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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

thankful tuesday, 1/27

  • being snowed in with my people
  • that my hairdresser didn't cancel because of saturday's snow (phew)
  • warmth, home, safety, power, comfort
  • tag-teaming
  • meal swapping
  • kicking it with the KiC kids
  • a weekend visit with uncle matt & maria
  • baby belly art canvas
  • storm juno adventuring
  • sledding strategies and just going for it
  • counting snowmen
  • bennett's giggle
  • tickle tackles
  • sibling kindness
  • sock collecting
  • my strong wood chopper and stackers
  • 3-5 word songs on repeat with jane - "frosty snowman, pop pop" "e-i-e-i-o"
  • indian and the cupboard adventures
  • boxout giggles
  • viva la mexico
  • a town we just love
  • encouraging grace for a good girl friend who needs it...and needing to hear it myself too
  • buzz 10 care and kindness
  • #whenwomenthrive going global
  • a living room wintertime swim

Friday, January 23, 2015

orange you glad it's friday?


finger paint fun!
baby bellies really do make for a great art canvas.
happy friday friends!



Tuesday, January 20, 2015

thankful tuesday 1/20



spotting improbable moments of grace...yes anne lamott, yes.
thanks to a sweet friend for this gifted and signed copy, 
and for the inspiration and motivation 
to carve out time and bring thankful tuesdays back...
my heart has missed it so!
  • winter's grip and warm snuggles
  • friday night pizza, drinks, laughs and a little chicken mourning
  • sweet farewells to camilla
  • loving our chicks and teaching loss when one passes
  • lacing up the ice skates and having the entire lake all to ourselves at sunset
  • the rugged cross
  • forgiveness in the ugly moments
  • heavy, heavy library book bags 
  • that my when women thrive work is at tomorrow's world economic forum
  • that i get to do this work
  • that it's making a difference
  • toe stepping confessions
  • loving my kids' friends and their awesome parents
  • retail therapy with a side of parenting reflections and preparations for the hard stuff coming
  • making 120 sandwiches for the homeless with the brownies
  • delivering said sandwiches to the shelter with the kids
  • teaching poverty, homelessness and brokenness to little people
  • teaching hope, love and martin luther king's dream in the same week to the same little people
  • that these little people are my people
  • gratitude...and how it turns everything into enough

Monday, January 19, 2015

a birthday tea


when your birthday falls in early january and the two months before are filled with the flurry of thanksgiving, christmas and two of your children's birthdays, 
then all you want for your own day is quiet, rest and simpleness.
that's what i told them.
and that's exactly what i got.
 topped off by kid-thrown fireside birthday tea party.
finger pinky etiquette required.
a most sweet and happy birthday it was.


Sunday, January 18, 2015

handmade holiday

a bits and bobs annual recap of this 
season's defoyd handmade holiday gifts...


for neighbors and our friendly mailman...
baked goods and color half-dozens.
how nice of the chicks to give us
green eggs for christmas!


for teachers and friends...
gold-painted clipboards adorned with washi tap and a printable.
production included...
a stash of cheap clipboards from staples.
a can or two of gold spray print from the hardware store.
printable downloads from etsy.
rummaging through my growing collection of washi tape.
then picking out the printable message just right for each friend or teacher.
from "be brave" to "all is well" to "amazing grace how sweet the sound" 
to "fearfully, wonderfully made" 
to"keep calm and teach on" or "but first coffee" for teachers.
a sparkly and cheerful wall-hanging for the lovely ladies in our lives.


for cousins...
a friday night movie kit.
production included...
a big box of microwave popcorn packets.
tasty movie-theatre sized candy boxes.
opening one box of said candy to settle jane who didn't quite get that these were gifts.
selecting some of our family favorites for each family 
from the $5 movie section at target.
popcorn boxes, napkins and a ticket for living room entry.
movie kits from our family to theirs.


lastly and my new favorite diy outlet...metal stamped jewelry.
i got these tools and metal letter kit for christmas from wes and the kids.
so we tested it out to make grandma her own grandkid bracelet, 
and a necklace for all the cousins' mamas.
and maybe just maybe a thing or two for myself...
so fun, a wee loud and so very rewarding!


"create"
that's just what i say!
happy handmade holiday giving friends!