Crazy Hair Day!!!

Today was crazy hair day at Alyssa's school, she decided she wanted lots of curls, sparkle and butterflies. Here is a shot of the night before . . . . hair in rollers.





Then the final product. It turned out super cute and held fairly well for a good part of the day. It was so fun, because all of her friends ran up to her at school and said " WHOAA!! How'd you get your hair to do that?" Then she would break into a story that started with "Well, I had to sleep in rollers . . ." Here's to my wildly fun, creative and spirited young lady. Love ya!!!

Our Little Jack-o-Lantern

When I went to pick up Alyssa from school today, her Nana told me that she had a surprise for us!!!! Here was our surprise . . .
Our Little Jack-O-Lantern!! She has lost three teeth within the last couple of months, and now has the most toothless grin you could imagine. The tooth fairy has frequent flyer miles at our house this year!! Drew has started asking when the tooth fairy will be visiting him and we told him probably another year or so, so he proudly proclaims to his sister: " One more EAR and the tooth fairy will be coming to see me". Too funny!!!

Let's give it a whirl!!!

So, I have been admiring the writings of a friend for several months now and keep telling myself, that I really should start a blog. . .

Well, I have finally done it, not really sure how to do everything, but I am always up for an adventure and a challenge. My main reason for starting this, is to capture the very quickly passing precious moments that often seem to whiz by far too quickly for my liking. I would love to have something to look back and re-read that will hold the wonderful treasures of days past.

Thoughts for today . .

I am feeling very satisfied as I have been doing some much needed sorting and purging of items around the house. Late last week, I was starting to get that feeling that things were getting a bit out of hand (in relation to how much stuff was accumulating around our house). So starting on Saturday, I started in one room and have worked my way through the downstairs and have made a drastic reduction in the amount of stuff occupying (a.k.a taking over) our space *wink*.

Alyssa is now into her third week of school and homework has started, while it is such an exhilarating excitement to see her learn new things and conquer new challenges, there is a part of my heart that aches knowing that she is growing up. I can't believe how quickly the time has passed and my infant has become a young lady. I know that the Lord has wonderful things in store for you, and I am so excited to see where that journey takes you.

My dear Drew has such a great excitement that he meets every day with, which is a great reminder to me about all of the wonderful beauties there are to be enjoyed and truly appreciated everyday. Thank you so much to both of you for all that you add to my life and for helping me to be a better
person, by seeing the world more through your eyes.