January 13, 2009

Another busy day. I went through the mounds of paperwork that Bayleigh has brought home from school, so far this year. As much as I hate to throw any of her work away, I went through and sorted some of her most memorable things to keep, and lovingly kissed the rest good-bye.



Eli is getting more independent every second. Today he insisted on putting his overalls on by himself. What a riot!


And for some reason, he's been in a cleaning mood lately . . . maybe I'm rubbing off on the boy. At least I HOPE so . . . another neat freak in the house wouldn't hurt my feelings a bit!




And as soon as Bayleigh got home from school, we popped in LarryBoy and the Bad Apple. The kids played nicely and Bayleigh ended up falling asleep in the big chair. School must be rough on her . . .




I found out that I'm out of yellow ink in my photo printer, so I'll be placing that order in the morning! YIPES! I can't scrapbook without my printer!

January 12, 2009

My little man has decided that he likes to give me kisses again. It's been months since he gave me a sweet little peck on the cheek, but today he unwrapped a whole bunch of them . . . just for mommy!



I tried to get a picture of him giving me a kiss on the cheek, but he was more interested in changing the settings on my camera. I'm going to enjoy all those kisses he sends my way, because I know that too soon, it will come to an end once again.

And today, since I was slacking off on the housework . . . I spent a little time outside. In my search to photograph something new . . . I stumbled across this tiny little weed and noticed that it had some really unique flowers on it . . .



and the sunset was beautiful this evening. It looks like a front is moving in and as I type, we're getting SNOW!

I also spent a few moments on the outside, looking in. It's a fun perspective and something I'll return to again soon.

January 11, 2009

I woke up before the crack of dawn and came downstairs to this . . .



at 6:00 a.m. the moon was fantastic! (Although my photography left a little to be desired.) WOW! It was like the sun coming up in the West!




And since it's Sunday, we decided after church that we'd just Veg out with the Veggie Tales. I'm kind of partial to Bob the Tomato . . . but I think Eli's favorite is Larry.

January 10, 2009

We got another dusting of snow. No accumulation, though.



I finally found the floor in the old dining room . . .




and I received some "FUN" mail this morning.



Tonight is supposed to be the biggest full moon of 2009. It was like daylight outside! Eerie . . .

January 9, 2009

While sissy is away, Eli will play! I couldn't resist getting a few shots of him putting on Bayleigh's fake lipstick. I just couldn't get over him holding the mirror up . . . where does the boy GET this stuff?!



And at least he was nice and put the cap back on the "lipstick". Thank heavens it was the plastic variety of lipstick, or I would have had a messy wall to clean, along with . . .



the disaster that used to be my dining room. I believe my next priority (after I clean up this mess), is getting one of the pantry's finished. Then the vacuum, carpet cleaner, humidifier, and other misc. will have a place to reside . . . instead of the middle of the floor.

I ALMOST finished cleaning up the above mess, but then it was time for Bayleigh to get off the bus. Eli seems to know when it's time for her to get home from school, because he climbs up into the window to watch for the bus.

You can barely see the bus in the background, just to the left of Eli's elbow. As much as he misses Bayleigh during the day, it doesn't keep them from agitating each other. I guess that's just siblings for you!

January 8, 2009

The past few weeks, Eli has taken a liking to drawing "cars". I just love to see his little mind at work . . .



and I love how he curls his toes when he's concentrating on his drawing.



Maybe we have an artist in the making!

January 7, 2009

With Bayleigh off to school and Eli hanging out with daddy for the day, I got the outside of the kitchen cabinets all cleaned off, and the refridgerator cleaned out.



And while everyone was gone . . . I put on some of my favorite music and sang along! I haven't done that in AGES, and it was SO fun! I really don't like to put my family through the torture of my singing . . . and those FOUR tubs of butter in the fridge . . . I have NO idea! Dave must have kept forgetting that he'd already picked some up.

Overall, I'd say it was a productive housecleaning day in the hacienda!