What's Up?

What's Up?

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Not much. January is the month of the year I like the least. Too long, too dreary, too cold, and too gray. All the holiday merriment is over and the long cold winter has set in. Okay...maybe this January is one of the nicest we've had in years. Okay...maybe it isn't all that gray. Still. I am not a fan. So far this month we have been staying home and cozying it up. Some people love that...they are nesters. I am not. I like to be OUT. I like to be going places and doing things. I like being outside and being active. January gives me a horrible case of cabin fever. Every.single.year.

I have been quite productive in my cooped up state. I've deep cleaned, sorted, organized, reorganized, dejunked, uncluttered, packed up, and hauled away ten tons of things. I'm all caught up on things for my business. I am definitely productive and yet... blah.  The January blahs are here with their usual vengeance.

So I blog...with nothing much to say. I also blog because I had a situation occur with Reilly over Christmas break. She got on my blog and was perusing the year that was coming to an end. Then she  said to me, "Thank goodness you blog Mom or we would never remember all the fun we have had and funny stuff that has happened." Yep, and so I blog...so that 50 years from now one of my kids as an old lady/man can log onto the ol' interwebs and find the Springdellgirl blog and remember their childhood in great detail and how much their parents loved them. So I blog...even with not much to say.

Here is something worth remembering...

I stand behind this statement after having four kids. The age of four is THE MOST adorable age of all. Seriously! Four year olds are the most loving, kind, and enthusiastic people out there. They love everyone and they love life. This girl is no different. In preschool they are studying cooking right now. They have gotten to make chef hats, learn kitchen skills, and make their snack two days in a row. One day was cinnamon sugar tortillas and yesterday was soft pretzels. They even practiced cutting with knives. Bryn said, "Not real knives Mom!! Only plastic ones cause sharp knives are DANGEROUS and I told Mrs. Crater I was NOT allowed to touch them!!" They have learned all kinds of things and Bryn has loved every minute. Her enthusiasm is so darn cute.

I also rearranged all the chores for all the kids and ended up taking away a chore from Reilly, one from Kameron, and one from Ailey and giving them to Bryn and in true four year-old fashion she SQUEALED with JOY!! (While her older siblings looked at her in amazement.)

Also, at four, Bryn is completely besotted with her big brother. She cannot wait for him to come home from school and play with her. Kameron is great to make sure he sets some time aside for her every day. He is a super big brother. One day Kameron was really busy with homework. He was in his room studying and Bryn started heading on in with her coloring book and crayons. I told her that Kameron couldn't play with her right now and not to bug him because he need to get some things done. She said, "I know Mom, I just like to watch him do things." Ha Ha!!.. and that she did.