Look to see

Number one or number two?

Ethan on the potty

Hey BABY,

Rock that potty. You make us proud.

Kisses,

Mama, Papa and A

Potty Time

Dear Ethan,

Today is a success.

We began the potty training process.

You gave it a try every hour.

Only three soiled pairs of pants.

Way to go little bro!!!

Thanks for trying,

Mama

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

- Franklin P. Jones

Toots in water

Toot!

Boys and bodily functions are all the rage at our house.

Welcome 2010

Two things are noted as of this morning. I made a total of 69 posts in 2009. Get your head out of the gutter folks - that's our house number. Coincidence? Perhaps but I made of note of that.

Ethan ran around half naked saying

"too tight, too tight"

while zipping up his pants.

Was his comment a foreshadow of a big year ahead?

Last night while nested in the arms of my hubby I got all excited about everything 2010 has to offer. New ideas for the garden, more delicious meals together, crafting our way to the end of the year with materials we already own, and more knowledge about everything.

My challenge for 2010 is to be mindful of all we have and to be grateful for it everyday. Our dinner discussions will be as much about what makes us happy as what we have learned and can share with one another.

While dressing Aidan into his day clothes. He said
" mom I love you more than the red bird that flew to our tree on Christmas day".

"Our tree" is a Japanese cherry tree that sits in the front of our house. It brings seasonal interest to my office view (our front family room is considered my office - that's where I fold laundry on the cute green paisley couch). We lay under the cherry tree to cloud watch and picnic as the school bus goes by. This year we set out pine cone bird feeders on it created by A and E. On Christmas day, a cardinal came for a visit. The package on the bird seeds said it would attract three kinds of birds. Cardinals were the more rare variety mentioned. When I purchased the mix in my heart I was holding out for that cardinal. The incident on Christmas day brought to light how life really works.

All we can do is prepare for the best and hope it will happen. Whether it happens or not is really out of our control. But to make it happen we must do something about attracting the Secret in our favor. It was a good lesson for the boys. I know they will get this message in a deeper sense soon. Our family lives by it.
Do our best and the best might just happen.

Hottest Hats

a very Bitting celebration

2010

Party on yall!

Crafting Christmas

A present for our feathered friends.

White pine cone bird feeders.

Aidan crush candy canes to

sprinkle on spearmint bark.

A special blend of organic treats were created

for our holiday guests.

Stamping alphabet wrapping paper.

Ethan works on an appetizer for dinner.

Aidan's first snow flake.

Ethan cut white paper and kicked it around the house.

"Hey mom, look what E and me can do".

OH WHAT FUN!