Gratitude Friday
You know, one of my favorite things about being a parent is the occasional quiet moments that enable us to see something through their young eyes. Like, when I walk by the playroom and hear Vera humming herself a little song, or I find a few toys in a sweet little set up. Lately I’ve been finding many stuffed animals and toys that she’s put to bed all over the house, using napkins as blankets, or something was propped in the high chair, etc. I got a kick out of it, and so I started taking pictures. They make me smile, and I thought they might make you smile too.
This is in Asa’s bouncy chair thing…
Jeff prints out these various paper dolls for V. Here she’s put them to bed under a placemat.
Her big sister doll is still very much in use! Although she usually tosses the outfit off, the little nudist that she is.
Asa’s shoes on a baby.
Monkey in a diaper.
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While I was at class my sister gave the girls their own little wraps for their babies. They are such sweet little mamas!
Oh! That sass!
Vera has decided she wants her bangs to grow out really long like Tuula’s, and yet she won’t wear a barrette for more than a minute. She says she can see just fine… I love that kid.
Seeing him like this makes me all swoony. Nothing better than a sleeping babe in a wrap on Papa’s back. Uuuh I love them.
My sweet sleeping babe. 
Other things:
I’m grateful for my new job and all the wonderful people I’m meeting in the process. I’m excited to order seeds and supplies and just get going. I love what I’m doing.
For my own garden and yard and all the fun new plans Jeff and I are dreaming up. January and February would be so cold and gray without our never ending plans filled with green and food and fun.
For my class and how much I am actually learning. It’s helping to glue together all the pieces of information that I had before just from my own research, and I’m gaining confidence and new resources and it’s just… so fun for me. I love dirt and plants and microbes and fungi and roots and the incredible gift of this earth and our lives…
I’m grateful for a little time to exercise this afternoon right after I post this. Heart pumping burning goodness. I am alive.
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Yep, I’m grateful today. What are you grateful for?
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I was passing through my Friends of Friends page. I just wanted you to know that these pics made me smile. It’s adorable that your daughter is tucking in her toys everywhere. Better is that you are capturing such an endearing development in photos.
-Mel, friend of
there’s a friends of friends page? that’s cool, how do i find mine?
If you go “Home” you should see links on the header of the page, “Home Profile Journal Friends Communities Explore Shop LJ Extras.” If you roll over Friends in this header, there will be a drop down to Friends of Friends where you will see all the public posts of all your Friends’ Friends.
Hope that made sense. The description sounds horrible when I read it.
Aw! Thanks for stopping by! I’m glad you enjoyed the pictures. 🙂
love this post:) Eilidh looked at it with me, and was totally excited by all the pictures, she’s always putting her dollies to bed all over the house, too;)
I’m grateful for Eilidh, and this little boy growing in my belly:)
Yay! Lovely gratitudes. I’m getting excited for you!
I am grateful for the really big things, like my kids and the chance to watch them grow, and for my husband.
I’m also grateful for the little things, the temporary things, like the cleaning I got done today, the chance to listen as Merritt took a phone call from a friend (with me coaching him on one side and the sound of the friend’s mom coaching the friend on the other), the courage to write something online that I wanted to. I’m grateful for James for mailing my order form today, to order seeds.
this is so sweet! i have nothing else, but boy what happy touching photos 🙂
Oh my goodness, the cuteness, it slays me!
And I wonder what it is with kids, dolls and nudity. Neither of the boys have ever been big on nudity (meaning they don’t request it or take their clothes off) and they still undress their dolls pretty much immediately. Hm.
I’m grateful for my hubby since he fixed the car. <3
Nap time for everyone! Thanks, Vera.
Aw! What a sweet testament to the nurturing that Vera gets from her family; she’s just practicing what she learns! Love this, and the girls with their slings are adorable, as is, of course, a baby wrapped on a papa. 🙂
I’m pretty sure Vera is exhibiting classic serial-killer tendencies. Might wanna watch out before she puts YOU to bed… for good!
Awww, this whole post was adorable 🙂