I'm Smilin' !!!!

road trip = knitting time

75 degrees! need I say more?

sweet face!

sweet cheeks!

and wigly toes on the way home

Hope you all had as lovely a weekend as we!

A Sweet Moment...

...now that I have come out of my sugar induced coma , thanks to none other then the above pictured marshmallows dipped in melted chocolate chips...

maybe I really can survive the rest of this crazy cold weather.

It was so great to have a few "sweet" moments with just one boy. I have had a very hard time as of late feeling like I am doing well connecting one on one with my six little sweet hearts. And I have been searching high and low to find a fun and meaning filled some thing to share with them...

I have come to see lately that All six of them have a very different way of giving and receiving love, attention, affection, how you want to say it...

Kid numero Uno ...( you'll understand my use of espaniol in a momento)

...Well He IS quirky and fun. He loves to take things apart put them back together, likes being crafty in sewing and reusing what ever he can get his "paws" on. Paws that's the "quirky" part at any given moment he could be Him or any animal you can think up, real or not.

Kid numero Dos...very active brainy. And most of the time simple to please. Happy to be your right hand buddy in just about any task from cleaning to building. See? short and simple!

Kid numero Trace....Hey and his name is even Trace how "funny" is that! ( just a little play on words)

And boy is He Funny! He loves to make you laugh with a good joke and dance with you till your dizzy.

Little miss number 4! She is for sure the diamond in the rough (she being the Diamond and the 5 Rough boys :-)
She loves to play little mommy yet still loves to play knights in battle with "her boys" as she calls them.

And then my Sunny little number 5! Just 2 and so willing to play with any and all. He will cuddle for the reading of book after book after book...And man can he Shake the house will his Jolly Jumping!

Last but definitely not the least is Baby #6! He turns 9 months on Friday :-( I love that he is growing up. But time just seems to move faster and faster. At the moment he is still mostly entertained by watching the others. But I know all too well that won't last for long. Very soon we will start to see his dreams and hear his joys.

And isn't that what life is all about? Seeing and enjoying what is right here at our finger tips! Every thing from Marshmallows to Quirky. Brainy to Dizzying. Lovely to Jolly.

That is a lot more then I started out wanting to say. But there you have it. The beautiful uniqueness of all my children.

May I be filled with all the creativity it takes to love each of them as they should be loved.

The BEAUTIFUL UNIQUE THEM!

p.s. in case any one wanted it the hat I am knittng is here . So fun and a nice simple knit for any busy mama! And I so love her blog!

This Moment!

this is my moment inspired by this

Sorry I tried the one picture thing bu they were both so cute

Thoughtful Thursday...

(Emile Munier 1840-1895)
...even when my "world" (simple as it is) threatens to drown me...I just dive in deeper and say... THIS is MY WORLD and I will strive to Enjoy Every thing it sends my way...

Pink! Pink! I love Pink!

...I really truelly do like pink. I also really like haveing a little girl to knit pink things for...

Good Morning World

( I woke up with a whole flock of these in a tree outside my kitchen window)

Snow!!!!!

Snow how I Love Thee!

Let me count the ways...

1) Your Beautiful white color makes the sunshine look so brilliant

2) You have the ability to draw the young and not so young out into 20 something temperatures

3) How you keep us all out in those below freezing temps for hours

4) And You keep us out there just long enough to need a warm cup of cocoa when we come in (not that we really need a reason for cocoa)

5) I love they way your dusty flakes get tossed about by a gentle breeze and sparkle in the sun

Oh how I Love Snow!

Fun Little "Frosty"

We shall call his name Frosty...
...and he shall be our snow man!

...TIME!...

(hand sewn by Dallas for some one special, he also took the picture)
...take a moment and remember why we celebrate...this year we are focusing on TIME together...that is the best gift you can give or get...time with some one you care about...time helping...time loveing...time playing...So if any of you see that "Empty" place in your stocking...just remember some of the best gifts you can not see... maybe that invisable gift is Time...