Home Sweet Home! by The Pioneer Woman
6 years ago
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Oh So Thankful Photo Project #8
I am thankful for the little stud in my life who is the best big brother a little girl could ask for. He is loud and funny, but tender-hearted and caring. Best of all, even after all the legos and play guns and everything else 'boy' he still wants to cuddle with his mommy.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Oh So Thankful Photo Project Day #7
Today I am thankful for this firey, dramatic, mother hen of a little girl. She flips out at the drop of a hat, but if anyone is hurting, needs a friend or just a little bit of encouragement she is the girl for the job. Her huge heart for others melts mine. And how can this face not make you smile?!?!
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| After the poor thing fell riding her bike (I also can't take credit for this photo, my friend Lacey took it, but I love it) |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Oh So Thankful Picture Project Day #6
Today (even though it is pretty much over) I am very tahnkful for my right and ability to vote, but mostly for the men and women who fought to defend that right.
I am also thankful that voting today means an end to all the politcal garbage on my TV, in my mailbox and on Facebook (but that is a distant 2nd to my first statement).
I am also thankful that voting today means an end to all the politcal garbage on my TV, in my mailbox and on Facebook (but that is a distant 2nd to my first statement).
Monday, November 5, 2012
Oh So Thankful
OK, so a photography site I belong to, ClickinMoms, is doing a little photo project this month of a picture every day of what you are thankful for. I am WAY behind on the other posts I need to write, but I am joining this bandwagon first! I am a little slow on getting started on this too, but here we go!
I am so very thankful for my messy-faced, just-turned-3, baby girl and the laughter (and, yes, even frustration) she brings to my everyday!
I am so very thankful for my messy-faced, just-turned-3, baby girl and the laughter (and, yes, even frustration) she brings to my everyday!
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
A Diva Too Soon
My little four-and-a-half-year-old is a diva already. She loves to pick out her clothes, wear lots of jewelry, have her toes and nails painted and we won't even begin to talk about the shoes.
Most of all she loves to have her hair done. She has the most gorgeous hair to play with and pin up and braid and just about anything else. She is one blessed little girl. But lately she has decided that the curls were getting a little mundane.
Since I straighten my hair quite frequently (I do not have pretty curls, rather sporatic ones) she has been begging me to straighten her hair as well. I put it off for quite some time, reminding her that her hair is beautiful and God made her to have pretty curls. Well, I couldn't come up with an excuse to tell her no the other day when she asked. I was straightening my hair and we didn't have anywhere to be for a while so we had the time.
Here she is. I am not a big fan. For one, it makes her look way too grown up and two her hair is definitely textured for curls - not straight - it wouldn't lay quite right. Nonetheless, she is still my beautiful, freckle-faced, redhead.
Most of all she loves to have her hair done. She has the most gorgeous hair to play with and pin up and braid and just about anything else. She is one blessed little girl. But lately she has decided that the curls were getting a little mundane.
Since I straighten my hair quite frequently (I do not have pretty curls, rather sporatic ones) she has been begging me to straighten her hair as well. I put it off for quite some time, reminding her that her hair is beautiful and God made her to have pretty curls. Well, I couldn't come up with an excuse to tell her no the other day when she asked. I was straightening my hair and we didn't have anywhere to be for a while so we had the time.
Here she is. I am not a big fan. For one, it makes her look way too grown up and two her hair is definitely textured for curls - not straight - it wouldn't lay quite right. Nonetheless, she is still my beautiful, freckle-faced, redhead.
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| She, however, thought her straight hair was the best thing ever. :) |
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Is it Zoo Late?
OK. Sorry for the corny title. I couldn't resist.
Labor Day weekend (see what I mean by late!?!?!) was an exciting one for our family. Not only did cousin's come down to visit that we didn't get to see all summer, but we had an entire three days to spend with them for the holiday. Even better yet, we didn't have anything planned so we were able to just hang out at Grandma and Grandpa's all weekend.
