In case some of my faithful blog readers are wondering why I didn’t write any new posts yesterday, I want to assure you that I am still out there and still writing. Actually, I did lots of writing for my blog yesterday, it’s just not ready to be unveiled quite yet. Curious? I was conflicted with the fact that my blog was titled My Three Ring Circus while my address was a completely different www.

My son loves sunsets. He comes by it naturally as his father also enjoys looking at God’s handiwork. One evening, several months ago, when we were looking out the window for Daddy to come home, he pointed out to me how pretty the sunset was. I told him that sunsets are like pictures that God draws for us to show us He loves us. I told him that just like he draws pictures for me and Daddy to show us he loves us, God makes the sunsets to show us that HE loves US (pretty amazing stuff)!

This afternoon my son asked if he could, “have some Charlie Brown candy”. It took me a few minutes to figure out what he meant. “Peanuts?” I asked. “No” Then I realized, “Oh Peppermint Patty?” “Yup!” I think I may start calling them that from now on :-)

Today I took the kids to the grocery store and in addition to some much needed food, the older two each got a balloon with a lollipop tied to the bottom. The store has them for free at the check out. A nice bonus for everyone! After I unloaded the van, they were out on the back deck eating their lollipops while I putting away the groceries. I heard some commotion, so I went outside and saw my daughter staring up at the sky like this.

I am a big fan of Oreo cookies. They are the only store bought cookie I buy and when I see them on sale I have a really hard time not putting at least one bag in my grocery cart! I have noticed that there are many ways to eat an Oreo. I never taught my kids how to eat them, yet each has his and her own preference. My daughter likes to open them up, lick out the cream, and then discard the rest of the cookie.

I have found that I save a ton of grocery money as well trips to the grocery store, by making a monthly meal plan. I write on my calendar my meals for the month. Then, I make my grocery lists based on that and theoretically, I have all I need for us to eat for the month (with the exception of produce and milk, which I have to return to the store multiple times for).

I’m only one week into my blogging adventure and I already had to skip a day. Yesterday was one of THOSE days. Those of you with kids, know what I mean. It started Friday night when all 3 of my kids woke at various points throughout the night coughing, moaning and generally not feeling well (thankfully, no puking occurred). The “night” ended for good at 6:20 when I was up giving my son water, then my daughter a nebulizer treatment for her asthma and as soon as I finished, I heard the baby crying for me to nurse her!

I walked in on my son weighing himself in our bathroom today. He said, “Woah! I gotta slow down, I am eating too fast!” I asked him where he heard that and he said, “Daddy, when he saw a 2 and a 0 on the scale he said, “Woah, I gotta slow down and stop eating so many cookies.” (Please note, I got permission from Daddy to post this anecdote.)

A few weeks ago my hubby told me he had left me a surprise love note in the kitchen for me to find later. I thought perhaps he had done the dishes or something. When I went to the kitchen I couldn’t find it. Every now and then when I thought about it, I would look around trying to figure out what it was. The other night I was talking on the phone and doing some dishes when I looked at our window and saw a U.

Our middle child really likes to put things in order. Before she goes to bed at night she puts each of her stuffed animals in a straight row beside her pillow. I’ve noticed recently that she seems to gravitate towards put things things into straight lines. When she plays with blocks she puts them next to each other in a row, like a road, rather then stacking them one on top of the other.