Fall Break, Fall Break!!! Oh how I LOVE Fall Break, we never had it when I was in school but, I do treasure it now as a Mommy!
No school lunches to make, no rush about in the morning, no homework to get done. Just quality time with my babies, sleeping in, snuggling, baking, walks and reading. Thank you God for Fall Break.
Gillian's Kitchen
As I try to feed each of their souls with quality time, I feel that I get double the blessings as my soul over flows with greater return. As I bake alongside Gillian she has my undivided attention and just chats away, we are suddenly transformed into pretend land and I am a guest host on her “cooking show”. She talks to a pretend camera teaching her viewers how to make banana bread. Step by step, my little Martha Stewart shares our “secret family recipe”. As I play along, I think, “God, how does she know all of this, she is so wonderfully and perfectly made…..can I please tuck this day into my forever memory bank?”
Pumpkin Cookies
While Gillian and I bake, my sweet Hayden tells me that he woke up this morning and decided that our entire family needed to be on IOS4 (don’t ask b/c I do not know). Without letting Hayden know, I ask Kip if this is okay…he approves. Suddenly I see my son’s gratitude and confidence beam as he takes on this task for our family. He updates Gill’s iPod, my phone and some stuff on my computer, it fills his morning and he is smiling the entire time, even as I look blankly at him as he tries to share with me what he is doing – “Lord, please help me to understand his language a little bit better so I can say more than, REALLY?” I am so impressed by him, but I cannot engage the talented Hayden Russell. I am blessed.
What a joy! I love hearing your stories and that you are recording them for you and for others. Your kids make me smile and I take joy in the joy they bring you and God! What a blessing! Those cookies look yummy. You are a wonderful mother and a blessing to your children (as they are a blessing to you)