The kids had a ton of fun and did a lot of romping around and creating and digging. Sadly, mommy failed and took absolutely no pictures. (Seriously, what is wrong with me?) They love to play out in the horse pasture where there is a little circle of trees where they have created a little 'clubhouse'. Evidently, this weekend they discovered few exciting things around their clubhouse and spent almost the entire time digging up dinosaur bones (aka horse bones from one that grandpa buried back there). They thought it was the coolest thing ever, I was quite grossed out.
The dinosaur discovery could only be beat by one thing. A Husker win. OK, I kid. While the adults were glad for the win, the kids were uninterested. The most exciting part of the whole weekend came when Aunt J brought a big wrapped (black with white polka dots and a big red bow) box into the room at half time of the game. She handed each family a little gift bag and grandma and grandpa the box. Grandma and grandpa opened the box to reveal a Mickey Mouse balloon that floated up to the ceiling. Inside our bags where Mickey Mouse Dry Erase boards that said "102 Days 'til Disney" on them. There was a little description card in every one's gift as well with a picture of Mickey wearing a Santa hat. The card explained that their fabulous Aunt J had bought us all a trip to Disney World for Christmas this year!
I think I was more excited than the kids at first only because none of our kids really had any idea what Disney World really was. After we broke out the informational video of what it really was and what was all there, all chaos broke loose! It was so exciting it brought tears to my eyes. To see them so thrilled and looking forward to something was so heart warming. I can't begin to tell Aunt J thank you enough. This is something we hoped to do for our kids in the future, but would have had to save for a long time to be able to afford it. This gift will fulfil that dream without zapping our pocket books. It is so generous, it also brought tears to my eyes.
We have made a paper chain to count down the days until we leave. Currently we are at . Miss Thumb Sucker seems to be the most excited (which surprises me because I figured she wouldn't quite get it fully). But she says "thank you that we get to go to Disney World" every time we pray and tells everyone we see that we get to go. I have been doing a lot of research online to figure out all the ins and outs and can't wait!!!!
Now onto the zoo pun. After the fun of the weekend and cousins and Disney, we got to cap it off with a 4 day break (teacher in-service at school and my daycare parent's were nice enough to give me the day off)! We made a trek to the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo. It was a tad hot (understatement), but there was hardly anyone there and we were able to see whatever we wanted. We just mostly hopped from one air conditioned building to the next. Daddy would argue that the ACs weren't even keeping up very well as most of the buildings weren't all that cool either.
But we still had a great time and hope to make it back one more time this fall. I did remember to take my camera to the zoo. :)
Labor Day weekend (see what I mean by late!?!?!) was an exciting one for our family. Not only did cousin's come down to visit that we didn't get to see all summer, but we had an entire three days to spend with them for the holiday. Even better yet, we didn't have anything planned so we were able to just hang out at Grandma and Grandpa's all weekend.
The kids had a ton of fun and did a lot of romping around and creating and digging. Sadly, mommy failed and took absolutely no pictures. (Seriously, what is wrong with me?) They love to play out in the horse pasture where there is a little circle of trees where they have created a little 'clubhouse'. Evidently, this weekend they discovered few exciting things around their clubhouse and spent almost the entire time digging up dinosaur bones (aka horse bones from one that grandpa buried back there). They thought it was the coolest thing ever, I was quite grossed out.
The dinosaur discovery could only be beat by one thing. A Husker win. OK, I kid. While the adults were glad for the win, the kids were uninterested. The most exciting part of the whole weekend came when Aunt J brought a big wrapped (black with white polka dots and a big red bow) box into the room at half time of the game. She handed each family a little gift bag and grandma and grandpa the box. Grandma and grandpa opened the box to reveal a Mickey Mouse balloon that floated up to the ceiling. Inside our bags where Mickey Mouse Dry Erase boards that said "102 Days 'til Disney" on them. There was a little description card in every one's gift as well with a picture of Mickey wearing a Santa hat. The card explained that their fabulous Aunt J had bought us all a trip to Disney World for Christmas this year!
