On My Mind...

Sixty Seconds on Tuesday...

A minute of my day

This was right after he was trying to start a fire with old sunflower stalks from last year...just like Man Vs. Wild he told me - Thanks discovery channel!

Plotting to keep a brother out of a sister's room...

With the younger boys moving upstairs, there has been an adjustment period...we are still in in and it has been over a month.  A big sister decided it was time to plot out a plan to keep the 4 year old out of her room...it involved sketches, a mean looking picture of me to put on top of an unfinished doll, pepsi cans, other cans form the recycle bin, string, and a door knob...

*I promise I don't normally look that mean...we had to work hard to get this shot :) I would be scared!

Snippets of what we have been up to...

• best smoothie - spinach, blueberries, strawberries, agave nectar, flax seed, oj, and some grape juice - will have your 4 year old asking for more as long as you keep the spinach hidden
• why have underwear on the table?? - to accurately draw superman of course!
• flower bows...found all over the blogs - so quick and fun to make
• sprouts grown on the counter - stir frys, on bagels, in sandwiches...
• more snow and ice!
• I try to remember the feeling of seeing snow when I was young and trying to be a fun mom even if it is cold outside...I'm much more fun in 120 degree weather
• groundhog day
• eating snow ice cream with snow that we froze - Tanner was way more impressed with the idea of making it than actually eating it 

• Chinese checkers with a big sister
• beautiful bird out back that I need to figure out what it is
• heart garlands...seriously addictive...they look great everywhere!
• nothing better than a good book..."If you give a..."
• something about the sound and smell of dinner in the pressure cooker...good childhood memories
• a little something I have been working on...I'm loving having my sewing machine out where I can use it anytime I have a few minutes!
• mousetrap...don't understand the playing of it, but it sure is cool to play with!
• everyone at the table working on Valentine's...she's got her own way of spicing everything up...joined people holding hearts, modge podge tissue paper...amazing girl with creativity
• heart garland...I told you it was addictive!

Jason Aldeen...and kids...

Our 4 year old son LOVES Jason Aldeen...he's even on the "favorites" CD.  I thought it was just him, but we had my niece over to stay the night, she's a new 6 and her request as I went up to tell them flashlights out and it was time to go sleep was... "can I please sing this song, I love it!" - - the "favorites" cd was on with the sleep timer set.  Of course I let her sing...it's Jason Aldeen...

The wagon...

It's funny how some toss something aside when it is rusted and worn.  The wagon that sits in our backyard is rusted, worn, and even has some little holes starting.  It sat on the side of the house worn out and unused, then it got a change.  Families change, and with the change, things that had been not used before, gain a new life.  The wagon is used alot now...it has hauled loads of rocks back and forth across the yard.  The wagon has helped me "lay sod" - - from a spot in the yard that we were turning into a garden, to spots where no grass was growing, it's pulled kids all over the yard, it's been filled with loads of weeds, dying flowers...the wagon is well loved now...

There is so much entertainment to be had in an old wagon and some friends.

The coolest headboard of all time...soon to be...

We have been looking for a set of old doors to turn into a headboard...this was the find of the year!

 

The doors are in the garage waiting to be turned into a fabulous cool headboard!

First comic book...

I have discovered that  for me to read a comic book...not my idea of a good read!  Tanner loves his new comic book!  The comic book went to bed with him, and poor Pooh stayed in the living room...

Year ending...and other thoughts...

I haven't blogged in about a month!  It needed to be quiet around here.  We had some family changes going on and those can be very tough to write about...life is calm for now and we are looking forward to what 2010 will bring!  Our family is praying a Novena to the Holy Family at the suggestion of my loving sister.  She  always knows just what to say when a prayer is needed!  Thank you!  Our prayer is that by the end of next week a long (3year) wait will be over! 

My husband and I are officially able to have our marriage blessed in the Catholic Church!!! Last year my honey took many many hours to fill out all the paperwork, and we got the official letter in the mail just a few days before Christmas that the process is over!  We will be meeting with our Priest hopefully within a week or two.  When I called my sister to let her know - her family has been praying for our marriage even before my husband turned in all the paperwork- she told her children that our marriage would soon be blessed and all that could be heard were "YAY"!!!!  My thoughts exactly!

I can't believe that our youngest will be 4 in about a week!  Where does the time go?  These babies just grow up so fast, I want to slow down time and just enjoy him every second...except when he has down the acting like a 4 year old...I will keep time at the normal pace.

Seeing the beautiful...

When I struggle, and question what direction I am to go in, I am told to find the joyful, the lovely, the beautiful.  I am told to surround my family in beautiful, lovely sights, beautiful, lovely smells.  Find the joyful in it all...

 

dancing, singing, twister playing with a 3 year old help find the lovely when my heart is full of questions

As the days cool down...

With our days beginning to cool down, it means more time inside for things like...

matching bears that play football...

pictures...

 

painting after rest time...

 

evenings of making cool stuff with a daughter who is at school all day...

*Halloween garland found here!

 

making cookies first thing in the morning...

 

dreaming about the rag rug...

found these at a junk store after I had just fell in love with the idea of making a rag rug from Amanda Soule's book!  Seriously how lucky am I??? 

 

dreaming up ideas for our bedroom...it's the one room that almost has almost nothing on the walls...