2010

I love that it is finally 2010. When I was a kid I always imagined 2010 as a year I might never see - it seemed SOOOO far away! I imagined my super skinny self in a flying car in a Jetson-like world. My whole perception of the future was based on the Jetsons back then.

In 2010 I will get to celebrate 10 years of marriage and hopefully a lot of other great things. It is going to be a year of big changes for our family, but I know that it will be a great year. I can forget about the flying cars for now, but if I don't have one by 2020 I am going to get very upset.

We had a boring New Year's Eve - not even a picture to mark the occasion - and a pretty quiet holiday break. The kids just played, relaxed and stayed up late. Highlights included: Christmas Eve with friends instead of Family, a trip for Ali and I to the Nutcracker with Grandma Rass, Claire officially became a Sunbeam and thank goodness Rush recovered quickly. Add a few trips to S.L. and a LOT of eating and you have our holiday.



I have to mention the few opportunities I have had to take care of Bo while Randi has worked. It has kind of answered a prayer for me - Josh has begged me for a brother and we have been wishing for a way to make it happen, but this little guy gives us just the right amount of baby. I don't see him all the time, but it reminds me of how hard it was to be a mom of a baby. My kids love him and think that I am going to steal him.



With all of these great experiences with my kids last month, I have to bring myself back to reality and share with you yet another way I have failed as a mom. I am REALLY bad at teaching my kids how to eat healthy and get on Josh a little because he is such a junk food junkie, but I realized how bad it was the other night when he came home from basketball practice.
He said," I have been running all night, I need to burn off all this exercise with some food."

Wow. how did I screw that one up? 2010 New Year's Resolution: Figure out how to NOT mess my kids up!