Wow. Watching a gaggle of (3 and) 4 and 5 year olds nervously performing in front of a room of strangers for the FIRST TIME is nothing short of awesome. Especially when one of those beauties is your very own. I was chock full of pride.
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Yes, Wes is wearing a girl’s snowsuit. Yes, it was once Jaia’s. Yes, he will likely be embarrassed about it in the years to come. Excellent. 🙂
December 20, 2010 - 2:42 pm
I love it!!       Ok. We’ve been busy. So busy. TOO busy. And not the good kind of busy. Let me just say this: Moving sucks. It sucks for everyone but add in an almost 4 year old and a 6 month old and it takes it to a new level of sucky. Any spare time I’ve had has gone to unpacking and trying to get settled but it’s been sooooooo slow. And part of the reason it has been sooooooo slow has been the nasty, nasty cold that has been floating around within these walls. It started with Jaia about a month ago. A terrible cough and relentless runny nose. Then Wes got sick. Then I caught it. But it just wasn’t going away for Wes. HIs cough got worse, his runny nose continued. A call to telehealth and a visit to the doctor within two weeks that claimed nothing was ‘really’really wrong still didn’t convince me. Two more weeks and NO improvement and I had to take him back. This time, a proper diagnosis. We walked out of there with a prescription for antibiotics to clear up his chest infection. Chest infection! Poor little dude. A few days into his course and he is finally feeling some relief…Just in time the chaos of the holidays which is almost upon us. It hasn’t been all bad though. Throughout the last month we’ve been playing, growing, schooling, crawling and loving hard. Though sick, both kids were troopers and stayed happy. The snow helped. Is anythng better than a fresh snow fall when you are little?
In each house we move into, the last thing I tackle is the wall art. I wait months to hang all my pictures because I don’t want to have to move them if I change my mind. I’m very non-commital. It’s a big decision and one I never rush into. That is unless you KNOW what you want hanging where. And when it came to the wall just inside our foyer, I just KNEW. There was no better picture to have hanging there.
A close up.
Jaia drew this picture of all of us. And wrote all of our names without asking for help. She draws one or fie of these almost every single day. She adores drawing and I adore watching her skills improve. Hair was once just lines drawn beside the character’s head, now, now it is attached to the character’s head and varies in length, depending on who she’s drawing. Now girls wear high heels and bows in their hair, babies have only one curl on their heads and men wear pants. Watching the details change and improve through her drawings makes it that much more real to me that she’s growing up. How deliciously lovely and heartbreaking all in the same breath. And now the real problem is where and how to store the piles and piles of artwork. Any experienced mamas have any ideas for me?
December 17, 2010 - 11:05 am
She is just amazing!
December 17, 2010 - 11:44 am
that is so great!! nice choice 🙂
December 17, 2010 - 5:14 pm
Cute pic Jaia!! Shannen, I have tried to keep all the exceptional artwork which amounts to a lot over the years. haha My brother takes closeup pictures like you did of this one, and keeps them stored on the computer (&backed up) so his fam can access them anytime to admire and reminisce. And then just keeps the odd extra special one. Hope this helps.
December 18, 2010 - 10:37 am
I can’t remember where I saw them, but I saw these frames that hold 30+ pictures and the front has a little hinge, you can open it and rotate in the latest creation behind the matting (built into the front of the frame). I’ll think about it…I’m sure I’ll be able to remember where I saw them! |
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Taken from the warmth of my kitchen. I love my new view.
Alicia - Sooooo cute!
Heather - That is so cute! Happy holidays!!!