Massive Catch Up Gift Counting

It’s been almost a month since I’ve been able to post a Multitude Monday post.  It’s mostly been because my Sunday night writing has been interrupted by the life of two night potty training toddlers.  I have been recording gifts!  I just haven’t had a moment to type them up and share them with you.  So here they are!

4459-4502 reason to say “Thank you!” to my maker

  • Catching Aeralind with hands over eyes after stealing some food from Sedryn’s tray.  “If I can’t see you, momma, then you can’t see me.”
  • Quilt design board made
  • How Aerie always takes apart my rotary cutter when I’m not looking
  • How Sedryn grabs at my pant leg while I’m cooking so I’ll smile and laugh at him
  • Sleeping in
  • Bronwyn’s crazy laugh
  • Sedryn following me around with little adoring smiles
  • Inviting ourselves to Nana’s farm
  • How the girls’ tell daddy- unprompted- how they would like to bring a kitty home
  • How the girls are trustworthy enough that I can send them outside alone with firm boundaries
  • Nana’s joy at the girls playing with her toys
  • Girls snuggling up to Nana with a Pooh book
  • Nana saying “This is the most disjointed story I have read in a long time.” about Pooh
  • Talking about home school.  Her encouragement that I could do it well if I chose.
  • Nana’s tearful wish for a student at her little desk
  • Such wonderful hugs
  • Laughter about how everything fell into chaos at one time- ant bites, messes, Sedryn cracking open an egg, hunger, Sedryn heading for a fan
  • How somehow during the chaos we managed not to burn the cookies
  • 3 beautiful children sleeping on the way home
  • Lydia and Sedryn playing so sweetly and ignoring the girls
  • Tamara’s visit
  • Danielle and Jessica- how they so relate with laughter
  • ballgown finsihed
  • Fabric for dresses laid out
  • Quilt on the design board
  • Chanwey coming
  • Kevin’s steadfastness in arriving at the pool so I can’t slack off
  • Two blond head snuggled up to me as I’m sensitive to their need for space from their cousin
  • Long talk after intense tantrum with Mariana over selfishness and how to love others with space and actions
  • Stretching me to hear her needs and balance my girls
  • Two blondies in a bubble bath processing their cousin’s visit through play
  • Praying hard to plant seeds
  • Grace not to yell even when she yells at me
  • Knowing where her heart is
  • 2nd  or 3rd physical journal filled with gratitude to the maker of it all
  • My husband making everything possible and holding me when it is hard
  • The way Mariana started asking before unbuckling Sedryn
  • Karen coming to the rescue with her van
  • Two little girls reading stories with me at wake up- soaking in having me to themselves
  • Good conversations with Sarah on growing Mariana
  • Prayers for us to plant seeds
  • Bronwyn’s exuberant reply to “Who loves you?” with “Ben & Jay!” when she normally says daddy
  • Sedryn clapping his face for laughs
  • Naptime
  • A couple good nights sleep
  • The prayer jar
  • My own growth
  • Aerie’s grumpiness after nap
  • Quiet evening with my girils while Derek takes Mariana to the pool
  • Unprompted “I love you!” from my sweet Aerie
  • Lost purse resulting in a good bit of laughter filled quiet time with Karen
  • Playing dollies with two beautiful girls
  • Bronwyn requesting “Rosies”
  • The way Sedryn must play with his feet (preferably on my bare skin) while nursing
  • Roaring and laughing and chasing all three around the room
  • Most fun 3 year old birthday party ever 
  • Generosity of Becca letting us play in her yard
  • The magic of Daylin helping and playing pin the tail on Eeyore for the first time
  • Brady and Derek and Daniel having a water fight
  • Girls new room half painted
  • Bronwyn requesting snow after seeing her baby photo of her playing in the snow
  • Blowing up Ivory in the microwave to make it happen
  • How Bronwyn played with the ivory flakes for a long time and helps me make bath paint
  • Girls tucked on the couch with owl towels
  • Feeding Daddy popcorn
  • Open mouth kiss from Sedryn–> right on my nose
  • Taking the girls dancing and watching them squeal as they ran around the dancers
  • Leading a table at Mops- excited to get to know these girls
  • Little girls laughing as one of their dolls from their dollhouse directed them on where to put their furniture