Lucky Number Seven

More than just itchin' for another seven years :-) Happy anniversary to us!!

Rowan's quotes of the day

"Farts make me laugh!" (He's such a funny boy. He really did crack up pretty hard after he farted)

 "Can we just cuddle instead of saying prayers?" slight pause... "Let's cuddle WHILE we say prayers!"
 (Little explantion: He was helping me cuddle Miri after G threw a board book at her head. We were right about to say or nighttime prayer. He's such a sweetie.)

Oh Rowan

Rowan keeps me humble and I'm so glad. Tonight at dinner we had a staring contest competition and before we started he said, 'Mom, you're not very good at staring contests, but it's ok.' I just had to laugh and admit that I really am not and that it's ok to not be very good at something. This reminded me of the other day when he said, 'Mom, you're just a little bit fat.' and then ran off to play. Haha. Gotta love it :-)

What's in a name?

We have a few little nicknames around here for each other and it's fun to see the kids pick up on them. Rowan and Miriam frequently call Griffith, G, Little G, or Griff. And Rowan will call Miriam, Miss Miri or Mimi. One of my favourites has been when Rowan or Miri call me Babe. But today while we were eating breakfast Miriam told us she was too small to play at a certain playground because "I'm just a little guy." Rowan thought this was a pretty funny thing to say and replied, "You're not a guy! You're a Little Lefty!" Miriam nodded her head with her little side smirk and said, "Yeah."

Rowan and our Little Lefty may not know what it means to be left handed, but I'm thinking they know they're loved :-)

Gave in...

It's been a long time since I first heard about Pinterest and thought, "I should really check that out," but something inside would always say, "Not yet! You won't be able to stop and you don't have time!" (And the prideful person in me gets bugged by all those crafy-do-it-all's always talking about their latest fab project or idea they found on "Pinterest" and "Oh- you haven't been on there yet- oh you poor shabby little thing you. I've known about the site for AGES and it is just the BEST thing!" I realized it was the kind of site I'd love and yet hate to love because of the conversations like that it would produce. So I put it off.)

Well tonight after searching my usual go-to's for ideas I wasn't satisfied. So I cracked and it turns out I was right. I became an instant believer of how AMAZING Pinterest is simply because people are AMAZING and do AMAZING things that I am far too un-clever enough to think of... and follow through with :-)

I searched for 'birthday cupcakes' and the result was overwhelming. And so fun! Naturally after viewing about a hundred different ideas (in thumbnail picture form) I had to look at some recipes, then things to do with the kids, etc. :)

Now, I'm not saying that from now on I'll be visiting everyday and it will become my new time-wasting website, but since I've gotten over the initial visit, it is now a new top resource for ideas. Though because I was right about needing to check it out, I don't want to be right about not having the time for it because it consumes my time instead of saving or improving my time spent. We'll see how that goes- I'm thinking I need to set some guidelines for myself though because I will get too distracted by SO MUCH COOL STUFF!

What are some things that help you stay focused when looking for things online?

Afterthought: I just looked at the homepage again and after seeing the brilliant things there..."Oh man this is going to be horrible." I love it all :-) I hate you Pinterest!  haha