Currently: July 2016

Currently July 2016: What’s going on this month for Life With My Littles

You know how sometimes your life just flies by and all of a sudden two months have gone by? That’s how I feel. We’ve been in Texas for two months and my husband finally had to start his job last Friday. We’ve had a lot of fun exploring our new city and spending lots of family time together the last two months (my parents even came into town), but now it’s time to settle back into a routine and get back to real life.

We were super busy this month so I basically didn’t accomplish any of my goals and I didn’t post on Instagram as much as I would’ve liked, but I think now that life is back to “normal” I am going to be able to get more done this month. Also, it’s birthday month! Hooray!

Here’s what’s going on for us this month:

Enjoying our slowly-getting-decorated home. At the end of May my friend found a dresser at a garage sale and bought it for me for $10. I painted it NAVY using BB Frösch chalk paint powder and the Behr color Indigo Ink. It turned out amazing and it’s now right underneath our TV in the living room. I also finished the gallery wall in our living room and our bedroom, and am starting to get the kids’ playroom in order. The only thing I have left to do really is sew curtains for the playroom, design some prints for the playroom, and build our entry table (ambitious, I know). But this is our first house and I want to make it exactly what I want. I’m only filling it with things I love and it has been amazing. Look out for a home tour post either this month or next.

Settling back into our routine and continuing to take it slow for a while. I had originally planned on going back to posting three times a week once my husband started his job, but guys, I don’t think that’s going to happen right now. I am still struggling a bit to get two posts up every week and stay on top of everything else behind-the-scenes that bloggers have to do, so for now, we’re sticking with two posts. Little J doesn’t nap anymore and that was basically the only time I got every day to blog, so until I can figure out how to manage my time better, you’re going to have to be happy with two posts. It’s all about priorities, and my top priority is my family.

Anticipating July 31st. Why, you ask? Because that is when my copy of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be shipped to me. My husband and I were actually supposed to go to London last month without the kids and see the play in person, but because my husband’s orientation for residency was earlier than anticipated (and a few other unplanned surprises like our car dying), we had to cancel the trip. So I am just going to have to enjoy reading my copy of the script when it gets here at the end of the month. And yeah, it’s a big deal.

Planning more structured lessons for Little J and getting back into tot school for Little A. I really haven’t done much since April because we were packing and then moving and then getting settled and then exploring. But now I really want to get back into planning preschool and tot school for the kids. We love doing it and it helps our days go a lot better, so I’m excited to get back into it.

Hoping to get some more work done on my book. I basically didn’t write anything in my book at all this month, and that really bums me out. I did figure out how I’m going to do the photoshoot for the cover (no spoilers!), but other than that I didn’t write at all. My friend Jessica posted this thing on her Instagram a few months ago about the creative process, and how at first you’re all pumped and think what you’re writing is awesome and then about halfway in you’re basically like this is worthless and awful and nobody is going to read it, and that’s where I’m stuck. I just need to get over that little hump and get back on the writing train!

Thankful for my family. My kids are seriously so big. We were sitting in church the other day and I looked at my son and almost started crying because he just suddenly seemed so big to me. He’s almost 3 1/2, and Little A is going to be 2 in September. It’s insane and makes me so sad that I will never get them as babies again. They are such special little people and I love having them close in age and watching them be each other’s best friend. They are my priority and I want to make sure they know that.

That’s all I’ve got for today! Hope everyone has a fantastic July and I can’t wait to share some exciting things with you this month!