That's why I love you....

Hey again! Today's a happy day, in spite of drizzly/rainy weather...very little sleep, and an early day! Can you guess why? Because today's my sweet baby's 9th birthday!

I've made her a card...she specifically requested one. Complete with pretty pastels, distressing, punching, inking, misting, blinging....I went with many techniques.


We've went and bought her things off her list that we thought she really wanted. Like those Clarice Bean books she'd been eyeing at Barnes & Noble. That Barbie Jeep that came with Ken & Barbie with an extra outfit for Ken. Oh boy...she gets to strip Ken down this time instead of Barbie...She's gotten blessed because daddy found a pretty lalaloopsy doll at ToysRus.... This girl's such a joy to have in our lives. Why? Because the simplest things make her so happy. She made us a list of her must haves and kept it so simple...and pretty short. She wanted to share cupcakes and be around her Church family, she wanted her mommy to make her a birthday card.


so.....how do I love thee, silly Milly? (that's an insider which I have promised to keep mum) Oh let me count the ways:

1) I love how you always hug and kiss! Yes, everyone gets an amazing Anaïs hug when she spots them. But mommy....oh, mommy gets the special cuddles complete with the heartfelt "I love you soooo much!"


2) You're content! Any little thing makes you happy. It's easy to make your pretty little face light up with a smile. Having someone who's so easy-going is a cute little reminder to take things slowly and enjoy the little things!

3) You're sooo good with numbers. Yep, my future mathematician/accountant. I call you the human calculator.


4) You're such a sensitive soul. Yes...this means your feelings get hurt a-LOT....and that means that I have to comfort you...but it also means that you see when someone needs help a little quicker than someone else would, you show compassion and empathy easier than others. To me, that's a beautiful quality!


5) You're a lover of all things purple! I can't blame you, that color comes in so many different pretty shades that look so awesome with those velvety chocolate brown eyes of yours. I think you may have converted me!

6) You're agile. Yes...for a teeny one, you're good with athletics. You can do a mean split! You love to dance, climb, RUN...OMG are you swift!


7) You love to sing. So much, in fact, that I call you my little song bird.


8) You're artsy. You love to make things.


9) You like to try new things. Yep...mommy makes a new type of food...or I introduce a new veggie...you try it at least once before you make any decisions on it. My little culinary dare devil, you!

As I await my birthday munchkin's return from school, I hope she's having a great day!

TTFN

Just Thoughts

Our thoughts are powerful and require great self control. If we allow them to run rampant, focusing on things that lead us away from God, then we will wind up at a destination we would never deliberately choose.

These words hit me like a ton of bricks.

I don't think it's a secret that I subscribe to a lot of things that get sent into my inbox.

from things that are shopping related (I promise you...I don't go shopping very often! I just like to see what's new) to daily devotionals, things scrappy related. Yes. These past few days the scrappy related emails were annoying to me. All because I felt such a heavy pessimism in regards to it.

Lets face it, those pessimistic feelings started to creep into everything.
And then popping in to check my email wasn't as fun...so I let everything accumulate.

Today I started going through them, looking through the shopping emails first. Gotta love that coupon they send...or the new arrivals! Which I always never go for....because it pains me to pay full price on an item of clothing to then see them marked down considerably a month or 2 from the date of purchase. Almost makes me feel "ripped off".

Then I got to the devo's. They were like little pebbles hitting water....

and then this: Your thoughts have Wheels....

I'm so guilty of letting my thoughts wander off to places they shouldn't go. I've been fighting for a bit to help cheer someone up who's close to me...and in my effort to give them great cheer and getting no where, I wasn't guarding my thoughts. Hmmm...

It leads me to this:

Our thoughts really do have wheels. Where are your thoughts taking you today?