...not what i'm doing. we have a room to paint, furniture to move, laundry to do, & soup to make. but i'm tired & it's freezing cold out (& cold in the room we need to paint & in the basement where the laundry stuff is). hhmmm...
this morning we went to a 'new' church for the 2nd time. it's 5 minutes from our house, yet we we're still late! but we remembered everything this time. this church is one of 2 we want to try before we make our official decision about 'leaving' central vineyard. which we miss already! it's just a 20 minute drive most days, which means that most small groups & most outings with people are 20 minutes away...which means in a few years when addy & amelia have play times with church friends, that'll be a 20 minute drive & then there's the question if clintonville-ites will want to drive out to westerville to hang out. those sorts of things. so we are testing out the churches in our neighborhood, including the big vineyard (as we call it, really it's called columbus vineyard). the past two weeks we have gone to 'the church at polaris' (what it's really called) & if i was feeling motivated i would put links to all these churches' websites, but i'm lazy today. google them if interested! so this polaris church is very kid-centric, which is good. they have several huge slides & a little kid wing complete with a boardwalk-ish town near the slides & a room just for 2 year old, another for 3, then 4, etc etc. so adeline loves it & cries when we leave. today we couldn't find her for 5 minutes b/c she was playing on the toddler slide...made herself at home by taking her shoes & socks off & was having a ball.
we went to the 'meet the staff' lunch b/c yes we wanted to meet the staff, but hey, free food! we're there! the senior pastor's wife introduced herself to me & during the conversation mentioned something about how adeline will be a big help when we have more kids. WOAH. more kids? i laughed & said, 'oh we're done, unless we adopt later on' & she looked shocked! what? two isn't enough? (apparently they have 5). we're worried about affording preschool already, let alone college. two is just fine right now. anyway, the thing i miss at this church is the praying for each other & the call to receive prayer about all the crap in everyone's lives. the pastor did a series on 'not worrying' & it just seems that would be a perfect message to give people prayer about... anyway, that's just my thoughts. the next two weeks we'll be visiting 'big vineyard' & then hopefully making a decision.
what else? we went to the westerville rec center preschool open house on friday. egads, we have this already to deal with. holy crap, preschools are expensive! anywhere from $90 to $325 a month. crazy! a month. a month...just for 2 1/2 hours, 2 days a week. there goes wes getting a newer vehicle (sorry hubby, maybe try biking to work? :o) we are trying not to worry about the cost b/c really, adeline needs to have some socializing time...she loves to be around others & especially to meet new little kids her size. where did she come from?! certainly not like her mama. at least she won't have shyness to deal with in her life!
& does everyone know how fast a decade goes by? just 10 years ago, i was still a senior in high school (although i was going to college instead b/c i hated high school), but still. that feels like it wasn't so long ago & now i'm 28 with 2 youngins. soon i will be 38 with 'tween' girls living near mall! aaahhh. so i have been thinking that these toddler & baby years of sleepless nights & snuggles won't last forever & that has helped me accept this new round of illness & amelia not sleeping more...friday addy had a sudden onset of a fever (103.6!). & millie has been waking up for two entire hours at night...(on top of the usual 2 wake ups to eat). she is just gleefully looking around the room & wanting smiles from her mama or daddy. so in a blink of an eye, i will be trying to remember what it was like having wee little ones & how tired i was & how dirty out house was. embrace it while it's here maybe??
this morning we went to a 'new' church for the 2nd time. it's 5 minutes from our house, yet we we're still late! but we remembered everything this time. this church is one of 2 we want to try before we make our official decision about 'leaving' central vineyard. which we miss already! it's just a 20 minute drive most days, which means that most small groups & most outings with people are 20 minutes away...which means in a few years when addy & amelia have play times with church friends, that'll be a 20 minute drive & then there's the question if clintonville-ites will want to drive out to westerville to hang out. those sorts of things. so we are testing out the churches in our neighborhood, including the big vineyard (as we call it, really it's called columbus vineyard). the past two weeks we have gone to 'the church at polaris' (what it's really called) & if i was feeling motivated i would put links to all these churches' websites, but i'm lazy today. google them if interested! so this polaris church is very kid-centric, which is good. they have several huge slides & a little kid wing complete with a boardwalk-ish town near the slides & a room just for 2 year old, another for 3, then 4, etc etc. so adeline loves it & cries when we leave. today we couldn't find her for 5 minutes b/c she was playing on the toddler slide...made herself at home by taking her shoes & socks off & was having a ball.
we went to the 'meet the staff' lunch b/c yes we wanted to meet the staff, but hey, free food! we're there! the senior pastor's wife introduced herself to me & during the conversation mentioned something about how adeline will be a big help when we have more kids. WOAH. more kids? i laughed & said, 'oh we're done, unless we adopt later on' & she looked shocked! what? two isn't enough? (apparently they have 5). we're worried about affording preschool already, let alone college. two is just fine right now. anyway, the thing i miss at this church is the praying for each other & the call to receive prayer about all the crap in everyone's lives. the pastor did a series on 'not worrying' & it just seems that would be a perfect message to give people prayer about... anyway, that's just my thoughts. the next two weeks we'll be visiting 'big vineyard' & then hopefully making a decision.
what else? we went to the westerville rec center preschool open house on friday. egads, we have this already to deal with. holy crap, preschools are expensive! anywhere from $90 to $325 a month. crazy! a month. a month...just for 2 1/2 hours, 2 days a week. there goes wes getting a newer vehicle (sorry hubby, maybe try biking to work? :o) we are trying not to worry about the cost b/c really, adeline needs to have some socializing time...she loves to be around others & especially to meet new little kids her size. where did she come from?! certainly not like her mama. at least she won't have shyness to deal with in her life!
& does everyone know how fast a decade goes by? just 10 years ago, i was still a senior in high school (although i was going to college instead b/c i hated high school), but still. that feels like it wasn't so long ago & now i'm 28 with 2 youngins. soon i will be 38 with 'tween' girls living near mall! aaahhh. so i have been thinking that these toddler & baby years of sleepless nights & snuggles won't last forever & that has helped me accept this new round of illness & amelia not sleeping more...friday addy had a sudden onset of a fever (103.6!). & millie has been waking up for two entire hours at night...(on top of the usual 2 wake ups to eat). she is just gleefully looking around the room & wanting smiles from her mama or daddy. so in a blink of an eye, i will be trying to remember what it was like having wee little ones & how tired i was & how dirty out house was. embrace it while it's here maybe??
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