{"id":1985,"date":"2009-09-21T08:07:39","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T13:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=1985"},"modified":"2009-09-21T08:07:39","modified_gmt":"2009-09-21T13:07:39","slug":"finding-our-groove-with-a-promo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/21\/finding-our-groove-with-a-promo\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding our groove with a PROMO!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This has been a crazy month for us. I always count off the first few weeks of school as an adjustment time but this year has been a little more crazy than normal. And each kid seems to have different issues.<\/p>\n

Cole has had a rough time adjusting to his early morning schedule. He is not a morning person. I’m not either. I like summer hours! His school only lasts until 11am- I can barely make it to the grocery store and back!<\/p>\n

Austin is the busiest right now. Football three times a week and a game on Sundays. Guitar lessons. And really that isn’t anything compared to what a lot of his friends do. He has been grumpy, he likes to spend time with his dad, and his dad has been very busy at work. It is starting to show.<\/p>\n

Blake always seems to roll with it. But his disorganization and habit of saying, “oh yeah, I have homework” 5 minutes before bed kills me.<\/p>\n

So we are adjusting, factor in a baby that I get up with multiple times a night, a sickness that ran through the family, giving myself food poisoning (see there is a reason I shouldn’t cook), Andy working tons of hours…..<\/p>\n

It hasn’t been an easy month. And we are all showing the effects.<\/p>\n

Trying to go to sleep last night I thought about things I want to change, to make my kids (and I) happier. The first thing is I am going to insist on homework right after school. I usually do this anyway, but a lot of time a friend is over, or I am running one kid (and baby) here or there. That needs to change. I hate it when dinner time rolls around and I am dealing with a cranky baby, football practice, cooking, and homework.<\/p>\n

Speaking of dinner. I have been making 2 sometimes 3 dinners a night. This has to change. We NEVER eat as a family. I have decided that I am not going to wait until Andy gets home to eat dinner anymore. I am going to sit down and eat with my kids. We are going to eat at a normal dinner time. No more 7pm or later. No more tv with dinner.<\/p>\n

Then there are video games. I have been so lax about this because I have been trying to save my sanity while adjusting to our new crazy schedule, life with a baby, running a business…
\nI am going to enforce limits. Cole needs to get outside and ride his bike or rollerblade, Blake needs to shoot hoops, Austin needs to throw the football. If I have to get out there and do it with them, I will. It kills me that the summer is gone and Cole was not on his bike more than 5 times. UGH!<\/p>\n

I am trying to be realistic, because how much can one person do? But I need to try harder. I do know that. <\/p>\n

Ok, enough about me….<\/p>\n

We got out some Halloween\/Fall stuff<\/p>\n

\"IMG_9447\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"IMG_9446\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"IMG_9450\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

In order to kick off a fun fall season, we are doing a PROMO!<\/p>\n

\"Halloween<\/a> <\/p>\n

If you order a dog collar between now and October 1st<\/p>\n

\"Halloween<\/a> <\/p>\n

You will get a fun Halloween Collar for your pooch<\/p>\n

\"Halloween<\/a> <\/p>\n

FOR FREE<\/p>\n

\"Halloween<\/a> <\/p>\n

Shiloh says she knows you want your dog to be cool like her<\/p>\n

\"Halloween<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This has been a crazy month for us. I always count off the first few weeks of school as an adjustment time but this year has been a little more crazy than normal. And each kid seems to have different issues. Cole has had a rough time adjusting to his early morning schedule. He is not a morning person. I’m not either. I like summer hours! His school only lasts until 11am- I can barely make it to the grocery store and back! Austin is the busiest right now. Football three times a week and a game on Sundays. Guitar lessons. And really that isn’t anything compared to what a lot of his friends do. He has been grumpy, he likes to spend time with his dad, and his dad has been very busy at work. It is starting to show. Blake always seems to roll with it. But his disorganization and habit of saying, “oh yeah, I have homework” 5 minutes before bed kills me. So we are adjusting, factor in a baby that I get up with multiple times a night, a sickness that ran through the family, giving myself food poisoning (see there is a reason I shouldn’t cook), Andy working tons of hours….. It hasn’t been an easy month. And we are all showing the effects. Trying to go to sleep last night I thought about things I want to change, to make my kids (and I) happier. The first thing is I am going to insist on homework right after school. I usually do this anyway, but a lot of time a friend is over, or I am running one kid (and baby) here or there. That needs to change. I hate it when dinner time rolls around and I am dealing with a cranky baby, football practice, cooking, and homework. Speaking of dinner. I have been making 2 sometimes 3 dinners a night. This has to change. We NEVER eat as a family. I have decided that I am not going to wait until Andy gets home to eat dinner anymore. I am going to sit down and eat with my kids. We are going to eat at a normal dinner time. No more 7pm or later. No more tv with dinner. Then there are video games. I have been so lax about this because I have been trying to save my sanity while adjusting to our new crazy schedule, life with a baby, running a business… I am going to enforce limits. Cole needs to get outside and ride his bike or rollerblade, Blake needs to shoot hoops, Austin needs to throw the football. If I have to get out there and do it with them, I will. It kills me that the summer is gone and Cole was not on his bike more than 5 times. UGH! I am trying to be realistic, because how much can one person do? But I need to try harder. I do know that. Ok, enough about me…. We got out some Halloween\/Fall stuff In order to kick off a fun fall season, we are doing a PROMO! If you order a dog collar between now and October 1st You will get a fun Halloween Collar for your pooch FOR FREE Shiloh says she knows you want your dog to be cool like her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[287],"class_list":["post-1985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elisalou","category-life","tag-free-halloween-collar-promo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}