My heart melts

Posted on August 2, 2012 by leprakans

Today we hung out a lot… We were lazy played some Lego Harry Potter went to the dollar tree and Furman.

But this afternoon The Chickens got in a frenzy telling me to stay out of my bedroom they were working on something. There was tons of giggling and grabbing of tape… And “Mommy don’t come in.”

Then they told me to come they had a surprise!

They had decorated the kitchen and wrapped me presents… Then they sang me a song. It was incredibly sweet.

Then came the presents. Little treasures of theirs they were willing to share with their mommy. I think my favorite part was the marshmallows decorated with pink sprinkles.

Then they disappeared into the pantry and made these marshmallow babies. When I asked them the occasion Mason said,” because you are the best mommy and always doing kind things for us.” Now if that does not melt your heart I don’t know what will.

Just call me crafty…

Posted on July 23, 2012 by leprakans

I have learned when you have a dog and a cat that sometimes your rugs need a little more TLC then just vacuuming. My dining rug especially needed a little something. It’s where Leighton likes to hang out a lot. The rug was starting to smell a little doggy. I know Febreeze is supposed to work great but in my current mode of trying to make everything from scratch I can I decided to google and see if I could find a homemade carpet freshener.

looks like I am baking something not whipping up a carpet freshener

I googled and found a pretty easy recipe. It smelled a little like apple pie or a candle as Boo said. It was 1 cup baking soda, 1 cup corn starch, 1 tsp cloves and 2 tsp cinnamon. I mixed this all together stuck it in an old spaghetti jar poked holes in the top and sprinkled it on the carpet. The website I found the recipe on the lady said she let it sit over night. I decided to do the same thing.

Mason loved sprinkling on the carpet. He was allowed to be “messy”

After it sits you just vacuum it up! My carpet smelled yummy and the room no longer smelled like doggy.

So next time you need something just google it first you might be able to make it at home!

Weekend

Posted on May 20, 2012 by leprakans

It’s been a wonderful weekend… Reading, library time , roasting marshmallows, whispering down pipes calling for Borrowers and sprinkler time.

I am so blessed and so thankful.

Wednesday

Posted on May 16, 2012 by leprakans

Great day with wonderful other homeschool mom’s and their kids. We had an end of year presentation where the kids could show something they accomplished this year. We had such a great time of food and fellowship.

Better….

Posted on May 15, 2012 by leprakans

Today was so much better….

School went well …. Really well.

We had a great play date at the park with some awesome friends.. Then picked a few things up at Walmart and of course we had to check out the toy aisle.

They have so much fun just looking at the toys.. And of course the added treat of getting something in the check out line is always exciting.

We ended the day with a yummy dessert… Yep it was a much better day… So thankful for do overs

Rough

Posted on May 14, 2012 by leprakans

Today was rough and seemed to last forever… School took longer then normal it was like pulling teeth.

I lost my patience somewhere along the way and had to apologize so many times… It’s hard being a mommy….

But tomorrow is a new day thank the Lord and I with his help will do better..

Chicken acting silly tonight while we were at the store:)

Mother’s Day

Posted on May 13, 2012 by leprakans

Today was Mother’s Day and my day was wonderful! Mason has learned to make coffee this week and he knocked on the bathroom door this morning while I was getting ready and handed me a mug of coffee.

And then he made me breakfast. What a sweet boy:)

We had a wonderful church service this morning and then went out for lunch:)

When we got home we had cheesecake . Mason wanted to put candles in the cheesecake and song Happy Mother’s Day … It was incredibly sweet.

Then they gave me their cards and my presents. They were so sweet and thoughtful. And thanks to my sweet husband for helping

We napped and then went to my moms later to see her…

I ran into a fairy while I was there:)

My wonderful Mother and Boo. It was a wonderful Mother’s Day:)

Nieces….

Posted on May 7, 2012 by leprakans

I haven’t seen my oldest niece in 5 1/2 years. She is more like my cousin instead of my niece we are only six years apart. The last time she saw Chicken he was only six months old and she had never met Boo. And my other two nieces I had not seen in 3 1/2 years.

But they finally got to visit this weekend! It was soo great to see them!

I am so glad the Chickens got to meet their cousins. We sat around and talked and drank coffee all day at my moms it was such a great time of fellowship and filling up on family love…

My beautiful momma and three of her grandchildren:)

Raising our coffee cups to grandma!

Crazy cousins!

My favorite pic:). I miss them already.

Our weekend…

Posted on April 30, 2012 by leprakans

We had a great weekend! We went strawberry picking and did some planting in the garden.

But first we started out the morning with homemade blueberry scones.

Boo ready to go pick strawberries!

We picked four gallons! The Chickens were troopers and they did such a good job only picking ripe ones!

Boo took this family portrait… She did a pretty good job.

When we got home we planted some herbs… Hoping they will do well so I can use them in cooking!

On Sunday Boo found a tiny box and Mason made it into a car for her.. She thought this was the greatest thing and pushed herself all around the house in it. How she fits in a box so small I don’t know.

Mason and Ben spent sometime playing a game together.. I love this pic of them. Mason sure does love his daddy.

And on a side note my pumpkins sprouted! So excited!

Busy laid back day

Posted on April 25, 2012 by leprakans

Today was a rather lazy day but we got a lot done.

We made a run to the Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery. I was out of honey and they sell local, raw unfiltered honey. While we were there I picked up two cucumber plants and four tomato plants.

Boo and Chicken helped me plant them when we got home.

Mason loves to water the plants.

In the afternoon we did school. Boo has been struggling with the math lately so I did some one on one work with her today with a work book that is for preschoolers.

She really enjoyed having that alone time with me so I think we will continue this.

So while Mason and I did math together Leighton kept trying to distract him.

He was really trying hard to be studious but she kept trying to get him to pet her it was quite funny.

I had to get on her to leave him alone. She was quite pitiful and didn’t seem to understand why her boy could not play.

Boo napped while we did math.. Poor girl the morning and afternoon activity was to much for her.

Ben had to work late so the Chickens helped me make whole wheat blue berry and chocolate chip pancakes. They looked so yummy!

I had this because I am currently on a 10 day reboot fast trying to improve my asthma. I have seen some improvement so far so I am excited about that.

When daddy got home we made a run to Furman and had a little treat.

We were celebrating this.. Chicken losing his second tooth. Wish that boy would quit growing.

Boo finished up the night by “feeding” Grandma’s friendship bread starter. Boo is baby sitting it while my mom is out of town… Any chance to cook or stir anything and Boo is all over it.

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