February Foto Fun Day 11: Favourite Colour

I think by seeing the following pictures of items around the house, it'll give you a clue as to what my favourite colour is:

 

 

 

No? Still need some more clues? This should help....:

 

 

 

I think you've got it figured out by now...... it's RED!!!

I mean, PURPLE! Yup, I love all things purple. Light purple. Dark purple. Lightish darkish purple. Darkish lightish purple. Purple. Such a beautiful colour.

What's yours?

Day 12: A Good Habit

February Foto Fun Day 10: Myself in 10 Things

Here we go, Myself in 10 Things:

1. Baking. I spend a lot of time in my kitchen, baking treats for us and others.

2. I have had this stuffed pig since we were dating, where Nathan won it at a carnival for me (20 years ago!). And yes, I sleep with it every time Nathan is gone (like tonight). Seriously.

3. Tweezers. Without them I would have one eyebrow instead of two, and there would be no space between my eye and eyebrow.

4. Writing. My kids have journals from before they were born, starting with the process of adopting them. I wrote to them every single day since they were born until they were 2.5. I now write to them once month, documenting what they've been up to, the funny things they say, our struggles, our joys, what they excel at, what we are working on etc. I love writing, especially to them.

5. Injuries seem to follow me: I have broken all my fingers, my ankle a couple of times, popped the vertebrae in my back, broken my wrist, cracked my ribs. Most All of it is thanks to sports.

6. 11 years of piano lessons yet too scared to play in front of anyone:

7. Bad day? Walking or exercising does wonders for me.

8. Not only do I love to play sports, I love watching as well.

9, My thumbs make me somewhat unique - anyone else out there with thumbs like this?! I have no idea why one is stumpy and the other is "normal".

10. I thrive on being with others, enjoying other people's company a lot. It affects my mood when I am by myself too much.

While I can focus a lot on my flaws, and wish I could change many things, I am thankful to God for making me, me. And I am thankful I can look to Him to help me in overcoming some of my flaws (like my big mouth as an example.... ;)

Day 11: Favourite Colour

February Foto Fun Day 9: Something Old

Well, this one was harder than I thought it would be......especially when Nathan wouldn't let me take a picture of him. Hee hee, just kidding!

The oldest thing I could find in this house, other than this house, was a novel I found at a garage sale a number of years ago:

 (grrrrrrr, the pictures show horizantally before I load them, but then turn vertically! And I can't change them back! Sorry for the crick in your neck)

Maybe I should take this book to the nearest Antique Roadshow. Who knows?! The thing could be worth a few dimes! :)

Day 10: Myself with Ten Things

February Foto Fun Day 8: Eyes

I love eyes. They are the first thing I notice about someone. I don't really care for the eye ball itself, but the iris? I could stare in them forever. I find each iris such an explosion of colour and so intricate, full of lights and darks of certain colours, colours weaved together to make a particular colour. Yup, I love eyes.

Here are the colour bursts that I get to look at each and every day:

 

 

 

My original picture of my eye had make-up but then I thought that was not fair as no one else had make-up on their eyes. So a naked eye it is.

I completely believe the saying that the eyes are the windows into someone's soul. They speak volumes. Do we take the time to look into people's eyes and "hear" what they are not saying yet they may want to be heard?

Day 9: Something Old

February Foto Fun Day 7: Childhood Memory

Meet Georgie.

Choosing a childhood memory was actually really tough.....do I choose the time I was a flower girl? Or a picture of all my ribbons from Track and Field (I displayed those every year as my report card was never something to display.....except for my gym mark)? Should I tell everyone about our turtle, Snorkie? I could, but I don't have a picture of him.

That's when I settled on Georgie, and I think this was the perfect choice, because when I think about it, Georgie was a huge part of my childhood.  As you can tell from the picture, Georgie is a mouse. Why in the world would a non-animal lover like me tolerate a mouse of all things on my shelf for all the world to see....even if it is wooden?! Let me tell you why Georgie is special.

My dad worked a lot when I was young. I mean, a lot. We didn't see him much, unless we wanted to get up at 4:30 in the morning and meet him in the office. He was a very busy man with what I thought was only business stuff. It wasn't until I became an adult that I realized he was not just busy with his business. He was doing a lot of kingdom work (servant work....helping those in need in our churches). He just did it quietly, mostly behind the scenes.

The one day we did see him was Sundays. Well, not really during the day, as he would sleep the whole time between services. But it was supper and after supper that became our family's special time.

This time was usually filled with quite the crazy antics as kids (I have pictures....but I am NOT about to share those, my family would disown me!! :o). Laughter was often the only sound you could hear, in between a snort here and there as we gasped for breath (we often blamed the amount of candies we ate during the services that attributed to our hyperness).

Once things calmed down and just before it was time to go to bed, we would gather in the family room and that is when dad would tell us a Georgie story. He would make up the story as he told it, telling us all different adventures that Georgie went on, adventures that included us kids as well. We LOVED this time with our dad, time that was treasured as his attention was on nothing else but us and Georgie.  We heard stories about Georgie the mouse for many years. We were never too old, even if we said we were too old, yet only to be found hiding near the doorway in the next room so we could still listen.

Fast-track to adulthood and one Christmas, each of us grown children received a wooden mouse that dad had made for us, to symbolize Georgie and the time we spent at his side, listening to the latest Georgie happenings. And that wooden mouse has been sitting on a shelf in our family room, wherever we have lived, ever since.

Thank you, dad, for giving me not only the gift of the wooden mouse, but also the gift of such a wonderful childhood memory.

Day 8: Eyes

February Foto Fun Day 6: Kids in Pjs

I asked the kids if I could get some pictures of them in their pjs. It all started out good.....and then things got out of control :)

 

 

 Who IS this kid?!?! 

 

 

 

 

 

Tell me my kids aren't the only ones that go crazy once pjs are on! :o)

Day 7: Childhood Memory

February Foto Fun Day 5: What I Do for a Living

Oh-oh. Maybe we should label today's February Foto Fun Day Failure. I totally forgot to take a picture of what I do for a living!! And you know what the kicker is?! I was even teaching today!!!!

I remembered when I pulled up to the school and I was going to take a picture of the school. But then I thought, "Don't do that, you have one already from September! Take a picture of the classroom."

But alas, I got inside and taught without thinking another thought of taking a picture. So I will have to pull up the one from September.

So, what I do for a living is supply teach. And I love it. I absolutely love the school environment and I am thankful for the opportunities for me to be back in the classroom whenever they need me. 

My other "living", the top priority in my life, is my home - taking care of everything and anything about being a wife and mother. I didn't think though that you needed to see pictures of me ironing, dusting, vacuuming, grocery shopping, nose-wiping, disciplining, cooking etc. Just know I do all that. Cough, cough. ;o) (to be clear, I do all that......but not all on the same day ;o)

Day 6: Kids in Pjs

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In other news, this past week we have been enjoying some warm temperatures. A year ago, February looked like this:

 

 

 

 

This February however, the toboggans have been replaced by kites. A homemade one at that!!

 

Keziah came home the other day....the day that was 16 degrees!! and got to work on a kite. She finished it about 1/2 an hour later and said she was going to fly it. I did warn her that it might not work.....but that warning was not needed. You should have seen her face! She was in her glory, running back and forth for quite some time, getting her kite to fly. 

I love this kid so much. To see the glee in her eyes with such a simple pleasure is just so awesome to watch. I've said it before but I will say it again, what a blessing it is to have the privilege of living out childhood again through your child's eyes. Makes my heart so grateful to God for such a precious gift.