from vacation knocked both boys out.

August 21: After a big morning playing by Lake Michigan, the long drive home from vacation knocked both boys out.

 

August 22: Re-entry can be difficult. There were lots of crabby people as we adjusted back to "normal"

August 22: Re-entry can be difficult. There were lots of crabby people as we adjusted back to “normal”

August 23: Weeee!!! My new lesson plan book and journal came thanks to some of the best friends!

August 23: Weeee!!! My new lesson plan book and journal came thanks to some of the best friends!

 

August 24: The boys come out to school with me for some last minute furniture moving and such. Eddie sort of likes school.

August 24: The boys come out to school with me for some last minute furniture moving and such. Eddie sort of likes school.

We spent four of these seven days on a beach, I call that a WIN.

I’ll have a full post on our vacation tomorrow.

Later this week I’ll also tell you how during what should have been the most relaxing part of my summer, I tripped and fell into a bit o depression.

And if you missed it, I have a post about Boudreax’s Butt Paste…there is a sweepstakes going on there, so you should enter!

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Project 365 {week 31}

August 4, 2013 By

So you know, it’s August.

The last month of summer break.

All of a sudden we are counting down and work things are getting urgent.

I both welcome and despise this.

So anyway…the week that brought us August…

July 28: Home from BlogHer to a lot of cuddly boys.

July 28: Home from BlogHer to a lot of cuddly boys.

July 29: Bladder infection is back. Sigh.

July 29: Bladder infection is back. Sigh.

 

July 30: Starting to get in my classroom as much as possible to get ready. Just three more weeks off.

July 30: Starting to get in my classroom as much as possible to get ready. Just three more weeks off.

July 31: They are doing some sort of maintenance in the dead end. Eddie is fascinated.

July 31: They are doing some sort of maintenance in the dead end. Eddie is fascinated.

 

August 1: The Big Box of Swag from the Sweet Suite party came today! The boys are flipping out...especially Cort over that Kid Bop CD.

August 1: The Big Box of Swag from the Sweet Suite party came today! The boys are flipping out…especially Cort over that Kidz Bop CD.

August 2: I love weddings.

August 2: I love weddings and seeing best friends.

 

August 2: More best friends. My favorite.

August 2: More best friends. My favorite.

So it’s August and we cram to fit as much summer fun into the next three weeks.

At the same time I start to shift my focus to lesson planning.

My brain hurts trying to balance both states of mind at once.

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Project 365 {week 29}

July 21, 2013 By

Remember how I said July was busy.

Yeah.

July 14: So tired. And I didn't even go camping!

July 14: So tired. And I didn’t even go camping!

July 15: After a day at daycare so I could get all the things done, my boys put away a ton of food.

July 15: After a day at daycare so I could get all the things done, my boys put away a ton of food.

 

July 16: Our first crop from our garden! Beans, peas, and squash!

July 16: Our first crop from our garden! Beans, peas, and squash!

July 17: This. ALL DAY.

July 17: This. ALL DAY.

 

July 18: it's craft day, yo!

July 18: it’s craft day, yo!

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July 19: An evening with Pearl Jam at Wrigley Field in Chicago. A whole blog post on its own!

July 20: I pick up my sweet new purse from My Joy Designs! Can't wait to bring this with me to BlogHer!

July 20: I pick up my sweet new purse from My Joy Designs! Can’t wait to bring this with me to BlogHer!

I realize the pictures don’t make this week look nearly as exhausting as it was.

Monday and Tuesday the boys were in daycare because I have somewhere around 439573 things to do and deadlines to hit.

Tuesday night we hosted our neighborhood’s ice cream social.

Wednesday and Thursday were so ungodly hot that the boys had to stay in the house…and almost drove me off the ledge.

Friday…is a blog post on its own. I can’t even with that one.

Saturday we came home from Chicago.

Today we try to rest because this week coming up?

Full to the top again.

As my mom says, “we are making memories!”

Woot?

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Project 365 {week 28}

July 14, 2013 By

We suffered the inevitable “Holiday Weekend Hangover” this week.

It took took us a couple days to recover and then BAM we were busy again.

Thus continues the theme of Sluiter Nation Summer: busy!

July 7: So much holiday weekend recovery today + gearing up for a "normal" week.

July 7: So much holiday weekend recovery today + gearing up for a “normal” week.

 

July 8: And then Eddie writes his name unassisted for the very first time. Boom.

July 8: And then Eddie writes his name unassisted for the very first time. Boom.

 

July 9: Boys in daycare = salon day for me! Yippee!

July 9: Boys in daycare = salon day for me! Yippee!

July 10: Charlie's 15-month well child visit. A week before he's 16 months. Happy and Healthy...but getting so big. Where is my baby?

July 10: Charlie’s 15-month well child visit. A week before he’s 16 months. Happy and Healthy…but getting so big. Where is my baby?

 

July 11: Eddie's four-year photo shoot. He rocked it because he got to play with Missy.

July 11: Eddie’s four-year photo shoot. He rocked it because he got to play with Missy.

July 12: Eddie reads to Charlie and then I hear him whisper "I will miss you when I go camping tonight." My heart melted all over the place.

July 12: Eddie reads to Charlie and then I hear him whisper “I will miss you when I go camping tonight.” My heart melted all over the place.

 

July 13: Charlie and I drove up to see the happy campers and go to the beach.

July 13: Charlie and I drove up to see the happy campers and go to the beach.

I am starting to think that July 2013 is going to be known as the Most Exhausting Month of the Year.

This week had lots of fun, but it was far from relaxing.

And as I look ahead to the rest of July, I just get tired.

But it will be the good kind of exhausted…

Knowing we are making memories.

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