I think I was more excited than the kids at first only because none of our kids really had any idea what Disney World really was. After we broke out the informational video of what it really was and what was all there, all chaos broke loose! It was so exciting it brought tears to my eyes. To see them so thrilled and looking forward to something was so heart warming. I can't begin to tell Aunt J thank you enough. This is something we hoped to do for our kids in the future, but would have had to save for a long time to be able to afford it. This gift will fulfil that dream without zapping our pocket books. It is so generous, it also brought tears to my eyes.
We have made a paper chain to count down the days until we leave. Currently we are at . Miss Thumb Sucker seems to be the most excited (which surprises me because I figured she wouldn't quite get it fully). But she says "thank you that we get to go to Disney World" every time we pray and tells everyone we see that we get to go. I have been doing a lot of research online to figure out all the ins and outs and can't wait!!!!
Now onto the zoo pun. After the fun of the weekend and cousins and Disney, we got to cap it off with a 4 day break (teacher in-service at school and my daycare parent's were nice enough to give me the day off)! We made a trek to the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo. It was a tad hot (understatement), but there was hardly anyone there and we were able to see whatever we wanted. We just mostly hopped from one air conditioned building to the next. Daddy would argue that the ACs weren't even keeping up very well as most of the buildings weren't all that cool either.
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| I love this shot I got of the new Jellyfish display |
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| Hmmmm. Wonder what she is thinking? |
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| I always knew my family belonged here.... ;) |
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| We always end the day with an ice cream cone! Miss Thumb Sucker and Noisy Man decided silly faces were necessary for their picture. |
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Bring On Fall
Saturday morning felt like fall. Even if it didn't last too long, we thoroughly enjoyed it! We had a fun family day playing and picking and cheering.
I went for a run (only my 4th since catching bronchitis a month ago as it is still effecting my runs, with rattling in my chest as I breathe and coughing spells. Hoping I can kick this soon.) wearing a long sleeve shirt and loved it. It was such a gorgeous morning to bask in the sun along the trail and breathe in the cool air (even if my lungs still screamed at me).
After I was done with my very short run we trekked out to a friend's place with 300+ apple trees, chickens and peacocks! It was a day on the farm for my kids and they loved every minute of it! We picked 75 pounds of apples, fed the chickens, gathered eggs and even hand-shelled corn.
The day ended with what is usually a great fall occasion, but since the Huskers lost it was not quite so enjoyable. But, a bad day of Husker football is still better than a day with no Huskers at all in my book. It gave me a good reason to sit and peel/core/slice apples too. The first batch of apple butter is in the crock pot!
Ahhhh. I love fall!
I went for a run (only my 4th since catching bronchitis a month ago as it is still effecting my runs, with rattling in my chest as I breathe and coughing spells. Hoping I can kick this soon.) wearing a long sleeve shirt and loved it. It was such a gorgeous morning to bask in the sun along the trail and breathe in the cool air (even if my lungs still screamed at me).
After I was done with my very short run we trekked out to a friend's place with 300+ apple trees, chickens and peacocks! It was a day on the farm for my kids and they loved every minute of it! We picked 75 pounds of apples, fed the chickens, gathered eggs and even hand-shelled corn.
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| A sunny morning + lots of trees = bad lighting for pictures. |
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| I was shocked that Miss Thumb Sucker would go in the chicken house. Even after a hen flew right past her and scared her, she still stuck it out to find more eggs. |
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| They all had a blast shelling the corn to feed the chickens |
The day ended with what is usually a great fall occasion, but since the Huskers lost it was not quite so enjoyable. But, a bad day of Husker football is still better than a day with no Huskers at all in my book. It gave me a good reason to sit and peel/core/slice apples too. The first batch of apple butter is in the crock pot!
Ahhhh. I love fall!
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