There are all kinds of people in the world. Some morning people, some night owls. I truly think your propensity towards one or the other is an inborn part of your personality. True, you can work on becoming more of a morning person (and society pretty much dictates this to some degree), ones natural inclination, I think, is innate. For a glimpse of this, one must simply observe my two daughters.

The time is 11:45pm. One tired hubby is doing his best to fall asleep so he can get up the next morning and go to work and provide for his family. Meanwhile his “endearing wife” keeps him awake chattering away about the fun festivities she has planned for the following week. Because he is a good man, he kindly listens as I tell him about National Pancake Day and why it is celebrated, when I know that truthfully, he wants nothing more than to roll over and fall asleep.

Ever since I saw the movie Space Camp, it’s been a desire of mine to see a space shuttle launch, up close and in person. I’m not a space nut or anything, but I do find the whole concept of space travel fascinating. And while I don’t have a technical bucket list, so to say, if I did, seeing a launch in person would most definitely be on that list. Which, is why we switched our vacation plans around last fall and took our family to Florida, to try and see the last launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery and one of the last U.

Reading has not come without its share of battles and tears for my son. Last year, he truly HATED to read and it was such a struggle for us. I at times found myself wondering if I was really meeting his needs by homeschooling. Part of me kept telling myself, “He is a boy. He’ll get it, it just takes time. Don’t worry.” But another part said, “Am I doing a good enough job?

I love that my 3 yr old will happily dress herself in the morning, without even needing to be told. I need, however, to work with her on not wearing clashing patterns… checkered meets stripes…meets polka dots… Oh My!! Apparently, I also need to have the “less is more” discussion with her on make up application.  Unless of course she plans to be a clown when she grows up.

Without having to pay thousands of dollars to fly to the Caribbean for a few days, we in the Maryland area were blessed with a week of spring weather in February. And the Circus kids and I soaked up every precious minute of it. I had my kids outside as much as possible this week. Biking, Swinging, Picnicking, digging, and wading… Rumor has it snow could fall here next week.

I truly am in awe of George Lucas. Seriously, the man was a genius. My son is obsessed and I mean OBSESSED with Star Wars these days. Literally, every question out of his mouth has to do with Star Wars. When he watches the movies, I swear he is studying them… entranced by every detail. You think I am exaggerating, but I promise you, I am not. The boy eats drinks, sleeps Star Wars.

Well, it’s over… another great football season has has come to an end. While the ending wasn’t quite as sweet as I wanted, it was to be honest, a WHOLE lot better than I thought it would be when the season started. I never dreamed in August that we’d be having a Steelers party in February. Looking back, it was a great season. We had a ton of fun cheering for our boys in black and gold.

We’ve been playing the song on repeat for weeks and now the day is here. Pittsburgh isn’t going to the Super Bowl anymore they are AT the Superbowl! And we are ready to cheer them on for their 7th Superbowl victory! Even our dog Maggie is sporting the black and gold today! GO STEELERS!!!!!!