January 30, 2015

Gratitudes:  For Charles getting the basement organized. Who knew what a difference one shelf would make?  (He did). For preparing to move the projector into the parlor with our new giant projector screen. For a warm day. For Kit practicing on her tricycle. For her developing puzzle skills. For her HUGE imagination devising treasure hunts with dada. For August's sweet disposition. 

January 29, 2016

Gratitudes:  For papaw and Mamaw taking Dottie for a big girl weekend. For Kit getting some time to hang out with mom and dad. For her wild sweet face. 

January 25, 2016

Gratitudes: For a clean(ish) house. For Charles getting to be home this morning. For getting Kit to nap the first time since I weaned her. For Auggie's growing appreciation of food. For time with Dottie. We did an experiment with water and food coloring and practiced writing. For Auggie staring to pull himself up. 

January 28, 2016

Gratitudes:  For August who fills me with such great joy, even on the bad days. For his tickle filled giggles. For making homemade pizza with my girls. For realizing that Dottie's horrible attitude was because she has a Cold and was exhausted. She took a 2 hour nap with no prompting. For Kit who's default is happy, jumpy, screamy. (Even tho it's insanity producing). 

January 27, 2016

Gratitudes :  For August pulling up. For a new day tomorrow bc this one was rough. For starting our budget in our budget program. 

January 26, 2016

Gratitudes:  For a forgiving eldest daughter, cuz mama sort of lost it today. For time at the library with like minded mamas and their delightful kids. For homemade brownie bites. For Charles getting home from work earlyish. For Dottie loving her little brother so very deeply. For August's long nap, which let me read him goodnight stories, much to his delight. 

January 24, 2016

Gratitudes:  Forgetting the car unstuck from the driveway. For donuts. For the luxury of letting a baby nap in my lap. For the way Dottie and kitty are starting to play together. Their imaginations are blossoming. 

January 23, 2016

Gratitudes: for a really nice day. 

January 22, 2016

Gratitudes:  Forcrafts, for necklaces made of cut up straw. For 24 hours of blizzard. For playing in the snow. For yellow Tuffo muddy buddy suits. For hot cocoa, pie, and cookies. For s really great day. 

January 21, 2016

Gratitudes:  For getting some cleaning done. For the girls helping put their sheets in the laundry. For playing in the snow. For hot cocoa. For craft time. For this GORGEOUS family photo Dottie Beatrice (as Kit calls her) drew. 

January 20, 2016

Gratitudes:  For snow. For Charles getting a snow day. For the girls being so excited the actually got dressed quickly. For a projector screen!! For a really nice day. For a somewhat clean house. For heat!

January 19, 2016

Gratitudes: For mom coming to help. For a good cry. For my first Bardstown Historic Board meeting. For never fighting a duel so I could be sworn in. For snow in the night. For finding my boots and the girls wearing them. 

January 15, 2016

Gratitudes:  For Dottie and Kitty moving all the chairs out of the dining room so they could help me mop. For making cookies. 

January 14, 2016

Gratitudes:  For working on a schedule to keep the house clean and occupy the kids. For the girls helping make dinner (chopping and opening cans) while Auggie observed from my back. For time to practice yoga while the girls played with kinetic sand. For researching all the family members on dad's side and attempting to get in touch with them. For Kit's epic fashion sense. 

January 12, 2016

Gratitudes:  For sleeping in. For getting a lot done before 9am. For Nintendo and TV because I don't know how I would get Auggie to sleep otherwise. For Auggie sleeping long enough that I got to watch the State of the Union. For Amazon streaming said speech. For ice cream with sprinkles even thou it comes back up super bright blue. 

January 11, 2016

Gratitudes:  For weaning both my girls. Not sad. Sad. (So I'm crying. Stfu.) For water and food coloring. For French braids. For yummy food. For defrosting the deep freeze because it's so cold outside you can store your food out there. 

January, 10, 2016

Gratitudes:  For snow! For Dottie finally putting on her jump suit. For a nap with a fussy baby. For papaw hanging out with the kiddos. For castle building. 

January 9, 2016

Gratitudes:  For a lovely morning at Bernheim. For Miss Whitney at Pollywogs and her inhuman ability to be chipper. For soft serve ice cream. For my beautiful Dottie and her last time nursing (I'm srsly gonna cry thinking about it). For her understanding that I'm having a hard time nursing Kit and this is how she can help. For our pretty great dinners lately where the girls set the table and serve themselves. For Auggie starting that cute thing where he gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth. For Kit's unique sense of fashion. 

January 8, 2016

(2 days of) Gratitudes: For being asked to be on the Bardstown Historic Review Board. For story time starting back up at the library. For lots of groceries. For an ok day on Charles ' first full day back to work. For our new serve yourself dinner style and how much the girls are enjoying it. 

January 6, 2016

Gratitudes:  For the IUD I got yesterday. Yay for birth control! For papaw hanging out with the girls and boy so I could go to the doc. For a successful night away from home without daddy. For the hilarious face August made when he licked a lemon. For the girls sitting on their nest and hatching chicks. For a new plan for dinner. The girls serve themselves. 

January 5, 2016

Gratitudes:  For Charles being able to stay home today. For the doctor's office being out of flu shots so Kitty got the nasal mist. For new recipes to use what you have: cabbage roll casserole. For Auggie low crawling from the parlor to the dining room looking for me.  For him finding the air vent and am starting to play with his sisters For Katy, Dexter, and baby Henry stopping by. For being asked to be on the Bardstown Historic Review Board. Yippee!!

January 4, 2016

For early silliness with Kitty and August. For The Legend of Zelda (Charles getting to play and the girls loving watching). For Charles going to the movies with Joseph. 

January 3, 2016

Gratitudes: For Kit not waking Dottie at 6:30 (even if she did wake Auggie). For getting the Christmas tree down. For getting some cleaning done even tho the house is still a disaster. For Auggie reaching to be picked up. 

January 1, 2016

Gratitudes:  For a beautiful day at Anne's with many families and many babies. For making new friends. For throwing rocks in the creek. For realizing I'm an excellent cook. For yummy cake. For black eyed peas. For The Legend of Zelda. For being so busy I forgot to take pictures.