I left NerdDad with the monkeys while I ran a couple of errands and I came home to a giant tower of MegaBloks. This is how nerds amuse themselves;). They then all took turns standing in the tower and taking pictures. I came home to find the 4 year old just standing in it;).
There are some girls that are born obsessed with shoes. My youngest is one of them! She could barely walk and was wearing my flats as soon as she could get to them. She has even been able to wear flip flops for a year, and I mean mine! So I thought it was so cute when she grabbed my wedges. Of course she isn’t allowed to wear them so we grabbed some pics on the sly before we went into the living room to take them;)!
Today we had our last group meeting for MOPS. It is doubly sad. Not only is the year ended but so has NewCov MOPS (for now). There just isn’t a leadership team for next year and that is always a big sign that it may not be the Lord’s timing for a ministry. But we (both moms and kids) have built relationships with each other that will go on beyond any official group. And that is a blessing.
Just a couple of shots from MiniLand at Legoland.
For those of you who read my Making Money Keeping Money, you saw my post about last weekend’s Free Comic Book Day. Well, the whole NerdFamily went out and I think we did pretty well! Since this is aimed at getting kids to read, you don’t see a lot of the new more mature comic lines but that was fine with us. Our kids had a ball! They even got to see Darth Vadar and some Storm Troopers there! Of course NerdPud wouldn’t say anything to Darth but smiled and stared. Gotta love it!
One of my kiddos came up to NerdDad with a little fuzzy bundle in his hands. At first NerdDad didn’t realized that it was a brand new (and we mean brand new) kitten. Apparently a neighborhood cat was in the wilds of our side yard having her babies. While we are not cat people, it just melted our heart. The mom was so skitish that she kept running off and leaving her babies. By the next day they were all gone but before they left the saucer of milk NerdDad set out was licked clean.
This is one of NerdPie’s favorite new book series and her very girlie bow. This is how my girls and I roll. Fire and ice, concrete and lace;).
But it does seem to illustrate why I feel like such a contradiction sometimes, like today. I was watching Fame while geeking out on a nano semiconductor. This seems to explain why I have never really fit it. I tried for so long to hide my dweeby nerdy side for so long because it was becoming. Once I started accepting my separate sides is when I found my husband and a little peace. But I still struggle when I am around large groups of women sometimes because I just don’t seem normal.
Then I feel nervous for my girls. I don’t want them to feel as conflicted as I often have. I want them to take joy in all God has created them to be. I want them to feel secure in both their girlie and nerdy sides! I guess the best way that they will do that is by seeing me accept myself. It is a lot of pressure knowing you have to deal with your junk so your kids won’t have to;).
As a kid I loved to play with snap dragons. They always remind me of spring and flowers!
Check out these crazy tights! Was I ever young enough to carry something like this off;)? But NerdPie looks adorable in them!
Today at MOPS we had an awesome speaker who spoke on being a world changing family. Shelley was awesome. Not only did she talk about some great ways to change the world with our kids (Operation Christmas Child, making sandwiches to give to the homeless, etc) she also brought treats!!! She made the adorable cookies herself!!!