My oldest son was just at a milestone of his first dance, this is coming way to quick for me. Don't get me wrong I totally sneaked a peek at the dance and the kids were having a great time and I had a smile that wouldn't go away.  To have his first experience be a great one is so satisfying I was busting at the seams when I got home and discussed it with the hubby.

 So this makes me think back, I remember cuddle time with all of my babies. With my first born he used to grab my thumb nail and rub it with his little fingers.  Such a small movement can grab your heart and squeeze just so.

 With my middle child she used to pat my back with her little hand.  And yes with my littlest handsome man yes he is the baby of the family in the truest sense I have enjoyed the cuddle time the most with him it has seemed to last the longest.  I am sure it is my fault he has seemed to grow the quickest and is so mature.  I have to say he learned much quicker to clean his room and keep it clean and, as a mom this is the ticket to a happy mommy!  So now is the question is breaching this new world.  I have been kicking and screaming for about a month.

 Now I realize that this is ridiculous cause, it is coming whether I want it to or not. So talking with my oldest to keep lines of communication open.  Tell him over and over again that I am here if he has questions and making sure he knows all of his little friends are NOT a valid form of information.  Now, after all of the questions and discussions have happened and continue to happen, let the growing commence and guess what not only my tween, but me too.   I have grown in this last month emotionally in ways I have a hard time putting a finger on.  You know, I don't feel the need to label it .  Just keep growing!

Budget = Trees

So is it within the budget?  This is the new question that is first asked in the Curtice household.  I love this question.  WHAT?????  Who is this girl and what alien pod like creature is replacing her?


 I know, right........ old me would avoid the check book like the plague.  When the check book would rear its ugly head and show all my transgressions I would feel shame and buyers regret.

There is some great freedom to the budget talk I totally did not expect.  I uses to go out and spend on what I thought we needed, and now it seems I first think what do we NEED.   Then we seriously talked about where we were and where we wanted to be in two years .   That does clarify a lot of issues ( Vacation issues in my very first blog So the night started pretty normal)

So now that hubby and I are on the same page we now have a two year plan to be debt free.  How exciting is this !!!!  I feel God is truly guiding us in this path I don't have that sick feeling in the pit of my stomach when we discuss the budget any more. Now that the coupon craze has passed me by I can focus on the budget and not if I have the 2 for 1 at blah blah blah.  This works for some I just found lack of printer ink and brain drain was not worth it!

 So as we take this path we found the room for the land next door.  Not only land but Trees... TREES!

I grew up swinging in them like a little spider monkey.  If my mother wondered were I was she would look to the trees or the river.  This was common with me and my two older siblings.  So now to be able to give this new and delightful experience to my children is a greater gift than any Wii or DS game could ever give.  My oldest child is biting at the bit to get out to the woods and start hacking and slashing.

  That fills this momma with a pride that could bust out of me if I didn't have a body to hold it within!  So as we plan out our awesome three tiered Ewok village in the trees, I leave you all in the day dreams of yesterday, in your own tree fort.  God Bless