As someone once said...

" As long as I live, there will never be a dull moment."

I am finding that to be more than true in my life. Here are some bits and pieces of the random things that are filling up my heart and mind these days.

This is our new theme song for Annabelle. It's called Little Sack of Sugar. And we can't get through a line without giggling as we find it so funny and appropriate. Ever since she was teeny tiny she's been told " ohhhh sug/suggy/sugar/sugar/lips/plum....you are just so yummy! " Her favorite songs to sing right now are " Zip-a-dee-doh-dah " and the ABC song.

( this precious little sun dress came in the mail this week for Annabelle, beautifully handmade with love by my amazingly talented and very dear childhood friend, Anna E. )

A Recent Cute/Funny Conversation with Dear Husband ( D.H.)-

D.H. : Hey babe.

Babe : Yeah?

D.H. : " If I am out with Annabelle and some woman says to me, about her..."she's SO cute!!!!" and then in the next breath says, " she looks just like you." Is that flirting?

Babe : * said with a big wink and grin, * " hmmm, that's a good question... "

So the other day we borrowed The Curious George Movie from the library. Not to be confused with what she calls " reggy-lar" Curious George . The PBS version that she had seen before and she was all excited to watch it and I was all excited to let her while I mowed our great big lawn. So I set up our portable DVD player on the back porch where I could see her from every angle while I cut the grass. Later on that day she told me, " Mommy, I like "reggy-lar Curious George, that new one is scary. I don't want to watch never ever, ever, EVER, ever, ever again. Seriously, 5 evers. And I felt so bad that I had been just blissfully mowing the lawn as she sat there, poor little thing, letting that big, bad, scary Curious George frighten her so. But I was so proud of her for telling me. I pulled her into my arms and told her that of course she didn't have to watch it, never, ever, ever again.
" But I can watch the reggy-lar one Mommy. It's not a scary, it's nice "

If I let her, Annabelle would exist on these 5 foods :

1. Avocados

2. Strawberries

3. Green Grapes

4. String Cheese

5. Otter Pops

Yesterday I had a wonderful visit from this sweet friend and her darling assorted bouquet of children. She also happens to be new to the blogging world, so ladies if you get a chance, go over and give her a warm welcome. She has asked me to help her re-design her girls room, which is such a compliment. So we are making quilts and name banners, three of each and painting the walls pressed glass green and the furniture white and I am so excited to be in on this amazing project.

As a close friend recently told me " Your always scheming for something..." And of course when I told David she said that he said, " she knows you well. " And that's is the truth. I am constantly cooking up some idea of how we could someday make a very big dream come true: a family business. I say "our" with the hope that I am making progress in convincing David that this would be a profitable and enjoyable way to make a living. This website is the quickest way I can think to describe our exact idea. Which I thought it was original until I ran across this. Guess we'll have to settle for being a copy cat. But I am so curious to know what you ladies think?

And finally, it's something I have been wanting so badly for the past few months, and had been asking David for. Something I have kept one eye out for on Craigs List and at yard sales. And then yesterday evening out of the blue, our next next door neighbors popped in and asked if we want the swing set for Annabelle, the one that there little girl had outgrown. And so with the help of the men that live on our little street, they picked it up and walked it down two houses and replanted it our back yard. Annabelle was beside herself with glee. She was border-line jubulant infact and I was pretty happy too. David thinks it's an eye-sore and that it's just another thing to clutter up the yard , but he's an old softie and wouldn't thought of turning this offer down. It was so much fun to watch her try out every which way to go down the side, to swing on her tummy with her arms outstretched and little legs tucked up and shout at the top of her lungs, " I can fly. " She must have told us " this is fun !" a hundred times in a row.

Three guesses as to what we are doing today?