Posts from — February 2012

Hi. . . just stopping by to say hello. . .

We’ve been sickies at our house. Finally getting over it though. . . . I can’t tell you how ready I am to feel well.

This morning Genevieve helped me make muffins (her first time helping cook) and then we sat and ate them together. It was a good time.

I am making over our dining room chairs that a friend trash picked for me today. It’s about time. He trashed picked them over the summer and they were gross. I’ll show you a picture when I’m done.

Today is Ash Wednesday. Did you know I was raised Catholic? I was. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about Lent lately. I haven’t observed Lent for the past couple of years and I have missed it. Spending time mourning loss and death and sin helps me rejoice on Easter. It’s a celebration and I am looking forward to celebrating.

Okay. . . enough rambling for today. I’ll be back with a for real post soon. Off to spray paint. Happy Wednesday to you!

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Today I am thankful for joy.

Happy Monday! It snowed. I like snow. I’m wishing both babes would nap at the same time so I can go out and shovel (it actually sounds like a good time. . promise!) While this isn’t Genevieve’s first snow. . . it is the first one she was old enough to play in. She didn’t so much play (or move once I set her down) but she did have a great time watching the dogs play.

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Today I am thankful for laughter.

I want to be present in my daughter’s childhood. I am not staying home with her just so we don’t have to pay for childcare. . . I am here with her to engage. To play and to teach. To give her hugs and kisses and time outs too. I am home so it’s me to scoop her up when she falls and laugh when she is silly. I love my job.

But sometimes I forget. I forget that these precious moments I won’t get back. I forget that she will only be 15 months old for one month. She might only tell her ball to sit (it’s really funny people) a thousand times a day for two days. One day she will grow up and become self conscious about dancing around to songs that come on during a commercial. Too soon the day will come when she doesn’t want to play with me. When she doesn’t need me to get her a drink because she will be able to do it herself. And I don’t want to miss it.

But I forget. I get lazy and would rather veg out. I get busy and want to cross things off my list. I forget. Dirty floors will still be there tomorrow, but my daughter might not tell her ball to sit anymore.

So I am working on it. Working on engaging every day. Working on stepping away from the computer. Away from my ‘work’. Sitting on the floor and playing.

A few days ago I pretended my floors were not dirty (and they sure were, please forgive the shameful amount of dust and dog hair on them in the photos) and we worked on a project together. We peeled the crayon wrappers (read- I peeled crayon wrappers and she spread the wrappers all over the room) and broke them up and divided them into a muffin tin. I baked them to melt them down and make big crayons that Genevieve can actually hold onto. After they hardened we colored. We’ve been doing a lot of coloring :)

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Today I am thankful for grace I don’t deserve.

Whew. . .I’m back. Last week was the kind of week where I had to break from everything that wasn’t necessary- sorry blogging hits the ‘not necessary’ list! I am glad to be moving on to a new week. :)

Last weekend we took Genevieve to the Wichita Art Museum. If you are local the art museum is free on Saturdays and has a great kiddo area. Even just walking around, there are so many things to look at that our children don’t encounter anywhere else it is pretty easy to keep their attention. We had an especially good time showing Genevieve the Chihuly glass. There are two installations - one is hanging and one is inside of a glass bridge you can take your shoes off and walk out onto.

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Today I am thankful. That’s it. Just thankful.