Vanity will always catch up with you....

I enjoy dressing my children. Its fun and they are cute and lets face it....dressing myself is just stressful these days so I put my focus on them. When Landon was little, I loved the cute little humor T's and the Junk food tees. He used to have this total surfer look and it melted my heart. Just to clarify, I do not spend buko bucks on their clothes. Im a bargain hunter so I only buy sale, clearance, or everyday deals like Target. I want to barf on those $90 dresses at nordstrom. Even if I don't, the baby will. Anyhoo...

Without offending any of my readers....I hate kitchy clothes. Characters, animals, etc. Personal preference. I just always love it when he looks like a little man. Cool hats, cute shoes, little levi butt jeans. He's just a stylish dude. So much so, that he actual wont wear "ugly" shirts. I've pulled some out that have been hand me downs or what not that I've kept for days he goes to work with Kirk or during nap time, etc. He actually refuses to wear them (and no, I don't let my kid call the shots but in this case I think its cute and hilarious that he has taste in clothes).

I wont even get into Lydia's wardrobe.....

This post is about Landon. My fashionable little dude. That is, until last week when he went to work with dada.

I had packed his bag with this snow pants, jacket, boots, gloves, AND beanie since there is a lot of snow up at the job. Somehow Kirk didn't see the beanie in his bag so he stopped at the Lake Stop store and got him this hat.

Which Landon insists on wearing ALL the time. Because, 'he and dada are pirates, but not you mama.' Really, Kirk? That's the ONLY beanie they had?

Im beginning to hate blogging....

First it deletes all my photos, then I try to upload new photos for my new posts and it wont upload them so I end up not posting anything (hence the long break since my last post), then by background host deletes my background (or something....I have no clue.)

So, now Im trying to get it back to presentable but not sure what I want it to look like.

Basically, what Im saying is.....don't judge a book by its cover. My blog, for the time being, will look jumbled, messy, and ridiculous. Much like my house these days.

Until I have time to sit down and fix it all........

Landon's school conference

Kirk and went to Landon's parent teacher conference today.

I felt anxiety going in. In a lot of ways, I felt like I was being assessed at my parental skills. The last 3.5 years of shaping this little dude was finally going to be reflected back to me. Between my efforts and God's design of his individual little spirit....what would they say? There was a chance that he could be a totally different kid at school than at home. It happens, right?

Alas, he had rave reviews. High marks in all areas.

"Excells"

"Very very good for his age, especially for boys."

"Such a joy to have in class. I just love that smile each morning."

"He is frequently the one to recognize the larger numbers on the calendar."

Im so so proud of my little guy. And proud of me too. There are so many pressures we put on ourselves as moms. Comparing to other moms and other kids and books and blogs and facebook posts. But, I did good. We, did good. Im glad, because we really tried. We desire more than anything to help form intelligent, loving, respectful, passionte, God loving children. It is the most important life goal for me.

So today affirmed not only my amazing little boy who I cant wait to keep watching grow and grow and grow....but my efforts as well. I know that Landon is his own person. I can teach and shape and direct but I cant control him. Even at 3.5 years old, he makes his own decisions, has his own views and desires. I love that. But I know that a lot of who he will be will come from us and what we instill in him.

So, we all passed our first test:)

I know I know....

Ok, I could easily give the old "I know its been awhile, I suck at blogging, Been busy, Going to try and be better...." blah blah blah.

The reality is, I had Lydia, didn't make blogging a priority, and after awhile felt like I had so much to catch up on just the thought of blogging it all gave me anxiety.

So, I will begin blogging again. Well, maybe. That's the plan anyway. No recaps though. Just starting from this point on.

So there ya have it.....