I Heart Faces Week 2

Here is my week 2 submission for the I Heart Faces website. Go visit their site and see the beautiful faces.

My poor mom......now I get it

My brothers and I used to drive our mom crazy with the whining, bickering, arguing, fighting, etc. and now I get it. It seems like every 5 minutes I am breaking up a disagreement, dealing with rotten behavior, and trying to make Peyton and Liam work it out by themselves. We have very cold temperatures so it's hard to get out and play. The kids are cooped up inside and although they are doing a pretty good job of entertaining themselves, every few minutes someone is yelling. UGH! I'm really glad it's Friday and that Mark will be home all weekend. We may have to brave the weather and force them to go outside!

It's a jammies day for the kids. They are both still in their pj's and loving it. I don't let them do that often, but today I just didn't feel like making them change. I need to think about lunch and then put them down for rests/ nap!

Button craft

A few Sundays ago we were sitting in church near a young lady who works with our youth. As we were greeting each other Peyton noticed her bracelet, a cute one made of buttons. Peyton sighed and said, "I want a button bracelet." I bought some stretchy craft cord and used a bunch of old buttons that had been sitting around the house. This was a fun and fairly easy project. The hardest thing was that my buttons were all different sizes which made it a bit curly in places. Peyton was so excited when she saw it and keeps pointing out her favorite buttons.

My new obsession

Since learning how to crochet, I have been thinking about all of the projects I want to make. I am working on a felted bag right now and then a hat for Mark. I also have leftover yarn from making Peyton's hat and so I might make another one like that one to give away. I just finished my first big project, one I'll reveal later. It was a labor of love and I had such fun making it. It's interesting that the women of my grandmother's generation sewed, knitted, crocheted, etc, and that I never had to learn these skills. I wish I had learned them, but I had no interest until recently. One of my friends keeps telling me that I could learn how to sew, but I think that may be beyond me. I get flustered trying to read an "easy" crochet pattern. I can't imagine how hard learning to cut out and sew an item of clothing would be!

So sweet

Some silly faces

My children are just plain silly. Their dad calls them "weirdies" and it's true. Peyton used to really cheese it up for the camera and then she got really annoyed when I tried to take her picture and she would turn her head or run away. Liam had a very short ham-for-the-camera phase and now he either gets mad and wants me to put the camera away, or he wants to take a silly picture and see it.

Liam has a really nasty cold. I took him to the doctor today to make sure it wasn't anything serious and it's just a cold. I can't give him anything but Ibuprofen and Benadryl. I just gave him the Benadryl and he fell asleep for his nap in about 30 seconds! I hope he gets some restful sleep so we can get up and go get Peyton. I have a baby shower tonight and then Peyton starts her second dance class tomorrow!

"Beat your family up"

"Beat your family up" is a quote from Elizabeth George. I am currently doing a 10 week Bible study that is based on her book, "A Woman After God's Own Heart." She suggests spending early time in prayer and Bible study. I am NOT a morning person, not at all. In fact, I have been known to be incredibly cranky and ugly first thing in the morning. I heard her suggestion and promptly ignored it. I figured as long as I was doing my Bible study sometime during the day, well that was good enough. I had been spending the kid's rest time reading and praying, but one ear was always listening for the kids.

SO after feeling convicted and thinking a lot about "beating my family up" in the morning, I decided to give it a try. I got up early Friday and spent some time in prayer and Bible study and it was great. Yes, I was tired and yes, I wasn't particularly thrilled when my alarm went off, but it was such a peaceful and calm way to start my day and I noticed that the day went better. So as much as I hate getting up, I am going to try to make this a daily appointment that I can't miss. I don't think I'll beat myself up if I miss once in a while, but if I can focus on going to bed a bit earlier than 11 or midnight, then I think I can make this last!