Elsy’s Stay at Home Mom Blog

Today, Genesis got her first real hair cut.  I was a little concern since she is nick named “my wild child” for a reason.  Great grand-pa calls her “fire cracker”.  She is a very outgoing and loud boyish princess.  But she is my princess.

She does have a weakness, like her father she loves candy.  The hair stylist asked me if it would be all right to offer her candy and I agreed.  I can’t believe how well behave she was.  The only problem was that she kept salivating.  Genesis did not care one bit.  If I ever need her to stay still I know exactly what to do.  Candy is not the best thing to offer your kids when you want them to do something but sometimes it’s a “Life Saver”.

Dan and I have planned a Vacation Trip Internationally without the kids. I have left them behind before but we have been in the states. This trip we are going to El Salvador to finally have my husband meet my family on Moms side.

My husband has been saying he would go since we got married and for the first 5 years that we did not have kids but never meant it. This is our 10th Anniversary and just now he has agreed to go. As soon as he said he wanted to do this for me as a gift I turned around and booked the flight. He can’t change his mind now!

I have to give him credit though, because I know that he was fearful about going down there for what ever reason. He has overcome his fear and he says he is ok about going and is looking forward to it. 

I think he is going to have lots of fun and will be spoiled over there. All ready my family down there has hire a person to drive us around. We are going to a resort near the beach and will be staying in a mid size city near the beach in a house with aunts willing to come clean and cook for us while staying there.

I think that swing in a hammock and drinking coconut juice will appeal to him.  Who knows, maybe he likes it so much that he may want to go there for our 11th Anniversary.

The work I do online from home is not doing so well. I find that my  ratings on my blogs is going down. I am to blame since I left my blogs with out posting for a while. I am trying to post more often. I need to get my ratings back up and quick since Christmas is just a couple of months away and this is my money to buy presents and such.

I do this part time but for the last 6 months I have not been writing like I should. I was up to $200 a month and now I am going down very fast. I know that $200 a month is nothing but when it is not counted on and it is just for what ever and when ever it is nice.

Last year I save about 3 months worth and bought Christmas presents and that was very nice. I am hoping I can get up there before the month of December starts. It may be too much to hope for but I am working very hard to get there.

Hope it is possible!

I stopped by Sam’s club this morning and found this cool star wars head piece. I walked a bit more and found the body suit for the star wars clone that goes with the helmet.

I first think that went thru my mind was my 4 year old. He has been changing his mind about what costume he wants. It costs about $60 bucks to get the whole set. I spent some money all ready in a different costume he wanted and I am not sure I want to spend more.

But I will keep this in mind and be on the look out for sales. If I find the right price for this costume I may get it for him.

How would it be to walk in another Mom’s shoes? To go thru hard times and heart ache? To feel helpless and unable to take care of our own child the way we want to take care of our little ones?

Something happen to me today when I was at the bank. When I arrived I saw in the parking lot, a lady with a toddler in her arms and her car had a tire off as a tow truck was trying to tow her car. As I passed them into the bank, she smiled greeting me but I could tell she was sad. She looked tired and worn out. The little boy in her arms must of been about 7-9 months old and he looked dirty and had no shoes.

I went into the bank and finished my business. I came out and she asked me for assistance. She went on to say that she needed $10 dollars to finish paying the tow truck driver. I had no cash on me but asked her to wait. I came back with some money but trying not to be intrusive, I started asking her questions. She then again gives me that same sad smile as she tries to tell me how she ended up in that parking lot. This Mom is actually living in a homeless shelter with her husband and baby.  Another homeless woman in the shelter helped her to the storage facility near where she is sharing storage space with to get clothes and shoes for her child.

So here is this woman living in a homeless shelter with her family , standing in front of me asking me for $10.  She is unemployed and is having a hard time finding a job. She continues to say how ashamed she was about asking me for money but I told her what my Dad used to say to me when I was a little girl “There is no shame in asking for help, but there is shame in taking what is not yours”.

I could not help it but try to imagine what I would do if I was in her shoes.  At that point I wished I had lots of money and houses available to me to help people like her. I considered extending my help by inviting her to stay at my house. Not knowing if what she was saying was true or not and afraid of the risk I could possible put my own children at,  I refrained myself. I did give her my number and told her that I could not do much as I handed over $40 but that if she was ever in a situation and had no one to turn to, she could give me a call. I told her that I didn’t know how I could help her but If I could I would.

I saw her get in to the tow truck and drive away.

My heart goes out to those Moms that are going thru a hard time and have little ones that depend on them

The school year is here again and my little Princess is off to school once again. This year is a bit different for her in that she will be riding the school bus to and from school. She is also going Monday thru Friday instead of Tuesdays and Thursday like she did last year.

I am so proud of her. She seems to do very well. I hope this is all a good experience for her.

The family celebrated Independance Day in our new home. We watched the parks fireworks from the second story deck and loved it.

My parents, my sisters step-son and the five of us all sitting on the deck for the show. It was very nice. My son used the potty once while waiting and I have to say it beats being at the park in the cold and sitting on grass or worse on concrete.

I love my second story deck.

I signed Genesis up to take dancing classes for Toddlers.  She looks so cute in her tutu but is not doing so well in class.  At 2 1/2 I don’t think she is quiet ready to listen to instructions and do exactly what she is told.  Specially her, being so independent like she is.

I am still committed on taking her but at this point I am not expecting much to be learned.

She does look cute with her uniform on though!

I do hope that next year she will be ready.  I think she likes to dance.  If anything, I will try other types of dance class for her see how she does then.  A mixture of music and dance may work better for her I think.  I have to see what’s out there I guess.

Mikey is doing so great.  I really enjoy the RRYB league.  I think that next year it will be more competitive but this time around is just plain fun.

I love to see Mikey in his uniform and have a good time.  He behaves so well when he knows that playing baseball is at stake. 

Sometimes he looks like a professional ball player.  I love to see him taking the stand at home plate and the look on his face when he is waiting for that ball.

When he finds a dirty old ball, he says it’s Babe Ruth’s ball.  I think that is just so cute that he thinks he is going to find a ball on the dirt used by Babe.  He is totally so into baseball that this time around I am incorporating baseball into his bedroom theme.

I have a dilemma about my kids being in the MDO.  They are learning a lot and my husband and I are very happy but at the same time they are learning not so good things.  I hate saying this but my little girl is hitting and giving family members an attitude.

They have learned a lot, good and bad.  My dilemma is: IS THIS WORTH IT?  I like the fact they interact with other kids their age but at the same time I don’t want them learning those bad habits.

At the end when everything is said and done I guess if they go to school now or later they will be faced with those things.  I think I rather work through it now that I have more time to teach them what is acceptable then when they are mostly all day in school instead of 5 hours 2 days a week like they are now. This gives me more time with them then when they go to Kinder.

I just pray and hope that they will understand and be able to make a wise choice to act the way I expect them to act at school and at home, now and when they are older.