Our Three Words…

November 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment

My week in three words:

It’s been a fairly stressful week for all of our family members (except for the boys and me on our Lazy Day Tuesday J). But I am going to look at our week through the positive lens of thankfulness.

Dan

I am thankful for a husband that is a hard worker and is able to balance all he has to balance and do it well. Dan is so stressed right now. He has had more to do this month than is really possible to do, but he is somehow getting it done. He wrote about that on his blog here. Actually I do know how he is getting it done- his complete faith in God. I am so thankful that I have a husband with a strong faith.

I’m also thankful that I have a husband that really cares for me and actually reads my blog and leaves sweet comments. J

D3
I am thankful that D3 is such a thoughtful boy. Every time that he has gotten a piece of candy out of his Halloween bag, he has gotten a piece for the entire family. He wants to share what he has and that warms my heart.

I am thankful also, that even though D3 is going through a bit of a hard time at the moment (maybe thanks to the above mentioned sugar high) and his Momma has had to fuss at him this week, he still writes things like this:


translation: I Love you Mommy Everyday

Blue
I am thankful for my sweet baby who is going through the terrible twos hard core, but still loves to gives hugs and kisses to anyone that will receive them

I’m thankful for a little guy who works so hard with his play and immediately wants to run to me and show me. His newest thing is to come running up to me with his latest block creation and say “Wow” so that I will rave about his awesome tower!

I am so thankful for all these boys that I get to share my life with.

Have a great weekend!!

Filed Under: Our Three Words, Thanksgiving

The Next Food Network Star?

November 13, 2008 By 1 Comment

So, who is this little fellow that I found at my house the other morning?

I this baby B or Guy Fieri?

I’m not sure. J

Filed Under: Randomness, The kiddos

Lazy day…

November 12, 2008 By 6 Comments

We had such a wonderfully lazy day yesterday. We were all home from school (minus Dan- he still had school), and had a pajama day as D3 called it. We stayed in, I read my book most of the day, wasted some time on the internet, watched the boys play in the backyard, fed them 3 meals with some snacks- and that was about it! I can’t tell you the last time I’ve had a day like that. You really can’t plan a lazy day when you have kids- they usually have another agenda- but today, I think we all needed a rest. B even took a four hour nap! And still went to bed on time.

Not before wanting me to read all of these books, however.

Seven in all. He has now joined the ranks of his Mom, Dad, and big brother in a love for books. And I read them all, by the way. I’m such a sucker for a kid that will sit there and listen to a book.

After I read B his books, I went back to finish reading mine:

Apparently I still have a bit of a seventeen year old girl living in me, because I love this book. I zoomed through it in less than a week and I’m off today to buy the second in the series. Yes, it’s about vampires, and no I didn’t think I would like to read about vampires, but really it’s a love story.

The movie comes out next week and hopefully I can con talk Dan into seeing it over Thanksgiving break. J Maybe the word vampire will stand out to him if he reads this and not the words love story.

Have a great Wednesday!!

Filed Under: Being a Mommy, Randomness, The kiddos, What we're reading

Thanksgiving: Kid Cookies (adult, too!)…

November 11, 2008 By 5 Comments

We got D3′s Tom the Turkey done. He decided to disguise his turkey as a pirate. I thought it turned out pretty cute.


And continuing with some ever-so-lovely Thanksgiving ideas. ;) Here are some super-cute cookies.

Pilgrim Hats:

Dip top of small peanut butter cup in yellow frosting. Put the cup over center hole of a fudge-striped cookie, forming the hatband and crown. Add a buckle of Chiclets gum.

Here are three versions of a turkey:


Pipe chocolate frosting on outer edge of half of sugar cookie. (Use a ziplock bag with the end tip cut off as a piping bag) Place candy corn on top of frosting as feathers. Pipe orange decorating icing onto each cookie to resemble turkey face and feet. Use orange icing to attach candy-coated chocolate baking bits to turkey face for eyes. Pipe black decorating gel on baking bits for centers of eyes.


Take 1 double stuff Oreo apart and place another whole Oreo on it’s side, sticking to cream. In front of the Oreo on its side, place a malted-milk ball for the turkeys head. Place candy corn, points down, in between the Oreo cookie that is standing on it’s side for feathers. Use decorating gel for eyes and to attach half candy corn piece for beak.


Cover one side of Oreo with chocolate frosting. Attach the malted milk ball (turkey body) near the center of the cookie. Arrange candy corn pieces on chocolate frosting with the wide end of candy along the outer edge. Put a large dab of frosting above the malt ball (turkey head). Push the side of the red M&M into this as the wattle. Push orange M&M’s (feet) into frosting below body.

And a Cornucopia:

Use a half graham cracker as a base. Use frosting or peanut butter to adhere a bugle to the cracker. Fill with Trix cereal fruit pieces.

(You can click on the pictures of the cookies to find the original recipe).

 

Filed Under: Fall, Preschool, Seasonal Themes, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving

Sunday Prayer…

November 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment

A Prayer for Children

We pray for children
who put chocolate fingers everywhere,
who like to be tickled,
who stomp in puddles and ruin their new pants,
who sneak popsicles before supper,
who can never find their shoes.

And we pray for those
who stare at photographers from behind barbed wire,
who can’t bound in the street in a new pair of sneakers,
who never go to the circus
who live in an X-rated world.

We pray for the children
who bring us fistfuls of dandelions,
who sleep with the dog,
who hug us in a hurry and forget their lunch money,
who cover themselves with Band-Aids and sing off-key,
who squeeze toothpaste all over the sink.

And we pray for those
who never get dessert,
who have no safe blanket to drag behind them,
who watch their parents watch them die,
who can’t find any bread to steal,
whose pictures aren’t on anybody’s dresser,
whose monsters are real.

We pray for the children
who spend their allowance before Tuesday,
who throw tantrums at the grocery store and pick at their food,
who shove dirty clothes under the bed,
who get visits from the Tooth Fairy,
who don’t like to be kissed in front of the carpool,
who squirm in church,
whose tears we sometimes laugh at and
whose smiles can make us cry.

We pray for those
whose nightmares come in the daytime,
who will eat anything,
who aren’t spoiled by anybody,
who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep.

We pray for children who want to be carried
and for those who must,
for those we never give up on and
for those who don’t get a second chance.
for those we smother…

and for those who will grab the hand of anybody kind enough to offer it.

~ Ina J. Hughes

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