Yesterday I posted about how similar our life is to the real circus we visited last week. I would now like to point out two unfortunate differences. At the circus they have these men dressed in all black that come into the ring between acts and clean up. They remove equipment, clean up poop, and set up for the next act. I need these men at my house. Imagine if after the meal (act 1) these men just instantly appeared and quietly, miraculously, cleaned up the mess when we move on to playtime (act 2).

Last week we took our kids to the circus. We couldn’t help but notice the many similarities between life at our house and life under the big top. At the circus, they had people who could stand on their hands. We’ve got that. There were wild animals which had been tamed. Yup, we’ve got that too. There were also people hanging upside down from their legs. We’ve got that too.

It’s Monday again and time to post this weeks meal plan. Be sure to click on the link above if you want to see what other people are serving their families this week. I have discovered many fun new recipes from participating in this carnival. Monday: Tonight is my last MOPS meeting of the year. Since I arrive early for set up, I skip dinner and eat at the meeting.

Two months ago, my mom came across some of my old school papers and she passed this one along to me. I wrote it in first grade. I have no recollection of writing this, but I have to think that God smiled as I wrote it, thinking, “You have no idea Crystal that your dream will come true exactly as you wish for.” Today I thank God for allowing me to be the mom to 3 wonderful children, one son and two daughters.

Since Mother’s Day is this weekend, I thought I’d make my thoughtful post about my mother. Growing up my mom was my best friend. She was approachable and always willing to listen. I could ask her about anything and she never made me feel awkward or silly. Mom knew how to make things special. She decorated the house for the seasons and holidays and made our birthdays into something we looked forward to all year.

My kids and I have truly enjoyed our local library. We go to to story time, baby story time, special events, and we go just to check out books. The kids LOVE it! It’s a happy place, a fun place, a place where a kid can be a kid… until today. I took the kids to the library earlier this week to pick out books. I know my kids can be loud.

Week End Thoughts… I decided to move my Thoughtful Thursday since I am participating in We Are THAT Family’s Sincerely Fro' Me to You carnival on Thursdays. Since “Thoughtful Thursday” is something I made up, it seems trivial to move the day… same theme, only we’ll call it Week End Thoughts… Week End Thoughts: My posts typically relate funny anecdotes about the happenings of a stay at home wife and mom with three kids.

As I mentioned last Thursday, I attended a small Christian High School with only 44 students in my graduating class. The school was small enough that you could play a Varsity sport without actually being good at the sport (granted I sat the bench, but still I earned a letter warming that bench) and the majority of the school was in the marching band. Seriously, you were cool if you were in the marching band.

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Last fall my husband and I took our three kids on a plane ride to CA to visit my husband’s grandparents and to take in some National Parks. The trip itself is worthy of a post, someday, but for now I’ll just share about our flight out there…. It seems obvious that when flying with three kids under 3 you bring a lot of stuff. We knew we would have to change flights half way so we tried to keep things to a minimum.