Girls usually are more inclined than boys to want fancy things and just have a innate desire to make things look nice. For example my daughter, at age 10, did a post on her blog on how to make a goblet look even better. From quite young she’s tried different hairdo’s. Like this one… (a little dark but can you see all the barrettes and tall ponytail sticking up?) As the years have gone by she has developed some quite sophisticated styles all on her own – styles I haven’t even been able to do! Oh, dear! Without killing the point too much I’m sure most of us agree that…

Christmas is over and the new year has already begun. We started 2009 off with a watch night service at our church which was just lovely. The next day I was only half there, of course. My Mom and Dad were here spending the week with us after Christmas. What a treat! Then we received company New Year’s Day afternoon from Colorado – a family that has 7 children. The kids were so sweet and well-behaved, everyone helping each other. It was really great to see. Most of what I do see, especially when out shopping are things like this. In C*STCO yesterday there was a mom in front of…

One of my reasons for blogging was to record little moments (and big) of my children. I’m just now getting to writing about Audrey (3yo) who made me smile a few months ago when I came into the room and found her with my camera. Sometimes I find the strangest pictures on the camera card. Pictures of the side of a head, a leg, a portion of the piano – multiple shots of each object. This day when I walked in she said, “Mom! I’m going to take a smile of you.” Another day, she brought in a bunch of parsley from the garden and presented it to me. I…