You may remember that last year Ava gave me a time share of her purple nail polish.
This year it was a purple toe ring.
She also made this. It’s our best family portrait yet! Love that girl!
Archive for the ‘Baby Boos’ Category
That Girl
Posted in Baby Boos on July 19, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Jelly fish, ice bergs, and nutella
Posted in Baby Boos, diy, Foodie Goodness on July 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »
several icebergs have appeared lately-
polly pockets, littlest pet shop, hot wheels, and pirates beware
we made good use of some cool beads from Jeanie
smack of jelly fish in my kitchen
oh my where have you been all my life:
just these ingredients to make these, I’m in love- way in love!
Wolf River
Posted in Baby Boos on July 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I played here as a child. My grandparents had a quirky little cabin up the road.
As a teenager, I was baptized here with my little sister. It’s a vivid memory, light spilling into the cold water and the muddy river bed.
Three sisters gave birth to three wild at heart boys, all within a year of each other.
Three sisters, six babies- blessings all.
May they know Light spilling in cold river water and the deep muddy love of family.
Not Today
Posted in Baby Boos on June 19, 2012| 1 Comment »
We tried out an easy-peasy screen print project- but not today.
You take the top of a take out box (bonus- you get take out) and use a pencil to make a design
Paint and press and feel like a crafty, fun mom- Again not today.
Today my sweet children morphed into whine-gizillas. One child kicked me in the shin. Really, kicked me and I did the “oh, nooooo you didn’t” response. Today I feed them lunch of icies and hot dogs at Target’s snack bar. Today I wanted desperately for someone to put me in time-out and down for a nap. Today Ava attempted a chain letter reply- my apologizes to all who receive this! There were tears, ink, and stamps galore and for the record I hate chain letters and email forwardy things- no, really I abhor them! Today I ran away as soon as hubby came home. It was to McAlister’s for a tea and a stack of magazines but still I ran away. Today I wondered who these children were and why their mother hadn’t taught them better manners. Tomorrow I’ll be fun, crafty mom again but for today all bets are off and hallelujah they are in bed!
water and sunshine
Posted in Baby Boos on June 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »
We are so very lucky to live five minutes from a great sprinkle and play area
this grin says it all
on the way to the park, A and G tried to convince me that they were to mature for sprinkle parks
two hours later, they didn’t want to leave
oh that they would soak up every minute of childhood and enjoy them all
Baking Rocks and Taking Names
Posted in Baby Boos, diy on June 14, 2012| 4 Comments »
The rock pile at our house has provided hours and hours of fun for the kiddos. I decided to try baking rocks as mentioned on the Artful Parent site.
Although it sounds like a recipe for disaster, it was quite enjoyable and no one lost an eye!
I baked the rocks at 300 for 10 minutes on a cookie sheet then transferred to these muffin tins. A and G used old crayons to color the tops.
The end result was swirly, impressionistic rock art. Rock on creative kids!
Fudgesicle
Posted in Baby Boos on June 14, 2012| 1 Comment »
Ava was lamenting to Grandmama that we didn’t have any cardboard boxes. Grandmama quickly intervened.
Now Fudgesicle, aka pup-cake, has a proper home complete with doggie chandelier
Nothing Like Legos
Posted in Baby Boos, diy on April 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »
this boy I love, loves Legos
I saw a really cool display idea from Three Paper Peonies:
take a frame and add cute paper
hot glue Lego bases
hang on wall for ever-changing display of Lego goodness
Weekend Round Up- Bacon, Baseball, and Babies
Posted in Baby Boos on April 16, 2012| 1 Comment »
thumbs up for bacon!
many a tea party around here include rabbits
Look, mom, I fixed my own hair
best baby giggles
fierce back yard baseball
Team Thompson
Kristen brought brownies
A brought me flowers from Greenback
tangible truth
Posted in Baby Boos, Ect. on April 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I spent some time over Easter weekend thinking about these blue eyes and the thought processes behind them.
There are many things I hope to teach my children. Good manners, good grammar, and good choices come to mind quickly. I hope they learn to love and love to learn. I hope they find the thing that makes them smile, cling to joy, and become who they are fully. I hope they have a sense of humor and sense of home. And love to read, adore U2, and cook like the children of the south should.
But all the things I want them to know fade against this greater truth:
Christ is Risen!
The world is broken, we are broken, Christ was broken to break sin, and Glory:
Death is Broken!
Christ is Risen!
Ava and Graham if you know nothing else from your mother, know this: Christ is Risen! Therefore always, always have hope.
I love you blue-eyed babies.
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