Busy Busy "Bees"...

My absolute DEEPEST apologies… I am not leaving behind my blogger family… just been soooooo super busy, I don’t even know where to begin. 

Like most of you, I am sure the holiday season has come in full swing.  I only have 1 gift left to buy!!!... Paying for them is another story… but we should be about to the free airplane (Delta miles!!) seats for Disney!  Ok so that is a ways off… but the American Express is pretty full right now… I hope they forget to send that bill this month!!  Yeah right…. One of the only things that is actually running on time in my life.  Those darn bills just keep showing up don’t they???  We had an amazing time in our Minnesota shopping adventures!  I will blog about them this coming week!... Some words - of mine, I suppose, I shouldn’t repeat… Horrible drivers… ha ha!

Isaac is excited that the Christmas season has filled our house!  The decorations are making it merry and bright!  --and it smells like Christmas too!... Yummy scents filling the house!  Joe worked this weekend, Friday and Saturday, while I had it off, so the boys and I …and “I”…. did most of it!  When Joe got home he was about murdered with over-joys of little boys to put up the tree…MORE importantly the train that goes around the tree.  Since Trevor was born. – so a whole 3 years now—it has become our Beland Family Tradition to have the train around the tree.  We may need a new train for year #4... it is quite abused.  If you haven’t figured it out yet -- BOTH boys are infatuated with Trains… I hear “Choo, choo”… or mention of trains in the house all day and I am sure it is nowhere near ending.  Nor do I want it to be.  I am so glad they can me passionate about something.  I hope that trait can stay throughout their life.  Not necessarily trains, but having a passion for something is crucial.  Without a passion, life would sure be boring. 

Trevor is truly ENJOYING his new speech sessions… The last time I brought him he pointed to the door with excitement and started getting his winter gear off before we even said “hello.”  You should HEAR Trevor SAY  "Hello"… it is sooooo adorable.  There was so much amazement from myself this weekend. The words that were flying out of that 3 year old’s mouth absolutely melted my heart!  WOW… I cannot even believe the progress --even in the last week.  It is unbelievable.  That is all I wanted for Christmas!  And it is already unwrapping!  Seriously, you – someone that isn’t around him much—could even understand it!  (Most of it!!!—I still can’t get some of it.) You have no idea how blessed I feel!  Thank you-- iPad, Speech Therapy, and FISH OIL… I think it is the miracle drug!  My high recommendations if you weren’t a believer before!   So much progress in so little time!

That is keeping us busy, and Isaac is busy with Kindergarten activites.  We have Gearing Up for Kindergarten again this Tuesday night—last one for a while, but the fun projects we come home with are continuously keeping us on our toes!  FUN!  An introduction into homework I suppose… I hope I can say “fun” about that in the years to come… I doubt it.  If there are any preparations out there for that… every idea is welcomed!  As I am sure that will be a motherly duty -- not fatherly-- although it should be BOTH!

Had a great and busy weekend for the Mary Kay Business.. with "Pink Friday" specials.  Just trying to have fun with it and get some great deals out there, while enjoying great products for myself!  Of course, I had 1 cake too!  Never ending!!  But enjoyable!... 2 more this week, so no time to make one for myself. 

Mostly keeping us on the tips of our toes and the verge of tipping over -- are constantly changing plans and ideas between realtors, builders, and ourselves.  We are officially looking to build/move!  (So—you can see why we are busy!)  Most importantly we want to get into the country a bit.  I have always been that “city” girl… ok so "town girl"…Finley wasn’t very city-like with 600 people!  But, I have never lived in the country… it is sure to be an experience.  We aren’t going too far… it, the area we are debating, is only 3 miles from Grand Forks.  So just far enough for me!  But very excited to have “land” the boys can run around in and be “free!”  I am sure many baseball games will be played!!!  One of the discussions we had with the boys, included Joe asking them, “Do you want to live in the country, or out of town?”  So I guess we all know what Joe’s decision was…since they are one in the same thing!!! 

Many decisions and I am sure many “discussions” to follow... already had a few of them… I guess I should add, “mind reader” to my list of spousal duties!... So I am sure there will be plenty of major decisions to encounter on this journey, but worth every one in the end???!  I hope so!

May this holiday season bring us more delights – if only through the eyes of our kids!