Pumpkins

Peacefully BuZzInG!
Misty

One Night in October

This really happened.

It was such a lovely warm day. The Littles talked cheerfully of how late they were out playing when all the neighborhood children were already in bed. It's hard to believe that it is almost the end of October. We have had such mild weather.

Peacefully BuZzInG!
Misty

Our Living Room - From March to September

Living Room as we originally saw it.

Fortunately, I have no pictures of the way it was on the day it became ours. :)

 Finishing the demo work.

 

New floors. New paint. Ahhh!!! Clean.



 

 

We waited over a week for the carpet to come. Wow! Is it lovely! A light fixture was also added to the middle of the room.

 

 

The Living Room today. There are still changes to be made in time. But for now, I am thrilled with the progress.

 

 

This last picture was taken the night before I finished decorating the shelves. You'll just have to imagine what I put up there. :) The doorway to the right is the kitchen, to the left is a sliding door to the backyard.

 

Peacefully BuZzInG!

Misty



Lessons Learned Over a New Oven

What I learned today....

- A new oven looks really shiny.
- Test cakes are always a good idea.
- Upsidedown cakes are best if baked before inverting.
- An inverted, unbaked cake can quickly dull a new shiny oven.
- Cloth diapers are excellent for cleaning up cake batter, which is incidentally of similar consistency to ...
- A brilliant five year old can bring a smile even to a puddle of cake batter and salt water. ("Mama, I always think you are beautiful.")
- Half a cake is better than no cake.
- A freshly cleaned new oven is really shiny.

Peacefully BuZzInG!
Misty

Why Don't You Have Any Princess Clothes?

"Mama, I want to be a princess," says the pretty little girl with the peanut butter smile chatting over the lunch table. This statement went along perfectly with what God had been showing me through my morning devotions the past few days.

"I am a princess." I smiled at her.
"Mama, are you really?!" her eyes bright and shining now.
"Yes, I am," I told her. "I'm the daughter of the King and that makes me a princess."
"A real true king?" she asked then.
"Yes, really. The King of kings, God Himself, and He says that whoever puts their trust in His Son get to be one of His children." I waited to see how she would take this tidbit. A moments pause, then she wiggled in her chair, followed by a giggle of delight.
"Really, Mama?! Wow. I want to be one of His princesses too."

She chewed thoughtfully for a moment. Then asked, "but Mama, why don't you have any princess clothes?"

On any other day, how would I answer this? But oh for grace.... Just the morning before I read the verses in  Isaiah 61:1-3
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
² To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
 ³ To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified."

Which got me thinking about other gifts that can be worn like a garment. For a moment, I wondered if my little girl would just roll her eyes at me. But I plunged in sharing excitedly about the beautiful dresses of love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self-control (Gal 5:22-23). Then of the lovely dresses of tender mercies, kindness, humility, forbearance, and forgiveness (Col. 3:12-17). You know what? This precious child of mine caught my excitement. It was like I was telling her the story of a fairy princess, but this was true. She loved it.

We talked long about our dresses and how sometimes we choose to where ugly rags of grumpiness, or meanness instead of our lovely gowns of praise and kindness.

Days later we continue to chat about those dresses. What are we wearing today? And maybe we could make dresses that remind us of our princess garments...

Peacefully BuZzInG
Misty
 

No More Training Wheels

On Wednesday evening, Chloe decided it was time to take her training wheels off. She wasn't happy when I made her wait until the next morning. She was so ready to ride like a big girl. And after a few tries, some mama coaching and some brotherly love.....

She did it!

 Confident as anything just 3 days later.

Peacefully BuZzInG!
Misty

Wildflower Hike in July

Gorgeous hike at Mount Falcon. We saw so many different flowers.

 (I love how often I take flower pictures with her little feet right there.)

 "rocks in mines pocket"

Peacefully BuZzInG!
Misty