Thursday, January 27, 2011

Sweet sleep...

Last night was just lovely! I slept through the night and didn't wake up once! I always wake up several times in the night... Crying kids, barking dogs, weird noises...but last night was peaceful and quiet! Thanks to my mom for taking Nathan for a sleepover! Every time she comes for a visit and has to leave, he tries to go with her. We finally started letting him go on occasion, and he loves it! He usually doesn't want to come home!

I better take advantage of the next few hours, cuz when he gets home, that's it. It's all about Nathan!



Scrapping, here I come!!

Monday, January 24, 2011

tRUe LoVE....

is when your husband parks the car, gazes into your eyes, and sings Bruno Mars "Just the way you are" to you.

<3 I LOVE him! <3

Friday, January 21, 2011

Yard work. Yay.

Today we spent the afternoon trying to clean up the backyard.  I thought it would be a nice surprise for Gary.  Turns out, there were a LOT more leaves on the ground than I had anticipated.  :( Blah.

After getting them into two GIANT piles, I started sucking them up with the leaf blower only to discover that the waste barrel was over half full. I sucked away anyway and emptied the leaf blower bag 4 times until that barrel was full to the brim.  Guess when the city comes to empty the waste barrel? Next Friday.  Cause they came by this morning and I didn't have it out there.. So maybe I will try again in a week.  Or maybe not.  I love you babe, but yardwork sucks.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Creative juices are flowing!

Today I got to spend a lot of time scrap scrap scrappin!  I had a ball.  There are little bits of paper and ribbon all over the place but I loved every second of it!  I am in the middle of putting my niece's baby shower invitations together and I think they came out pretty cute!  I also turned an ordinary brown lunchbag into a super cute gift sack!  I can't wait to make Valentine holders for Natalie's teachers!


I love to create and I can't wait to do some more!!!

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Nathan loves to help do chores! I wonder how long this will last!!

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

She is my Sunshine

I registered my beautiful daughter for Kindergarten this week.  Where has the time gone???  I remember bringing her home from the hospital just yesterday!  Has it really been almost 5 years? She was so excited when I picked her up from her pre-k class and told her that I had gone to her new school to turn in all her kindergarten paperwork.  She lit up when I handed her a paper bag full of goodies...a new pencil with a pink eraser on top, a pair of safety scissors, a bookmark and crayons of course.  I told her there was a special workbook, too, full of activities that she can do.  She beamed, and I wanted to cry.  How can something so soft and tiny and precious grow so quickly into a sunny, funny girl?  As I choke back tears, she spreads her wings...standing on the brink of her childhood, gazing brightly into a world full of possibilities.  I can't help but think how quickly it is passing by.  She is my sunshine, a blessing from above, and I love watching her grow.