greatest gift. . .

 

are little arms wrapped around my leg & a little voice saying 'you're the greatest mommy'.  my heart couldn't smile any bigger!  

 

just us girls

 it's the beginning of a 'girls' weekend for us girls.  daddy is off for the weekend leaving us girls to fend for ourselves.  ;-)  we are headed out shortly to get isabella's haircut & some other various errands.  my nails are in need of some tlc, so i'm seeing a mani pedi in our very near future.  we miss daddy, but we're making the best of it! ;-)  

this morning when i went in to get miss bella up i asked her how she slept & she informed me that "i didn't sleep at all, i was busy sitting on my goslings all night".  she has the best imagination right now & is in love with charlott's webb.  if you recall, the goose talks about her goslings & this little sponge can recite nearly every line in the movie.   enjoy your friday!! 

sometimes we need just a moment, a moment to regroup, to refocus on what's really important.  it takes just a second with 'her' & everything is perfect again. . .  exactly the way it should be.  after a long day, we giggled over 'dollar tacos' & cheese dip . . .   with out a care in the world.  

 

what a beautiful day . . .  it felt like spring today. . .  sunny & 60, makes me wish for spring to hurry up & get here.  it was a busy day spent together as a family. . .  breakfast, church, blew bubbles & watched the planes at 57th fighter group, a late lunch at mambo's, a trip to publix & then we shared a banana split at home.  we are exhausted & headed to bed early tonight, even earlier than the usual.  let's hope that the warm weather is here to stay. . . 

one of my many favorite pics . . . it's 'SO' isabella.

dancing with daddy, or 'prince charming', as she calls him. 

have a fantastic week!

love. . .

we made these this weekend . . .    

hearts for my sweethearts . . .

my heart overflows with love for this little girl. . . 

her almost constant smile & joy for life gives me goose bumps!! 
. . . she's a dream come true ;-) 

Winterpocolypse

atlanta was pretty much 'shut down' for the past week due to all the snow & ice we received last sunday night.  schools were closed monday thru friday & most businesses didn't open until thursday.  i didn't venture out of the house until friday!!  it was nice hibernating for awhile, but you tend to get a little 'stir-crazy' after awhile.  isabella loved all the snow & all of us being home together.  it will be nice to get back into our regular schedule after the martin luther king holiday.  i may be nuts, but i actually hope we get another snow day before winter is over - it's still early yet, so you never know!! ;-)

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow . . .  

winter wonderland

someone couldn't have been happier about the amount of snow we received this week. . . 

the only thing melting is my heart!

are these not the cutest crafts you've ever seen??  

i've been trying to think of a way to display them & have come up with this. . . 

'land of nod' always has the neatest things & i found art clotheslines, as i call them, to display isabella's artwork.  now we can rotate them & she can enjoy the beauty of her work everyday in her own room & my kitchen is no longer taken over by crafts!!  love 'land of nod' !!  

creativity

my child love, love, loves crafts - did i say LOVES?  we have a blast doing them & she couldn't be more proud with the finished product.  because she loves doing them so much it's sometimes challenging to think of new ideas.  these have been the best crafts i've found so far.  we have 3 or 4 boxes of them & they are all different.  you can find them on amazon or we've also purchased them at barnes & noble.  each craft comes separately packaged in the box & all you need is glue!! 

we did a lady bug today, but somehow lost the bug's eye within like 5 minutes of opening the package.  i'm sure it will turn up when i least expect it.  
i've started displaying her artwork in her room, on an art clothesline from the 'land of nod'.  she gets a kick out of seeing her artwork displayed.  i'll post a pic next time.  
let your creative juices flow. . .  ;-)