It's Gonna be a Great Day!

A sunrise workout to get my blood pumping

A fresh berry, banana & yogurt drink (courtesy of the amazingly fresh & cheap produce at Sunflower Market-check out their sale flyers!)

One egg from the chickens up the street

Whole grain toast made by Yours Truly

A wonderful husband who helps with the kids

A quiet moment to eat and check my email

Can life get better? I submit that it cannot!

You Up For a Game?

Here's the deal...The first three people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make! (Though I hope you will!)
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It'll be done this year. {might be a little while}
4. You have no clue what it's going to be. I don't even have a clue what it's going to be.
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 3 people who do the same on your blog. The first 3 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did, will win a homemade gift! It may not be great, but it will be fun!!* * *Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!* * *

I think it's time for a pool. . .

Aliyah has been a water lover from the day she was born, and as determined as she is, she never lets anything get in the way of her plans for a day at the pool. Many of you remember her first resourceful swimming expedition in the nearest toilet.

Not one to be easily deterred, she turned to the bathroom sink (knowing from mom's last reaction that the toilet was absolutely off-limits), and splish-splashed to her heart's content until she was discovered.

After learning her lesson about sink-swimming, she took to just wearing her swimming suit around the house and telling me about her plans to go to the pool. So last night there was nothing unusual in seeing her dressed up in her suit, and hearing her little voice calling out joyfully "I'm swimming! I'm swimming!" from the other room. When I went to check on her, I found that she had emptied a few water bottles into the carpet and was rolling around in the wet spot "swimming." I was trying too hard not to bust out laughing to punish her, and rather impressed with her resourceful determination. That aside, now that warmer weather may be upon us, it may be time for a pool. . .

Animal Farm

Last week Jayanne Wight and I took our kids to the Thanksgiving Point Farm. Aliyah had such a good time she peed her pants. Literally. Lets just say that we joyfully discovered that her cute poncho doubled nicely as a skirt :) After a fun afternoon of herding our kids through a maze of animals, we called it a day. As I tried to corral my toddler for dinner that evening, I thought longingly of the holding pens at the farm and the wonders it could do for some dinnertime sanity. I'm pretty sure my kids could give those farm animals a run for their money. . .