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Easter

by admin on April 5, 2010 in Bits Of My Personality, Do I Call It Parenting Advice?, Holiday Messages, My Year of Right Sacrifice-TIME with 1 Comment

Well… Garnet and I aren’t the type who go all out for holidays. We try to make them sweet and special for the kids but in our hearts we are just the kind of people who aren’t big on dates.

Easter… I stood in isles of chocolates and spring colored STUFF yesterday till I got a headache. I then went and found some fair trade chocolates at another location and ‘sigh’ that was enough for me. I find a lot of it ways heavy on me. This makes me all the more thankful that the kids get to enjoy the run around hunt in there grandparents back yard and the treats once in the house, the beautiful ham their grandmother loving made them and the pretty dresses and handsome spring colored outfits they get to wear all day without the heaviness of understanding that a parent feels as they wade through the commercialization of it all.

Easter aside, I love Jesus. My chest feels heavy with emotion as I consider what he did on the cross and the heaviness lifts as soon as I think of him lifting forth from the grave three days later.

As I walk through this year, having felt it was labeled ‘Right Sacrifice’, I am aware of the importance of reflecting on the cross. I am also a bit surprised that this time of year didn’t jump out more at me because of my years label but I think this will make me reflect all the more the rest of the year and grow in thankfulness, all the more, for Jesus and his PERFECT example of sacrifice.

Garnet and I sat the kids down today, before we went off to our entertaining Easter events, and we told them a little about what we think of when Easter arrives, meaning we told them a little about our Jesus. I hope seeds of love where planted that will spring forth in time.

Happy Easter, have a lovely spring:)

TTFN

A Refreshing Reminder

by admin on February 16, 2010 in Bits Of My Personality, Dem Kids Sayed WHAT?, Holiday Messages, My Romance with 1 Comment

A double date with my guy’s brother and wife. She is a dear sister of mine and so it was like going out with great friends as well as close family. We watched a silly movie… tense enough to excuse my snuggling up to my guy. We enjoyed a late evening meal at a very fashionable lounge. We all returned home to our babies and thanked the grandparents who watched both families worth of kids! Couldn’t have done it without them!

Today, watched our wedding video, first time in a long time. Garnet and I gave one another mushy looks and chuckled at the younger, perhaps sillier, versions of ourselves. I practically roared with laughter at my oldest son’s horror when the big kiss was played out on DVD. I had to elbow him after he exclaimed ‘Awe! You guys KISSED??!!’ Apparently he hasn’t been to enough weddings.

The date was enjoyable and a refreshing break. The family movie was a good reminder. The weekend was a touch of love and romance… I hope to be mushier with my man as the week goes on and not stop to appreciate our gift of love on Valentines day alone…,but, for those of us who are well advanced in our marriages and well aged by our maturing love, that goes without saying!

TTFN

Puddle Post

by admin on February 13, 2010 in Bits Of My Personality, Holiday Messages, My Year of Right Sacrifice-TIME with 2 Comments
I’m the puddle… puddle of emotions and that is ok.
(My Surprise Roses!)

After a blessed evening with friends I was hit with a good dose of self pity and self esteem bashing, inflicted by myself alone. My friends, my loved ones are to kind to ever be a real part of such a pitiful party. And so, in this mood I sat up way to late… long into the night…

How does he know? I ask that not actually meaning it… for I know he knows my heart and is closer then a brother…

Today I awoke to a message of love from my friend.
Today I was given beautiful roses from my neighbor lady.
Today I was listened to by my dear sister, my dear friend.
Today I got alone time with each of my children and saw so much in them.

Today I got over myself as I saw each little gift from my Father in heaven.

(So often I catch him proving how fast he is growing up and how big he is… BUT now and then there are glimpses of my little man, reminders of my first baby boy and they make my heart feel squished in a good way. This picture was a heart squisher moment)

Jesus is so good to me.
Is it ridiculously silly to say he is the best Valentine ever? He knew exactly what I needed!

TTFN

I Had A Christmas

by admin on January 8, 2010 in Bits Of My Personality, Contest, Holiday Messages with 1 Comment

So yes, I had a Christmas but we all got pretty sick at the end of the holidays so I haven’t been really up to doing a post about the holidays…

I was very enthusiastic when the kids got off for the holidays. We spent much time on the hill and worked hard at getting set up with skates so we could enjoy the neighborhood rink. These two things where probably my favorite parts of the holidays!

