Let it go!

I am so done with today.

Actually, I was done at 6:30pm. I tried to trick my kids into going to bed but it didnt work. So now they are laying down and watching a movie. 8pm cant come fast enough tonight.

It isnt that I dont love my kids...but my tired body and stressed out brain are making today hard to parent.

But with smiles like this, how can I even be done with today? They are so worth the exhaustion.

Last night, I cried. I am female. So I cried. So many things have been bothering me lately and I needed to let them go last night. So I did.

I think this is something we, as women, can learn from. When things that shouldnt matter in our lives are making us angry or frustrated, we just need to let them go. We think we can do everything and make everyone happy but we cant. We cannot save the world by ourselves. So why stress?

If something "not necessary" is bothering you, drop it. Get rid of it. Erase it from your mind.

My husband used to ask me, "Is it something you can change?" and if I answered no, he would say, "Then worrying wont help you." I am a worry wart. I am constantly trying to figure out what I've done to make others upset or how to do something better. But you know what? If I cant change it, why am I spending so much time worrying? It's silly, really, all the worrying we do. All the extra stress we add into our lives.

Just get rid of it with no excuses.

In other news, remember the vinyl wall hanger I made for Spidey on Monday...

...with the cute cars, airplanes, and such?

I finished Petey's last night and am loving it. I am kicking myself for not putting this same saying on Spidey's but oh well. I'll find something else fun to do with this saying on it for him.

We really are children of God. And he loves us regardless of our shortcomings and mistakes. So if you're worrying about something you cant change tonight, ask him to help you Let It Go.

And that's how Suze sees it.

Redecorating Kid's Bathroom

I redid the kid's bathroom this past week because it was boring me.
First, I started by putting my Cricut to work. I know, my kids' real names. *gasp!* It's ok. I already knew I was posting a picture of it. But the vinyl above each of their towel hangers looks adorable.
Petey knows which one is hers and loves helping me hang her towel up. (and I took this picture right after putting the vinyl up...there are no more bubbles in it now)
Then we added a very colorful shower curtain...because my kids are so bubbly and colorful and their bathroom needed to feel brighter.

I found a shelf at Hobby Lobby that I spray painted a dark brown.

And that became my bow holder. I bought a curtain hanger at Walmart that adjusts to fit in the shelf. Then I hot glued a bunch of random ribbons to the bar...

...and then I added all of Petey's bows. Love it! As soon as I can find a cute, cheap frame, I will be blowing up a picture of my kids to put on the shelf. The temple picture wont be staying there for long.

It makes me so much happier to walk into their bathroom now and Petey loves it too. Spidey is a boy and like his dad, doesn't care one way or the other. :)