Here we are on Tuesday

hanging out our home. Although we were showered and had bread baking in the oven by 7 am, we are still currently wearing jammies. It is now 11 am and we have just finished eating the freshed baked bread topped with peanut butter. Yummy!!! We left a mere 1/4 of the loaf left to be nibbled throughout the day. While bread was baking we did a bit of cutting, gluing, and coloring. And, as I write, nurse, and giggle at the babe in my arms, two others are taking more time than I ever thought possible to color a few animal heads that will soon be masks. Have you ever googled, "felt animal ear patterns"? Well, I did and there is not a lot to be excited about. Sooo...my idea is to have the kiddos color the paper masks to their liking, scan and print onto printable fabric, attach to a thick wool felt, add elastic, and ta da!!!, 6 new masks for my 4 kiddos to play with. And, now I am off to continue on with the fun of our day.

Today

i have a baby sleeping across my lap. I am typing in rhythm to her soft little sounds of breathing in and out with a stuffed nose. The sound of Lego's being played with drifts in and out as the kids find the perfect piece to adorn their creations. Footsteps of kids heading up and down the stairs to begin this new day are heard. I sit here and bask in the love that I have each and every morning with my family. I truly love mornings with coffee in my quite office and my computer. I frequently come in here to begin our days. I love to sip, read, and listen to the sounds of my children also beginning their day. To another beginning.

Where my little ones are

I keep coming back to this spot to write, however, "life" is very much into interrupting these days. Right now life is a lil' babe who is now dipping her toes into the english language, "Ai--Chai, Na Na Na--Banana, Iss Iss--Kiss". My sweet and sour three year old is a ballerina by day and a kung fu master by night. No joke. A six year old boy, who has just discovered team sports--flag football, and what it is sweat like a man. Eleven is quite busy trying out an array of acitivities, in hopes of falling in love with one of them. Right now she is perfecting her swimming and taking a stab at Irish Dancing. Oh, boy does the dancing look like alot of fun!!! I am really enjoying watching her. I am off to lay my head upon my pillow. Good night to all my little ones who have already been asleep for two hours.

collect : a letter.

collect : a letter.

I chuckled out loud to myself as I read this. And than quickly decided to share my thoughts. Because, if I were to wait too long, I would not. Well, if you know me and have visited my home, you would know that it is nearly falling over and it does indeed have a claw foot tub. So, why in the world would my family and I have decided this is where we would call home. We call it home so we can make our lives that much more abundant in other areas. We yearn to have more time with each other exploring our world. Really, it is that simple, but with any thought it gets much more intricate and a lot more meaningful. I am blessed to have made it to this very place. It has been a journey well traveled that I hope will make many more stops along the way.

Vintage Swaps

Vintage Swaps

This is my second time to take part in the Vintage Swap. My third swap actually. I was so inspired by the article in Mothering Magazine recently, about 3 blogging moms, who do a ton of crafting with their littles. I quickly became sucked into the underworld of these women's lives and many others. I was led to shivayanaturals.com, whom happens to be the creator of The Vintage Swap. I felt right at home partaking in such a swap. Well, it was a pretty long road to this very happy place, but today it is home.

My Dear Husband

has inspired me to pick up this blog once again. It is definitely a work in progress. Throughout our days I find myself thinking of all of the things I could blog about and than I do not put my fingers to the keyboard and do it. We do things around here, some cool, some not so cool, but it is my goal to put them in words in front of me to remind me of what it is we actually do get done around here. Thank you Mr. Hill once again for coming to my aid when I did not even know I needed it. Smooches to you and clink of the keyboards we are off running with our families two blogs.

Today I am Thankful for...

-Jason having emplyoment in these difficult times.
-Coral arriving home safely.
-Nishan generously giving Lillitha a toy he recieved in a Kids Meal so she would not be sad.
-Lillitha waking up and playing with Zari to give momma a few extra moments of sleep.
-Zari taking a nice, long, peaceful nap.
-To be following through with one of my many goals...documenting something I am thankful for each day.