Pick a Color

Painting finger nails is a given when you have 2 little girls in the house! Recently, Brynn has joined in the fun of painting fingers and toes. First, we get all the bright colors out of our ever growing plastic tote. Then, the fun begins when the girls choose their color.

Today's picks are: "Purple Potion," "Rah Rah Red," and "Go Green."

I imagine that we will spend hours upon hours painting our nails together in the future. I cannot wait to see how the colors they choose continue to change!
I will be sad when they start choosing more sophisticated colors.

My Favorite Art

"Every child is an artist." Picasso

 


As I was heading to the fridge to grab a bite to eat, as I usually do when I'm home on the weekends, the front of the fridge stopped me in my tracks. Its colorful and artistic style caught my eye and put a smile on my face. I looked at each piece of artwork as I realized how many different places my girls are creating art. I love how school, Sunday school, and daycare emphasize imagination and creativity! The girls carry that artistic style home with them as they color countless pictures for Chad and I.
I have to give a BIG shout out to Mrs. Junkert (Kindergarten Teacher) and Janet R. (Daycare Extrodinaire) for taking time, patience, and energy so my girls can make BEAUTIFUL art to hang on our fridge!





Persistence

Alexis came to me yesterday evening and asked Chad and I to teach her how to tie shoes. I instantly told her "absolutely"! I began to wonder why it took me this long to teach her this skill. Maybe because velcro shoes seem less stressful or I simply overlooked this skill because I was busy teaching her other things. Regardless, Alexis was eager to learn how to tie her own shoes!

As Chad and I took turns teaching her how to tie shoes, I took a step back and watched as she was determined to master this new skill. I began to think of this persistence and determination she had as a wonderful trait to have in life! When she puts her mind to accomplishing something, she is bound and determined to achieve it.

My hope for you, Alexis; is that you carry this eagerness to achieve goals throughout your entire life. If you do that, life has wonderful things in store for you!

Progress Report: Alexis is still working hard at tying her shoes. She has come a long way in just a short time! She is currently working at making sure the bunny has 2 ears, not 1...practice makes perfect!

I am Grateful!

i am

GRATEFUL

    for this

    for this

    and for this

Why, you may ask, would I be grateful for endless mountains of laundry, huge piles of unorganized books, and legos strewn all over the floor? Simple. If I didn't have these things in my life, it would mean that I didn't have my beautiful children.

Scenes From A Saturday Morning

Watching cartoons, reading books, relaxing and snuggling in pajamas, making mini-muffins, going for a run, and doing some housework.

Maybe some laundry later on. Some outside fun, a BIG chili feed with family, and definitely a trip to Target!

I {LOVE} Saturdays!!

But this part is the BEST!!

The Hallway Sleeper

When raising children, I know that there are going to be phases that every child goes through. Some phases are so wonderful that you would love to see it last forever (funny how those are the shortest) and there are phases that bring out some of the worst in a child (and tend to last the longest). This new phase that Brynn is in happens night after night after night...the dreaded bedtime!

I captured this photo tonight because I know that these moments of falling asleep in the hallway are not going to last forever. As frustrating as chasing a 2 year old back to bed can be, I know that these are moments worth remembering!

Grateful For Family

We're thankful for each other.

We stick together. We look out for each other.

We depend on each other. We have LOTS of fun.

We give lots of love. We mean the world to each other.

We support each other. We're in it for the long haul...

Snapshots

Snapshots: a look into my little world {RIGHT NOW}

October totally crept up on me, as does every month lately! Between my busy, full-time job as a teacher and being a mom of two little girls, life just gets way too busy for my liking! Today, we thought we would try to slow things down a bit by spending time at home. Weekends are a time for catch-up; family, cleaning, resting, and relaxing! I stopped and captured some photos of my world today...October 8, 2011

Our house smells fabulous!

I was cleaning the house while I took a glimpse outside and I saw this!

Nothing is better than an afternoon nap on a perfect fall day!

The girls helped decorate my Halloween tree today. We are still gathering all of our Halloween books to put under the tree like we do at Christmas. I can't wait to see the orange and white lights tonight!