No Pants April 2016: Day 3

Hi friends! I am chalking up a victory to surviving a three day road trip with the BIGS while wearing a skirt. I may not have been glamorous any of those days, but I was functional, comfortable and skirted. I will call that a win!

I am home, I  am bedraggled and I am tired, but I still feel No Pants April fabulous!

No Pants April 2016: Day 2

Welcome back, No Pants April! I think this year, I'm mostly going to post pictures and call it a day. I won't bore you with a story from each day...at least I think I won't. ;)
Today, David, Patrick and I were in Colorado Springs, CO for David's very last gymnastics competition. We started the morning in this fantastic, super hippy-dippy coffee shop full of peace and love. We relaxed for a bit before seeking more adventuresome entertainment.

Sunbeams, great coffee and peace. I'm feeling No Pants April fabulous for sure!

No Pants April 2016: Day 1

I will kick off the month with a disclaimer. I am road tripping with my two teenager boys, which does not lend itself to feeling pretty or feminine. My picture turned out rather poorly, but well, that's life. LOL!
I dressed for comfort today, not style, plus it is Friday so I 'needed' to wear my Friday Flag shirt. This is the result after 12 hours in the car with 2 of my favorite knuckleheads, checking into the scariest hotel ever, and a few hours at an arcade with the two crazies.
Oh. My. Word.

Mama K is feeling No Pants April fabulous!

No Pants April 2016 Kick Off

Hey friends, it's that time of year again. Time for No Pants April!
My friend Kimberly started this a few years back after a long and depressing winter, hoping to help herself get out of the winter  doldrums and ready for spring.
The rules are simply that whenever you leave the house during the month of April, you must wear a non-pants item to cover your lower half. That can be skirts, dresses, kilts, culottes, skorts, capris, or split skirts, and being the relaxed lady I am, even shorts count if you live in a warm region. Personally, I will be wearing all skirts and dresses, but please play along however it works best for you. The idea is to get out of the winter sweat pants and raggedy sweater you've been wearing for 5 months straight and embrace the thought of spring coming soon.
PS. If your work requires a uniform, then please allow common sense to prevail and don't get yourself fired. Just wear non-pants during your off hours.
If you choose to play along, and especially if you decide to post pictures somewhere on the Internet, please use hashtags #NPA2016 and #nopantsapril so we can enjoy them for years t come :)

PPS. This year I decided not to add make up and fancy hair to the challenge. Just clothes. It goes with my word of the year which is *Enough*

It's the Little Things

I've discovered as I make this journey through life that it's not the huge things that make or break your day, week, month or life. It's the little things. So in honor of the little things, list a few with me that made your day, week, month or life brighter or sweeter.

•  It's Dan being home for good!
• It's anticipating a family trip, even if it never comes to fruition
• It's playing along with No Pants April again this year 
• It's a day off of back-of-the-Buick school with DT
• It's sunshine and warm breezes
• It's a trusted friend telling you that your kids are turning out well
• It's being excited that your bestie and her family are coming to visit...after nearly 9 years! 
• It's Home Blessing Day
• It's getting back to blogging after an unexpected absence

I like the idea of this style of post. If you like it too, add your little things!  I'm making it a goal to focus on the positive this year...Join me!

Interview with Derek, age 10

 I asked these questions to Derek~10
1. What is something I always say to you? ~Go clean your room, and bring out your dirty clothes. Help me empty the dishwasher. This is not a show you can watch.
2. What makes me happy? ~Me listening, listening to Christmas carols at a Christmas. Your gospel music. Your favorite color, green. Oh, and spending time with Dad.
3. What makes me sad? ~When the tv or your kindle breaks.
4. How do I make you laugh? ~Mmmm, pretty much nothing.
5. What do you think I was like as a child? ~young, playing board games, hanging out with your parents.
6. How old am I? ~41
7. How tall am I? ~Uuuhhh, I can't seem to answer that
8. What is my favorite thing to do? ~play board games with the family
9. What do I do when you're not around? ~take a nap
10. If I become famous, what will it be for? ~an eating contest
11. What am I really good at? ~being bossy and mean, and a party pooper
12. What am I not really good at? ~being the fun parent, Dad already took that job. 
13. What is my job? ~babysitting A
14. What is my favorite food? ~salt
15. What makes you proud of me? ~I can't answer that
16. If I were a cartoon character, who would I be? ~Garfield
17. What do you and I do together? ~Ride around in smelly cars, do chores at home and play board games
18. How are we the same? ~we are blood related
19. How are you and I different? ~i am better at technology than you are
20. How do you know that I love you? You're my mom and you care about me
21. Where is my favorite place to go? ~home
22. What is my favorite thing about Dad? ~I don't know

Hmm, apparently in the past several years I've become quite the stick in the mud and am now no fun at all. Either that or Derek has no manners. Perhaps a little of both, but still an amusing read. To find David and Pat's answers, click here and here. 

The Most Perfect Sentence Ever Written

As a homeschooling mama, I try to keep things interesting for DT. This boy HATES to write, and so recently, we've been learning to type/keyboard. And to keep from typing A, A, A, B, B, B, etc, we've been using the same wonderful sentence that we use to practice handwriting, because it has every letter of the alphabet in it.
What is this magical, marvelous, mystical sentence, you ask?

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's back.


I typed it once for him and then he typed it twice. The first time took him quite a while, but already by the second time, he was moving faster. Go DEREK!

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's back. 
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's back.
 
The red letters are Derek's work. I"m so proud of him!