Resolutions Schmesolutions (& A Very New Beginning)

Friends.

Today is January the 13th and already, I have failed you.  

I promised myself I would be more on top of blogging this year. 

 (Cause believe it or not - there is even MORE awesomeness that goes on around this house that you don't even know about!  I know - mind blown.)

 But in my defense, I promised myself this at 2:37am on January 1st while the neighbor's dogs barked their heads off and woke up me and all my kids while I was home alone and Luke was working graveyards and my throat felt like I swallowed  a piece of sandpaper.  

I promised a lot of people a lot of things that night. 

(Full disclosure: I promised the neighbors I would kill them if they didn't shut up.)

And that is how the New Year started.

Alone.

Grumpy.

Sick.

And Tired.

Luckily, it's gotten better.

Lots.

 

Except in the Resolution Department. 

Problem #1: I made my resolutions under the fore-mentioned conditions. 

I am not to be blamed. 

The neighbors are to be blamed.

 

Problem #2: Resolutions require work and I'm just about all worked-out. 

Mentally.  So not physically.

Problem #3: Brooklyn.  Aubrey.  Cameron. 

Nuff said.

It's not going well, friends.

Although, one of my Resolutions was to stop talking badly about people.  Suddenly I've decided that I just shouldn't. 

That one (so far), I've kept.  

("The Bachelor" excluded.  But c'mon, those girls are asking for it.)

It has been refreshingly  nice.

Anyways.  Switching gears. 

There has been a new and recent and very significant change since the new year.

I now have not one, but two KINDERGARTENERS!

Aubrey flippin' goes to Kindergarten.

Technically, it's Transitional Kindergarten (meaning she'll still be in Kindergarten next year), but technically, she doesn't care.

 And neither do I.  

(More full disclosure: I know some people might not agree with our decision to start her in Kindergarten early.  It was a decision that was made with prayer and talking and discussing and weighing and pondering and fighting and back and fourths and so much more.  It was the decision that we - being her parents - felt was right.  That is all.)

It took her all of about 2 seconds to be instant friends with the entire student body.  That's how she rolls.

And it didn't hurt that her sweet older sister was there to help her out.

Brooklyn  paraded her around the school yard like a show puppy.  

Seriously precious stuff.

And Cameron was thrilled about having his mom all to himself.

The kid can't share worth squat.

She told me later that day that while she was standing in this line, the boy in front of her said that he always eats his buggers.

Therefore, I'm OK with the fact that she's standing alone.

But she should know that Kindergartener or not - she'll never, ever be alone.