Finally!

Everyone in our little family loves snow. We have waited all season for it too. Finally, on Wednesday, we got about 6 inches dumbed on us. It was warm wet snow and awesome for packing.

It only took about half an hour to make this guy. The hardest part was lifing his head up above my head. He was about 6 feet tall.Kaite loved playing in the "no" although about the 4th time bundling up she said, "Playing in the no is not berry easy!"Snow was in the forcast, so I had them do extra schoolwork the day before. It was gladly done. =)

The first time we bundled up to go out, it took a while to locate all the right sizes of hats. gloves, boots, snowpants, ect. No sooner than I was just zipping the last zipper, when Kammy says, "Anyone else besides me, need to go potty?"They had a fantastic time and it was good that we played fast. It kept warming up throughout the day and by the time daddy got home it had turned to rain.He took the girls on a couple of short cold and wet sled rides and we called it a night. All that remains are a couple of small piles in the front yard where I shoveled the driveway and sidewalk. Frosty is just a puddle of slush.

From Eww to Ahh!

I've been looking for a rocker like this one for many years, only I didn't want to spend $400 on it. So I waited. Craigslist finally came through! As usual though, one thing leads to another and once I got a chair in this corner, I realized how much I needed and end table too.

I like these old octagon style ones and could just imagine what one would look like in this sweet aqua color.

Granted, the before is not real pretty, but that's the beauty of spray paint, right?I'm still trying to decide if it needs antiqued or maybe some white trim? Thoughts? Anyone?I'm liking this little area much better now. The fact that it's about 100% thrifted doesn't hurt anything. The curtains are actually bedsheets, the lamp, end table, rocker, pitcher, shutter and little white table were all thrifted. The pillow I made and the little chest on the end table was my Grandma's. There is a vase on the table that holds shells from our trip to the ocean last summer and the doily was made by my other Grandma. I'm not sure how the precious moments fit there? They are sentimental to me and I want to keep them, I just need ideas on how to display them. Thoughts?

Tiny Talk Tuesday

I haven't posted for tiny talk in a while and the comments are stacking up, so here goes....

Kammy: "The ONLY reason I ate ALL the potato chips is so I wouldn't have to hear daddy sneaking out to snack on them in the middle of the night."

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Kalli: "Why do adults have to act so.....so.....adult-ish?"

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Kalli: "I have a barbie shoe missing and I can tell you who my #1 suspect is.....K.A.I.T.E."

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Kaite: (at 12am and in the middle of mommy & daddy's bed) "Daddy, you be Dondald. I be Mickey. Mommy, who you be?" Mommy: "Oh, Kaite, Mommy is sleepy!" Kaite: "Okay. Like Sleepy in Snow White?"

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Kaite had pizza for supper at Kammy's party. Kaite loves pizza, so it was Pizza for breakfast. Pizza for lunch. Then the pizza was gone, so I made ham, potatoes and broccoli for supper the next night. Kaite said, "Get pizza at the door?" (I guess that was her way of asking of we could order for delivery, lol.) Once we convinced her to try the ham, she said, "Mommy is a good bake!"

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Kammy to her sisters: "The older you get, the greater your grandparents get. Probably by the time I we are mommie's age, Papa and Gramma will be our great, great GREAATT grandparents."

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Kammy: "Mommy, you'll never believe this, but you are better than hot chocolate." (Well, it's not horses, but it's a start. lol)

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As I was tucking Kammy in bed, the night of her birthday party, she told me thank you for the "wonderful" birthday party. Then she said, "You are the reason it was so special, mommy--you always make things special for us!" That little statement, articulated by a girl of only barely six, melted my heart and made every trying mommy moment worth while. I'm so thankful that this mommy is still here and pray I can stay a very long time!

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And on that note, many of you have asked for a health update. I try not to talk about it too much--I don't want to complain all the time. I have been doing better recently though. My dr has taken me off ALL my medication and is pushing me more in the direction of more natural health. I do have some heart issues including tachycardia, mitral valve prolapse, and possible POTS (postural orthapedic tachycardia syndrome). They want me medication free for a full month so they can tell exactly where everything is at without the added side effects....then we will talk about possible treatment. I still have strange lumps in all sorts of places where they don't belong, but still nothing major such as cancer showing up so they are trying their best to reassure me. I just pray they are correct.