Mama's little Daisy

Gracelyn has been my little helper these days.

We have made flower arrangements

Read many good stories

Baked and baked and baked

And played with our best buddy William who is visiting!

Miracles

These were the words on the wall of my massage room the other day. Sometimes little things like this just stop you in your tracks.

Bathing Beauty

This little monkey decided she did not want to go to school today. I was told that she would rather stay in the tub all day playing with her toys and pretending to be Ariel. Oh to be four again!

Walk and Rock for Walker

Last Friday our school had a fundraiser for one of our beloved teachers whose husband is very ill with cancer. All of our First Presbyterian families gathered to walk, support, donate and celebrate Bill Walker and his family. Mara's Girl Scout Troop walked and contributed to the event which ended up raising a total of $3200. Wow!!!!

After the walk we went to the school gym to celebrate with the tunes of Aaron Spiro in the background. Aaron is a First Pres father who is a christian musician. Aaron shared songs of encouragement, love and hopefulness with us all. I had never heard his music but Mara and I liked it so much we bought a CD. Look him up on the internet. I guarantee you will like him too!

One on One

Lately I have been trying to make some extra special time for Mara. It gives us a chance to talk about our life, school and most recently puberty and the birds and the bees. Oh how do I love these conversations. Is there a manual for this type of stuff?? I do the best that I can to be honest but not say too much. I mean she is only 9!! Mara loves getting a special treat and she especially loves getting me all to herself.

My hope is that if I have this type of open conversation with her now that she will always feel comfortable coming to me in good times and bad. Being a mom is the best gift that I could have ever been given. I love my girls more then anything in this world and know that this was what I was meant to do!

Coffee Date

Friday I got to have a coffee date with Renee, Melissa and Baby Drew. This little man is just a punkin and a complete spitting image of his older brother Nathan. I got big smiles and squeezes from this little guy. I love being able to take a break from my work day to spend time with some of my favorite peeps!

Wizards Camp

Mara's class got to go to the Science Center for an overnight field trip to the Harry Potter Exhibit. It was a wild wizard experience. The kids went to potions class, watched an Imax of the movie and learned anything and everything that had to do with Harry Potter.  The kids stayed up super late and got up super early. They were a tired mess on Saturday morning but you would have never known because their wizard smiles were priceless.