Bubble gum – remember first trying to blow a bubble? There is pink stuff running down the girls faces and I’m struggling with my own thesaurus of words, to explain how to make a piece of gum into a bubble. Such fun especially when L tries to talk with gum in her mouth. Soft juicy cheeks rolling around trying to make bubbles. Thanks Cazzie for the entertainment and joy you provide for us!
Look at these loot bags from a delicious party the girls were at. I love your creativity Rach, you clever mumby. The girls adored these. I am in love, continually, with womens creativity. I have such clever friends.
I did steal (with the girls permission) the blackballs from those very loot bats, to make a wee kiwi-ana presentation on my table. My cook book group are looking at making gifts for others for Christmas, this month. What a simple treat – a jar, some boiled loll-lolls and a pair of servers. Cute, esp with the ribbon to finish off. (If I do say so myself!!).
We were on a journey, a 2 hour journey and one of the little ones in our family came up with this idea: Hey mum, let’s play the ‘glad’ game!
What?
The glad game, from Polyanna.
Oh yeah (thinking – “sounds lame but maybe it could work”, and then, “why didn’t I think of this?”)
So we played this glad game – being glad for things. They were glad that I was getting better (with my swineflu/pnemonia episode) and all sorts of other beautiful things. It was a truly delicious game, surprisingly.
This year I met this amazingly lovely couple at school. They have invited us into their worlds and made us feel so welcome and part of their lives. I got a new camera recently and was slowly making my way through the instruction manual. Hubby of the lovely couple, asks if I need help as he’s trained on this camera. Manual is dropped immediately. What a gem. He helped, I learnt. Wifey of lovely couple joined in and then they took me out for coffee. They are so cool. I want to be like them! Their prayer most days is that people who come to their home (which they describe as a ‘mad-house’ because there are so many who pass through), will be better or feel better when they leave. Very encouraging.
It’s raining again. Can’t believe it. Not really thankful about that.
I love cushions, i love cook books. I am addicted to some things and am proud when i don't buy them (restraint!) and disappointed if i don't have the money to purchase them. But don't you love the wharehouse in NZ? Just picked up a few delicious cushions for a very cheapo price. Love getting a bargain!
Girls came home after a weekend at d-boys. It was a hard one as they learnt about going away for Christmas. But it was a great one too. K just kept saying, in such cheery and genuine happiness, that she was so glad to be home. That’s right baby. This is home. Wherever you and I are and L, is home. We talked about that this is our home and not to call it ‘mummys house’. It’s not a biggie, but to bring stability I wanted to remind them that wherever we are, it’s OUR Home. We are a family. Daddy chose to leave so it is called ‘daddy’s house’ and that’s OK. But let’s call this ‘our home’. Others may think differently about that, but it was something that I had felt to do. To add again, to their unstable world. A simple thing that hopefully bought some simplicity to complicated.
This is my fav card this week, from k who is just about to turn 7 - ahhhhhh! What a delicious and thoughtful girl. I am so proud of her and her yummy sister. A quote from a kind friend who hosted my girls recently, reminding me of what i feel i lack many-a-time!:
Sez, you have done (and are doing) such an amazing job with your girls! They are just so lovely and we love seeing them. Bailey is always so excited when she knows she is going to see her friends. They were just lovely at the party and are such a credit to you! Kaiya was awesome - she offered to help where ever she could, did a few little jobs for me, sidled up and talked with Boo when she was feeling overwhelmed and just had lovely conversations with me. Livster was great too - she made me smile when she came over and asked in a little voice where Grandma was - I had no idea and asked her if I could help her with something. She told me she just wanted to tell Grandma she had had enough to eat because she was listening to her body - I love it!!! They are so lucky to have you as their mummy!!!
I am glad, like Polyanna, of the goodness around us. When life is tricky at times, there is always something else to smile about.
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