Sue decided she wanted a unicorn cake for her birthday. Last year, daddy did an impressive 3-D dinosaur. He wanted to just buy a cake this year, but mama got it in her mind that we needed to do this unicorn cake…
Pinterest to the rescue. I found several options. We chose this one.
Posted in blog hops, pinterest, special occassions, special projects, Sue
I am so thankful for my Sue. Four years ago today we welcomed her to our family.
Some quotes from today:
“I think a birthday bouquet would be nice.”
“A special thank you to you mommy, because I know you got me this present.”
Favorite part of her fourth birthday “getting to eat in the living room.”
What a precious wonderful four years it has been.
We love you! Jesus loves you!
Happy Birthday!
For what are you thankful? Come join the count.
Posted in blog hops, multitude mondays, special occassions, Sue
Hubby found this video on You Tube and it deserves lots of sharing!
It is worth the effort to read the subtitles.
Posted in music
For fun, for love of the sound of words, for play, for delight, for joy and celebration at the art of communication.
For only five short, bold, beautiful minutes. Unscripted and unedited. We just write without worrying if it’s just right or not.
Won’t you join us at The Gypsy Mama?
1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
3. Most importantly: leave a comment for the person who linked up before you – encouraging them in their writing!
Today’s Topic:
Grateful
I am grateful for so many things. I am grateful to the Lord for giving me a husband who loves me completely, and three beautiful girls. The doctors had told me for so many years I would never have kids. And here I am with three, the desire for more.
I am grateful for every step I run. 15 hospital stays in 3 years, two a month long each to learn how to walk again, and here I am, running. I’m getting ready to do a 10k (6.2 miles) run next month! I remember teh day I was working so hard in therapy to learn how to walk again. It was slow and not pretty. They had my dog with me. He got bored waiting for me and laid down. He can’t do a whole run with me now.
I am grateful for how far I have come in the last year. Postpartum depression and anxiety was hard. Really hard. Every step hurt my heart and my soul. I don’t even know how many times I asked if I would actually survive it. And I am. Dare, I say I am thriving? Yes, I am. I have so many people to thank for that–my midwife, hubby, friends, family, #ppdchat mamas. So many.
I am so grateful.
What are you grateful for? Come share!
Posted in 5 minute Friday
I truly haven’t forgotten about Weight Loss Wednesday or #workingforlessjunkinthetrunk. Not by a long shot, but today has been crazy. I actually have three things going on right now. Pie and beer bread to make. A house to clean. It’s crazy.
But, a huge plus, my 5 year old just put away all the dishes in dishwasher and rinsed and loaded the dirty dishes. She needed very little help. Wow, wow. Two hours ago that kid was making me crazy. Now, wow, all I can say is wow…
But back to my weight loss journey. I lost another 1.6 pounds this week to bring me to a total of 3.6 lbs for the two weeks I’ve been doing weight watchers. If I can get another good week, I can hit my first 5 lbs lost next week. Talk about motivating. Even with Thanksgiving and a Birthday in that week. I can do it.
Right now I’m trying to decide whether to do my regular apple pie (11 points) or try a weight watchers recipe (6 pts). Or to make the “regular” pie for the family and make a chocolate mousse pie I found that is 6 points for me (and my sister-in-law who is a chocolate lover!). What to do?!
I ran about 2 1/2 miles tonight and plan to get out there tomorrow morning. Friday I am starting a 5 week fitness challenge with a co-worker. I’ve done the challenge once before, but am hoping to hit more of the goals this time.
How are you doing? What are your fitness or diet goals?
Check out other’s plans and thoughts here.
Posted in blog hops, weight loss
I don’t really “get” pinterest. It has never once let me pin something. Not once. But it does let me like things. And I did find some things to like.
And a friend does a pinterest project link up on Tuesdays, so here I am.
Here is my project that fit the bill!
First the girls and I talked about what pilgrims were and why the came here, to be able to worship God freely in the way they chose.
Then the chocolately fun began.
Each hat goes together like this:
One fudge striped cookie, stripe side down, cover with think layer of chocolate frosting, put one miniature reeses peanut butter cup upside down in the center, put small dot of frosting on front center of peanut butter cup, attach a reeses pieces.
And Voila!
Posted in blog hops, holidays, pinterest, special occassions
Posted in blog hops, multitude mondays, special projects
I’m linking up with my friend Jaime again this week.
The Hiccupotamus and The Chuckling Duckling are beautifully written and illustrated children’s books by Aaron Zenz. I would say that even if I didn’t know the author/illustrator…but I do, which makes them even cooler.
I have known Amity, Aaron’s wife, since before they were dating. We went to college together. I remember when they started dating. Then I lived around the corner from their first apartment after they got married. They are an amazing couple! But enough about them, truly the books themselves stand on their own merits.
The Chuckling Duckling is a great book that teaches kids animal names. Names I had never heard, like Cria, which is a baby Llama, and the familiar, puppy, which is a baby dog. The illustrations are spectacular. This book is not only educational, it is cute!
And we can’t forget the Hiccupotamus about a hippo who gets, you guessed it, the hiccups. His hiccups make a mess for a lot of his friends, so they set out to get rid of them…
The art and color in this one is breathtaking. Some of the words are tongue twisters. Trust me, you will love it!
Posted in An Ordinary Mom, blog hops, books
A few weeks ago the girls and I tried to make a play dough recipe I found on-line. Disaster is the only appropriate word. So, I put a call out on twitter and facebook for a recipe that would work. A college friend responded. The girls and I finally tried it today. And it turned out FANTABULOUS. My friend gave me the go ahead to share, so here goes!
This is a no cook recipe so great for doing with the kids. They can help with all of it!
Vinegar Dough
3 cups flour
1 cup water, a bit more if necessary
1 cup salt
1/4 cup oil
2 Tablespoons vinegar
food coloring
Mix all ingredients together, if it is a bit dry, which mine was, add water very gradually after that original cup. It only took a bit to get it just right.
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| Not a bad picture Caitlyn! |
The girls played happily and quietly for quite a while. It was a huge success! And somehow, we managed to make ours the same color as one of the play-doh colors they used to have (found residue in some of the toys).
I have it in a freezer storage bag. I’m curious to see how long it lasts! If it keeps, I think over the holidays, the girls and I will make a few batches for Caitlyn to take to school!
And here’s a link for how to get the food coloring off everyone’s hands (from mixing it, not playing with it)
Posted in kidlets, special projects
You all know how much I love
This lovely lady and her great blog hop were a lifeline when I was searching for reasons to hang on during the depths of postpartum depression and anxiety. It is now my privilege and honor to pray for her family as they walk an extrememly hard journey of brain cancer with their eldest son. Every week I think of pictures I can post, even when Ali is, understandably, unable to post.
And this week I actually wanted to post one from LAST Thanksgiving that popped up on our computer earlier this week. Tpo bad I can’t find it…sigh. I will find it and I will post it, I promise…
Here are some sweet ones…
And then I stumbled upon this blog and her fun hop. I love the idea of linking up some of my posts that got overlooked….
Top 5 Posts:
Head on over and see what others have in their blog!
Posted in 5 favorite posts, blog hops, Saturday Snapshots