I can’t get too spiritual about it all right now… it had what is expected, family drama and family memories, food and gifts, stress and relaxation, sleeping in and up later then normal… Most of all it had plenty of memorable moments for my family!

I still haven’t taken down the decorations… they are so pretty and I still feel cheery when I look at them… might have to stay till the days get longer again.

ON WITH THE WINNER! Put the names in a hat and drew out our winner! I will deliver you the gift a.s.a.p.!

THE WINNER IS

KRISTEN!

So unless you are coming out here some time soon I suppose I am mailing it to you Kristen! Congrats and thanks to all who commented for making my 100th post a little more special!

TTFN

The Christmas-y View From Here

by admin on December 23, 2009 in Bits Of My Personality, Contest, Holiday Messages with 6 Comments

I have to say, I am tickled that we finally got some real snow!Last night I was out VERY late at a ladies study (which was a real blessing) and as I drove home on Circle Drive I was pretty much alone on the roads. It was very snowy, big fluffy slow snowflakes where falling. The sky was an amazingly warm red color in the middle of the night. The city seemed SO QUIET and STILL… it was so lovely to be embraced by such a dense quiet.

This morning I woke up before the kids! With a yawn I wrapped my favorite wrap around my shoulders and pulled open the curtains to see a beautifully Christmas-y world blanketed in thick snow! The frost on my window was a piece of art and the quiet I had enjoyed the night before had carried over to the morning. I sat alone and just listened to and breathed in the silence…
After a bit I turned on the Christmas lights, for the house stays dark till almost noon lately! I got wiggly and ended up rushing around fussing with my house, for it feels like Christmas is really coming after all!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!

With my last blog I totally missed the special 100th post and the 200th and so on and so forth, but this time I have been watching the number count up to 100 and I want to celebrate cuz I like celebrations so I shall do a give away as many others have.

I noticed blog surfing is down this time of year so your odds of winning might be pretty high. I have a little something Christmas-y in honor of the time of year this 100th post arrived and if you comment on this post I will draw from those names and send it on to the winner.

TTFN

Chemical Soup For Christmas

by admin on December 23, 2009 in Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Holiday Messages, My Romance with 1 Comment

We have been accused of being food-y nuts, specifically healthy food-y nuts, ignorant organic lovers, snobby sugar hippies and so on and so forth (snicker snicker snort)… but this Mama broke out of her shell for tis the season… for TREATS! I actually bought the kids some CANDY CANE CHOCOLATE FUDGE CRACKLE ICE CREAM! They where so tickled (can’t remember the last time we have had ice cream in the house) and I figured it was an easy way to surprise my little foursome.

It is so cute to watch them digging in to their little bowl of Christmas ice cream… one fist holding on to their bowls like we might change our minds and take them back; their other fist clasped in a strangle hold on the spoon just shoveling in the treat… eyes sparkle with the realization that this has LOTSA SUGAR and grins covered in chocolate and candy cane streaks spread wider and wider as the sugar hits the blood stream…

It is even funnier to watch Daddy as they eat… he spends the whole time giving me a disapproving look and mutter things like ‘instant insanity in a bowl…toxic waste for dessert… smells like chemical soup in a cup…tastes like a candy store’s dumpster exploding in your mouth’… (chuckle), he cracks me up! Note, he doesn’t have the heart to take the treat away or throw out the carton in the freezer, so he isn’t the big scrooge he pretends to be:)

TTFN

Jingle Baby

by admin on December 23, 2009 in Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Holiday Messages, Mama Heart Mushings with No comments
Many a little jingle bell tree ornament has bit the dust this holiday season.Chubby little hands reach up and snatch a jingle bell ornament.
Chubby little legs run from Mama and Dada as fast as they can go.
Chubby feet pound at the floor as Big Girl, Big Boy and Little Woman take up the chase…
but this little Chub Chub is always caught to late…
Chubby little fingers rip apart the decoration so a chubby Baby Boy can carry just the bell around.
Chubby little cheeks spread in a jolly grin as Baby Boy shake shakes the bells to his hearts content.
He dances and sways as he jingles his little bells and he stashes them away under the couch, where he can collect them when ever he desires to take up his holiday song and dance once again.

