Friends,

For the life of me I can’t get a post together. It has been one of those days…every time I start writing one of my children interrupts me. Fights, tantrums, bruises, you name it.

So this post is really quick. I took the picture Saturday after our lunch date at the Grove in Albuquerque. We parked on a street with a lot of run down Victorian homes. This one seemed kind of abandoned and creepy. I thought it fitting for the week of Halloween. Maybe I should be bring the kids down here for trick or treating….Maybe then they would behave better. Hm… 🙂

-Sofija

P.S. The food at the Grove was really good. Locally grown, organic, and tasty.

Friends,

How was your week? How are you juggling school, schedules, family, and church? For me fall is always the busiest time of the year. It seems like all my commitments pile up in September and October: fundraising, service projects, responsibilities that come with us sitting on various boards,  etc. After that come the holidays….

How do you balance it all? I feel like as long as we eat dinner together as a family at home every night and our weekends are somewhat open we are doing O.K…. How about you?

As far as how my week went; I’m glad it is over. The husband was gone and one of my children had a particularly difficult week. The cute pictures above are the result of me taking some drastic measures. On Monday I took ALL of the girl’s toys out of their bedroom. Everyday it is a mess in there and nobody feels remotely inclined to clean it up. With all their toys gone they now had extra time on their hand to be creative and did nothing but paint for two days….Funny how that happens.

Have a restful weekend, I’ll see you back here on Monday.

-Sofija

P.S. I’m slowly returning some toys as long as they keep their room clean.

The other day my 9 year old son gave me a cookie with a glass of milk. He had bought the cookies with his own money. He said it was my reward for being a good mom that day.

I am glad I can post it here to remember…

-Sofija

Friends,

How was your week? Did you get a fall break? I took this week off and spend most of my time  going through a ginormous amount of girl’s clothes. But now it’s done! Everyone has warm winter clothes in their closets.

Now I’m looking forward to this weekend. Should be lots of fun. Friends are staying over for one night and tomorrow is our anniversary. We don’t have big plans. Maybe drive up to Santa Fe and get something good to eat.  Santa Fe is such a cool city, it doesn’t really matter what you do there.

How about you, any big plans? If you live in the city are you heading to the balloon fiesta? I took the picture above two years ago, when the balloons flew above our house and landed nearby. My husband immediately loaded up the kids to chase the balloons and help them after landing. I love that man!

I better get the guest room ready…

Have a great weekend,

Sofija