Thankful November - Day 7

Today I'm Thankful . . . . that Haylie insisted that we make play dough today.

Haylie really wanted to make some play dough today. I wasn't so sure. I had a lot of cleaning to try and get done and I didn't want to stop and make even more mess. So I told her that when I was finished we would make some. I got stuck into cleaning, but Haylie would remind me about every 30 minutes that we were going to make play dough and was it time yet.

I finished everything just before lunch and we made the play dough. She chose to make purple and yellow play dough. She spent about 45 minutes playing with it before we had to run out to the shops before picking the kids up from school.

As soon as the older kids walked in the door and saw the play dough they all wanted to play with it. So after a quick snack they all sat around the table and played with the play dough for a good hour. It was so nice to see them playing happily together. There was no fighting and no screaming. The tv wasn't on and it was just so peaceful. While I didn't play with them I was right there making dinner in the kitchen making dinner and folding washing, helping out with suggestions the whole time.

So, while sometimes I don't like doing things like making play dough or letting the kids do painting because I don't like the mess, today I was thankful that I let go a little bit!

What are you Thankful for today?

Thankful November - Day 6

Today I'm Thankful for . . . . . . beautiful songs and inspiring words.

Today as we were driving in the car we were listening to one of the kids church cd's. One of my favourite primary songs came on and it reminded me again of the amazing amount of blessings in my life and that I truly have so many things to be Thankful for.

Also this week as I've been focusing on being Thankful I have found a few quotes that I would love to share!

Be Thankful in all circumstances

1 Thessalonians 5:18

What if you woke up today 

with only the things you 

thanked God for yesterday?

Every day may not be good . . . . . But there is something good in every day.

Enjoy the little things 

in life . . . For one day 

you'll look back and 

realise they were the 

big things.

What are you Thankful for today?

Thankful November - Day 4 & 5

So yesterday was a busy day and it wasn't until I fell into bed that I remembered that I hadn't posted what I was Thankful for that day so . . . . . . today you get to hear about two things that I'm Thankful for!

Today I'm Thankful for . . . . . fantastic friends and time to spend with family.

I have some truly wonderful friends. We don't often get a chance to hang out, just the girls, but last night we were all free so we had a girls night! It was great to get a chance to talk and chat without children running around and a billion other distractions.

I love Saturdays when we have some spare time to do something together as a family. Even if it is just watching a movie together at home with some popcorn! I love it when we are all together and getting along and relaxing!

What are you Thankful for today?

Thankful November - Day 3

Today I'm Thankful for . . . . . . the 10 minutes that Lachlan and I got to spend together, alone, talking on his bed this afternoon.

We didn't talk about anything deep and meaningful, in fact we talked mostly about some of the things that he might like for Christmas, but I enjoyed every minute of talking to my little boy.

I love getting to spend some one on one time with each of my children no matter how short.

What are you Thankful for today?

Thankful November - Day 2

Today I'm Thankful for . . . . . . the unexpected and unplanned sleep-in that I got this morning.

I have been getting up at 6am to go for a walk/run everyday. I have really been enjoying getting out early and getting my work out done before the kids are even up. It makes my day less busy and gives me more time during the day to get other things done.

Last night though, after our Young Women's activity I had a headache and was so tired that I headed to bed at 9:30pm. I was so tired that I basically just fell into bed and completely forgot to set my alarm.

When I woke up it was 6:15am. Now I could of got up and gone for a quick walk still but it was just too tempting to just turn over and go back to sleep, which is exactly what I did!

I feel much better this afternoon after getting a bit more sleep this morning. Don't worry though I still did my work out. I took Haylie to a park this afternoon and she played while I ran laps around the oval.

So today I'm Thankful for some extra sleep. 

What are you Thankful for?

Halloween Cookies

Last night for Family Home Evening I thought that we might try our hand at some cookie decoration. I found the idea here, but instead of making the cookies I cheated and used store bought ones instead. The kids didn't care though and they had lots of fun.

We used Milk Arrowroot Biscuits, chocolate chips and white chocolate for melting. To make the ghost ones I put the melted chocolate in a small deep bowl so that they could just dunk the biscuits in, let it drip off a bit and they lay it on the baking paper. They then used the chocolate chips to make faces, or as Haylie did just put they wherever you want. It was easy enough to do though that Haylie did it all by herself.

For the mummy biscuits I melted the chocolate and then put it into a ziploc bag and sniped a small bit off the corner. We stuck the chocolate chips down first with a bit of melted chocolate and then the kids just made lines across the biscuits.

It was lots of fun and was quick and easy enough for the kids to do by themselves so I was driven nuts trying to help everyone at the same time! Now to try of a way I can use the same type of idea for Christmas!

Thankful November - Day 1

Today I am Thankful for . . . . . . . . . this guy!

He loves me and for that I will be forever grateful.

He is my best friend, he makes me laugh and smile and he works tirelessly to provide for our family.

He loves to have fun, go out with friends and help others.

He is my everything and I will love him forever!

What are you Thankful for today??