Attempting to be a Super Mom

Yesterday Rylie went back to school and today was Ben and Sydney's turn.  Ok, never mind what I say when the kids are arguing with each other or talking back to me.  I'm one of those weird parents that actually wishes she could keep her kids with her forever and ever and never have to send them to school. I truly miss the kids when they aren't here. I want to experience the world with them and do fun activities and adventures with them.  Oh well, there will be plenty of time for that around school. These little breaks are nice to remind me not to over bog my kids down with sports and extra curricular activities.  This summer we are planning a change of things.  I think the big kids will be playing baseball and Rylie will do her soccer camp but the big kids will not be joining in soccer camp.  In the mean time, dance and art classes start next week. I'm working on planning lots of fun stuff for our summer vacation right now, as well as fun activities for o...

Hello!  Happy New Year!  Goodbye 2015 and Hello 2016!  Hope this New Year finds everyone well. Life is exciting here in the Tiemann house.  As it normally is.  I can't even remember the last time that I blogged.  It appears that it's been since before Thanksgiving. Since it's been so long, get ready, because I'm going to catch up as best I can and there will be so many pictures. Sydney, my dear 5 year old, became a really bad nail biter sometime around the summer.  She bites them to the point of bleeding, so finally after trying lots of other things, Shawn told her that if she didn't bite her nails for a week we'd paint her nails (the were so short we couldn't paint them for fear of burning and infection) and if she didn't bite them for two weeks, she could paint his nails.  Week one went by and she earned her nail painting.  Week two went by and sure enough, she earned her chance at painting her Daddy's nails.  She's such a sweet girl...