Emma was invited to her first Tea Party today! She, along with her cousins Maria and Kennedy drank "tea" aka Apple Juice and ate homemade cookies. They loved it and had so much fun playing dress up with their feather boas, beautiful hats, and necklaces. What a sweet memory that was made. Can't wait to do it again!
It was an encouraging reminder when I read this today. I thought I would pass it along to all of you. Being both wife and mother have been the two biggest blessings God has sent my way. And although I find myself sometimes trying to keep a spotless house, I realize THAT is not what this life is about. There will always be clothes to fold and dishes to wash. But there will not always be little giggles and squeals or kisses on the nose from my little girl.
Excuse This House
Some houses try to hide the factThat children shelter there; Ours boasts of it quite openly, The signs are everywhere. For smears are on the windows, Little smudges on the door; I should apologize, I guess, For toys strewn on the floor But I sat down with the children And we played and laughed and read; And if the doorbell doesn't shine, Their eyes will shine instead. For when at times I'm forced to choose The one job or the other; I want to be a housewife, But first I'll be a mother.
Emma's learning how to spell her name. We've got the letters right, we just have to work a little on the order! I thought it was too cute though and had to take a picture of the first time she spelled her name!
Yesterday we made a fort out of our dining table. It was just the perfect size to fit her pillow, blanket, a few stuffed animal friends, and of course me and Emma! We grabbed a flash light and enjoyed reading a few books to each other!
This is what we woke up to this morning! Just a little bit of snow, but Emma had so much fun playing and stomping around in it. These were taken at about 7:45 am. As soon as she woke up she couldn't wait to get outside and play!
Well, Mike was alot quicker at fixing the hole in our ceiling than I was at updating you on it's progress! He had it patched in just a couple of days a midst a busy busy schedule ( can you tell I'm proud?) He made a fun morning of it with our friend Mark. I think they did a really great job. Enjoy the pictures!
Now, all we have left to do is popcorn the patch. Which we are not looking forward to :(Ok, ok! Yes we are alive! I have been hounded (really by only one person and you know who you are!) about falling short on the blog updates. I haven't even told you about our Passion conference with our church. Really, I'm still processing all of it. It was such an awesome trip.
I will post some pics up soon. Here are a few taken of our visit with my MawMaw Mason. We visited her in the nursing home last week. Emma always likes playing with her walker! But on this visit she was busy showing mawmaw her monkeys. Mommy monkey, baby monkey, and little curious george all came along (that's what she calls them).
