like cream...

last night, after i tucked my littles in and did the daily "put the house back together after tornado g & n," i read this--

The Grace of Now

it spoke to me and i thought i'd share.


happy tuesday.

morning

sometimes i like to get up early, before the sun and my littles are awake and sneak downstairs for a "calm before the storm" moment.

when you have kids you have to get creative with stealing moments away for yourself. forgoing a little sleep for a peaceful moment with a cup of coffee and early morning news shows is my favorite but i most often settle for a shower with the door closed or two minutes alone in the laundry room (my kids are scared of the laundry room).

as i type, my quiet moment has passed. the kids are up, we made cinnamon roles and the soothing sounds of morning tv have been replaced by sponge bob.

happy friday.

is it weird?

photo - concordgreen.blogspot.com

sometimes i daydream about moving my little family to a house with tons of land and an adjoining wooded area with a creek. we can raise chickens, build tree houses and be able to let the kiddos play outside by themselves while i watch from a kitchen window, sipping tea.

is that weird?

what do you daydream about?

letting him be little

like i said before, we tried preschool with noah in september and it didn't work out. at first i was nervous about keeping him entertained every.single.day. without his sister. i don't know why i was nervous though, noah is nothing like gracie,  he doesn't need constant entertaining and honestly is most happy at home with his things.

i love our time together. it is reminiscent of the time i got to spend one on one with my sassy girl before noah was born. we don't do anything specific and really don't have a routine. we just go with the flow, making sure to spend lots of time snuggling and playing cars.

i am so happy i get this time with him because i know soon he won't really care to follow me around everywhere i go. so right now i am content to let him be little because soon he wont.

almost there

i am feeling better. well, better then yesterday. the flu has landed in the paff house, type a to be exact. we have been cuddling, napping, movie watching and consuming massive amounts of tea.

corey did a fabulous job of holding down the fort and tending to us sickies for the past 6 days but no one can live up to my impossible standards of cleaning and this house needs a good scrub.

my plan for today is to use this bad boy to sanitize every single surface in this house.



wish me luck!

my buddy

i love him.



i love him.




i love him.




i want my baby back.

 -joanna

Resolutions

i am really excited about my new years resolution. we eat out, a lot. way, way, way, too much so my resolution is to cook more dinners at home. i love to cook and i have a beautiful kitchen to cook in but i honestly get lazy and the allure of having corey pick up a pizza and clean up consisting of throwing away a pizza box and paper plates gets me every time. i want to start being intentional though about what i feed my family. i found this great little cheat sheet to get me started.

hopefully, this will help me get out of my rut of the same meals and get my organized.

heres to a year of eating well and at home!

-joanna