Watching

I love to sit and watch her.  

Her imagination goes wild.  

She is always inventing, dreaming, playing, creating. 

I love watching her work, sing, play.

She makes my heart sing, and reminds me that I am doing something right with her.

I just love this girl.

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A Little Bit More

I am slowly getting caught up with the blog world. I took a bit of an unintentional vacation. But, I think I'm back in full force now!

So, a few more things we've been up to...

• Sewing. I have 5 slings to do and I would like to have 3 of them done by Monday. I have made my girls some fun clothes. A skirt for Amelia (my own design! I KNOW! Tutorial coming soon, it's super cute) a dress for Libby, pants for Libby, and I've cut out 2 more dresses and another pair of pants.

• Baking. I love to bake, so I have been making banana bread, cookies and whole wheat bread. It's all going straight to my butt. Oh well.

• Dentist. Amelia had 3 cavities, so I had to take her to the dentist last week. She had to have versed, it was hard. She got really loopy and was quite funny, until they started to work on her. She was flailing so much and was so upset, it killed me. I held her down so he could do what he calls "Rodeo Dentistry". I really love my kids' dentist. Before we even started he said that this will help to calm her down, but if she freaks out not to worry, she won't remember any of it. And she doesn't.

• Dentist for me. I went last week and got a cleaning and yesterday for 4 fillings and a little minor surgery. I have 4 stitches in my mouth and it hurts. Oh yeah, my chin and lower lip are partially numb still. Hopefully it will be better by Sunday because I'm having a good Mother's Day dinner.

• Drawing. I recently bought myself a copy of Creative Family by Amanda Soule. She suggests buying good quality art supplies for your children. If they see that you buy them good paper and paints, they will be more likely to really appreciate drawing. So, I bought some watercolor paper and watercolor pencils. Seth and I are working on a Knight and Princess that we will then cut out and mount on Mat Board. Eventually I will make this for Amelia. I need to practice drawing bodies more though.

• Foot Baths. In the most recent Mothering Magazine, there was a fabulous article about giving your kids foot baths. We did this the other day and they loved it. Libby was asleep (for 45 whole minutes thankyouverymuch), so we did this. I made some chammomile tea and let them soak in very diluted tea with epsom salts. Seth picked some dandiloions also. We will do this again for sure.

• Playing the Sleep Game. You know that game right? The one where you get the baby to sleep and pray that everyone is quiet so she will stay asleep? Then, you go into her room right before she is to wake up and try to get her back to sleep but to no avail? No? What about the one where you get the baby to sleep for the night and are ready to sit down with your husband to watch tv or talk, or heaven forbid just be together and then the baby wakes up and will only nurse back to sleep? No?? Only me huh? Well, that's the game we play at my house. It is not so much fun.

• Playing. We've been playing a lot around here. Not as much as Seth would like, but that is always the case.

We're having some good friends over for dinner tonight, going to the Market tomorrow, and trying to relax on Sunday for Mother's Day. Have a fabulous weekend and I'll see you next week in full force!