Day #2 of no computer before my kids’ are resting was successful! So was a day with magic moments worked in.
Today we had friends over to make homemade bread and they even brought a picnic lunch to share with my kids. These boys are so sweet, seriously.
We also managed to enjoy the incredible weather outside today by walking and exploring and bike riding. I wasn’t sure how Luther would do in his new stroller, but he smiled big the entire time. Course what baby wouldn’t smile in this plush ride? Thanks again Christina and Eric for this amazing gift.
Our neighborhood is still in development on the back lots, so my kids have a couple streets where they can ride their bikes up and down without any cars at all. It’s great. Zoe always gets all emotional about the trash that we see strewn throughout these back lots. She hates to see all that litter, and doesn’t understand why people wouldn’t just throw their trash away.
When we are riding we always manage to get off our bikes for awhile and explore. Today the big excitement was finding wooden boards stacked as ramps up on the curbs. We ran up and down those for a long time.
And a magical moment of my day was in the afternoon. We ate homemade bread together, and at Zoe’s request, sat and looked at an art book and namely the painting Mona Lisa. They were really into to imagining why she was smiling. Some great conversation. I’m falling in love with this homeschooling/life learning gig.
And I couldn’t leave you without a few photos of some other magical moments in our home lately:
My Valentine Frog Balloon from Zoe and Tony.
Fresh cut flowers from Tony. These were an amazing surprise because I had just read an entry in my journal from last February about how much I loved fresh flowers, in which I was writing about why I never bought any. And then yesterday Tony walks in and hands me a bunch. So cool!
Chocolate chip scones for my family. And the sugar crystals on top, see how they look like glitter? That’s magic dust right there. And dear Starbucks, I love you and all, but it’s going to be really hard to fork out a bunch of money to buy scones now when I know I can make perfectly fine ones at home.
And these two. Seeing these two together melts my heart right now. Magic I tell ya!
What’s magical in your day-to-day life? How do you create magic in your home?
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love it that zoe hates the trash!! * cute and simple thoughts. makes me realize again how natural it is for us to want to protect our home/space/environment. and love the home-made scones – thats how i feel about soup and sandwiches and chocolate covered things – you make them and realize how wonderful you can make them and so much cheaper! and then they stop even being temping out in the world. but i haven’t made scones… share the recipe when you have time!
and magic…. i ceremoniously ride the escalator down from floor 2 to 1 at work ever time i leave. that is not how i go in – just how i leave. i could take the elevator from 9 all the way to 1 but i love the grandour and *magic* of riding down that excalator early in the morning… going home. and i light candles. prob a non-parent thing as i imagine its not terribly child-friendly. but i light candles every night. makes me recognize that i think its special that what we are doing or i am doing is worth noting. makes me pause, take note. of many things… special. i love the pics that you take. looks from here like all is well in your world — thinking of you always!
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We had a great time at your house. We love our bread, thank you for teaching me how to make it. You are a blesssing to me!
I love the idea of lighting candles to make myself recognize that what we are doing is special. Thanks for that idea!
The chocolate chip scones look wonderful. Awesome baby stroller. I think it’s great that you are committed to not being on the computer as much. I go through phases where I try but always have an excuse — bills to pay, lesson plans to write, etc. And then the other stuff creeps back in. You’ve challenged me once again. The dress up clothes I bought (spent too much) at Babies R Us last year when Caleb and Josiah had a heroes night at my parents’ church (when we were in transition). They have been well loved though.
The reason the trash is so bad is because of our beloved Oklahoma wind. Each Thursday (trash day), our street gets “littered” with trash. It’s so gross and sad. By Wednesday of the next week, it’s all cleaned up and ready for the next wind to come blowin’ through. I love that you got to enjoy the weather (along with friends:)