bity...

...ballerina



Avery is in a new level of ballet this year...and not only does she enjoy it, but she seems to be doing well!

and i had a little video clip, but it's not working....no wonder i don't post more often!! what i try to, it never works like i hope it will!!

anyhow...enjoy!

Beautiful...

 ...ballerina

 

we had watching week at the dance studio...
this is some of what i captured...of my beautiful ballerina...on my iPhone...

never...

...ever....would i have imagined - a year ago - how easily my heart would melt over this...

 

but oh man...it does, every time!

Happy 6 month birthday little buddy!!

i'm baaack! (for now)

ya, you know...it's normal, expected, okay been a long time!! (but not as long as I thought! all those posts since Levi's birth must have been written while i was in some state of oblivion!! because i have very little recollection of their composition!!)

Holy schmoly!!

seriously, please don't ask me where the time has gone NOR what on earth i have been up to, because i'd possibly spew my coffee not be able to answer in a word or 500!

i have tried to come back on here several times in the past while, but with the sieve that has replaced the space which once housed my brain, i can not EVER think of anything even my Mum would be interested in reading!! (read: she's one of my biggest fans, so would be willing to read anything.  Not intended to be a dig on her or her questionable choice of reading material...okay, i'll shut up now stop while i'm ahead-ish.)

so...there ya go!!  i am still here and hope you are too! hope this was a slight surprise to actually find a new post in place of the one that has greeted you for the past 3+ months!

please stay tuned to a more in-depth update on US...coming soon! (i promise!) 

and until then...i will leave you with these:  a peek of our little man, when he was still little (for you) and a reminder of sorts (for me!)

12 weeks

 not much has been happening around these neck of the woods...

but somehow mr. levi has turned 12 wks old today!!

 we love him...so much

 we feel so blessed!

 and his smiles and coo's melt our heart each time!! in fact, when we want him to smile or coo we generally have to call in the support of his big sisters, as they can make it happen every.time!! he loves his sisters...and they can NOT get enough of him!!

here's a picture of a hat i just made for the Craft Fair I'm in tomorrow...

not a good picture of my lil man, but you get the idea!

so...there ya have it! sorry things have been so sparse around here, but life is busy...Jim is (PTL) back at work until Christmas - a definite blessing given how much we have going on in December!  The girls are soaking up all the learning we are doing...our homeschooling group is off and running, meeting once a week...i have 4 fairs between now and Christmas.  So, unfortunately, blogging has not made it to the top of any of my to-do lists...but you go this one :)

punkins

we carved some

avery didn't like the smell...so she wouldn't help

but then she did

 we found some seeds...baked them and ate them (mmmm)

and had a lot of fun...making memories together...

 

we are blessed, indeed!

glo sticks

my girls have been so awesome with the adjusting we've done in the past two months getting used to being a family of FIVE!! it still gets even me sometimes!

so i wanted to do something special for them that i knew they would enjoy, just as a little treat for being such good girls and HUGE helpers to their muma and awesome big sisters!

so....for two whole dollars...

we made what usually is a chore

into something very fun!