100 years old

Maggie celebrated 100 days of school quite a while ago but I am just getting around to finishing this post even though I started it a while ago! Yeah,yeah, I know I have been a major slacker when it comes to my blog. It's that whole mothering 4 monkeys and all that comes along with that!

So, moving on....

On the 100th day of school Maggie had to dress like she was 100 years old.

She came up with lots of great ideas!

So on the 100th day Maggie had her hair spray painted gray, wore old lady glasses, and had a cane.

She also had this new outfit which is totally her but not really an old lady outfit.

She had so much fun and looked just like a 100yr old Punky Brewster!

I made these!

See the headband that Katelyn is looking adorable in!  I made that!

A crafty person may look at that and think, "oh big deal, that's easy"but for me, a non crafty person I kinda think it is a big deal.

A plain old headband, some pretty ribbon and a matching flower along with a hot glue gun was all it took.

The most exciting thing is that my girls love them.  They even wore them to school and came home with "orders" from other girls who want one.

So I went out and bought more ribbon, headbands, and flowers to make lots of different colors and styles!  And someday, when I'm not so busy I'm gonna make them!

Wild Visitors

My animal loving children were thrilled a few weeks ago.

When Katelyn discovered these footprints in snow right in our backyard.

We didn't see our wild visitors but we know they were here.

We had wild visitors, wild deer that is, right in our own backyard!!!

Silly

Sometimes

Well maybe a little more then sometimes

My children

Get a massive dose of the sillies

For no reason at all

And for that I am grateful!

Just Because

This post was made

Just because

He's too cute not to share

H E R O

 H  E  R  O

a: a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability b: an illustrious warrior c: a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities d: one who shows great courage

2

a: the principal male character in a literary or dramatic work b: the central figure in an event, period, or movement

HERO, what does that mean to you?

Is it a military man or woman who is protecting our country?

Is it police officers, fire fighters, or EMTs that keep up safe or help us when we're in need?

Is it a mom who lays in a hospital bed for seven weeks, her three children are at home being taken care of by other people, so that she can keep her unborn baby in her womb as long as possible?

Is it the parents who sit at their baby's bedside in the NICU for months on end watching the baby literally fight to live?

Is it the mom who wants so badly to be a stay at home mom but must work to help financially support her family?

Is it the dad who works 60+ hours a week to support his family?

Is it the man or woman who volunteers his or her time to deliver meals to people who still live on their own but are unable to make their own meals?

Is it the person that has "organ donor" checked off on his/her licence and sadly passes away but gives life to others?

Is it the mom and dad who are losing their own child but chose to donate their child's organs to save the lives of other children?

Is it the big sister that wakes up to a fire in the house and rescues her younger siblings because their dad is down in the basement working and doesn't realize there is a fire?

Is it the child who is watching her mom slowly lose the battle to Alzheimer's but patiently takes care of her mom, feeding, bathing and loving her?


It is all of these people, and so many more.  We all have people in our lives that we consider heroes for one reason or another.
I have many. Actually most of the examples up above are people I personally know or "know" through blogs I read and I consider ALL of them heroes.
But today, February 25, 2012, there is one HERO I am thinking of especially.  One of my heroes.

My niece, Julia.
Today is her birthday!  Today she is 18!
Why?
Because she is AMAZING!  She has overcome more obstacles in 18 years then most of us do in a life time.  Not only that, she have overcome them with grace and a smile.  She is happy, and kind.  She is loving and helpful.  She is one of the most generous people I know.  Not only with "stuff" but with her time, her heart and soul. 
Julia was excepted into her first college a few weeks ago!  A college that's not easy to get into but when they looked at her application they saw what an amazing addition she would be to their program and accepted her.
I could say so much more. I have so much more in my mind that I want to say but I also really want to post this today and I have run out of time to write it all.
So, I will end with this....
Happy birthday Julia! 
You are my HERO and I LOVE YOU!

Julia and Grammy (my mom who happens to be another one of my heros!)

Julia and Ben

This is what

My four monkeys

Looked like on

Christmas Eve

(Yeah, I know I'm like 2 months behind on this one, oh well, they're cute!)