Apr
02
2012
Life is just flying by right now. Maybe it’s the warm air. Maybe it’s the happy toddlers. Maybe it’s just crazy spring.
But we’re loving it! Soaking every moment up to the fullest like the thirsty earth with the afternoon thunderstorms.
I can’t express to you how blessed we all feel right now.
#3112-3130 gifts that I’m stealing a precious moment to type down on a gorgeous early morning.
- Garden green and growing in the backyard
- Sunflowers coming up in the girls sunflower fort
- 4 year old wildflower mix sprouting in a clearing in the front yard
- visit from Ken and Jen and Gary
- Aeralind claiming Kent as hers
- Gary teaching Bronwyn to fist bump
- Bronwyn laughing hysterically while fist bumping and pottying
- B grabbing some stranger’s behind in the restaurant
- Resume forwarded at a local college
- Aeralind squealing “All done!” when she finished eating and hopping down from her chair and running frantically down the aisle at the restaurant
- Kent chasing after her laughing
- Answered prayers for Jen
- Laughing at Derek in church
- The crazy what this relationship formed
- Skype hide and seek with Aunt Kay Kay (whose name sounds like Aunt Cupcake from the girls!)
- Dad pretend eating a banana on Skpe
- An afternoon of rest
- Faces of fear changing into excited faces saying “God’s jumping! each time it thunders.
- Sedryn not eating until 7-8:30 most of this week
Mar
29
2012Another sensory activity with a little science thrown in for fun. Watching these expand blew our minds!
Before they Expanded
Water Beads are strange polymers that grow huge to fill a vase when water is added. I think they’re meant to water your flowers. My husband says they feel like frog eggs, but I’ve never felt frog eggs. They’re super slimy and they bounce!
After They Expanded
The girls had a blast… but this made my normally pretty laid back self crazy! For some reason, I just couldn’t let them throw them everywhere! So I was micro-managing. Bad idea. Don’t do that… let them play
We also tossed about a liter of these in the tub. They had a ball with them. But if you do it… make sure that your drain is a smaller diameter than the beads so you don’t have to fish them all out :-p
Mar
28
2012
My husband upgraded/rebuilt our computer which means I had to wait a few days here to get PSE9 up and running again! So just posting a quick list of thanks from last week today.
My brain’s too crazy to add more text… working on a different text piece for ‘real life’ right now 🙂
Here’s 3087-3111 gifts that God has given me for you to savor with me.
- Crazy days all blending together
- The powerful prayers of my LBS group
- Strong boy rolling over
- Karen
- Vacuuming with Karen
- Girls new crushes on Ben and Jay
- Another interview/another denial/ more opportunity for walking by faith
- Aerie saying “I read Hickory Dickory Dock!”
- Bronwyn jumping over the sunflower fort ditch I was digging
- Realization that my sweet toddlers are turning into little girls
- the right attitude of grace held on a night with little sleep and the following day
- loosing my temper over lost shoes
- the girls accepting my humble apology
- spa night
- ladies laughing at my quirkiness
- loving on the Score kids through a field day
- Girls that was somewhat tough to deal with saying “This was the best sport day ever.”
- Boy Score kids rolling over my meager classroom management skills
- Tutors laughing as I scrap everything and let the boys run wild
- Late night birthday call to dad
- Easy dinner
- Running outside in a downpour to remove diapers from the line.
- Smiley face in the bar of soap
- Derek upgrading/rebuilding the computer
- Getting PSE up and running again!
