Things Change

It is funny how things change as you get older and have kids. I used to LOVE daylight savings time because it meant that I could sleep 1 extra hour, even if only for one day. Now I HATE daylight savings time. Children have internal clocks and have no concept of the fact that the clock says 6:00AM. To their bodies, it is still 7:00am. So for the past two mornings, my children have been up and ready to play at 6:00am. What is wrong with them??? Don't they know that you can sleep for one extra hour??? Obviously, not children from my genes. Not only that but Blake loved to go outside and play after dinner because here in this hot state, that is when the weather was bearable enough to enjoy yourself. Now it is dark when we eat dinner, so he burns his energy running around in the house instead of out of the house. Not only am I overly tired, I have a 3 year old bouncing off the walls. Calgon, take me away!!!!

It's Winter in Florida!! Yeah Right!

This weekend has been wonderful here. The highs were in the high 70's, low 80's and the low's were in the mid to upper 60's. Now for Darren and I, this meant that we wore shorts and long sleeved shirts or short sleeved shirts and jeans. For most everyone else here in the state of Florida, it meant sweatshirts, sweaters, jeans and long sleeved t-shirts. These people would freeze to death if they lived anywhere else where the temps actually drop to 30 degrees and lower. Because the weather was so wonderful, we spent a lot of time outside this weekend. We planted new plants in our pots, Darren and Blake mowed the lawn (a weekly chore) and other odd ends around the house. We have had a wonderful relaxing weekend.