blessings

I want this house
on the river
with a nice view
and privacy so I can drink my coffee
on the balcony
in my robe
and you can come over
and I will serve blueberry muffins
with melted butter
we can watch the kids run and jump
on the lawn
and their laughter will
bubble up to meet us
and the dogs will splash in the creek
and we will laugh and shake our heads
and talk about the mess
the abundance, the cup that runnieth over
that is our blessed life
it's a good thing we don't need the house, or
the river, or even the dog to
feel the blessing from God that is our life

Christmas Vacation!

We are having a wonderful Christmas vacation. The boys play so well together. It's really hard to believe that the day has come when they don't need me there for constant monitoring and supervision.

The big, much anticipated present for M this year has been Harry Potter Lego's. He sat at the kitchen table the day after Christmas and didn't move until he had the whole thing put together. I think we might see engineer or architecture in his future:).

N got a BB gun, because as one of my friends at work said: it isn't Christmas in the South until someone gets a firearm! My husband and N went out to the backyard to shoot the gun Christmas Day but the cold, cold wind brought them back in after about 10 minutes.

I have been cleaning and organizing like a mad-woman. Something about all the new Christmas "stuff" always makes me a little desperate to purge unwanted or broken toys.

We have a play date in the works for this afternoon with two of their buddies from school and their sisters. It always throws the boys for a loop when girls are added to the mix, especially N. He has been talking about the girls for several days now. I hope he can play it cool when the time comes:)!!

I have been thinking of some New Year resolutions that I would like to implement in 2011. I love the new beginning and fresh start that the new year represents. I hope to write a post soon with a "list" for the New Year!!

Hope everyone is having a great Christmas Vacation!!

A Place for Everything...

Busy at work!
These pictures were taken last summer while the boys were "helping" my husband wash the van. M was actually a good little helper, N on the other hand just wanted to suck the water out of the sponge! I'm showing these pictures now because they are fitting for the story I am about to tell. M did something yesterday that brought tears to my eyes.
I was picking up toys in the living room bemoaning the fact that nothing ever stays clean! No matter how many times I pick up this mess it always manages to get messy again! Then M says "Mommy, come and see what I did!" What he did was clean his room and the play room. He was so excited and proud of himself and I was so excited and proud!
He must have gotten this need to clean and organize from his Aunt Becca. I remember as a little girl Becca would make her bed as she got out of it in the morning. My room on the other hand looked like a tornado hit! We never understood each other. Even now I clean because I have to not because I want to. For as much as I don't understand my sisters need to clean, I'm sure glad I have a child who takes after her:-)