happy heart day

there has been an river of creativity flowing in our house lately

exhibit A:

i can take less than a little credit for these
peach is the one who asked me 289586293467893 times what we were making

and after i found this idea online, she then proceeded to ask me 6246846345346346690 times when we were doing it

in the chaos of raising three kids, i'm glad that she gives me that tug on the bottom of my shirt that reminds me its time to sit down and make something together

today's project:
valentine's with my valentine

i almost missed it

i almost crammed it in and let her stick and draw whatever she wanted while i scooped the dog's poop or brought the recycling to the garage.

but i forced myself to stop and enjoy it.

...or rather...enjoy HER

and i noticed a few things

she's a hard worker

she wanted those names to be just perfect and took her sweet time making every letter

she pays attention to detail

she likes to make sure the a's have a little tail on the end so they don't get mixed up with the o's

she's not afraid to admit mistakes, crumple them...and start over

she knows her friends

she chose each box of cereal carefully, noting the child's favorite color and what they like or dislike in order to determine the kind they got

"hannah likes cats...so i'll give her the one with the tiger"

"maya wears a rainbow coat and she draws pictures of rainbows at the art station at school so i want her to have fruit loops"

i was impressed with how well she knew these little people, but not surprised

she's a lover.

she's a good friend.

she's a listener.

she notices people.

we've prayed that she would be.

and God is faithful.

i sat there in awe of this little person who is so like me and so different

wondering what this one wild, wonderful life has in store for her

we gave her the middle name joy...

and i'm glad we did

it's like joy is attached to her

no matter where she goes, she can't escape it

it is part of her

a proclamation of who she is

every time someone says her name, she gets that blessing spoken over her life

pretty groovy if you ask me. :)

we finished up with some sweet treats for the day care littles
my mom and her cricut get credit for the spiffy little owls.
but i DID staple them on.
so i guess that my contribution wasn't quite zero
less than one...but not quite zero ;)

after the fun of valentines, i was all crafted out and headed to tackle the pile of dishes while little missy messy dug around in her craft box

she pulled out random paper, stickers, glue and ribbons and made something very....unique ;)

creating is like an itch that she just can't quite scratch

i love that about her

and a million other things

we'll be celebrating tomorrow with heart-shaped eggs for breakfast and a heart-shaped pizza for supper

nothing spells romance like pepperoni ;)

happy heart day.