Wonderful Wednesday

Bedtime stories...

Conner & have Landon have been staying up lately after bedtime and talking together. Sometimes they sing songs, sometimes they just talk and other times they yell down for us together. Biruk sleeps through it most of the time, otherwise he partakes. Tonight, after putting them down for bed I hear Conner yell down "Daaaaaad, can Landon sleep with me" followed by Landon yelling, "dad, I sleep with Conner". We didn't respond hoping they would drop it. Then I hear Conner say "I wish you could sleep with me Landon" and then I hear Landon say "I know Conner". The dialect between these three boys has been cracking me up lately. Anyway, just one of those moments that I wanted to document and cherish. I need to start setting up my video camera to record their conversations after we say good night. I am loving life with three boys; there is never a dull moment.

Better late, than never (or not)

The blog is taking the back burner lately. My friend Christina couldn't have said it better, "it's a labor of love". I love my blog, but at the end of the day it just feels like too much work to blog. And every time I sit down to write, my brain (which seems to be worthless lately), can hardly form complete sentences. Not to mention all the ideas and memories I want to document and preserve and deciding what to write makes it even harder. And again with the mom brain. That damn mom brain. Tell me I'm not alone? Please anyone whose life consists of dishes, groceries, laundry, cleaning, wiping butts, reading preschool books, washing hands, organizing, etc tell me I'm not alone!! I remember as a child watching my mom struggle with words while yelling at us kids (all eleven of us) and at that moment I remember thinking - why does she always get her words all mixed up. And now I get it. I've become my mother. My mom is smart. Very, very smart. The point is simply this, I use as much brain power as I can with my current life as a mother (and I've become quite efficient at it) but the other parts of my brain have turned to mush and it frightens me sometimes. So don't fault me as a blogger. I will try to write more I just want to warn you that it might not make sense to anyone except myself, my husband and my siblings (and of course my mom). I lack patience and tend to quickly write my post and move on to the next task at hand. Which is just how I roll. So roll with me readers! And enjoy the ride. May the new (Ethiopian) year bring lots of blog posts, stories and photos!