Teachers-gotta love them

When I received "the phone call" two years ago from Connor's teacher, I was embarrassed and felt the need to explain my parenting techniques. Two years later, today, I received "the call" from Jaxson's teacher and realized my parenting confidence has increased so much. I am no longer that mother that feels like I am doing a horrible job because the teacher is making me feel guilty for allowing my child to be independent and make a decision to wear a short sleeve shirt to school in winter (oh, yes, I did just that today and two years ago) I felt so good today stopping the teacher, mid- scolding to tell her that while I tried to explain and teach my child that a short sleeve shirt would not be the best shirt for today, I believe that sometimes children have to learn from experience. I pick and choose my battles and maybe I am a terrible mother but if my three year old wants to wear his favorite short sleeve Super Mario shirt in the middle of January, well, he will freeze. And tomorrow when he picks his short sleeve Star Wars shirt I will remind him that he was cold and try to persuade him to pick another shirt. The child has a coat on for dang sake. It's not like I am sending him out without a coat on and a short sleeve shirt. I also have confidence, that just like Connor discovered two years ago, short sleeve shirts are for the summer time. My heck though, these teacher act like I am sending my child to school with shorts, sandals, and a tank top on!!!

Bowling 2009

The boys love bowling!!!! We have used most of Connor's birthday money going bowling. They can't get enough. In the future, I predict that I will be one of those ladies on a bowling league with my own bag and ball. I will sit for hours at the bowling alley eating nachos with artificial cheese and brag about my "perfect" score. All of this inbetween saving the world with my nursing skills.

You know your day is going to "stink" when you wake up to a little voice saying, "Mom, the dog put poo on the floor, and it stinks"

The Poconos

The warmest swimming pool I have EVER been in. It was like a bath tub.



Jade got a snowball in the face.........

The person that threw the snowball in Jade's face got a snowball in their face from Jade right when this picture was being taken...........

The boys loved the snow. The Poconos was a perfect getaway. It was the only time we have played in the snow this winter since we have yet to see snow. (I am not complaining)

Connor's 6th Birthday

The birthday cake (notice the little finger at the bottom, it's Jaxson's)

Every good party needs a pinata Isn't South Jersey wonderful? It is January and we are outside hitting a pinata


Benson's got a mean swing

Jade pointing his his brain because he is so smart. He was asking us over and over again if the pizza was burning.....we teased him and then realized.......

Yep, the pizza was burning........

Nursing school

School will be rearing it's ugly head soon and I am trying to mentally prepare for my last semester!!! YOO-HOO! I cannot believe I made it this far. In less than 6 months I will be a Registered Nurse. A scary but exciting thought. As much as I am not looking forward to taking notes and exams, I am looking forward to school again because I am anxious to do clinical. I really like the work that I get to do on the floor. I cannot wait to be a nurse working independently on the floor. I remember at the start of nursing school looking at Jaxson who was only 9 months old and thinking, "Wow, he will be three years old when I finish. That is so far away" Now, 3 years later, I wonder where the time went.

When I received my patriarchal blessing I expected my blessings to be surrounded around my role as a mother and about my family because the only goal I had in life was to be a mother. I had no desire to gain an education beyond high school. When I received a blessing that was centered around my need to gain an education and profession I was very disappointed. I spent years ignoring the blessing and even started having my children and living the role that I wanted. Around the time that Connor was 6 months old I felt the need to start taking pre-req's for nursing. I started part time and took a class here and there while still enjoying my life as a full time mom to Connor. When he was two years old, I felt inspired to have another child but also felt that I needed to immediately start my nursing education as my pre-req's were finished. I am ashamed to say that I was not obedient and put off applying to nursing school for several more months. I cannot explain how I felt during this time but I just felt like something was not right. I prayed, went to the temple and finally felt like it was time to do what I had been guided to do. I finally went for my interview when Jaxson was 8 weeks old and was accepted into the school that I am attending now. I do not know what God has in store for me with this profession. I do feel like I missed out on some of Jaxson's younger years and do not understand why the Lord requires this of me. Maybe this was nothing more than a test of my obedience? I cannot say for sure but I do love my children and I do love the profession that I have chosen. I pray that if nothing else, one day I will be able to teach my children the lesson of obedience from my experience. And if not that, endurance because I have been on the verge of quitting MANY times but I stuck in there.

Happy Birthday Connor!!!

Today my baby turns 6. I cannot believe how fast time has gone by. It seems like yesterday he was the little baby in the picture above. I will ALWAYS remember those first six months with my first born because he was so fussy! He seemed to know right from birth what he wanted but we couldn't figure it out. After those first six months he became the sweetest little boy. He has such a big heart and I know he is going to make the best husband and father one day. This year I have marveled in watching Connor develop compassion, love for others, and MATH. The kid is a genius with numbers. While the other kids in his class are learning how to count to 70 he is already starting addition and subtraction. He loves to be quizzed on math and he is rarely wrong. We bought Connor a dog this year for Christmas and I have been surprised to see the love he has for this little animal. He feeds the dog, takes him outside to go to the bathroom, sleeps with the dog, and talks to him the way that a mother would talk to her baby. On Sunday we sang the song Called To Serve and in the middle of it Connor turned to me and said, "Mom, this is my favorite song. I love it" And I looked into his eyes and got teary because I realized that time is going so fast that before I know it, I will be singing that song at his farewell.

We are off! We are heading out to the Pocono Mountains for a much needed holiday. Pictures and off the wall stories to follow soon.

Where's the camera?

Today was a nice day so I bundled the kids up and sent them out into the backyard. While cleaning the kitchen I peeked out the window to make sure they were ok. The first thing I noticed was a stark white bum (like as in someones bum cheeks) standing in the middle of my yard. I next see a little stream of liquid coming from in front of the little white bum. I opened the door and yelled,
"Jaxson!!! WHAT are you doing??"
His response?? "Peeing mom"

My question is, WHEN did I teach my child to pee outside? When did he ever see me peeing in the backyard? Where do they get these ideas? They say children learn from watching the examples of their parents but I honestly cannot recall EVER peeing outside.

I can just hear my neighbors now. "Look at those nasty Borowski's. Their son is peeing out in the backyard."

The best part. After yelling at Jaxson to come in the house, he runs towards me with his pants down to his ankles and falls flat on his face in the grass. With his pants still around his ankles.

I needed the camera today.

Three year itch

I realized that we have what I like to call, the three year itch. Three years after getting married, we had Connor. Three years after Connor was born, we had Jaxson, and three years after having Jaxson (the current year) we got our puppy. (at least we have started getting dogs instead of children)

A few of my favorite things

Jaxson
Pumpkin Roll

Dallas in his Christmas sweater

Connor in his new suit