Always somewhere else.

Lately I have really begun to see the personality of my younger son coming out more. It is such a neat stage to start to see this little boy coming out and the toddler slipping away. He has been on a streak of doing some of the neatest imaginative play. I keep intending to snap a picture with our Canon camera but it always seems to be somewhere else in the house. The other thing keeping me from taking pictures is that I would rather just quietly observe his playtime. Every time I take a picture it seems to break up his play and he gets distracted. I love hearing the little stories he is telling himself about what his toys are doing as he moves them about. Every stage of childhood is amazing but something about the start of imaginative play always intrigues me.

Crafty Christmas

This year we are trying to downsize our Christmas. The last few years we have gone overboard and it just isn't in the budget this year. We are going to buy a few presents but try to make the rest. My kids have requested new rice bags this year (they are hot pads you warm up in the microwave; nice to snuggle up with on cold winter nights). Pillowcases for the nieces and nephews. I am also going to make a few aprons out of my grandma's embroidered flour sack dish towels. We have leftover 12x12 tiles from our bathroom project so I thought I would get some vinyl lettering and make some plaques,too! Since money is TIGHT I have been trying to use stuff I already have to make Christmas gifts. Christmas will be made with love this year.