Life as a Yowler

Here we go again. We leave tomorrow morning for another motor home trip. Our time at home has gone quickly. It’s been relaxing and refreshing. I always have mixed feeling before leaving. I am sad to leave behind friends and family. I am excited to make more memories, and this time of year I’m excited to be in warmer weather. I always get stressed and overwhelmed before leaving. There is SO much to do and pack. But then, when we leave that worry lifts. I feel a release and I get excited. I’ve learned to just push through the stress and remind myself, “It will get better. It will get easier. It will be worth it!”

We got sickness out of the way(hopefully) last week. Poor Isla was the sickest of everyone. She wanted to wrap up in the heating pad to stay warm.

There isn’t much that slows my kids down, or makes them fall asleep randomly. Sickness is one of those things. I can’t lie, it was slightly nice. I mean sleeping kids that is. Thankfully the sickness only lasted a couple days for us.

Our timing was pretty terrible for loading our motor home. We had to load it this last weekend, right during a terrible winter storm. You can see all the ice cycles. The awning was frozen and we couldn’t open the slides. Luckily, I have a problem solving husband. I was feeling defeated and worried. He found an empty warehouse at the shop. He pulled the RV inside the shop. We left it for around 4 hours to warm up and melt. We came back, and were able to load the motor home. I have learned to load the RV early. Every day since, I have thought of more things we need. I’ve been taking things over all week. I have a list going for the last minute items we need. It will all come together. It always does. I have to remind myself of that daily.

We’ve been working ahead in our school books. This comes with a lot of whining. I keep reminding the kids, it will be worth it. We will have several outings and field trips while we are gone, and we want to stay ahead to leave ourselves some freedom.

Im realizing how big my kids are getting, and how much they are capable of. I’ve been requiring more help out of them. I mean, mom’s can’t do it all. I think teaching kids responsibility is important. I had Brielle make eggs for lunch. She did it entirely by herself. She included a veggie and fruit for everyone. She even cut grapes for Isla. Notice Caed and Isla hugging.

That moment quickly turned. Just keeping things real.

Having a little sister is hard, especially one with nails. This child has been my only scratcher(as my eyeball knows. I still have eye pain to this day from the corneal abrasion she gave me). She’s also a biter, another first for me. She’s cute but she’s rotten.