Today I am thankful for...

• Soap and water and magic erasers... and "washable" markers. I woke up this morning to "Mom! Sean colored all over his-self! and Addison! Sean colored all over Addison's face!" Super. Thanks Emily for taking your markers into Sean's room yesterday... and leaving them there.

• A sewing machine... daily I find more and more things that Emily cut with her scissors... in addition to her hair... before I took them away. A few of my latest findings:

her pajama pants

Liah's brand new sock

her blanket

her underwear...

When I was pregnant with Emily, her doctor would put the doppler on my belly, and Emily would kick it off. One time she said "Whoa! That's gonna be your curtain-cutter right there." Oh how that prophecy has come to pass. Only reason she hasn't cut the curtains yet is because she hasn't thought of it...

• Medicine... poor little Addy is cutting 4 molars right now. Super fun. This picture was taken in the middle of the night. Poor guy was up every two hours. All. night. long. That was a brutal night. Especially since we've been used to him sleeping through the night since he was 2 months old!

• This cute little guy. Have I mentioned I love this kid??

• Time to spend with just my boys while the girls are in school. One of the grossest things to me is listening to people eat. Gross. Especially cereal. My brothers were famous for smacking their lips and slurping. Nas-ty. So it totally grosses me out. Except when babies eat cereal. I think it is the cutest thing EVER.

Seriously, how cute is this??

Are you kidding me??

• This little girl and her daddy. Liah misses her daddy so badly when he's gone. She requested this picture before he left on his last trip, "so she could remember him." Dramatic? Maybe...

• These little brothers. Seriously best buds.

Here is Sean sharing his food with Addy.

• Time after the kids go to bed to do whatever I want.
  

I took these yard sale cut-off jeans (complete with adjustable waistband that my kids can't live without)

and these scraps of fabric from other projects I've made over the years

and made this skirt!

I've been wanting to try it out for a while, but just haven't gotten around to it. I think it turned out pretty well, and Emily is in love. She tried to wear it three days in a row. I intervened.