~Best Shot Monday – Tis the Season~

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Amanda

This is the adorable face I greeted Sunday morning after what was clearly a hard night’s sleep! With a mere five days remaining until holiday break, I’m feeling like my hair is in a similar state from being pulled out due to stress and worry that we’ll finish our school projects amidst all the other fun holiday festivities I want to be doing! I’m sure it will all turn out just fine as it always seems to, and besides – how can I stay stressed when I see such cute faces?

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~Snow Day~

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Amanda

Ahem. {taps microphone} Um, is this thing on?

A dear friend reminded me today that it’s been nearly two months since my last post! Eee Gads! It’s certainly not for lack of mundane exciting things to report, it’s more the time in which to write anything resembling a coherent thought among the thousand other things that we’re actually doing! But, today being the beautiful gift in which teachers and students alike find ultimate happiness, I figured it was the perfect opportunity to do some fun Christmas Craftiness and get a post in to boot!

With only 7 school days remaining until we’re officially on holiday, I’m hoping to sneak in a few more posts for good measure too! While some of you may be disappointed that these photos are not of my two growing kiddos, you can imagine for yourselves the squeals of delight and umpteen-thousand reminders that “No, it’s not time for reindeer treats yet!” both Garth and I uttered between 8am and noon.

In other holiday endeavors, I spent close to an hour this morning listening to yet another YA audio book (it’s the only way to stay on top of what my students are reading or should be reading!) while stringing cranberries to decorate the adorable little pine in the corner of our lot. A strand or two or popcorn and we’d have all sorts of birdies coming by to snack – the kids would just love it!

Speaking of the kids, they finally woke up, so we headed upstairs to get them. A few tickle matches and a change of clothes later, we were back in the kitchen admiring the reindeer treats when I asked, “Babe, did you move the –” and I pointed to the table where our beautiful strung cranberries had been. Instantly we both realized that our “beloved” pup had eaten the e-n-t-i-r-e strand! So, until we get more supplies, here’s all I can share of my cranberry craftiness today!

Sounds like both kids are actually sleeping today, so I think I’ll indulge in a little snow day rest myself!

Wordless Wednesday ~ Fabulous Fall

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Amanda

I love nothing more than perfectly warm fall days and the nap-deprived humor of my little man. His crooked grin is courtesy his own camera catch phrase of “silly wiggleworms” – I can just imagine his internal dialogue that he cracks himself up!

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Best Shot Monday ~ Priceless

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Amanda

I’ve joked before about how difficult it is to fit a full-time job into an already full-time schedule. So one would think that by going to a part-time work schedule I would have oodles of “free” time to write, read, reflect, oh and if you bother to stop by here anymore…blog! In fact, I’m finding that the balance is much easier to strike, but I’m also spending more time choosing to be an active participant in the goings-on.

While I’ve been taken lots of pictures there haven’t been as many of my two favorite subjects as of late. However, these two…they just make me laugh and cry at the very same time! Sometimes I feel as if my heart will actually break because it is constantly being stretched to accommodate the capacity of love I have for my kids.

Even though her expression is a little silly, I just adore this picture of my lovely little lady – taken a few weeks ago at my cousin’s homecoming football game.

And Calder…he’s becoming quite the little man. Here, he was playing with his coffee stirrer straw and spinning around to get “busy” – I think he was trying to see himself. I’m quite certain that he’s laying a great foundation for his dad to trick him into trying to see his ear in a few years!