I've been spending the past few days really trying to come to terms with this world. Wondering why there is so much evil. When tragedy strikes we all try to pull together and bring whatever good out of it that we can. It's hard to find anything good after last Friday though. My heart aches for those babies and their families, I cannot fathom what their parents are feeling right now. The only thing I could think to do today was to write. I wrote to my girls. I haven't really talked to them much about the incident. They are so young and innocent and I didn't want to take that away from them. They k is that something horrible happened but that they were "safe" as safe as you can be in a world like this anyway. They didn't ask to many questions and until they do I felt that I should leave it at that. I don't want to put unecessary fear in them. So I wrote them a letter for the future that I will share with you. Everything that has happened has really started to sink in and make me realize how short life truly is. I want to make sure my children know how much I love them, and how good the world CAN be.
Dear my sweet beautiful baby girls,
Last Friday something horrible happened in Connecticut. Something unimaginable and every parents worst nightmare. Although I know that unfortunately the world that we currently live in is corrupt, Fridays tragedy was and still is especially hard to come to terms with. Children were involved. Sweet beautiful innocent children just like you. My heart is aching for them and their families. And while there is nothing I can do to take their pain away I pray and hope that someday, somehow they will heal. It's out a real perspective on things for me. It's really show me how quickly life can be take . Every morning we wake we are given another chance. We are given a gift. More time to spend with those we love. More memories to be made. More laughs to be laughed. More playtime. More togetherness. I've tried over the past seven plus years to be the absolute best mom to you girls. I was so young when I became a mother so it's definitely been a challenge. I feel I'm doing an ok job, but I want to do more. I don't want to take a single day spent with you girls for granted. It is up to me to teach you the ways of the world. To tell you about the evil when I see fit and to make sure that no matter what you can always see the good. Because this world can be good. And you two are living proof of that. Everything that is good in this world is YOU. Our children. The children of our world are our future. Stay the way you are, despite Ll the bad you hear. Stay good and our future will be more bright. I hope to god that one day you will witness peace on earth. Until then I hope to give you your own kind of peace and keep your world as safe and good as I can.
Love,
Mom
May you rest in peace Sandy Hook victims
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
12 Days of Teachers Gifts
I saw this idea online last year, and really wanted to try it out but ran out of time. This year I was so back and forth with it, trying to save money and yet still be creative can be pretty challenging. Especially with two teachers! But I decided to do it, and its been so much fun! We still have 4 days of gifts left, but I can't wait to post the ones we've already done so I'll post days 1-8 now.Some of them I didn't really get the best pictures of, so I'll just give you the decription.
No.1: On the First Day of Christmas, they got Chocolate covered spoons for stirring hot chocolate or coffee!
No. 2: On the second Day of Christmas, they got Chocolate Chip Cookies.
No. 3: On the third Day of Christmas ( MY FAVORITE) they got pencils that I created from left over pieces of our picket fence.
No. 4: On the Fourth Day of Christmas, Hand Sanitizer! The girls picked out cute little holders for the mini sanitizers from bath and body works.
No. 5: On the fifth day of Christmas Scarves! ( Forgot the picture but they were super cute!)
No. 6: On the sixth day of Christmas, salt dough ornaments! Hubby baked them while mommy was out at a much needed dinner! Then I painted them when I got home, and the girls put their thumprints on in the morning to create the reindeer!
No.8: And today, the 8th day of Christmas I gave them a printable that I found from simply designing. ( This should take you to the page if you'd like one too! She's so generous and lets you print them for free! https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2Z1O_cQfZmkMmU0MHdMYWxYdXc) I framed one for each of the teachers. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of this one. They were super cute though!
If you can, when giving gifts, don't forget the unified arts teachers! They work just as hard! Also the school nurse, bus driver, and office help! It can get pretty pricy with all of them, but I shopped at the dollar section of target and found them each really cute planners for 2013 and got them each one of the mini hand sanitzers and holders from bath and body words for 1.50 each. Not too bad. Baked good are always good too, when you're running low on dough! Just something to let them know we appreciate what they do for our children! :) Nine people for just over $20 total. Pretty good if I do say so myself. And when you have virtually no money to spend on them, just a simple thank you can really change a persons life. Write them each a nice letter wishing them a happy holiday and thanking them for all they do. Just taking the time to show that you care is better then nothing at all.
Just B. Elf
Our Elf has the pleasure of being named after Justin Bieber. For some reason when you ask my girls to name something the only things they can come up with are crazy made up words, like baladooda or comalina....i know seriously strange. Don't ask me where they got it! The second best thing they could do last year when our elf first arrived, was Justin Bieber! I told them we should just shorten it to Justin B. and they agreed that would be good since after all, there already was a Justin Bieber. So Justin B. it was, and boy was he an exciting guest last year! He hid in the most tricky places, it took FOREVER to find him on some days. So this year Justin B. has returned, and decided to hide a little differently this time around. He's pretty easy to find most days, but he is just being soo silly! The kids LOVE it! So, I thought I'd share a few of his hiding places with you. I have to give credit to Pinterest of course, because that it is where most of these came from, not sure the exact source though or I would definitely give them credit as well.
The girls left a huge mess downstairs after daddy worked so hard making it nice the night before. Justin wasn't very happy about this one, so he hung out in the mail center all day with a note reminding them that Santa doesn't like to bring brand new toys to kids who don't take care of the ones they already have.
Game Night! There's that same Barbie again! She sure will miss him when he returns to the North Pole!
Justin B. arrived the day after Thanksgiving, but on December 1st he made sure we had our calendar ready to let the countdown to Christmas begin!
Going for a cruise with Barbie! I think Ken will be getting Jealous!
Listening to some Jams on a very expensive very cracked Ipod! :)
Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?! Justin B. Elf, stole the Cookies from the cookie jar! And although you can't see it very clearly, he turned our milk GREEN!! Yikes!
Just Hanging Out. Lovely Lady #1 was soo excited about this one, she was face timing a friend of hers and they always show each other where their elf is hiding that day. This particular day their elves were both in the same exact places! haha Hanging from the Curtain Rod! I swear they didn't plan this one! :)
Justin B. Really misses the North Pole! He decided he'd improvise and made a marshmallow Snowman! Boy did he get messy in that snow!!!
He's a little too big for that house, don't you think!? He hung out at the lego friends home for the day! Hope he didn't squish them!
Time for a nap! All this hiding and being silly sure can take a toll on a poor little Elf!
Relaxing in a "bubble bath", and watching some tv. :) That bathroom floor looks like it needs a little scrub! Yuck!
Keeping Watch on the Picture frame!
Star light Star Bright, first star you see tonight, I wish I may I wish I might have the wish I wish tonight! Justin hung out on the star while the family camped out under the Christmas tree for one of our 25 days of Christmas countdown activities!
I can't believe there are only 11 more days until Christmas! Time sure does fly when you're having fun! We've been busy little bees, but its all been worth it to see the smiles on those two beautiful faces! Love making memories and starting new traditions with the wonderful family I was blessed with. Hope everyone is having a great Christmas Month so far!
“Life has many twists and turns in it; you have to take what you are given and use it for the best."
Don't ever take a single day for granted! And try not to sweat the small stuff, Christmas can be wasted if we spend it stressing over money and time. Stay positive and think happy thoughts, everything will find a way some how.
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