P.S. They where our lest expensive tree ornaments and placed near the bottom of the tree for exactly this reason and I think we will be buying dollar store jingle bells each year to carry on this song and dance (wink).

TTFN

A Jolly Jealousy

by admin on December 20, 2009 in Bits Of My Personality, Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Holiday Messages, Mama Heart Mushings, My Romance with 1 Comment

The sun was very warm this winter day.
The snow was coming down slowly in stuffed size snowflakes.
There was no wind and the air was crisp.
We all went outside while Dad pushed the slight snow fall from the drive way. His job more of an excuse to get out and get some fresh air then an actual necessity.
Big Girl and Big Boy spent an hour pulling one another around on the sled, up and down our front lawn’s almost imaginary hill.
Little Woman had found a toddler’s chair and moved it about on the lawn, trying to find the best spot. Once the best spot was found she sat for only a moment and then followed her Daddy around, like a shadow, throwing snow at him while he pushes the drive way.

Once in side with Baby Boy I warmed up in no time. I watched the rest of my little family trudge off to the park to see if the tobogganing hill might have just have enough snow to sled on. As they marched down the back alley, in an adorable straight line, Little Woman sitting upon one of the sleds, pulled by her beloved Daddy, I felt a pinch of jealousy… if Baby Boy wasn’t so sleepy, and so pron to lung issues, I would have been out there in a split second… instead I watched from the window and waved with a very cheerful Baby Boy… he was completely unaware of my jealousy… ‘Bye Bye’ he chirped and smiled over and over…

I sought to take in the romantic scene before me. My oldest three and my wonderful husband walking down a breathtakingly quiet and still back alley, trees covered in thick horror frost, white fences covered in the same stuffed sized snowflakes that cover the ground and the hats and shoulders of my parting loved ones… it was a warm and chilly moment all in one. It was a beautiful and disappointing moment (only for me) all in one.

I realized how wonderful it is that I could be so in love with this family of mine that I would be like an ill child stuck inside on a snow day, terribly jealous and filled with longing to be out and about on this snowy day with my persons!

I sat down on the floor and Baby Boy walked over to me with a swagger in his step and a grin on his face. He took the ball from my hand, that I had picked up pretty much unaware due to a head full of thoughts. ‘DAT’ he blurted out in a big jolly voice, threw the ball across the room and pointed with an eager ‘fetch mama’ kinda look on his face… I grinned in return… as much as I was wishing to be at the toboggan hill I was also thankful I just took part in a teeny tiny moment with my baby!TTFN

Cookie Delivery!

by admin on December 15, 2009 in Domestic Damsel, Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Holiday Messages with 3 Comments

Little Woman loves to help me in the kitchen. I decided to make her holiday extra special and let her prepare and deliver some treats for friends. She made a list of people she wanted to bless and my three year old and I whipped up some ‘old school’ shortbread. It is a Scottish shortbread with barley flour so it has a caramel kinda nutty taste twist… some ended up over cooked but it is the thought… right?

Anyhow, we had great fun wrapping them in plastic wrap and tying them up with Christmas yarn. Delivering was even more fun. She insisted on holding the packages and handing them over with a big ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS’! Priceless stuff! Little Woman almost made it to the end of our delivery route but I ended up handing over the last bag while she napped. It was such lovely fun we will have to do it again next year.

On the way home a little voice asked from the back seat ‘Mama, can we do dishes when we get home?’ OH MY, a girl after my own heart!

(Here’s my girl helping with dishes! She is such a big help!)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

(Here she is crashed under the Christmas tree, she worked so hard today!)

TTFN

And So We Wait For Christmas

by admin on December 11, 2009 in Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Holiday Messages with 3 Comments
It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. ~W.T. Ellis
Let Christmas not become a thing
Merely of merchant’s trafficking,
Of tinsel, bell and holly wreath
And surface pleasure, but beneath
The childish glamour, let us find
Nourishment for soul and mind.
Let us follow kinder ways
Through our teeming human maze,
And help the age of peace to come
From a Dreamer’s martyrdom.
~Madeline Morse

P.S. The kids are having a hard time understanding how long this waiting will last and I didn’t feel inspired by the chocolate boxed advent calendars I saw when shopping… looking for something we can use every year so it has some tradition to it… any ideas where we could find something?

TTFN

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