Mama's little helper..

So much to do in such little time, today was a day FULL of interruptions... and it wasn't like bad interruptions either.. JUST whenever I wanted to get something done something came up to make sure I could not do that certain thing.! BUT while I was working on more burritos to freeze, my daughter wanted to "wash dishes" So up went the stool and my sweet little girl, I did think I would actually be able to get the burritos rolled up and packed away.. but when a 2 year old is playing with water its best to not be too distracted..! I sat back and watched her for a minute.. LIFE caught in this moment.. She saw here tutu this am which she calls her "rina" and wanted to wear it..! and so her is my precious baby dressed up pretty... washing some dishes and just talking and singing away..! and I thought.. It won't be like this for long..! Today I am thankful for my interruptions, another day has ended.. both girls are in bed (for now anyway).. tomorrow they will wake up one day older..

When Mama is on the phone

One of the many things I love about my Eleanor is her love for life and how she finds joy in almost everything!.. BUT WITH this wonderful gift comes the messes, no fear ( on Ella's part LOTS on mama's) and the constant getting into EVERYTHING..! how easy life would be if i just kept her to play with her toys and let little girls do little girl things and Mama's do Mama things, but I do want to teach her and give her a love for cooking, God's Word, for exercising, for cleaning and maybe someday being a Mom.. SO with that comes the adventure called LIFE.... Ella is allowed to play with dry beans I give her 2 bowls and measuring cups and I let her go to town when I am doing something in the kitchen that can hurt her.. like using a knife or cooking over a flame!... She is normally good at keeping them in the bowls KNOWING Mama is watching.. but when the Mama gets distracted you can betcha what she wanted to do..! " Thank you Aunt B for letting me do something I normally am not allowed to do.. I enjoyed rolling in them and playing with scattered beans..! "

Count it all joy

It easy to "count it all joy" when life is full of bliss and moments that you want to capture .. but what about when life day after day is not giving you a break?..! Do you still count it all joy..! I have a very very easy life next to the majority of people in this world, and I hate to even go to the place of feeling like I want to scream, but I must say each day that has been passing on little to no sleep and as each day goes by I so want to count all my problems and make sure everyone KNOWS how miserable I feel.. I have a wonderful Savior.. Who is so very very personal!.. He knew how tired I was and so instead of letting my children nap today he decided to keep them awake..! ( you see nap time is never a time for me to rest but always a time to get as much done as humanly possible.. work out .. clean out.. get dinner started.. bills.. everything and anything I use every spare moment.. ) I headed upstairs.. Got Ella out of bed and decided to take a shower and then we sat and played 'people' while listening to worship music!.. I had such an amazing time of worship with my children.. as we sang, danced and played together!.. So a day that I would normally consider miserable has turned into a glorious day.. Did anything change? Did God give me children who sleep, Did he take the whine out of my 2 year old or make all the messes go away? NO.. He changed my heart making me just a bit more like my Savior!.. THAT IS WHY I can count it all JOY!..

My sweet Magpie!....

I would like to introduce my sweet Magnolia Mae.. She is now in her 6 month but having 2 children I have not found much time to sit and blog!.. So I am trying to play the catch up game!..

I cannot say HOW I am SO blessed to have 2 amazing little girls!.. When I had my first child I could not imagine loving anyone like My little Ella bella and then I met My Maggie and the love is so there.. Just like it was for my Ella.. Life the first 6 weeks was quite an adjustment.. Hard to not be allowed to exercise much.. getting used to the fact that we have another person in our lives.. but we have all adjusted!..

My sweet Maggie is a VERY VERY HAPPY BABY..! She of course like most babies loves to be near the Mumma.. She loves to nurse but also does not want to miss out on life!.. She is always watching Ella and at times it looks like she just wishes she could get down and play! Like her sister, Maggie is not one to sleep!.. Something we are working on..! I do not get much sleep at night..! I feel so rested when I sleep for 2 hours in a row!.. She is up every hour!.. I am happy this is such a short phase..! Ella was like this until about 9 to 10 months and then she slept til 4 am!... and then at a year Ella slept 12 hours!.. So I am not far off!.. I pray that my darling Maggie will use that desire to get involved and be apart of what is going on for the things of God..! I pray that the strong will I see in her will be used in a positive light!..

B. BOX ( busy box)

It has been a LONG time since I have been able to blog..! I am sitting in my kitchen HOPING my 6 month old will just go to sleep!.. So a quick little thought on life with a 2 year old..! She is a very busy girl and is always looking for opportunities to get into things! When I clean, cook, nurse.. go to the bathroom.. ANYTHING that takes my eyes off of her she is into something that can hurt her.. SO I heard of this busy box idea and thought I would try it out!.. She is only allowed to play with the toys in that box when she is in her "fort" and it has been very very helpful!... In my B.Box I have beads she can string.. ( I might remove that because she wants to wrap string around her neck since she wants a necklace..) puzzle.. Mr. Potato head.. some little animals.. blocks.. Over time I want to add more little people.. and a shape sorter..