Tiny Talk Tuesday

Here is a picture I took of one of Kammy's school work pages. She was to draw a clock and a face. Which she did and asked me to help her with the numbers on the clock face. On the rest of the circles she drew "QUARTERHORSES!" I know....I'll never get ahead of this kid! :)

Last night daddy took the littles on a 4-wheeler ride out in the field behind our house. They picked apples and flowers from mommy--they look so pretty on my kitchen counter.

Kammy had an "apple shop" later named the "Apple-loosa." Obviously she still loves horses!

Kammy still loves school. She's only 5, but is doing well. She loves getting up early to "watch God wake the sun up!"

I'm really proud of all my girls. One morning, I was fighting a migraine, so I slept in a little. When I got up at 7:30, the older ones had finished breakfast and cleaned up the mess. They were dressed and having their devotions. Parenting is tough at times, but these moments make it all worthwhile!

Saturday, Kaite got a new pair of shoes. I told her they were awesome, to which she said, "Shoes not awesome. Daddy AWESOME!" Aww....smart girl! Daddy bought the shoes, and anyway....I agree--he is pretty awesome!

Kammy asked her sisters one day this week, "Have I turned a little nicer today?"

Friday night, we went up in the shed attic clubhouse and played games with the girls. They thought that was pretty special. After daddy won a game of "In a Pickle" Kammy said, "That was a classy move!"

One day this week I overheard Kammy and Kaite playing--they were "getting ready for their honeymoon!"

Being a SAHM/homeschool educator =Special moments that I wouldn't miss for anything! One such moment recorded below....
Part of the alphabet song we sing every day includes these words, "Letters make names as well you see, and Jesus is best of all to me!" When we got to this part today, Kammy reached over and threw her arms around me with tears in her eyes. Sort of made all the frustrating teaching moments fly out the window.

Kaite had two little horses she was playing with during church and afterwards we asked her what their names were...."Sinner and Repentance!"

Kaite was watching me do some sewing and she saw me cut a ribbon, to which she said, "You cut that--you silly kid!"

Kaite has not had an accident day or night for weeks! She even gets up in the night to go. That can be a problem, as she thinks the potty chair has to be emptied immediately. I guess I didn't wake up too good one night, because she emptied it herself. Only she got a little confused. See, she has seen my rinse it in the sink, so she just EMPTIED it in the sink--OUR SINK and it was HARD potty! Oh I better tell you--that means #2 (hard because it's hard to do as opposed to easy). Really, I am so glad that I bit the bullet and got this potty training over quickly. I simply do not have time to spend 6 months or more on this! A few days of concentrated effort on MOM's part, and it's over--on with life!

Im linking up for tiny talk again this week.

http://notbefore7.blogspot.com/2011/09/tiny-talk-tuesday_19.html

Below is a cute video clip of Kaite falling asleep in her cereal.

I'm so thankful for an opportunity to record these special moments. Children grow so quickly and time is so fleeting.

Thanks for stopping by to share in my joy! :)

Testing....

Upon reading through my last two posts I have noticed that my signature disappears and some funky junk takes it's place. It looks fine from here, but when I post, it goes wacky! So I'm testing it out here. On another note, something else I noticed while reading through some previous posts is BAD spelling (mostly typos) but still. I DO home-school my kids, so I need to make this look good! :) Sorry. I will try to slow down, concentrate and use spell check from now on!

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Hhmm....I think spell check is actually what makes the signature go away. It was there, and when I hit "spell check" it left. Any ideas, blog gurus? Maybe just stick to bad spelling or simply read back through the post BEFORE posting instead of after? :)

Brighten the Corner Where You Are!

This little corner has been causing me no small amount of grief. Here you see what it looks like now.....

But here, is what it looked like before. We rarely wear shoes in the house, so they tend to pile up at the door. No matter how many times I straightened, it always went back to this.

So....I started shopping for a shoe rack....only I didn't find anything I liked. I finally found one that wasn't too terrible. It was a vertical shipping pallet nailed to the wall with shoes stuck in the side. Sort of the idea I had in mind, but not quite. Well, it just so happened that there was an old shipping pallet here when we moved in, so I helped myself! That was as far as it went. I do okay was the whole design thing, but I really need a man and some power tools when it comes the actual work part.

Hubby did not disappoint! I'm really in love with the finished product! He also made the chicken wire memo frame from the same pallet. Love that was well! I'm hanging recipes, birthday cards, and notes from the kids on there with clothespins! The shades on the french doors are new as well, but you saw those in the last post and I told you how I made the ruffles for the top.

It's taken a while, but this area of the house has finally come together to my liking! Perhaps the best part of this little project was the cost. We had the pallet and the chicken wire, so a little stain and the $2.99 chicken/barn plaque were the only costs.

Oh-and the casters. I thought those added character. Plus, they make it easy to roll out and clean behind/under. It's a much brighter corner now! :)

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