Preschool Valentines

It's already one of those weeks. One of those weeks where time is moving so fast that if you don't just take a moment to take it all in, your life will just swiftly pass you by.



I took one of those moments yesterday. It was Payton's preschool Valentine party and she was so excited to bring me home a little necklace she had made. Morgan has given me one in the past, but today? Today I took a moment to really cherish it for the precious gems they are. They are made of macaroni, so it won't be long before my sweet little ones will try to reclaim the jewelry which means it will eventually get broken and lost for good. Payton gave me this one, and I immediately put it on, and handed Steve the camera so we could capture the moment.

She was so proud of it, and I was living in the moment, so I'm not even going to be upset about that darn lazy eye in this photo (helloooo left eye! Open up a wee bit more at picture time. K?). I am just going to focus on my beautiful baby and the joy on her face. She can be such a ham.


That girl has been driving me batty lately, so I need to focus on this sweet moments. It won't be long before she has other things on her mind besides torturing her mama in the sweetest way possible.


I taught my very first scrapbook class at CKC Portland last weekend. Going into it I was so nervous. It is really important to me to do a good job, I want to make sure people enjoy themselves, learn something new, and have fun. So yes. Nervous. But even when I experienced my worst fear at my very first class of the day, the projector not working, I still came away feeling great about the experience (and the second session was much better, I have to say).

I also want to give a shoutout to the wonderful ladies I met in Portland, members of the Studio Calico boards. While in class I didn't want to single the group out, creating a sort of clique and excluding the rest of the class, but I wanted to make sure I said hello. I have to tell you though.... these women are the nicest, most supportive ladies there are. I'm not kidding. They were there to cheer me on, help me out, and support a community we all cherish. So thank you to each and every one of you. I said I would forget names, but hope that I am remembering Molly, Erika, Linda, and the sweet gal sitting next to her. THANK YOU.

My sister Alyca came down to help me with my classes, so my mom got to spend Saturday with the girls, which is why I took them to Portland with me. Grammabon time. A friend came over, and the two of them took the girls all over Portland, city style. They took a bus to OMSI, and then took the MAX to Beaverton and back, just for fun. My girls had a BLAST. When I was done with classes we raced home so that we could take the girls to the Lloyd Center, and they went ice skating for the first time to round out the day. I was nervous about this too. My kids can barely get around on their own two feet without taking a tumble, so I was already anticipating an emergency room visit or at least a great big goose egg, should they skate.

I was wrong.

They LOVED it.

Mom manned the camera and Alyca and I took turns with a kid, and we went around the rink. It wasn't long before the girls were pulling us along. Morgan was more independent, and wanted to hold just one hand, but Payton was perfectly content with dragging me behind her as she skated along.

It was a lot of fun.

And a great work out, to be honest. I did NOT want to fall. So I was holding myself up, and holding a kid up. On skates. Go abs!

And then we raced home Sunday morning, dropped off our bags, jumped back in the car, and headed to Steve's parent's house for our annual Superbowl party. And watched the Saints come marching in (SO happy for them).

And now the week is half over as I settle back into the routine of work, school, mothering, house chores, and I'm trying to relocate my craft table following CHA becuase I am still knee deep in assignments that need to get done. Yesterday. It's always nice to have assignments, but I look forward to that moment when I have none so I can do whatever I want. Or nothing, if I so choose. Maybe next week.

Happy Wednesday! While at CKC I was so excited to pick up some Basic Grey Kioshi, and then I stumbled upon a shop with all the new American Crafts in it, so of course I cleaned out the Lizzy bin and picked up some Abode too. I can't wait to play with it all, so I'll be back with some new stuff soon.

Davinie