Wordless Wednesday

Accomplishment

I have had a very stressful week...well more than a week and there were times when I needed a real break and this has been my escape. This is the first real complete set I have knitted and it helped me get through some tough days to focus on something positive. It just needs some cute buttons and it will be complete. I am feeling very accomplished! It does not belong to Helen's Charlie doll....not sure who will be needing a warm cuddly set for their baby yet....

Bliss....

I hung up my referee hat yesterday. I never realized what an absolute delight it would be when three little ones went off to school, leaving me with just one precious four year old for such a short time before she will join the others in the education system. It has been such a delight to spend these hours with my daughter getting a true sense of her incredible desire to help me. She is incredibly funny and clever.....she NEVER stops talking and I love to just listen to her. I am amazed at what we were able to accomplish yesterday without the distractions of another child, and the other three enjoyed those benefits when they returned home from school. I think I am going to enjoy this year!

First Day of School....

The Power of Giving

In my life I have been blessed with so much that I feel compelled to give. Especially in times of need, where even I have but little. Since I tend to hold on to things FAR longer than I should I just happen to have a few items that others are in desperate need of....and though I know that I could have traded those things for things that I am in need of, but, I know that those that are really in need probably can't even afford a trade. I know that when we chose to bless the lives of others, we in turn are also blessed, and this was made tangible when I stumbled upon someone else who was giving away for free the very items I am in need of! Thank you for your giving hearts and kind deeds, they will always come back to you, just when you need them....

A wish....

Ethan has been approved to have a wish "granted" from the Make A Wish Foundation. He is incredibly excited, and is having a little trouble making up his mind....he actually is changing his mind at least once or twice a day as he wants his wish to be the very best wish ever. He would like to know what everyone else would wish for....not grown up wishes, but wishes from the child in all of us. Some great ones that he thought of so far are: To see a West End Musical in London, to go on a Safari in Africa, go to the the beach in Hawaii, take a cruise to Alaska. He also likes the idea of wishing for some "thing" like a toy, which we can't figure out what is at the moment. He has read all the wishes on the Make-A-Wish website and like the one where a little boy wished for the perfect Christmas for his family. But he really would like to hear what everyone else would wish for before he makes up his mind, So please share your childhood dreams.....
I wish to be....
I wish to meet....
I wish to go....
I wish to have....

Close your eyes and count....
ONE
TWO
THREE

I WISH....

Getting ready for school....

With three starting school in just a couple weeks it has been crazy busy and I have had little time even for my own sanity! I have noticed that the "back to school" sales just aren't like the way they have been in previous years, I suppose effects of the poor economy, so we are only buying absolute essentials. I am happy that Mark will be going to school with his dad and he is so excited about starting kindergarten. I am hoping that it will be easier with just Chloe home and that maybe I can get some work done and hopefully supplement our income a little so we can move closer and closer to getting up to our land.