CALM! calm...

Baking some cookies, watching the birds hop around outside, kids napping, cup of herbal tea with honey, calm days are nice.

I love little faces

Merry Christmas! I am so glad we focused on making memories this season over buying oodles of gifts, so much less paper to pick up! Make some memories, its the greatest gift you can give your kiddos. :)
I love the little faces smiling and playing while I make breakfast.

Christmas Eve

It is Christmas Eve and I am sick, but the show must go on. I have sent the kids to a holiday party with daddy and am enjoying a hot cup of tea. Looks like another year being sick on Christmas. I love the glow of twinkle lights on the high of cold medicine. Twinkle twinkle.

Winter Visitors

Warning to Winter visitors: It is winter and I am trapped inside and expecting no visitors, so please excuse my messy house and enjoy my fresh baked goodies.

Season of quality time

In this busy holiday season it is often overlooked, the importance of spending quality time with those we love. I don't ever want to be one of those uber busy moms who has a trillion things to do and can't spare a few minutes to be with her kids. We don't schedule much on purpose, no sports or clubs yet. So tonight, although I have things to do we are watching Willy Wonka and diving into some fresh popcorn. What a fun way to spend the night with my most treasured gifts.

Warmth Needed

I just love sitting in a chair by the window soaking up the warm sunshine. I may be a plant, a pretty one with cute little flowers. I know it makes me sound like a granny, but it is so quiet in winter, everything is more enjoyable. The sounds of birds are not hidden by lawn mowers or shrieks of children and the trees without their leaves just seem to stand still or barely shiver. So I shall sit here for a few more minutes, sipping my peppermint tea and enjoying the warm sunshine on a cold day.

Breakfast with the bug guy

We were treated to Breakfast with Santa at The Chateau. The boys ate a little, waited a long time for a photo with the big guy, and waited even longer for a balloon animal. Mommy is sick and tired, but it was worth it to see the great big smiles on their faces when they got to sit on Santa's lap. Hooray for the holidays.