a little ART CAN'T HURT

some days you just feel blessed

Love well. Dream big.

Guilt is a wasted emotion.
Being a mother now doesn't mean abandoning the woman you were before.
Smile at a stranger, and mean it.
Pretty flowers wilt and fade.
Warm hearts last forever.
Do something outside your comfort zone - and do it with abandon.
Talk to your kids like you would want them to talk to you.
Be real and in the moment.
Having it all does not necessarily mean all at once.

The best day of your life hasn't necessarily aready happened. 

photo by whimsical rubbish

We found out last week that my mom is STILL in remission!

Her hair is growing back and she has more energy than ever!

Truly one more reason to give praise!

school project fun

As a parent you're sometimes forced to stand back and let your little birds fly.

Heidi had a project for class to make four pages telling about herself.

She described to me what she wanted to do and I helped her, all the while trying not to do it FOR her. 

Isn't that always the tough part? We made it work though.

 

I was so proud! She worked so hard and was such the little perfectionist!

It was my job to draw a line around the part of the photo she wanted to cut out.

Then she just cut along that line. We got a pretty good system going!

Heidi was to list things that she likes to do and things that make her happy.

She listed things like Miss Miller, swimming, drawing, God and her family.

Makes a momma proud!

Heidi's family page was so full!

I did my best to find pics of all of the people she wanted to include but where photos weren't handy she worked her drawing mojo! And then the gluing began!

I think that section of our table has a permanent layer of gluestick on it now...oh the things we suffer for our creative bugs! (and do tables REALLY matter? nah!)

What makes you happy? 

What would your pages look like?

progress

This winter the kiddos played a lot outside. 

We've even gotten the soccer balls out when there's snow on the ground!

But I didn't expect them to be in the fort so much over the winter.

After all, there's no electricity or lights in the fort.

Yet...

...keep following the underground wire and...

Very soon there will be a lightswitch here!

Look at all the sheetrock dust!

Hubby and Grandpa Jim were quite busy on Saturday. 

Can you tell? And more work to be done tomorrow.

I can't wait to show you what's next!

day two of spring

Today is the day when bold kites fly,

When cumulus clouds roar across the sky.
When robins return, when children cheer,
When light rain beckons spring to appear.

Today is the day when daffodils bloom,
Which children pick to fill the room,
Today is the day when grasses green,
When leaves burst forth for spring to be seen.

Mamie just finished a poetry section in class and we had the most wonderful time going to her classroom on the day of their Poetry Cafe and listening to all of the poems they wrote. It has made me more aware of the little poems that we run across from time to time and all too often overlook. 

I happened upon the poem 'Spring' by Robert McCracken and it made me smile.

Such simple words that conjure up such beautiful memories.

And reminds us sweetly of what is just around the bend.

Enjoy!

i'm here

wow. long absence.

no one explanation to give. busy living life in the present, i guess.

i'm back now.

and my mobile is done and sent to sunny CA!

i filled 10 decorated bottle caps with miniature words of inspiration.

very tiny - 4 point type to be exact.

then i attached a magnifying glass so they could be read.

customized the mobile for Carol & her husband Jeff

her blog is so darn cute!

so that was my first swap and it was fun! 

will post pics very soon of the sweet mobile i received.

but for now these few pics will have to do.

more sharing soon!