Books

I hardly ever go anywhere without the kids, but since one was napping and the other looked close to it I figured they could stay home with Shayne while I ran some errands. I decided the kids needed a treat. Ok, let's be honest, looking around the bookstore by myself is a pretty good treat! I picked out a handful and was about to leave when I noticed a table of Halloween books and couldn't resist getting more. I originally intended on buying each kid one book, but how could anyone resist such awesome books? I only spent $8 on all of these.

I love that my children saw the books as a treat. It makes me feel like I'm doing something right!

My kids are definitely readers. Last night I got Jacks to go to bed without a fight by telling him we could go to the library today. We go to the library at least twice a week and get a bag full of books plus a themed book kit. Even with all of that we exhaust at least half a shelf of books we own every day! The only negative I can find with my children loving books so much are the amount of tears Jacks sheds when we have to return one of his favorites!

This is one of the reasons I thought blogging might be a bad idea, I sometimes get out if the mood to do anything at all. I tend to fall into these little bouta of depression where I don't want to even leave my house and it's really a problem.

I get snappy and irritable. I hate myself for being short tempered with the people around me, but I can't help it.

My body is driving me crazy. I'm sick and I don't know why. Honestly I'm scared to find out. It's probably nothing, but on the slim chance it is something I'm terrified!

My hormones and cycles are all over the place and I don't know what to expect from one day to the next. 

Here are the only things keeping me even remotely sane:

Midwifery Study Group

This picture has nothing to do with midwifery, but I like it.

Every Monday I get to be part of a midwifery study group that is held by a local midwife. There are four of us that attend and it is amazing how much I already love being around these women! I generally find that I have a hard time fitting in or really feeling comfortable around most people. I have a total of probably three good friends, all of which happen to be married to my husbands cousins or friend! 

Anyway, we've been working our way through Heart & Hands by Elizabeth Davis and every week we work on a skill and do research on a herb. I feel good about the work I'm doing and the things I'm learning. While I'm not motivated to become a midwife I do feel like the skills could be useful and the information is interesting to me and will be beneficial when I start teaching birth classes. I also feel like, should the world as we know it end, it'll make me a useful member of society. 

Food Issues

I have been a terrible blogger as of late, and I am truly sorry, but it's really mostly been because of the lack of good pictures to put on!  

Ok so what I was wanting to write about today is how much of a hard time I'm having with food. I have been trying for years to eat "healthier", by which I mean trying to eat more of a whole foods diet and less of a crappy processed cupcake sort of diet. I have been pretty successful at making small changes gradually. My biggest obstacles have been things like budget, Shayne's taste preferences, and my own will power, but I'm finding these thing are easier and easier to overcome as time goes on. 

I keep tons of whole grains in the house, I'm trying new vegetables all the time and slowly removing most of the meat from our diet. It's really strange to me, but I don't really enjoy eating most meat. I'm not really motivated to be a vegetarian for moral reasons, but I just don't really like to eat meat the vast majority of the time. Is that weird?

The Blackberry Monster!

This is Nanna's favorite baby.

Sorry for the poor quality photos, the combination of one year old and poor lighting make it hard to snap good ones.

She has been dragging this baby, we call him "The Boy Baby", around nonstop! She insists that I take care of the others, but this one is hers.

Seeing her passionate love for taking care of her baby makes me excited for the day she gets to be an older sister and for the day she has a child of her own.

I know she is way to young to think of her eventual motherhood, but I know when the time comes nurturing will come naturally to her.

It kind if makes me want another baby!

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