Small Bits

I'm going to try something different for this space for a bit and see what happens.  This season in my life is just too busy (good busy) to keep up with writing long missives.  I think about what I'd like to write all the time, but by the time the kiddos are finally asleep at the end of the night, it just feels like too big of a task.  So rather than putting pressure on myself to write something long or important or inspiring, I'm just going to share a favorite observation or event or photo from the day in one paragraph or less.  The idea, remember, is that this space is our family's journal/scrap book/photo album...it just happens to be available for all of you to read, too.

Having said that, here are a few random thoughts from the day:

1.  I've started wearing exclusively black and white striped shirts and carrying a whistle with me wherever I go.  

2.  Chocolate cake made with 2 cups of red wine and smothered in marscapone frosting is, umm, delicious.

3.  Small siblings who study their big siblings and work to carefully copy their every move melt my heart.  Big siblings who sing/read to their small siblings to "comfort them" melt it all over again.

4.  I will read my children "whoa-ties" (ahem, "stories") anytime, anywhere, and I'll stop anything (well, just about anything) to do it.

5.  Chalk paint and milk paint might be my new crafty obsession (I know, I know...I need another hobby like I need, well, another new hobby).  My grandparents' table and chairs is gettin' a new facelift, y'all.

6.  I love my husband.  He's rad.  And he's not bad on the eyes.

7.  This is what happens while I sleep in on Saturday mornings: