2017 - A New Year!

A new year has begun, which means it's time to start blogging again! I am committed to keeping this up frequently now!
Well, life as a mom of 2 is pretty good! I don't find a lot of time for myself, but I really enjoy making my kids and husband happy. I am so lucky to be able to stay at home and watch Bentley and Deacon grow and learn and not have to worry about going to work. Sometimes I may take that for granted, but I really do love the life I live!
Bentley has become a busy little thing. Right now she is taking swimming lessons, dance, loves going to "music makers" (a singing class at the church), sometimes playgym (gymnastics, but we're not in a class), and I have created a joy school type thing which we call "Friday Fun Day."
She loves all of these things, but I think dance may be one of her favorites and I almost die every time I see her with all the other little ballerinas. Seriously, one of the cutest things ever! Except, I don't get to watch the class. There's only one show class where we get to go in for the whole time to see what they've learned, and boy am I excited for that!

Friday Fun Day has become a big hit, and I'm pretty happy that I actually followed through with something I envisioned in my head and it turned out really good! This playgroup/joy school is always at my house, in the basement, but a different person is in charge of doing the activities and snacks each week. So I started it off and then assigned each person a week. It's been so much fun! There are always such great crafts and activities and the kids have a blast with it. There are 12 people a part of it, but not everyone shows up each week. We've taken billions of pictures, but I will just post of few.

Swimming lessons are going well too. We have Deacon and Bentley in the same class actually! So Jeff and I go together with them every Thursday evening. It's really fun to do it together! Bentley has always been pretty scared of swimming, and she has already made some progress and will float on her back in a life jacket. She is getting a more positive attitude about the water. Deacon loves splashing in the water and we're hoping he won't have a problem with swimming. He's pretty chill about it right now!